Kiniro Darkness Interview

Interview with Yui Hara-sensei!



Thank you for playing "Kirara Fantasia"!

We asked "Kiniro Mosaic" author Hara Yui-sensei, who was in charge of producing the 2nd Author Scenario, some questions about the scenario's development! Please enjoy it together with the game!

― How did you come up with the scenario's story?

We're free to write the scenario as we want without any limits, and since it takes place in a completely different world from what I'm used to, I was struggling with thinking of what to write.

In the end, I imagined "What if I was writing a Kirara Fantasia anthology?". Kirara Fantasia has lots of characters from various Kirara series, including a lot of blonde characters, and so I imagined that in that situation Shino would be completely overjoyed while Alice would probably be pretty jealous, and the story came from that starting point.

― While drawing the manga, was there anything different that you noticed from drawing Kiniro Mosaic?

There was a lot of things that were different, such as it being in full color and using fantasy outfits, so it was pretty hard. Especially for the outfits, they're a lot more detailed than the usual school uniforms I draw in the manga so they took a lot more time, but it was also refreshing to draw something new.

For the contents of the story, I tried to get in the same mood as usual so it would keep the feeling of Kiniro Mosaic.

― What's your favorite scene in the scenario?

When Shinobu is peeking at Clea in the Summoning Building. It's very Shinobu-esque.



'''― Clea, the original character designed by you, played a large part in this event. Do you have any thoughts on her?'''

Clea is so cute, and I'm really happy that I got to design her character. However, I wasn't involved in creating her personality. So to not risk breaking her character, I couldn't make her stand out in the manga parts too much. The adventure parts that come in between the manga were done by another scenario writer and they put in lots of dialogue with Clea and the other game characters, so make sure to read those too!



― Tell us a bit about the new 5★ Alice and 5★ Honoka cards.

Alice is very different before and after her evolution so I was a bit worried if it was OK, but drawing her in a way I wouldn't in the manga was fun. For Dark Alice, the shadows on her hair are purple and her eyes are a different color. For her evolved art, I drew her as Alice in Wonderland.



In the manga, Honoka wears an apron dress when she helps out at her family's restaurant, so I drew her with a "Restaurant Matsubara" Honoka image in mind. By the way, 4★ Honoka was a tennis club Honoka image.



― A word for the fans!

Of course everyone who plays Kirara Fantasia, but also the people who haven't played the game yet, if the manga inspires you to play the scenario and you enjoy it even a little bit, that would make me really happy!

Translation by Youko Interview source: https://kirarafantasia.com/news/5521/