Introduction
The ZLS collab is shaped like a Visual Novel/Dating sim in that you need to meet certain stat thresholds for the various endings, and you can go back to previous days or reset to help fulfill all endings.
The day progression is standard VN style with one action per Day/Night, each time unlocking more cutscenes, with some extra events on some specific days leading up to the final Performance day.
As you progress through the collab you will get Franchouchou popularity points/tokens for everything you do. These can be redeemed for some extra rewards on the Popularity Ranking screen.
As such, we will want to go through this as efficiently as possible, getting as many endings as possible before having to reset.
Make note that you need to ensure you watch the newly unlocked endings between reaching each requirement or you will overwrite it with a new one.
As a final note, you will need to farm for daily currency like any event for the items in the Currency Shop, as well as farming the Bathhouse for Ai Mizuno and the Fast Food Restaurant for Junko Konno.
Mission Names and Stats
- Do-Re-Mi - Intonation mini-game (Karaoke Box)
- Head Up, Back Straight, Hip Turned - Rhythm mini-game (Dance Studio)
- Welcome! - Savings mini-game (Convenience Store)
- Hiss, Sizzle, Whoosh - Vigor farming map (Fast Food Restaurant)
- Glup, Glup - Inspiration farming map (Bathhouse)
Clearing any of these maps (or even failing at the mini-games) will increase the related stat.
Also take note that the two combat maps have 3 variants each, video thumbnails will help you select the correct clear example.
1: Ending (B) - Rush! To the Top!
Requirement: 100 Vigor, no other points
Only do Fast Food Restaurant for Vigor every day until the end, ending up with Vigor maxed.
You will still need to do story events to progress the days.
On the 3rd day there is the Tutorial Live, which simply shows how the Live mini-games work, simply follow instructions.
The first time you clear Fast Food Restaurant you will need to do the objectives, the second time onwards you can do the Farm Path.
After making it all the way to the end, view your first ending at the Fast Food Restaurant and proceed to the next part.
2: Ending (D) - A Night of Grayish White
After finishing the first ending, return to a previous day and clear Karaoke Box. Causing a change in stats is needed to enable this ending.
These mini-games will give you 10 points even if you quit immediately.
After getting your first 10 points, return to the Live and watch the second ending at the JR Station.
3: Ending (H) - A Loose Backdrop
4: Ending (J) - The Distance from Shoulder to Shoulder
As with the previous two mini-games, the one for Savings will also give you 10 points even if you quit immediately.
After getting 50 Savings, return to the Live and watch the next ending at the TV Station.
5: Ending (I) - Don’t Let the Music Stop, Dance Till You Drop
6: Ending (F) - A Night of Neon Colors
7: Ending (G) - A Night of Rising Wind
8: Maxing all stats for character-specific endings
9: Hard reset
From this point on, all the ones that have been convenient to get together have been done, as such from now on we will need to start resetting.
The remaining endings will be listed in no particular order together with their requirements, you will need to reset between each ending:
Ending E - A Night of Laughter and Tears
Requirement: 50 or more Intonation and Rhythm but not 100, all other stats below 50
Do Singing and Choreography practice until stats are correct.
Ending A - Do Your Best, Part-Timer!
Requirement: 100 Savings, no other stats
Do the Convenience store every day until the final day.
Ending C - Inspiration! Springing Forth!
Requirement: 100 Inspiration, no other stats
Do the Bathhouse mission every day until the final day.
Live Mini-games - Performances
As you complete your endings, there are three minigames with various solutions, only one example will be posted here but you can try it out on your own if you want to find other solutions.
Note that these are supposed to be What Am I Fighting For, Shicksal and Twilight, but Mica decided to re-butcher older translations for their own damn songs.
For Whom Do You Fight?
This is the tutorial, the game will tell you what to do here.
Literally just follow the tutorial.
Destiny
The first actual Live performance mini-game.
Order is as follows:
- Use Yuugiri’s buff on Sakura
- Activate Tae
- Activate Sakura
- Activate Saki
Dusk and Dawn
Second actual performance mini-game.
Order is as follows:
- Use Yuugiri’s buff on Sakura
- Activate Sakura
- Activate Ai on whichever enemy has a circle above their HP bar
- Swap Lily with Tae
- Activate Lily
- Activate Tae
- Use Junko’s buff on Saki
- Activate Saki