Gakumas Build Guide by Effect Axis: Concentration, Good Condition, Good Impression, Motivation, Anomaly

Concentration is the stat unique to the Sense plan: every point of Concentration adds straight onto the score of a scoring card, and that added amount is then further multiplied by Good Condition and whatever stance is active when the card resolves. The standard pattern is to stack Concentration in the early turns with Mental cards, then hold back one or two big scoring cards to unload late.

Real core cards (from the skill card database):

• Sense of Balance (バランス感覚, rarity R, Mental) — Concentration +3, cheap and simple to open with.
• Piercing Gaze (眼力, SR) — Genki +6, Concentration +3.
• Stubborn Pride (意地, SR) — Genki +3, Concentration +4.
• Ruler of the Stage (舞台の支配者, Legend) — scores relative to Good Condition, and once Concentration is 6+, Good Condition's multiplier triples — the clearest example of the two axes compounding each other.

Matching P-item: Arcade Prize (ゲーセンの戦利品, 5-star) adds Concentration +3 at the very start of the stage, giving you a Concentration floor from turn one.

Common mistake: burning your big scoring cards before Concentration has had time to build up, or forgetting that Concentration is added before Good Condition/stance multiply the total — aim to play the scoring card while both are active at once.

Good Condition (好調) is a turn-counted status: while it's active, every scoring card gets at least a +50% multiplier; if Perfect Condition (絶好調) is also active, that multiplier gains an extra +10% per remaining turn of Good Condition. Because this multiplier applies to every scoring card during the turn, keeping Good Condition alive longer pays off more than aiming for a single big hit.

Core cards:

• Signal to Begin (始まりの合図, SR, Mental) — Good Condition +5 turns.
• Signal to Begin+ (始まりの合図+, SR) — upgraded version, +7 turns.
• First Horizon (初めての地平, R, Active) — scores equal to remaining Good Condition turns × 2, cashing in directly on however many turns you're holding.
• Roaring Cheers (大声援, SR, Mental) — Genki +6, Good Condition +3 turns, feeding both at once.

Common mistake: activating Good Condition, then playing one small scoring card and running out of hand — wasting the remaining turns of the multiplier that could have applied to later cards. Spread scoring cards across the turns while Good Condition is still up.

Good Impression (好印象) is the Logic plan's axis: unlike Concentration/Good Condition, which only pay off when you play a scoring card, Good Impression pays for itself automatically at the end of every turn — the JA community often calls this a "loop" playstyle since it fires passively, turn after turn, until it runs out. Its value therefore depends on how many turns remain in the exam, not on a single strong hit — the earlier you build it up, the more turns it has left to pay out.

Core cards:

• Happy Time (幸せな時間, SR, Mental) — Good Impression +6 turns.
• Colorful Cute! (SR, Mental) — Good Impression +6 turns.
• Tangled Feelings (絡まる想い, SSR, Mental) — Good Impression +8 turns, a stronger version of the same axis.

Common mistake: stacking Good Impression cards near the end of the exam — by then there aren't enough turns left for the loop to pay off, wasting the card. Build this axis early, as close to the start of the exam as possible.

Motivation (やる気) is Logic's second axis, usually paired with Good Impression on the same P-idol. The core mechanic: some scoring cards add on top of your current Motivation (score += motivation × the card's own rate), while most other Motivation cards raise both Genki and Motivation at once — Genki to pay for cards, Motivation to feed the long-game scoring axis. JA players call this the "やる気型" (Motivation-type) playstyle: less of a burst than Sense, more of a slow build across the whole exam.

Core cards:

• Overflowing Memories (あふれる思い出, SR, Mental) — Genki +2, Motivation +4.
• Image Training (イメトレ, SR, Mental) — Genki +7, Motivation +4, leaning toward Genki.
• Doing My Best (いっしょけんめい, SR, Mental) — Genki +1, Motivation +5, leaning toward Motivation.
• Awareness Basics (意識の基本, N, Mental) — Genki +1, Motivation +2, a cheap basic opener.

Matching P-items: Zero Cost, Max Love (費用0円愛情MAX, 5-star) — at the start of each turn, if Motivation is 5+, adds Genki +4, turning spare Motivation into spendable Genki. Beginner's Book for Anyone (だれでもわかる入門書, 4-star) — at the start of each turn, if Genki is 7+, adds Motivation +5, running the loop the other way.

Common mistake: building Motivation while letting Genki run dry, leaving you unable to afford the big scoring card you need late in the exam — Motivation only pays off if you're still alive with enough Genki to play the card that reads it.

The Anomaly plan runs on its own mechanic: switching stance (指針). There are four stances: Strength (強気, score ×2, tier II is ×2.5, but card cost is also ×2), Preservation (温存, cost ×0.5, tier II ×0.25 — in exchange score is halved or quartered), Full Power (全力, the largest score multiplier), and Leisure (のんびり, both score and cost drop to 0, used to coast through a turn cheaply). Alongside that, Enthusiasm (熱意) is a flat bonus added onto the NEXT scoring card — and because it's added before the stance multiplier applies, it also gets multiplied by whatever stance is active (e.g. Strength doubles the Enthusiasm bonus too). ⚠ The community uses several different labels for variants of this axis (e.g. 存在感/"Presence") depending on the source — GameVika only states the mechanics verified from the engine (stance-switching + Enthusiasm) and does not speculate beyond that.

Core cards:

• Greeting Basics (挨拶の基本, N) — switches to Strength, the cheapest way to open the axis.
• New Light (あたらしい光, SSR) — switches to Preservation II, while adding Enthusiasm +5 for the next hit.
• Toward the Sunlight (日が差す方へ, SSR) — switches to Preservation, Genki +5, Enthusiasm +8, and also discounts the cost of the next Mental card.
• Mischievous Santa (いたずらサンタさん, SSR) — switches to Preservation II and buffs Enthusiasm by a rate (+50%, 3 turns), plus an extra card play that turn.

Common mistake: playing a stance-switch card (especially into Strength/Full Power) with no scoring card left in hand to cash in the multiplier that same turn — wasting the whole turn. Always hold at least one scoring card before switching into a high-multiplier stance.