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[[File:KiraKiraGroup_5101.jpg|framethumb|350px|Rock and Roll!]]
 
{{quote| ''"Two conditions for becoming a true Punk rocker:<br />
''1. A Punk rocker doesn't follow any rules (anarchy attitude).<br />
''2. A Punk rocker mustn't think his actions through (no future attitude)." }}
 
[[H-game|Ero]] [[Visual Novel]] produced by the group OverDrive in 2007, which was licensed by MangaGamer and put out in English in 2009.
 
Shikanosuke is a twelfth-grade student at a Christian high school, and right now his life kind of sucks. He had to quit the tennis club due to health problems, and he was just dumped by his girlfriend. Right now all that's really going on is his work at a restaurant and his average school days. At the start of the story, though, his life begins to change when a new girl starts to work with him. Her name is Kirari, and she's from the same school as him. The two of them make friends when Shikanosuke is assigned to teach Kirari the ropes, and one night after Shikanosuke tries to settle a fight between members of a visiting band and a couple of drunk thugs, the two receive tickets to said band's upcoming concert as an apology for the trouble. After some debate, the pair head to the concert. Kirari falls in love with the energy, and Shikanosuke -- who could never understand what was so special about rock or bands -- is entranced by the band's charisma.
 
At the same time, the club Shikanosuke joined after he quit playing tennis -- the second literary club -- is set to be terminated because it has too few members. Kirari, who also happens to be part of the club, gets him to come to a meeting discussing what they should do at this year's cultural festival, which will be their last. Kirari's suggestion? They should form a punk rock band and perform like the light music club does!
 
And so, Shikanosuke, Kirari, and two other girls--Shinakosuke's childhood friend Chie and Kirari's best friend Sarina--decide that they may as well, and are slowly drawn into the world of rock as they become more and more serious about their new hobby.
 
''[[Kira Kira (Visual Novel)|Kira KiraKirakira]]'' is a [[Slice of Life]] comedy about school, love, life, and [[The Power of Rock]]. It doesn't take itself overly seriously, and is notable for its extremely high-quality art, fun storylines, and use of rock-inspired music for all of its BGMs. Compare and contrast ''[[K-On!]]'' and ''[[Beck]]''. It has absolutely nothing to do with [[Death Note (Manga)|the serial killer]], the ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' meme, the [[Gundam Seed|Gundam pilot]] or the [[Kira -Kira (Literaturenovel)|YA novel]] by Cynthia Kadohata.
 
The game has a fandisc called ''Kira KiraKiraKira: Curtain Call'' which follows a new group of characters. It is also available in English. Clean versions of both the fandisc and the original game were released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Has an all-ages PS2 version as well.
 
See also ''[[Deardrops (Visual Novel)|Deardrops]]'', Kira Kira''Kirakira''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Spiritual Successor]].
 
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''Definitely'' not to be confused with the YA novel ''[[Kira-Kira]]'',
=== ''[[Kira Kira (Visual Novel)|Kira Kira]]'' contains the examples of the following tropes: ===
 
* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: Shikanosuke admits that he masturbates almost every day, and actually does it multiple times in the story.▼
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]
▲* [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms]]: Shikanosuke admits that he masturbates almost every day, and actually does it multiple times in the story.
* [[Alliteration]]
* [[All Drummers Are Animals]]: Averted. Chie is one of the most rational and calm members of the band.
* [[The Alleged Car]]: The Murakami van.
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* [[Bleached Underpants]]: For the Playstation 2, iPhone and iPod Touch releases, all H-scenes were removed.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Not particularly [[Egregious]], but the translators have a habit of misspelling the characters' names. Kashiwara probably gets the worst of it.
** There's several references to a band called "The Crash." While such a band does exist, considering the heavy emphasis on early punk bands they probably meant [[The Clash]].
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Kirari and Chie accidentally do this to help Sarina deal with the stage fright from their first concert.
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: In a few of the endings, Kirari ends up being a famous singer, touring with STAR GENERATION.
** Tonoya seems to have become a famous guitarist after he leaves STAR GENERATION, if the [[Where Are They Now|Where Are They Now epilogue]] is anything to go by.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Implied with Shika. He simply doesn't ''care'' about most things enough to try rather than actually lacking the ability. Several other characters such as his mother and sister appear to notice it as well.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: [[Phenotype Stereotype|Tom looks considerably more western than the rest of the cast]], has American parents and can speak fluent English. However he has lived in Japan all his life.
* [[Cameo]]: There's a 8 bit melody of the opening song of another game by Overdrive named "Edelweiss"
* [[Caught in Thethe Rain]]: Happens to Chie and Shikanosuke twice.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: In comparison to the rest of the game and the other girls' routes, Kirari's final scenarios are ''incredibly'' dark and depressing, dealing not just with her family's poverty, but with depression, suicide, prostitution, and what kinds of actions are justified when trying to save oneself or one's family members.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Handa.
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* [[Darkest Hour]]: {{spoiler|A gig goes bad, their van breaks down, and Kirari starts crying}}. All within a couple hours.
* [[Dead Person Conversation]]
* [[Death Byby Childbirth]]:`{{spoiler|[[Ill Girl|Sarina's mother]] succumbs to her illness shortly after giving birth to her, due to her body being too weak to cope with the strains of birth.}}
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: Both of {{spoiler|Sarina's}} parents [[Death Byby Origin Story|died shortly after she was born.]] {{spoiler|Her mother suffered from a case of [[Death Byby Childbirth]], which caused her father to be [[Driven to Suicide]].}}
* [[Defictionalization]]: ''d2b'' has it's [https://web.archive.org/web/20150426184501/http://www.d2b.jp/own website].
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Handa tries to seduce {{spoiler|Chie}}. He's actually a nice guy, but still, a perv is a perv.
* [[Double Meaning Title]]
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Sarina's dad killed himself shortly after her mother died.}} This also happens in the True End to {{spoiler|Kirari's dad.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Shika to Ondo, though [[Subverted Trope|Ondo doesn't care.]]
* [[Dude, She's Like, in Aa Coma]]: Shika attempts to to this ''twice'' to Chie, once not even in her own route!
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: The writers probably drew out of a hat filled with performance terms to get the fandisc's title.
* [[Epic Fail]]: The very first time d2b plays, on the rooftop. There's exciting buildup, then... the most hilariously terrible track of the BGM. It's all played for laughs, though.
* [[Everythings Better With Zippers]]: Just ''look'' at Yagihara's outfit!
* [[Face Doodling]]: Shika and Chie do this to each other.
* [[Faceless Protagonist]]: A common [[Visual Novel]] trope, but averted here.▼
* [[Fake Band]]
▲* [[FacelessFeatureless Protagonist]]: A common [[Visual Novel]] trope, but averted here.
* [[Festival Episode]]: Complete with fireworks and festival games.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: It's stated around the middle of the game that blowfish is very deadly when not prepared properly. {{spoiler|guess what happened to Sarina's grandfather's family?}}
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* [[Five Man Band Concert]]: They ''are'' [[Captain Obvious|a band]].
* [[Flash Back]]: The game starts at the STAR GENERATION concert, then flashes back to show how Shika and Kirari got there, from Shika's girlfriend breaking up with him. Shika also explains the fallout from certain situations in flashback style, too.
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: The refrain to ''Let's Jump!'', the first letters of which spell out {{spoiler|FUCK}}.
* [[Gay Option]]: Ondo-kun. {{spoiler|And yes, he actually ''does'' have his own ending, though it counts as a Bad End.}}
* [[Genki Girl]]: Kirari is very, very hyperactive.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: In all routes of ''Kira KiraKirakira'' to {{spoiler|Kirari}}. Also, in Curtain Call, to {{spoiler|Souta}}.
* [[Genre Shift]]: Sarina's route in the third chapter.
* [[Genius Cripple]]: {{spoiler|Kazuki}}
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Shikanosuke swears he will NOT dress as a girl to get into Sarina's mansion. No way. Not happening. Even if he can pull off an extremely effective girl, it will never ever happen again. After that declaration, he gets an entire line before we get a cut to him. You have to hand it to him, he manages to actually look better than any of the real girls.
* [[Girl Group]]: The Second Literature Club Band is presented as this, but of course [[Cross DresserCrossdresser|isn't.]]
* [[Gonk]]: Okaji in ''Curtain Call''.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Found in several songs (OHBI, Let's Jump!, go on a trip, among others) as well as the "swearing interlude" where the cast speaks all swear words in English, and the catchphrase "Rock and roll!" in Chie's route.
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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: During their [[Darkest Hour]], Poor {{spoiler|Kirari}} has one onstage in the middle of a gig.
** {{spoiler|Souta}} starts to have one in Curtain Call, until {{spoiler|Kazuki punches him in the face to fix it.}}
** {{spoiler|Shikanosuke himself}} gets two really major ones when {{spoiler|Kirari dies(in her normal route)}} and {{spoiler|when he used to play tennis}}. For the former one, {{spoiler|it takes the spirit/ghost/hallucination of Kirari to snap him back to normal after 5 years.}} He also gets a more minor one in the True End, after he {{spoiler|lets Kirari's father commit suicide}} which he only snaps out of after {{spoiler|confessing this fact to Kirari, and subsequently getting her forgiveness.}}
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Shika}}, possibly. It's left ambiguous as to whether his parents were married before they split up.
* [[H Game-game]]: Though the sex is really late in the story.
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden in Plain Sight]]}}: {{spoiler|Sarina's father's will was hidden in a [[It Was Withwith You All Along|secret compartment in her guitar]]}}.
* [[Holding Hands]]: Chie non-romantically does this to Shika in her route without noticing. He definitely does notice, though.
* [[Hot -Blooded]]: Souta Honda has a BLAZING ROCK SOUL!
* [[Huddle Shot]]: At the end of Chie's route.
* [[I Can Explain]]: Shikanosuke desperately tries to explain his crossdressing whenever he's found out.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: Onda genuinely thought Shika was a girl for over two years, but when he finds out the truth he gets over it in approximately three seconds and still proposes.
** ... or that's why he was attracted to Shika in the first place, consciously or not. Or he's just [[Loony Fan|completely insane]]. Either seems quite possible.
* [[I'm Taking Her Home Withwith Me]]: A ''lot'' of guys want to do this to Kirari. Most are nice, though.
* [[Indirect Kiss]]
* [[It's Up to You]]: Shika usually winds up having to rescue other people from their issues. It's most often played for laughs, but this comes up more seriously in Kirari's true route, where {{spoiler|her father tries to force Shika to save her from being forced into prostitution on his own}}.
* [[Japanese Christian]]: The school is pretty laidback, though.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Yashiro and Souta.
** Shikanosuke is described often as either a heartless, cold guy or a sweet, kind person. Generally, he's a bit of both.
* [[Jerkass]]: The Light Music Club.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Tomo, to the point where Shika is ''very'' regretful if you turn her down.
* [[Multiple Endings]]
* [[No Export for You]]: Subverted. ''Kira KiraKirakira'' is hardly popular, but got the rare gift of an official translation, including the fandisc, as well as an iPhone/iPod port.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted, for plot specific reasons. {{spoiler|In the True End, Kirari starts her period just after her dad agrees to whore her out to loan sharks in order to pay his debts, which buys Shika valuable time to try to save her.}}
* [[The Ojou]]: Sarina, though she's quite humble. Also {{spoiler|Onda in his Bad End, when he gets a sex change.}}
* [[Old Friend]]: Shika hadn't seen Chie for quite a while until shortly before the events of the game.
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* [[Optional Sexual Encounter]]: Tomo. If the player declines, Shika becomes very disappointed with himself for not having sex with her. The actual choice dialogue says, [[All Men Are Perverts|"No real man could pass up a woman like this."]]
* [[Panty Shot]]: Each girl has at least one.
* [[Parent Withwith New Paramour]]: {{spoiler|Chie's dad with his mistress}}.
* [[Parents Asas People]]
* [[Passing the Torch]]: In Curtain Call, {{spoiler|Shikanosuke's sister, Yuko, becomes the bassist of d2b after Shikanosuke graduates, even donning a similar stage costume.}}
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: Tom.
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* [[The Power of Rock]]: ROCK N' ROLL!!
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: In the middle of a [[Cluster F-Bomb]] ''scene'', there's this, when Sarina is drinking tea with a teacher:
{{quote| '''Sarina''': "It was a very nice fuckin' tea. Thank you very much, fuck."}}
** The very last line of Kirari's normal end: "With all my love, to this fucking world." Complete CMOA.
* [[Punk Rock]]: The band's initial inspiration, though their music isn't quite punk.
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* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]: Shika calls Kirari out on this, but she continues anyway.
* [[Self-Titled Album]]: The Second Literature Club Band's first album.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Mostly to bands, especially the [[Sex Pistols]], [[The Ramones]], and [[The Clash]]. Shika's stage uniform is also quite similar to [[Guilty Gear|Bridget's]] [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|outfit]]. The STAR GENERATION song ''Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die'' is a notable reference to the Sex Pistols.
** After the guerrilla performance in front of the grocery store, Sarina, wearing her mask, says to Kirari, [[Kamen Rider|"Kamen r*der!"]]. Who knew ''she'' would say that?
* [[Side BoobSideboob]]: Sarina's band outfit. ''Heavily'' lampshaded by [[Loveable Sex Maniac|Shika]]
* [[Single -Target Sexuality]]: Souta in Curtain Call seems to point out at every chance possible in his narration that any girl he meets is not as attractive to him as Yui.
* [[Sleep Cute]]: The girl members of the band.
* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: Guitar-kun.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: [[Deardrops (Visual Novel)|Deardrops]]
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Especially in the [[PSPlayStation 2]] all-ages port, "Rock & Roll Show".
** {{spoiler|I think watching Shikanosuke crying is enough of an indication that things are gonna get really serious by the end}}.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: Ondo. There was also one creepy Kirari fan. During their concert in Osaka, he went so far as to try to pull Kirari off the stage, but was stopped by a hilariously angry Kirari.
* [[Stern Teacher]]: Yoshizawa-sensei, who gets mad at the main characters ''a lot''.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Sarina looks a ''lot'' like her father, though the rest of the family that is shown look rather different.
* [[Super -Deformed]]: Kirari has little sketch episodes that are in this style. They involve new song ideas she thought up, most of which are about recent events.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: The STAR GENERATION song ''Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die'' has been noted as this.
* [[Talking to Thethe Dead]]: Shikanosuke does this during {{spoiler|Kirari's normal end}} where he {{spoiler|goes nuts and hallucinates that Kirari is still alive and speaks with her.}}
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: "Eat shit, bitches!" among others.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: The second-grade girls.
* [[Three Chords and Thethe Truth]]: Murakami says this word for word to describe Punk Rock early on.
* [[Title Drop]]: At the end of the last scene of Kirari's Normal End.
* [[Tourettes Syndrome]]: Tonoya encourages the band to speak like this as part of their training.
* {{spoiler|[[TranssexualTranssexualism]]: Onda. Whoa.}}
* [[Train Station Goodbye]]: The end of Sarina's route.
* [[True Companions]]: Shika explicitly refers to d2d as this when trying to cheer up Kirari.
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