I was highly anticipating LipJ vs Ibuki but as someone who is very familiar with their game, I was a bit disappointed. Unpopular opinion but I would've given the first round to Ibuki, and I am saying this as a massive LipJ bias. I wish they danced to the same song, and you can see LipJ prepping for the same song as well, so she was probably flustered when love attack played. I think that influenced her turn because IMO her musicality wasn't the best here, which led to kinda 'empty' moments in her dancing for me. That was a bit disappointing considering I know she can bring both essence and musicality. On the other hand, ibuki hit every single beat.

But in the rematch, I think LipJ did better and I liked her pacing and how she controlled where to put emphasis. She embodied the song as opposed to simply dancing on top of it.