Daily Vlog: February 9 2020 (Battle with Ronin)

The **First Battle With Ronin** was a series of videos and posts on Bryce's and Ronin's Instagram, in which they fought for the first time. It includes the 211th and 212th Daily Vlog, both released on February 9th, 2020, as well as some preceeding posts on February 8th, 2020. It also includes the first long-form video from Ronin, Ronin Message: February 9 2020 (Post-Battle with Bryce).

## Prelude

The battle was announced in Daily Vlog: February 5 2020 by Bryce. A day before the battle was set to take place, Ronin posted an image (seen here) saying "Dawn of the Final Day -24 Hours Remain-". Later that day, Ronin posted an image of an evidence board (seen here) with many Daily Vlog characters on it, each with at least one related message. These include Joe Bellorats, with a note restating Joe's position as "the giant rat that makes all of the rules", Garret, with a note restating his demonic powers, Tommy Demons, with a big question mark, Bryce, with the message "Handsome. Too handsome?", Brud, with the message "Member of O.W.C.A.", Someone named Nathan Viricohean, with the message "Hostages", and Vlog Man, with a gravestone and the message "Mission Completed: Success". There are threads connecting people on the board, mostly leading to or from Bryce, who sits at the middle.

## Part 1 - The Reveal

On February 9th, 2020, Bryce released the 211th Daily Vlog, seen here. The video starts with Bryce outside, in the woods. He states that this may be his last Daily Vlog, because he is going to have his "final" battle with Ronin out here in the forest. The camera then turns to show a masked figure (presumably Ronin) standing opposite Bryce with a samurai sword. Ronin pulls off his mask, revealing himself to be Stephen, to which Bryce gasps in shock. Stephen/Ronin promises that this will be Bryce's last Daily Vlog, and Bryce replies by saying that Stephen will regret angering the "Daily Vlog fanbase". The battle then begins, with Stephen/Ronin attacking Bryce with the sword. Despite being unarmed, Bryce manages to disarm Stephen/Ronin and the sword flies away, sticking into the ground. The video then cuts to Bryce saying "Continued in part 2!" and ends.

## Part 2 - Anime Battle

Following the reveal of Stephen as Ronin, Bryce released part 2 of the battle with Ronin, aka the 212th Daily Vlog, seen here. The video starts with Bryce and Stephen/Ronin engaged in hand to hand combat. Eventually, Bryce falls down and picks up the sword which was dropped in the first part. Stephen/Ronin takes out a small dagger to counter this, and uses it to disarm Bryce and regain his sword. Bryce is once again thrown to the ground, and about to be killed when the video cuts to Bryce and Stephen saying "Countinued in-" and the video ends ubruptly.

## Post-Battle

### Bryce

Later on February 9th, 2020, Bryce would post an image with text (seen here), revealing that the battle ended. Stephen/Ronin used "body flicker jutsu" to retreat and charge his phone. Bryce also needed to charge his phone, but "that's not important". It ends with a promise to kill Stephen/Ronin permenently whenever he shows up again.

### Ronin

*Main Page: Ronin Message: February 9 2020 (Post-Battle with Bryce)*

After the battle, Ronin would post his first ever long-form video, announcing that he had excaped the battle and that he would fight Bryce "next week". See the main page for more details.

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1. ↑ This implies that Ronin caused the death of Vlog Man in some way, either by directly killing him or by ordering his death to someone else.