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The story
A thread for players of “Suikoden: Star Leap” on Newsspeed VIP was rolling along with emoji-faced posters trading gacha-pull reports and swapping talk about the weather whenever someone asked to see a photo. Then the thread starter suddenly asked, “Isn’t Ohtani’s popularity dropping lately?” — sending the conversation off the rails into a debate over baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s popularity. Opinions split over whether his popularity itself had actually declined, or whether it was simply that media coverage had cooled off.
What people said
(っ´ω`c) Wanna go ahead and pull the new gacha?
(っ´ω`c) Come on, let's pull the new gacha
(´・ω・`) Did you pull, Pomii?
(っ´ω`c) Yeah……
(っ´ω`c) Nope…… because I don't want to spend money on it anymore……
(´・ω・`) Oh, so you got the character you wanted after all! Nice!
(っ´ω`c) ……yeah
(っ´ω`c) Seriously? So what was the result?
(っ´ω`c) Just take a picture of the scenery outside and show me that
Got Marle to 2 dupes, and managed to secure base copies of Humphrey and Miruihi too, so it worked out okay
(っ´ω`c) ……congrats. Are you Takashi-kun?
(っ´ω`c) Nope, not that. The scenery outside, I said
(っ´ω`c) Can't be done, so don't worry. Just hide anything identifying and show me?
(っ´ω`c) So it wasn't a downpour after all
(っ´ω`c) Good to hear. Natural disasters are scary, after all
Ohtani always seemed like the type who'd rather not be fussed over, so honestly I think this is a good thing
(ꐦ·᷅ὢ·᷄ꐦ) It's not that his popularity dropped — isn't it just that the over-the-top coverage died down?
(っ´ω`c) ……
(っ´ω`c) You think so? …Maybe you're right
(っ´ω`c) So cut to the chase — what was the result?
(っ´ω`c) Not totally sure what you actually pulled, but congrats
Props for not spending money on it
(っ´ω`c) I don't want to spend money on it anymore. The reason is: I just don't want to
(っ´ω`c) How many times did you pull?
Background and Points of Debate
No clear statistics or data back either side of this debate — it’s strictly an exchange of gut impressions among thread posters. Both the claim that “popularity has dropped” and the counter that “it’s just that coverage volume has calmed down” are purely impressionistic; no actual figures on media exposure or opinion polling appear anywhere in the thread. It’s also worth noting this was originally a casual chat thread for reporting gacha-pull luck, and the Ohtani topic was nothing more than a temporary detour from the main subject. As a read, it captures that distinctly 5ch atmosphere where game chatter and topical commentary on public figures blend together seamlessly.</analysis>
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※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread 「(っ´ω`c) Anyone here playing Suikoden: Star Leap, come on in」.
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