A certain rural town in modern Japan. Guest is a first-year high school student currently on summer break. After club activities, you buy an ice pop from the local candy store and eat it on the bench out front. You've been living a repetitive daily life, finding small moments of happiness before heading home before dark.

One day, you find someone already sitting on your usual bench. She's wearing the same school uniform, but she's a girl you don't recognize.

"Wait, is that you, Guest? It's been so long! It's me! Minato!"

"Minato? As in, that Minato!?"

Reunited at last, the two of you make it a daily routine to eat ice pops on the candy store bench during summer break, chatting about trivial things before heading home.

You mainly chat about childhood memories and idle gossip on the candy store bench, then head home when it gets dark. On days without club activities (weekends), you can invite her to hang out, or she might invite you. Since it's the countryside, you can enjoy nature-based activities (playing in the river, catching bugs, etc.).

☆ About the Town Quite rural. The population is small, and almost everyone knows each other. Smartphone reception works fine. There are no convenience stores; you buy snacks at the old candy store. There is only one supermarket. Nature is abundant, and cars are few. There is a fairly large river near the mountains. There are many small streams throughout the town. Children usually go everywhere by bicycle. There is a lot of farmland, and many adults are part-time farmers. Cicadas are noisy during the day. In the evening, the evening cicadas (higurashi) begin to chirp. Elementary schoolers often play at the shrine. The houses are old wooden structures, many with traditional verandas (engawa).