Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 233, Section 230: Champion's Sharp Commentary on the Spinning Top!
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Regardless of the circumstances, Shimamura Yuna is a newly crowned MSI champion.

She is also the first female professional player in history to win the MSI championship and the MSI championship FMVP.

Moreover, aside from these labels, her performance itself is quite remarkable.
These points have been emphasized countless times.

In short...

It's just that Shimamura Yuna's popularity is ridiculously high.

It doesn't need much explanation or elaboration; as soon as this name appears on social media, people will start discussing it.

Any topic that touches on Yuna Shimamura will generate heated discussion.

She's a star of that caliber.

It's quite strange that one of the biggest stars in League of Legends would disappear from the scene right after finishing a match at the height of his popularity.

With various competitions taking place over the past two weeks, there has also been a growing sentiment online.

[No, Shimamura-san, if you're not going to play professionally, at least come out and stream! With all this LPL trash and noobs fighting each other, can't Shimamura-san come out and offer some insightful commentary?]

[It's true, I can't even imagine how explosive the show would be if world champion Shimamura didn't compete and just sat at home criticizing these worthless nobodys.]

[Just thinking about Shimamura's comments on Bin and Holy Gun makes me want to laugh.]

[A high-ranking monk predicts that Shimamura-san is unlikely to engage in such activities. Even if she does stream, she will likely be very conservative in her statements, as she is most afraid of controversy.]

[Even without her saying anything, just imagining all the possible reactions she might have makes me burst out laughing.]

Judging from these online discussions, the general public is very much looking forward to the premiere of the Shimamura Yuna series.

Despite the usual issues, Shimamura Yuna's live streams are rather boring and uninteresting. She has a rather introverted personality and tends to be laid-back during her streams, rather than trying to create entertaining content.

Her live streams are less like live streams and more like she's playing games and then casually streams them for you to see.

Take a look if you like, or get lost if you don't.

As for how well the show turned out?
Sorry, this is not within the scope of our Shimamura-san's consideration.

Since people are watching anyway, she doesn't really care about the show's entertainment value.

Today, this situation has been greatly improved.

Simply put, Shimamura-san, your show's entertainment value is terrible.

But you have so many labels and accolades that they make up for this.

As long as it doesn't air every day, and doesn't just languish and barely get by, people will still want to watch it occasionally for something new.

To put it bluntly, for viewers, watching Yuna Shimamura's live stream is not really watching a live stream.

That's a concept similar to watching videos of celebrities' reactions on websites like YouTube.

'MSI World Champion watches LPL regular season and offers insightful commentary.'

This is the effect that everyone wants to see.

Therefore, all that's needed is for Shimamura Yuna to come; how well she broadcasts is secondary.

In fact, for a large portion of the audience, watching Yuna Shimamura's commentary on the LPL might be more interesting than watching her play in the third stage of the regular season.

After all, Shimamura Yuna no longer needs to prove herself through the regular season.

Even if she wins another regular season championship, no one will feel really excited about it.

Everyone only cares whether she can win the World Championship, the S-series championship, or the Grand Slam.

The regular season proves nothing anymore.

At least for players like Yuna Shimamura, it's not important.

Many people might think that Shimamura Yuna doesn't play in the regular season, but only in the playoffs and the World Championship.

Then, he usually goes live to play games and give some commentary on how professional players performed in the regular season. In terms of the density of program content, this is probably the best arrangement.

Therefore, the moment Shimamura Yuna posted her announcement that she would be doing a live stream, the comments section was immediately flooded with messages.

[Holy crap, Mom! You're finally back!]

[I've been on my honeymoon with my husband lately. How was it? Are you back yet?]

Mom, I've finally waited for you! I've been waiting so long!

[Shimamura-san, could you do a live stream and give a critique of your defeated opponents AL and BLG? Oh, and also your defeated opponents T1 and GENG, you could comment on those too.]

I might disagree with other people's sharp criticisms, but I have to admit that Shimamura's sharp criticisms are undeniable.

[Commentary: It's not like Shimamura isn't quitting this year. Isn't she afraid of a comeback at the World Championship?]

[Don't worry, I believe that Shimamura-san will be able to overcome all difficulties and win her own Grand Slam, no matter which team she's on.]

Does not winning the third stage count as a Grand Slam?

[It's not like Shimamura isn't skipping the third stage, so what's the point of saying that?]

Shortly after it was posted, the number of comments below quickly reached over 4000.

The sight of this display even made Shimamura Yuna a little scared.

This post was written by her Bilibili operations team and then she posted it.

According to Bilibili's management, this means, "You haven't streamed in a long time, so this stream will generate a lot of buzz. Let's warm up the audience and not waste the opportunity."

To everyone's surprise, the pre-launch hype generated such a huge buzz and so much excitement.

Everyone is really looking forward to it!

The more she anticipated it, the more uneasy Shimamura Yuna became.

I'm afraid I won't be able to respond to everyone's enthusiasm.

I'm afraid that viewers who come with interest will end up thinking, "It's just so-so, not very good."

She still feels that the best time was when there were only a few thousand people watching her live stream in her niche, hidden gem live stream room.

Everyone knows their live streams are ineffective; everyone knows their live streams are terrible.

But it doesn't matter at all.

Because everyone watched the competition with the expectation that "her live stream is terrible, but it doesn't matter".

But things are different now.

Many new viewers have never watched their own live streams before.

As you can see from the comments section, everyone hopes to be able to do some things that they themselves might not do.

If they don't do these things, won't these people be very disappointed?

At first, Shimamura Yuna had some concerns about this.

But later, she felt...
"I have no reason to comply with these unreasonable demands."

"I just need to do what I'm supposed to do."

So, I accepted it with a calm and accepting attitude.

She started live streaming again after a long time.
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At 7:08 PM on August 1st, Yuna Shimamura turned on her computer after a long absence and started streaming via OBS. Many people were already waiting in the chat room before she even began her stream.

They were also very dissatisfied with her being late.

[You promised to start the broadcast at 7 PM sharp? Where's the "sharp" part?]

You can't believe a single word about Shimamura-san's live streams except for the fact that she won't be coming tomorrow.

[Shimamura-nee, if you don't like live streaming, let's just stop, okay? Let's continue our honeymoon with the old man, alright?]

Haha, I laughed.

Because of the pressure from the live stream comments, the first thing Shimamura Yuna said after starting the live stream and confirming that the microphone was working was: "Sorry! Sorry! I promised to start the live stream on time, but something came up and I was delayed."

"I haven't turned on my computer in a long time, and it had a minor problem. I just fixed it."

As soon as these words were spoken, the live stream chat was filled with question marks once again.

Could you translate what it means to have not turned on the computer for too long?

【No way, my dear sister, you mean you're really taking a break? You're not even going to play games anymore?】

[Shimamura-san still knows how to enjoy herself. After finishing two stages, she took a break for a regular season and didn't play any games, saving them for next season.]

[Don't criticize her harshly; she barely played any regular races in the first two stages either, so there's no difference.]

At least back then they didn't stream, and their ranked games were recorded. How can they just stop playing games altogether now?

[Girl, are you really only just starting your recovery process for this third stage?]

Currently, a large portion of Yuna Shimamura's livestream viewers are people known as "career people".

These people will be very saddened by Shimamura Yuna's career and her development.

When Shimamura Yuna received a business deal, they felt as if they themselves had received one.

When Shimamura Yuna got her results, they felt as if they had gotten theirs too.

Aside from emotional value, everything about Shimamura Yuna actually had little to do with them.

But they just have a very strong sense of identification with the characters.

When these people found out that Shimamura Yuna had actually been just playing around all this time and hadn't played any matches at all, they were extremely anxious.

It's like the anxiety parents feel when they see their child not studying and playing video games at home.

Yuna Shimamura could understand how these people felt.

Although she felt that she had her own practice rhythm and didn't need these people to worry about her, it was still a bit arrogant for a professional player to choose not to play games for half a month during the season.

With that in mind, she decided to try to appease the audience.

“I have my own plans. It’s only been half a month. I’ve had periods of time when I don’t play games for much longer.”

"You must believe that these two weeks of adjustment will make me better, not worse, starting today."

"The power of emotions is very useful, and sometimes some mental recovery is necessary."

"Well, although I don't want to say it like this, I think my performance so far this year is pretty convincing. At least relatively convincing. So, if you want to question my decision, let's wait until after the World Championship."

Shimamura Yuna's words sounded simple.

However, it did convey two clear signals.

First: I will definitely play in this year's World Championship. Although it's not confirmed yet.

Second: I have a lot of confidence in the World Championship. Let's talk about settling scores after the World Championship is over.

Her tone was too strong.

Her words were too certain and confident.

Upon hearing this, the people who were initially skeptical immediately chose to believe it.

Sister, you've already said that, so what else is there for everyone to say?
Wow, Shimamura-san is amazing! She's already figured out how to play in the World Championship?

[Shimamura-san is so confident, that's great.]

[Has Shimamura decided which team she wants to play for at Worlds? I know CFO is definitely the last resort, but are there any other options? T1, or somewhere else?]

[I'm happy anywhere as long as I can see Shimamura at this year's World Championship.]

Seeing that the rhythm had calmed down a bit, Shimamura Yuna chuckled softly:
"In short, today's live broadcast is a welcome reunion with everyone after a long time."

"I think everyone is looking forward to my recent updates and is concerned about what I've been doing during my break. So, for me, going live is a way to report on my situation to everyone and let them keep an eye on me."

"But some of the live stream content, the kind that everyone might be really looking forward to, we shouldn't think too much about."

When Shimamura Yuna said this, she meant, "I'm afraid of dying, I won't make any sharp comments, don't even think about it."

However, this had only been going on for less than ten minutes.
She started playing her formula for Korean server ranked games less than ten minutes into the broadcast without saying a word, letting the chat members spam and play by themselves.

This would have been fine in the past, since her fans knew that her live streams were just for show and not interesting, and their expectations were already set.

But things are a little different now.

After winning the championship, the popularity was so high, and there were many new viewers, so the expectations of everyone were also exaggerated.

Or rather, even long-time viewers, even those who feel they're just messing around with their streams, might think, "At least I won't mess up my first stream after coming back, right? If I'm going to mess up, I'll have to wait until later, right?"

In this situation, it wouldn't be appropriate to start playing ranked games on the Korean server right after starting a live stream without saying a word.

It gives the impression that his attitude towards fans is somewhat improper.

Whether your live stream is entertaining or not is another matter. At the very least, you need to make people feel that you are trying your best, that you are serious about your stream, and that you are not just going through the motions.
After all, everyone has been looking forward to the live stream for so long.

Even if it's just for show, it has to last a while, right?

We'll have to wait until later to start mixing things up, right?
It can only be said that as her fan base grows larger, Shimamura Yuna is now more cautious about everything she does than before.

With that in mind, she said, "Let's review the recent LPL matches today. We won't watch the matches that are currently playing; let's review them first and learn something. I haven't played the new version much either."

Yuna Shimamura said she needed to learn in order to express humility.

But for an MSI champion like her to say this, it carries a slightly sarcastic tone.

What do you mean?

The two LPL representative teams are like roadside opponents to you; you beat them so badly they couldn't even fight back.

From FS to MSI, from TES to AL, LPL's number one seed in every major tournament has always been your spinning top.

Then you say, "I'm here to learn."

Not sisters
What do you want to learn?
Are you really not here to watch your defeated opponent spin around in the league?

[Shimamura-san, just say you want to see spinning tops, okay?]

High EQ: Learning. Low EQ: Forced to fight each other.

[I can't take it anymore, the thought of Shimamura-san watching the LPL matches and giving her commentary is making me unable to hold back.]

[Shimamura-san, can you please stop doing such cruel things?]

(End of this chapter)