Bloom Again [v0.8] [gasha]

Having dealt with a difficult childhood as a sickly guy, Keiichi Kitamura (Kei) carries a past that now feels like a distant, but painful memory. The things he went through forced Kei to trap himself in his own mind, a prisoner to his memories, struggling to break free from his own thoughts.

His life revolves around three people: his younger sister Kaede, who has been by his side for their entire lives, and his best friends Miu and Senri.

Together they’ve created a lot of memories in the past year, but that bond was ultimately fractured by unresolved conflicts, leading to the dismissal of their club for reasons not even they fully understand.

This made Kei realize the biggest problem in his life: himself. But can he improve on his own, or will it take life giving him another push?

Soon, Kei will cross paths with two new girls, offering a chance to do things right this time.  Among them is a mysterious transfer student who has arrived to reveal a secret; a truth that his close ones already know, but one that has been kept entirely hidden from him alone.

Now, Kei needs to change before it’s too late and he loses everyone around him, or even himself.

Join Keiichi, Senri, Kaede, Miu, Hina and Aiko as they struggle to figure out in what direction to steer their lives. This story, written as they live it, written in a diary — maybe to relive the moments, or perhaps because he can’t trust anyone else…

A story composed of one male protagonist and five heroines.

Will they heal, or will they open new wounds? Will they figure out what’s a real connection? Will they decide to move forward? Break the chains of the past.

There is no illness or distance that can’t be defied by love itself. Maybe it’s time to let go, it’s time to create new memories. And maybe, just maybe… love could bloom again.

❝The struggles of life reach everyone, but never in the same way. Our emotions, our experiences, and how we deal with our lives, depends on who we are today. Sometimes, our emotions overwhelm us, and we let the past steer our future, as we are slaves of those good moments; because we never cared about being happy, and all we really wanted was to relive a precious memory.

These voices of the past keep us chained, burying us deeper beneath the weight of what once was, making us long for someone that’s no longer there, praying that we’d meet again, even if it is as strangers.

Moments don’t define a lifetime, but the people we share them with can. So why is it that we can’t let go of them? New connections mean new memories, and a chance to leave the past behind. Because in the end, all that remains are the marks we leave on others, the way we touch other people’s lives.❞

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