{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0cc940b5798d8dafa602b576","clusterId":"c_0097dbb28c3bf1749429f419","slug":"oshi-no-ko-puzzle-star-opens-pop-in-2-gacha-with-newly-drawn-memcho-and-kana-arima","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star Opens POP IN 2 Gacha With Newly Drawn MEMcho And Kana Arima","summary":"KADOKAWA announced on November 1 that the Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star gacha [POP IN 2] MEMcho begins that day and runs through 11:59 on November 11. Round one features ★★★ [POP IN 2 -on-] MEMcho and ★★ [POP IN 2 -off-] Kana Arima, with card art supervised by anime character designer and chief animation director Kana Hirayama. The game adds a lobby feature that displays owned ★★ to ★★★ card illustrations, up to 10 set at a time.","whyItMatters":"The gacha rides on art made for this game and supervised by the anime's character designer, which ties the puzzle game's pull to the anime's visual staff rather than to new animated material.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe POP IN 2 pickup is split into three rounds, and the first one pairs a three-star MEMcho card with a two-star Kana Arima card, both in costumes drawn for the game. Kana Hirayama supervises the illustrations and holds the character designer and chief animation director roles on the TV anime. Separately from the gacha, a new lobby option lets players set favorite cards and characters from their own collection, with a single set card shown at all times and multiple set cards rotating at random. Development is by NHN, with KADOKAWA handling domestic publishing.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star opened the first of three [POP IN 2] gacha rounds on November 1. Round one runs to November 11 with a three-star MEMcho and a two-star Kana Arima, art supervised by anime character designer Kana Hirayama. A new lobby option shows up to 10 owned card illustrations.","twitterPost":"Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star opened [POP IN 2] round one on November 1, running to November 11: three-star MEMcho and two-star Kana Arima, art supervised by anime character designer Kana Hirayama. A new lobby option displays up to 10 owned card illustrations.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"KADOKAWA opened the first of three [POP IN 2] gacha rounds in Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star on November 1, pairing a three-star MEMcho with a two-star Kana Arima through November 11. Kana Hirayama, the TV anime's character designer and chief animation director, supervised the card art. The game also added a lobby option that displays owned two-star to three-star card illustrations, up to 10 at once.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261101b\",\"title\":\"【Oshi no Ko】Official Puzzle Game 【Oshi no Ko】Puzzle Star Adds Newly Drawn MEMcho and Kana Arima; New Feature Lets Players Display Owned ★★-★★★ Card Illustrations in the Lobby\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5373,"outputTokens":887,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793504712,"createdAt":"2026-11-01T03:40:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:43:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:43:44.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0097dbb28c3bf1749429f419","canonicalTitle":"【推しの子】公式パズルゲーム『【推しの子】Puzzle Star』に描き下ろしの「MEMちょ」「有馬かな」が登場。所持している★★～★★★カードのイラストをロビーに表示できる新機能も実装","representativeArticleId":"a_168e43100a5ccc16d226c30f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Oshi no Ko\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-01T03:00:14.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-01T03:00:14.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:43:41.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261101b","title":"【推しの子】公式パズルゲーム『【推しの子】Puzzle Star』に描き下ろしの「MEMちょ」「有馬かな」が登場。所持している★★～★★★カードのイラストをロビーに表示できる新機能も実装"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Oshi no Ko"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["KADOKAWA opened the [POP IN 2] MEMcho limited pickup gacha in Oshi no Ko Puzzle Star on November 1, 2026.","The first round runs until 10:59 on November 11 and features ★★★ [POP IN 2 -on-] MEMcho and ★★ [POP IN 2 -off-] Kana Arima.","The gacha is planned to run in three rounds total.","Kana Hirayama, character designer and chief animation director for the Oshi no Ko TV anime, supervised the card illustrations.","A new lobby feature displays owned ★★ to ★★★ card illustrations, with up to 10 cards set and shown at random."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["oshi-no-ko","oshi-no-ko-puzzle-star"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"oshi-no-ko","supported":3,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":11,"overall":"green","story_count":17,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"oshi-no-ko-puzzle-star","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":18,"overall":"green","story_count":8,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}