Ryu Hari and Oh Jiyu Play R.E.P.O. Together as Their Joint Goods Go on Sale

NIJISANJI — Ryu Hari and Oh Jiyu played the co-op game R.E.P.O. together on Wednesday in a collaboration stream timed to the release of their new joint goods, then put the game aside about an hour and 38 minutes in to present the items to viewers. Both Nijisanji talents streamed the session, with Hari’s broadcast titled as a “REPO date” with Jiyu.

They opened by saying the goods had come out that day, with artwork of the two of them, and both described themselves as beginners at the game. The “date” started roughly: one of them was down to a single point of health in the opening minutes, and the pair spent time in the in-game shop restoring it before heading out. Around the nine-minute mark a monster took Jiyu out, and Hari carried on hauling valuables back by cart. With Jiyu waiting, the two agreed that restarting would be better than leaving one player on their own for long stretches.

“Playing with two is so much better than playing alone. It’s still scary, though.” — Ryu Hari and Oh Jiyu, as the stream wound down

Money ran short in a later stage, a monster wrecked part of the haul, and the pair dropped through gaps in the floor, after which they said two players were hardly enough and floated inviting a third next time. In the second half they picked up a hammer in the shop and met a monster that seemed to react to voices, but the hammer proved too weak to stop it, and both were knocked out at about the 1:38 mark.

They then closed the game and moved to what they called a self-promotion time. The goods include a can mirror and an acrylic keychain of Rimong, which they described as the first goods to carry Rimong’s image, alongside can badges and clear cards. They gave the prices as 400 yen for the clear cards and can mirrors, 600 yen for the can badges and 1,400 yen for the acrylic keychains, and noted the clear cards are not sold at random. One of them added that their drawing tablet was about 10 years old and its pen was held together with sports tape, and said they hoped to buy a new one.

Chat welcomed the goods from the first minutes of the stream, and the sign-off drew a run of thank-you messages. On his own channel, Jiyu said he planned to stream Splatoon 3 the next day and talk about a tournament.