Kai
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Kai (カイ Kai) is one of the four starting characters in 100% Orange Juice!, that the player can select when creating a new save file. He originates from and is the protagonist of 100% Orange Juice!.
Passives
None.
Overview
Teased for being a generic hero by the rest of the cast and often overlooked by the developers, Kai is a plain, jack of all trades character with a unique stat build. Kai has a single point boost to his attack stat and no other stat or passive related penalties, which is extremely significant, given that he is the only character on the roster to feature the advantage of an attack modifier without a penalty. Consequently, Kai is able to play both aggressively and passively, but the nature of his stats and hyper lean more toward aggression. With 5 health, Kai is able to survive most attacks dealt against him, especially when his health is near full, and his extra attack enables him to both deal with most 
Encounter panels with relative ease and deal decent damage to opponents. As a result of his neutral stats and nonspecific purpose, Kai also has the advantage of being able to use most cards, as he neither suffers much nor becomes extremely powerful from any particular card. He can, however, benefit greatly from battle cards such as 
Accel Hyper and 
Super All-Out Mode when pursuing and 
Rbits and 
Rainbow-Colored Circle when defending. Lastly, while not fully protected, Kai is mostly immune to 
Reverse Attribute Field which is another minor but positive trait the player can take advantage of.
While his stats are unique, Kai's main vulnerability stems from his lack of other modifiers. Although Kai does not feature any noteworthy exploitable weakness, the results the player will yield are completely random due to the lack of certainty provided by neutral stats. Kai's attack stat can carry him through his attack roll, but his lack of defensive modifiers enables the opponent to quickly chip away at his health if the player fails to either KO them quickly or defend well against their counterattack. Consequently, Kai can be defeated through constant combat as he only has neutral survivability without any protective cards. Likewise, Kai's neutral defense and evasion stats are not ideal when facing a 
Boss panel or powerful attacks of 6-7, even with his decent HP. Owing to this fact, the player should generally try to avoid slowly progressing multiturn confrontations until they have battle cards in their hand to compensate for the shortcomings of his defensive stats.
Playstyle
Like most characters in the cast, Kai should generally aim for star norma, but he can play either side depending on the player's luck or the board. If the player is having a good run, +1 attack can go a long way, and Kai may eat up a lot of opponents and Encounter panels. Fortunately, Kai can hold his own on combat-based boards like Tomomo's Abyss and against bully characters thanks to his attack and HP. Like most neutral characters, however, it is generally best practice to play passively unless the opportunity presents itself, and the player should hold onto their hyper and combo it with another card for a power play later in the game. The player should mainly aim for 
Bonus panels but should take care to make sure they have cards in their hand for later, especially Kai's hyper.
Unlock Info
- The character can be purchased in the shop for 1200
after beating the first campaign. - Acquired for free by choosing Kai as the Main Character.
- Automatically unlocked if DLC 12 is owned.
- Can be obtained randomly from a character crate for 100
Oranges.
Summary
- Pros
- +Good stats all around
- +Strong late-game presence
- +Defensive stats not affected by Reverse Attribute Field
- Cons
When you are allowed to attack first, the opposing unit cannot attack (once per combat).
Effect
Kai's Hyper is Protagonist's Privilege. When used, if the player attacks first in battle, the opposing unit will skip their attack roll. This effect lasts for 3 chapters.
If the player attacks first in a battle with multiple rounds of combat (due to effects such as ), the opponent will only skip the first round of combat.
If Protagonist's Privilege is used while it is already in effect, the effect itself will not stack, but the duration will be refreshed.
Strategy
Protagonist's Privilege is an unusual Hyper in that it has no blatant damaging or protective effect on its own, relying solely on combat to activate it. While not particularly powerful on its own, the main advantage of Protagonist's Privilege is that it enables the player to take risks and remain safe while doing so, as long as they strike first. For example, the player will be able to enter a Boss battle with 1 HP and leaving unharmed, as the boss will not get to attack. This method of shielding against the boss is a very common use for the Hyper and is advisable in multiple scenarios. Or in another situation, if the player is pursuing a low health opponent, they can keep attacking the opponent until they are KO'd without the chance of being KO'd themselves. To get the best results out of the Hyper, the player should generally activate later in the game to help them defeat the boss or weakened opponents, and then possibly pair it with a battle card. Using 
Final Battle while the Hyper is active will let Kai get a free attack roll against a defending opponent before the combat phase acts as normal and Accel Hyper can be used to strike the opponent hard. More specialized plays are possible as well, such as using 
Dark Side of Business without the risk of retaliation damage after stealing the opponent's stars. Best of all, the player will have 3 chapters to deal as much damage as they can and catch up to far opponents if needed. Overall, the card gives the player a lot of choices, for what they want to accomplish with the card.
President's Privilege is beneficial in lowering the cost but will result in the player using their entire hand to make a combo, leaving them vulnerable if an opponent approaches, especially in the late game. Thus, it may be in the player's best interest to mainly use the card for the Boss. The second and most blatant issue with the card is that unlike other Hypers, it does not do anything, as in it does not deal damage or steal stars on its own. If the player wants to take advantage of the Hyper, they can only do so through the course of raw combat, not a "super card" that automatically does the heavy lifting for them. Lastly, the most obvious weakness is that Kai must attack first to get the benefit from the effect. As a result, the Hyper lacks usefulness when all opponents are behind Kai and leaves a massive window open for the opponents to assault the player even when the Hyper is active.
Tips
- Playing As Kai
- Similar to bully-type characters, Kai can benefit from cards that cause battles such as
Gentleman's Battle and cards that increase his ATK in battle like Accel Hyper. - Cards that increase Kai's movement such as
Dash! and 
Windy Enchantment can be helpful in catching weakened opponents.
- Playing Against Kai
- As Kai's only strength is his extra attack, cards that protect the user such as
Shield and 
Shield Counter are effective against him. - Cards that cause Kai to lose cards such as
Gift Exchange and 
Present Thief are helpful in making Kai lose his hyper, rendering him relatively average.
Recommended Cards
Counter Cards
Attacker
Guardian
Support
Avenger
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In Co-op mode, Kai doesn't change much, however, his hyper is slightly tweaked, by always enabling him to attack first and his recovery rises.
Role Information
Attacker
Kai, by default, will perform well as an attacker, given his already buffed attack stat which will be further buffed by the attacker role. His decent HP pool should enable the player to last quite a few combats as well, before his inevitable KO. Unfortunately, Kai will only be able to take advantage of half his hyper as an attacker, as he will always attack first as a result of the role, rendering that part of the hyper useless. The ability to not face a boss's counterattack can be extremely helpful, however, especially if many of the player's allies are currently KO'd.
Guardian
Kai can work decently well as a guardian thanks to both his hyper and average HP pool. With 5 HP, he will be able to provide a decent number of shields to allies, and by using his hyper the player can avoid being KO'd by the boss until they can either recover or until the rest of the player's allies have recovered. Even better, the player will also receive an additional defensive boost by using the role and thus increase Kai's survivability.
Supporter
Supporter is not a great matchup for Kai, as he doesn't have any heavily increased stats on his own, and he will not receive any attack or defense buff as a supporter. While the role does provide a +1 evasion boost, it will not increase the player's survivability much during the late game, and the player will suffer from his lack of damage output.
Avenger
While viable, avenger is not an ideal role for Kai as a result of his hyper. Given that the point of the role is to receive damage to deal more damage to the boss, it is simply not a very good mix with a hyper that makes the player move first in combat and not receive any damage. That said, Kai can still be a decent avenger as a result of his HP stat, but his lack of a defensive buff of any kind may cost him heavily during a battle depending on the players' RNG.Starting Cards
When the player begins a new game and selects their starting main character, they will receive the cards necessary to create a deck. If a player chooses Kai as their starting character, they will begin the game with the provided 15 cards along with Kai's unit card and hyper card. In concurrence with Kai's stats, Kai's starting deck is relatively combat based, with it containing mostly stat adjustment cards to aid Kai and weaken his opponents.
Provided Cards
Poses
Default
Attack
Damage
Success
Failure
Dice Throw
Colors
Hairs
Hair 1
Hair 2
Hair 3
Hair 4
Hair 5
Hair 6
Hair 7
Hair 8
Hair 9
Hair 10
Hair 11
Hair 12
Accessories
Glasses
Voice Lines
| When | English | Kanji | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling | ▶️ | There! | よっと | ||||
| ▶️ | Here I go! | おりゃ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Go! | とお！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Give me a good roll! | いい目出てくれよ！ | |||||
| Using a Card | ▶️ | Alright, I'll do this! | おーし、やるぜ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | This will bring me victory! | これが切り札だ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I'm going to use a card here. | カードを使うぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | This is it! | いくぜ！ | |||||
| Placing Trap | ▶️ | It's time for a trap. | トラップだ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Here's a trap. | 罠だぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I'm going to set this up here. | ここに仕掛けるか… | |||||
| ▶️ | I'm sure this will work. | こいつを仕掛ければ… | |||||
| Using Battle Card | ▶️ | Help me win! | カードの力を借りるぜ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Give me some power! | 俺に力を！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Heh-heh-heh, victory will be mine! | へへ、勝たせてもらうぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Let me show you what I can do! | やってやるぜ！ | |||||
| Protagonist's Privilege | ▶️ | This is the protagonist's privilege! | これが主役の特権ってやつだ！ | ||||
| Reviving | ▶️ | I've been revived! | ふっかぁつ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | I'm not done yet. | まだやれる…っ | |||||
| ▶️ | This is only the beginning. | 遅れを取り戻す！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I can still go on. | まだまだこれからだ！ | |||||
| Revive Failed | ▶️ | How can a protagonist fail to come back?! | くっ…主役の俺が…っ | ||||
| ▶️ | This isn't for real... | うそ…だろ…？ | |||||
| ▶️ | You've got to be kidding me! | マジかよ… | |||||
| ▶️ | What the... Heck... | なん…だと…？ | |||||
| (Attack)/Snowball Attack | ▶️ | Here! | せい！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Like this! | うおりゃぁ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Eat this! | くらえ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | There! | そこだぁ！ | |||||
| Field Damage | ▶️ | Ugh! | ぐあっ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Guh! | ぐぇ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | That hurts! | いってぇ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Urrh... | んがぁっ！ | |||||
| Healing | ▶️ | Saved by the bell. | 助かったぜ… | ||||
| ▶️ | I got healed... | 癒される… | |||||
| ▶️ | Phew... | ふぅ～… | |||||
| ▶️ | That was a close call. | 危なかったぜ… | |||||
| Warping | ▶️ | Warp! | ワープ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | I'm flying! | 飛ぶぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Where am I going? | ドコに行くんだ… | |||||
| ▶️ | Noooo! | うわわわっ | |||||
| KO'd in Field | ▶️ | Guhaah! | ぐはぁ！！ | ||||
| ▶️ | No way. This can't be true... | そんな…ばかな… | |||||
| ▶️ | I'm so done here... | もう…だめだ… | |||||
| ▶️ | I give up. | ぎゃふんっ | |||||
| Battle (Attacker) | ▶️ | Fight me! | 戦おうぜ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Let's battle! | バトルだ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | The first one to act wins! | 先手必勝！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I'll go first! | いかせてもらうぜ！ | |||||
| Battle (Defender) | ▶️ | You want to fight? Fine by me. | 来るなら来い！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Challenge accepted. | 受けて立つぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Looking for a fight? | 来るか！？ | |||||
| ▶️ | Bring it on! | 来いよ！ | |||||
| Attacking | ▶️ | Take this! | くらえ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | I'm finishing you! | 仕留めるぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Eat my fist! | 俺の拳を喰らえぇ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Theeere! | せぇい！ | |||||
| Light Damage | ▶️ | Ugh. | くぅっ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | That hurts! | いてっ | |||||
| ▶️ | You're pretty good. | やるなっ | |||||
| ▶️ | Oww. | いちちっ | |||||
| Heavy Damage | ▶️ | Gaaargh! | がはぁ！！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Uoooogh! | ぐほっ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | That hurts! | いってぇえ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Uuugh. | うひぃっ | |||||
| Evading | ▶️ | Whoa. | おっと！ | ||||
| ▶️ | You can't hit me. | 当たるかよ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Check out my moves! | 華麗なる俺の回避！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Too slow for me. | 遅いんだよ！ | |||||
| Winning in Battle | ▶️ | My victory is only natural. | ま、当然の結果だな | ||||
| ▶️ | I'm the protagonist, you know. | ま、主役ですし？ | |||||
| ▶️ | That was a nice battle. | 良いバトルだったぜ | |||||
| ▶️ | Well, this is what I expected. | ま、こんなもんよ | |||||
| KO'd in Battle/Losing Game | ▶️ | Goddamn it! | ちくしょう…っ | ||||
| ▶️ | Urrrrgh... | きゅぅ… | |||||
| ▶️ | I can't believe this! | なんてこった… | |||||
| ▶️ | I lost? No way! | 負けた…だと… | |||||
| Bonus Panel | ▶️ | Yeah! I got a bonus! | よっしゃあ、ボーナスゲット！ | ||||
| ▶️ | I'm rolling in cash today! | 懐があたたまるぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I'm this much closer to victory now! | これで勝利に近づくぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Whoo! This is the best! | ふぅ～！最高だぜ！ | |||||
| Drop Panel | ▶️ | My stars...! | 俺のスターが！！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Crap... | くそっ | |||||
| ▶️ | All that effort to gather them... | 折角集めたのに！ | |||||
| ▶️ | I screwed up! | やっちまった…っ | |||||
| Stepping on Trap | ▶️ | Oh shoot! | しまった！ | ||||
| ▶️ | It was a trap?! | 罠だと！？ | |||||
| ▶️ | W-what the heck?! | な、なんだこりゃ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | This can't be happening... | 嘘だろ！？ | |||||
| Boss Panel | ▶️ | I sense a strong opponent. | 強敵の気配がするぜ… | ||||
| ▶️ | So they came... | ヤツが来たか… | |||||
| ▶️ | I can feel a storm coming... | 嵐の予感がするぜ… | |||||
| ▶️ | Okay... I've got to give it all I've got. | ふぅ…気合を入れないとな… | |||||
| Star Norma | ▶️ | The stars are all mine! | スターを集めるぜ | ||||
| ▶️ | I choose stars, of course. | スターに決まりだな | |||||
| ▶️ | Stars, it is! | スターだよな、やっぱ | |||||
| ▶️ | I'll go with stars! | スターにするぜ！ | |||||
| Wins Norma | ▶️ | All I need is battles! | 戦いに明け暮れるぜ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Battle is a man's romance. | バトルはロマン！ | |||||
| ▶️ | All the wins are mine! | 勝利を重ねるぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | My fists will breathe fire! | 俺の拳が火を噴くぜ！ | |||||
| Selecting Character | ▶️ | Count on me! | 俺に任せとけ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Hiya. Good to play with you. | おっす、よろしくな | |||||
| ▶️ | Alright, it's my turn to go! | よーし、俺の出番だな | |||||
| ▶️ | Just leave it to me! | 任せろ！ | |||||
| Starting Game | ▶️ | Let's see how this game will turn out. | さぁて、どうなるかな… | ||||
| ▶️ | Guess I'll go all out. | いっちょ頑張るか | |||||
| ▶️ | So it started. | 始まったか… | |||||
| ▶️ | I'll do my best. | 頑張るぜ！ | |||||
| Winning Game | ▶️ | Hell yeah! I'm the winner! | おっしゃぁ！俺の勝ちだ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Hell yeah! I did it! | よっしゃぁあ！やったぜ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Phew, I made it somehow. | ふぅ…なんとか勝てたな！ | |||||
| ▶️ | That was a good game. | いい勝負だったぜ | |||||
| Item Drop/Crate Drop | ▶️ | Oh I got a new one. | お、新しいヤツを手に入れたな | ||||
| ▶️ | I got a new item! | NEWアイテムゲットだ！ | |||||
| ▶️ | Oh, I didn't have this one. | 持ってないヤツだな | |||||
| ▶️ | Alright, that was a good draw. | よしよし、いい引きしてるぜ | |||||
| Whack a Poppo/Track the Card | ▶️ | Leave it to me. | まかせろ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | That's nice. | いいね | |||||
| Whack a Poppo | ▶️ | Yeah! | おう | ||||
| Whack a Tomomo/Alte | ▶️ | Nope. | いいや | ||||
| Bad Prize | ▶️ | Crap! | くそっ | ||||
| Star Treasure | ▶️ | Hell yeah! | やったぜ | ||||
| Neutral Prize | ▶️ | What the?! | なに？ | ||||
| Battle Prize/Supporter Revive | ▶️ | Here I go! | いくぜ！ | ||||
| ▶️ | Let's see what roll I'll get. | さーて、どんな目が出るかな | |||||
| ▶️ | Go! | いっけぇ！ | |||||
| Greeting (Home Screen/Joining Lobby) | ▶️ | Yo! | おっす！ | ||||
| Miss Prize/Track the Card | ▶️ | Hmm... | うーん… | ||||
| ▶️ | That's awesome. | やるじゃねぇか！ | |||||
| Hyper Treasure/Good Prize | ▶️ | Oh my god! | おおお！！ | ||||
| Miss Match/Bad Prize (Match 2) | ▶️ | Crap... | くそっ！ | ||||
| Unique Interaction Lines | |||||||
| Vs. Poppo (any) | ▶️ | Found you! | 見つけたぜ…！ | ||||
| Vs. Kyoko/Sherry | ▶️ | A beautiful lady...?! | 綺麗なお姉さん…だと… | ||||
| Vs. Tomomo (any) | ▶️ | Aren't you too old for that outfit? | その歳でその格好はヤバイだろ | ||||
| Vs. Shifu Robot | ▶️ | A giant robot?! I'm so hyped! | 巨大ロボだと…ロマンを感じるぜ | ||||
| When | English | Kanji | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening the game | ▶️ | Orange_Juice and Fruitbat Factory. | オレンジジュースアンドフルーツバットファクトリー |
| ▶️ | Shindenken. | しんでんけん | |
| Title screen | ▶️ | 100% Orange Juice! | 100％おれんじじゅ～すっ！ |
| Start of player 1 turn | ▶️ | Player 1. | プレイヤーワン |
| Start of player 2 turn | ▶️ | Player 2. | プレイヤーツー |
| Start of player 3 turn | ▶️ | Player 3. | プレイヤースリー |
| Start of player 4 turn | ▶️ | Player 4. | プレイヤーフォー |
| Starting a battle | ▶️ | Battle. | バトル |
| Winning a battle | ▶️ | Win. | ウィン |
| Triggering a bonus panel | ▶️ | Bonus. | ボーナス |
| Triggering a drop panel | ▶️ | Drop. | ドロップ |
| Triggering a draw panel | ▶️ | Card draw. | カードドロー |
| Triggering warp panel | ▶️ | Warp. | ワープ |
| Triggering a move panel | ▶️ | Move. | ムーブ |
| Triggering warp move panel | ▶️ | Warp move. | ワープムーブ |
| Triggering a trap | ▶️ | Trap triggered. | トラップ発動 |
| Skipping a turn | ▶️ | Skip. | スキップ |
| Stopping on a panel affected by Immovable Object | ▶️ | Stop. | ストップ |
| Triggering a norma check without meeting the requirements | ▶️ | Norma check. | ノルマチェック |
| Reaching level 2 | ▶️ | Norma level 1 achieved. | ノルマレベルワン達成 |
| Reaching level 3 | ▶️ | Norma level 2 achieved. | ノルマレベルツー達成 |
| Reaching level 4 | ▶️ | Norma level 3 achieved. | ノルマレベルスリー達成 |
| Reaching level 5 | ▶️ | Norma level 4 achieved. | ノルマレベルフォー達成 |
| Winning the game | ▶️ | Final norma achieved! | 最終ノルマ達成！ |
| Attempting to connect to a lobby | ▶️ | Connecting. | コネクティング |
| Successfully connecting to a lobby | ▶️ | Connected. | コネクティド |
| Failing to connect to a lobby | ▶️ | Failed. | フェイルド |
| Attempting to connect to a full lobby | ▶️ | Lobby full. | ロビーフル |
| Another player joins the lobby | ▶️ | Player joined. | プレイヤージョインド |
| Another player leaves the lobby | ▶️ | Player left. | プレイヤーレフト |
Trivia
- Kai appears in the artwork for and is quoted in the description of
Protagonist's Privilege. He also appears in the artwork for 
Party Time. - Kai is one of four original characters (along with , , & ) who debuted in 100% Orange Juice!.
Update History
V1.26.2 (Hotfix 2)
- Fixed player not being able to proceed in multiplayer deck screen if selected character is , , or Kai, and player hasn't unlocked them in singleplayer.
V1.4
- level requirement has been lowered from 4 to 3. Cost has been lowered from 30 to 20.
- Fixed HP on Kai's card.
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