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AIR
AIR
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Summer had come to that town.
A young man is performing with a puppet in front of a seaside bus stop. Only two children are watching his show. However, they soon lose interest and run off.
The young man is a traveler. He has two companions on his travels. A decrepit doll that moves without strings, and a powerful oath made a long time ago.
Just when he began to feel despair, a young girl comes to talk to him. She has a friendly, innocent smile. Following this meeting with her, the young man begins to live in that town.
Spending gentle days enveloped in the scenes of summer. Encounters with girls in the sunlight.
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits.
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- Developer
- Key
- Publisher
- Key / Visual Arts
- Length
- 27–33 hrs
- Rating
- 13+
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Time to finish
27–33
hours
Platforms
12
win · lin · ios
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13The Premise
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Summer had come to that town.
A young man is performing with a puppet in front of a seaside bus stop. Only two children are watching his show. However, they soon lose interest and run off.
The young man is a traveler. He has two companions on his travels. A decrepit doll that moves without strings, and a powerful oath made a long time ago.
Just when he began to feel despair, a young girl comes to talk to him. She has a friendly, innocent smile. Following this meeting with her, the young man begins to live in that town.
Spending gentle days enveloped in the scenes of summer. Encounters with girls in the sunlight.
Summer stretches on endlessly. Beneath the vast blue sky. Beneath the air in which she awaits.
[From (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2983250/AIR/)]
14Cultural moment · release cadence
- 2000
Japanese release
Original edition, shipped by the developer.
16Platforms & editions
| Lang | win | lin | ios | and | gba | gbc | psp | ps2 | psv | drc | swi | mob |
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| EN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ES | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| JA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| KO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PT-BR | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZH-HANS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ZH-HANT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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17Cast · anti-spoilered
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18Content advisory
- none
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- none
Violence
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- present
Age rating
Rated 13+.
19Structural map
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05Adjacent reading
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29Adjacent shelf · by tag overlap · 5 results
30Series chain · Key Visual Arts · 6 entries
predecessor · 1999
Kanon
you are herepredecessor · 2000
AIR
main · 2004
CLANNAD
thematic · 2004
planetarian ~Dream of Little Star~
thematic · 2007
Little Busters!
thematic · 2011
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