Those who follow the Street Fighter scene are probably aware of the friendly rivalry between Saishunkan|Nemo and DFM|Itabashi Zangief. Most of this rivalry seems to stem from Nemo’s distaste for the grappler archetype in Street Fighter games, which are the type of characters that Itabashi Zangief is always playing.
It seems that Nemo was recently able to edge out a win over Itabashi Zangief due to his hard work. In a recent video, Nemo explained how he was able to win this matchup. Itabashi Zangief released his own video that had him reacting to all of this.
Of course, since the two are rivals, Itabashi Zangief refused to allow Nemo get away with any mistakes. At one point, Nemo was talking about how difficult it was to whiff punish Zangief’s standing medium punch, but Itabashi Zangief was quick to point out how he was able to showcase how to do it anyhow.
Later on, Nemo mistakenly refers to a spaced Spinning Piledriver as a “back throw.” This results in Itabashi Zangief playfully roasting Nemo by comparing him to a politician.
Itabashi then notes that it’s been a known thing for almost 20 years that command grabs generally can’t be punished if you jump backwards. Therefore, he points out that Nemo’s point about jumping forward isn’t anything new.
Nemo then goes on to talk about how Itabashi keeps picking Terry Bogard’s home stage. It would seem that Nemo believes that Itabashi is looking for a specific space onscreen in which a lady in a green dress is present, but, funnily enough, this speculation just ends up leaving Itabashi confused.
Check it all out below: