Saotome Berry Looks Back on a Third-Place Finish in a Nijisanji Splatoon Tournament

NIJISANJI — Saotome Berry, a Nijisanji streamer in the Speciale group, said Monday that her team finished third overall in an in-house Splatoon tournament, climbing from sixth place going into the final day. She spent most of a 76-minute morning chat stream, a *zatsudan*, going back over the event.

Berry said she had used only one familiar weapon in past tournaments. This year she switched to a paint-focused weapon, having seen that her team could use more painting power, and threw support items to help teammates move. She said she had never used it to play for wins before and learned a lot from the two senior team leaders, who she said praised her contributions and kept the mood relaxed.

“Tournaments are great, aren’t they?” — Saotome Berry, on the Splatoon tournament

She also said the mixed-lineup format, which put her with talents she had rarely played with, made the tournament feel new. She was glad to face every guest player who had joined her team in practice, and she praised the organizer, Nagao, for running a 24-team event while also competing.

Berry then turned to recent weeks. She said she reached Gold rank in Apex Legends after lessons from a senior talent, that her next goal is Platinum, and that the game sharpened her awareness in Splatoon. She said Speciale’s six members will finally stream together on Tuesday night, including Wen, whom she called the group’s phantom sixth member. She said she would post a dance short that evening, with no evening stream planned, and that her schedule through the December idol festival collaboration may be set on short notice.

Chat filled with congratulations for the third-place result, and the stream drew three Super Chats.