“…and that’s a wrap. Now, I’ll just play a quick solo and we should be good…”
[plays bass]
“That was too short, you say?”
“But what else can I talk about…”
“How did I become interested in music?”
“I’ve always liked it. My mom is a koto instructor, and my dad plays guitar in a band.
“…Now what else? Ah, you want to know why I chose to play the bass instead of the guitar?”
“It’s because I like it. And there’s a certain band that I really respect.”
“The bassist for that band once said, ‘The bass has the power to control the mood of the entire music hall.'”
“That really hit home for me… and so I decided to play the bass, too.”
“…my hobbies?”
“I practice playing my bass whenever I have time. I guess I also enjoy going to concerts for bands that I like.”
“As for hobbies outside of music… I don’t really have any.”
“For the longest time, whenever I start to like something, I’d always get completely immersed in it, be it a picture book or a video game… and right now, it’s the bass.
“…huh? My big sister? Why do I have to talk about her?”
“She’s got nothing to do with the band.”
“Well, if I have talk about her… I’d say she sticks out like a sore thumb and keep showing her face at the freshman classrooms, so I told her to stop coming.”
“It’s not that I hate her or anything. But I just like to be left alone.”
“Look, I’m not doing this part of the MC portion during the real show. There’s no point in talking about stuff other than music.”
“Anyway, I take this band and all that we do seriously.”
“I spare no time or effort at all to be able to put on the best possible performance that I can presently do.”
“All the more so if it’s with the four of us…”
“….nah, it’s nothing.”
“Alright, is that enough MC practice for today?”
“It’d be a waste of time to not get in some band practice, too. So come on, let’s get to it.”
— ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ feat. ๅ้ณใใฏ (@pj_sekai) March 20, 2020
Message from Yuki Nakashima
“I voice Shiho Hinomori-chan, a stoic girl who really loves music and tends to come across as being un-talkative and even a little scary. But in reality, she’s very sweet and cares about her friends a lot!”
“I’m looking forward to spending more time with Shiho-chan!”
“We hope you continue to support Shiho Hinomori-chan, Leo/need, and all of Project SEKAI!”
— ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ feat. ๅ้ณใใฏ (@pj_sekai) March 19, 2020
Message from Reina Ueda
“Honami-chan is like a big sister figure to all, treating everyone kindly no matter who they are. While that kindness is one of her good points, it also invites misunderstanding from others…”
“She struggles to figure out how she should face herself and others around her while bearing all the burdens of being a teenager… and much like Honami-chan, I, too, wrestled with a lot of worries while serving as her voice actress.”
“It would mean the world to me if you would all watch over her.”
It’s that time of year again! piapro has begun accepting design entries for the 2021 Snow Miku and Rabbit Yukine design contest! Winners will see their design become the official Snow Miku 2021, plus receive related goods!
Contest Details
Theme
ๅๆตท้ใฎ้ชใใคใกใผใธใใใใคใซใใใผใทใงใณใ (“Illumination that captures the spirit of Hokkaido winters”)
Prizes
Your design turned into a Nendoroid figure โปRabbit Yukine will be an optional part for the 2021 Snow Miku Nendoroid figure
Your designs turned into the official Snow Miku 2021 design
2021 Nendoroid Snow Miku and other related goods
Entry Period
March 18, 2020 through April 17 at 5:00 PM (JST)
Results to be announced before the end of April
Character Templates
The contest organizers suggest that you use these templates for your entries to the best of your ability.
It might be necessary for the contest organizers to crop your design
It might be necessary for the contest organizers to shorten or omit your entry title
Entrants younger than 18 years of age must supply parental or guardian consent
Entries must be the work of a single individual; entries created by companies or a group of people are not allowed
Make sure to not change your email address after completing your entry
You are solely responsible if claims are filed against your entry for infringing on the rights of any third party. The contest organizers bear no responsibility.
Your entry must be an original work that has never been uploaded online before or used in other contests
The final entry day before the deadline is often flooded with entries, and yours may not be uploaded in time, so please upload your entry well ahead of the deadline
Under no circumstances will any more entries be accepted after the deadline
Entries and their information (titles, descriptions, etc.) cannot be modified after the deadline
Your nickname that will be displayed with your entry will be the one that you set at the licensing step. If a name is not set, then your piapro nickname piapro ID will be displayed instead.
Due to the postponement of Coachella until October, it was announced last week that the MIKU EXPO 2020 tour dates in USA and Canada would likewise be rescheduled.
Following recent developments and in consideration of the safety and well-being of Miku's fans and touring staff amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, #MIKUEXPO2020 USA & Canada is in the process of being rescheduled. https://t.co/dOxO6KY4N0pic.twitter.com/NfSDfgGx3F
Thankfully, today, the new dates have finally been announced, and it has also been confirmed that tickets that were already purchased can be used for the new dates!
#MIKUEXPO2020 USA & Canadahttps://t.co/dOxO6KY4N0 9/4 Orlando 9/8 Washington D.C. 9/11 Asbury Park 9/17 Boston 9/20 Montreal 9/23 Toronto 9/25 Chicago 9/30 Vancouver 10/4 San Jose 10/18 Los Angeles 10/21 Dallas 10/24 Atlanta For ticket inquiries please contact your vendor
— ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ feat. ๅ้ณใใฏ (@pj_sekai) March 18, 2020
Message from Karin Isobe:
“I listened to Miku songs all the time in my student days, so I’m thrilled to be involved in the project like this! Saki-chan is a really cute and lovable girl who always gives it her all and cares deeply about her friends.”
“Look forward to more from Saki-chan and Leo/need, and more of their activities jam-packed with the beautiful sentiments of childhood friendship! Thank you for your continued support for Project SEKAI!”
AHS has announced a new collaboration with Hearts Technology to bring VOICEROID to their upcoming Nintendo Switch game, Don Swagger!
Don Swagger is described as a 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 competitive action game scheduled for release this summer. The object of the game is to drive a giant acorn to your opponent’s side of a tennis court-like field before it bursts open. The player who causes the most acorns to burst on their opponent’s side of the field wins!
One of the noteworthy points of Don Swagger is how it will utilize Genvid interactive streaming technology so that even non-players who are watching a match can participate. They can accomplish this by clicking on ‘Don Points (DP)’ that generate throughout the field on their monitors, and then spending them to cheer their preferred player on or even send them items to use! This will, in fact, be the first ever Nintendo Switch game to feature such a capability!
Stay tuned for details on how VOICEROID will also play a role in this very novel game!
— ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ feat. ๅ้ณใใฏ (@pj_sekai) March 17, 2020
โI am honored to be able to participate in such a wonderful project. I hope you all look forward to learning the stories behind each of these characters, from the internationally loved Hatsune Miku and her delightful friends to the original characters created in this project.โ
โThe character whom I voice, Ichika Hoshino, is a very kind-hearted girl who always thinks about her friends.โ
โI will do my very best to convey her feelings to everyone through my voice-acting and singing.โ
โPlease look forward to Project SEKAI!โ
Stay tuned for more Project SEKAI coverage as the game nears its pre-registration period in late April!
Starting in May, flower shops across Hokkaido will be selling special Snow Miku petunia and flower pot items, created in collaboration with Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd.!
— ใใญใธใงใฏใใปใซใค ใซใฉใใซในใใผใธ๏ผ feat. ๅ้ณใใฏ (@pj_sekai) March 17, 2020
Message from Ruriko Noguchi
“I am honored to be able to participate in such a wonderful project. I hope you all look forward to learning the stories behind each of these characters, from the internationally loved Hatsune Miku and her delightful friends to the original characters created in this project.”
“The character whom I voice, Ichika Hoshino, is a very kind-hearted girl who always thinks about her friends.”
“I will do my very best to convey her feelings to everyone through my voice-acting and singing.”
The next part of the โMiku and Kaito and the Smart- puppetsโ event is in full swing, with even more new cards to collect! I’ve been grinding through levels to see what’s in store for us, so here I’ll explain exactly what you can do throughout the duration of it. I’ve also included the second half of the dialogue translations from between Miku and Kaito at the end of the article!
In terms of the event missions, the levels that you worked on in the first half of the event are still there, so you can continue to progress through them if necessary! When you look on the events section in the “mission list”, you’ll see that there are new achievements to complete! Objectives include:
-Completing the event levels without having to revive yourself
-Defeating a certain amount of normal bosses
-Finishing the EX boss level
-Finishing the EX Boss level with a deck with less than 10 cards
Completing these will give you clothing items, accessories or magical items, Mikucoins, “Angel Jyakushi” shards or red box gacha tickets (I’ll talk more about those later!)
Once you finish the last level (level 3-4), you’ll have access to the “EX boss” mission for 30 minutes. During these thirty minutes, you can try the most difficult level, which is the only level which continually gives you box gacha tickets. After 30 minutes, this mission banner will disappear, and you’ll have to clear level 3-4 again to reactivate it.
I definitely recommend collecting as many of each clothing item/accessory/magical item as possible, because then you can use copies of them to rank up one of them and make them stronger!
New gacha available
For this half of the event, we have five different types of gacha to try!
-The first gacha at the top is a three-option gacha, so you can choose one option depending on how many Mikucoins you have. The button on the left is one pull only, and it costs you 3 Mikucoins. You can do this one only once a day, and it only gives you one card per pull. The button in the middle is a one pull option too, but you can play it as many times per day as you want, and it costs 5 Mikucoins per pull. If you one of the regular golden gacha tickets, you can use that for one pull using the middle button instead. On the far right we have the third option, which gives you 10 cards plus one extra โthe best value out of all three types here. You should get at least one SSR with this gacha, and it costs 50 Mikucoins.
-Our second one is the free gacha, which gives each player the opportunity to do one “10 cards +1 extra” pull without paying anything. These free gacha have pretty good rates for SSRs and SSR+ cards, so don’t forget to try this one.
-Thirdly, we have a gacha which requires specific tickets that you have to buy in the online store. You only get one pull for this, but thereโs a high probability for SSR+cards. I’ll explain about how to get these tickets in a moment.
-Following this one, we have a gacha which requires a different type of specific ticket. However with this one, you should get no less than an SSR with your pull.
And here are the main cards you’ll be aiming to get with these gacha:
ใ่ธๆฐๆฉ้ขใจๆญฏ่ปใฎ่กใ/ “Town of Steam Engines and Cogs” (Jyouki-kikan to haguruma no machi) – SSR+
Top tip: add any of these cards to your deck during this event (especially as the leader card), and you’ll get a boost of power during missions, and your overall score will be higher!
But those aren’t the only gacha Mikucolle has for us! Lastly we have the Box Gacha, which uses those red box gacha tickets I mentioned earlier.
On this screen is box no.1 out of 7, and each box has at least 12 items within it. Each item within the box can be redeemed once, so you need 12 tickets to finish box one. Then you move onto box 2, which has 13 items, etc. etc. Now I’ll show you whatโs in each box:
(Boxes 2 to 6 all have the same items in them).
As well as getting the steampunk-themed clothing items, there are special cards to collect too:
Items (left to right): Mechanical Bird (right hand item) โ ranks up to level 5 Antique Telescope (right hand item) โ ranks up to level 5 Antique Key (left hand item) โ ranks up to level 5
Now I’ll explain how to earn these white box gacha tickets. In the Event (ใคใใณใ) section of the Mission List (ใใใทใงใณใชในใ) , youโll find white tickets with red writing, which you can earn using the methods I outlined previously.
All of these white Box Gacha tickets need to be exchanged into red box gacha tickets in the “Exchange Shop” (ไบคๆๆ). 100 red tickets give you just one white ticket, which can actually be used for the box gacha shown. So for example, you’ll need 1200 white box gacha tickets just to get through Box 1.
So to get enough box gacha tickets, you’ll have to try and complete all of the relevant missions, and then grind in the EX Boss level to get more.
New packs in store!
In other news, we also have more new packs to buy with real-life money.
-One โAt least an SSRโ Mikufest first half gacha (for the โAt least SSRโ gacha from earlier).
Note: you can buy each of these packs a maximum of 10 times.
The last aspect of this event is as follows: when you play an event mission, the points you earn will help you get a rank. Youโll be placed in a leaderboard amongst other players, and some of the highest ranked will get this card:
ใ็ดใฎใใใซๅบใใไธ็ใ/ “A world unfolding on paper” (Kami no ue ni hirogaru sekai) – SSR+
The top 100 players in the rankings will be able to get at least one of these cards!
Thank you for reading my summary of the current Mikucolle event! This event will be running until the 16th March 13:59 JST, so there’s still time to finish it! I’m sure we’ll have more updates soon, so keep your eyes on our social media pages to find out what’s happening next.
37. Miku: Ooh, I wonder if you haven’t become rather meek yourself, Kaito.
38. Kaito: I may have become a little meek but… ugh… there’ll never be an end to this kinda stuff, I guess.
39. Miku: So Kaito, what do you think?
40. Kaito: Well there’s no data to work from, right?
41. Miku: I wonder where it is… that data.
42. Kaito: I thought about it too, I mean, you said it yourself. There are enemies in the security circuit in the central analytical engine which haven’t been detected.
43: Miku: I didn’t say that they were enemies necessarily… but yeah.
44. Kaito: You’re the No.1 genius engineer in the town, Miku. That’s something that everyone acknowledges, so there will be no mistakes in your analysis.
45. Kaito: If what you say is true.
46. Miku: If what I say is true?
47: Kaito: A place that you can’t see… there’s nothing outside the steam powered engine that you know of?
50: Kaito: Hey, welcome back Ornith! Thanks for your hard work running these errands for me
51: Ornith: *fushuu*
52. Miku: Eh, Kaito, what does Ornith want?
53: Kaito: Mm, I asked him to take this and fly around the town centre with it.
54. Miku: Oooh, it’s so pretty! …Is it a gemstone?
55. Kaito: It looks like an amethyst, but the chemical makeup of it is different. It’s a much rarer type of crystal.
56. Kaito: For example, I’ve been thinking that if there is this something like that in the middle of the town, that would result in the area surrounding it looking kinda distorted or warped, right?
57. Miku: …yeah?
58. Kaito: This crystal will react with the distortion and form a needle shaped-substance inside.
59. Kaito: So to speak, I wonder if the sharp substance could carve up the afterimage of the distortion of space and result a projected time machine…
60. Miku: I don’t really understand, but that sounds amazing!
61. Kaito: It’s pretty cool! With this mission, we can’t even overlook a kitten with its sly steps!
62. Miku: Nevermind that. Then what? What else do you have to say about this gemstone?
63. Kaito: There’s a huge machine which warps time – the Giant Clock.
64. Miku: What even is that?
65. Kaito: A machine which isn’t connected to the town’s circuits… but because the Giant Clock can’t move, it continually multiplies itself.
66. Miku: So you’re saying… that the nucleus of the analytical engine wasn’t under surveillance and we have a situation where this clock thing will just keep multiplying itself?
67. Kaito: Uhh, when you boil it all down…-
68: Miku: That’s a pretty dangerous clock!
69. Kaito: Right, well we’d better stop said clock then!
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