;format:gf-markup ------------------------------------------- | Shira Oka: Second Chances FAQ/Walkthrough | | by Lord_God_Jinnai | ------------------------------------------- This is a walkthrough for Shira Oka: Second Chanes. You can always find the latest version of this document at www.gamefaqs.com. I will NOT answer any questions pertaining to questions on the game. If you have corrections or additions though, feel free to submit them. If you do, use proper gammar or I may decide not to read your post. You can contact me at: http://www.shira-oka.com/forum/index.php?topic=3301 or make a post in the GameFAQs subforum. ============================================================================== THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you do not want to have the game spoiled, do not read any further. You have been warned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ============================================================================== ------------------- | Table of Contents | ------------------- I. License II. Introduction III. Hints & Tips i. Endless Eight Cycle ii. Grading Scale IV. Activities V. Characters i. Satsuko ii. Alice iii. Aya iv. Hiroshi v. Kasumi vi. Kazuki vii. Kiku ix. Naoko x. Rena xi. Suzu xii. Yui VI. Miscelanious Information VII. Version History IX. Credits --------- | License | --------- Shira Oka: Second Chances FAQ/Walkthrough by Lord_God_Jinnai is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.gamefaqs.com. License details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ -------------- | Introduction | -------------- "Shira Oka: Second Chances" is a English dating sim game styled in the vein of Japanese games like "Tokimemi Memorial". For those who aren'f familiar with those games, the player takes (almost always a male) the role of, usually of a student and tries to build a romantic relationship with a girl through various choices they make. Games like Tokimeki Memorial also use stats that reflect the character's abilities as well as often some kind of time management. Shira Oka is much like this with a few twists. First, even though the game is set in a version of Japanbeing that this game was created by native English- speakers for and English-speaking audiance there are a few different cultural references. Second, there are to male characters the player may chose to pursue, Hiroshi and Kazuki. While there are sometimes male character romances in Japanese dating sims as a possible ending, they are usually bad or gag endings or the game is specifically designed around male romance. There are very few games where the character can pursue either sex. This is not a manual. I will not explain here how to play the game. I will give tips and strategies, but I will assume everyone can learn to play the game on their own. It's not that difficult to master. Finally, this guide is still a work-in-progress. I have yet to beat the game and having had my data lost somehow and starting over. I will upgrade this guide with info as I find it or it is sent to me. -------------- | Hints & Tips | -------------- This section is meant to be a general hint section. For those seeking hints on getting a specific ending, read the appropriate section on the character or characters. * Your character is going to suck in the beginning. That is the basic premise why behind the backstory. Deal with it. * If you get sent back, its not the end of the game. There is no way to "lose the game". There is always a way to get through something. * Watch your energy level. Energy levels can affect whether you successfully complete tasks regularly or not. Extremely low energy levels can cause you to become sick or depressed. If that happens, you can't do anything except manditory events and your stats will decrease. A good method that tends to work well is: WKD: Mental activity WKE: Any activity WKD: Physical Acitivy WKE: Rest Events can interrupt this flow, but in general this will keep your character with enough energy to generally do well in activities. * No matter what, you will always have bad days. Even with quirks and stats maxed and fully rested, you can still fail. * Don't be afraid to say no. Certain events will have a chain of multiple day events. If you always say yes, you may end up being sent back because of poor grades. * Events trump activities. If you have an event, it will replace the action for that activity during the day. The only activities which do not have random events occur are: sleeping, being sick or being depressed. Those still have manditory events though. * Heed Satsuko's advice. She wants to help you! Really! She has no life! All she is there to do is be at your beck and call for any advice you may have (once each activity cycle). * Focus on academics. If your character is having trouble keeping afloat in school, don't worry about fashion and popularity. Satsuko won't send your character back because he makes Al Gore seem enjoyable or can't tell the difference between pajama pants and jeans. * Don't be in a rush to get endings. Satsuko will raise the bar on what grades you need to keep and you could find your character can't meet her expectations. * Changing the cycle's seed pattern. Each week is pre-defined what will occur based on the activity you chose. However, this can be altered by talking to Satsuko or calling a friend and setting up a date. In the former case, one only needs to talk to her, not set up an outing. However, the cycle will change depending on what day you have an outing, if any (yes it will change if you don't have any outing). However, it doesn't reset the seed. If you chose for a date on the same day 5 times in a row, the cycle will repeat the same with the same activity 5 times in a row. ===================== | Endless Eight Cycle | ===================== Satsuko will send you back in time throughout the game for a number of reasons. Get used to it. Here is a list of the major reasons why your character will have to repeat high school once again: * The first cycle will always have the character die trying to save Yui. * Future cycles in which you try to save Yui by pushing her out without any backup. * Poor grades, specially the number of Fs. Satsuko will send you back only if you get 8 Fs throughout the course of the school year at first. As the game progresses, she will start doing so for higher grades as complete different endings. Yes, she likes moving the goal poasts. She is a girl after all. * Having no friends. If, near the end of the cycle you have no friends whose ending you haven't seen, Satsuko will send you back in time. * Failing a character's ending route. There are a number of ways to fail these. Each route has different criteria. Some have more fail points than others. * Completing a character's ending route. Yea, you'd think that'd be game over, rescued the pricess and all that. No, you have to back until you get everyone's ending. Good thing though is it should be easier. =============== | Grading Scale | =============== These are the scores nessdary to pass the exams. These are rough estimates though and exact numbers are probably a little above or below these. More testing needs to be done to find exact numbers. If your character is physically tied, their Sports score will drop a letter grade. Being mentally exhausted will lower your character's Science/Math, Literature and Art/Music scores by one letter grade. If your character is both, everything is lowered a letter grade. However, any value marked by ** means you cannot get that grade EXCEPT if you are exhausted, sick or ill. If you are, no matter what exam it is, your character will fail everything (all Fs). A / B / C / D / F Freshman 1. 20 / 10 / 00 / ** / ** 2. 30 / 20 / 10 / 00 / ** 3. 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 / 00 Junior 1. 50 / 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 2. 60 / 50 / 40 / 30 / 20 3. 70 / 60 / 50 / 40 / 30 Senior 1. 80 / 70 / 60 / 50 / 40 2. 90 / 80 / 70 / 60 / 50 ------------ | Activities | ------------ Each activity has a better version of it with the exception of sports training which has both a better and worse version. There are also special event- specific activities that will occur throughout the year. Those activities will have a progress bar and depending on how high it is by the end will change the result. * Literacy * Science/Math * Music/Art * Stength training -> Swimming or Towel Manager Each term one of the swimming club members will ask you to join. If you have a high enough Sports, you can join the swimming club as a full member; if not, you can join as a towel manager. These don't replace normal Sports training and will end at certain point. The former is better than normal strength training while the latter is worse. You do get a boost in relations if join regardless. I do not know what, if any, benifit doing the towel manger has other than using less energy. * Chatting -> More suave Chatting Have a low popularity and do not have a girlfriend on the first Valentine's Day. Hiroshi will have an event activity (doable only on weekdays) that must be completed first. * Grooming -> More stylish Grooming Have low fashion and attend Kiku's Christmas party during the first cycle. To attend the party your character needs to be only friendly terms with Kiku. She will have an event activity that must be completed first. * Sleeping ------------ | Characters | ------------ ========= | Satsuko | ========= Every non-player character in the game has an ending, including Satsuko. Her's is a special event after the last chacter's ending. Therefore I won't go into any more detail on how to get her ending. ======= | Alice | ======= ===== | Aya | ===== ========= | Satsuko | ========= ========= | Hiroshi | ========= ======== | Kasumi | ======== Special note: You cannot get Kasumi's end until you've seen everyone's end. ======== | Kazuki | ======== ====== | Kiku | ====== ======= | Naoko | ======= ====== | Rena | ====== ===== | Yui | ===== ----------------- | Version History | ----------------- 0.1 - Initial Release 0.11 - Added info on Satsuko thanks to Shirafuzzi Corrected grade info. Corrected Satusko and Kasumi's ending info. Fixed formating issues. License details Updated Contact info. --------- | Credits | --------- Parts of this document were taken from members at www.shira-oka.com/forum/. Specific credits go to the following: * TanukiSunshine's guides * D_Malachi's grade cheat-sheet