Kuramochi Meruto Clears the Boss Rush That Closes The Dandelion Endures

NIJISANJI — Kuramochi Meruto of Nijisanji cleared the closing boss rush of the browser game The Dandelion Endures on Oct. 26, finishing a 76-minute stream after retrying the final fights several times.

In the game, the player raises a dandelion by gathering carbon dioxide, water and light, and short trivia tips appear between stages. Meruto read them aloud as they came up, including that a dandelion head is made of 100 to 200 tiny flowers, and that the English word comes from the French for “lion’s teeth.” She also learned to tell Western and Japanese dandelions apart by the bracts at the base of the flower, and briefly mixed the two up on stream.

“When it’s up to me, this is about what you get.” — Kuramochi Meruto, right after clearing the boss rush

About 26 minutes in, the game turned. Holding the left mouse button makes the dandelion endure, and timing it to an incoming attack parries it. Meruto, who said she had only guessed at what the game was about, struggled with a cat obstacle for several minutes before getting through. The first story ended around the 49-minute mark, with the seeds she had raised carried off by the wind; she said she was tearing up.

The game then moved to rhythm-style fights. A man who had been drinking took two rounds, and Meruto cleared it after switching to timing her presses to the music. She then chose to try the boss rush, a run of three fights, and retried it repeatedly before the clear came at about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Chat filled with applause, and the stream drew nine Super Chats. Meruto closed by saying she had long wanted to play the game and had a good time. She said she is practicing with her group for an idol festival in December, has posted dance shorts, and pointed viewers to a singing stream on Oct. 31.