Three companies, including Odd Number, the developer of "Link! Like! Love Live!", have decided to go bankrupt, with total debt exceeding 10.3 billion yen

Odd Number (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), which developed and operated the smartphone app "Link! Like! Love Live!", and two related companies were ordered to commence bankruptcy by the Tokyo District Court on August 5th. Tokyo Shoko Research reported on August 13th. Odd Number's debt is 10,320,780,000 yen as of the fiscal year ending December 2024. The debts of the two related companies are currently under investigation.

Odd Number was involved in the development and operation of the app "Link! Like! Love Live!", which began distribution in May 2023. Its features include a mechanism in which the story progresses in conjunction with a real-life calendar, and it had gained a certain number of users, but the company announced on April 6th that the service would end at noon on June 30th.

Regarding the reason for the termination, the company explained that since the work was linked to a real-life timeline, it was incurring operational costs and personnel burdens that were significantly higher than normal game operations, and Odd Number's deteriorating cash flow had made it difficult to maintain the production system for the main content.

According to Tokyo Shoko Research, Odd Number had a final loss of 5,605.29 million yen in the December 2023 fiscal year, and its excess debt expanded to 6,821.88 million yen. After that, business conditions continued to be difficult, and in December 2015 and March 2016, companies believed to be business partners temporarily seized the real estate of the company's headquarters and representative's home, and the deterioration in cash flow became apparent.

According to the announcement, two affiliated companies, Ignis (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) and Pulse (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), were decided to go bankrupt at the same time as the odd number.