My favorite parts: Suisei blaming her viewers for the outcome because they both wanted her to come in 1st and to not retire. Any cutaway to focused Miko. Thanks for the extra effort for this one!
I like how you scripted the clip around Suisei’s retreat and the main protagonists of her fall, between Miko who absolutely wanted to prevent it but had no chance of succeeding and those who will put obstacles in the works to finally put Miko forward in conclusion during a Micomet tee-tee moment. It was like a movie perfectly writted, well done !
Suichan huffing that Copium (while being cute that day too), but the fact remains that we got at least 2 more years with her racing in the holo New Year Cup! That head game move with the Bob-bomb psych-out torpedoed her top 3 potential finish on the final race. Thank you so much, TMD! The competition was great this year, with many improving their skills since last year (Calli, Mio, Subaru), and the introduction of some cracked racers from ReGLOSS (Hajime and Ao-kun lol) and Advent (Bijou). But above all, FuwaMoco (and I guess, KronIRyS lmao) had the most fun out there, and it was great to watch.
Also Ina redemption arc, after grtting shafted so hard on her last few attempts at tsuyo cup. Even if she ended last, that's just what happens when you have such strong competition, and I'm glad she managed to get in and try her hand at it.
Now that all of StartEnd have won the tournament at least once im kinda hoping Aqua comes back in some way next year. Either as a coach or a competitor.
Suisei in copium mode on the results XD. Suisei is literally the protagonist of a shonen sports anime where side characters don't want the MC to walk away. There's always this trope called "Unspoken Plan Guarantee" in fiction stories that if you reveal your intentions or plans in front of audience before it happens, Murphy's law will kick in
Yeah and that's exactly why you should not jinx it before doing something cause what can go wrong will always go wrong. Kind of funny how her chat immediately respond with "Please stop raising flags" when she confidently told her chat about her coaching plan for next year after she retires.
As well as that, Suisei is the writer who wants her story to end but the rest of hololive are the publishers who won't let her and need another arc from her
you can (not) repost. this was incredible work yura and despite the slipup this is wonderfuly edited and i wish i had the sort of story telling skills you clearly do. thank you for all your hard work
5 different racers got first that cup. It was very competitive. I'm really excited for Biboo next year as she looks to be the best in EN, being able to get first in a race in both the group and strong cups.
Biboo might be the one who dethrones the Japanese Holomems. Ina is consistent, but doesn't have the juice. Kronii has the potential but doesn't seem dedicated enough. Biboo has that competitive drive and skill necessary to beat them
@@szethcaligo3735 Biboo will constantly get into Tsuyo Cup so she already beat a bunch of JP members, but I don't think anyone is dethroning Towa, Okayu and Suisei. They were so far ahead it was crazy.
Why do I imagine this happening next year: Suichan on call to her manager as the Tsuyo cup is announced: I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY ASAP! IS THERE ANY JOB OUT OF THE COUNTRY?! I'LL DO ANYTHING!
thanks for the reposting and subs! sui-chan is also first place this time, but i bet sui-chan wants to be the only first place winner. towa made sure sui-chan has to try again at least one more year to secure herself the solo first place spot.
2:08 - that big foreshadow lol 3:38 - this course ended up saving Towa since the three of them gets beaten up pretty bad here. Truly devil's luck. Though I guess since non-winner go by points it doesn't matter that much. 16:57 - -chan is gone lol 17:59 - flag.
Thank you Yura for this amazing video. This is not a clip anymore. This is way beyond a simple clip. I was in the middle of driving home and couldn't catch the race in full, so I just streamed Ina's pov for the whole of it. But your video compiles the most interesting part of this tourney. Thanks again Yura.
If you notice on the last race on lap 1 .... 4 holomems bumped suisei into a center pit. This led to suisei not being in her usual far in front but in the middle of the pack for most of the remaining race. Leading to the bomb and her freakout to avoid it.
Yeah, this is literally THE plot of a sport manga/anime lol. Suisei is the wanting-to-retire protagonist Miko, Towa and Okayu are her long time rivals refuse to let her retire Banchou is the rising young star ready to receive her king status And Ao-kun is the secret next gen protagonist who will undergo several training arcs with multiple rivals along the way in the sequel.
Ngl, the very last round where it seemed Suisei was going to take the win, at the very end just a corner or so away from the finish Towa turned on some insane driving skills just to inch that draw out. What a beast mode from Towa!
Hell, if Suisei just didn't fall there and finish the final race in 3rd place she would have won the tournament since she would have had 1 point more than Towa. It is almost ridiculous how incredibly close it was.
@@CJODell12 Yeah, I know Suisei didn't finish third, hence "if she didn't fall and finished third she would have won". Because if she didn't fall she wouldn't have been stopped for a while and almost certainly would have been ahead of Hajime since they were quite close already.
@@gokbay3057 Hajime did _really_ well overall, _especially_ for a rookie, coming in third in the Tsuyo Cup, while the rest of her generation got relegated to Zako Cup.
Towa basically pulled a Lewis Hamilton and managed to come back from a seemingly impossible gap to tie first place, just like he did in the last 4 races in 2021 (unfortunately, the FIA ruined the last race)
This is like the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, where Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards tied in points, but the former won the title in a tiebreaker, having 5 wins to the latter’s 1 win.
That was a poetically anime finish! Towa won because she made Suisei mess up just for a moment but it was enough to just barely get the victory, sasuga Towa-sama.
We also have to give Hajime *major* credit. She was the _only_ one in ReGLOSS _not_ to be relegated to the Zako Cup. And she ended up making it all the way to the Tsuyo Cup podium. In her rookie year, mind you.
This tournament had quite a few things to highlight in summary: -The hard road that Towa had to reach the final of the tournament, qualifying by points and winning it in an epic way. -Only Bijou has been in Advent for 6 months and reached the final of the tournament, and his previous screen was the best of all. -The Micomet was about to fight afterwards, but in the end it ended in laughter. 26:53 Lol -Hajime from Regloss first tournament and 3rd place, 1 more year of practice and easily wins the next one. -Highlight the 3 Holo-EN members who reached the final. Kronii, Ina and Bijou (NoBib00bs). -Finally there is a different champion apart from Okayu and Suisei who was already bored because it was always the same. Ps: In the last tournament both Marine and Mio tied for 2nd place with 58 points and in the end they gave 2nd place to Marine. The same thing happens here ,Towa Champion and that's it.
Well this particular story was about trying to prevent Suisei from retiring. Miko Okayu and Towa were the most focused on preventing Suisei from retiring. Suisei and Okayu won back to back Mario Cups 2022/2023 so they have a soft rivalry in the holo cup and Okayu doesn't want to lose her Mario Kart rival. Miko and Towa are also Suisei's rivals and close friends in general and also don't want to see Suisei leave the New Years Cup tradition. Miko also has the strong desire to one day beat Suisei in a race set so she wants to keep Suisei around for as long as it takes. Everyone else was most likely indifferent to Suisei's decision either way and didn't make it their priority to stop Suisei from retiring.
@@joshgallie1543 She's the only 2 time champion and came very close to winning it for the third time (tied with Towa for 1st place but lost the countback). Last year Suisei said that if she ever won twice in a row, she would retire. Those three other members don't want her to retire because they want to beat her.
@@joshgallie1543 Suisei claims that she doesn't want to deal with the pressure from competing in the tournament any more and wanted the glory of retiring after 2 wins in a row. She also wants to be more of a coach and comentator. But she can still do all that while still participating. As for dealing with the pressure of participating, most members are nervous when they participate too, so she'll just have to learn to deal with that like other players have.
@@salaciousSaucegames I think the difference is that Suisei feels excessive pressure compared to everyone in general. Part of it is that other than the first year (where she was 1st place in the Zako Cup (as in on the top, not the bottom last place)) she has always been 1st or 2nd place, this creates an expectation of a strong performance that a lot of the members don't have to deal with (some other members like Okayu do have that sure, but most don't). There is also the fact that Suisei is quite competitive by nature. Of course other members have a similar drive. But competitiveness + pre established high performance isn't a recipe for calmness. Moreover the fact that Marine and Choco, both long term parts of the tournament, not taking part this year most likely reinforced Suisei's own wish to retire from the tournament. Thought of course she wanted to leave on a high note rather than just not participating next year. Otherwise I am sure she could place whereever and noone could stop her if she decided she wasn't racing the year after. It is probably her competitive side again that makes her want another championship before she does retire. Same competitiveness most likely will lead to her participating next year as taking 2nd place frustrated her (thought less so than 2022 loss to Okayu or her results in the first tournament) and most likely invigorated her to continue for at least one more year. Additionally she has her anniversarry/birthday 3D concert on March, and preparations for that most likely start in January at the latest, not to mention any other concerts around Christmas and New Years she might have to deal with and HoloFes (thought of course all members share Holofes and with the Countdown Live an established tradition same for that too. And I am sure some members have anniversaries or birthdays closer to the tournament as well). So probably not that much a big factor.
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every other holo member: plays the races competitively as usual without targeting someone specific
Miko, Towa, Okayu: DON'T LET SUI-CHAN RETIRE!
Well there's also Fuwamoco trying to beat Pekora up for copyright infringement
that's what friends are for. to get in your way of success.
Miko might not have won the Tsuyo Cup. But she certainly had the last laugh.
She did so well, too. Im surprised and proud of her. 👏👏👏👏👏
"Hard work won't betray you. Luck may betray you, though..." Wisest miko Sakura Miko words.
My favorite parts:
Suisei blaming her viewers for the outcome because they both wanted her to come in 1st and to not retire.
Any cutaway to focused Miko.
Thanks for the extra effort for this one!
Okayu: "Would you Lose?"
Suisei: "Nah, I'd Win."
Towa: "Stand Proud, You're Strong."
Miko: so how was the king of mario kart?
Suisei: man, she was crazy strong!
Suisei: It's a bad day for rain.
Towa: People die when they are killed.
Miko: I love Suisei.
Thank you Towa-sama for preventing our comet from retiring! We'll never let her stop Mario Karting!!
I like how you scripted the clip around Suisei’s retreat and the main protagonists of her fall, between Miko who absolutely wanted to prevent it but had no chance of succeeding and those who will put obstacles in the works to finally put Miko forward in conclusion during a Micomet tee-tee moment. It was like a movie perfectly writted, well done !
For real it is like a miracle to give Suisei the 1st place, but at same time it's actually the 2nd place to make her not retire from racing. 😂
HoloForce has a passive buff in the Dragon Course. Sasuga TMT.
she learn ELITE way to end it
Lore Accurate
@@leandroiuki4337 No kidding, Towa always does well in Dragon.
Suisei won and lost at the same time. 😂
Ayyy miko said that line from oregairu 😂😂 "hardwork wont betray you, luck may betray you though "😂😂😂
This is basically a manga plot, where the author wanted it to end there, but the publisher said no.
You know this is a very high quality clip video when it keeps you entertained for the full 32 minutes.
Thanks for the video, it was awesome!
00:16 "Hard work won't betray You, Luck may betray You though" Great quote from our Elite Baby, I want that on my T-Shirt.
yo that quote is fire!
Suichan huffing that Copium (while being cute that day too), but the fact remains that we got at least 2 more years with her racing in the holo New Year Cup! That head game move with the Bob-bomb psych-out torpedoed her top 3 potential finish on the final race. Thank you so much, TMD!
The competition was great this year, with many improving their skills since last year (Calli, Mio, Subaru), and the introduction of some cracked racers from ReGLOSS (Hajime and Ao-kun lol) and Advent (Bijou). But above all, FuwaMoco (and I guess, KronIRyS lmao) had the most fun out there, and it was great to watch.
Also Ina redemption arc, after grtting shafted so hard on her last few attempts at tsuyo cup. Even if she ended last, that's just what happens when you have such strong competition, and I'm glad she managed to get in and try her hand at it.
Now that all of StartEnd have won the tournament at least once im kinda hoping Aqua comes back in some way next year. Either as a coach or a competitor.
You mean all of AquaSui right?
I wish Aqua join next year too.
Ah... I was just revisiting some old clips and now I'm crying...
Awww everyone loves sui-chan so much they won't let her retire
Also thank you for the clip as always yura! Keep the good work!
The fact that the final race was on Dragon Road of all places.
Hololive and coincidence, name a better duo
Thank you Towa and Banchou for keeping our comet from retiring🙏🏻
Suisei: "I want to retire my Mario Kart career".
Towa: " *No.* "
Also Okayu and Mikochi: no.
An excellent contribution. Well done, @@mounemuii
Towa: I'm about to save this woman's whole career
Suisei: NOOOOO
Suisei in copium mode on the results XD. Suisei is literally the protagonist of a shonen sports anime where side characters don't want the MC to walk away.
There's always this trope called "Unspoken Plan Guarantee" in fiction stories that if you reveal your intentions or plans in front of audience before it happens, Murphy's law will kick in
Yeah and that's exactly why you should not jinx it before doing something cause what can go wrong will always go wrong. Kind of funny how her chat immediately respond with "Please stop raising flags" when she confidently told her chat about her coaching plan for next year after she retires.
More like Murphy Law gonna kick their butt to next year in Suichan's case XD
We call that desire sensor.
As well as that, Suisei is the writer who wants her story to end but the rest of hololive are the publishers who won't let her and need another arc from her
Towa-sama, the comeback queen, just amazing the buff that she receives in these situations.
The banter in MiComet it's always a wonderful one.
suichan as stubborn as always. Glad to see she'll be in the tournament next year
Thanks for fixing this one! We back 🔥🔥🔥🔥
you can (not) repost.
this was incredible work yura and despite the slipup this is wonderfuly edited and i wish i had the sort of story telling skills you clearly do.
thank you for all your hard work
Suisei: "I want to retire!"
Miko, Okayu, and Towa: "Are you sure about that?" _eventually manages to stop her from winning most of the races_
5 different racers got first that cup. It was very competitive. I'm really excited for Biboo next year as she looks to be the best in EN, being able to get first in a race in both the group and strong cups.
Biboo might be the one who dethrones the Japanese Holomems. Ina is consistent, but doesn't have the juice. Kronii has the potential but doesn't seem dedicated enough. Biboo has that competitive drive and skill necessary to beat them
Next year gonna be a doozy. Bijou, Banchou and Lui improves a lot
@@szethcaligo3735I think gura can as well, if she gets the time to participate next year
Banchou is promising too, getting a third in Tsuyo cup in her first year
@@szethcaligo3735 Biboo will constantly get into Tsuyo Cup so she already beat a bunch of JP members, but I don't think anyone is dethroning Towa, Okayu and Suisei. They were so far ahead it was crazy.
Thank you Banjou for overtaking Suisei by 1 step on last run 😂
Why do I imagine this happening next year:
Suichan on call to her manager as the Tsuyo cup is announced: I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY ASAP! IS THERE ANY JOB OUT OF THE COUNTRY?! I'LL DO ANYTHING!
Mane-chan: sorry but I just gamb....I mean got instructions to keep you in the country
Then she tries to get out the door and Towa-sama is already there.
Thank you, Tsuyo Cup drivers, for this gift. Cheers to another year of Mario Karting Sui!
Towa’s last matches are always the strongest 😂
In Apex and Mariokart
❤
I’m watching their future with great interest 🫡🤣
Comet chan: it calls to me. Like a blue shell
No one escape the Blue.
Watching Towa in group stage was quite scary. In the final she did really so well!
thanks for the reposting and subs!
sui-chan is also first place this time, but i bet sui-chan wants to be the only first place winner. towa made sure sui-chan has to try again at least one more year to secure herself the solo first place spot.
thumbnail is perfect
i heard that she "lost" but i didnt know it was THIS close, all the while being specifically targeted
sui-chan wa kyou mo tsuyoi
Remember back in 2021, when Suisei bested Aqua by one point?
Miko maybe lose the game, but she win the war
Thank you for the non-deepfried version.
Gets first but can't retire due to technically coming in second...probably the best outcome.
Suicopath's other weakness next to bugs: Mario Kart pressure
2:08 - that big foreshadow lol
3:38 - this course ended up saving Towa since the three of them gets beaten up pretty bad here. Truly devil's luck. Though I guess since non-winner go by points it doesn't matter that much.
16:57 - -chan is gone lol
17:59 - flag.
Thank you Yura for this amazing video. This is not a clip anymore. This is way beyond a simple clip.
I was in the middle of driving home and couldn't catch the race in full, so I just streamed Ina's pov for the whole of it. But your video compiles the most interesting part of this tourney. Thanks again Yura.
Thanks very much for the clip, Yura-sama!
this was like watching an OVA! ty for the video!
She nearly did a Nico Rosberg only for Towa and Hajime to said "nope".
Sorry non-related, but you have a funny looking Ina pfp bro
Ty for subtitles.
I am rooting for Miko.
Sui-chan: Suffering From Success.
If you notice on the last race on lap 1 .... 4 holomems bumped suisei into a center pit. This led to suisei not being in her usual far in front but in the middle of the pack for most of the remaining race. Leading to the bomb and her freakout to avoid it.
Suisei:"Release me from this Mario Kart hell-a-go-round!!"
Towa:"Never!"
🤣🤣🤣
Mario-go-round?
@@yuraTL Yep. Lol.
Now she can't retire, she needs to take that 1st place in the podium from towa
2025 is gonna be FIRE🔥☄️😈
Especially if there's a new gen to shake things up.
Yeah, this is literally THE plot of a sport manga/anime lol.
Suisei is the wanting-to-retire protagonist
Miko, Towa and Okayu are her long time rivals refuse to let her retire
Banchou is the rising young star ready to receive her king status
And Ao-kun is the secret next gen protagonist who will undergo several training arcs with multiple rivals along the way in the sequel.
God Matsuri, descended and sent her Towa Maji Tenshi to stop the Star from retiring in the yearly Holo Race.
Towa getting the last two wins of the tournament were one of the biggest deciding factors in her getting the title over Suisei.
Ngl, the very last round where it seemed Suisei was going to take the win, at the very end just a corner or so away from the finish Towa turned on some insane driving skills just to inch that draw out. What a beast mode from Towa!
Hell, if Suisei just didn't fall there and finish the final race in 3rd place she would have won the tournament since she would have had 1 point more than Towa.
It is almost ridiculous how incredibly close it was.
@@gokbay3057 Hajime beat Suisei for third right at the line.
@@CJODell12 Yeah, I know Suisei didn't finish third, hence "if she didn't fall and finished third she would have won".
Because if she didn't fall she wouldn't have been stopped for a while and almost certainly would have been ahead of Hajime since they were quite close already.
@@gokbay3057 Hajime did _really_ well overall, _especially_ for a rookie, coming in third in the Tsuyo Cup, while the rest of her generation got relegated to Zako Cup.
watch out for your ears at 6:30 everyone
Miko Jumpscare
Towa:*doing most devilish thing she can do(preventing suisei wish)
Also Towa: preventing suisei from retiring
Truly Archangel
thanks for the fixed audio!!
29:08 No no no, she won’t run away.
She’ll drive away😎
As a japanese, Suisei is the only japanese I heard say "Thank you Jesus"
The tournament is one of the best!
15:30 Jesus approves
Towa basically pulled a Lewis Hamilton and managed to come back from a seemingly impossible gap to tie first place, just like he did in the last 4 races in 2021 (unfortunately, the FIA ruined the last race)
Or a Tony Stewart 2011, winning 5 of the last 10 races, and beating Carl Edwards on the tiebreaker.
Thank you for the reupload
good clip
30 minute... This feel like evangelion.. With title and blue hair protagonist..
Let watch.
Dragon year prevent Star from dismissed. Welp.
This is like the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, where Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards tied in points, but the former won the title in a tiebreaker, having 5 wins to the latter’s 1 win.
That was a poetically anime finish! Towa won because she made Suisei mess up just for a moment but it was enough to just barely get the victory, sasuga Towa-sama.
Old lady Suisei just wants to retire for MK as a champion, give comet baba her deserved rest already!
*Clapping applause*
Omedetou!
This year is just the best, man.
Damn Towa really came in clutch
I love how the reason they are so competitive is not because they want to win just bc they don't want Suityan to retire 😂
THANK U FOR THIS
7:11 bookmark
Not even Khorne can help her win Tsuyo Cup.
I miss seeing Aqua play
I love how out there miko is about making suisei not rerire.
Towa is so cool! Good work as always Mr. Yura.
We also have to give Hajime *major* credit. She was the _only_ one in ReGLOSS _not_ to be relegated to the Zako Cup. And she ended up making it all the way to the Tsuyo Cup podium. In her rookie year, mind you.
Towa: "If you want it... you'll have to come and take it. But you alerady knew that..."
Suisei: "Figured as much."
Sui dug her hole even deeper lmao
Year of the Dragon, Dragon's Gate.
This tournament had quite a few things to highlight in summary:
-The hard road that Towa had to reach the final of the tournament, qualifying by points and winning it in an epic way.
-Only Bijou has been in Advent for 6 months and reached the final of the tournament, and his previous screen was the best of all.
-The Micomet was about to fight afterwards, but in the end it ended in laughter. 26:53 Lol
-Hajime from Regloss first tournament and 3rd place, 1 more year of practice and easily wins the next one.
-Highlight the 3 Holo-EN members who reached the final. Kronii, Ina and Bijou (NoBib00bs).
-Finally there is a different champion apart from Okayu and Suisei who was already bored because it was always the same.
Ps: In the last tournament both Marine and Mio tied for 2nd place with 58 points and in the end they gave 2nd place to Marine. The same thing happens here ,Towa Champion and that's it.
is the title evangelion reference? especially the "can (not)" thing
Hype for next race and want to see Aqua comeback.
StartEnd winning big in mariokart + aqua "wife" okayu
The sui, you can (not) retire
Towasui tasukaru
I laugh just from the thumbnail 😂
I already listened to the bad audio one in full
SUBARRRUUUU!!! 16:44
Damn, i didn't notice Hajime being a first timer getting third place. Congratz to Hajime, the sleeper Mario Kart.
Literally carrying ReGloss on her back as the rest of ReGloss was in the Zako Cup, and Ao-kun claiming the title of Zako Queen(?) to boot.
@@johndoh9395 Hajime performed *really* well for a first time competitor.
the time for retirement is far from now suisei
Towa really got that "Coco Road" buff huh? lol
sasuga sui chan, the odds were not in her favor
Not sure why this is a repost but impressive gathering nontheless
Thanks for the reupload, poor audio quality before
For everyone wandering who win every years..
First year: aqua
Second: suisei
Third: okayu
Fourth: suisei
Five: towa
Is this correct ?
That mean next year, suisei gonna win
Next year aqua comeback
Sui was totally robbed. 😂
crazy evangelion reference
Smooth brain clickbait title.
I'm not familiar with Hololive's Mario Kart cup, why these three alongside Suisei in particular?
Well this particular story was about trying to prevent Suisei from retiring. Miko Okayu and Towa were the most focused on preventing Suisei from retiring. Suisei and Okayu won back to back Mario Cups 2022/2023 so they have a soft rivalry in the holo cup and Okayu doesn't want to lose her Mario Kart rival. Miko and Towa are also Suisei's rivals and close friends in general and also don't want to see Suisei leave the New Years Cup tradition. Miko also has the strong desire to one day beat Suisei in a race set so she wants to keep Suisei around for as long as it takes.
Everyone else was most likely indifferent to Suisei's decision either way and didn't make it their priority to stop Suisei from retiring.
@@salaciousSaucegames but why is Suisei "retiring"?
@@joshgallie1543 She's the only 2 time champion and came very close to winning it for the third time (tied with Towa for 1st place but lost the countback).
Last year Suisei said that if she ever won twice in a row, she would retire. Those three other members don't want her to retire because they want to beat her.
@@joshgallie1543 Suisei claims that she doesn't want to deal with the pressure from competing in the tournament any more and wanted the glory of retiring after 2 wins in a row. She also wants to be more of a coach and comentator. But she can still do all that while still participating.
As for dealing with the pressure of participating, most members are nervous when they participate too, so she'll just have to learn to deal with that like other players have.
@@salaciousSaucegames I think the difference is that Suisei feels excessive pressure compared to everyone in general. Part of it is that other than the first year (where she was 1st place in the Zako Cup (as in on the top, not the bottom last place)) she has always been 1st or 2nd place, this creates an expectation of a strong performance that a lot of the members don't have to deal with (some other members like Okayu do have that sure, but most don't). There is also the fact that Suisei is quite competitive by nature. Of course other members have a similar drive. But competitiveness + pre established high performance isn't a recipe for calmness.
Moreover the fact that Marine and Choco, both long term parts of the tournament, not taking part this year most likely reinforced Suisei's own wish to retire from the tournament. Thought of course she wanted to leave on a high note rather than just not participating next year. Otherwise I am sure she could place whereever and noone could stop her if she decided she wasn't racing the year after. It is probably her competitive side again that makes her want another championship before she does retire. Same competitiveness most likely will lead to her participating next year as taking 2nd place frustrated her (thought less so than 2022 loss to Okayu or her results in the first tournament) and most likely invigorated her to continue for at least one more year.
Additionally she has her anniversarry/birthday 3D concert on March, and preparations for that most likely start in January at the latest, not to mention any other concerts around Christmas and New Years she might have to deal with and HoloFes (thought of course all members share Holofes and with the Countdown Live an established tradition same for that too. And I am sure some members have anniversaries or birthdays closer to the tournament as well). So probably not that much a big factor.
RIP Xbox Live experience
She Just Needs To Not Participate!