Introduction to Kei - Rikyako’s Character in Shironeko Project

Today I’ll be introducing Kei,:

the character that Rikyako voiced in Shironeko Project as well as the game in particular.

Much more would be under the cut, but first credits to all the sources:

1) All images are sourced from gamerch: here

2) Story, Character Info are TL and explained to me with the help of Marak at the Shironeko Project Discord. Thank you very much for your help.

If you aren’t interested at all, please enjoy Kei’s image.

1) Game Introduction

Shironeko Project or 白猫プロジェクト, also commonly known as SnP or WCP is a F2P mobile phone game by colopl in both iPhone and Android. It’s one of the most popular Mobile Games in JP.

There is a localisation in the states named Rune Story - which wasn’t done very well, so if you ever played Rune Story, please don’t compare the two together.

It is a RPG game with a gacha system (Rarity of 1-5) where you control characters to slay monsters in world of Shironeko Project while going through the puzzles of each stage.

The end goal is (usually) to kill monsters of each stage while enjoying the story, the mechanics, the art, and the skill system of the game.

Unlike a vast majority of Android Games, Shironeko Project doesn’t have a stamina system, so you can play as long as you want.

2) Game Mechanics

Shironeko Project is a RPG game that is marketed with the appeal of being able to play with one hand by using simple flick, push and press functions.

You control the character you are using by pushing your finger to move, tap to attack and flick to dodge roll. This year they added press and hold mechanics where you can charge attacks or defend.

Besides tapping to attack, you can utilize skills by pressing briefly and flicking to the side to activate skills while rendering your invincible (mostly).







There are 8 classes that characters can fall under as follows with their own unique play style:

Fencer(Swordsman), Mage, Warrior (Axe Wielder), Lancer, Archer, Cross Saber, Dragon Rider and Variant (Transformation Class).





The Gacha system of Shironeko Project covers the Characters and Weapons and goes from a rarity of 1-5, with the higher number the better.

Characters:

It takes 25 for a single roll or 250 Jewels to Roll a 10+1 Gacha, where you get 1 extra character pull free.

Weapons:

It takes 15 to roll a single roll of weapons that can be scaled up to 5 or 10 in the Gacha system.





3) Resources

The official colopl website: here

The official game wiki: here

The Wiki that I use: here

The Reddit for Shironeko Project: here

If you need help with or, even want to find more details about it - feel free to find me. I’m on reddit and on Tumblr.





4) Game Review

I’ve been playing Shironeko Project for more than a year now, and I really like the game for it’s a game with no stamina, and you can play as much or little as you want.

The Developers releases events regularly and the community has always been a joy to be part of.

Shironeko brings back many characters for their stories, and they keep the game fresh by constantly updating the game with new mechanics, new monsters, and of course new characters to ensure that new players aren’t as disadvantaged compared to the veterans.

Shironeko Project also brings in many notable VAs like Mizuki Nana, Yui Horie, Toyama Nao, Yuuki Aoi and even newer VAs like Furihata Ai and Aida Rikyako.

If you like a game where you can play solo but also with friends in a fast pace game that’s both about and also - not about the game mechanics, Shironeko Project is a fun game to play in.

Unfortunately, the nature of the Gacha system makes it s

urprisingly frustrating as well.

With a rarity of 1-4 for the Gacha rolls, it’s common knowledge among players that if you don’t get a 4*, it’s not going to be useful.

The power creep of Shironeko project between batches or events is significant and if you stop playing for an extended period you might fall back.

That said - it’s easy to come back to the game as well if you’re lucky.

Out of the last 15 10+1 rolls that I did, I got a total of 7 4* character, which is about the average of 1 4* per 2 10+1.

If you’re ridiculously lucky, then you might like this game even more,

Lastly - Shironeko Project is a time sink, even more so than SIF or Desurete or BGHS, it has too many events and stages to clear that it has enough content to last 4-5 days just from the initial download, even more if you intend to get 100% clear.

I hope that paint a sufficient picture of SnP for you guys.







5) Story Info

SnP is about the Hero who is named after the Player and his journey throughout the world slaying monsters, meeting new people (who join their crew) and discovering about his heritage and legacy.

Unfortunately I can’t give too much details as I’m not a native speaker of JP.

Each event has their own character arcs that range from funny to the serious. It’s a treat for JP speakers, but even with my pidgin JP I still enjoy it.





6) Character Info

Onto the segment that everyone is here to read about, Rikyako’s Character:





Name: Kei

Title: Girl who Protects Dragons and The Girl Who is the Fledgling Phoenix

Class: Lancer

Character Attributes:

Pros:

1. Her Passive Ability Grants Increase EXP.

2. At full HP, she is a very reputable tank with Auto Revie.

3. Her Trigger Skill 1 and 2 are useful for a Lancer.

4. Her Active Skill is very powerful.

Cons:

1. She does not have Death Avoid and Regen - which means she and die if the damage done to her is too high.

2. Her Active Skill is hard to be utilized as it might not trigger and as a tank, she doesn’t have Taunt.

3. It takes quite a while for her to reach her full ower.





Her Story:

I’ll list the highlights:

1. Kei and her non blood related Brother, Shou were both without parents and Kei had to take care of Shou as the elder sister.

2. Kei and Shou eventually ended up being Horse Thieves and as part of the image, and to be a role model for Shou, Kei start acting like men, with many tomboyish aspects.

3. During the events that end up with the two joining the Hero, Kei and Shou had stopped being Horse Thieves and became Dragon Protectors instead.

4. During a mission, Shou and Kei intervened with a bunch of horse thieves and defeated them, however another thief have gotten the drop on Kei and she was about to be killed when Viper, an exorcist part of your group, intervened and saved Kei.

5. However at the same time, it allowed the horse thieves to escape, causing the failure of Viper’s mission to apprehend them.

6. Back at base, Kei is depressed as she blamed herself for causing Viper to fail his mission. Her constant lamentations made Shou realize that Kei had a crush on Viper due to him saving her as her demeanor changed when speaking with Viper.

7. Kei declares her intent to enter a fighting arena and fight to the death to redeem herself, perhaps making Viper forgive her.

8. Shou gets mad at her callous way of discarding her life and called Kei out on her crush as well as her stubbornness in behaving like a guy.

9.)He told Kei that he knew that his sister liked to be fashionable and cooking and being like a girl in general, and there was no reason to hide it. Besides, he was all grown up now and there’s no reason to baby him.

10. Unfortunately for Shou, Kei got mad at him for exposing her secret and went on a rampage with the intent to kill Shou.

11. The hero intervenes to calm her down and after much persuasion she calms down and accepts that maybe it’s okay to be girlish around Viper.

12. She laments that it might pull Viper down however but is told that it’s fine as there’s two other women besides Viper too. (Mea and Sera).

13. Shou then remarks that since Kei is good at cooking, she can make drinking snacks to apologize to Viper, which she agrees.

14. Viper eats the snacks, commenting it’s good and then drinks the sake, but refuses to pour sake for Kei as she is young (Probably age limit), so he can’t do that.

15. Kei then asks whether it’ll be okay for her to drink with him when she grows older, which Viper agrees - assuming he is still alive then.

16. Kei then makes a declaration that she would protect Viper so that happens, even if it means her death.

17. Viper then chastises her, saying that if she died, who would pour sake for him and drink with him then.

18. Viper told Kei to not charge headlong into battles like that.

19. Shou projects Kei’s thoughts of the scene as: “I’ll get stronger to stand beside Viper’s side and to meet his expectations so we can drink together in the future”





Trigger Description:

Skill 1:

Kei attacks and creates an aura field around her that damages enemies while in the field. Her attack power and attack speed is raised. She regains HP on a percentage based on damage dealt.

Skill 2:

Kei rides her steed and charges forward, slashing around in the direction you control to deal damage. She gains Auto Revive and her base attack is raised.





7) Character Review

Lancer classes are unique as they have Guard ability, reducing damage dealt to them as they are hit and gaining SP through it.

If the player guards at the exact time the enemy attacks them, it’s called a “Just Guard” and they gain significant amount of SP back while reducing the damage done to them tremendously. Repeated “Just Guards” gains Skill Attack buff as a passive.

As a Lancer, Kei has those same abilities which makes her durable.She has a ‘heal’ in her S1 and her S2 provides Auto revive, which is good for a Lancer.

Her damaging Aura with her S1 allows her to attack while walking and mitigates the weakness of slow attack speed for Lancers. It can also allows her to tank bosses by guarding and letting her field does damage.

Her S2 allows for mobility that Lancers do not have as well, making her a decently quick unit.

If her Active Passive skill triggers, she is very powerful and she has the potential to grow stronger as she stays on the field. The more she hit the enemy, the more powerful she gets.





However Kei isn’t a ‘good’ lancer as she does not have:

1. Reliable Recovery - Her S1 is unreliable recovery

2. Her own skill works against her, she needs to deal damage in order to powe herself up and as a lancer, her attack speed is quite low.

3. She doesn’t have taunt, so her AoE field might not work on enemies who avoid her.





Overall Kei is a good character, but isn’t a good Lancer.

Is she worth resetting for? No - but is she a good character to pull, possibly if you don’t have Elizabetha.

8) Summary and Thank you

I hope that this post did introduce Rikyako’s Charater: Kei to you, along with Shironeko Project.

Did I mention Kei’s story and all the other character stories are voiced? She sounds very different from how she is in LoveLive or as herself.

I’m sorry I can’t provide sound clips for Kei but here’s a treat - Kei’s friendship art that you can obtain after you level her friendship points to the max.

Hope you are intrigued and happy to know more about Rikyako’s roles~