: Shion mains eating good after that last patch
: the addition of her new Birthing move gave her some much-needed offense, but yeesh, giving her passive super armor too? Broken.
: yep, the zookeeper definitely belongs in A-tier!
: Churi-sen can... Yeah, she can hold her own
: i'm late but I think sensei's S-tier, honestly
The first comment I chose to pick on was this one about Churiri-sensei. Truth be told, her name had come up a few times during the S-tier discussion, but since it hadn’t been mentioned as often as the other three S-tier names, I’d ignored it. But now, with the discussion at a standstill, it seemed like a good time to revisit it.
I mean, Churiri-sensei was strong, but was she S-tier strong?
“Sensei, in my opinion, has the greatest potential, I think we can all agree on that. Buuuut...to me she just kinda seems like the type who’d completely fall apart the moment things get real.”
: hahahaha why is that so true
: she's the villain who burns the MC's village in the first act, and has several encounters with the MC afterward where she can't bring herself to kill them, foreshadowing her defeat
: then at the end of the second or start of the third act, they're forced to fight for real. She's defeated, has that change of heart moment, but before she can turn to the light, something happens and she ends up sacrificing herself for the MC and dies with no redemption arc
: bro are you Churiri because you have her imagination
: she's in a league of her own when it comes to sheer incomprehensibility but I have to agree. Looking at A-tier now, among those names is right where she belongs.
“Wonderful, it seems like a lot of you agree. Then in A she goes!”
Now, let’s see who’s the next hottest topic of discussion...
: Mashiron is an AAA if you know what I mean
: lay off the poor girl, she's already had it hard enough with her recently released oppai mouse pad being the only one without the word "oppai" in the product name
: the Mashiro Mouse pad—get yours today!
: yall are being rude for no reason. just look at all the five-star ratings it has
: right? and the glowing reviews: "very practical!"
: I think Alice-chan deserves a shot at A!
“Ignoring the Mashiron triple-A comments so I don’t get shot tonight—Alice-chan, eh? I don’t exactly mind ranking her high if this was just about me and my stream, but the thing is... Has anyone ever seen her act even remotely strange when I’m not involved?”
: lol
: its true, she plays at a tremendous disadvantage to anyone immune to Awayuki Brainwashing
: also continually plays second fiddle to Mashiron
: but she's a must-have against all Awayuki variants, even Shuwa!
: total counter pick, no doubt
“If we don’t want to put her in A, we can just leave her in C for now? Don’t get me wrong, I want nothing more than to put her in S because of what she is to me, but I stopped myself, because objectivity is important in a power ranking! I am impartial and unbiased, because that is who I am. Go me.”
: impartial and unbiased...?
: looks askance at Sei-sama, the shining star of Z-tier
: more like steaming dump of Z-tier
: didn't stop yourself from doing that, didja
: everyone else with a tier rating and Sex-sama out here the only one with a CERO rating lmao
And there was one final opinion of note...
: Awa deserves a shot at A-tier
: Where is she now? C?
: C seems fair for a completely deshuwalized Awa-chan
“Awa-chan... What do we do about you...?”
My name (Awa ver.) popped up every now and then. And public opinion was divided.
“Maybe we just split the difference and place me in B? It only seems like the equitable thing to do, and not just because I want to distance myself from the top ranks as much as possible.”
: nobody accused you of doing that
: but now that you mention it, how dare you
: Oh I see how this ends. With one foot in S-tier, the other in Z, ShuwaAwa form together to make [S]tro[Z]ero!
: that's crazyyyy
: Awa-chan, that's what you were aiming for????
“What? No! Hell no! How could you even consider having me and Sex-sama in the same tier?!”
: but why not, you're two peas in a pod!
: Hell no, said the lady
: the seiso, it unravels
Despite me not being able to keep it together until the end, capping off the discussion with an unfortunate bit of outburst comedy, A-tier made it through unchanged. With the top A- and S-tiers finalized, next came the middling B- and C-tiers, whose current residents were:
[B] Nekoma Hirune Mashiro Irodori Kaeru Yamatani
[C] Awayuki Kokorone (Awa) Hikari Matsuriya Alice Soma
This was another major chunk of the tier list, and completing it meant we would be one major step closer to finishing. However, the heated debate that unfolded made the process for the previous tiers look downright smooth in comparison.
The following points in particular sparked contention:
Is Awa B-tier?
“All right, here it is, let’s talk about it again. Honestly, I don’t even know.”
: I think she'd put up a good fight across the board
: Awa-chan still takes the occasional loss, but it's not like she's shut out completely anymore
: Old Awa I would definitely say was D- or even Z-tier, but current Awa I can see in B. Impressive growth if you ask me.
: she's the type to die to every noob killer boss, but she learns and gets stronger each time
: and she has a hidden transformation mode... Damn, is she the main character?
: Embracing her inner hollow like Ichigo
: if she gets a hollow hole shaped like a zero ill die
“A-Aw shucks, everyone. I mean, if you insist that much, I guess I have to put myself up there. Eheh. Eheh heh heh... Crap, I wasn’t supposed to be happy about that, was I?”
Next: Is Hikari-chan B-tier?
“Hikari-chan is...a fighter in every sense of the word, so maybe she does deserve to be up there.”
: you mean she can take a blow. Masochists don't take damage
: she's the bane of noobs worldwide: the boss who's immune to direct damage
: those with the sadist perk can beat her by overwhelming her healing ability. those without can only win by ignoring her until she gives up
: I have to outlast Hikari-chan...?
: that'll take years off your life (literally)
“I’m going to cut you all off right there before the conversation inevitably drifts back to me! B it is!”
Next: Is Kaeru-chan C-tier?
“Mm, I don’t know... Quite the strong baby, no?”
: strong psychically, weak af physically
: that baby would flee well before even the slightest whiff of violence
: but threaten her with employment if she loses and she's suddenly top tier
: No. She'd still just run. Fleeing isn't losing, as that baby would say
: you throw your hands out like you're protecting her, only to drop the people's elbow on her KEK
“Very convincing arguments. Sorry, I let the whole top-mommy thing color my perception. It won’t happen again. I shall remain unbiased from here on out! C it is!”
Next: Is Mashiron C-tier?
“Nope.”
: and it just happened again
: ah yes memory loss. the master has learned from the apprentice