Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 122, Section 119: Shimamura's Uncensored Allure (Part 1 of 3)

[She really does look like a middle school girl www]

Online discussions about Yuna Shimamura frequently mention the term "junior high school girl."

The point is not that I wronged her.

She really doesn't look like a high school student.

Although she's not very old to begin with, she'll only turn 18 next month.

Even compared to girls her age, she looks excessively young, almost like a mini-sized car.

Yuna Shimamura has gradually gotten used to people's opinions of her.

At first, she felt somewhat dissatisfied and ashamed about it, and sometimes she would deliberately do some "manly" and "mature" actions to emphasize that she was not a junior high school girl and that she was just a little smaller in size.

How do you say that
"The body is that of a child, but the mind is that of an adult!"

But now she realizes that her physical condition is something she cannot change with her own will.

Being cute and being female are things that one cannot change based on personal likes or dislikes.

No matter how deliberately you try to show your strength, others will only see it as a weak rebuttal.

Rather than living such an awkward life every day, it's better to be natural and be yourself.

It should be done this way or that.
They don't deliberately try to flatter or act cute.

However, it just naturally happens as it should.

then
From the audience's perspective, Shimamura Yuna seems to have become even cuter recently.

Every frown and smile.

Every subtle movement
It was as if they were using their charm the whole time.

One of the comments said this.

[Oh my god, Shimamura-nee's Fox E skill is a global AOE with no cooldown? It's been charming me infinitely?]

She truly embodies a pure yet adorable image, a cuteness imbued with a touch of sex appeal, but at the same time, she evokes a strong protective instinct in others.

After that, captivated by Shimamura's allure, all the viewers continued watching her interview.

After that, the host asked her a perfectly obvious question.

"You've been doing live streams on the Chinese platform Bilibili, and you speak excellent Chinese. It's fair to say that a large portion of your fans are from China. Is there anything you'd like to say to them now?"

When faced with this question, Yuna Shimamura answered very sincerely: "Well... if it weren't for everyone, I wouldn't have had so much early recognition. And if it weren't for that early recognition, I wouldn't have been able to join a professional team so easily and get the opportunity I have now."

"Of course, I believe that my ability to stand here today, to defeat one enemy after another, and to win this match is inseparable from my personal efforts. However, without everyone's support, I might not have had this opportunity to turn my efforts into results."

"So, thank you very much everyone."

Shimamura Yuna's remarks were sincere without being overly formulaic.

She accurately conveyed her gratitude to the audience, which made her seem both cute and gentle.

This contrasts sharply with BIN, who is currently in the spotlight after making a series of outrageous statements about not qualifying for the World Championship.

If Bin has recently suffered too many failures and seems to have lost his mind, with his emotional intelligence dropping to zero...
Shimamura is the epitome of someone who is hardworking, ambitious, humble, and adorable.

Whether in terms of appearance or emotional intelligence, everyone feels that BIN and Shimamura present a strong contrast.

Wow, Shimamura-nee's emotional intelligence is amazing! Bin-ge should definitely learn from her!

[Shimamura-san's voice is so pleasant to listen to, it's so soothing.]

Don't stir up trouble for Brother BIN.

Then, the host asked Shimamura Yuna another question: "So, I have another topic to discuss now."

"Many LPL fans now consider you their second favorite team besides the LPL. What are your thoughts on this, or is there anything you'd like to say to LPL fans?"

Upon hearing this, Shimamura Yuna couldn't help but smile.

She bit her lip and covered her mouth with her hand.

After waiting a moment for the smile to fade, she said, "I will do my best."

"Then, I also hope that LPL's TES can do well. I also hope that 369, who is also a top laner like me, can do well. I have always regarded him as a senior and someone I can learn from."

Most of what Shimamura Yuna said was just polite talk.

She does indeed hold the stance of an LPL fan.

I'm also a fan of the "Wolf Warrior" archetype.

But she wouldn't call herself a die-hard fan of the TES team.

She couldn't say she was particularly optimistic about contestant 369.

It's simply...
Just because I came to the World Championship this time, and LPL sent 369, and I'm the top laner, I'll praise LPL's top laner.

That's all there is to it.

The whole world knows she was just being polite.

Almost no one really believed that she idolized 369.

At once.
Have you ever seen a fan interact with their idol in completely different ways?
Does this even remotely relate to a game played by two people?
If 369 is the shield of China.

Yuna Shimamura is a typical "anti-aircraft gun of the empire".

Its main feature is high output.

However, it was just a polite gesture.

But sometimes, a casual remark can seem particularly ridiculous due to the realities of the situation.

And that's the situation today.

When Shimamura Yuna was being interviewed, and the reporter said, "Everyone considers you the second favorite team for LPL fans," many of the comments were, "You are not the second favorite team."

This means that people actually support the CFO more than TES.

However, while that's the explanation, these audience reactions shouldn't be taken too seriously.

While it is true that some viewers, especially fans of Yuna Shimamura, are so enthusiastic that they think "TES is nothing compared to Ms. Shimamura".

However, that only represents a portion of the population and does not reflect the opinions of everyone.

Most LPL viewers now feel the same way they did with G2 in the past.

Well, how should I put it?
I'll still support them even when I'm not playing LPL matches.

Given the current low expectations and disappointment with the LPL as a whole, this sentiment will likely increase support for CFO and Yuna Shimamura.

To put it bluntly, the support these people have for the CFO largely stems from their disappointment with the LPL; it's more of a rebellious sentiment.

Yuna Shimamura's captivating charm merely drew in some disappointed LPL viewers, turning them into casual fans.

Getting everyone to wholeheartedly support Yuna Shimamura and the CFO is actually quite difficult in many ways.
First and foremost, because Shimamura Yuna is Japanese, some people would feel uneasy if they wholeheartedly supported her due to historical factors.

Secondly, as a team from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, CFO has long had some disagreements with LPL fans regarding their viewing stance.

The online banter and mockery between the two sides has been going on for quite some time.

Some longtime LPL viewers might be willing to support Shimamura Yuna, but the thought of her being the team's CFO makes their support feel somewhat reluctant. This isn't directed at her personally, but rather at the region as a whole.

Especially after seeing some CFO fans showing off their superiority online, I feel even less willing to support them.

In short, everyone's feelings were somewhat conflicted.

Although CFO's fans also realized that many LPL viewers were now actively calling on the forums to "stop hurting each other and be friendly" because Shimamura Yuna was supporting them.

However, this friendliness needs time to materialize and translate into action.

The current antagonistic attitude between the two sides will take time to dissipate, and the resentment towards LCP teams will not be so easily eliminated.

Therefore, just as Shimamura Yuna politely said that 369 was the object of her study.

These spectators were just being polite by saying that Shimamura Yuna's team was their favorite team.

However, this politeness will soon be transformed into reality for various reasons.
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The subsequent matches generally met everyone's expectations.

Following Shimamura Yuna's match, the next match was TES vs TL.

If yesterday's TES vs HLE match was a disappointing loss, it was still in line with everyone's expectations.

So today's TES vs TL match was a sure-fire victory, a game that everyone felt was exactly what was going to happen.

In this match, TES demonstrated their consistent and dominant, albeit hierarchical, strength against North American teams like TL.

TES, who seemed to only be able to put up a fight against HLE, actually won decisively against TL.

However, LPL viewers were not so happy.

The core reason lies in "expectations".

Even after last year's defeat, the overall number of LPL viewers this year is not as high as previously expected.

But everyone's expectations for LPL are still to maintain its runner-up position and compete for the championship.

It's just that in the past, my confidence in winning the championship might have been 5% or even lower, around 3%.

Right now, that confidence in winning the championship is probably only 1%.

But no matter how low their confidence in winning the championship was, everyone's minimum expectation was still "at least to get the runner-up position".

So, after TES beat TL, people weren't exactly happy, but rather had a "I knew it" feeling.

As expected, apart from LCK, LPL can easily beat other regions.

As expected, this year the LPL is below this stable first region but above other regions.

The match against TL restored some confidence in the LPL, but not much.

The comments section below is all in this style.

[69, keep going! It's expected you can't beat Zues. But I'm satisfied with the progress you've made, after all, you're the God King.]

This pioneer tournament is all about the high level hierarchy; no one can get past it.

Hopefully, this is a repeat of the Spring Split's run and not just a brief resurgence, although I feel it's more likely to be the latter.

[Zeus: Oh, so 69 is so fierce on your side, but he's a completely different person on mine. If you can handle it, watch the video of HLE vs TES from March 10th.]

There were also some comments that sounded a bit like a crosstalk.

HLE is in trouble. Top Esports, having lost two games in a row, has been spurred into action. They feigned weakness and concealed many tactics to lull their opponents into a false sense of security. But in the best-of-five series of the playoffs, Top Esports won't play games anymore. Prepare to face the wrath of the strongest team in the LPL!

[With TES in this state, hle is in danger.]

However, at this moment, perhaps no one could have imagined that TES, whose expectations were already low, would perform so well and give everyone an even bigger surprise.
Time continued to pass, and the schedule for the match on March 12th arrived.

There were still two matches that everyone was paying close attention to that day.

They are CFO vs HLE and TES vs KC, respectively.

As for why I'm paying attention, that goes without saying.

One of them is a match featuring Yuna Shimamura.

One of the matches is a home game for LPL's TES team.

Compared to the second match, which everyone thought was "another easy victory against weaker opponents," everyone's attention was indeed focused more on the first match.

Everyone thinks, "What's so difficult about TES beating European and American teams? If CFO can beat them, TES can definitely beat them too. Instead of watching that, let's watch Shimamura fight Zeus first."

Because of Shimamura Yuna's outstanding performance in the past, many people now have unrealistic expectations for her performance.

The whole world knows that she might not be able to defeat Zeus.

But the whole world wants to see if she can win.

For this reason, the match easily broke the viewership record for this year's Vanguard tournament, reaching a peak of 170 million viewers on Twitter.

Yuna Shimamura herself really wants to play this match well.
Nothing more.

As the saying goes, there may still be a gap in hard power.

After the actual match began, Shimamura Yuna's individual performance was indeed not as good as Zeus'.

But it really is just a decline.

Even with all team resources allocated to this strategy, Shimamura Yuna's approach failed to gain any significant advantage against Zeus.

The economy has always been slightly ahead.
But it really is only a little bit.

And Shimamura Yuna's feeling about being on a one-way street is...
"Completely unbreakable"

Yes, that's it.

From her first-person perspective, she felt that although she had an advantage, it wasn't because she was stronger than Zeus in lane.

Rather, it's because "this is a natural advantage."

She chose a long-range hero to fight Zeus's short-range hero.

She picked a hero that the team needed to focus resources on, but Zeus only used a standard hero who didn't need the team's protection or resources.

Therefore, she naturally has the advantage.

Under this obvious premise, Zeus provided almost no further flaws.

The difference in last hits wasn't too great, and the trades in lane were kept within a reasonable range.

When she faced Zeus, it was just like when any other top laner faced her.

You wouldn't notice any flaws.

At the same time, I can't feel how I can break through the opponent's defenses.

All I can do is anxiously try to gain an advantage, try to win the game, and try to widen the economic gap with my opponent.

But no matter what they did, they could never keep the economic difference between the two of them within a few hundred.

On the contrary, the overall stats of HLE's team look much higher than those of the CFO.

The CFO's strategy of switching lines and avoiding combat is effective when applied to KC.

But for HLE, it's child's play.

(End of this chapter)