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BLUE REFLECTION Quartet
Explore all four connected BLUE REFLECTION stories, upgraded battles and exploration, character relationships, Memory Shards, the Reference database, and platform features.
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Release Information
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet Release Date, Platforms and Editions
The collection brings four major BLUE REFLECTION stories together in one release. All announced platforms receive the complete four-title package, while performance, display settings and storefront bonuses depend on the selected system and edition.
| Category | Option | Details | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Worldwide Launch | July 30, 2026 | The PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch and Steam versions launch on the same date. |
| PlayStation 5 | PlayStation Store | Digital PS5 version with DualSense controller support and television-based play. | Best suited to players who prioritize a home-console presentation and fast loading. |
| Nintendo Switch 2 | Nintendo eShop | Nintendo Switch 2 version supporting handheld, tabletop and television play. | Combines portable play with hardware-specific improvements over the original Nintendo Switch version. |
| Nintendo Switch | Nintendo eShop | Nintendo Switch version supporting handheld, tabletop and docked play. | Designed for players who want to experience the complete collection on the original Switch hardware. |
| PC | Steam | Windows PC version distributed digitally through Steam. | Offers configurable graphics, display and control settings based on the player's PC hardware. |
| Languages | Voice and Text Options | Japanese voice audio is paired with localized interface and subtitle options listed for each regional storefront. | Available text languages can differ between regional PlayStation, Nintendo and Steam store listings. |
| Editions | Digital Purchase Options | The complete collection is available as a standard digital purchase, with additional edition content listed on participating storefronts. | Edition contents and downloadable bonuses are tied to the selected platform and store region. |
| Purchase Bonuses | Preorder and Early-Purchase Content | Eligible digital preorders and early purchases include the bonus content specified by Koei Tecmo and the selected storefront. | Bonus availability, distribution periods and redemption methods vary by platform. |
Collection Contents
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet: All Four Stories Included
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet is a series collection rather than a single standalone adventure. BLUE REFLECTION and Second Light retain their full role-playing structures, while RAY and SUN are reconstructed as offline playable experiences that fit the collection's unified presentation.
BLUE REFLECTION
Full Role-Playing Game2017Lead: Hinako Shirai
After an injury ends Hinako's ballet career, she meets Yuzu and Lime and gains the power of a Reflector. She balances school life with journeys into the Common, where human emotions take physical form.
Gameplay Focus
School relationships, emotion-based exploration, character Fragments and turn-based Reflector battles.
In Quartet
The complete original story serves as the foundation for the collection's terminology, world rules and recurring characters.
BLUE REFLECTION RAY
Playable Story Adaptation2021 anime seriesLead: Hiori Hirahara
Hiori becomes involved in a conflict between Reflectors who protect people's feelings and opponents who pursue those emotions for their own objectives. Her relationship with Ruka Hanari forms the emotional center of the story.
Gameplay Focus
Character-driven chapters, Reflector confrontations and stories built around emotional Fragments.
In Quartet
The anime storyline is reconstructed as a game-format scenario so it can be experienced alongside the other three entries.
BLUE REFLECTION SUN
Offline Game Adaptation2023 mobile gameLead: Special Academy Transfer Student
Humanity struggles to survive after mysterious ash begins transforming the world and affecting young women known as the Eroded. The protagonist joins a group fighting the creatures and investigating the disaster.
Gameplay Focus
Party formation, character development, combat missions and an ash-covered post-disaster setting.
In Quartet
The original mobile-service storyline is reorganized into an offline version that can be played without the discontinued live-service structure.
BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light
Full Role-Playing Game2021Lead: Ao Hoshizaki
Ao awakens at an isolated school surrounded by water, where several girls have lost their memories. The group explores Heartscapes, restores forgotten experiences and searches for a way home.
Gameplay Focus
Real-time battles, Heartscape exploration, crafting, school facilities, dates and character bonding.
In Quartet
The complete sequel acts as a major crossover point, bringing together characters and ideas established across the wider series.
Story Order
Recommended BLUE REFLECTION Quartet Play Order
The four stories share concepts rather than following one protagonist from beginning to end. Playing them in this order makes the Common, Reflectors, emotional Fragments and returning characters easier to understand while preserving the major story reveals.
1
BLUE REFLECTION
Learn the foundation of the seriesBegin with Hinako Shirai's story to understand how Reflectors transform, how emotions create Fragments and how the Common connects to the human heart.
Connections: Introduces characters and world rules that become important when later stories revisit earlier memories and relationships.
2
BLUE REFLECTION RAY
Expand the Reflector conflictContinue with Hiori Hirahara and Ruka Hanari to see how different Reflectors respond to pain, isolation and the desire to protect other people's feelings.
Connections: Broadens the series beyond Hinako's school and introduces characters whose experiences connect directly with later events.
3
BLUE REFLECTION SUN
Explore the ash-covered worldPlay SUN after RAY to experience a larger crisis involving mysterious ash, transformed girls and organized battles against threats affecting humanity.
Connections: Adds another perspective on the series' emotional powers, supernatural disasters and groups fighting to protect the world.
4
BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light
Finish with the crossover storyEnd with Ao Hoshizaki's journey through the isolated school and its Heartscapes. Restoring the girls' memories gradually reveals how their separate histories connect.
Connections: Second Light rewards familiarity with the original game and RAY through returning characters, shared memories and expanded explanations of the Common.
Getting Started
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet Beginner Guide
A normal chapter usually alternates between story scenes, conversations, preparation, exploration and combat. New players should prioritize character events and basic upgrades instead of rushing directly from one main objective to the next.
1
Start With the Original Story
Choose BLUE REFLECTION as your first entry and use the opening chapters to learn the Common, Fragments and Reflector transformations.
Tip: Keep the default difficulty until you understand healing, support skills and enemy weaknesses.
Systems: The original game uses traditional turn-based battles, while Second Light develops the combat system into a faster real-time format.
2
Complete Character Conversations
Speak with available classmates and complete bonding events before advancing important story objectives.
Tip: Relationship scenes provide character development and can unlock useful progression rewards, abilities or support effects.
Systems: The original game focuses on school conversations and Fragments, while Second Light expands bonding through dates, requests and school activities.
3
Explore Every Emotional Area
Search the Common and Heartscapes for materials, memory scenes, optional objectives and routes leading to important encounters.
Tip: Collect visible materials while moving toward the main objective so you do not need to repeat the same route for basic crafting supplies.
Systems: BLUE REFLECTION explores areas connected to human emotions, while Second Light uses larger Heartscapes built from each character's lost memories.
4
Craft Before Major Battles
Use collected materials to prepare recovery items, combat tools and other useful equipment before entering a boss area.
Tip: Carry several healing options instead of spending every material on offensive items.
Systems: Crafting becomes more prominent in Second Light, where constructed school facilities also provide activities and progression benefits.
5
Build a Balanced Battle Party
Combine direct attackers, support characters and healing abilities rather than selecting characters only by appearance or current level.
Tip: Use buffs, healing and enemy weaknesses early instead of saving every ability for the final phase of a fight.
Systems: The original game emphasizes turn order and Ether management, Second Light rewards timing and combo momentum, and SUN uses broader party-building systems.
6
Treat Each Entry as a Different Campaign
Review the tutorial and party setup whenever you begin the next included story instead of assuming that every command works identically.
Tip: Finish one campaign's main story before moving to the next so character names, emotional themes and world terminology remain clear.
Systems: BLUE REFLECTION and Second Light are full console RPGs, RAY is a reconstructed playable narrative, and SUN adapts mobile progression into an offline format.
Quick Tips
- Balance story scenes with exploration and preparation rather than rushing main objectives.
- Collect materials as you move so you rarely need to backtrack for basic crafting supplies.
- Keep a mix of healing, support and damage abilities ready before boss encounters.
- Each of the four entries changes its systems, so review the party setup when switching stories.
Cast Guide
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet Characters and Relationships
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet brings together characters whose stories were originally divided between a console RPG, an anime, a mobile game and a sequel. This guide focuses on starting roles, affiliations and visible relationships, while the collection's Reference database provides chronological charts and a complete cross-series relationship map.
Hinako Shirai
BLUE REFLECTIONSecond Light
Affiliation: Hoshinomiya Girls' High School; Reflector team
The original game's protagonist, an injured former ballerina who accepts Reflector powers while searching for a way to return to the stage.
- •Guided by Yuzuki and Lime
- •Builds bonds with classmates whose emotions create Fragments
- •Later joins Ao's group in Second Light
Yuzuki and Lime Shijou
BLUE REFLECTIONSecond Light Photo Mode
Affiliation: Hinako's Reflector team
The pair who introduces Hinako to Reflector powers and helps her confront the Sephira threatening the world.
- •Hinako's closest guides and battle partners
- •Connected to the wider Shijou family
- •Added to Second Light's Photo Mode in Quartet
Ao Hoshizaki
Second Light
Affiliation: Academy surrounded by water
A newcomer who arrives with more memories than the other students and becomes the emotional center of the group exploring the Heartscapes.
- •Works first with Kokoro, Rena and Yuki
- •Forms individual bonds through dates and school events
- •Connects characters originating in the other BLUE REFLECTION stories
Kokoro Utsubo
Second Light
Affiliation: Ao's academy group
A shy and gentle student whose recovered memories become part of the group's search for the truth.
- •One of the students Ao meets at the academy
- •Close teammate of Rena and Yuki
- •Shares an unexplained sense of familiarity with Shiho
Rena Miyauchi
Second Light
Affiliation: Ao's academy group
A sharp-tongued but caring student who provides a practical counterbalance to the group's more impulsive members.
- •One of Ao's first companions
- •Regularly works beside Kokoro and Yuki
- •Her blunt manner hides genuine concern for the team
Yuki Kinjou
Second Light
Affiliation: Ao's academy group
The joyful heart of the group, bringing energy to daily school life while the students recover their memories.
- •One of the academy's original residents
- •Close companion to Ao, Kokoro and Rena
- •Helps keep the group united during difficult discoveries
Hiori Hirahara
RAYSecond Light
Affiliation: RAY Reflector group; Ao's academy group
RAY's friendly and straightforward protagonist, known for helping people in trouble and acting before she fully considers the risk.
- •Reflector partner and close friend of Ruka
- •Younger sister of Mio
- •Returns as a playable ally in Second Light
Ruka Hanari
RAY
Affiliation: RAY Reflector group
A quiet transfer student who struggles to express herself and gradually changes through her partnership with Hiori.
- •Hiori's closest partner in RAY
- •Explores the Common alongside Hiori
- •Their contrasting personalities drive the central relationship of the story
Mio Hirahara
RAYSecond Light
Affiliation: RAY cast; Ao's academy group
Hiori's composed older sister and an important link between the anime story and Second Light.
- •Older sister of Hiori
- •Connected to Shino and the conflict surrounding the Reflectors
- •Reappears among the students in Second Light
Shino Mizusaki
RAY
Affiliation: RAY's opposing Reflector faction
A mysterious young woman at the center of the confrontation Hiori and Ruka approach while recovering their scattered memories.
- •Primary opposing figure for Hiori and Ruka
- •Closely tied to Mio's past
- •Her beliefs place her in conflict with the protagonists
Uta Komagawa
RAYSUNSecond Light
Affiliation: Cross-series Reflector
An unpredictable character whose presence links RAY, SUN and Second Light.
- •Connected to the opposing side of RAY's Reflector conflict
- •Appears among the wider SUN cast
- •Joins Ao's academy group in Second Light
SUN Leader
SUN
Affiliation: The squad called the weakest in history
The player character assigned to lead a struggling unit in a world threatened by ash corruption and the Testa.
- •Commands Shiho and the other squad members
- •Helps resolve each teammate's personal problems
- •Acts as the group's field leader during Testa battles
Shiho Kasuga
SUNSecond Light
Affiliation: SUN squad; Ao's academy group
A kind student and excellent cook who serves as one of the clearest bridges between SUN and Second Light.
- •Squadmate of the SUN Leader
- •Connected to Kokoro through partially lost memories
- •Playable member of Ao's group in Second Light
Yukiko Takaoka
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
A book-loving squad member whose reserved personality is shaped by a lonely past.
- •Fights under the SUN Leader
- •Develops through squad-focused character events
- •Part of the group resisting the Testa and spreading corruption
Nanaka Azumi
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
An energetic young woman who dreams of becoming an idol while serving in the frontline squad.
- •Teammate of Shiho and Yukiko
- •Brings optimism to the squad's difficult situation
- •Receives new interactions within Quartet's 24-event SUN adaptation
Xiao Meiqi
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
The serious former leader of the team, carrying experience and a strong sense of responsibility.
- •Predecessor and teammate of the current SUN Leader
- •Acts as a disciplined counterpoint to the squad's lighter personalities
- •Closely involved in the unit's combat decisions
Yu Alesia Morisaki
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
A cold and mysterious combatant whose guarded behavior makes her one of the squad's harder members to understand.
- •Fights alongside Shiho and the SUN Leader
- •Gradually reveals more through personal interactions
- •Supports the squad against ash-born Testa
Kanna Hoshiya
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
A catlike and unconventional squad member with a distinctive personality.
- •Member of the SUN Leader's unit
- •Adds a playful contrast to the squad's grim mission
- •Appears in SUN's rebuilt school and character events
Ayami Ikoma
SUN
Affiliation: SUN squad
A ladylike student who presents herself as a dependable big-sister figure to everyone around her.
- •Looks after younger or less confident squadmates
- •Serves under the SUN Leader
- •Participates in the new SUN character interactions
Kirara Kuno
SUNSecond Light
Affiliation: SUN squad; Ao's academy group
A puzzling young woman who says she hears the voice of the Divine and often speaks from a perspective others cannot follow.
- •Member of the SUN team
- •Later appears among Ao's companions
- •Her unusual insight gives her a distinct place in both groups
Battle Guide
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet Combat and Party Guide
Quartet preserves the identity of the original BLUE REFLECTION combat system while using Second Light's faster battle framework for the remade SUN encounters. The key is to manage action timing rather than selecting only the strongest attack: charge or recover Ether, exploit attributes, maintain combos and reserve support tools for the moment an enemy can be delayed or knocked down.
Adaptation Guide
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet RAY and SUN Guide
RAY and SUN are not simple video archives inside the collection. RAY retells the anime's central journey through 3D scenes and collectible memories, while SUN recompiles the discontinued mobile story into a self-contained console experience. Both entries receive connecting material designed to place their events inside the wider BLUE REFLECTION timeline.
PC Guide
BLUE REFLECTION Quartet PC Requirements and Performance
The PC version requires Windows 11, DirectX 11 and 55 GB of free space. The minimum tier targets 720p at 30 fps on the Lowest preset, while the recommended tier targets 1080p at 60 fps on the Standard preset with VSync enabled and an SSD recommended.
| Category | Minimum | Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 11, 64-bit | Windows 11, 64-bit | A 64-bit processor and operating system are required. |
| Processor | Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G | Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | Use the recommended tier for the official 1080p and 60 fps target. |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB provides the intended headroom for the Standard preset. |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R9 380X (4 GB VRAM) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB VRAM) | The official targets assume VSync is enabled. |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | Install a current graphics driver before launch. |
| Network | Broadband internet connection | Broadband internet connection | Required by the listed Steam system requirements. |
| Storage | 55 GB available space | 55 GB available space on an SSD | SSD storage is recommended for the 1080p and 60 fps target. |
| Sound | 16-bit stereo, 48 kHz playback | 16-bit stereo, 48 kHz playback | Japanese voice audio is included. |
| Minimum Performance Target | 1280 x 720, 30 fps, Lowest graphics quality, VSync on | Not applicable | This is the official expected result for the minimum hardware tier. |
| Recommended Performance Target | Not applicable | 1920 x 1080, 60 fps, Standard graphics quality, VSync on | This is the official expected result for the recommended hardware tier. |
| Display Settings | Resolution selection, graphics-quality presets and VSync | Use 1080p, Standard quality and VSync for the official recommended target | Lower resolution or quality first when stabilizing frame rate on weaker hardware. |
| Controls | Keyboard and mouse; full controller support | Xbox or PlayStation controller | Steam lists full support for Xbox and PlayStation controllers. |
| Steam Deck | Steam Deck Verified | Use the default verified profile as the starting point | The Steam compatibility badge marks the game as Verified. |
| Steam Features | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing | 48 Steam Achievements with cloud saves enabled | Cloud saves help when moving between a desktop PC and Steam Deck. |
| Language Support | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese interface and subtitles | Japanese voice audio with a supported text language | Japanese is the listed full-audio language. |
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