Curly Brace

Curly Brace is a character from the platformer game Cave Story, who serves as the game's third boss and later a major ally of player character Quote. She is a female robot who is capable of generating a shield that blocks projectiles and is able to withstand substantial amounts of damage. Curly appears as a blonde, young-looking humanoid who wears a red tank top and baggy pants. Because of her attractive design, she is commonly drawn in fan art as a thick, hot-ass blonde coomerbot. (seriously, just search her name in google images and you will find out)

Cave Story is created entirely by independent developer Daisuke Amaya (known by his pseudonym Pixel), and is widely considered as the "quintessential indie game" because of its quality comparable to "AAA games" (developed by major video game companies). Its pioneering success also influenced other future independent games that would also become famous in their own right.

Tournament History
Curly is a well-liked character on /v/ board and a classic vidya waifu because of her attractiveness and for being a character from one of the most acclaimed indie games. As a result, she is expected to perform fairly well in the board's Queen of /v/ tournaments, and has appeared in every eligible contest since the inaugural 2019 edition.

In the tournament's early years however, Curly struggled to meet these expectations as she lost to Princess Zelda twice: in 2019's second round, and in 2020's third round (by 16 votes). The robot finally made her breakthrough in the 2021 contest where she was seeded 12th, and comfortably reached the Elite Eight by defeating Risky, Kat, The Boss, and the displaced Ashley in her bracket. Unfortunately, her tournament run ended in the quarter-finals when she faced Touhou's Marisa Kirisame, whom she narrowly lost by 23 votes. She ultimately finished 6th behind Black Souls' Alice, and ahead of former Elite 8's Fio Germi and Shantae.