First of all, I'm a big fan of KEY. I love their works on Clannad, Angel Beats, Charlotte, Little Busters! and Rewrite. So I kinda hoped Summer Pockets would give me the same feelings as their previous works that I mentioned. Alas, maybe I overestimate. Though I understand that SP doesn't have the same directors as KEY's previous works. Below is every parts of the stories that I find it odd or confusing, so SPOILER ALERT! for those who haven't finished the game.

1. Shiroha's Power of Precognition? or Time Travel?

Shiroha is destined to be a cursed child because of her bloodline, and she herself admit that she can see people misfortune in the future. When her power kicks in her eyes lose its focus and her mind become close to absent minded state. Sometime her personality become twisted like somebody possessed her. Later in the story, turns out Shiroha's power is told that she can move her soul to the past, hence knowing what the future holds (I may misunderstand something because this is the part that got me confused). So, like Umi? but there's no sign or explanation on the parts where she regain memories from the future on the whole summer vacation.

2. Kamome and Tsumugi Before and After True Route

When you play Kamome or Tsumugi route, the story tells us that both are not real a person. Kamome is just some kind of wandering spirit in search of treasure that she and her mom made while her real body is in comatose state. Tsumugi is a place holder from a real person that got spirited away. Both are on their last straws and will disappear if their problem doesn't get resolved. In the end they both will get their existence established ONLY if the MC go through their route. But in the alka/true route mc prioritize building his relationship with Shiroha and Umi. Yet in the epilogue the story tells us that they both get their own happy ending. Kamome talking with her mother just fine and plan to finish their pirate ship in the next year while about to take the ferry leaving the island, and Tsumugi existing as a real person who has her own home and has access to the light house.

3. Umi's Fate Where Shiroha doesn't Exist

Umi lives miserably because her father (Hairi) never pays attention to her since the death of her mother. So she decides to go back to the past where her mother is still exist. After knowing how it felt to live her summer with her mom and dad, she concludes that her present dad has reason to behave the way he did and believe he's still the kind person just like his past dad. Honestly, I expected something from Hairi's point of view after she lost Shiroha (just like Tomoya in Clannad After Story) yet sadly there's no that kind of story and it left a hole in my heart.

4. What actually happened in Pocket Route?

This is just my conclusion on the back and forth in this complicated sequence of time travel stuff. I'll focus on the spirit realm where everybody become shiny butterfly. This story happens when Shiroha just lost both of her parents.

Hitomi (Shiroha's mom) went back to the past and told Misaki to keep her nephew (Hairi the MC) in the shed until the last day of Summer when he visit, stuff happened and Hitomi came back to the spirit realm, finds Umi's butterfly wandering on the endless summer, decided to guide her to the timeline where young child Shiroha is depressed and make Umi into Nanami, tell her to make the most fun summer vacation they both ever had, thus make Shiroha and Umi to always looking to the future and never rely on her power to fix the past, leave a rainbow paper airplane in the shed, Hairi found the rainbow paper airplane after finished organizing the shed, finally the happy timeline everybody hoped for.

I want to give a review after this so tell me what you think about the story in general.