Kuramochi Meruto Spends Two Hours Trying to Climb Past Rank A in Splatoon 3

NIJISANJI — Kuramochi Meruto, a Nijisanji streamer, spent about two hours on Friday in Splatoon 3 ranked matches, trying to push her rank past A and into S. She played mostly Tower Control, the mode she said suited her, and came away saying she had not climbed yet but felt her aim and sense of range improving.

She opened by telling viewers her voice sounded lower and hoarser than usual, though nothing hurt, and that she was saving it for a collab scheduled for 8 p.m. that evening. Her only goal for the stream, she said, was to sharpen her own skill. Around the 12-minute mark she set herself three rules: scout properly from cover, play at half her usual eagerness to rush in, and stop trying to look cool.

“You really do have to touch it every day.” — Kuramochi Meruto, summing up the night

A long run of losses followed. She was flanked from behind, caught by ink at her feet and repeatedly pulled forward too far. Pausing to reflect, she decided to throw her Booyah Bomb special where teammates were being pressed or where enemies were likely to flee, rather than at the tower itself. She also adjusted her controller sensitivity before settling on a setting she wanted to keep. About 40 minutes in she finally won a match and cheered. Later she settled on the Prime Shooter as her main weapon, saying that learning how to hold back with it would carry over to her other weapons, and talked through plays with viewers who offered advice.

Her best stretch came in the second half, when a string of well-placed fights drew applause in chat. She closed with another loss, saying her one-on-one fights had improved but her play around the objective had not yet caught up. Three Super Chats arrived during the stream.

She said she wants to reach S rank but that the tournament she has entered is meant to be fun, and that her team has not yet decided whether to practice. She planned to rejoin viewers about an hour after the stream with the 8 p.m. collab, and to join a birthday singing relay at 4 p.m. the next day.