No Straight Roads - Sayu Boss Fight

[@blacksonic583]

I like how her theme begins when Zuke and May are shocked with what Sayu said, like "So you came to defeat me with Rock? Well i will defeat you with love!"

[@jerseyhidalgo7421]

No she must be defeated by a devastation beam.

[@joshuasebsebe3919]

Can you imagine if Sayu is voiced by Tara strong

[@silverflight01]

@@joshuasebsebe3919 Rock VS EDM + Friendship

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

@@joshuasebsebe3919GOD PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

[@candlelight5028]

​@@silverflight01OMG SHE ALSO VOICED TWILIGHT FROM MLP COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT!

[@RenGraes]

A little reminder that this fight spawned a massive influx of fan-art of Mayday pinching Sayu's cheeks.

[@wakisabe]

that's adorable

[@stephaniesuazo8111]

Show me

[@RenGraes]

@@stephaniesuazo8111 can't you use Google?

[@Buby39]

I wanna see it but I’m to scared

[@silverdays2909]

@@Buby39 scared of seeing some fissy?

[@warrockenjoyer2170]

I love the fact this boss is literally the equivalent of some kids in a big trenchcoat pretending to be an adult(?) woman.

[@wheatleylabs0107]

In Kliff's briefing it's stated that Sayu is 16.

[@lunalgaleo1991]

@@wheatleylabs0107 Aren't all 5 of them 16?

[@popsicle7844]

@@lunalgaleo1991 sayu is the bot

[@lunalgaleo1991]

@@popsicle7844 I know.

[@metafreak1261]

​@Lunalgaleo The kids are adolescents, if you're still curious about that

[@lilmao4482]

Two anarchists destroy 4 high school kid’s beloved vocaloid idol in front of their fans:

[@Mrsilly123BLEHH]

Nice title

[@silverflight01]

"Stay in school, do your homework, and never turn Sayu into that thing ever again." "Sayunara!"

[@gothiiispiderz]

i honestly love how this represents how the creators are overshadowed in the vocaloid community, having their songs mistaken for being created by the loids themselves (the people controlling Sayu represent the composers, while Sayu is a simple loid)

[@firelordeliteast6750]

Like puppeteers

[@DavidUtau]

No it doesn't?...

[@gothiiispiderz]

@@DavidUtau it can

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

That's pretty much the entire entertainment industry in a nutshell. Movies, shows, animations, music, theater, and so on. Every one of those has people doing the real work behind the scenes while the performers seemingly get the bulk of the credit.

[@orangeismyfavoritecolor]

@@DavidUtau It’s not intentional, but it works.

[@mrteddy718]

So the red kid controls her voice, the orange kid controls her design, The blue kid controls her movement, The yellow kid controls her stability and edits her

[@Meisuki]

It looks like he handles her core coding.

[@5omewhat0fal0ser]

I'm getting Inside Out vibes here...

[@GreenScrapBot]

Not entirely correct. In the briefing before this fight it says: orange (Remi; character designer and team leader) red (Tila; composer and voice) blue (Dodo; animator) yellow (Sofa; video editor)

[@rengulmelby]

Uh-huh

[@jambon2730]

@@GreenScrapBot it would be more coherent if it's Tila (the red girl) to be the leader, she's the first to fight controlling sayu, the first person to create the project and all the sayu fight is based around music Also she's the only one who don't attack directly

[@onyxvega7369]

Something people haven't noticed… the pre-phase 4 cutscene before she transforms into a reverse mermaid. It takes her 3 tries to transform. Just like how you never quite manage to plug a usb key on the first try. Good detail.

[@RHY5IE]

this is a bit of a reach but i love it so ill like it anyways edit: omg no wait im stupid her trident is the usb

[@Suzu.Q]

@@RHY5IE I think it was a joke

[@RandomPerson-ox8zi]

And now I just noticed her trident even resembles the symbol for USB

[@negativezer0741]

I don’t think they’re related

[@calamari_angel]

She even flips the trident after each try!

[@daneyal7162]

If this world is advanced enough for people like DJ Supernova to have human bodies with disco shaped heads, it's weird that Sayu isn't a sentient, fully functional A.I....

[@fever1]

Hey she was made by 4 high (middle?) school kids i wouldn’t expect it to be easy

[@daneyal7162]

@@fever1 It's probably a parody of the vocaloids.

[@AKB_Umagarich01]

And a cute A.I too *kyuhuhu*🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@thedotintheletteri]

@@daneyal7162 More of virtual idols in general, since vocaloids are a little different. Definitely vocaloid inspired tho

[@Tobythefirst1]

Yeah sure. Let's talk about AI and not the fact that two people were transported into a digital realm.

[@mrteddy718]

At the end of the fight the rock music slowly takes over When you destroy the physic file the drumbeat turns to rock When you destroy the edit file you lose the main genre when you destroy the voice file you lose the edm lyrics and it full on becomes rock

[@aeongiedubu5184]

pog

[@ブラクマト]

Whoa that was…a lot 🥰

[@Birdtendo]

The music immediately slaps when the hey comes in.

[@Mossymushroomfrog18]

It’s a shame it isn’t on the soundtrack

[@Birdtendo]

@@Mossymushroomfrog18 stupid choices.

[@lunaris6552]

I thought it said sayu but with more emphasis on the u

[@Birdtendo]

@@bjkaye9918 word?

[@bjkaye9918]

@@Birdtendo yup, it also has the crowd cheer in sayus level

[@cheesewizard3965]

1:00 this interaction really does show that Mayday is the heart of the group and Zuke is the brain

[@kiarashipseverythingandmak4371]

Sayu has to be my favorite character by far she's the most amazing boss fight ever

[@YippeeeTeena]

😂

[@kiarashipseverythingandmak4371]

Sayu CU why are you laughing

[@BitrateBilly]

@@kiarashipseverythingandmak4371 😂

[@kiarashipseverythingandmak4371]

Bitrate Billy why are you laughing

[@hat7475]

@@kiarashipseverythingandmak4371 😂

[@madam-mint]

This is random, but I love the fact that the person who controls Sayu’s movement has a design reminiscent of motion capture clothing, with all the little pom-poms all over their clothes!

[@networknomad5600]

That moment when you realize that the protags are actually the bad guys in the whole game.

[@roleemack1535]

Yep remind me of Nier

[@howlingdin9332]

Both sides had a valid point. That's why the game is called No Straight Roads.

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@howlingdin9332 Both sides have valid points but also have reasons why they don’t work individually. I mean, it’s kind of stupid calling your city the musical capital of the world when you monopolise it on one genre.

[@AlphaCarinae]

Sayu did nothing wrong

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@AlphaCarinae The only real thing was voting to reject Mayday and Zuke. It’s more like she’s just a part of the system.

[@manramen]

Considering she's the second boss overall and the first boss you had to work at, she REALLY doesn't EFF around does she? Meanwhile literally every kpop stan be like "wait her fans get multiple colors of glowsticks? Not fair man." :P

[@saram3449]

Kpop light sticks change colour

[@darklord-uz1rm]

Bruh she was litterally vibing when zuke and may start battling her

[@Mizra-dq3lj]

Ikr she's all friendly and giggles and the two madlads come to destroy her career

[@Mianashya]

@@Mizra-dq3lj pretty sure thats the entire plot or something

[@Midnight-8262]

@@Mianashya yeah it is

[@darkx6869]

@@Mianashyaexcept may and zuke are the bad guys

[@antonitocotter447]

​@darkx6869 More like good guys being manipulated by the actual bad guy.

[@itswompie]

10:47 Something about this part just makes me feel so epic when doing this boss fight

[@Tsusagi]

My favorite thing is the icons for Sayu’s creators are plastic die cut molds. The same kind you’d see for Gundam models or figurines

[@idktbh1006]

did SAYU just *_shipped_* Zuke and May? Or she just assumed their relationship like West did

[@skeletalmixer1019]

Assumed probably

[@plaguedeene]

Kinda both

[@kylestubbs8867]

A guy and a girl are best friends, someone’s going to ship them regardless of anything else.

[@yoshidinono8095]

You sound West, and I never have played this game.

[@Djstudiosgold]

She was just saying what we were all thinking.

[@needleyVRC]

She reminds me of Splatoon 1's final boss combined to the final phase of the final boss from the second game + the Octo expansion dlc's final boss (pretty weird that this amazing boss reminds me of the Splatoon franchise 🙃)

[@aishutoon4553]

Not that weird, the whole ocean aesthetic and some parts of the song give me Splatoon vibes.

[@miratarnish6316]

Sayu seems to fit right in with the Splatoon motifs, and yeah she does share the vapourwave inspired style with the expansion boss

[@Mewx2_dj]

The music slaps just like Splatoons

[@octonoob]

Literally what I thought

[@wavechild5164]

Sayu gives me Hypno Callie vibes

[@netherfreakultima4498]

19:05 Lol...I love how evil Mayday looks in this moment

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

At the height of COVID, this song was the only thing that made me smile for the first time in a long time. I will always fondly remember this song.

[@reefslider1]

holyshet i just realized the song changes when you destroy the files-

[@caldadextra2063]

Any other year, this would win best soundtrack at the VGAs. Unfortunately, BPM and Cyberpunk are gonna probably get nominated too, so the competition is gonna be tough

[@brokenchalk1607]

I would say that NSR has a fighting chance.

[@aishutoon4553]

The whole game’s about music, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it got nominated. Edit: Never…mind…

[@WannabeWryter]

This game deserves some kind of award and more recognition from the big KZbin Gamers

[@quantum6888]

This aged like milk

[@WannabeWryter]

@@quantum6888 Why?

[@skeletalmixer1019]

I want to hug sayu

[@joshuasmith2486]

Don't we all.

[@jerseyhidalgo7421]

No don't you become one of them!

[@Kali_nevi]

@@jerseyhidalgo7421 lol

[@AKB_Umagarich01]

I want to hug her too, she’s so cute-kyu😊😊😊😊😊😊🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖.

[@jerseyhidalgo7421]

@@AKB_Umagarich01 nooooooooooo!

[@honeyboy4361]

2:18 pyu pyu pyu pyu

[@Diego-de9ht]

Is pyun but ok

[@ThomasKozlovsky-zk6gd]

Burner man exe:pyu!?😧

[@frillydress]

She is my favorite boss in this game, the music is absolutely catchy, she has an adorable design, and I was the most excited to fight her :)

[@squeakylenny]

"But I AM real, as real as your love for each other!", that aged well. Since...you know. Sayu plushie's being released.

[@chrisrose4703]

some things age like cheese some things age like milk this age like cheese

[@AlexHardman-rf5ss]

I was late to that party… :(

[@AlexHardman-rf5ss]

I even had an idea of a cool video to make with them…

[@Sugary_salt]

I love this game with so much unconditional adoration, especially this boss fight. The idea of a rhythm game being a 3D platformer AND have great bosses of different genres of music?! Unheard of! But this game takes the idea and runs with it, maybe not greatly at some points, but it tries its hardest, and I love it. The subtle jokes in her design and attacks, like her trident being the USB symbol, the fish blockages being battery meters, the dropping and circling fish being almost similar to calligraphy pens, everything just AHH, it's all so good! I would love a NSR 2, which could improve on things it didn't do so well in the first, namely the end boss.

[@AragoTina]

Mayday:you guy are too young Yinu:👁️👄👁️

[@PepperShake53]

8:38 literal sailor moon reference

[@kylestubbs8867]

*Sailor Pyuun

[@ThomasKozlovsky-zk6gd]

Megatron:pyun!?🤯🤯

[@HK.414]

HEY I FOUND THIS SONG ON SPOTIFY I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A GAME- I love this omg-

[@CeeAyeDee92]

"In the name of Love, i will punish you!" Change love with the moon and its a sailor moon quote. Love the reference

[@Hidden_PF]

Sayu is like miku but a fish

[@queen4life676]

Don't you dare compare our queen saying to miku

[@ZettaBlitz]

Wait a minute, I just noticed... where are the health meters and the Rock/EDM meter?

[@righteyeblue]

This person probably doesn't have the HUD turned on, it's an option in the game to have those meters displayed

[@thatrandomgamer8258]

“Curse of the unknown”

[@supernk2795]

@@thatrandomgamer8258 "I found pills!"

[@hellomynameis813]

Sayu: "As real as your love for each other!

[@AKB_Umagarich01]

I saw her in my vision when I was young and I was actually there, so she’s totally real I just know it-kyu.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@-inFinity05-]

Pictured here: 16 year old girl voicing a digital pink mermaid successfully ships two adults who are actively attempting to destroy the fanbase.

[@Galaxaria_The_Playzer]

Me hears song Also me: *THIS IS THE SONG IS A THE BEST*

[@Transformers-recapathon]

YA DAMM RIGHT!!!!!

[@ThomasKozlovsky-zk6gd]

Zaptor:every person male or female and young and old is on risk and further more on a unZZZZZZZlightly blemish to our beautiful and precious total protected landZZZZZZZZscape!😠

[@camtheratman]

To me its really clear that the people that made this game really appreciate all the people that bring vocaloid together and see them as the talented, hard working people they are which I think is very cool

[@brandoncantoran6190]

I literally have to watch this because my game glitched out and won't play those inner thoughts cutscenes

[@ConneryPony]

same; are you on xbox?

[@brandoncantoran6190]

@@ConneryPony yup

[@ConneryPony]

@@brandoncantoran6190 Yeesh. Wonder if it's all copies on xbox? Hope we get some patches soon,

[@athenaparker7264]

its not just xbox then? i thought it was only the switch? it really dampers on the experience tbh

[@brandoncantoran6190]

@@athenaparker7264 Yes which is a shame, because it is such a cool experience

[@brokenpieces5852]

This game is way to underrated and it’s got some straight up bops!!!

[@JumpNShootSH]

On the Switch version, does anyone know if the camera is supposed to zoom out the further down you go in a section? Makes it really hard to see hazards, and I don't see this on other videos

[@nova2230]

Heard it's fiercely broken on switch. The game as a whole.

[@Laura-zc6rm]

@@nova2230 its some build behinds

[@righteyeblue]

I got the switch version for convenience bc I'm a really busy person and honestly regret it bc I do have a ps4 and any other version of this game seems FAR superior than the switch version. There's a lot missing in the switch version but this game is so good that I'd shell out the $40 again to play the ps4 version since it seems to be better and less broken

[@Laura-zc6rm]

@@righteyeblue or wait for a patch, but hey the more the merrier

[@jambon2730]

@@righteyeblue the switch version is a sort of beta For example, during yinu's third phase, her mom still have her base appearance like in the trailer so it's for an unknown reason a pre release of the game

[@camedark]

basically fighting a literal vtuber

[@vazk-thret]

May has a point, Sayu's adorable.

[@annadeeptry9686]

"what happened to my cute mermaid idol?" Ask yourself:)

[@wesleys3890]

I love sayu so much.

[@misterniceguy429]

Curious if they’ll make figurines or nendoroids of these characters, although Sayu might be difficult to pull of given her upper body doesn’t look connected with her tail, and don’t get me started with that form at 6:21 which looks like hell to execute as a figure, mainly with the tail.

[@redxpiwz]

Yes the upper body does look unconnected to the lower but its a funny easter egg

[@elvindsp4097]

This boss fight is pure bliss ✨

[@1Chitus]

The music slaps right when the 'hey' kicks in! 🎶

[@SweetCentipede]

the sad thing it dosen't get really much attention its has good song and deserves more attention

[@soldier9618]

18:31 critical hit

[@Scotch7574]

Id just like to point out the fact that Dodo (the blue guy) has a katana (90% blade), and he wields it like a trident(90% handle) you see the problem?

[@nekogamer2508]

Consider cyborgs exist he could have robotic hands

[@thatbleachedcat8218]

so one thing that confuses me is the end of the fight. i thought that she was supposed to be a virtual star but then her eye opens up like a hatch with the people inside. so is she an AI/program or a huge mech/robot?

[@Mizra-dq3lj]

A huge robot that can shape shift

[@mito._]

The artists are inside her head

[@wingedbluj1674]

It's just a visual representation of them leaving the digital world and returning to our physical world.

[@thatbleachedcat8218]

@@wingedbluj1674 oh that makes sense

[@darkx6869]

She is essentially just a character with humans behind it. Similar to vocaloid or voice actors for cartoon characters. She is a pawn.

[@Chiramino]

I always come to watch this boss fight when it pops up, it’s so beautiful to watch tbh

[@58078h]

the physical metaphors here are amazing

[@christianrodriguez7503]

0:01-0:03-0:22-5:22-6:41-6:49

[@torinhd994]

0.19 yes. Yes i have

[@plaguedeene]

0:19

[@ega1324]

11:01 here's what I hear - one! two! three! four! Battle on the ocean floor! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! No time to negotiate!

[@ravenknight6363]

I just notice the theme song in her final stage is just "FISH HOOK" Theme song >~>

[@dinoboy16]

YO SHE WAS IN SPONGEBOB MOVIE REANIMATED!!!

[@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh]

6:31 That's Adorable When Sayu Said I'm Too Cute To Fight

[@ScuzzyBeta]

More games should let me beat the shit out of a vtuber

[@DUKANUKE]

3:52 Mayday couldn’t resist lmao

[@nino3007]

Is it me or sayu's left eye at 2:14 look a little twitchy? It's like as if she was trying to hold her anger??

[@snickersmyknickers5120]

Apparently it's a visual bug, she's not suppose to have it. However I think it adds a little bit of comedic effect because she's trying to keep the cute persona all the while having to face BBJ

[@BurningAzure]

Given all the mouse cursors in this fight and the crowd in the third phase, NEVER SHOW THIS TO ONE OF SWORD AND SHIELD'S DETRACTORS UNLESS YOU ARE TRYING TO CAUSE A PTSD INDUCED FIT OF RAGE IN THEM!

[@Tyro_Dos]

Thankfully,this time it's intentional

[@kylestubbs8867]

I’ve played _Shield._ No idea what you’re talking about with the mouse cursors.

[@BurningAzure]

@@kylestubbs8867 I don't know what they're talking about

[@kylestubbs8867]

@@BurningAzure But you said “given all the mouse cursors”. What does that have to do with Sword and Shield?

[@BurningAzure]

@@kylestubbs8867 It's a meme in the Sword/Shield hatedom

[@Rickymagical]

Bubbles (music) Bubles Bubles (robot sound) Bubles bublles

[@datemasamune2904]

19:05 It does not help that this is how her eyes actually are. XD

[@DreamyyArt]

the song that got me into Vocaloid in the first place

[@arquidex2034]

i dont know why this is on my recomendations but...thanks

[@luigi55125]

I heard the song before, but this is my first time seeing what it goes with. Is it intentionally similar to Splatoon, or just coincidence? The music style and underwater theme just screams Splatoon lol.

[@aqua7kh]

Each boss/area represents a different genre of music, and this is supposed to represent the idol virtual singer industry. They also happened to just go with a sea theme this one because it’s cute and fits the music.

[@tristama_youtube]

the look of this game reminds me of like, 2000s cgi cartoons.

[@jasontachin]

rw:atleast Mayday and Zuke are nice to those 4 students ^_^

[@noxgamez2503]

this thing needs a sequel

[@kevinchang617]

I agree, maybe the sequel could involve Tatiana’s old band mates as well as new genres of music we haven’t seen in the first.

[@Jermicidal]

KZbin comments: "Don't say the r-word. It's a very taboo subject in this district."

[@darkAwesome100]

13:56 trying to plug in a flashdrive be like

[@PepperShake53]

Sayu: *exists* rule 34 artists: "hippity hoppity this now my property"

[@swirlygecko5691]

I’m pretty sure she’s canonically 16 which makes it worse

[@BangersAndMashmonkey]

The Switch version of NSR is completely bugged beyond belief. I can't even get to this fight because I'm forever stuck on DJ Subatomic Supernova. I know that I'm timing his attacks correctly, yet the game is convinced that I'm not and I get hit EVERY time and I keep losing the fight as soon as I reach the third phase! At this point, I'm considering purchasing the PS4's digital version...

[@misterfister5810]

This game does has its flaws, especially in different consoles like Xbox and especially switch. By that, I mean absolutely broken. I hope they can make patches for this game soon, it feels quite rushed.

[@rocketsupremacyyy]

this is tthe first video i saw on nsr, i was curious then now im part of the nsr fandom!!!

[@Deadwish17]

Here's the lyrics 1234 MOTION ON THE OCEAN FLOOR 5678 DOUBLE YOUR AMOUNT OF HATE

[@RiahsWorld771]

Sayu is so adorable 🥰 I love her so much 💖🧜‍♀️

[@carolinebergin4633]

1:01: For someone who’s not real, the mermaid idols got them pegged 😆

[@StephenDakota]

When showstopper comes out I immediately think of Climax from Bayonetta

[@RealMaxeZ]

this game is so accurate:) it must be more popular

[@danielcurren2119]

7:04 when you realize Sayu was low key mocking Bunk Bed Junction: “Well here’s MY fans I can show ANYTIME! where’s YOURS?!”

[@fufuyaya990]

HOW CAN I NEVER SEEN THIS GAME!!!

[@RobloxGirl_-cg9tq]

1:36 2:05

[@yungmartin7621]

This game is truly perfect

[@seanmccommons8596]

1:01 Make this a real thing (not because I want it to be)

[@Shawn_michael2389]

Omg sayu is cute and i love her style❤😊

[@remtt]

THATS IT, IM SAYING THE R WORD!!

[@UnKnown-xl1iy]

😦

[@ThomasKozlovsky-zk6gd]

Lady luctopus:who said r word?

[@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh]

Sayu Is So Cute

[@reesewhittington6778]

1:03 I mean.... Platonic, maybe.

[@Subkubchik]

No fucking way. They made a corporate art design into a video game

[@KrispieQween_official]

Ong, I love the fact that some people actually still know NSR❤

[@shawziiz5031]

Yo is my game glitch? During the third phase, I don't have anything to hit. Therefore I cannot progress the fight? How to fix it???

[@kylestubbs8867]

What do you mean “nothing to hit”? Don’t your attacks home in on the files?

[@TaffyCat6712]

I looked it up and Sayu means Sad in Malay

[@maranescence]

19:12 May ily but jfc holy shit

[@yippee6089]

my two fav characters: this girl and eveeee