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Upon arriving at the country village, Takuma encounters the mysterious, yet [[Genki Girl|energetic]] Otoha, the self-proclaimed "Spirit of the Sounds of Time." Otoha offers Takuma, whom she refers to as "The Promised One," his sight back, if only for a short while. Takuma also encounters the enigmatic loner Kohinata Hayami, whom the rest of the village treats with an obvious grudge, for reasons Takuma can't seem to figure out. Not even Kagura Hinata, the granddaughter of the village elder, seems willing to fill him in. As Takuma refuses to stop acting friendly towards Hayami, he sets into action a chain of events that may change the entire village.
A [[Visual Novel]] adaptation in the vein of ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' and other [[Kyo Ani]]/[[Key Visual Arts|Key]] works, though the best comparison thematically and plot-wise would probably be ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.]]'' The show itself starts off slow, and rather cliched. However, towards the middle, it [[Growing the Beard|improves quite a bit]], as the backstory of the characters and the revelations about the village's past supplant the [[Harem Anime]] and [[Visual Novel]] cliches that littered the beginning. The ending is quite the [[Tear Jerker]], in any case.
The Visual Novel was produced by Makura, with the animated adaptation put together by studio Zexcs in 2008. The anime has has been licensed by Kadokawa USA for an English release. The title comes from the names of the main heroines (Hayami, Hinata, Otoha) and the well known ''Footprints'' poem, which is used as the main theme.
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* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: The ''Footprints'' poem, as mentioned before.
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Hayami, at least in the beginning.
* [[The Messiah]]: Takuma, specifically "The Promised One"
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: Some people have a hard time taking the humorous elements of the show in stride with the abuse of Hayami, ''especially'' when it involves Yui, since one of the first things her character is seen doing is stomping on Hayami's head, and dumping toilet water on her.
* [[New Transfer Student]]: Takuma
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* [[Something Completely Different]]: Episode 8 opens with Hayami and Hinata referring to Takuma as an older brother, Takuma's uncle has had a gender change, and Otoha, aside from being visible to everyone now, is apparently a [[Magical Girl]]. Turns out that {{spoiler|it's [[All Just a Dream]], created for Takuma by Otoha as a way of showing him a good time, to say thanks for helping fix the village's problems.}}
** This maybe a reference to her route in the [[Visual Novel]] which titled {{spoiler|Mahou Shoujo Magical Hinata}}.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: When Hayami {{spoiler|dies in the exact same manner as Takuma's mother (not a suicide, which was what we had been led to believe) by running in front of a train to try and protect a little boy who had chased a ball onto the tracks. Quickly transitions into a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in the epilogue, as Hayami comes [[Back
* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: Part of Hinata's [[Big Fancy House]].
* [[Tsundere]]: Yui.
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* [[Woman in White]]: Otoha, after [[Time Skip]] in her route.
* [[The Woobie]]: Hayami, her first scene shows her being beaten up on a dirt road.
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: {{spoiler|Both the reason for Takuma's blindness (it is actually trauma induced, after seeing what he thought was his mother commit suicide), and the explanation for why he could see through the series itself. Apparently, according to the outside world, he was blind the entire time. Don't worry if this makes no sense.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Hinata, the clumsy family oriented daughter of the elder. At first she was an [[Extreme Doormat]] but develops the inner iron important for this trope. {{spoiler|and later Hayami after she [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosts]].}}
* [[Your Size May Vary]]: Hayami's breast size seem to constantly change depending on the situation, although she officially is flat-chested.
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