*Correction for the beginning: Team Dogura is actually Team C (not Team B). Incidentally, their team name is "Only Dogura is in Team B" TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Start 0:50 - Game 1 3:05 - Game 2 6:28 - Game 3 9:44 - Botan's Reaction 12:02 - Korone's Reaction 12:35 - Matches 2 3 & 4 13:52 - Captain Showdown 17:10 - Vice Captain Challenge 20:12 - Team Dogura's Reaction 21:00 - 2nd Vice Captain Challenge 22:37 - 1st Place
the confusion, or rather the joke, comes from when they announced the teams and the players, dogura made a tweet saying that team b wouldn't lose. then he immediately noticed his mistake, deleted the previous tweet and tweeted again: "team b?? who said anything about team b, we're team c baby!" that's how their team name came about
We're normally used to Botan being the cool, unflappable gaming lion, so it really hurts hearing her breakdown in such a raw manner. Between that and Korone tearfully empathizing with Botan's feelings of frustration, you can see how fighting game tournament pressure is really scary. Thankfully, this ended in a heartwarming finale after all those exciting matches filled with adrenaline, cheers and frustrations.
It's not just fighting game. It's all kinds of competition. These talents want to win and they practice to win. Fubuki cried for a Mario kart tournament years ago.
To be fair: this was a really healthy crying. Part of it was obviously frustration, but a lot of it was just releasing all the emotions repressed while she was focusing on the match. The first chance she could relax it all just came out through her tearducts.
It's crazy... I have NEVER seen botan show such raw emotion. To all the people that are seeing this on the outside, if you have never lost in a fighting game, especially in a tournament, it is very challenging to let go. Botan is way better than me at a fighting game that I wish to get good at if I had time to put in. Botan should be proud of that and continue to play. Korone too. You can't be the best if you don't learn from your loses.
Some analysis in simple terms for people who don’t play fighting games: Botan’s match is very interesting because there are several patterns of play on both sides that point to specific pieces of preparation and adaptation by the competitors. Botan is playing as Marisa, a character that favors straightforward aggression. Marisa lacks defensive tools and has slightly below-average speed, but compensates with forward-moving attacks with high range, knock-back and damage. Bodoka is playing as Lily, a character that favors tactical maneuvering. Lily is an unusual character, she lacks a lot of standard tools that are generally considered valuable in Street Fighter 6 and has difficulty finding opportunities for big damage, but she can overwhelm opponents by attacking at surprising ranges and timings. 1:02 - As the match opens, we can immediately see what Botan’s game plan is: use Marisa’s forward-moving attacks to force Bodoka into the corner, then shower him with offensive pressure. However, we can also see Bodoka’s game plan: alternate between slow defensive and fast offensive play. Bodoka blocks and pokes at Botan from afar with Lily’s far-reaching Heavy normals, then dives in with Condor Spire to pressure her with Light attacks. These are both very standard, very solid strategies for their respective characters. 1:10 - Here we see the first signs of the primary weakness in Botan’s gameplan: she is capable of driving Bodoka into the corner, but she appears to be uncomfortable with crossing from midrange to the close-range she needs to be at to connect with the Light attacks she’s most comfortable using. The simple act of walking up to an opponent is a deceptively intense challenge of a player’s game knowledge, reaction speed and situational awareness. Throughout the match, when she is at the mid-range, Botan will either press Light attack, use a forward-moving attack or jump at Bodoka. These methods have the potential to work, but only situationally, and they are generally not a good fit against Bodoka when he rotates to his slow, defensive position. 1:44 - Another weakness in Botan’s game plan is that she’s spending a lot of her Drive Meter to try and cover distance very quickly. As a result, she drives herself into Burnout, which weakens her defensively and gives Bodoka a big opportunity to switch to offense. 1:52 - Botan demonstrates good situational awareness and corner defense here. Since she is in Burnout, she is especially vulnerable to getting hit with a Drive Impact, as she has very few options to counter it and she will be stunned if she is hit by it, even if she blocks it. She jumps and gets hit out of the air, but this is still theoretically a good choice because it would have dodged a Drive Impact. As she gets off the ground, Bodoka activates Drive Impact, but Botan immediately interrupts it with a throw, one of the only options that would work in that scenario - it would also counter an attempt by Bodoka to throw her. Botan plays aggressively from there with jumping attacks, which causes Bodoka to switch back to his defensive mode even though Botan is still in Burnout. Hence, Botan successfully fights her way out of a bad spot. 2:06 - This is an excellent defensive play by Botan. Bodoka has two Windclad stocks, meaning that his next two Condor Spires are stronger and will always allow him to act first if they are blocked. Bodoka uses Condor Spire and then uses Light attacks, then Condor Spires again and uses a Command Grab, which cannot be blocked. This is a bread-and-butter Lily setup that conditions opponents to block and then takes immediate advantage of that conditioning. However, Botan does not fall for this, she blocks the Condor Spires and the Light attacks but jumps to escape the Command Grab. This is indicative of good intuition and situational awareness. 2:30 - Here we can see an attempted adaptation by Botan. She Drives Rushes in to the midrange, then immediately attempts a Drive Parry. This appears to be an attempt to defend against Lily’s far-reaching pokes, and it could work if Bodoka was trying to counterattack Botan’s Drive Rush. However, Bodoka is too patient in his defensive mode, and though Botan will attempt this maneuver a few more times in the match, it does not succeed. 3:23 - This is Botan’s game plan at its most successful, she has Bodoka in the corner and is hammering away at him for huge damage. Just look at how Bodoka’s health lead melts away over the next fifteen seconds. 3:43 - Another, much more successful adaptation by Botan. Once again, Bodoka has switched to his offensive mode with two Windclad stocks, Botan doesn’t block the first Condor Spire, but after blocking some Light attacks, she jumps backward to dodge the second Condor Spire and hit Bodoka on the way down as a combo starter. She does this several more times throughout the match, and though it’s not always successful, it makes it more difficult for Bodoka to execute the offensive side of his game plan. This might actually be what her teammates are referring to at 10:40. 5:15 - This section is very interesting for reasons that are very hard to see. Bodoka once again goes on the offense with two Windclad stocks: Condor Spire, Light attacks, Condor Spire. Botan once again tries to dodge the second Condor Spire with a jump. However, Botan is in Burnout, so her hitstun from the Light attacks is longer than normal, and she cannot jump in time. Botan is once again in danger because she is in the corner while in the Burnout state. Bodoka, anticipating that Botan might immediately jump or use a throw again to counter a Drive Impact, jumps as Botan gets up to hit her either in mid-air or as she recovers from the whiffed throw. However, Botan chose neither and has the opportunity to hit Bodoka in mid-air, which she tries to do with her Level 3 Super. However Botan actually misses! Marisa’s Level 3 has a slow startup, so Bodoka lands on the ground before it hits him and he could have blocked it. It appears that Bodoka panicked and tried to jump again instead, which took too long and resulted in him getting hit anyway. 6:12 - This moment points to a critical weakness for Botan. She has jumped straight up at the best possible timing; she is airborne while her opponent is in a long recovery animation, giving her an opportunity for a high damage combo with an air attack starter. However, Botan does not know what combo to use. In a panic, she uses a Light air attack and then immediately jumps for another Light air attack, squandering what should have been an opportunity to win the round. Though Botan wins this round anyway, her inability to capitalize on this scenario is a significant issue. 6:33 - Botan does attempt to improve the next time she’s in this position. Once again, she has jumped straight up at a good time and Bodoka is in an extended recovery animation. Botan attempts to use Heavy Attacks for a big damage combo. However, this is actually a mistake; Marisa’s Heavy Punch in the air does not combo into her Heavy Kick on the ground, so Bodoka is able to recover and block. Botan actually needs to use a Heavy attack in the air but a Medium combo on the ground, but she does not realize this. 9:27 - This is the most heartbreaking moment of the match for me. Botan has once again jumped straight up at the right time and Bodoka is in a recovery animation. If Botan reacts correctly here, she can hit Bodoka with a big enough combo to end the round and win. However, Botan does not know the right combo to use here and once again tries to use Heavy attacks. Not only would this not have been a true combo, Botan presses her Heavy Punch in the air too late and lands on the ground before the attack connects, so she does not hit Bodoka at all. Botan fought well and made some great strategic adaptations, but ultimately there were too many holes in her game plan and she was unable to take advantage of the opportunities she created for herself.
Yeah, watching this match and not really knowing whether VDK is an FGC/Street Fighter pro or not, Botan still puts up a good fight and also clearly has a lot better idea of the fundamentals than I do, but also at the same time doesn't necessarily have a lot of experience with Street Fighter or SF6 specifically with its kind of weird new features. The amount of time she spends in burnout really really hurt her in these matches, due to using her Drive gauge constantly for offense and just doing normal blocks for defense instead of trying to refill her bars with Drive Parries (which is still a weird concept to me too, coming from games like Guilty Gear where the special blocks drain the gauge instead of refilling it). Overall a really close set of matches and good plays at least to a casual eye on her end. Thanks for the more in depth writeup btw, since it helps someone at the more casual level like me have a better understanding of the specifics of where things went wrong.
while it really hurt to hear her cry as hard and as long as she did, I am glad that she was able to get it all out, and release her emotions. She always works as hard as possible whenever she is in a tournament setting, and she may have felt she disappointed everyone. I am super proud of how hard she worked, and that she still did as well as she could in a professional tournament.
It hurts to see, but crying shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. It shows the effort and heart that Botan put into the matches and it's a cathartic way to relieve those feelings of emotions after failing. Failing is a part of life and as long as she gets back and tries again, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
What you said reminds me of what rpr said when he watched Towa crying. It's true that sometimes you have to let those bad feelings out, so crying is not always a bad thing.
Man, I haven't cried like Botan did in a long time, but I totally get the frustration. She did her best, it was super close! That bracket as a whole was awesome, thank you for the clip!
Botan had really cried like this one other time on stream, Coco's graduation. As a long time SSRB, it really hurts when hear her cry but at the same time that we know she will come back stronger than ever. Her game sense and ability to adept is second to none in Hololive. She will only get better from this.
I'm *VERY* glad you included the important context of the final matches (Dogura's), cause it shows that despite the frustration, she still had a blast at the tournament and really loved her team. Other clippers are simply showing her crying and nothing else, making it seem like she had a negative experience at CR Cup, which could not be farther from the truth (as she said herself). EDIT: also, unrelated, but I'm fairly certain "bodoka" is supposed to be "vodka" in Japanglish lol
Yeah, I really wanted to show the full context of this part of the tournament. Not just her frustration, but just as importantly, her enjoyment at end, despite Dogura losing in an upset against sasatikk. And I feel like that story can only really be told in a longer video. I already had trouble cutting down the video to just 23 minutes. Cutting out any more would've felt like a massive disservice to Botan, the teams, and the whole arc in general. (Also, yeah lol. It's 'Vodka', or VDK. I was thrown for a loop 'cuz vodka is usually pronounced 'Wokka' (ウォッカ) in Japanese, and I wasn't too familiar with him. He's apparently a really famous streamer)
@@JShayToo It also helps show that she's not the odd one out with feeling frustrated with herself. Dogura is pretty crashed out after his loss in the challenger round, etc. Botan crying from the frustration and pressure really isn't that different than that, if a bit more shocking, because she's usually so low key at least while in the middle of things. Its probably good that she let it out after the fact anyways, instead of just dwelling on it in silence.
Thing is it wasn’t somebody it was herself that made her cry, she was crying because she knew she could do better but couldn’t do it live. Its a shit feeling i bet aloooot of ranked players can relate to in a promo game, where YOU could win it for your team and carry, but fumble it. Or worse when everyone is doing well and YOU drag them down. It Hurts soooo bad man. And thats when your ALONE in your room lol
@@hieioni3354 Now we need someone else to reply to your reply with: “Nah actually she cries because of X. To complete our chain of arrogance, for acting like we know whats in Botans head. lol 😂
Thank you for this coverage, this gives a lot more context around the atmosphere of these competitions and just how high emotions rise. Including Koro-san's coverage was helpful too
Man, can really feel Botan's frustration and desire to win in that breakdown. I really treasure the moments when she joins serious competitive efforts like this, and she's a gamer through and through. I don't know much about SF6 or fighter games in general, but that was a fun watch, thank you!
@@sleepfgc I'd love to try SF6 after watching them play it, but it's 60$ on steam. Never spent on a game before, not sure if I'm willing to spend that much...
@@danielliang9266 whether it's street fighter, tekken or guilty gear, the previous games in the franchise have insane discounts and are really cheap during sales (at least the base games, without dlc), and give you a pretty similar feeling to the latest game.
The emotions are strong, I never thought that I would see Botan cry These are healthy tears. I’m even glad that she decided to cry, it will make her feel better. If she could hold back her tears, it could turn into stress.
I absolutely loved the last CR cup and the moments that came out of it, but as I'm not too good at Japanese, this type of translation is exactly what I need to be able to properly watch it. The different POVs are just amazing inclusions too. I really can't thank you enough for your work and I hope we see much more like this! ❤
thanky you for covering this! Botan did so well, but the opponent was also just as good. and thus was an insanely close fight holy- the way Botan was laughing through tears breaks my heart. everyone did their best! oh and thank you for also including the rest of the matches!!
Man, what an emotional rollercoaster of a time! Thanks _SO_ much for putting this together. It was a spectacular way to get an overview of the whole event.
Competetive fighting game tournament is quite a thing, isn't it? it's rough to lose, but that's just how it is. Botan gave it her very best and it's commendable.
In competitive fighting game tournaments, losing doesn't mean you're a loser. The Daigo Counter proved that (both Daigo and Justin Wong lost in that tournament)
ive been involved in a tekken 7 tournament on my school once, people were shouting and cheering. And yes, the pressure is real, some people were rooting for me and i was shaking the whole time. I totally understand her feeling lmao
It's easy to believe that Botan is some kind of emotionless, powerful lion that's always cool and collected. When you see some of her earlier FPS streams, the way she'd cruise around and take people out really made you think she was fearless. But that personality always hides a lot of passion, love, and kindness towards others. Look at the Gen 5 yearly celebrations where Botan made ramen bowls one year, then chopsticks this year. Look at how she spoke from the heart when saying goodbye to Coco when several of them met in ARK. She said one of her regrets was not saying goodbye to her father when he was passing away when asked of a sin when in the recent Minecraft Haunted House. And you can see here, she was overwhelmed with emotion and frustration - some relief too I'm sure - of how she just couldn't quite overcome the opponent. She did really well and had an amazing journey to get there, and I hope she rested well afterwards. Botan has a very kind heart and beautiful soul. And it was really wonderful to see Korone cheering her on! Thank you for the long video and showing the fights!
@@AmekiClips Marisa's specialty is overwhelming power so she doesn't have a lot of combos to use. She's a very limited character. But if you can master her, she would be a FRIGHTENING character to face.
@@AmekiClips On the Contrary Marissa is the easiest to Master and one of most newbie friendly characters to play in the game. That's why you see her played most in the tournament. But, in the end the players that put more time in the game won coz of experience. Botan even tho practiced hard it wasn't enough given the limited time she had. Still tho she put up a good match with the limited knowledge she had, next time for sure Botan's Marissa will be stronger.
wow, that was an incredible event. superb video editing too, JShay! i was captivated from start to finish. thanks for sharing this gem with us. i almost started to cry when botan was sobbing, i felt immersed just as koro-san was watching the intense and close games, and i laughed when dogura-san botched the final game. loved every minute of it. 😁
Botan takes team tournaments like this very seriously. It's also why she doesn't participate in stuff like APEX tournaments, as she didn't feel like she would have enough time to practice and would fear letting her team down.
In case people are wondering a lot jp tournamenrs are like this. Its not just for fighting games. Even streamer tournaments are very competitive theh have pride in winning and frustrated when losing
What I love about watching JP tournaments is that they put just the right amount of competitiveness and having fun. It's not overly sweaty or toxic, yet I can still feel their determination to win and to entertain viewers at the same time.
this is a precious experience for Botan imo, the feeling in a competition/tournament like this, the frustration, it will make her grow more (if she continue to play the game),.i hope more hololive talents (especially Botan, Korone) would enter more tournament like this
I just agree with Pekora. After she cried i felt happy to be able to see this side of hers. I just wanted to hold her and tell everything was going to be okay. A rare Botan, indeed. May she be a strong lioness or a silly kitten, every Botan is the best Botan. Truly precious.
Hearing Botan cry broke my heart. I'm really proud of her, she did really good! Nothing to be ashamed of and definitely not going to say anything bad about it. I used to play fighting games a lot and I was never even half that good, so I am very impressed and proud of her. Good job, Botan!
I always see botan so cool and cute at the same time but seeing her crying so much make me cry too😢 but she really do her best and all of us fan really happy for her
*This went everywhere, emotional, the challenge and the trust to take on the impossible. We go everywhere. The sadness is real, the fight was real, being gamers isnt a joke, its a job, a lifestyle, not what a stupid government says was violence inducing.*
I don't usually watch Botan, but I understand her feelings. Not only does she feel like she let everyone down, she feels like she was shown that her best is not good enough. But that's not her best! She did amazing, she held out and pushed to match 3! And she can get even better! Faito, Botan!
really wanted to hug botan after seeing this at the stream. you can imagine how she looks and how badly she wanted to win. dogura is such a chad making botan smile despite the loss thanks for translation ❤
A lot of stuff clashed here, frustations is something that builds up and FGC is full of that, everyone has the winner mentality and that ends up making a loss hurt a lot. Ita good to know that botan had a lot of support and still had a blast even after this situation, I hope she feels better now
It feels great to hear her cry, she always acts cool. I don't mean this in a bad way but I love it when you feel their emotions, similar to how other vtubers sincerely thank their fans.
oh man, I can imagine all that stress bottled up from the training, practice and tournament just came bursting out at that moment. But I have confidence and faith that Botan will come out stronger after this experience!
She did her best, and so did the rest of her team. Everyone was supportive from start to finish. I'm glad she gave it her all and I'm hopeful she's not discouraged from trying again, since it can be a lot of pressure.
The doggo and the white lion are so cute. And of course we know you tried your hardest and put in a lotta work Botan. There are gonna be winners and losers in life, and you didn't win this one, but we recognize your hard work.
holy smokes I never would've expected Botan of all people to cry so hard over anything, but especially a videogame! She's normally so tough. I guess the feeling of letting down her team really gets to her
Botan was really incredible, in a tournament you're not only fighting against your opponent but also against your own nerves. I'm proud of her and I'm glad she had great teammates.
I wonder if this was just her body's way of dealing with an adrenaline high. I actually cry and hyperventilate when I get super pissed, and it feels about like how she sounded.
Idk much about Botan's prior experience with fighting games, but she showed some serious mental fortitude in her play for what I can only assume is someone from a beginner/casual level doing this seriously. Fighting games are a whole other level of mental strain in competition, every win and loss feel so surprisingly more personal, doubts can so heavily alter play patterns, and having someone who can capitalize on it only makes it that much more terrifying. She absolutely killed it though, big ups to the lion for putting everything she had out there for her team, and showing us all just how tough she is!
That's kinda a shitty move for the tourny though. Sasatikk had a full round to calm down and recenter and Dogura went from a stressful 2-1 victory straight into another match with placement determining outcomes, and then Team Dogura's VC had to go up against a rested red team captain. seemed set up for failure.
@@Halo003qd dogura is the pro, he is expected to win against sasa-san 100 times out of 100 no matter the circunstances. but that's the cruelty of the FT1 rule. in an explosive game, like sf6, you just don't have enough time to adapt. haitani, the pro who was commentating the event next to yamato, said he met dogura in the backstage after the tournament and told him "that ft1 rule has got to go, bro"
Unfortunately i don't have any time to watch anything from Hololive, but their JP stars are absolutely lovely, I end up watching more Korone's stuff on shorts and reels, but from what I've seen Botan has always been an uplifting and lovely person, so all i can say is that i wish her the best
Korone cried at their first tourney, Botan cried at this one, and Watame cried seeing the ShishiWata representation at another tourney. Street Fighter is making all the Holomems cry. 😭
Thank you for bookmarking all the matches and reactions so clearly btw! As someone who doesn't care about fighting games at all, that made it easy to see just the Botan reaction that was really compelling to me
Honestly Korone's summary really hits it home. Every match is so important and the emotional roller coaster is insane. Botan cry that that is really rare, last time I recall was Coco's last few streams in Ark. I hope she wasn't carrying too much by herself.
That's actually something I'm fearful of. Putting my 100% into something and it still not working out. It's why I kinda never fully try as to never experience what botan did. I really do admire people who do though. It's so scary how weak you feel when your best/most is still too short.
Botan was super nervous for these matches and hearing her bawl her heart, she clearly put a lot into this emotionally, so when all was done for her she just had to let it all out. Botan is extremely good at keeping it together but she couldn't help but let her frustration show here. It's wonderful to see, in a way, as it shows she clearly had a lot of passion for this tournament and her team and wanted to do well for them. Glad she enjoyed the experience overall, especially since Dogura gave her a smile towards the end. Thanks for the subs!
I feel bad for Botan. She's such a competitive person, she always strives to be the best in a competitive situation like this. She actually had to stop gaming competitively in tournament settings like this because it became bad for her health. She HATES losing (which is something I share with her), especially in a team situation like this, when you feel like you've let everyone down. So I feel for her here. There's a lot of emotion and a lot of tension, and it all came out like this. We love La~Lion, we always will! Botan is our #1 forever.
There must've been so much pressure and anxiety leading up to that, and fighting games like these get the adrenaline going hard, so if anything it was the only way should could ease that much tension. Had a good healthy cry, then back to cool and composed Botan :D
I just love how supportive everyone was for Botan as well as her being genuinely cracked at the game as well as her opponent pulling off some seriously good plays to beat her. Her cry set off the primal dad instincts though as well as hits hard because we've all felt that cry of frustration you can't switch off before, especially with how it comes from the laid back Botan. I'm also interested in how the set up for the matches works on stage with vtubers involved. Is there a rig in the back she's using? Is she remoting in or they've set up a regular online lobby but using the stage machines?
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*Correction for the beginning: Team Dogura is actually Team C (not Team B). Incidentally, their team name is "Only Dogura is in Team B"
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Start
0:50 - Game 1
3:05 - Game 2
6:28 - Game 3
9:44 - Botan's Reaction
12:02 - Korone's Reaction
12:35 - Matches 2 3 & 4
13:52 - Captain Showdown
17:10 - Vice Captain Challenge
20:12 - Team Dogura's Reaction
21:00 - 2nd Vice Captain Challenge
22:37 - 1st Place
Well, that explains the confusion.
the confusion, or rather the joke, comes from when they announced the teams and the players, dogura made a tweet saying that team b wouldn't lose. then he immediately noticed his mistake, deleted the previous tweet and tweeted again: "team b?? who said anything about team b, we're team c baby!" that's how their team name came about
Dogura wins in the end by making his Oshi smile.
Did they get the 3rd prize?
Botan cries.
Team Dogura: And we take that seriously.
@@NormanReaddis unfortunately not. They are the last place.
When vice-captain won against captain, they got 3 points. Thus, 5-3.
Dogura become main protagonist moment
We're normally used to Botan being the cool, unflappable gaming lion, so it really hurts hearing her breakdown in such a raw manner. Between that and Korone tearfully empathizing with Botan's feelings of frustration, you can see how fighting game tournament pressure is really scary.
Thankfully, this ended in a heartwarming finale after all those exciting matches filled with adrenaline, cheers and frustrations.
It's not just fighting game. It's all kinds of competition. These talents want to win and they practice to win. Fubuki cried for a Mario kart tournament years ago.
To be fair: this was a really healthy crying. Part of it was obviously frustration, but a lot of it was just releasing all the emotions repressed while she was focusing on the match.
The first chance she could relax it all just came out through her tearducts.
It's crazy... I have NEVER seen botan show such raw emotion. To all the people that are seeing this on the outside, if you have never lost in a fighting game, especially in a tournament, it is very challenging to let go.
Botan is way better than me at a fighting game that I wish to get good at if I had time to put in. Botan should be proud of that and continue to play. Korone too. You can't be the best if you don't learn from your loses.
Some analysis in simple terms for people who don’t play fighting games:
Botan’s match is very interesting because there are several patterns of play on both sides that point to specific pieces of preparation and adaptation by the competitors.
Botan is playing as Marisa, a character that favors straightforward aggression. Marisa lacks defensive tools and has slightly below-average speed, but compensates with forward-moving attacks with high range, knock-back and damage.
Bodoka is playing as Lily, a character that favors tactical maneuvering. Lily is an unusual character, she lacks a lot of standard tools that are generally considered valuable in Street Fighter 6 and has difficulty finding opportunities for big damage, but she can overwhelm opponents by attacking at surprising ranges and timings.
1:02 - As the match opens, we can immediately see what Botan’s game plan is: use Marisa’s forward-moving attacks to force Bodoka into the corner, then shower him with offensive pressure. However, we can also see Bodoka’s game plan: alternate between slow defensive and fast offensive play. Bodoka blocks and pokes at Botan from afar with Lily’s far-reaching Heavy normals, then dives in with Condor Spire to pressure her with Light attacks. These are both very standard, very solid strategies for their respective characters.
1:10 - Here we see the first signs of the primary weakness in Botan’s gameplan: she is capable of driving Bodoka into the corner, but she appears to be uncomfortable with crossing from midrange to the close-range she needs to be at to connect with the Light attacks she’s most comfortable using. The simple act of walking up to an opponent is a deceptively intense challenge of a player’s game knowledge, reaction speed and situational awareness. Throughout the match, when she is at the mid-range, Botan will either press Light attack, use a forward-moving attack or jump at Bodoka. These methods have the potential to work, but only situationally, and they are generally not a good fit against Bodoka when he rotates to his slow, defensive position.
1:44 - Another weakness in Botan’s game plan is that she’s spending a lot of her Drive Meter to try and cover distance very quickly. As a result, she drives herself into Burnout, which weakens her defensively and gives Bodoka a big opportunity to switch to offense.
1:52 - Botan demonstrates good situational awareness and corner defense here. Since she is in Burnout, she is especially vulnerable to getting hit with a Drive Impact, as she has very few options to counter it and she will be stunned if she is hit by it, even if she blocks it. She jumps and gets hit out of the air, but this is still theoretically a good choice because it would have dodged a Drive Impact. As she gets off the ground, Bodoka activates Drive Impact, but Botan immediately interrupts it with a throw, one of the only options that would work in that scenario - it would also counter an attempt by Bodoka to throw her. Botan plays aggressively from there with jumping attacks, which causes Bodoka to switch back to his defensive mode even though Botan is still in Burnout. Hence, Botan successfully fights her way out of a bad spot.
2:06 - This is an excellent defensive play by Botan. Bodoka has two Windclad stocks, meaning that his next two Condor Spires are stronger and will always allow him to act first if they are blocked. Bodoka uses Condor Spire and then uses Light attacks, then Condor Spires again and uses a Command Grab, which cannot be blocked. This is a bread-and-butter Lily setup that conditions opponents to block and then takes immediate advantage of that conditioning. However, Botan does not fall for this, she blocks the Condor Spires and the Light attacks but jumps to escape the Command Grab. This is indicative of good intuition and situational awareness.
2:30 - Here we can see an attempted adaptation by Botan. She Drives Rushes in to the midrange, then immediately attempts a Drive Parry. This appears to be an attempt to defend against Lily’s far-reaching pokes, and it could work if Bodoka was trying to counterattack Botan’s Drive Rush. However, Bodoka is too patient in his defensive mode, and though Botan will attempt this maneuver a few more times in the match, it does not succeed.
3:23 - This is Botan’s game plan at its most successful, she has Bodoka in the corner and is hammering away at him for huge damage. Just look at how Bodoka’s health lead melts away over the next fifteen seconds.
3:43 - Another, much more successful adaptation by Botan. Once again, Bodoka has switched to his offensive mode with two Windclad stocks, Botan doesn’t block the first Condor Spire, but after blocking some Light attacks, she jumps backward to dodge the second Condor Spire and hit Bodoka on the way down as a combo starter. She does this several more times throughout the match, and though it’s not always successful, it makes it more difficult for Bodoka to execute the offensive side of his game plan. This might actually be what her teammates are referring to at 10:40.
5:15 - This section is very interesting for reasons that are very hard to see. Bodoka once again goes on the offense with two Windclad stocks: Condor Spire, Light attacks, Condor Spire. Botan once again tries to dodge the second Condor Spire with a jump. However, Botan is in Burnout, so her hitstun from the Light attacks is longer than normal, and she cannot jump in time. Botan is once again in danger because she is in the corner while in the Burnout state. Bodoka, anticipating that Botan might immediately jump or use a throw again to counter a Drive Impact, jumps as Botan gets up to hit her either in mid-air or as she recovers from the whiffed throw. However, Botan chose neither and has the opportunity to hit Bodoka in mid-air, which she tries to do with her Level 3 Super. However Botan actually misses! Marisa’s Level 3 has a slow startup, so Bodoka lands on the ground before it hits him and he could have blocked it. It appears that Bodoka panicked and tried to jump again instead, which took too long and resulted in him getting hit anyway.
6:12 - This moment points to a critical weakness for Botan. She has jumped straight up at the best possible timing; she is airborne while her opponent is in a long recovery animation, giving her an opportunity for a high damage combo with an air attack starter. However, Botan does not know what combo to use. In a panic, she uses a Light air attack and then immediately jumps for another Light air attack, squandering what should have been an opportunity to win the round. Though Botan wins this round anyway, her inability to capitalize on this scenario is a significant issue.
6:33 - Botan does attempt to improve the next time she’s in this position. Once again, she has jumped straight up at a good time and Bodoka is in an extended recovery animation. Botan attempts to use Heavy Attacks for a big damage combo. However, this is actually a mistake; Marisa’s Heavy Punch in the air does not combo into her Heavy Kick on the ground, so Bodoka is able to recover and block. Botan actually needs to use a Heavy attack in the air but a Medium combo on the ground, but she does not realize this.
9:27 - This is the most heartbreaking moment of the match for me. Botan has once again jumped straight up at the right time and Bodoka is in a recovery animation. If Botan reacts correctly here, she can hit Bodoka with a big enough combo to end the round and win. However, Botan does not know the right combo to use here and once again tries to use Heavy attacks. Not only would this not have been a true combo, Botan presses her Heavy Punch in the air too late and lands on the ground before the attack connects, so she does not hit Bodoka at all.
Botan fought well and made some great strategic adaptations, but ultimately there were too many holes in her game plan and she was unable to take advantage of the opportunities she created for herself.
Yeah, watching this match and not really knowing whether VDK is an FGC/Street Fighter pro or not, Botan still puts up a good fight and also clearly has a lot better idea of the fundamentals than I do, but also at the same time doesn't necessarily have a lot of experience with Street Fighter or SF6 specifically with its kind of weird new features.
The amount of time she spends in burnout really really hurt her in these matches, due to using her Drive gauge constantly for offense and just doing normal blocks for defense instead of trying to refill her bars with Drive Parries (which is still a weird concept to me too, coming from games like Guilty Gear where the special blocks drain the gauge instead of refilling it).
Overall a really close set of matches and good plays at least to a casual eye on her end. Thanks for the more in depth writeup btw, since it helps someone at the more casual level like me have a better understanding of the specifics of where things went wrong.
Really interesting context, especially for those of us not versed in fighting games- thank you for posting this!
while it really hurt to hear her cry as hard and as long as she did, I am glad that she was able to get it all out, and release her emotions. She always works as hard as possible whenever she is in a tournament setting, and she may have felt she disappointed everyone. I am super proud of how hard she worked, and that she still did as well as she could in a professional tournament.
She did really well, yeah. She should be proud of herself.
It hurts to see, but crying shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. It shows the effort and heart that Botan put into the matches and it's a cathartic way to relieve those feelings of emotions after failing. Failing is a part of life and as long as she gets back and tries again, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
"Failing is a part of life..." You're damn right :)
What you said reminds me of what rpr said when he watched Towa crying. It's true that sometimes you have to let those bad feelings out, so crying is not always a bad thing.
@@holymoly8581 Crying is normal, yes. You can let out your negativity that way.
Man, I haven't cried like Botan did in a long time, but I totally get the frustration. She did her best, it was super close! That bracket as a whole was awesome, thank you for the clip!
Botan had really cried like this one other time on stream, Coco's graduation. As a long time SSRB, it really hurts when hear her cry but at the same time that we know she will come back stronger than ever. Her game sense and ability to adept is second to none in Hololive. She will only get better from this.
Lily is one of those characters that can knowledge check you really hard if you're unfamiliar with her, Botan did an amazing job in spite of that.
I'm *VERY* glad you included the important context of the final matches (Dogura's), cause it shows that despite the frustration, she still had a blast at the tournament and really loved her team.
Other clippers are simply showing her crying and nothing else, making it seem like she had a negative experience at CR Cup, which could not be farther from the truth (as she said herself).
EDIT: also, unrelated, but I'm fairly certain "bodoka" is supposed to be "vodka" in Japanglish lol
Yeah, I really wanted to show the full context of this part of the tournament. Not just her frustration, but just as importantly, her enjoyment at end, despite Dogura losing in an upset against sasatikk. And I feel like that story can only really be told in a longer video.
I already had trouble cutting down the video to just 23 minutes. Cutting out any more would've felt like a massive disservice to Botan, the teams, and the whole arc in general.
(Also, yeah lol. It's 'Vodka', or VDK. I was thrown for a loop 'cuz vodka is usually pronounced 'Wokka' (ウォッカ) in Japanese, and I wasn't too familiar with him. He's apparently a really famous streamer)
@@JShayTooIf you ever have the time, check how his antics in the VCR Rust and GTA clips that include him. He is an absolute riot.
@@JShayToo yes VDK is pretty famous in the CR scene and anything involving them also apparently his hololive oshi is Shion lol
@@JShayToo It also helps show that she's not the odd one out with feeling frustrated with herself. Dogura is pretty crashed out after his loss in the challenger round, etc. Botan crying from the frustration and pressure really isn't that different than that, if a bit more shocking, because she's usually so low key at least while in the middle of things. Its probably good that she let it out after the fact anyways, instead of just dwelling on it in silence.
That heartfelt breakdown is so hard to listen to, I never want anyone to make Botan cry again...
Yeah, it's pretty hard hearing her ugly-cry. But she did good, that's all that matters.
Thing is it wasn’t somebody it was herself that made her cry, she was crying because she knew she could do better but couldn’t do it live.
Its a shit feeling i bet aloooot of ranked players can relate to in a promo game, where YOU could win it for your team and carry, but fumble it. Or worse when everyone is doing well and YOU drag them down.
It Hurts soooo bad man. And thats when your ALONE in your room lol
@@NousagiCaptain She cried because she failed to win the match, simply put. And it's fine. No one's gonna blame her. She tried her best.
@@hieioni3354 Now we need someone else to reply to your reply with: “Nah actually she cries because of X. To complete our chain of arrogance, for acting like we know whats in Botans head. lol 😂
@@NousagiCaptain That won't happen.
OMG!! 23 minutes of translations??!!! Thank you for your hardwork J!
Someone give Botan a hug right goddamn now
Sending virtual hug.
Man, you could really feel the raw passion everyone present had. Thanks for the translation!
13:45 LOL
Thank you for this coverage, this gives a lot more context around the atmosphere of these competitions and just how high emotions rise. Including Koro-san's coverage was helpful too
Man, can really feel Botan's frustration and desire to win in that breakdown. I really treasure the moments when she joins serious competitive efforts like this, and she's a gamer through and through. I don't know much about SF6 or fighter games in general, but that was a fun watch, thank you!
Fighting games are the best, you should try them!
@@sleepfgc I'd love to try SF6 after watching them play it, but it's 60$ on steam. Never spent on a game before, not sure if I'm willing to spend that much...
@@danielliang9266 whether it's street fighter, tekken or guilty gear, the previous games in the franchise have insane discounts and are really cheap during sales (at least the base games, without dlc), and give you a pretty similar feeling to the latest game.
@@danielliang9266dam this much?? Probably u should just buy TOTK or cyberpunk I think
The emotions are strong, I never thought that I would see Botan cry
These are healthy tears. I’m even glad that she decided to cry, it will make her feel better. If she could hold back her tears, it could turn into stress.
Both Korone and Botan cried in their respective tournament, and I'm glad they did. There's nothing wrong with crying after losing.
Maaan, I can feel the frustration Botan felt. She needed that.
Thanks for the TL
I absolutely loved the last CR cup and the moments that came out of it, but as I'm not too good at Japanese, this type of translation is exactly what I need to be able to properly watch it. The different POVs are just amazing inclusions too. I really can't thank you enough for your work and I hope we see much more like this! ❤
In the words of SF god Tokido, "Fighting game is something so great."
The only other time I've heard Botan cry like this on stream was when she was trying to say goodbye to Coco in Ark.
I remember that. She held her own when Aloe left, but Coco's departure did her in.
Happy to see her laughing by the end. That was a great event and she did a good job!!
I'm proud of both Korone and Botan for doing their best in the tournaments :)
thanky you for covering this! Botan did so well, but the opponent was also just as good. and thus was an insanely close fight holy-
the way Botan was laughing through tears breaks my heart. everyone did their best!
oh and thank you for also including the rest of the matches!!
Kazunoko is so good haha. What a legend.
@@hieioni3354 nice pfp. looking respectfully btw
@@cyrene03 Thanks. Got this from deviantart. I'm pleased with it.
Man, what an emotional rollercoaster of a time! Thanks _SO_ much for putting this together. It was a spectacular way to get an overview of the whole event.
Competetive fighting game tournament is quite a thing, isn't it? it's rough to lose, but that's just how it is. Botan gave it her very best and it's commendable.
In competitive fighting game tournaments, losing doesn't mean you're a loser. The Daigo Counter proved that (both Daigo and Justin Wong lost in that tournament)
hearing her cry just broke my heart in half
ive been involved in a tekken 7 tournament on my school once, people were shouting and cheering. And yes, the pressure is real, some people were rooting for me and i was shaking the whole time. I totally understand her feeling lmao
This one had me tearing up near the end. They truly gave it their all.
It's easy to believe that Botan is some kind of emotionless, powerful lion that's always cool and collected. When you see some of her earlier FPS streams, the way she'd cruise around and take people out really made you think she was fearless. But that personality always hides a lot of passion, love, and kindness towards others. Look at the Gen 5 yearly celebrations where Botan made ramen bowls one year, then chopsticks this year. Look at how she spoke from the heart when saying goodbye to Coco when several of them met in ARK. She said one of her regrets was not saying goodbye to her father when he was passing away when asked of a sin when in the recent Minecraft Haunted House. And you can see here, she was overwhelmed with emotion and frustration - some relief too I'm sure - of how she just couldn't quite overcome the opponent. She did really well and had an amazing journey to get there, and I hope she rested well afterwards. Botan has a very kind heart and beautiful soul. And it was really wonderful to see Korone cheering her on! Thank you for the long video and showing the fights!
Thank you for the TL as usual!
Painful to hear Botan crying like that , im glad she has such amazing teammates to cheer her up in the end
I’m proud of the lion. She put her heart in it and lost. We should all be so lucky to care about something so much and get to fight for it.
Botan's matches were so intense. It must have been so frustrating to lose. Still she did really well.
She did really well with Marisa. Marisa is not an easy character to master.
@@hieioni3354 yeah, Marissa didn't look easy to use
@@AmekiClips Marisa's specialty is overwhelming power so she doesn't have a lot of combos to use. She's a very limited character. But if you can master her, she would be a FRIGHTENING character to face.
@@AmekiClips On the Contrary Marissa is the easiest to Master and one of most newbie friendly characters to play in the game. That's why you see her played most in the tournament. But, in the end the players that put more time in the game won coz of experience. Botan even tho practiced hard it wasn't enough given the limited time she had. Still tho she put up a good match with the limited knowledge she had, next time for sure Botan's Marissa will be stronger.
That's a genuine frustration and one that anyone that's been in any type of competition can understand
love seeing her teammates being supportive. she probably felt better after crying her heart out like that.
wow, that was an incredible event. superb video editing too, JShay! i was captivated from start to finish. thanks for sharing this gem with us. i almost started to cry when botan was sobbing, i felt immersed just as koro-san was watching the intense and close games, and i laughed when dogura-san botched the final game. loved every minute of it. 😁
Botan takes team tournaments like this very seriously. It's also why she doesn't participate in stuff like APEX tournaments, as she didn't feel like she would have enough time to practice and would fear letting her team down.
In case people are wondering a lot jp tournamenrs are like this. Its not just for fighting games. Even streamer tournaments are very competitive theh have pride in winning and frustrated when losing
What I love about watching JP tournaments is that they put just the right amount of competitiveness and having fun. It's not overly sweaty or toxic, yet I can still feel their determination to win and to entertain viewers at the same time.
this is a precious experience for Botan imo, the feeling in a competition/tournament like this, the frustration, it will make her grow more (if she continue to play the game),.i hope more hololive talents (especially Botan, Korone) would enter more tournament like this
Well made video! Thank you for sharing this with us
I just agree with Pekora. After she cried i felt happy to be able to see this side of hers. I just wanted to hold her and tell everything was going to be okay. A rare Botan, indeed. May she be a strong lioness or a silly kitten, every Botan is the best Botan. Truly precious.
"crying her heart out" is somehow an understatement....
Hearing Botan cry broke my heart. I'm really proud of her, she did really good! Nothing to be ashamed of and definitely not going to say anything bad about it. I used to play fighting games a lot and I was never even half that good, so I am very impressed and proud of her.
Good job, Botan!
Even though you did your best, it can be difficult to say sorry to your team/coach under so much pressure and frustration.
Appreciate the clip, and like other people commented, all the context that was provided.
Botan did amazing regardless of the outcome.
Amazing work with the whole video.
Thanks a lot.
I strongly understand how they are feeling at the moment of victory,
Im offering both of them my love, mental and moral support.
Hearing Botan cry Is heart breaking, I wanna give her a hug
I always see botan so cool and cute at the same time but seeing her crying so much make me cry too😢 but she really do her best and all of us fan really happy for her
Botan's crying pains me
Thank you for the long clip
i love her so so much.. the most insane feeling rn i ever had about a vtuber or streamer in general
these emotional moments are what makes non-pro tournaments so interesting to watch
I have never heard Botan genuinely cry like that before.
*This went everywhere, emotional, the challenge and the trust to take on the impossible. We go everywhere. The sadness is real, the fight was real, being gamers isnt a joke, its a job, a lifestyle, not what a stupid government says was violence inducing.*
I don't usually watch Botan, but I understand her feelings. Not only does she feel like she let everyone down, she feels like she was shown that her best is not good enough. But that's not her best! She did amazing, she held out and pushed to match 3! And she can get even better! Faito, Botan!
That's one of the most sincere and pure cries I've ever heard honestly.
Thanks for doing so much translation and posting on the community tab of your main page
really wanted to hug botan after seeing this at the stream. you can imagine how she looks and how badly she wanted to win. dogura is such a chad making botan smile despite the loss
thanks for translation ❤
A lot of stuff clashed here, frustations is something that builds up and FGC is full of that, everyone has the winner mentality and that ends up making a loss hurt a lot. Ita good to know that botan had a lot of support and still had a blast even after this situation, I hope she feels better now
It feels great to hear her cry, she always acts cool. I don't mean this in a bad way but I love it when you feel their emotions, similar to how other vtubers sincerely thank their fans.
There's Gap Moe. Dogura avenged Botan. That's what matters.
I get you and don't assume bad of you. But man typing the sentence "it feels great to hear her cry" somethin' you did
There had to be a better way of phrasing that sentence without dehumanifying Botan
Disagreed. It's understandable given the circumstances, and makes her relatable, but no, it doesn't "feel great" to hear her cry.
you can phrase it like "it feels relieving to hear her cry, as shes just a human like us all"
oh man, I can imagine all that stress bottled up from the training, practice and tournament just came bursting out at that moment. But I have confidence and faith that Botan will come out stronger after this experience!
She did her best, and so did the rest of her team. Everyone was supportive from start to finish. I'm glad she gave it her all and I'm hopeful she's not discouraged from trying again, since it can be a lot of pressure.
The doggo and the white lion are so cute. And of course we know you tried your hardest and put in a lotta work Botan. There are gonna be winners and losers in life, and you didn't win this one, but we recognize your hard work.
holy smokes I never would've expected Botan of all people to cry so hard over anything, but especially a videogame! She's normally so tough. I guess the feeling of letting down her team really gets to her
Hearing Lenne Hardt say Botan's name was the wildest part of the night
I'm thankful for the pros kind presence.
Aw!! 😢 poor Botan, she must have been so frustrated 😢 but she did really well.
Man at the end of the day I really do love the FGC
They made a great team. Making Botan feel part of the group and constantly giving her support. Next time Botan.
There's 2 things that can make Botan cry:
1. Losing someone she cares about
2. Losing in a game tournament
amazing work botan and her team did! cute botan!
Second time i hear her crying, having the cheerful Botan cry it hurts, but she did really great❤
I just want to give her a big hug.
Botan was really incredible, in a tournament you're not only fighting against your opponent but also against your own nerves. I'm proud of her and I'm glad she had great teammates.
Wth this is great my first time seeing a really exciting Match like this
gracias por el video, cuando Botan comenzo a llorar se me rompio el corazon y tambien me puse a llorar
I wonder if this was just her body's way of dealing with an adrenaline high. I actually cry and hyperventilate when I get super pissed, and it feels about like how she sounded.
Idk much about Botan's prior experience with fighting games, but she showed some serious mental fortitude in her play for what I can only assume is someone from a beginner/casual level doing this seriously. Fighting games are a whole other level of mental strain in competition, every win and loss feel so surprisingly more personal, doubts can so heavily alter play patterns, and having someone who can capitalize on it only makes it that much more terrifying.
She absolutely killed it though, big ups to the lion for putting everything she had out there for her team, and showing us all just how tough she is!
only ever hearing her laugh, this kinda hurts more then I thought.
Hope she feels better :(
That comeback by sasatikk was amazing. Happy for Kaju.
Absolutely. This tourney shows how stacked the JP side of SF6 is for pros, and showing that it can foster some good burgeoning talent.
That's kinda a shitty move for the tourny though. Sasatikk had a full round to calm down and recenter and Dogura went from a stressful 2-1 victory straight into another match with placement determining outcomes, and then Team Dogura's VC had to go up against a rested red team captain. seemed set up for failure.
@@Halo003qd dogura is the pro, he is expected to win against sasa-san 100 times out of 100 no matter the circunstances. but that's the cruelty of the FT1 rule. in an explosive game, like sf6, you just don't have enough time to adapt.
haitani, the pro who was commentating the event next to yamato, said he met dogura in the backstage after the tournament and told him "that ft1 rule has got to go, bro"
Botan-tan! She gonna be amazing, one day she will win against high level fighters. SSRB!!
I had a good cry
Good job Botan
That was actually really good fight!!
Unfortunately i don't have any time to watch anything from Hololive, but their JP stars are absolutely lovely, I end up watching more Korone's stuff on shorts and reels, but from what I've seen Botan has always been an uplifting and lovely person, so all i can say is that i wish her the best
his name is Vodka but that not the point
i'm not see someone cry this hard for a while
she really really give it all
So painful to see Botan cry like this
Korone cried at their first tourney, Botan cried at this one, and Watame cried seeing the ShishiWata representation at another tourney. Street Fighter is making all the Holomems cry. 😭
I can't listen to Botan weeping.... She worked so hard... It hurts so much. I'm out
Its great to see that even 40YOs can be passionate at games like that.
Love lalion
Thank you for bookmarking all the matches and reactions so clearly btw! As someone who doesn't care about fighting games at all, that made it easy to see just the Botan reaction that was really compelling to me
Man, poor Botan... she was doing so well. Don't blame her one bit for being upset; would definitely give her a big hug, were it possible.
Honestly Korone's summary really hits it home. Every match is so important and the emotional roller coaster is insane.
Botan cry that that is really rare, last time I recall was Coco's last few streams in Ark. I hope she wasn't carrying too much by herself.
That's actually something I'm fearful of. Putting my 100% into something and it still not working out. It's why I kinda never fully try as to never experience what botan did. I really do admire people who do though. It's so scary how weak you feel when your best/most is still too short.
WE STAND WE FIGHT WE CRY WE DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN LALALIOOOOOOOON
0:02 JSHAY TOO 💪
Botan was super nervous for these matches and hearing her bawl her heart, she clearly put a lot into this emotionally, so when all was done for her she just had to let it all out. Botan is extremely good at keeping it together but she couldn't help but let her frustration show here. It's wonderful to see, in a way, as it shows she clearly had a lot of passion for this tournament and her team and wanted to do well for them. Glad she enjoyed the experience overall, especially since Dogura gave her a smile towards the end.
Thanks for the subs!
Google "how do I hug a lion to console her after a well played loss?"
I feel bad for Botan. She's such a competitive person, she always strives to be the best in a competitive situation like this. She actually had to stop gaming competitively in tournament settings like this because it became bad for her health. She HATES losing (which is something I share with her), especially in a team situation like this, when you feel like you've let everyone down. So I feel for her here. There's a lot of emotion and a lot of tension, and it all came out like this.
We love La~Lion, we always will! Botan is our #1 forever.
I get it. I feel like this every damn time I try fighting games
Sasatikk's upset over Dogura was stunning
There must've been so much pressure and anxiety leading up to that, and fighting games like these get the adrenaline going hard, so if anything it was the only way should could ease that much tension. Had a good healthy cry, then back to cool and composed Botan :D
In the words of Ryu, 'You fought well.'
I just love how supportive everyone was for Botan as well as her being genuinely cracked at the game as well as her opponent pulling off some seriously good plays to beat her. Her cry set off the primal dad instincts though as well as hits hard because we've all felt that cry of frustration you can't switch off before, especially with how it comes from the laid back Botan.
I'm also interested in how the set up for the matches works on stage with vtubers involved. Is there a rig in the back she's using? Is she remoting in or they've set up a regular online lobby but using the stage machines?