Chigusa Nagayo vs. Devil Masami 4/15/87 Japan grand prix

 First Japan grand prix match on the disk let's go. we start off fast with a Chigusa ambush via spinning wheel kick which i love but that's video game nostalgia talking. She follows up with a partial barrage but misses a enzuigiri leading to her getting put into a surfboard. Something I appreciate more about the surfboard as a move is it's a multivector attack for lack of a better phrase. it's interesting that Devil takes up most of the match offense wise with matwork kinda seems like a reversion whereas the evening out of offense between the crush girls and their elders is gone for at least one night. Chigusa does get one segment of legwork in via an achilles lock but the vast majority of her offense comes in from high impact counters. There is a segment of both trading bombs near the end at which point Devil snaps and goes berserk with her shinai which i love. Wish we got more unhinged Devil as a babyface leading to a chigusa win via disqualification. The finish takes it up to an 8/10

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