Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 31, Section 30: The Privileges of Sakura Girls

Hearing this, Akari Kujo was slightly confused.

As a Japanese person, the fact that "League of Legends" is the world's number one online game and that League of Legends esports is the most popular tournament in the world is something she has heard of but doesn't really have any concrete experience with.

It's like no matter how much you tell a Chinese person, "Star Wars is a huge hit in America," they might still feel that "it's not as good as Journey to the West."

What does it have to do with her being Japanese if a game becomes popular in China and South Korea?

Therefore, when Shimamura Yuna said, "I can make money from Chinese people," her first reaction was: "Is it really that simple?"

"No, well, if it were really that simple, why haven't we heard of any Japanese LOL streamers trying to expand into the Chinese and Korean markets? This kind of thing isn't just talk, is it?"

"Furthermore, can you speak Chinese? Can you understand how to interact with the audience?"

Hearing these words, Shimamura Yuna almost laughed for a moment.

She really wanted to tell Akari Kujo that, for Japanese people, if they want to go to Bilibili to buy rice, they often don't even need to know Chinese.

The filter that B-friends have for Japanese girls is deeply ingrained.

She used to often browse videos and live streams on Bilibili when she had nothing to do, and she could see some Japanese girls streaming on Bilibili.

Those Japanese girls come to Bilibili to do live streams, but they don't speak a word of Chinese; they rely entirely on translators in the live stream room.

Even so, some people still find it very entertaining.

This is a privilege enjoyed by Japanese girls.

All they need to do is feign goodwill towards Bilibili users and pretend to be interested in China, and they'll drive the users crazy.

Not to mention some who are too lazy to even express basic goodwill, and simply have "I came to Bilibili just to make money" written all over their faces.

That's just the unique feature of the Bilibili platform.

While it's true that there aren't any large-scale or well-known Japanese streamers on Bilibili whose main streaming project is League of Legends, there really aren't any.

However, Shimamura Yuna believes that this is not because the path is not feasible.

It's not because of a lack of information.

On the one hand, there are very few Japanese people who play LOL, and very few skilled LOL players can emerge from among them.

Secondly, among the Japanese who play League of Legends, even fewer are likely to realize the need to develop on overseas platforms or be willing to leave their comfort zones.

After all, language barriers and cultural differences are objective learning costs.

But she was quite certain that this was something that would work.

Because Korean streamers like DOPA and Kim Chan-yi have already achieved success in China.

A League of Legends pro, a foreigner, and a female streamer—even possessing just one of these three labels can sometimes make someone famous.

If you have two of these, you have a high chance of becoming popular.

Shimamura Yuna, on the other hand, combines all three.

She is a skilled Japanese girl.

Even though she wasn't particularly tech-savvy, she could still realize that her identity in this life was actually quite intriguing for a livestreamer.

And that goes without saying.
She has a natural advantage over other anchors in terms of the "information gap" regarding China.

She is a Japanese person with memories of Chinese people.

She understood the Chinese language, the Chinese way of thinking, and the Chinese sensitivities perfectly.

Thinking of this, she slightly curled the corners of her lips and said to Kujo Akari:
How do you know I don't speak Chinese?

She said it in Chinese. Hearing an unfamiliar language from her friend suddenly made Akari Kujo pause for a moment.

For a while, she was completely bewildered. After processing what had happened for a long time, she finally realized, "You were speaking Chinese just now?"

Yuna Shimamura nodded: "Yes, I'm speaking Chinese." She also gave an explanation for her ability to speak Chinese: "During my time off from school, I've been learning for a while now, and I can now communicate in a fairly basic way."

"Therefore, I believe I can do it, by streaming live on Chinese platforms."

Actually, this explanation is not very reasonable. It is impossible for someone to learn Chinese to the level of fluency of Shimamura Yuna in just over a year, without a language environment and through self-study.

However, because Akari Kujo had never studied Chinese, she couldn't tell how fluent Shimamura Yuna's Chinese was.

She didn't sense anything amiss in this explanation.

She was just even more shocked.

It's not just about being good at games.

In just over a year, I even learned Chinese well.
This is not just a matter of having talent in a certain area.

This will make you "full of talent and able to do anything well".

But is this really reasonable?
In Akari Kujo's memory, the past Shimamura Yuna was not a particularly talented person.

His academic performance is below average, and he comes across as lazy and unproductive in life, unable to do anything well.

Lacking perseverance and patience.

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about playing games.
Back then, the two of them played Pokémon together. Akari Kujo was always the one who finished the game first, while Yuna Shimamura was the one who didn't want to use her brain and just waited to reach out to Akari Kujo, who had already finished the game, for the walkthrough.

To put it bluntly, Shimamura Yuna is the typical type of person you would use as an example when discussing why someone is "ordinary".

She has too many flaws in her personality and abilities.

You might not say she's a bad person; she does have some good points.

But he is definitely not a genius.

However.
Now, she has suddenly reached a level in the game that Kujo Akari can only look up to and can't even imagine.

She was able to learn Chinese well at the same time, even during the year she took a break from school.

She even considered developing her career in live streaming in China, demonstrating her willingness to step out of her comfort zone.

She suddenly displayed a completely different side of herself, one that made people feel her "talent".

just like.
It seems that depression suddenly opened up Shimamura Yuna's Ren and Du meridians.

It transformed her from ordinary to extraordinary.

It transformed her from an ordinary person into a genius.

Although I find it a little strange that Shimamura Yuna suddenly became so outstanding.

However, Akari Kujo did not delve into this issue for the time being.

Because the other party's current characteristics are enough for her to believe that 'whatever she wants to do must be the right thing'.

Just like how she can play games well and learn Chinese well.

Since she believes she can make a name for herself by broadcasting on Chinese platforms, she's sure to achieve something great.

She chose to stop questioning and stop interfering with the other person's understanding with her own limited, narrow-minded perspective.

Instead, they chose to help the other person in their own way.

(End of this chapter)