Finana Ryugu Plays Through Staffer Case’s Third Case, Calls It Her Favorite So Far

NIJISANJI — Finana Ryugu of Nijisanji EN’s LazuLight played the third case of the detective game Staffer Case on a stream that ran just over six hours, and afterward called it her favorite of the series so far. She said the case was interesting and engaging, challenging without leaving her stuck for long stretches, and that the story behind it was more emotional than the earlier ones.

The stream opened as a talk segment. Finana said KDA’s new song “Firestarter” had been on repeat for her and that it had helped her through the week, and chat answered with the song’s name. She then retold the plot of the horror film Insidious, which she had watched again with a friend, before starting the case about 20 minutes in.

“I can’t believe I cried, and the worst part is I didn’t even cry from the case.” — Finana Ryugu, after finishing the third case

The investigation was interrupted twice. A little under three hours in, she stepped away for a delivery and came back with instant noodles and apple juice, to cheers of “wb” in chat. Later, while she was choosing clues in a deduction segment, the game crashed and she had to repeat part of it. “Out of all things, a visual novel game,” she said. She also misjudged several clue choices along the way before the case came together.

After the case ended, Finana said she cried, though not at the case itself but at the relationship between two of its characters, which she described as doomed. She said she had grown more invested in the cast, was looking forward to the fourth case, and might take on the game’s side stories next week, depending on her schedule. Chat ranked the cases as they went, with one viewer writing that each one keeps getting better.

Near the close, Finana said she had tried a demo of an online multiplayer game earlier in the day and made a character, picking a jellyfish-style haircut. She said she would save the real play for stream. She thanked viewers for sticking with the long broadcast and signed off with chat’s “otsu” farewells.