Talk:Mata, Itsuka. (また、いつか。)/@comment-27338048-20190807224234

This is such a hidden gem of a game. The music is so beautiful it literally moves me to tears. Here's my take on the story (spoilers ofc):

Initially I thought Katsuki and Shun were lovers as well, but upon a replay I think they're brothers, due to their similar appearance and their in-game levels, Katsuki's being 13 and Shun's being 17. I think this reflects their ages (which I also think aren't their "current" ages, as we see an older version of Katsuki in one of the endings).

There's clearly themes of war in the game, mainly in Shun's dreams, but theres small mirrors of these in Katsuki's as well (e.g. Shun's combat uniform vs. Katsuki's cadet uniform. Both of them salute). Shun's dreams contain quite a few graphic depictions of war between the War Zone beach and underwater zone full of sunken battleships and submarines, which leads me to believe he was drafted at 17 and now suffers from PTSD, which would also explain why he won't leave his room. In one ending, he's also shown wearing his dogtag and drinking heavily.

Katsuki, on the other hand, seems to have had a close relationship with his brother and has since retreated to happier days in his dreams, it could also be why within himself he still feels 13. We see in his endings that he's now got a place of his own in the city, and in one scene he was shown crying after seeing the unmarked car, presumably the car the officers arrived in to draft his brother, as neither of them react well to its presence.

There's also some notable graphics in the game, one of which are the dates found in the number field: 1945/08/06 and 1945/08/09 which were the day the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki and 1945/08/15, the day Japan surrendered in WWII.

With the amount of imagery of time passing and even the name of the game また、いつか. (lit. Again, Someday) I think at the root of this game are two close brothers separated by war and alienation who miss each other very much and - quite literally - dream of reuniting. Definitely worth a play, even if it's just to enjoy the music.