ROUND 1, MATCH 12 PRE-GAME ANALYSIS

6th Seed 2B (Nier: Automata) VS 27th Seed Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)

Tomorrow we will finally see one of the tournament’s biggest favorites be unleashed on the competition. Even at #6, I suspect 2B might have been underseeded, because she has arguably been THE gaming sex symbol since 2017. Of course, being an iconic vidya girl didn’t help Tifa much, but unlike post-Remake Tifa, 2B’s design leans far too aggressively into pure man-pleasing fanservice to be considered Normalfag-friendly, or Safe Horny. And while her game is very popular in its own right, I’m sure tons of people who never played a Nier game are still very familiar with 2B, she's just that damn popular. Her game even got an anime adaptation recently!

2B also boasts the best Ass in all of gaming. At least, she has the most famous ass, and I can’t really see how you improve on it – perfectly shaped, incredibly juicy, and as big as it could possibly be while still fitting with 2B’s slim and athletic body type. Her overall design and outfit definitely emphasizes the robutt as well, with only a modest bust and cleavage, but her dress being very short, which ensures you get plenty of brief, but electrifying glimpses of her bare cheeks during regular gameplay.

…and then you learn about the self-destruct feature, and discover that you can play much of the game with 2B’s glorious ass in full view! Not to mention that the game has some pretty in-depth camera options - talk about giving the people exactly what they want!

Of course, 2B has more to offer than perfect android ass – her design has plenty of other things going for it (the blindfold stays ON during sexbot mode!), and as a character she’s badass and cool, capable of dispatching entire robot armies with elegance and grace, yet at the same time she’s a hurting and tragic character, and her relationship with 9S has some very sweet (and heartbreaking) moments. It’s not hard to understand how this girl got so popular.

And yeah, it also shouldn’t be too difficult to tell that 2B is one of my favorite girls in this tournament, and after Pyra and maybe Samus, she’s the one I’m rooting for the most. Of course, she might end up *facing* Pyra in round 3, which should be an absolutely amazing match to behold.

I have a lot less to say about Yukiko. I do plan to play Persona 4 eventually, which sadly actually hurts her right now, since it means I don’t want to look up too much info on her. I do know she’s one of the major Persona 4 girls, and that the Persona series as a whole has plenty of great Waifus. Hell, a number of them were nominated for this tournament, but only Yukiko qualified. Despite a pretty weak showing in the Qualifier poll, I think Yukiko’s core fanbase, Persona 4 Respect (I get the impression that 4 is way more highly regarded than 5 among my Fedi mutuals) and the overall strength of the Persona series could save her from getting blown out by 2B, but that’s probably the most she can hope for.

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