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I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I just played a couple of games against my friend's Sonia crew as Kirai and her fireball spell just tore through my crew every time.

At 25 points I run
Kirai
Datsue-ba
2 Seishin
2 Onryo
Spirit of Lost Love

Leaving me a cache of 5

I usually end up against
Sonia
Nino
3 Witchling stalkers

Leaving them with a cache of around 10


I have
Kirai
Ikiryo
Datsue-ba
5 Seishin
2 Onryo
2 Gaki
Spirit of Lost Love

I'm just after a few tips in order to improve. Thanks in advance.

Just a heads up for you, in a Scrap -which you are definitely playing at 25ss- the max cache you can have is 8, so you friend has too many. Sonnia really needs the stones too, so that should reduce her effectiveness slightly.

I would be running the full five Seishin with Kirai as well, they are integral to Kirai's survival, getting the most from her talents, and giving you activation advantage against your opponent.

And don't forget your Spirit Sacrifice talent on the Seishin, if you sense that Sonnia will be unleashing some fireballs at Kirai

The cache mistake has already been pointed out. Turn Kirai into a spirit turn one using Lost Loves ability. Take 4 wd to get out the ikiryo & take some more to turn seishin into gaki.
Also I'd drop the gaki you have to start with in favor of Shikome. Have them pick Nino as thier prey or even Sonia. Since they are very fast & whenever their prey moves they move, they will close the distance very fast.

Sonia will be tough to fight because of the amount of magical damage they put out, and Kirai has no defense against that. Nino can pump out ranged damage so you'll want to neutralize him fairly quickly.

Your Advantages:
Mobility
Healing
Jack Daw - This one will screw Sonia over and hard. Notice she needs very specific cards to cast everything except inferno. A 6 of tomes or higher. Jack daw as a zero cost can put up a 6" no cheating/soulstone boosting zone which should negate a great deal of her casting ability.

Your disadvantages:
Ranged power
Sonias vast amount of magical damage

Know your strategy as well, if you can get one in your favor great if not try a reflip.

Thanks for the help.

I haven't used the Gaki in game at all yet they wait on the side to be summoned. I also thought of the Lost Love's ability as more of a safety net, but I can see the advantage of making Kirai a spirit as soon as possible.

I'll definitely give Jack Daw a try, I wasn't sure because of his effect where he changes teams, but I keep hearing good things about him and the hanged when I see Kirai threads.

I am kinda new to the game myself, however my first game beyond the demo is my Sonnia box crew plus her personal totem, vs Kirai, lost love, a couple gaki, a pair of constant respawning Seishin, and Datsue-ba

Karai's damage return buff almost cost me the game every turn and she kept getting bigger and more friends the whole way. Thankfully it ended on a draw, a hard fought one at that.

Don't worry about him changing sides. It's a 1/47 chance. Most games go 6 turns so that's an 12.7% chance per game. With this you can figure that 1/10 games he will switch, really nothing to worry about.
Will it suck hen it happens? Yes, but doesn't the black joker always? Beside you have a 13.7% chance to draw it into your hand & keep it there for the game, sure you waste a hand slot but if I draw BJ I always keep it just so I can be sure it never shows up.