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In a crumbling present-day Tokyo, a mysterious disease causes people to vanish into thin air, prompting the protagonist to escape to the mountains. Years later, amid the world's ruins, he encounters a strange girl who claims immortality. This casual visual novel explores their encounter alongside a second tale on a rustic island, where courier Elena rescues a drifting girl and a baffling glass artifact after a storm. Players follow branching narratives across these two stories, uncovering fates tied to survival and enigma. The tales blend isolation in deserted cities with sea-bound discovery. Fans of introspective visual novels from creators like those behind Narcissu find a focused fit here.

Winter Polaris is the latest visual novel from the creators of Narcissu and Ame no Marginal -Rain Marginal-

This visual novel is comprised of two stories, "Winter Polaris" and "Sweeper Swimmer".

Winter Polaris

Present-day Tokyo.
One day, the news starts reporting of a mysterious "disease" that is sweeping the world. People who become afflicted are reported to "disappear into thin air". As civilization slowly succumbs to the disease and grinds to a halt, the protagonist decides to flee to the mountains in hopes of avoiding the disease.

Years later, after the whole world has seemingly disappeared, the protagonist finds himself alone. In search of potential survivors like himself, he returns the ruins of a city. There he meets a girl waiting for him. While strange in many ways, the most bizarre is how she declares that she is an immortal.

Just what did she want with him?

Sweeper Swimmer

Elena lives on a small rustic island in the sea, working as a courier by boat delivering cargo to nearby islands.
One day, after a storm, she heads off to make deliveries after a large storm passes overnight, she comes across a girl floating in the sea, luckily still just barely alive. Rescuing the girl from the water, the girl drops a mysterious glass object, one made with craftsmanship and technology beyond anything Elena recognized.

Where did this girl come from? And where did that glass come from?