Hyakuto Kyoko’s Level 1 No-Death Dark Souls Run Ends in Its Sixth Weekly Session
A death on the way toward the boss Seath closed the night, and she chose not to start over.
HOLOLIVE — Hyakuto Kyoko, a member of Hololive’s ASOBI★MAWARI-TAI! unit, ended her sixth weekly Dark Souls session on Saturday night with a death she had hoped to avoid. Playing under her level 1, no-death restriction, she said she had meant to defeat the boss Seath that night, and she lost the run before getting there.
She opened the stream by greeting viewers as the hero police officer of her unit and joked about a viewer who had called the series their “life,” asking whether it was all right to end the run each week. She promised to carry on to Dark Souls II and III afterward. She also moved her on-screen avatar to the left side of the frame, saying she wanted the boss damage numbers and the UI to stay visible, and asked viewers to say if the change bothered them.
“I’m frustrated. I was going to beat Seath today.” — Hyakuto Kyoko, after the death that ended the run
The first big setback came about 20 minutes in, when she died while her mind was on Katsugen, a Hokkaido drink she had been praising. Later she explained the game’s story for newcomers in a few minutes, describing a gray world, the first fire and a fading flame, and said she keeps returning to the series because its theme of people struggling against a ruin that cannot be changed is so consistent. She narrated boss patterns as safe-driving lessons, repeating “it might explode, it might jump,” and told viewers that a few of them who had started Dark Souls because of the series had already beaten the Gargoyle.
Between fights she talked about her cat, about volunteering at a shelter for rescued cats, and about how much she wanted to move to Hokkaido for its food and drink. She said she had found a workaround for the Iron Golem and took a short break from the game near the 2.5-hour mark.
Her run ended shortly before 1 a.m. with a death on the route toward Seath. She said the hour was too late to begin again and signed off, adding that she would post a video combining the fifth and sixth sessions, along with clips, for anyone catching up.
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