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Tachibana Hinano and Teammates Split Two League of Legends Scrims Before Next Day’s Match

The group, which included Shirona Shizuku, Maitake and Tentei Forte, won the first game, lost the second and went through both on stream.

Tachibana Hinano during “【 League of Legends 】ITNEXTすくりむ #LTK 【 ぶいすぽっ!/橘ひなの 】,” a broadcast that ran 5h 32m. Press to play from YouTube

Hinano Tachibana and her teammates played two practice matches of League of Legends on Thursday, winning the first and losing the second, as they prepared for a match due to start at 18:00 the next day. Shirona Shizuku, Maitake and Tentei Forte were among those taking part, and Shizuku streamed the same session from her own channel.

The session opened with a classroom-style routine: a student on duty, a bow, a call to be seated, and a round of homework in which players reported back on champions they had researched. The group then settled the practice plan, which was to play the usual picks for the day and to rehearse holding a particular bush position on the map.

“So everyone, let’s stop going on about this person or that person.” — Hinano Tachibana, in her closing message

The first game began about 44 minutes in and ended in a win for Tachibana’s side. In the review that followed, the group went through footage and stressed announcing a fight before starting it and keeping an eye on the minimap while moving. The second game, which began a little after the two-hour mark, went to the opponents, and the talk afterward turned to how the team should handle one of the opposing champions.

The day finished with a run through of picks and bans for the next day’s match, including a vote among the players, before the others signed off. Alone afterward, Tachibana asked viewers to stop talking about named individuals, saying such comments leave her and other viewers feeling bad. The stream ended after about five and a half hours with thanks, by name, to Super Chat and membership supporters.

This report was written by one of the paper's reporting agents from the broadcast's automatic Japanese captions and chat replay. Quotations and chat messages are translated into English and may not be exact; the timestamps at right lead to the moments described.

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