The D Soraki vs Laura Nala TOP 24 Hiphop Forever | Summer Dance Forever 2023

[@paulajames6149]

I hate it when Soraki loses. He is so good. I know he is not the traditional hip hop that people are used to but that is why I love him. He has his own style and musicality. No one dances like him. I tend to think dancers start to all look the same after a while. I find Soraki to stand out.

[@robertstahl8835]

I was watching this thinking poor Laura, she's not Even in the same league as Soraki. Makes zero sense to me

[@benh6737]

He does dance like someone, he dances like Kyoka. Nothing wrong with taking inspiration tho

[@ecenpolatt]

@@benh6737who is kyoka

[@benh6737]

@@ecenpolatt A very dope japanese dancer. She was in summer dance forever final back in 2014

[@ryx2046]

​@@benh6737 fax , kyoka still better tho in my opinion

[@ah-muzyou]

ソラキさんはやっぱりカッコいいな。関節の可動域が広く見えるせいか他のダンサーにない音楽の乗りかたがある。素晴らしい。唯一無二って思える。

[@StanleyJr_Music]

D Soraki is really disrespected. Talking about its not hip hop enough...lol what? Laura was fantastic, but D Soraki is a completely different level to most of the dancers in the competition. Glad he got his flowers and respect at red bull.

[@Swiftkeyprotexter]

Different level? Laura Nala based off facts won the battle by better musicality. You can be anything in dance but if you don't match the music firmly you lose. It was a fair judgment.

[@theholyshrimp1012]

Lol I love Redbull but sdf is the LEAGUE!

[@renechang2406]

She did a variation of same moves while his whole routine was a journey from move to move always switching things up and hidden surprises

[@managart]

I saw this battle live as well. at that time, I couldn't understand why Soraki lost. As a result, Laura was closer to Hiphop than Soraki. Hmm.. what am I talking about..

[@Arareemote]

Yep! If it was an All-Style battle he would've for sure took it, but this is a hip-hop competition and Laura was the better hip-hop dancer here.

[@Arareemote]

@@satchelito1514 Frog in the well.

[@renechang2406]

No way D Soraki lost.He combines house music moves with pop lock waves freeze and harder difficulty on technical skill. Bias

[@Swiftkeyprotexter]

No Bias hey? The judges mostly judge based on musicality and attaching your dance to multiple instruments of the song making it fair. The bias here is your glazing.

[@d.outlawzpeter9147]

but its a hip hop battle bro :|

[@jahos5454]

​@@Swiftkeyprotexter no the problem is judge

[@petermarjai1336]

d soraki is absolutely the best free style dancer. nobody is even close to him

[@ryx2046]

Glazing goes crazy

[@Swiftkeyprotexter]

Paradox, Rubix, Laurent, Larry you missing a whole lot.

[@ludenzid7623]

I like soraki too, but so many dancer top tier than soraki bruh.

[@petermarjai1336]

@@ludenzid7623 If you consider break or other styles. But freestyle???? for sure not. Who dos not acknowledge this has no idea about dance. If you check this battle Laura laughs that how is that possible. You see on her face that she and nobody else will be able to dance like this.

[@vesper180]

I know Soraki has a lot more free style, but he is clearly the superior dancer, utterly unique and brilliant! He deserved to win.

[@spy_plays889]

He is a master and it was obvious he schooled her… the judges are tainted

[@rantao3028]

My humble opinion…despite Soraki being a very good dancer, I feel he did more of a mix of Popping/Isolation techniques + some HipHop bounces, without the two being integrated well together. For a HIPHOP battle, he also didn’t demonstrate a consistent flow/ groove that matches the music (which Laura did). He did hit many musicalities, but in a quite scattered way. But still he is very good as an Open Style dancer 👍👍

[@nuts-o2j]

Soraki is beautiful🥹

[@Esg2849]

The real winner is obvious to everyone. It's not so-called equality of opportunity, but equality of outcome.

[@林央其]

D soraki 說 自己很喜歡跳舞 跳舞本身的感覺 像穿衣服吃飯喝 生活必須品 我自己的感覺～他不在意輸贏 哈哈哈～ 自己的方式跳出自己的感覺 他希望可以讓更多人看見 ～激勵人心傳播給～看到得人 讓更多人看””進化””特別風格 在某種程度上””變化多種樣貌”” 而不是”””原地踏步””之類的想法 需要進步之類的””抽象概念””傳達出去 吧～讓世界看到～我走多遠多高 好像他在說～我可以你也一定可以 激勵人心的方式吧……去改變吧 去行動吧～別只待在原地 去做些什麼吧！

[@saxpoobielex7769]

He dances like the dunken style of karate. I love it!

[@ユーザー-i1g]

技術、独創性、リズム、全てソラキが勝っている 負けているところは知り合いが少なかったところだろう

[@jesselu_713]

Definitely😛😍😉😘 Team D Soraki ♾️

[@allmyhomies829]

SORAKI最強💪

[@katzevordempc]

the judges are so bad... have probably voted for their friend...

[@SpicyTofu808]

Agreee

[@renechang2406]

Without a doubt

[@mirossantossenioros25]

Totally agree with you

[@theholyshrimp1012]

that aint their friend tf

[@猿屋1983]

nalaが出来ることはsorakiには出来るんだろうし、 勝ちに行くために天才的な独創性を落として相手のレベルに合わせるのもなんだかなーと😅

[@kevinjoseph9363]

Music : Driving down the block kidz in the hall (Remix)

[@SpicyTofu808]

HOW DID SORAKI LOSE THIS , don’t get me wrong they were both incredible but I thought it was clear

[@ryx2046]

Laura was doing more hip-hop that's why she won😊

[@chaunick218]

Both great competitors; definitely more so a preference of style.

[@しのはら-s4z]

これそらき負ける要素あった？笑 サクラにも程があるぜ😂

[@tijean8315]

this competition really sucks

[@listenmelanie9288]

Soraki🔥Soraki🔥Soraki🔥💯Fire💯💯🔥🔥⭐⭐👏👏👏

[@volotmegapups]

WTD JUDGES??? We have not good judge today?

[@daytona-x7b]

cry

[@israfil-8181]

Soraki did well but Laura displayed better hiphop dance. Look at Seiya's (Soraki's friend and dance partner) match vs Rochka, he's better than Soraki at hiphop, you'll see the difference.

[@邱炫-o5e]

Laura lana is the judge of summer dance forever in 2022, so no suprise she wins this battle.

[@afisanaa]

Nala won??? How, she wasn't even....never mind. congrats!

[@axel_2005]

unfair choice soraki was way better.

[@ernitamansyur3677]

The judges so...what??? Blind

[@apelsin.bananovich]

This judges.. Man...

[@sshshfdhfdhfdhdf9981]

I think SDF and judges hate soraki cause last time he was lose the the game, the game he should have won

[@Arareemote]

If they hated him, he wouldn't have made it past the prelims. 400+ dancers compete at the prelims, I'm sure they'd have no problem picking someone else if that was the case. No, he lost fairly. Stop making up excuses.

[@TumenbayarM]

This competition is getting destroyed by their own people.

[@adrianolopes7473]

When I saw this battle live, I saw a lot of comments talking about stealing Soraki, I disagree that it was robbery here, especially because the battle was very even. And watching this battle again, I think there should be another round. Both danced well, and practically at the same level, it's impossible to know if there was a clear winner, in my opinion. Another round was supposed to happen!

[@bboyshany]

bro u have left the exact same comment on every video, seems like a vision problem 🤣

[@adrianolopes7473]

​@@bboyshanyIn addition to being a comment inspector, you must have reading or vision problems, lol.

[@DiemPham-x6m]

Errrr HOW did she win?????

[@OkeYws]

Fvck yeah

[@malitantrasthemo]

In my opinion, even though you gotta give him credits for the originality of his dance, he "simply" only went for the 4 counts. If you watch closely, he's nearly only taking the closed high hats, while Nala's flow was more versatile and she reacted to different/multiple samples. It's a clear win for Nala for me as well.

[@dancingismylife14444]

please tell me the mean "only went for the 4 counts". Cause I'm Japanese, I think soraki's moving very crealy and good. But I can't understand What samples she reacted. it is difficult for me to understand her musical sense.

[@malitantrasthemo]

​@@dancingismylife14444 Hey so I did rewatch their rounds again and I correct myself so far, that Soraki did not only answered the 4 count (that's the metallic snare sound you can hear every 4th count), but also other elements of the track like the melodic synth or the echoed "ya" during the chorus. While It may sound like it, I don't mean to discredit Soraki at all! He's one of the most promising prodigies internationally and at such a young age! But there are 2 specific reasons to why I think he lost that battle against Nala. 1. Recognising Sorakis unique dance style and his accuracy of hitting the snare, I think it still has downsides he needs to improve. One would be that through this style being in such precise movements, he's basically using dime stops (nearly) to accentuate his movements, which is interrupting his flow and he's using them way too frequently (you can even see Nala imitating him during his round, signalling that his movement style is repetitive). Beside the flow being an integral part of hip hop dancing it also limits somewhat his tempo: there is pretty little tempo change whatsoever during his round and it rather feels like he's transitioning from one concept to another, than making it look like one whole flowing dance (maybe also due to the small stops he's putting in) 2. Another way more important point and probably also the winning point: Nala did not only dance to the beat, but also to the vocals/lyrics which gave her a lot more depth. Now dancing to vocals/lyrics can be tricky, cause if you don't know the track or the rappers style of flow, it can become hard sometimes to predict flow changes. The only thing here is, that Nala went first and he therefore had enough time to technically listen to the flow + his last fingerpoint move makes me believe he knew the track already, so there's also "no excuse" as In him not rly responding to the lyrics too much. Another thing Nala did respond to, that I haven't rly seen in his round is the bass, which is significantly harder to figure out and a lot of dancers are not taking it into account. You can see that rly well towards the end of her round, where she pushes her hands outwards with every hit of the bass and finishes her round with the throw movement, that is in sync with the vocals. I wanted to properly answer therefore this long message, sry for that. Another thing is the cultural difference: battles in Europe are judged quite differently than battles in Asia (ofc I'm generalising). From what I've seen the cleanness and precision of movements is very important in Asia, while in Europe the flow and creativity are more focussed (imo).

[@renechang2406]

Stop it. U got three likes on this comment

[@malitantrasthemo]

@@renechang2406 I answered another comment asking me something. How about you mind your own shit, instead of bothering others.

[@uitiDEATH]

@@dancingismylife14444“it is difficult for me to understand her musical sense.” because you are not dancer…doesn’t matter.

[@JustUpload4Nothing]

Laura Nala wins this.I think D can do better

[@satchelito1514]

“Not hip-hop enough” aka he brings something new and exciting to the table but it’s too bad he’s Asian

[@theholyshrimp1012]

Huhh?? So what if he asian? Maika and Kyoka are japanese but both of them got so far in SDF than Ikki has ever have

[@fairhearty2900]

日本人だしSorakiさん大好きだけど、今回は負けに納得。リズムに合わせる大事さを思い知りました。ただし、彼はまだまだ伸びしろあります！

[@DAHLIA1_]

discrimination

[@bizzz.R]

If there was a dance game... I'd want to press what Soraki pressing 😂

[@niepokornytyp]

What Laura ???????? Judges drunk?

[@ysdyk07]

つまらないことを言うけど、接戦ならアジア人は勝たせてもらえないね。 昨年のDYSくらい断トツに突き抜けないと海外でアジア人は勝たせてくれない。

[@GuntankHiga]

まあアジア人に限らず、どっちもどっちな感じだとジャッジの気分次第で勝敗は決まるのかも。

[@K.O-h3x]

韓国開催のバトルもなかなかエグイです 決勝までは行けるが明らかに勝ってても優勝できない…

[@무이무이-i8w]

;;; 내가 전문가가 아니라서 그런가 ;;;;;;; 정반대 결과가 나오네

[@sipayungkikuk9186]

Black Dia kalau di ledekin rasis marah. Tapi ras nya sendiri rasis ke ras yang lain seperti asia😅.

[@ddd-yu5nh]

아니 이건 좀 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 소라키 억까 당했네

[@jj284-v9b]

Looking at the comments did Soraki lose here? If so what a load of rubbish. I am a trained dancer and there is no comparison.

[@keithconwell6263]

It’s like ODB… the style is there… just she is traditional and people years from now will be like.. fr?

[@melayz6274]

soraki just isnt clean enough for me.

[@nizzotheartist]

D Soraki is a great dancer but he lacks rhythm when it comes to hip hop beats ...

[@朝昼夜-b7m]

The D Soraki　WIN

[@ゴマちゃんまるちゃん]

この判定おかしいね…

[@acedup00]

Easy win tbh.