Laika

Laika is a character in Shoujo City 3D. She is one of the seven dateable girls in Story Mode.

Appearance
Laika has long orange hair. Her hair is styled by tying two locks of her hair to the back, while letting the rest loose. She has two green and purple flower hairclips decorating the sides of her hair. She has blue eyes like almost every character in the game.

She wears the school uniform, which consists of a white sailor shirt, a red scarf and a short blue pleated skirt. However, unlike the other students, excluding Ririka, her shirt is long sleeved instead of short sleeved. She wears white high socks and brown shoes. She doesn't change her shoes like the other students. She also has a red armband with "Student Council" written in Kanji on it, indicating that she is a member of the Student Council.

Personality
In-game, Laika's personality traits go as follows:


 * Science
 * Loner
 * Cute
 * Summer
 * Books
 * Music
 * History

Her food preferences go as follows:


 * Citrus fruits
 * Watermelon
 * Salmon

As the student council president, Laika takes her job very serious. If she sees someone break the school rules, she will fine them with ¥1000, put them outside of the school and scold them.

Laika also serves as the teacher of the school, although she doesn't teach anything. She watches over the students as they participate in their classes.

Since Laika is a loner, she enjoys isolation rather than social interaction. She likes to be called cute and dislikes sexual anekdotes. Differently from her original counterpart, her favorite season is summer.

She takes pleasure in reading books, listening to/playing music and history. This applies to both the 3D and the original version.

Interestingly, Laika has no preferences when it comes to living places, whereas the other girls decided if they'd rather live in big cities or in isolation.

Laika's favorite snacks are watermelons, watermelon ice cream, watermelon kakigoori, oranges and mikan. She enjoys anything that has salmon for a meal, such as salmon tempura or salmon sushi. She likes to drink summer splash.

Requirements
To ask Laika out on a date, the player will need:

Monday: 30 Science/20 Social/10 Arts

Tuesday: 32 Science/22 Social/12 Arts

Wednesday: 34 Science/24 Social/14 Arts

Thursday: 36 Science/26 Social/16 Arts

Friday: 38 Science/28 Social/18 Arts

Saturday: 40 Science/30 Social/20 Arts

Sunday: 42 Science/32 Social/22 Arts

Strategy
A possible way to gain enough skill for Monday on the survey is the following:


 * Academic studies
 * Electronics store
 * Shinjuku
 * Smartphone
 * Listening to music
 * Hanami parties

The player should participate at least once in Maths and Language Studying classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday to increase their Science skills fast, as well as play the piano.

When taking Laika out, the player shouldn't skip the dating feature, as it is the only way to increase their Social skill points. Since dating gives the player 5 Social skill points if they succeed at talking, they can do the dating once on Monday, then do it again on Thursday.

There are two ways to increase the player's Arts skill points: Drawing and playing the piano. The latter is recommended, as it gives the player good amounts of Arts skill points and bonus love points for their girl.

Routine
Laika stands in Class 1C, waiting for the other students to arrive. At 9 AM, she watches the class as the students study. On Wednesday and Saturday, she is outside on the running track instead to wait for the students to participate in PE class.

When classes are over at 11 AM, she patrols the school.

On Sunday, she patrols around the school, similiar to when classes are over on the other days of the week.

Rewards
If the player wins Laika's love, they will be rewarded with a book for studying kanji called "Nihon go Daijiten. Second edition". The Laika ending achievement will also be unlocked, and the book will be added into the blank space. The player can read the book by placing it in the hands of the protagonist.

Trivia

 * She had blonde hair and brown eyes in older games.
 * She is presumably the games' mascot, as she appeared on the game icon for Shoujo City-anime game and the developer's twitter profile picture.
 * She is the character who has existed in the franchise the longest.
 * In the 2D version, Laika enjoyed operas, theatre, history and books.
 * In the original Shoujo City, Laika prefers winter over summer. In Shoujo City 3D, Laika likes summer more.
 * In older versions of the game, she was named Laika Karou.
 * In the 2D version, she mentioned that she'd like to learn French.
 * She can play the piano.
 * In the 2D version, her favourite foods are peaches, chocolate and seafood sushi.
 * Despite being the student council president and outspoken, Laika is antisocial and dislikes social interaction.
 * It is currently unknown if she'll make another appearance in the developer's next project, Anime City (working title) or if she'll retire as the game's mascot.
 * She seems to take on the role of the teacher, as she watches the class and she is not listed in the grade rankings.