Some analysis in simple terms for people who don’t play fighting games: The idea behind K4sen’s “grasshopper” fighting style is that Dee Jay has a unique jumping light kick attack, the one you see a lot in this video with his knee sticking out. This move doesn’t do much damage but is an effective way of closing in on the opponent. Its hurtbox is active for a long time, it does weird things to Dee Jay’s air momentum, and it will always allow Dee Jay to act first if it makes contact with the opponent on the ground, regardless of whether it hits or is blocked. However, Korone does a good job of staying active and constantly fighting back, using a mix of jumps and attacks when K4sen jumps in, making it more difficult for K4sen to land this attack cleanly and maintain offensive pressure. At 5:40, Korone makes a huge comeback by piling on damage from projectiles. As pointed out in the last section of the video, K4sen appears to lack matchup knowledge and doesn’t know that JP has multiple kinds projectiles that have to be blocked in different ways. K4sen is blocking while crouched, which normally is a good way to defend against projectiles without moving backwards, but Korone is specifically using a projectile that can’t be blocked while crouching, which is why K4sen keeps taking damage. That’s not to say that Korone isn’t doing really good work here, she’s perfectly timing the projectile and spike follow-up to force K4sen to stay on the defensive and not allowing him any time to realize his mistake. At 9:03, Korone tries to combo into JP’s Level 3 Super Art but misses. However, the combo she did was actually correct! The reason she missed is because of a very small timing mistake on her part. After Korone lands the big Drive Impact, Dee Jay starts to crumple before she follows up with the combo, and if you look closely, you’ll see that Dee Jay’s knees touch the ground. This is significant because when a character reaches that point in the crumple animation, any hit will immediately render them airborne, which will knock them slightly further up and backwards than normal. As a result, Korone’s combo knocks K4sen just a little too far backwards and the Super Art misses. Broadly, I think it’s really awesome that Korone has been working so hard on Street Fighter, I really admire how clean her inputs are on an arcade stick.
For context: Nanai is a commentator and a Master rank JP that Kazunoko brought on to teach Korone (and he helped her a ton!) and Kazunoko is literally one of the best players in the entire FGC, period (in multiple games too). So it's some of the best players in the world praising Korone's progress (yes, she's still a relative newbie, but the point is she's growing super fast as a player). Also, Karubi's matches were extremely hype to watch as well (I won't spoil the results!), so I suggest you watch them to see the team going crazy there too (and Korone lost her other match, to a Blanka, but mostly cause she didn't know the matchup, but she got some practice and tips from Nanai afterward). Basically, Team KaZOOnoKo ("children of ka zoo", with "zoo" written in English lol and obviously a play on "Kazunoko") is looking pretty damn good all around.
@@XellosNi She's been playing fighting games for a number of months now. It just shows that you can improve a lot in a relatively short time if you put in the work...doesn't hurt to have some of the best players on Earth coaching you too.
No, Korone actually knows about the Blanca matchup, thats why the day before this Day1 scrim, she specifically asked the coaches to teach her how to counter/defend against Blanca’s rolling attack thingy, cuz thats the part that shes having a hard time with, thats why Nanai trained her prior to this day, they also had Shaka-san to play as Blanca to have a match with her so she can practice parrying Blanca’s rolling attacks. Shes just not used to the timing yet, shell get right consistently soon enough considering her pace in learning.
I think everyone got a bit emotional and overwhelmed after the days practice , a mix of warmth from support and frustrating with wanting to be better for each other . Korone is an absolute tank though and giving it her all , she’s improved so much ! Thanks for the clip
Watching Korone this past week or so has been like watching an 80s movie training montage in real-time. Seriously, someone needs to edit these clips together with Eye of the Tiger.
The team is so close and it’s great to see, I’m sure Korone was hesitant to join since she is a introvert (not aqua level but still), so finding such good friends must be great
@@MrFoxxieh if the other person doesn't adapt then you might as well keep doing it. also, she was not just mindlessly spamming! JP has 3 spikes at 3 different ranges, and 3 different fireballs (overhead, low, and a grab). She was using the correct spikes to play keepout at the correct range. When DJ decided to finally sit and block, korone mixed in the command grab to break his guard
Thank you for including both voice chats. It's been satisfying watching Korone learn so much and be able to put it into practice. Such a great thing about the FGC is not only being able to improve yourself, but to watch others improve alongside you
FGC also tends to be super great as a whole in supporting new players. We all know the struggle learning to play fighting games can be at times and how important it is to celebrate the small victories.
If you check 35:49 in the archive, you can see Korone's hand shaking (the cursor shaking) after those fights 🥹 What a hard working doggo 💛 I tried to link it properly at the timestamp, but youtube autodeletes it sadly
@@whs1pmjazz this is so true. Reminds me last CEO I played a first time tournament player and he mentioned how nervous he was, I told him "I've been coming off and on to CEO events the last ten years, the nerves never go away." 😆
This Street Fighter arc has been amazing to watch. Seeing Korosan interacting with her teammates for the first time, receiving advices from her coach and implementing them during the matches, you can tell how much effort she's seriously putting into this tournament. Her team's atmosphere is great too, with everyone cheering on each other, it's really what fighting game is all about. She just needs to improve on her guard in the corner. Daigo said Korone's JP seems really strong with range attack but appears to struggle with in your face approach in the corner.
It makes sense, zoners are often weaker at close ranges. It’s part of the archetype like grapplers being weak at far but scary close. JP however has a strong counter stance and pretty strong normals that lead into get off me specials. Koro-San just needs to use her fast normals (ex. Crouching LP) to check opponents during scrambles and remember to jump over opponents when cornered.
This training arc has been the source of joy for me. I watch live but I couldn't finish it since it ends too late and I work early but I would watch the archive when I do work and I watch a lot of clips related to the streams. Seeing Korone improving so much brings tears to my eyes!! Lets go Korone!! Thanks for the translations J!
Hey J, Just a quick appreciation comment once again. I love watching the SF6 streams, but a lot of the japanese goes over my head, as I know nothing of it - so thank you so much for continuing through the past few years of making clips and translations!
This is an excellent clip. First of all, doggo was GAMING, I thought I was gonna cry. You come in clutch with the outside team-comms. And then huge props for providing the timestamp for Kazunoko v Daigo in Koro's vod! A 6 star clip!
You would think that Korone would be one for making faces at the beginning but she goes, “The game is happening I will not give any indication.” Legit Korone is low-key being the most solid combatant by flexing her reserve..
Dude I'm so proud of her. She has pretty good game sense, fantastic teammates to coach her and picks up the combo mechanics really well. It's clear when she panics and doesn't know what to do but that will improve with experience. I just hope she's having fun with it.
She's the best i love her. Her determination and strength to get better is so cool. As someone who has been in the FGC for a while it brings a tear to my eye seeing her improve. Especially with since i still have trouble using it.
I just want to thank you for all the hard work bringing the doggos clips for all of us. I really love this channel and Korone. And feels so good being able to watch so many clips of her here
It's always fun to watch one-setup players get beat and just keep trying their one thing over and over. You can almost feel the confusion after they get figured out; "This always worked before!! Why isn't it working now?!"
The most satisfying thng for the coach is when your student actually took in wat you taught them and apllied them correctly, i bet the coaches are very happy.
I am happy and worried about Korone to see her compete alongside important figures in the world of fighting, the pressure that Korone is feeling is noticeable but it makes me happy how she bravely faces it
Im thankfull that you put her team's pov too at the end ^^ I didn't watched much stream lately but I've seen her first stream about SF6 and how she moves. And damn im so impressed today, our doggo is a lot stronger than before.
All of that practice and focused training is really paying off. That last round she got the perfect on was so clean. Korone, at this point, really just needs experience, she needs to play more rounds against more opponents and characters to balance herself and learn how to get out of some combos and situations, and she could be really, really good. I think she'll surprise a lot of people at this tournament.
Korone really is a genuinely good fighting game player. She has some amazing coaches but she also has a major skill you can’t really teach; her combos were very consistent even though her nerves are through the roof. That and being able to keep her cool and not panic while adjusting mid-match are such important and impressive skills for a beginner!
Reminder to people this is scrims aka practice. For tournaments like these it's fairly known that competitors turn it up to 20 when it comes tournament day
That double KO was crazy! Pulling off a huge clutch win with your squad cheering you on is such a high, its awesome to see Korone caught up in the moment!
The journey into the FGC ain't for the faint of heart. Hope she keeps up with it instead of folding. It would be highly interesting to see a Vtuber in the competitive scene.
God damn she's come a long way in a short time. And that first round was incredibly dominant, she was reading him like a book. Gotta say, I like JP's playstyle too, a zoner, but more dynamic than most others out there.
Man I'm so proud of Korone for all this. She's so invested in it and worked so hard to actually improve and she's absolutely killing it. As a JP main especially it warms my heart. GET EM KOROSAN
i dont know why i dont see your videos on my notifications. youtube-kun get your shit together pls anyway, korone did so good!! i had goosebumps everytime she's pulling off a combo oh! and also, thank you so much for also including the unmuted VC! love your work always 🙏
Korone is the only JP i will ever root for in this game. Truly great to see how amazing she improved. Also HOLY SHIT THAT AIR GRAB AT 2:37 THAT SHIT WAS SMOOTH
Did I ever think I would ever see freakin Kazunoko training an anime dog into being a pretty competent all round JP? No but I'm glad we're in this timeline
Man, look at how much she's improved in just a short time. Crazy! She has a really good team with her. Also love how you can see chat go absolutely wild when she got the Perfect K.O.
I guess I've watched too much Darksyde Phil that I find it SO refreshing to see and hear someone playing an SF game and not complain when a round goes badly. I mean, when Korone misses, she says *"I MISSED,"* instead of *"SHIT, THIS GAME IS GARBAGE!!!"* or *"SHIT, WHAT'S WITH THIS LAG???"* I hope Korone does well in the tournament.
That's our Precious Dogg for you, no matter the struggles and the trial and errors that she faces, she keeps positive, learns from her mistakes and triumphants in the end. Congratulations Korone! You deserve it. 👏
As a bronze level player, she beat a gold rank, playing a character that isn't newbie friendly. Being thrown into the corner in this game is even worse that previous Street Fighters and JP doesn't have as many tools as other characters to escape it. The corner pressure JP offers is also a blessing in disguise - a secret weapon for Korone to lean on when she's been over-matched. sasuga doggo
Damn I am so proud of Korone-chan!!! She's gotten so good!! I remember when she was fighting her chat in online and she was doing okay (mostly for fun..) But now she's able to play against gold rank when she herself is just bronze.. Meaning that her opponent has played a lot more matches than her.. It's amazing how much she has grown in such a short amount of time! ^_^
Game 2 round 2, He stopped his pressure.... what a big mistake. He waited long range distance, thus giving korone the freedom to do her long range specialty.
oh and I don't understand why the draw didn't count towards her win count... Shouldn't it be 2-1 instead of 1-0 ???? A draw counts as a point for both parties..
She really did schmove all over him in that first bit, with some great teleports in to grabs. She's doing well on zoning and pressure, hoping her coaching shifts to defensive play soon, she does seem to have trouble when people get in.
If she can be consistent with the zoning, then it's certain that she would win. She still has issues with dealing with pressure, but she's getting good. I hope she sticks with fgs.
At your level Korone everyone is a grass hopper. 😂 She really should be anticipating the jumps. Right now she still wants to throw her projectiles from jump range which isn't a great idea. At the distance where they can jump on you, you should be trying to anti-air, poke into special or jump in / drive rush before they do. Next step is her learning footsies. 😂 I mean basic fishing. JP has a few good pokes at migrange but Korone mostly spams jab but doesn't buffer. I know I know, this might be too advanced for her at this point. :p
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