: so she's actually falling behind stat-wise now and deserves to be in A-tier?
: i won't stand for this Harerun slander
: no, stat-wise she's still top-tier and well-rounded. only thing that gives me pause is her horrendously accursed luck lmao
: AgreeGe. She's not nearly as dominant as she was in the early days of Live-On, but she just still kinda just feels one tier above the rest, you know what I'm saying?
: Not quite a no-holds-barred brawl, but who remembers that flawless round of Amidst Us? Harerun ran laps around everyone.
“I see, I see. Well! It seems the vast majority is in agreement: Hareru-senpai belongs in S-tier. And vis-à-vis the Jagen comment, she’s not falling behind—the rest of us are just catching up!”
: excuses, excuses
: I sentence you to death by cricket
: I love that Hareru-senpai has just become an insect lord lmao
: Weevil Harerunderwood
: And suddenly, she's D-tier
“We really need to move on from the cricket jokes... All the more reason to keep her in S-tier, let’s shut up and move on! Next, is there anyone else who deserves to be in the same tier as Hareru-senpai? Any thoughts? Anyone?”
: Ehrai-chan! (The Boss)
: what that guy said
Triggering an avalanche of nominations for Ehrai-chan.
“Ehrai-chan! I was thinking the same thing! She’s in A-tier right now, but what do we think? Move her up to S?”
: No. First we separate the zookeep from the boss.
: Nah, I think we just move her up as is. Not only is she powerful herself, but as her bio states, she commands her own bestial army.
: so she's a summoner who defies the weak summoner trope
: rito pls nerf
: I dunno, I kinda feel like if she fought Harerun as the zookeeper, she'd be on the defensive the whole time
: then she transforms into the boss, and after a lengthy struggle, delivers the killing blow
: that criminal underbelly attack does some insane burst damage, huh?
: that's how mafia works
: rito pls nerf
“Mm... Okay! You know what? We’ll split Ehrai-chan up. Ehrai Sonokaze (Boss) goes in S, and Ehrai Sonokaze (Zookeep) goes in A for now, but we’ll reevaluate when we get there. Everyone in agreement?”
And it seemed that mostly everyone was, so I decided to move on. But chat was adamant that the S-tier deck its halls with one more name, and that name was...
: Awayuki Kokorone
: you
: Shuwa-chan!
: hello? can't read your own name?
: what that guy's drinking ￥220
Me, huh? “Um, okay, sure. Let’s talk about me...”
: Let's go!!!
: where's she now? C-tier?
: nahhh C is wayyyy too low
: S, baby, S!
: SSSSSSSSSS
“You know, as the woman herself, I must say I don’t think I belong in S.”
: scuse? ￥4,444
: SWIP (sound of raising a fist)
: Hey everyone, Awayuki's fishing for compliments!
: Aww, 'I'm secretly amazing but too humble to know it'! Me too, Awa-chan, me too.
: nobody likes a humblebragger, Awa-chan
“Wait, no. I’m not being humble. I swear I’m not!”
No, no, no no. This wasn’t that. This wasn’t that at all. I had a good, valid reason for not being in S-tier.
“I know we’re ranking based on strength, but this is still Live-On we’re talking about. To be ranked S-tier at anything in Live-On is like walking around with ‘crazy’ carved into your forehead! It’s a mark of shame, not a badge of honor! You’d be bonkers to want to be ranked S on this thing!”
: bruhhhhh LOL
: hahahahaha okay true
: say that to the two people already locked in S-tier...
: Again, we learn this is just another one of Awa-chan's plots to convince us she's one of the better ones
“No, it’s not! I am one of the better ones! That’s a fact! Okay, guys, guys? Close your eyes, solemnly place your hand on your chest, take a moment to really think about it. Think about Live-On. Think about the girls at Live-On. Then think about me. What do you see? A single water lily blooming on the surface of a murky, putrid pond. That lily—it’s me.”
Come on... Come on...!
: Yeah no
: No water lily, but... oh you mean this red spider lily?
: I see a lemon flower
: no no, must be this stinking corpse lily
: Shuwa is S, Awa is at least a C but probably higher
: listen we all know if we get a little bit of that alc in ya, you'd be ecstatic to be ranked S
: "forehead carving? heck yeah!"
: It really is a mystery to me why you continue to be so hung up on being seiso
Ah. No dice.
“Uuuugh... I mean, I mean, if Dagger-chan was able to regain her memories, then why can’t I? I want a second chance too! Seiso sometimes is better than seiso no-times! I’m not going to make any more excuses for what Shuwa gets up to in her spare time, but when I’m trying my best, when I’m all put together for you, the least you can do is humor me! Some fans you are!”
: S-Sorry?
: it's just that that Shuwa side of you is a little *too* overpowering
: I get that you want to distance yourself from Shuwa-state but the fact of the matter is you've started to act out even in your Awa-state so the dream of seiso is drifting even further...
: making negative progress toward your goal is crazy
: Awa-chan's giving more seasoned comedian than seiso maiden these days
: Hoping to replicate what Dagger-chan did when she's the complete opposite of you is a bold move, cotton
: A-At least you've become more dependable now! ￥10,000
“Fine... If that’s how it’s going to be, I’m going to separate myself like Ehrai-chan. Shuwa-chan can go in S. I only ask that when it comes time to debate Awa, you all treat her with the respect she deserves.”
: kaaay
: sounds good
: Roger that!
: ...yeah I think Shuwa deserves to be in S-tier
: she's weak against a few matchups but like the boss, she has outstanding burst potential which more than makes up for it
: plus her moveset is WeirdTM which makes her attacks hard to read
: Strong in the face of adversity, so S
: if you consider the fact that Shuwa-chan and boss both have transformation gimmicks, it makes the Regular High School Girl among them all the more terrifying
: i fckin love it lmao
“Oh, yeah. You know what? I’m just going to tell myself Shuwa-chan belongs in S because it stands for StroZero and call it a day. ’Kay. Here are the current standings.”
[S] Hareru Asagiri Awayuki Kokorone (Shuwa) Ehrai Sonokaze (boss)
[A] Shion Kaminari Ehrai Sonokaze (zookeep) Churiri
[B] Nekoma Hirune Mashiro Irodori Kaeru Yamatani
[C] Awayuki Kokorone (Awa) Hikari Matsuriya Alice Soma
[D] Chami Yanagase Tadasu Miyauchi Dagger
[Z] Sei Utsuki
And with that, the S-tier was all done. “Going from top to bottom, next we have A-tier. Currently, we have Shion-senpai, Ehrai-chan (zookeep), and Churiri-sensei. Thoughts?”
As with S-tier, I let chat loose and observed their discussions for a while. This time, however, opinion seemed more varied, with no clear consensus emerging. Thinking this meant perhaps the current tier was okay as it was, I decided to pick on a few comments and see if that indeed was the case.
: woof. A-tier ain't no slouch either ￥3,200
: I would've happily placed Shion-mama in either B or C before, but now...