Ishigami Nozomi Bets Her Ramen Shop’s Takings, Loses Them, Then Finishes the Night in the Black

NIJISANJI — Ishigami Nozomi, a Nijisanji streamer, spent the late part of her third Japanese Ramen Simulator stream gambling with her virtual shop’s takings. She lost them, took the game’s difficulty up to Very Hard, and worked her way back to a profit before signing off on Tuesday.

The night began with a reorganization of the shop. Wearing a Chinese-style outfit and holding a beer, Ishigami loaded a fan-made poster into the game and then pulled apart the kitchen, selling off equipment she called unnecessary and rearranging the layout. She bought a ticket machine, tried it in service, and found the shop ran far more smoothly with it.

“Huh? I serve such good-quality ramen, and yet...” — Ishigami Nozomi, after her bets went wrong

After closing one evening, she discovered that cash taken from the register could be wagered in the town outside. She staked the shop’s money on a game of chance, lost it, and kept betting to try to recover it. When her stake disappeared she said she did not understand where the shop’s takings had gone, and said she had been serving good ramen all along. She then raised the difficulty to Very Hard, saying that she would have to earn the money back.

The Very Hard shop kept her busy. Orders came in fast and she began mixing them up, but she pushed through the rush and finished with a profit. She tried the gambling once more, ended the session up, and closed the stream with a reminder to viewers to stop gambling when they are ahead.

Chat responded to the losses with sympathy and jokes, and the stream drew 16 Super Chats.