Sakura Ritsuki Plays Through a Tense Rainmaker Win in Her Push for 2000 XP in Splatoon

NIJISANJI — Sakura Ritsuki, a Nijisanji streamer, spent a 130-minute Splatoon stream playing ranked Rainmaker matches in an effort to lift her rating to 2000 XP. She started from around 1900, and the stream’s title set a rule that a loss meant a round of strength training.

The high point came about an hour in, when a close Rainmaker match went her way and she said her heart was pounding. Chat had been cheering her on with “nice lead” as it unfolded. She said the win made her almost too happy and that a result like that made the game hard to put down.

“Right now my heart is pounding.” — Sakura Ritsuki, after a win in Rainmaker

The day had started badly. She had already lost three matches before the stream got going, and she was upbeat about a win around the 15-minute mark, crediting teammates who covered her and pushed the front line. After a loss at about the half-hour mark she asked aloud what she could have done to win and counted her deaths. Around 47 minutes in she said she would stop being so cautious and move up more, since hanging back was not working and pushing was more fun.

From there she traded wins and losses. After a win near the 80-minute mark she said she had pushed forward and enjoyed a coffee, and near the two-hour mark she came through another tense match, saying she had thought she would lose. Chat praised her handling of the Rainmaker in one match, and she said she had set it down on purpose near the end. She also reviewed several losses on stream, saying she should have used the sides more and scouted from hiding.

She closed at about 2 hours 9 minutes, thanking viewers for their support, saying she was tired and was going to go refresh herself.