The Love Shockers (ラブショッカーズ Rabu Shokkāzu?) are a rival gang in Jet Set Radio Future. Their home turf is Hikage Street. Unlike in Jet Set Radio where the Love Shockers were revealed as mysterious newcomers that kickoff the story, the gang is already established as one of the many teams fighting in the streets of Tokyo. Although this time around, their involvement in the plot is more minimal.
The Love Shockers are a Quick-2 type character. Her stats are the same as the Immortals, which means she excels in speed more than anything else, but suffers when it comes to her stamina stats as they are the worst in the game.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
The Love Shockers design shares a lot of elements from the design with their Jet Set Radio counterpart, but still are distinctly different. They wear a crop top with a cleavage window. It has a crack pattern in the middle, which splits the top in two parts, one part being desaturated blue and another being magenta. Back of the top features their insignia "死愛" (shi ai/dead love). Leggings follow the same pattern and color theme, albeit reversed, and with magenta part having a line and blue having a blue broken heart drawing. Their skates are long, white and with blue colored thunder-like markings.
The Love Shockers' accessories include a heart shaped eyepatch and a yellow scarf with gray stripes. Their hair is light pink and is in a side ponytail with long bangs. The Love Shockers are also seen wearing makeup consisting of light violet lipstick and eyeliner. Other accessories include long gloves, with the matching color scheme of the crop top. The top of the gloves has the same cracked pattern, with having the very end of them colored in reverse. They are wearing three black bracelets on each of their arm.
Personality[]
The Love Shockers are a "loveable" team of psychos who are considered to be heart attacks on skates, as described by DJ Professor K.[1] The reason for why the Love Shockers are so psychotic is due to their heartbreak, as they preach a message of "love and death". They showcase this so-called "message" during their Death Ball match and rematch in chapter 7 or 9, taunting the GG's with threats and telling them to die. In their Death Ball round, the Love Shockers seemingly give a little bit context on what potentially caused their heartbreak, stating how girls do not like clingy guys.
Role in Jet Set Radio Future[]
In Jet Set Radio Future, the Love Shockers are first mentioned in chapter 4, as DJ Professor K notes that they "were mixing it up" with the Immortals on Hikage Street, their home turf. They physically appear in chapter 5 as part of the Death Ball tournament, hosted by the Noise Tanks, at the Tokyo Rokkaku Expo Stadium in the third round. Like the Doom Riders and the Immortals, the Love Shockers will speak to the GG's during the first couple moments of the round taunting and insulting them, along with telling them to "die". The GG's almost end up winning against them, but only to have the Rokkaku Police enforcement barge into the stadium, thus halting the round and sending everyone into panic, supposedly making the Love Shockers run off to their turf, Hikage Street.
Anytime during or after the pursuit of Clutch in chapter 7, the player can go back to Hikage Street, which activates a flag battle. This flag battle is entirely optional and is not downright required to be won in order to unlock the gang as long as the player has completed and collected all the Street Challenges and Graffiti Souls prior to proceeding to chapter 5. Just like with the Doom Riders and Immortals, the player can in fact do this mission with the Love Shocker herself in chapter 9 if they decide to do Hikage Street's Test Runs first before heading back to the area in the post-game.
Unlocking[]
As mentioned above, if the player wants to unlock the Love Shocker and play as her, they must complete the Street Challenges and collect all the Graffiti Souls in Hikage Street. Afterwards, the player must earn a Jet ranking on all of the Test Runs for Hikage Street.
Dialogue and noted interactions[]
- For audio relating to the Love Shockers in JSRF, check out Love Shockers/JSRF Audio.
Chapter 5[]
- Haha! You have the honor to be defeated by the Love Shockers! Perhaps you should just roll over now and save yourselves the trouble?
- Die!
- Girls don't like clingy guys, you know.
Chapter 7/9[]
- Now, prepare to die!
Noted interactions[]
- Immortals - The Love Shockers and the Immortals have a clear rivalry against each other as it was mentioned they were fighting over control for Hikage Street at the start of chapter 4.
- Noise Tanks - The Love Shockers were one of the gangs forced to compete in their Death Ball tournament, however, since their match got interrupted they escaped from becoming one of their disciples.
- Corn - If the Love Shocker talks to Corn in the Japanese version of the game, he will say that the GG's recruited some "odd fish".
- Gum - In the Japanese exclusive post-game dialogue, Gum tells the Love Shocker, along with other rival gangs and Zero Beat, that the GG's do not turn anyone down, but follows up with "...Or do they?"
- Combo - In the Japanese exclusive post-game dialogue, if a Love Shocker talks to Combo, he will say: "Be careful not to crush on me." He also says this to Rapid 99, thinking either one might fall for him.
Stats[]
The Love Shockers' profile from the JSRF Perfect Guidebook.
| Type | Quick-2 |
| Stamina | Low |
| G-Stamina | Low |
| Spray Cans | 30 Cans |
| Graffiti | Above Average |
| Acceleration | Very High |
| Cornering | Maximum |
| Grind | Above Average |
- An underline notates this character's highest skill(s).
- Same stats as the Immortals.
Tricks[]
Love Shocker's latching stances.
Latching Stances[]
| Left of the Ramp | Right of the Ramp |
|---|---|
| Unity | Backside Unity |
| Mizsou | Farside Mizsou |
| Left of the Ramp | Right of the Ramp |
|---|---|
| Farside Porn Star | Porn Star |
| Alley-oop Soul | Farside Alley-oop Soul |
Grind Tricks[]
| Forwards | Backwards |
|---|---|
| Soul | Soyal |
| Frontside | Porn Star |
| Makio | Ally-oop Mistral |
| Acid Soul | Ally-oop Makio |
| Torque Soul | Ally-oop Soul |
| Backslide | Ally-oop Mizou |
Air Tricks[]
X Tricks[]
| Forwards | Backwards |
|---|---|
| Mute | Shifty |
| LK | Frontflip |
| Mute Flatspin 360 | Cross Rocket 360 |
| Safety Flatspin 360 | 360 |
Y Tricks[]
| Forwards | Backwards |
|---|---|
| Stale Mute 180 | 540 |
| LK Bio | Budnik Mute 180 |
| Rocket 180 | Mute 540 |
| Safety Mute 540 | Judo Bio |
Official profiles[]
Jet Set Radio Future Perfect Guidebook[]
- JP: 失恋の痛みから狂気に走り、重を否定するアマゾネスチーム。スピードとテクニックは全キャラ1。[2]
- EN: Love Shockers are a Amazonian team that goes insane from the pain of a broken heart and denies their heaviness. Her speed and technique are the best of all characters.[note 1]
Jet Set Radio Future Prima Games Strategy Guide[]
- Travel to Hikage Street and finish all three Test Runs with Jet Rankings to get these super fine babes.[3]
Other appearances[]
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing[]
In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, the Love Shockers have cameo appearances in all of the Jet Set Radio Future stages. They are shown on the sides and cheering as they watch the races along with the Rokkaku Police and the Fortified Residential Zone citizens.
Gallery[]
- For this gang's full image gallery, see Love Shockers/Gallery.
Trivia[]
- It seems that the Love Shockers model was based on Boogie's model, since they have the same face shape, and their textures are done in a similarly unique way.
- Unlike most of the characters from Jet Set Radio Future who cameo in the Rokkaku Hill track, the Love Shockers actually appear with a active model in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, instead of appearing via a static render. The same also applies to the Rokkaku Police and the Fortified Residential Zone citizens.
- The Love Shockers are one of the few characters to have an alternate icon that appears in the multiplayer mode for the game, along with Gum, Garam, NT-3000, and Gouji.
- Like the other post-game characters, the Love Shockers were planned to appear in the garage. She would have been located near the entrance to 99th Street alongside with NT-3000.[4]
- If the player talks to her, they will see that her talking animation is the same as Boogie's.
Credits[]
- Main Love Shockers render made by Auddy.
- Additional Love Shocker renders made by DrCamille.
- Character model reference sheet made by raditact.
- Crabbi for documenting and recording the air tricks in game.
- Character trick pastebin by Crabbi.
- RisingSonic17 for organizing the dialogue, and providing info on character media appearances.
- Jet Set Radio Future Dialogue Transcript writeup by Solifeaul.
Sources[]
- Character specific dialogs? Board on GameFAQs.
Notes[]
- ↑ Various translators used.
References[]
- ↑ Play US (June 2002). "Issue 006, pages 64-65". Fusion Publishing. Retrieved on October 16, 2024.
- ↑ Famitsu Xbox (March 12, 2002). "Jet Set Radio Future Perfect Guidebook, page 49". Enterbrain. Retrieved on January 18, 2024.
- ↑ Prima Games (October 2002). "Jet Set Radio Future Prima Games Strategy Guide, Cast of Characters, page 3". Random House. Retrieved on May 10, 2024.
- ↑ Code Not Magic (November 30, 2024). "JSRF: Unused Postgame Characters in Garage". YouTube. Retrieved on September 9, 2025.
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