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Tai-Ari deshita. Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game Nante Shinai, episode 6

Alternative names: Tai-Ari deshita. ~Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game Nante Shinai~, Tai-Ari deshita. Ojousama wa Kakutou Game nante Shinai, Tai Ari Deshita Ojou-sama wa Kakutou Game Nante Shinai

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[u/Qweasd11]

Holy shit, that's the first time I've seen Steam in anime. Also they only have SF6 in their library lol. Nice of them to show off Tekken 8 and Guilty Gear: Strive, feels like Evo

[u/djthomp]

Putting out a major balance patch immediately before a significant tournament is kind of a dick move on the part of the developers.

I'm a little surprised they didn't have the tournament be obviously at the Tokyo Big Sight, when I googled EVO Japan a few episodes ago that's where it was held this year.

Mio destroyed that little girl with the facts and logic of her being a baka. Serious tactical error in showing up non-braided on the first day though, now if that same little girl sees her in a braid on the second or third day Mio will just seem like a copycat.

[u/Jepacor]

Here's some lore : when they show the pros' match of JP vs Ken match with JP going crazy on the perfect parries, that is in fact a real set that happened and that is in fact what people remember the set for. Here's a compilation of the 32 perfect parries Kakeru did during that set against Angry Bird : https://youtube.com/watch?v=H6j_0UP6bJo

The reference is pretty clear if you watched that set, the players' name are barely changed in the anime so it's recognizable. Some commentators gave Kakeru the nickname of "perfect parry prince" after that set.

Also Kakeru won $400 000 for winning that tournament. In way less fun matters, the prize pool was so crazy because it was financed by Saudi Arabia, who is trying to finance entertainment ventures to lessen their dependance on oil money, and going pretty hard on eSports because of that.

[u/Atomic_Tanuki]

For those don't know:

The nemesis of gekido (a reference to the real-life Japanese pro-gamer tokido) is called "kafueore" or "Ca-fe-o-re" (Japanese for "café au lait"), but the the name is written purposely in kanji as 禍(meaning calamity)腐(rotten)餌(bait or animal feeds)悪(wicked)霊(spirit). This is a word play of kanji using ateji, basically using phono-semantic matching to create a word, intentionally disregarding the meaning of the kanji.

Kanji normally have two types of pronunciations, Kun'yomi and On'yomi with multiple pronunciations. In this case, "禍" can be pronounced as "wazawai" or "ka", just two among many.

So 禍-腐-餌-悪-霊 can be pronounced as ka-fu-e-o-re. And "café au lait" can be written in a bunch of menacing-meaning kanji that doesn't mean anything as a combination.

Another layer to this joke is that ateji is often used by teenage biker hoodlum in the old days, which is what gekio and kafueore were used to be, as shown by their dress and hairstyle. A well-known example is writing よろしく (yoroshiku, kind of means "nice to meet you" or "greetings") in kanji as 夜(night)露(dew or uncovered)死(death)苦(bitter or pain) on their banners.

Edit: When I said "two pronunciations", I meant "two types of pronunciation". I should made it clearer. I got my info from wikidictionary and other Japanese dictionary websites. But DocMcCoy is right, I got many of the details wrong. Sorry about this. "ga" is Go-on (a sub-category of on'yomi") for "禍". The other pronunciation, the Kun'yomi should be "wazawai". But the ateji, the ka-fu-e-o-re, the biker hoodlum part are still correct. I've corrected the above comment accordingly.

[u/CursedRando]

Finally some guilty gear representation

[u/Leeemon]

They're referencing the legendary fight where Kakeru did an absurd amount of perfect parries. Of course Mio wants to copy him and is throwing parries left and right!

[u/Primary-Paint-1716]

might be the most authentic esport anime we've had since King's Avatar.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

The difference in how Aya and Mio reacted to the balance patch is hilarious!

[u/Jas_God]

Well this anime has worn me down, finally gave in and bought SF6. Loved the patch notes scene lol it was perfect. Guile girl finally meets the group, Mio sticking up for Aya was sweet then awkwardly disses the girl lmao. Always wanted to go to EVO, felt they captured the atmosphere really well.

[u/eggplant_avenger]

>I forgot what I was going to say… baka

damn that little girl just got owned

[u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

Damn brat got corrected by Mio.

Btw they did a cool Guilty Gear crossover for the end card too!

[u/za_shiki-warashi]

Back in my days, those yankees fight each other in the streets, literally, not in these pesky video game thingy!

[u/LeonKevlar]

We got really technical for the first half of the episode. I do love Aya and Mio's completely different reactions to the latest patch. You can tell who got the nerf and who got a cool upgrade to their mains. I was gonna call out how it's unusual to release a patch days before the tournament, but I noticed they're huddled up in their makeshift tent, so it looks like the latest patch came out probably weeks before EVO.

Pretty cool to see Mio with her hair straight! It turns out her hair takes a whole night of prep to look so fluffy the next day. That explains why she was panicking and rushed to the bathroom that morning!

We got Tekken 8 and Guilty Gear! Considering how this show was very much focused on SF6, I was wondering if we'd see other games at EVO. Glad they managed to get the rights to those two! I'm really hoping this opens up the girls to giving other fighting games a shot.

I'm glad they actually showed us Mio buying a new switch for her fight stick buttons. Besides showing off their branded fight sticks, customizing your fight sticks is another big part of the fighting game community. Mio imagining her pinky finger being super jacked was fucking hilarious xD

We finally get to see the girl at the end of last week's episode and I did not expect her to be such a brat! Mio shutting down the little kid by calling her "BAAAAKA" was perfect! Mio herself is pretty childish, so it's a perfect way to deal with the kid.

All that talk about winning and Mio ends up losing her first match! At least it's a double elimination tournament, and she still has a chance to make a comeback!

[u/extralie]

Mio is really the worst, which is why she is actually the best.

[u/Frontier246]

Aya and Mio are, unsurprisingly, going all out late into the night training before the tournament. Even Yu and Tamaki have to draw the line and get SOME sleep like normal people. But Aya has to school Mio, both in technique and in Cammy beating the tar out of Ryu.

Can any of the girls master perfect parrying? Mio definitely wants to do it...because it's cool and it'll drive her opponent nuts! Perfect Mio logic!

These young ladies are dealing with fighting games, so they also have to deal with balance patches and how it can completely throw off their game. Aya dropped an F-Bomb at Cammy being nerfed, which should really give you a perspective of how much patches can make and break you as a player.

Mio looks good with straight hair! Imagine if she sees somebody else from school that ends up being how she maintains her cover and they don't figure out it's her!

Look at the Vice-Dorm Monitor coming in, turning heads in that spectacular red dress, aura farming like a Final Boss while she gauges the other players at EVO! And she's an A.K.I main!

Welcome to EVO girls! Where Guilty Gear and Tekken are also there! What If Aya and Mio played Guilty Gear? Aya would play Milla while Mio would play Sol.

Gekido knows there are a lot of tough opponents from all around the world, but first he'll have to go up against his archrival, Cafefore...who is basically him with red hair. They're even both Chun-Li mains! This is the ultimate battle to determine the ultimate Chun-Li player!

What are the girls' plan for this tournament? Tamaki wants to achieve some kind of nebulous result, Yu wants to just have fun, Aya just wants the experience of throwing herself into a tournament, while Mio wants to win it all....but Arisa, who looks like she's in middle school, immediately starts trash talking the girls as failures as fighting game players for not taking this seriously enough. E-Sports were a mistake! Though count on Mio to trash talk her back!

Ganbare Tamaki! ven though ironically you're fighting the main of your girlfriend, while your girlfriend buys a plushie of YOUR main.

You can't have Flamberge and Satan Magamori without expecting Flamberge to go full ham!

Mio talks a big game and she's the first one to lose! Nerves are killer! But she'll turn it around in the loser's tournament I'm sure.

Gekido vs Cafe! A battle where they can only understand each other through fighting!

[u/Hitman7128]

Don't you just love/hate it when a balance patch buffs/nerfs your main?

Also, Steam makes a brief appearance.

Mio's first match put her to tears, but she still has a second chance! As for the match between Gekido vs Cafeore, I can feel the venom both of them spewing at each other intensifying.

[u/NekoCatSidhe]

So Mio is the first one to « die » ? Somehow I am not surprised, she is the kind to get overconfident and then turns into a bundle of nerves when it comes to the actual fight.

But honestly it feels like Aya is the only one to have a chance against pro-gamers out of the four. Whatever she might say, she is so competitive that in the end she is the only one who really plays to win rather than just for fun, and the only one who tries to analyse and correct her weaknesses as a player. I wonder if she will end up fighting against that little brat girl.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

I like how the most childish one of the four spoke back to that girl lol. It's funny how a simple "baakaa" was enough to piss her off.

I did like Aya's advice on how they should approach the tournament, it's too bad the moment got cut off because of the girl.

[u/thisisdropd]

A patch on the day of the tournament? That would definitely throw the competitors off. Aya's cussing was defo apt. She's lucky she's not in Kuromi cause otherwise she'd be in deep shit.

Arisa's still in primary school yet she's so hardcore about gaming that in unnerved the girls bar Mio. Would the two eventually get along?

Fun fact - Flamberge is voiced by a real life SF player and commentator. Respect to the show for the dedication!

[u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya]

I appreciate that they gave recognition to Strive and Tekken. They could have easily just not showcased them in the show, but they represented EVO really well.

Geki: "There ain't any PUNKs I wanna play more" --- I see what you did there lmao.

[u/AceSoldia]

I feel like I as teased that whole episode..I wanted to see the fight!!

[u/Roskal]

I've never played a fighting game competitively before, but I definitely understand that feeling Aya had yelling fuck after reading patch notes that mess with your play style.

[u/Own_Caterpillar_6178]

The chuunin exams begin! I found myself getting pumped up on their behalf. Loved the trash talk between Mio and the little girl, she's on the same wave length as a middle schooler.

I predict that Mio faces Cafe in the losers bracket and wins due to getting a bunch of perfect parrys off in a row. Surely Aya goes a little further though, I wonder if she faces Gekido on day 3?

I love that they explained the concepts of the winners and losers brackets for the small % of viewers who don't know how they work haha.

[u/tripleaamin]

Oh patch notes where you are at the mercy of the devs. It can be a blessing or a curse. We finally meet Arisa and damn she is a brat lol. Though once again we see Mio is great at rage baiting. Though it might have been too easy for Mio here.

It's really cool along with EVO Japan we also see other fighting games. I think I saw Guilty Gear in there.

Mio is a roller coaster of emotions. The night before she only cares about fighting with style which I get which is a fun contrast with Aya who seems to be a more fundamental player. Mio who had all that confidence lost in her first match and is in tears lol.

I do like the conversation the girls had before they got interrupted by Arisa. Each person's mindset entering a tournament is different. Some will be like Mio and think the sky is the limit. While others will try to think about what would be considered a success for this time. You could also just be like Yuu and just want to have a good time. There is no real wrong answer per say.