Time soon rolled around to six thirty on Sunday evening.
This was the time when Poké TV users were most active.
The reason was simple.
It was time for a certain "sunny, cheerful young man" to start streaming.
Countless viewers flooded into the livestream early, bowls of rice in hand, waiting in front of the pitch-black screen for the signal to dig in.
[Awesome, my favorite Double Battles today! We get to watch Teacher Yu pull out all kinds of ridiculous strategies again!]
[Honestly, yeah. Last episode's Rain Team mirror match left me completely baffled. I had no idea what was happening. Gimmick teams really are better suited to ordinary Trainers like us...]
[Watching Teacher Yu use a serious team actually feels a little strange. Give us some dirty tactics!]
[Shut up! Are you trying to ruin Pokémon battles?!]
While the viewers chatted merrily, a flash of light suddenly crossed the dark screen. Then Qingyu appeared, smiling and waving to his audience.
[Guys, get ready to feast!]
[I need to start taking notes right now. What kind of torturous strategy has Teacher Yu prepared today?]
[Does rain even have any particularly nasty tricks? Wasn't Teacher Yu using pretty normal tactics last week? The only really disgusting part was that slightly obnoxious Ferrothorn.]
[What are you even babbling about? Take it up with my Mega Swampert's Ice Punch!]
"Hello, class."
Qingyu offered a brief greeting, glancing at the viewer count in the upper-right corner.
Only a few seconds into the stream, tens of thousands of people had already packed in, and the number was climbing like a rocket.
As "Poké TV's one and only big-name streamer," he had long since gotten used to figures like these.
"Last week, Teacher Yu introduced the main ideas behind Rain Teams and gave you a