Kensho Ono Defeated Two Weeks in a Row by Natsuki Hanae: "I'm Kind of Getting Used to Losing..."—In-Depth Analysis of the Sci-Fi Anime "Your Forma"

■Natsuki Hanae Shows Off His Skills by Defeating Japan’s Champion!? Kensho Ono vs. Natsuki Hanae in a Memory Showdown

Besides lively talks about the appeal and character development of each role, the show featured the segment "Ono vs. Hanae: Who's Better at XX!? 'Your Forma' ver." In this segment, they compete to determine who excels more in a specific theme. This time, aligning with the anime's focus on "memory," they went head-to-head in a memory challenge.

Last season on "Say You To Yo Asobi," Hanae surprisingly defeated the Japanese champion in the competitive memory sport known as "Memory Sports," while Ono confessed that he lacked confidence in his memory.

They first took on the "Fictional Timeline Memory Challenge," an official memory sport competition where contestants memorize a fictional timeline within a time limit. Hanae dominated, resulting in a significant 0–4 gap, and Ono was shocked, exclaiming, "That's amazing. You're the champion…"

Next was the "Profile Memory Challenge," in which they had to remember the full names, birthdates, and special skills of five men and women. Ono put up a great fight here, narrowing the gap to 3–5.

Finally, they faced off in the memory-based board game "Chuumon no Oosugiru Game Burger." Players take turns recalling a series of orders, but in this show’s original rule set, the game was over for the first person who either couldn't recall or made a mistake.

The two fought on even ground, but at the very end, Ono couldn't remember the menu items and suffered a frustrating defeat. As a result, following last week's "Scaredy Cat Showdown," Ono lost to Hanae for the second week in a row. "I lost last week, too, so I feel like I'm getting used to losing…" Ono lamented, to much laughter in the studio.

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