Pachislot Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Quick specs

Setting probabilities and payout rate

The bonus initial-hit values are published by SANKYO. Payout rates are Administrator research.

Kokusasetai Challenge success conditions

Administrator research. Kokusasetai Challenge is a 15G + α self-driven CZ with an overall success expectation of about 58%.

If neither a two-choice challenge nor a target cut-in occurs during the initial 15G, the 15G CZ is reset rather than ending immediately. The combined CZ frequency must not be confused with this approximately 58% clearing expectation.

Game flow

Normal play mainly advances through chance-pattern counts and scheduled game-count opportunities. Reaching the selected condition can enter Kokusasetai Challenge, the main CZ. A successful CZ or a direct conversion route awards a pseudo bonus.

Output is then built through high-net-increase bonuses and 1G chains. Stronger routes can award SUPER BIG or EXTRA BONUS, while the post-chain Marriage route can create a fast pullback into another strong bonus sequence.

Ceiling, reset and quit timing

Administrator research. The normal game-count ceiling is about 1100G + α and guarantees BIG or better. After REG it shortens to about 900G + α, and after a true setting change it shortens to about 800G + α. A separate CZ-failure ceiling applies after seven consecutive unsuccessful CZs between bonuses: the next CZ is converted to BIG or better. After a true setting change, the reported failure ceiling shortens to four failures (the fifth CZ converts). Count unsuccessful CZs separately from the 1100G/900G/800G game counter.

After a bonus chain, check the pullback state and the first 32G before quitting when Marriage-mode information is present. Ordinary power cycling carries over the underlying counters; a true setting change resets and reselects the relevant internal values.

Bonus and 1G-chain details

Administrator research: REG uses seven bell-navigation awards, BIG lasts 30G, SUPER BIG lasts 54G and EXTRA BONUS lasts 100G or more; the pseudo bonuses run at approximately 9.0 coins/G.

BIG BONUS (ビッグボーナス) 1G-chain draw: SANKYO states that every role, including push-order bells (押し順ベル), is eligible for a 1G-chain bonus-stock draw on each BIG game. The stock is not predetermined at BIG entry. The manufacturer does not provide a per-role stock percentage in the cited explanation; no single probability should be inferred from the 30G duration or the overall chain rate.

For an on-screen clue to which role won a stock, Pes Mode (ペスモード) can be selected by highlighting Chika Chika (チカ千花) at BIG mode selection and holding PUSH while starting the mode with the lever. A Pes (ペス) animation points to the game that may have won the 1G-chain stock. If a stock is won in the last two BIG games, the announcement can instead occur on the result screen or following lever; the absence of an immediate character animation is not proof of failure.

Setting differences and identification

Bonus initial-hit probability improves from 1/362 at Setting 1 to 1/335 at Setting 6. Current analysis also reports setting-sensitive CZ/count behavior and multiple direct setting-hint presentations. Because the raw initial-hit spread is modest, direct confirmation patterns and repeated state/CZ behavior should be weighted more heavily than a small number of bonus hits.

Chance-pattern internal modes

Administrator research. The manufacturer confirms four normal-play modes, A through D. The higher the mode, the fewer chance-pattern occurrences are generally needed before the CZ table becomes favorable; Mode D is especially strong and is expected to reach CZ within five chance patterns.

The mode is mainly reselected after BONUS and CZ. Except when leaving Mode D, the machine generally does not step down before a BIG Bonus; repeated CZ failures or REG outcomes can therefore leave the machine in a progressively stronger mode. This is separate from the visible morning/day/evening/night stage system.

Setting hints and confirmed-setting elements

How to play

No navigation: stop the left reel first. If numbered stop instructions appear, press the stop buttons in the displayed order (1, then 2, then 3). A symbol-target instruction tells you which symbol to aim for; follow it together with any displayed stop order.

This machine recommends left-first play. With the left reel stopped first, all reels may be stopped freely during ordinary normal play. Follow every push-order navigation prompt; during bonus play, follow navigation and any on-screen symbol instruction. A push-order mistake can reduce the intended result.

Related machines

Compare the play instructions, features and stopping guidance in these guides before changing machines:

• L Tokyo Ghoul
• L Pachislot Fire Force 2

Use each model’s own rules; stop procedures and game rules can differ.

Data policy and official references

First-party manufacturer information is labelled official. Administrator research identifies the administrator’s review of published information; it does not by itself mean original measurement or manufacturer confirmation. Calculated examples are labelled separately and explain their inputs. A page verification date records an editorial check, not a new experiment or a remeasurement of every value. See our editorial policy for the distinction.

• SANKYO official product page
• SANKYO official specification page
• SANKYO developer note — BIG all-role 1G-chain stock draw
• SANKYO developer note — late BIG stock announcement