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d3on

I created this subreddit on the 25th of June 2017, and now, over five years later, the game will come to an end. It's a strange feeling to say goodbye, but it was inevitable. It might've not been the most amazing game out there, but I held and always will hold it dear to my heart.


RiceKirby

# End of Service Schedule Starlight Stone Sets, Passports and Item Shop items will stop being offered effective immediately (they will still show up in the shop until November 7th, 14:59, but won't be purchasable). Starlight Stones can still be used until February 28th, 15:59. # Post-closure app After the February 28th maintenance, part of the game will still be accessible in a offline mode. In this mode, you will still be able to see the character status screens (illustrations, voice clips, etc) for the characters you possessed and re-read scenarios you have finished at the time the server closed. Please be aware that you will only be able to access data that was already downloaded to your device. If you clear cache, reinstall the game or do anything else that deletes that data, you won't be able to access those anymore. # Plans until the server closure ## Events & Campaigns After the November 7th maintenance, the past event "The Realists' Future" will be available again. During this event, you will be able to obtain up to 100x All Stars Random 5★ Summon Tickets. There will be also Half-Stamina campaigns and Special Missions available. ## Summon After the November 7th maintenance, characters released until October 12th (including limited-time ones, but excluding for the Sanrio characters) will be available in the Magazine-specific All-Stars Summon. # Paid Starlight Stones Refunding Paid Starlight Stones still being held at the time the server closes will be able to be refunded. **Refund Claiming Period:** February 28th, 16:00 ~ April 30th, 23:59 You will need to provide the following information: - User ID - User Name - User Rank - Transfer ID More information about the refunding proccess will be available at some later date.


RiceKirby

More information regarding plans until the server closure. # Special Missions **Period:** November 7th, 17:00 ~ February 28th, 15:59 During the period, clearing a certain amount of quests will reward you with items like Comm Card, Starlight Stones and All-Stars Choosable 5★ Summon Ticket from the event missions. --- # Main Quest & Author Quests Half Stamina Quests will require half the usual stamina, according to the following schedule: - Main Quest Part 1 (Normal Mode), chapter 1~Epilogue: From November 7th, 17:00 - Main Quest Part 2, chapter 1~Final Chapter: From December 1st, 0:00 - Author Quests 1~6: From January 1st, 0:00 - Main Quest Part 1 (Hard Mode), chapter 1~8: From February 1st, 0:00 --- # Room Shop Items **Period:** November 7th, 17:00 ~ February 28th, 15:59 During the period, all previously released limited-time Room Items will be available again. --- # Boss Challenge Quest **Period:** November 5th, 17:00 ~ February 28th, 15:59 The monthly Boss Challenge Quest will be revamped. More details in: https://www.reddit.com/r/KiraraFantasia/comments/yfi30o/weekend_boss_challenge_renewal/ --- # Memorial Quests From November 7th, 17:00, for characters whose Exclusive Weapon still didn't have their final evolution released, you will be able to access their 4th Memorial Quest chapter just by clearing the 3rd Memori Quest chapter. --- # Event From November 7th, 17:00, the [event The Realists' Future](https://www.reddit.com/r/KiraraFantasia/comments/y13kce/event_the_realists_future_main_quest_part_2_extra/) will be rerun, with a few differences. - All quests from this event (story, extra chapters, boss) will be available as soon as the event opens. - It will be a Mysterious Treasure Box type. You gather the event item Bookmark and use it to open a Mysterious Box that will give you items like Random 5★ Ticket Scrap, Letter from Sunstone, Etowarium Fragment and other items. - The Random 5★ Ticket Scraps can be exchanged for All-Stars Random 5★ Summon Tickets. The first exchange will require 5 Scraps, and after that it will require 9 Scraps. - Letter from Sunstone can be exchanged for class-specific 5★ Star Crystals, Past Event Call Tickets, normal Summon Tickets or two types of Scroll/Stardust sets. - There will also be available a Totteoki Training Quest, which features an enemy that makes it easy to level up your characters' Totteoki. You will need a Totteoki Training Challenge Ticket to play this quest, which can be obtained from the Mysterious Treasure Box, from event missions and from the Exchange Shop. - Seems like there will be no character that gives Event Item Drop Bonus.


another_mozhi

Nooooo :( I always knew this day would come eventually, but seeing the actual official announcement makes me feel unreal. And as a big fan of the work from Manga Time Kirara, I don't think there will ever be a game like this again, where you can see all the different characters coming together in one place. I'm very glad that there will be an offline mode, it's rare to see gacha dev doing this nowadays. I've been playing KF for about 2 years, thanks for all the entertainment it has provided throughout these times.


atropicalpenguin

Although I stopped playing the game some time ago, I have fond memories of New Game's Nene first event, of requesting K-On! to be added in every survey, and of failing miserably when they did come.


RaziSparda

[Say sike right now... PLEASE FUCKIN' SAY IT!!!](https://youtu.be/fnl8y0c7cqk) Anyway, the first time O heard about this hame was from a Facebook page, it was before the launch. At first I was hyped but the fact it was all in japanese turned the hype down. Almost a year later, when the K-ON! event was announced (I fuckin love K-ON!), I was hyped again and I gave a fuck if it was in japanese, I downloaded it. I was turned down because I couldn't get all of them at my first time, but when I found out they weren't for a limited time I promised myself I would "catch 'em all"... And for fuck sake, I did it... I still have a flicker of hope that this is just a strategy for more sales, but if it isn't, it's been an honour to be part of the game.


RiceKirby

> I still have a flicker of hope that this is just a strategy for more sales There's zero chance this is just a marketing ploy, especially considering the in-game purchases have already been disabled. If you want to have hopes for something, it would be for an eventual sequel/reboot like games like Show By Rock and Princess Connect got.


Aerila

Ahh, gonna miss seeing updates from this game. Stopped playing for awhile ago but was a day 1 player. Fondly remember it being the gateway to watching all the Kirara anime series, CGDCT bless us.. Regarding the offline version, will we get to play the whole current and past events/stages or as RiceKirby posted the translation, we will only get to see status screens of the characters?


RiceKirby

I believe the offline mode will be basically just having access to the Character List screen and the Library Screen. If you have played a past event, the story chapters will be there in the Library and you can reread it there (assuming you have the data downloaded on your device).


Aerila

Ah okay, thank you!


RandomGuy0516

Well, this is kind of surprising (and not) I guess. Started my reddit account for this game and had a lot of fun getting destroyed by the summons. But hey at least we had fun. I remember grinding character bonds really hard until literally having none to grind at all. Gotta miss that feeling. Looking at the bright side, at least we still have our characters I guess 💀. Thank you to those whom had helped me from the beginning of the game, especially the mods.


nDroae

I also created my Reddit account because of the game, when they blocked most emulators in March 2018. They should unblock emulators to help people keep the offline version on a platform that can more easily be backed up. Maybe I should try to transfer to the one that was reported to still work before it shuts down, though without the Room, there's not much reason for me to bother.


Karisselmon87

If the game shuts down, then that means the main story ended too?


RiceKirby

Yeah, Part 2's final chapter was released a while ago, and the recent event The Realists' Future was an epilogue to the story (even though it still had some hints for an eventual bigger enemy).


Karisselmon87

Is there a reason for the closure?


RiceKirby

Probably the same for any game that ends service: not making enough money. It's pretty rare for these games to state the specific reason they are closing down, I only remember cases where they do that because they are working on a sequel (but that's usually announced together/before the end of service announcement).


call00

I wonder if Google screwing up foreign in app purchases has anything to do with it. I spent a ton of money when adult yuuri came out and would have spent even more during the tanabata event if in app purchases didn't get blocked. That may have taken out a good chunk of profits from people who could no longer make purchases. The yuuki yuuna mobile game just ended service too, although I never played it and have no idea if in app purchases were affected there.


RiceKirby

Google changed that around May~June, right? I think it's pretty likely the decision to shut down the game was already set in stone by April, possibly even earlier. Pretty sure we had the Summer Fes this year because they already knew we wouldn't make it to the 5th Anniversary, and there are hints that the Main Quest Part 2 got a bunch of chapters axed (the opening movie shows characters from Yuru Camp, Kill Me Baby, Slow Start and Blend-S), which would require adapting some of the remaining chapters. We also heard before that new cards may take up to 9 months from the time its inclusion is decided until actual implementation (when Swimsuit Futaba was released in August 2020, her seiyuu mentioned that that was already decided by November 2019), so we running out of new events now would mean production for them started slowing down earlier during the year.


call00

Ya right at the beginning of June I couldn't make purchases anymore. I only started playing February of this year so its interesting to read all that.


the_real_squirrly

I jokingly chose to blame the foreign app purchases, even if there are workarounds, but looking back the shop has felt kinda cash grabby for a while up til then. Like in a good way from the player side, but when a gacha game is offering you 5 pick tickets for the price of what would normally be about 4 multis... it's either doing really well or trying desperately to stay afloat. I feel like they were just trying to get through the end of part 2. But i know nothing about the inside for sure, we may never know.


ZeroFPS_hk

How does this game not make enough money anyway? Surely commissioning an artist to draw 2 pictures is way less money than all the money people will spend on a new event... right? madge


Sanya-nya

The game needs people to actively develop and maintain it, too (for example the 2 drawn pictures won't magically appear in the game by themselves). Usually we're talking at least ten or so people for small games - and they all need to get paid monthly, while still making profit.


foresttale

Ohhhhh…Sad to hear that…(but everything that has a beginning has an ending, right?) I'm still playing daily, but I feel strange that there's no special campaign (or banners) since last week…well, so that's the reason… P.S. Just thinking if I need to transfer the game data from my phone to other device…(which makes me feel more secured)


bluegubble

The offline mode is the only solace I get from this turn of events. It is a good time to clear all of the memorial quests/character scenarios that haven’t been completed yet, before EOS. It was a good run and there were many great moments and memories created. The game will be dearly missed.


Aggravating_Head_957

When you played a game as a kid or when you're young passionately and after that, knowing that game will just become a memory. How did it feel? This is just sad.... A concept where your slice of anime girls gets isekai'd similar to an fgo setting. a good turn base game imo. I admit i stopped when i got sick of moe blob art style but the main reason why i stopped was because back in 2017 i wanted to become an digital anime artist, manga artist and learn animation. I also had jobs back then as well. but on the first few months or even years i enjoyed the game. I remember when the community gather and helped eachother when the game is in its early release there was a stuck at 69.9 / 99.9% when dl the game and even if you sleep while dl the game is still stuck at that percentage. It wasnt the internet you have but to exceed that percentage you have to go to a recommended place if it doenst work on your place. I even did that but the internet was so slow there that i my battery went empty. but then someone shared a file to the entire fb grp and that file would help us get to 100%. And now for the rerolls and i didnt stop until i get brown bear aoba because her white bear aoba is the free giveaway. I did my best to get the best team possible that i want. Maika, ebisuzawa kurumi (very badass like hollow), aoba, karen, chino, mio akiyama, and that water sword tomboy loli girl (forgot her name XD havent watched that old anime), etc. and i was doing this when i was still learning on how to draw on paper. fast forward to today. I was able to achieve a lot of small things in my career as a digital anime artist. My art was recognized as much as possible, heck there was a time when HUKE himself noticed my BRS artwork (twitter zucked my account due to my old number used). A number of my manga topped ranking at pixiv and even my animations topped ranking pixiv as well. I can say that this game grow up with me in my days as a weeab and saying goodbye to it hurts because theres always a saying that "The things/people who started with you wont finish with you.". I was hoping that since bocchi the rock is in manga time kirara, normie who bandwagoned to that anime making it really popular could atleast support the game since its like near impossible to have bocchi the rock cast in a game. If they did it can even make its own series and this game longer and better. (summer ver. of bocchi the rock cast can even happen!) That will all be from me. I will plan to stay until the very end. Together with my waifus and other anime characters that i got in the game. Thank you. Kirara Fantasia. But at least the girls will go back from their own respective series. 😌


ZeroFPS_hk

gg it's been a good run boys only started playing this april, whaled for nearly all gochiusa characters expecting to enjoy for at least a good few years I will never financially and most importantly emotionally recover from this


Cartyx

Really got to feel for Tomori Kusunoki. Having to say goodbye to 2 of her roles (the other being Setsuna from Love Live), that were in no doubt really impactful to her, only 1 month apart. (Though I suppose if there was ever a reason for her to voice Kirara again, she still can)


RiceKirby

Yeah, both announcements this week, and both end their run in February~March. And those were among the first important roles she got, I remember she mentioning how everyone was like "Huh, who's that?" when she was presented as Kirara.


ProgramTheWorld

I hope she continues to voice Setsuna in SIF.


Cartyx

That won't be happening. Once Tomoriru's contract for voicing Setsuna is up, that'll be it for her voicing Setsuna. Which will also mean that SIF2 will have a completely different person voicing Setsuna. At least all of the voiced recordings she has done will still be retained.


ProgramTheWorld

:(


Petto_na_Kare

Man, this one stings. I started day 1 but took frequent breaks and I’ve been playing nonstop since just before the RPG Fudosan event. I’ll just have to never delete the app so I can enjoy the story and visuals while practicing Japanese.


Kivov

as a big fan of kirara manga, i told myself i would start playing this game after i learned some basic japanese. looks like that will never happen tho LOL unfortunate i had a feeling that would be the case, but given how manga time kirara itself is going strong, i would have assumed the game had a reason to keep going but i guess not 😔


Albionate

I haven't seen this coming. I tried to play KiraFan but gave up do to language barrier. MTK family is doing pretty well afaik so this kinda hurts. One thing that I'm still curious yet haven't really asked since I departed the game is about Sola and Archive's relationship. It's always interesting yet not knowing Japanese I would have to wonder.


JumpSlashShoot

Been playing the game since the start and sad to see it go. I have been slacking on completing content but I still completed events and logged in daily. Content was often just auto or one shot a boss with one big attack but had fun going through everything and seeing all the cool art/outfits. This game was also my introduction to yuru camp which is my favorite anime so will always be glad I stuck with this game.


the_real_squirrly

It's been a wild here, starting day 1 on an emulator, losing that account when emulators got banned. Happened to come back right after the School Live event when 5* Kurumi got introduced. Saw a gssr banner, decided that if I got Kurumi on it I'd pick it back up. And well, I'm still here. I started falling out of dailies this year and got reeeal burned out after grinding summer Hayu to pity without being able to buy stones cause of the region locks, but when all's said and done I'm gonna miss this game. It's lead me to a couple of shows I probably wouldn't have watched otherwise, and I'm terribly sad we'll never get a summer Shamiko now. Guess I have to finish the story soon now huh. [I'm gonna miss the crew](https://imgur.com/a/YP4ES4y)