Look what they did to my boy!

They killed him. They massacred my baby!

We're Luca, and it's opening day for Blitzball! People from all over Spira are here to partake in the festivities. Everyone, that is, except the Aurochs. They're all helping with Vidina, and they've asked us to fill in for them. Yuna can turn down the invite, but you might as well accept.

Blitzball looks the same when it comes to rewards and seasons/tournaments, but it's completely different. We no longer get to play the game, and it's a simulation in X-2. It's so, so bad, and I want to swear! Stat raises via levels have been replaced by training, but that's a whole new monster I hate. There are more stats and players, but the soul of the game is dead. And why does Yuna suck?

Sphere Break is also being played in the locker rooms. So you try to beat Shinra again, but he's tougher. I did manage to get the two grids from playing Shinra and the Pet Core dog. Rikku can mug, and Yuna always has access to White Magic no matter the job.

Elsewhere in Luca, Yuna goes crazy. She tries to show Tidus that she's better at whistling, and a floating moogle doll appears beside her from some pyreflies. Only she can see it, and she goes to chase it. It allows her to relive her memories of her first time here with Tidus. At the end, she says Yuna says she's not ready for her memories to remain memories.

I missed something during the Mi'ihen Highroad observation stuff in chapter four. Rin's moving on, and the mystery ends without a culprit. We get an ether. What a waste of time.

Members of the Youth League are happy that peace between them and New Yevon was declared. However, many of the members need to blow off some steam. Captain Lucil has proposed a tournament and asks if we want to be in it. Talk to Yaibal, and we head into Mushroom Rock Road. It's less a tournament and more of a gauntlet. We have to win seven matches, but we can usually heal between. We fight Yaibal at the start, but Elma is our penultimate battle. As a mild surprise, Lucil enters as a grand finale. I feel like Yuna got targeted, so try not to have her die. No one is terribly strong, but it can get out of hand fast if you're not careful. Because I missed the memo I had to return to a long dungeon, I didn't get a Crimson Sphere, so the Gull Wings are done here. I walked to Djose Temple, saved, and I'll figure out what's going on here...

... tomorrow!

X-2 is not a good game. #SorryNotSorry