Kagura Nana Wins Apex Champion in Second Match, Then Announces Anime Ending Music Video

INDEPENDENT — Kagura Nana won a champion finish in Apex Legends in her second match of the night, then made the announcement she had promised in the stream’s title: the full-size official music video for the ending theme of the second season of the TV anime “Tantei wa Mou Shindeiru” premieres at 8 p.m. Japan time on Friday, Oct. 30.

She had spent the opening of the stream on other news, then said she wanted to take the champion first and announce afterward, with a loose deadline of around 12:30 to 1 a.m. The first match slipped away, and she said she doubted a champion was possible in that mode. She switched characters and tried again, and as the squad count fell to three she said she might have a chance. When the win came, she thanked her teammates and said she had made good on her word. She announced the video about 15 minutes ahead of her own deadline.

“Second match, and I did what I said I’d do. How about that?” — Kagura Nana, right after the win

The song was composed by 40mP, who also wrote the first season’s ending. Nana said the full version differs from the TV-size cut, with an extra passage between sections, and that she wrote the title lettering on the cover by hand. She said she wore a school uniform for the video because the series is about high school students; the previous video used her artist outfit.

She won a second champion finish near the end of the stream, after saying she would reveal one more item if she won again. She said she would appear at the winter Comiket on Dec. 29 or 30, unsure which day. She had also climbed to Gold 3 in ranked. She then uploaded the video and posted its premiere page while still on air, and showed several preview shots, including live-action footage of a beach. She said she planned to stream around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, possibly as a watch-along.

Viewers filled chat with applause after the first win and thanked her for the announcement when the video was revealed.