Itoi Toi Arrives an Hour Early, Then Plays Ranked Apex Legends With Mikami Kon and Rosec_pin

NEO-PORTE — Itoi Toi, a second-generation Neo-Porte streamer, opened a Sunday Apex Legends stream an hour before her guests were due after mixing up the start time. Her calendar said 1 p.m., while the plan with her partners had been 2 p.m. Finding herself alone, she said it was better to be early than late and settled in for an hour of solo play.

She filled the time with matches and talk. She spoke about hay fever and a rough throat, mentioned an air purifier and humidifier she had bought, and told viewers that her live performance was now less than two months away. She said she felt less nervous than at this point last year. A single Super Chat arrived early in the stream, and she thanked the sender.

“Honestly, I want it. I want that champion.” — Itoi Toi, Mikami Kon and Rosec_pin, after a narrow loss

About an hour in, Mikami Kon and Rosec_pin, both of the agency REJECT, joined to form a three-person squad. After introductions, a running joke about whether the three counted as friends ended with one of them calling it a “business friendship.” The squad played ranked matches against Platinum-tier teams and came close several times, losing fights they had nearly won. Late in the session, after a narrow loss, all three said they wanted a champion finish.

Between matches the talk drifted. The three traded stories of past part-time jobs, from convenience stores and apparel shops to a yakiniku restaurant and a fugu (pufferfish) restaurant, where Rosec_pin said she had worked, including tales of dropped trays and broken glasses. They also compared the academic ability tests that Neo-Porte and REJECT had given their members, found that English and Japanese were their weak subjects, and agreed to swap test papers; one of them said she would ask management if the papers could be shared. They also discussed playing Valorant together.

The last match ended in fifth place, which the squad took as a good result. Itoi closed the stream by saying the time had passed quickly and that she wanted to play with the two again, and the three promised to follow up on the test swap.