THIS IS WHY JAPAN IS THE BEST AT SMASH (Kagiribi 12 Reaction)

Kagiribi 12 happened this past weekend in Japan, and oh boy was it a tournament you did NOT want to miss. Not only did some of the best Japanese and International players attend, we saw some insane performances from names you may have not heard of. Here are my reactions and analysis of sets featuring MkLeo, Snow, Acola, Hurt, Zackray, Miya, and more!
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[@fullasiannormal7986]

The 69 Grand Finals combo was peak

[@antoahdbeidbbeksbz]

Thank you, it doesn't get enought recognition for a perfect 6-9 combo

[@DragonMaster1818]

15:13

[@mrmediocre848]

Leo was playing so well against Snow for the majority of the set, and then he started panicking against the threat of Mario cheese that he let it be him. He is our modern day Shakespearean tragedy

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Leo's arch nemisis is Mario lmao

[@JLWorks]

That DK went so hard. I loved every bit of it.

[@juggernautstark1]

Imagine someone never seeing smash prior and the first time and you see all the crazy shit with Bayo and pit fighting offstage into the blast zones. Then you see Snake vs G&W… Game is a thing of beauty tbh. I have no idea how the balancing has held up as long as it has.

[@NeutralL12]

Mario getting to spam bair without turning around but Jiggs is forced to is criminal

[@TheVirginMeri]

What a great line to end the video on LMAO

[@10Bendog]

11:44 What the Up air here does is that it lets Bayo keep her momentum in the air to be able to recover. All of Bayo’s aerials help her momentum in some way and it’s why Bayo mains always do seemingly random up airs, or nairs, or even fairs while recovering, otherwise if you don’t, her aerial momentum becomes nonexistent and she drops like a rock.

[@tommykirkland4244]

huh, so thats how you play bayonetta

[@Creepo_J]

​@@tommykirkland4244 Mashing

[@10Bendog]

@@tommykirkland4244 To play her you really only need to know this and how to do jump cancel Up B. Everything else is trial and error.

[@apsido-8126]

5:40 it’s hard to believe that Leo would just, airdodge straight to him? It’s unfathomable. THERE WAS NO REASON TO AIRDODGE.

[@leifpeterson4850]

Playing Roy makes you wanna do stuff like that bro

[@JJ-xe6wd]

reminds me of kola

[@blarg7239]

he lost his jump, he could only make it back with a directional airdodge. it was basically checkmate

[@leifpeterson4850]

@@blarg7239 he didn’t directional air dodge.

[@blarg7239]

​@@leifpeterson4850watch his dot in the offscreen box, he air dodges left

[@IHaveTheSilly]

Damn crowd was really going nuts in acola vs hurt

[@nuoca]

leo turning into cosmos you h8 to see it

[@lloydaran]

2:07 You can't DI that down-throw at that %, it doesn't put you into tumble (no blue line in fact)

[@lovelyzombie9828]

14:12 hurt was 0.6 percent away from hitting this omGGGGGGG

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@dirtydan_BTK_]

2:02 don't believe he could have di'd the throw its self (too low %), but the 2nd up air seemed to be di out, as well as the foward air.

[@chessandmusicwithoskiez6241]

Keep cooking hurt so we can get Marss in person!

[@daqupel4047]

I still don't understand how Hurt throws a grenade and immediately z-catches it. Example: 8:19

[@BigMarioFan28]

I love snow's mario, very smart play

[@willm127]

Respect for the TMNT IV music

[@brandonbulthuis2740]

I forgot some people have to play bad matchups. (I play diddy and fox)

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

As a Ganondorf main, you get good match ups?

[@giovannivalentine2830]

This set had me hurt (pun intended)

[@yalebass]

2:07 can’t di down throw

[@leifpeterson4850]

Wym?

[@igirjei3717]

@@leifpeterson4850his % was too low to DI anything besides the last u-air (and f-air). You can tell because he wasn't in tumble and there was no smoke, and you can only DI (or SDI) when those things happen That said though, DI out on that last u-air is absolutely insane behavior

[@extonjonas6820]

Damn, I can't remember the last time I watched a leo video and the dude actually won a game.

[@zyul6420]

what is up with the bots in the comment section lol? also I really wish hurt won.

[@Destoroyah12]

If sponsors in Japan were better and they could compete overseas more often the top 10 rank at the end of the year would be full of japanese players.

[@Fjords.44]

Why does snow run the American mario skin?

[@stephendonovan9084]

Know your enemy

[@juicy_berger]

cuz it goes hard 🔥

[@juancarlosavila1853]

All the disappointment frustration and bullying is because NA was not ready to realize that Japan players at this moment are the best in the world. Some of the strongest ones were competing but it wasn't enough, it's not fair to bullying them as they did the sacrifice of journey all the way to Japan not for money but for the glory. The only way that our strongest NA players can get better is supporting them, so it could be a next time, and then a next time, and then another till, the crown comes back to America.

[@ralphwiggum3463]

lets not also pretend like it isnt easier for japanese players to get better tho. they're all literally in one location. america is 50 states. hard to practice against the best when you gotta constantly travel, where as they are aaall in tokyo

[@lyiii5383]

@@ralphwiggum3463​​⁠​​⁠​⁠​⁠ コロナ前まではNAの方が強かったのは事実だから、地理的な問題はあまり関係ないと思う。 日本のトッププレーヤー達はコロナでオフライン対戦ができない間、ずっとSmashmateで1日に何十戦もして研鑽を積んでたから強くなったと思う（しかも低遅延MOD無しで。かつ、コロナが終わった今でもSmashmateは毎晩盛り上がってる） NAもトッププレーヤー達がオンライン対戦に協力的になれば、すぐに日本と同等のレベルか、追い抜くと思う。 あくまで個人の感想だし、次の大会がどうなるか分からないけど。

[@ralphwiggum3463]

@@lyiii5383 Good point. you're right. i shouldn't disregard their hard work and effort like that. japan has earned their spot

[@lyiii5383]

@@ralphwiggum3463 Sorry for the sudden Japanese comment! Anyway, I hope they continue to compete in Japan, NA, and EU and continue to improve their level! Google Translate

[@usern4metak3ns]

zackray is awesome. i miss when bayo could be gimped

[@GC_4]

Happy to see MKLeo stopped simping with his tag

[@Trattt]

Oh leo how the best has fallen

[@leifpeterson4850]

Mario sorta destroys Roy though. Roy just has a hard time against grapplers/ brawlers. If only Leo knew

[@stephendonovan9084]

Is it just a situation where they get more of what they want than Roy does? Because for instance Mario has to interact with Roy, but Roy also has to interact with Mario?

[@liche414]

leo couldve won that set tho. tbh he could've went further this whole tourney but it rly doesnt seem like he cares.

[@leifpeterson4850]

@@stephendonovan9084 that’s exactly it. My practice partner plays mario and I play Roy so Ive got 100+ hours in the matchup. It’s not unwinnable but very difficult. Mario combos Roy very easy and Roy doesn’t have anything special to escape combos.

[@leifpeterson4850]

@@liche414 Leo is not traveling to Japan just to half ass a tournament run 😂😂 he is trying brother

[@liche414]

@@leifpeterson4850 he doesn’t adapt, he doesn’t change habits, and he doesn’t di. i’m not saying he’s not playing to lose, but he’s clearly not putting his best effort to win. he’s not there thinking he’s a shoe-in to win the whole thing. if you can’t see that then u don’t watch or play enough smash.

[@matthiashopkins7502]

DK DONKEY KONG IS HERE

[@ryandelvalle1384]

So many good players for a Snake-Steve Grand Finals. Where is the switch 2 with Smash 6? We def need it.

[@Godlysound]

I really don't need the teasers of marss later in the video at the beginning of the episode, if its worth hearing. But great stuff otherwise 🙌

[@juicy_berger]

i like it, it lets me know that the content i’m watching is based (keeps me glued to my screen) 👍

[@OdaGoda957]

Did Leo forget the penjamin is illegal in japan? That’s my cope for his performance

[@Tonjit41]

cmon leo make the mario work a little harder for it jrureidjfurie you know he's just fishing to whiff punish and overshoot the whole game. stop pressing so many buttons

[@Tonjit41]

also you mash something out of disadvantage with roy and it's AIR DODGE?!??

[@CovertGhoul]

Hey you remember that time when redacted player and Leffen said my list was stupid and GnW wasn't a top 20 character, but a bottom 5 character, lol.

[@randybobandy7613]

I'd rolling was broken. I'd be a god..God... and I am not...

[@leegak6872]

I feel like Leo should just play lucina and destroy the field

[@yuomovaeh3028]

No matter what he plays there's always someone thinking he should play something else. But I agree that Lucina is a cool character.

[@alephkasai9384]

I wonder why he doesn't play Marth , I thought he was pretty good with him a couple months ago but I don't remember ever seeing him use Marth recently

[@konkeydong357]

You should have went over Leo's game against DK. I like Leo but this was not him

[@TANN3Rg]

Sweaty first comment

[@運営-m4m]

↓the loser's howling

[@MrBobxxl]

snake and g&w are both so damn disgusting.