10-Year-Old Spends ¥13,000 on Genshin in 10 Days, Mom Literally Faints — Account Revealed as Scaramouche × Nahida Stan, Community Can't Even

Ten days. Thirteen thousand yuan. One 10-year-old elementary schooler. One mom who literally passed out. This segment from China's consumer rights TV show '1818 Golden Eye' (1818黄金眼) might just be the most spectacular gacha spending disaster of 2024.

According to the TV report, a mother discovered her daughter had dumped a whopping ¥13,000 (~$1,800 USD) into Genshin Impact in just 10 days. The mother fainted on the spot when she found out. Once the video hit the internet, it went viral fast.

But what really sent NGA forum users into orbit was what happened next. Someone tracked down the account's UID from the video and discovered the character showcase and signature were ALL themed around the Scaramouche × Nahida (散草) ship — a popular but divisive pairing in the Genshin community. The comments erupted: 'An elementary schooler is shipping scaranahida?!', 'The UID and character showcase have me WHEEZING', 'Oh no, she actually took the wisdom god to heart' (a joke about Nahida being the God of Wisdom).

Some eagle-eyed users also noticed the signature appeared to be complaining about the weapon banner's Epitomized Path system — meaning this kid had already experienced the pain of gacha pity mechanics at age 10. As one commenter deadpanned: 'What's up with that signature — does she not know about Epitomized Path?'

The video's own comment section was equally unhinged, with users screenshotting and sharing the most wild takes — some marveling at how kids these days are built different, others analyzing the refund situation, and a few having full-blown existential crises while laughing at miHoYo.

But beneath the memes, commenters quickly identified the real nightmare scenario: 'Elementary schooler + bought through a classmate + no transaction records + don't even know whose real-name verification is on the account + grandma is the guardian and can't read — every possible buff has stacked against them. That money is gone. miHoYo previously rejected a similar case where the account wasn't registered to the person requesting the refund.' In China's real-name verification system, gacha purchases are tied to the account holder's identity. Since this kid topped up through a classmate's account, the actual account ownership is murky at best. 'Once you put money into someone else's account, good luck getting it back' — as another user bluntly put it.

Others were quick to compare this to a similar incident: 'Wait until you hear about the ¥16,000 one next door — now THAT puts things in perspective.' It seems elementary school gacha catastrophes are becoming a whole series. Some marveled at 'kids these days are actually insane,' while others took the pragmatic angle: 'At least it's not ¥130,000 — count your blessings' and 'Honestly ¥13k can last pretty long if you're not gaming.'

The undisputed highlight was this user's five-stage emotional journey: 'Laughing at miHoYo's L for the day → cooling off and starting to worry about the kid's future → thinking about it more and fearing the kid will grow up wrong → concluding that not having kids is the best option → full-on fear of marriage (abruptly stops) — wait, I'm still single, guess I'll just keep laughing at miHoYo.'

As of now, there's no follow-up on whether the family got their money back. But this incident is yet another blaring alarm about minors' spending in gacha games and the gaps in family supervision — except this time, the kid's waifu/husbando devotion caught everyone completely off guard.