Proud of her for sticking up for her friend. Massive respect.

Marine is the woman that could barely dance, then trained her ass off and did the whole Treasure Box choreography. When she puts her mind on it, she improves a lot and does really well, and that's not something to be a dick about, that's something awesome, not everyone can get considerably better just because they worked hard. All the props to her, captain is down bad, but still awesome. Edit: and like Pekora said, she trained so hard that she should be banned? What kind of stupid logic is that?

Considering how shy Pekora apparently is irl it must have been hard for her to stick up for Marine like this. She’s a good friend 👍

pekora is such a good genmate, very caring; poor marine, haters will hate for the most stupid shit ever lmao it was a fun stream from start to end

MARIN ALWAYS working hard on her part you can see how much she put on her MV and made many other amazing content for us to enjoy.

Is it a tradition now to bully the tourney organizer now because it didn't go the way you wanted it?

Jesus. I knew there were a few people complaining about how much better Marine was than the other contestants, or that Puyo Puyo is too much of an advantage at lower skill levels, but I didn’t realize it was to this extent. Marine is a sensitive girl too, so hopefully this doesn’t get to her.

I would like to point out that they all had fun! It doesn't matter who won in the end. They wouldn't want their fans to rage for them or get mad at other talents because their oshi didn't win. I'm very happy for Marine! Congrats on the win!

Marine always gives her absolute best for these tourneys, she always ends up as one of the top players in every single one of them and she absolutely deserves it for the work she puts in, she was good before but you can see that she went above and beyond for the tourney to become the best, actually sad that people would criticize such a hardworking person because they end up becoming too good due to that hard work.

Marine even took time to teach the others how to play before the tournament. Am glad to see many of the girls still playing the game n even those that didn't participate in the tourney started to play it too

Marine really was amazing during the tournament but like pekora said she worked hard to get to that level and showed it off flawlessly it’s nice to see pekora stand up for her like this I hope marine is ok and pekora too no one likes to see there friends hurt

Marine was insanely good and deserved her flowers. That was proof of someone that practiced hard and loves the game. She deserves alot of praise for her skill. Plus now its fuel for the other members to get better for the next time.

Poor pekomama, she worked hard to organise this event. Also congrats to Marine for her well deserved win. ❤️

It's supposed to be a fun tournament. We only need sugar and spice, not the fkin toxic salt.

I'm glad Marine joined the tournament. The match with Suisei was a sight to behold and her interaction with other contestants, such as AZKi or Koyori, is very enjoyable.

I just finished watching this on from Japanese kiri-nuki clip makers and wanted to see if someone was propagating this on to the English speaking side of things. Thanks for clipping and translating it. It was a bit hard to watch but gotta love when nousagi's step up with the loving support and quit joking around. Also love pekora willing to put her feelings in earnest out there when it comes to protecting her colleagues and genmates.

This is why I love Hololive. Everyone cares for each other and is passionate about what they do.

the most Pain Peko I've heard her voice were shaking at some points. it hurts us too please be nice guys. Marine had tough times last year. Coco, Rushia, her throat problems. pls be nice. this is the community we treasure, love and care so much

Pekora is very sweet, and I'm glad they have each other's backs like that. It's a shame people have to be so serious and negative about a harmless game.

Pekora and Marine! You both are fantastic. As much as we like to tease about you two, you both are not only great entertainers, but wholesome friends. Mad respect for our Captain! And mad respect for the sweetest rabbit a pirate could ask for as a friend!!

There are more than 200k people watching. The haters and people who don't watch hololive were there so I'm not surprised. It was trending worldwide too. There's nothing we can do about it. I just hope they don't feel too sad and discouraged. Also, Pekora is a great friend.

As with any Holomem event, the point is for them to have fun. If there are issues, they will handle it internally as they’ve done before. Chat can absolutely go overboard with “protecting” these members and it’s disappointing to see them lash out because someone was “too good”.

I'm really glad my oshi reminds me that there are many good kind people out there, because the amount of smooth brains I see and hear about used to seriously get me down mentally.

I feel bad for Senchou, she just wants to play with her friends and have fun. I mean, I kinda got bummed out myself at the end where my oshi, Suisei, lost to Marine, but I still acknowledged it as Senchou's insanely good skill in Puyo that gave her the win (and partly because I think Puyo vs Tetris is a TINY bit unbalanced with the distribution of Garbage blocks). Still, it's alright with me; my oshi did her best, Senchou did her best, everyone had fun, that's all that matters, right? Imagine how hurtful it was for Senchou to have practiced for SO HARD and for SO LONG to git gud at the game, only to get flamed because she "Overpracticed" and beat other people's oshis. She did her best to make everyone cheer for her but what does she got instead?

I can't count how much hate Marine has been getting over the years but even now, she's still winning and is supported by an even more impressive crowd and can you guess why? It's because she's such a great and sweet girl. Getting flak for being such a good person makes her live up to being a pirate... Just amazing ~

Some people are disgusted seeing other’s work hard knowing that don’t have their drive. Best wishes to Senchou and Pekora for sticking up for her friend!

Thanks to this tournament I got to see a lot of Azki&Marine interaction.

Ive been seeing this alot too and trying to address it as i see it. Marine went in the Room Of Space And Time and came out a fucking Super Sayain BEAST. People should be happy that she prepared so hard for the tournament, it shows how serious she took it.

I figured this would happen, but not enough for it to be publicly addressed. I thought "nah Marine is too widely beloved to attract a significant amount of hate", guess I was wrong. What's the bet that most people were mostly angry at the Puyo imbalance vs Tetris and how she beat Suisei. I hope this doesn't discourage Marine from playing in the future. It might be one-sided watching her against other holomem but it's really fun watching her play in general because she's so good.

Just the right time when Moona's "Who's Toxic? It's You" can be used

Things like this just reminds me of the beauty of the companionship of each hololive members

End of the day is. Whether it's Hololive or any other vtubers, isn't a place or space for toxicity. Keep it out! Those who bring it in should be ashamed of themselves. They do not belong to the fandom in any way shape or form. To the Hololive/Vtuber fans and followers keep the smiles on their faces as they have done for us.

The way Senchou obliterated the other member without mercy, I knew this gonna happen. Not everyone who watched the stream knew Senchou's hardwork and dedication. they only came to watch a good competitive match. but thanks to it, now we know that Senchou is on par with Suisei or at least near Suisei level. If Senchou fight Suisei with Puyo. We don't know if they are gonna do the competition again next time, but let's hope this won't be last. Mario Kart, Pokemon finger battle, Mahjong, Sport Festival, and now Puyo vs Tetris... we hope they added more annual event like this to entertain us fans. ❤

extremely powerful show of integrity of character here, and a very rational perspective. marine put work in and was rewarded for it. there was nothing stopping anyone else from doing the same. and if it had been someone else it would be the same. this kind of solidarity among friends is important. and shows maturity

I'm reminded of something I read years ago about salarymen being asked to go golfing with a "superior" and being EXPECTED to deliberately play badly in order to make the "superior" feel good.

Really sad some people can't ever imagine the idea of IMPROVEMENT. It takes time, effort, hard work to get good which Marine took her time. Even when I try these puzzle games I improve drastically in a weeks time, who is to say Marine didn't just improve like that as well? In fact it felt like most of the members improved during this, so you should feel happy for all of them.

I never knew that Marine was super good at Puyo Puyo until her first practice stream. At that point, I realized, that she would win. But nonetheless, it was a fun tournament. I love Puyo Puyo Tetris and seeing your idols doing a tournament and everyone practice the game I like, I was really hyped. Seeing the potentional everyone got and seeing everyone learning different techniques like the "DT Canon", "MS2" into perfect clear, GTR and Stairs was a delight! Even Suisei learned "Hellfire" and I didn't even knew, that Suisei could play Puyo Puyo too. It is a tournament man. "Pushing" out the strong is so wrong. lol Then Tournaments like "Vsaikyo" wouldn't be a thing, if all the strong players can't participate. But well, with 244k Viewers, there will always be tend to be some haters. I wouldn't even call them "fans". They are just some dumb random viewers.

Pekora said perfectly what needed to be say. Tbh I know marine will surely win this tournament cause of her skill gap is too different, but it still fun to watch who get second place, how the contestant went up against each other, how better they get after practice, I'm proud enough to see fubuki could get as far as 3rd place or miko could stack up tetris cleaner than before and last as long as she can, many match up was a real fierce battle too

That was very considerate of Pekora to address it instead of bottling it up. I also agree with what she said here.

I just hope Senchou doesn't let the hate get to her because even though she jokes about it and doesn't want anyone to worry. She's still human and quite emotionally fragile. That said if you've watched the exhibition match she can go decently well against Sui-chan which is absolutely something that can't be faked.

What the heck?! Why would anyone be upset with how the tournament turned out? It was incredible to watch from start to end, and everyone trained hard for it. No one should be harassed because of how they did. I swear, people can be so stupid...

I knew this shit is gonna happen when i saw Marine destroys everyone in 10 seconds yesterday 💀

well it was a tournament and based on what Pekora was saying and from the little clips i saw, many members had different skill levels at different games. So yes of course we could not know how good some of them really are until they all compete in the tournament. If you wanna exclude people for being too good, you gotta find out the base skill first. Now we know. I'm not a fan, or even follow her outside of her being a guest star in some clips i see from other members, but hearing about Marine being skilled like that makes me a little bit happy.

Like Pekora said, this is the first ever tournament. Before this tourney, only Suisei that is worldwide known for her tetris skill. There will always haters out of nowhere. For me personally I think it's really amazing to find out Marine's puyo puyo skill in this tourney.

To be honest pekora is very protective of her holomems and i like the way she addressed this issues so professional. Sasuga murderous rabbito😂

Eh?!?! What's the point of having a tournament if you don't play like you mean it? LOL. I knew from the start that it was going to be a Marine vs Koyori thing, still enjoyed the matches tho lol

what a kind and thoughtful rabbit

Really proud of her for publicly doing this and setting things straight. people will complain just because their oshi didn't win, and that is stupid

Marine is a damn good player. You really cant do that at all. Props to pekora here

Pekora is an awesome person.

Marine is honestly one of the kindest holomem . Crazy how people would hate on her because she’s good at a game

Being so cracked that the league forces you into early retirement is some Jordan shit.

i had a feeling this might happen just by what some people were insinuating in chat right after it finished, i hoped i would be wrong though. my personal opinion is that tournament’s are held to show off the talents of everyone involved, it’s the individuals decision to play or not. to me i wouldn’t have had a problem if Suisei or even an ex pro wanted to play in the tournament if one exists in Hololive. this tournament was just for fun, why not let everyone show off their true potential. i thought the same thing when they almost didn’t let Selen play in that big Apex stream that was also this past weekend. i get needing to keep teams balanced but because of that almost excluding someone for being too talented who is actually part of this community seemed very silly to me. i’m glad Selen got to play even though the tournament didn’t go great for her on game day. it was one of her dreams after all! just as i’m glad Marine was able to show off her Puyo Puyo skills and i’d be perfectly fine if she did it again next time if she wants to.

There's nothing that was on the line for this tournament.. No prize money, no trophy. Is it really important who participates and who doesn't? It's not like there's a prize. It's all in good fun.

I could understand one word in 10 of the Japanese but the emotion shone through clearly. Pekora heart heart heart.

I just see how well marine and Suisei practice and play with other members❤️

I think that the big surprise was that se beated Suisei, who wasn't participating for being overqualified for the tournament, so people realized that Marine maybe was overqualified as well.

Mad respect to Pekora for sticking up for Marine!🙏 People complain over anything these days just to get attention and cause harm to someone and it's really sad... If you don't like someone, be a grown up and move on. Don't try to hurt them over some petty reasons. Nobody is forcing you to watch them anyway. Go touch some grass.

There was like 250k viewers, that is bound to happen in a tournament, even though it was supposed to be a fun one

She is such a sweetheart ❤️

there wull always be jerks in every stream, cant avoid that its up to those who rreally love them to protect them and just be supportive, its sad that those die hard fans dont know their limits. but for pekora thats a real genmate there. kudos to this chaotic war criminal for sticking up to her friend/co worker

yup thats why it called "tournament" a compettion. you cant tell people to get out because theyre too strong/good at the game. respect their hardwork, they not magicaly become strong/good at the game, they do practice too.

Basedぺこ She handled this well👏👏👏

Kinda crazy people didn't realize how much Marine improved because of practice and training. She works hard, and Marine deserves the biggest of Ws.

In Japan, due to their social construct "Kuuki Yome!" or "Read the atmosphere" insult is very serious, especially for a woman. Maybe like an insult toward someone's mother for Italian.

Marine is good because she put in the work. People just don't like to see their picks lose I guess. There always seems to be drama after each big event Hololive does, and most of the time it's to either the winner or the person who made the event happen. PS. Just like Pekora said, it's not a majority of people that hate on Marine or Pekora for putting her in. It's like a VERY small % of people that shout the loudest to let their voice be heard the most. Luckily Pekora knows this because just like Minecraft sports festival and Mario Kart tournament, I hope they will continue something like this even with those annoying select few.

Pekora standing up for her genmate like a true sister

my crazy rabbit cant be this too much wholesome

Pekora have a sweet hearth deep down ❤🐰

Can't be more clear than that, Marine was already in the competition, removing her because she's too good is just not right, especially as a friend. But don't let this 5% drama make you forget that 95% of the tournament was a huge success and I am looking forward to the next one !

In the next tournament they can put up boss mode for Marine in puyo puyo and Suisei in tetris like 2 persons vs one of them and that will be a lot fun to watch.

Pekora alway a warm heart that why is my oshi

My opinion on this is to just let everyone participate, not only will that ease the pressure for beginners as more people will turn up, it will boost the motivation for the top players and also gives the super competitive members a solid goal to reach for the top, instead of booting out a dominant player. And organize a tournament every 2 or 3 months to keep their skills sharp and consistent. But Hololive is not just about competitive tetupuyo, they have other much larger responsibilities so too bad for the people who are too invested on this specific tournament.

you can hear pekora voice being emotional and is genuine on addressing these hate or harsh comments on marine

Cute rocking chair pirate did her best with a game of her time. Glad she won after the efford she put in.

Way too many people on the internet can take such a fun event and find something to get mad about.

Where's the logic of shitting on Marine while Sui gets a pass?

Pekora has always been so kind. If someone has become good at something due to hard work, why would that be a reason to be bulied? And then to vent unfait frustration into somebody else. The nerve of some people.

I didn't know what was going on, but now I get it. It's like the Rice Shower situation from Uma, and no one clapped.

“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.” -Marine the Barbarian (1982)

I, unfortunately, was only able to catch some clips of the tournament. Some of which were Marine owning people. So, out of l context, I can see people getting mad. Here's the thing, though. A tournament by nature is going to have a person who is number 1. If there's no winner, then there's no tournament. Good for Marine for practicing.

She might be a war criminal, but she loves her genmates

Damn people need to chill. It's a fun tournament for fun

I am really enjoying so much the competition between holomem starts from the opening until the finish game. Even though I'm not a fan of Puyo-puyo or Tetris game, I am really happy to see many holomem enjoys the game so much. I am not supported one of them too, because I am not a fanatics or a corrupted fans, who always want to see their talents win the tournament so much and I am glad my Oshi can enjoy this game too. I hope the haters can stop harassing Marine because she won the game with her efforts and daily training before the tournament starts two days ago.

A lot of the Japanese audience seems to care so much for seemingly little things that wouldn't even be of any issue overseas. Just seems strange to me that this was ever even considered a problem.

Marine def deserved to be in the tournament. Sure, she practiced so much that pulled a Goku here, she became too good to be stopped, that's not her fault. Marine's training made her become a goddess. Not everyone is the same. plus everybody had fun.

This is the first I heard that she got hate. Bizarre, she doesn't deserve it in the least. She worked hard and earned her victory! Saying she shouldn't be allowed to play with her friends and coworkers... Jeez, some people...

Heh..I knew this was going to happen, just like always. Make sure to send Senchou your love and support guys.

Eh, marine's recent streams barely has dislikes, which is a good enough indicator to when someone is being targeted by haters. It's fine, no one is making mountains out of these anthills. And even if there are, it ain't getting traction.

Geez some people just don’t like fun. You can root for your favorite to win but at the end of it all, everyone should be rooting for Hololive together.

Some viewers are basically sports fans without the sports.

I loved the tournament. It was so fun. But if people really are mad and this is such a big deal, just make a rule that the winner of a tournament has to host the next tournament.

Thats must be Hardcore suisei gachikoi, even tho suisei didnt even need & approved gachikoi toward her lol

Big respect for Pekora, i feel bad for Marine because she did her absolute best, i hope everything will pass. You haters know when to start hating on the most stupid things huh, shame on you guys whoever you are.

That's our crazy rabbit ❤

Peko-sama 🙏🙏🙏 she is really sad for Marine, almost crying

People seem to have forgotten a little fact: Marine is a Touhou player.

Practice does really go a long way. For example, Suisei went from an amateur in Apex too someone equivalent to diamond rank via a month of constant practice. Honestly speaking, Marine would have stood no chance against Sui if she didn’t work her ass off to close the skill gap. It’s not that she was “smurfing” or was “too good”, she just got better and it really showed in this tournament. The same can be applied to the Mario kart tournament. Sui, Aqua, Marine, Gura, etc… aren’t just naturally good at the game, *they actually practiced to get that good.*

Hang in there Marine!

Ah yes, the one thing that the internet hates the most: Putting the work and getting good at something. That and also having fun.