is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Overdrive and first released playable on a Microsoft Windows PC on November 27, 2007. An official English translation by MangaGamer was released in June 2009 only available via downloading on MangaGamer's website. A PlayStation 2 version published by PrincessSoft was released on February 26, 2009. A version of the game with all adult content removed was ported to the iPhone and iPod Touch by M-Trix Inc. and was released on the App Store on November 20, 2009. In addition, a sequel called was released by Overdrive for the PC in August 2008.
Plot
The protagonists of Kirakira, Shikanosuke, Kirari, Sarina and Chie are the members of the at the Christian school Ohbi Gakuen. The club was set to be closed in next March so they try to set up a band they call the to save the club. Their performance at the subsequent school festival succeeds with flying colors. That performance was put on the Internet where one of the live houses in Nagoya offered the band to put on a performance in Nagoya. They honestly want to disband after the performance at the school festival because they had to study for entrance exams or look for jobs, but they were convinced to go on a live tour by Yagihara, the vocalist of Star Generation. Shikanosuke's band d2b begins its live tour across Japan in an old van.
Characters
Note: Voice actresses for the three main heroines are for the PS2 version. The cast for the PC version is not announced (possibly due to it being an adult game).
d2b band
Shikanosuke is the protagonist of Kirakira. He used to be in the tennis club with his best friend, Murakami. In the beginning of the story, he gets dumped by his girlfriend and quits the tennis club due to health problems. In the d2b (second literature club) band, he joins as Shikako Maejima, a red-headed girl with hearing problems. This way they can try to become an all-girls band. He plays a Fender-styled bass guitar in the band. Throughout the Sarina and Chie Route, he revealed that his biological father died when he was 5 and his current father is not his real father. However, he respects him a lot for raising him until this day.
Voiced by: Tomoko Nakamura Kirari is the girl who Shikanosuke meets at a sake bar where he works as a part time worker. Since her house is very poor, she works many jobs to help her family. She is a cheerful character who initially wants to play drums in the band, but is persuaded by Chie to become the vocalist. She is the band's vocalist and second guitarist, using a Gibson Les Paul Junior. She has special talents and an extraordinary memory, and seems to be attending the high school under an academic scholarship. She has a voice which people describe as genius, but her huge vocabulary causes her trouble when carrying on normal conversation with others. She also comes across a bit of an oddball to the other students, so she doesn't have many friends. She admits she would go out with Shikanosuke before the tour during the fireworks display during the festival. In her route (normal), because of poverty and a loan shark, she is forced to drop out of school and interviews for a job in the adult industry (arranged by the loan shark). In the Normal Ending, her father starts a fire on her house because he cannot stand the burden of debt anymore, leading to Kirari's death at the end of chapter 3. This leads to Shikanosuke's traumatic breakdown, resulting in his failing an entrance exam and later joining his friend's band, the Happy Cycle Mania. In the end of chapter 4, he overcomes his sadness and composes a song from Kirari's humming voice on the cassette tape she left in her bag the day her house burned. In the True End (after viewing the 3 heroines' normal ends), instead of going home after meeting with Kirari at her house, Shikanosuke forcefully makes her tell him the truth about where she will be working. However, he is unable to solve her family problems and depressed, breaks up with her. This break-up scene is seen by her father, who tries to commit suicide but fails, and is brought to the hospital, where he calls in Shikanosuke to talk. Her father cuts his wrist at the hospital, but Shikanosuke decides not to call the doctor and lets him die. After his death, the family debt is lifted, but Shikanosuke still feels guilty because of his decision. In the end, Kirari states that she wants to be in relationship with him and forgives him after he confesses his role in her father's death. In the Epilogue, she becomes a famous singer while still dating Shikanosuke who is in college and they are doing fine.
Kirari's singing voice is provided by UR@N.