welp
#VTubers
north siren
me neither
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<:ShizukaSip:778703849057026088>
#1033585093526179840 message
sharp adder
So Nijisanji is essentially getting completely isolated from any other group/company/creators now?
Nobody not even individual creators like the one who did a lot of stuff for Selen wants anything to do with them now
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So Nijisanji is essentially getting completely isolated from any other group/com...
A lot of artists and some businesses are blacklisting anycolor yes
lucid python
Return of the queen
iron quail
Reverse graduation
lucid python
"I lived, bitch"
twilit viper
"Boot to the head!"
whoosh
"...You missed."
cold plover
she's celebrating her three year anniversary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O69ugrZ_EiM
twilit viper
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worn gulch
https://x.com/tyler_462/status/1755402400486097330?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ
She about to get 200k from this debut stream alone
the thing reached 150k viewers
worn gulch
like, literally
related (spoiled because heavy subject) || https://twitter.com/Rev_says_desu/status/1755435982969557197 ||
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this is just fuck up
nijisanji can burn
lucid python
No one could have ever known
lucid python
related (spoiled because heavy subject) || https://twitter.com/Rev_says_desu/sta...
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck Niji
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twilit viper
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storm heath
Matara Kan just revealed a new outfit! Pretty sweet casual winter outfit for the Giant Monster Lady
it has some merch, and it's tempting, though the price is probably too high for me lol
holy shit shipping is so much
forget the price, shipping is too much T_T
storm heath
yup, v.smug
storm heath
oh yeah, this clip is great
cold plover
by /u/duylong45 on reddit
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cold plover
iron quail
worn gulch
by /u/duylong45 on reddit
its time.
cold plover
The comment someone said about her family being able to birth a new hologeneration still lives in my head
Just like the jokes about Kiara and Calli parenting the next Hololive ID member lol
worn gulch
she birthed the whole next human generation
cold plover
she's so cute
crude beacon
Indeed she is
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frozen geode
who is mika gonna be in vshoji
storm heath
not sure, they change quite a lot from itteration to itteration
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https://vxtwitter.com/ricedeity/status/1755640411672985864
Whats this about a tomato
twilit viper
Apparently a very early Dokibird rig
torpid rampart
sharp adder
Dogs the microsecond they sense a mailman nearby:
twilit viper
i was getting the same feeling but this means the person must have remade it into this n64-like endine
Since i'm quite sure Okami never was on n64 (ps2 onwards, no?)
torpid rampart
ps2 wii and the re-release on steam
north siren
heyyyy that's the starting village from Okami
I don't think it's the same layout/structure/shape, though we see few enough games with a cartoonish aesthetic and torii gates everywhere that I get what you mean
twilit viper
No, there's a part of the village that leads up a big hill/mountain with toori gates
north siren
yes I remember that part too
twilit viper
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storm heath
adorable
frozen geode
dokibird making more money now than before
cold plover
this might be the most unique piece of vtuber merch I've seen https://onimart.gg/collections/lunar-new-year-2024/products/honisuki
crude beacon
yeah onigiri is into cooking
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Looks like the heat is too much for them rn https://x.com/nijisanji_world/status/1756215919431634958?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCfgMsQ
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lucid python
I can't believe I missed this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElkCxtzRpo
This man knows martial arts, plays cello, got damn he the whole package
The poise on this man
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sharp adder
I don't know much about Doki but I've seen a few clips since she came back and I like that her model is perpetually stuck with a smug smile all the time
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cold plover
I love how this kanji looks like a kid walking in, dragging a blanket going "I frew up"
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sharp adder
Seems like there's even more Nijisanji stuff happening
cold plover
Vox Akuma reading confidential legal documents on stream 💀
sharp adder
Just saw some tweets posted right now about how, supposedly, from what I'm reading here, some Nijisanji streamers are ''throwing Selen under the bus'' on stream, apparently right as she was starting her own stream, and seems like she ended it early because her lawyer contacted her about it?
Which if all of this is true it's some really wild and extremely unprofessional stuff to put it extremely lightly
worn gulch
What the fuck was that thing
What the FUCK
they managed to nuke a place on fire
that was horrible
that was straight up disgusting
sharp adder
Really puts into perspective how professional Hololive/Cover is when they part ways with someone even on bad terms when they break contract
worn gulch
they really tried to say that legal private documents that is only shared between lawyers is doxxing
please blink twice if you at gun point from management
my fucking god
worn gulch
Really puts into perspective how professional Hololive/Cover is when they part w...
Yep
recent with Mel, she broke contract, was a single announcement and ended there.
we will never know what happens, that is between then and that is it
sharp adder
Well not only that but also they're not going after Mel or Rushia trying to paint them as bad guys or anything either
worn gulch
Rushia fucked up and kept fucking up, they absolutely never threw shit at her at all
Nijisanji literally ignited a internal fight
and is using their own talents as shield
next time they should have just pulled an ukelele
crude beacon
Yeah niji EN is done theres no coming back from this
Save yourself 15 minutes. They essentially out themselves admitting to breaching NDA by letting talents read documents given to by selens lawyer. And then at the go “its an issue for the lawyers”
runic swift
I watched this live, I couldn't believe what I was listening to lol
cold plover
what if niji wanted the en members to do this so they could throw them under the bus, dissolve the branch, and then just ignore the English speaking market
crude beacon
Honestly at this point it wouldn’t shock me
lucid python
This is fucking unreal
The talents that got out early knew to hit the fuckin eject button right
Then they stepped on the wrong snake and she bit the fuck back
lucid python
Remember when Cover and Anycolor were both lauded when they came out with that joint statement regarding a division to protect their talents from undue slander
Two dominating vtuber companies, now one doing the exact shit they said from the highest level they wanted to avoid
cold plover
they definitely did that so when the repercussions come, they can terminate all of their contracts and shift the blame to them
maybe it's pessimistic but I'm guessing the anger oriented towards them as the bearer of bad news is meant to tank their indie careers
that said, ??? because the rrats say some of them might be implicated in Dokibird's bullying and harassment she faced.
cold plover
I'm slowly but surely getting better
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iron quail
is the top one the one ppl say own a lot of yachts
worn gulch
yep
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iron quail
Oh shit
twilit viper
I don't know who this is but I assume this is a 
moment
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I don't know who this is but I assume this is a <a:sweatingintensifies:934946543...
Big commentary channel
lucid python
Bit of a baity title calling them "evil"
dapper gazelle
:/
iron quail
wait, Apex x Neopets collab?
lucid python
The thumbnail doesn't always match
Especially for livestreams, it can pull the thumbnail of the most recent stream instead of the current one
sharp adder
Oh no
The tiktok brainrot
Funnily enough that's just how Nene's brain is like by default anyways
also i've been seeing some clips from a recent Bae and Mumei stream and... 
there's a lot of borderline r18 art in there that's pretty damn bold
I don't even know if it's allowed on yt type of art 
iron quail
cropped porn for thumbnails and not crediting artists
name a more iconic clipper duo
sharp adder
No, their entire stream was reviewing art
And they just start showing a bunch of borderline nsfw art in their stream, even Bae got to the point where she asked Mumei if it was okay and Mumei just went: ''....yeah yeah yeah 
''
lucid python
They clear it with management beforehand
sharp adder
I have to imagine that it's allowed but I just remember that the whole summer hololive thing got shut down because youtube wouldn't allow it so it's surprising
lucid python
They do this because once upon a time Haachama did not
Genius censorship she did but her manager scrambled to save her after that lol
iron quail
i was about to say, didnt hacchama review straight up hentai
lucid python
Marine also did but in a more restrained way, if you can believe that
Marine and Noel got in an intense discussion about very un-seiso doujins they liked and got so into it they did not notice their managers telling them to pump the brakes repeatedly
sharp adder
Marine is such an interesting creature
She appears to be one of the most unhinged un-seiso and crazy of them all but she's actually pretty professional and keeps it real
lucid python
Marine is a work hard, play hard girl
sharp adder
I remember seeing a specific clip where she kind of stops playing the character and just gets real with a superchat who kind of went a bit too hard on confessing to her and getting a bit parasocial
lucid python
She'll do the shit she needs to do right but when it's time to let loose she lets loose
I also feel when any talent has that genuine concern when someone drops an ungodly amount of akasupas or gifted memberships, encouraging them to not spend money they don't have and to make sure they use that money to take care of themselves first
lucid python
Lots on deck tonight
Wanna pretend to be Bae's lover? She's doing some roleplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1juGPlOu7I
Throw money at Calli's cats! Or some charity, I dunno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjbIFlG0uiw
Then later, Shiori wrecks your life (again) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRqQXVo8R_M
sharp adder
Dinner with Shiori, but did she make it? 
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worn gulch
Scarle is very likely next to be nuked
She was supposed to have a stream today
and simply radio silent
crude beacon
Like i said very likely the EN branch will be shut down withen next 6 months or end of year. Their reputation is destroyed in the West
gilded nest
so what happened to nijisanji
i keep hearing bits and pieces about bad things happening
lucid python
So, shit was happening before the biggest bits, but long story short Nijisanji's EN branch has been collapsing.
The biggest bit regards Selen Tatsuki, who suddenly and without warning went radio silent some time ago. Radio silence isn't totally unusual for anyone, but people knew something was up when events Selen was supposed to be a part of were either canceled or had Selen removed from participation. From stream collabs to sponsored events, Selen was just being deleted.
As it turns out, some dark shit was happening behind the scenes. Selen was under extreme stress, asked for help/time off, and got none of it. She made an attempt on her life, which we only know because Nijisanji shared her medical records to unaffiliated third parties. Selen tried to air her grievances and was repeatedly shut down, pretty much only being punished whenever she tried to advocate for herself or others.
Contracts were violated because of course they were and Selen was terminated. Now that she's no longer under any NDAs or Nijisanji's yoke, we know more about behind the scenes of her own circumstances and other things going on in the company, particularly regarding various EN talents, and things do NOT look well. For a while NijiEN's turnover rate seemed unusually high and we now know there's damn good reason.
It's expected that thanks to this latest bombshell and current talents now openly lambasting Nijisanji, the branch may be dissolved in the coming weeks to months.
As for Selen, she very quickly rose again, reviving her pre-Niji channel Dokibird, which has rocketed in popularity, received a well-deserved outpouring of support, and she's already on track to be making more money than she ever was under Niji.
Nijisanji, for their part, has been attempting damage control and doing a shit job of it. They put out a statement trying to assure both Nijisanji viewers and investors that the company's okay and once their PR nightmare is over things will be back to normal, but with tanking stock and pretty much every western company they've been working with hitting the eject button on planned collabs, things are probably never going to be the same.
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Nijisanji, for their part, has been attempting damage control and doing a shit j...
Damn that's some crazy shit. Thanks for all that
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dapper gazelle
sounds like typical corpo greed
dapper gazelle
fuck you i will use your world tree how i want
crude beacon
Its cardio day professor
worn gulch
sardines!
cold plover
lucid python
Shiori is in 3D (sort of) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM7ysu2s7X0
cold plover
"These two balls? Ignore it" - Shiori Novella
lucid python
Epic
cold plover
lucid python
SHE'S KILLING US
lucid python
"Like a Double-Stuf Oreo--Double-Stuf Shiori!" - Shiori "Uninterrupted stream of consciousness" Novella
Awww
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frozen geode
everyone go from nijisanji to vshojo
lucid python
iron quail
how many subs did the selene channel have before it got nuked?
storm heath
wow, what
twilit viper
lucid python
Subaru woke up and chose violence
cold plover
twilit viper
attack on Yagoo
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lucid python
https://youtu.be/aGqD8XIioa0?si=ZghC4KZ0z4BhPiGL
Depending on Mumei's compensation plan in her contract (assumed 30% of a superchat goes to Cover, but could be different), after YouTube's industry standard 30% cut, Mooms still landed a cool $8100 from that
cold plover
lucid python
"I was thinking of doing a pregnancy stream" - Nerissa "surely she's the most mature of these streamers" Ravencroft
worn gulch
the fuck 
cold plover
I’d watch that
lucid python
She was telling Kiara she was thinking of doing monthly pregnancy streams where she fakes she's pregnant with Kiara's child and gives updates on how the pregnancy's going and then in 9 months she does a birthing stream where she gives birth to this Black Phoenix child
"As a joke"
Totally not a real idea that she's now saying is a joke because Kiara is weirded the fuck out lmao
cold plover
Let’s pretend I’m not pregnant with Kiara’s child
north siren
cold plover
Let her cook
Or bake ig
I’ll be honest if you want menhara shenanigans, phase connect is great
I’m a big Shiina fan
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storm heath
lol
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cold plover
north siren
history repeats itself
cold plover
north siren
whoa, those ears are so floppy
(I've been around real horses too much so that weirds me out lol)
cold plover
storm heath
sigh. People really don't like MLP fans huh.
lucid python
At least Bae's like "What's so bad about that" lol
Thank you for understanding stereotypes, Bae
cold plover
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storm heath
lmao
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lucid python
Beeg
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iron quail
frozen geode
skynet is taking over
hoary creek
i don't think that's AI art? look at their twitter
lucid python
Way too well-detailed to be AI. They got hair, hair accessories, and fingers right.
Damn, lotta people watching the rock right now
lucid python
BAE BIRTHDAY LIVE LET'S GOOOOOOOO
No cage can catch this rat!
No math can settle this rat!
With guests: Mumei, IRyS, Ina, Matsuri, Roberu, Risu, Shien, Calli, and Towa!
lucid python
Poor baby's crying she finally got to announce it. She says it's her love letter to Hololive Production and her fans, she's worked very hard on it for a very long time and she gets to have it on her birthday, which is of course exceptionally rare because February 29 only happens once every 4 years
No it's going to be on Feb 29
storm heath
oh wow
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cold plover
https://twitter.com/hololive_en/status/1761009308882579534?t=E_PePdX5xmPyDXLsA66Ydg I love my shark wife
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lucid python
I want this face to stare at me forever
cold plover
she belivesd in me https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xjmZYq8VlUo
storm heath
aww cute
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lucid python
Bae is an adult woman
worn gulch
based
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lucid python
Fuwamoco announced they are moving to Japan!
torpid rampart
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iron quail
Edgy bird
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lucid python
Lmao Fauna leaning hard into the goth aspect
storm heath
I'm watching live now! it's very fun
lucid python
From Japanese comments I've read JP fans seem to like Fauna quite a bit because she speaks English slowly and enunciates words well so she's easier to understand for English beginners
storm heath
34 K viewers for the outfit reveal wow
lucid python
What are thooooooose
storm heath
These boots were made for walking!
storm heath
oh nice, I'll watch that after this
storm heath
so cute!
cold plover
THE GOTH FAUNA IS REAAAAAAAL
lucid python
Cute t-shirt variant!
Shirt is for sale
Not the one she's currently wearing sadly
cold plover
storm heath
aye i saw her naruto running hahah, that model seems very flexible
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bau bau\
iron quail
(Their eye colors have been swapped)
i saw this earlier and could not figure out what was supposedly wrong til i read the comments 
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storm heath
hahah
cold plover
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storm heath
What is the "Cool Japan" initiative anyway?
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storm heath
Cool Japan is an initiative to further strengthen the ties between Japan and other countries (in such areas as economics, culture, and diplomacy)
interesting, so they see Vtubers as an extension of cultural ties. sort of like Korea and K-pop i guess
Since the 1990s, such forms of Japan-based entertainment as Japanimation, manga and electronic
games have been enjoyed in many countries, and tasty, healthy Japanese food has attracted more and
more people even while we, the Japanese people, are losing confidence and energy, and becoming
more introverted due to prolonged economic struggles. I position the Cool Japan strategy as a social
movement for each of us to rediscover various aspects of Japan’s attractiveness and then disseminate
it to the world.
from the Decleration of Cool Japan's Mission
lucid python
Winner of a huge Street Fighter tournament is also a huge Hololive fan https://fxtwitter.com/uma327_sf6/status/1762513442752368821?s=46
He declined an invite to an even bigger invitation-only tournament because it conflicts with Holofes, which he has tickets to
hoary creek
torpid rampart
https://youtu.be/-fY1rLfQbGE?si=-KTtdHaeoU9UTVHQ
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UMA is a man amongst men
storm heath
no just a huge Tournament
oh it didn't scroll
yeah, He won Capcom Cup, the 1million dollar tournament
had to fight through people from around the world, hell of a run
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lucid python
Wtf how'd you get this picture of me
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Lol are you sure its you. Its not shiori
lucid python
Life has many oshis, ed boy
lucid python
"Call me a good girl!" - Shiori Novella
Nerissa replied "Good girl~" and Shiori's like "Not you"
lucid python
LET'S GO IT RAT TIME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQSikoeVXoE
lucid python
Out the gate her moves are unreal
storm heath
bae can really move
storm heath
wow, Carnival Phantasm song cover
wild
CHADcast is singing!
there's some cynical humor to be had at Vtubers singing Internet Overdose.
storm heath
towa and Bae's range is surprising sometimes
lucid python
New album let's gooooooo
torpid rampart
storm heath
whoa cool mod
north siren
Life has many oshis, ed boy
once I joked about having 4 or 5 “waifus” and got told that’s not how that word works
storm heath
hahahah
sharp adder
storm heath
hahahaha yeah
lucid python
O-oh, I commented on Watame's stream and she noticed my comment and said my pfp on YouTube was cute
Did not expect that lol
dapper gazelle
what's your youtube pfp
lucid python
Benni's drawing of my ponysona
dapper gazelle
mine is just this i made years ago, lmao
dapper gazelle
Benni's drawing of my ponysona
BASED
cold plover
O-oh, I commented on Watame's stream and she noticed my comment and said my pfp ...
A vtuber I know got told nice booba by Takanashi Kiara lol
gilded nest
I got Gura to say "You're playing Pokemon?" On her RE2 stream
I think she asked what everyone was currently playing so I just threw that in there and she saw it lol
sharp adder
iron quail
we reached levels of smugness that didnt know was possible
twilit viper
sharp adder
"How do you keep breaking into my house?!"
"... will you ask me something different for once?"
storm heath
lmao
lucid python
That could be an interesting sitcom or anime. The HoloHouse.
A guy moves into a house in Tokyo. To his surprise, a clerical error has put the house both in his name and Cover corp. So he can't move, but the house was meant to be a place where Hololive talents could work and rest nearby to Cover's offices and studio. So each week different Holomems show up and engage in various shenanigans.
north siren
I like it
lucid python
Lots of people waiting for Nerissa...'s mom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvCm-mN8X0
Imagine your mom pulling in a 10k+ audience
20k people lol
cold plover
MAMARISSA'S CHIP DIP
lucid python
I definitely copied down the recipe
north siren
what's Nerissa's normal audience size?
lucid python
Very good. The biggest JP Holomems have pretty regular 30k audiences but it's rare for an EN outside of Gura to pull that audience
For a regular stream, at least
lucid python
Biboo joined in!
cold plover
Biboo about to love Mamarissa
storm heath
ah blast, I'll have to catch the VOD, i want to see it from the beginning and i'm 2 hours late
lucid python
Oop, name slip
cold plover
we're all vtubers according to mamarissa
sims vtubers
SAME WAVELENGTH
SHE SAID FLESDHTUBERS WHEN I DID
lucid python
I wanna be part of the Ravencroft family
storm heath
damn, nice process Rad
sharp adder
I got recommended some japanese conjugation exercises on yt shorts last night, I actually even managed to get some answers right, I want to say it motivated me to try and see if it's time to start learning japanese even if just basic stuff but I know I probably wouldn't be able to go through with it, but it would be nice to
cold plover
if you join renshuu.org we could friend each other and compare studies
storm heath
what's Renshuu.org?
north siren
you expose yourself to enough Japanese that even if you don't "go through with it" just being told a bunch of conjugations will probably help you recognize more stuff day-to-day, so imo it can't hurt
sharp adder
Probably, the idea for me was always more so just expose myself to the language like I did with english as a kid, I just know me already and I tend to pick things up quickly but put them down and lose interest just as fast and conventional study methods don't quite work with me, I'd probably still need to practice 'the normal way' at least to get started, like with hiragana and katakana that I've started to recognize more but I still can't read them
north siren
yeah, it's a much bigger leap than Spanish to English so some explicit instruction is going to be necessary to get past certain hurdles
sharp adder
Definitely not gonna be learning as quickly and efficiently as one could but I figured at least it would help not be completely clueless, especially with reading since listening isn't as much of a problem oddly, but with reading I'm practically illiterate
That's why I always like writing down and picking apart sentences in japanese whenever I come across them in games and such
north siren
mm-hmm, kanji in particular really need some dedicated study to get to the point where you can start picking up new ones productively
since none of us started off in an ideographic language
cold plover
what's Renshuu.org?
It’s a Japanese learning site with flash cards, quizzes, lessons, and games. It has a paid subscription but the free content is very comprehensive and I’ve found it to be fun. Enough that it’s been a daily habit for a long time now
I had issues with other sites like Duolingo due to the structure and focus of their curriculum and this one is really oriented around core principles, even if it doesn’t have speaking lessons or fancy microphone stuff to record and grade your spoken Japanese
storm heath
ah nice, thanks for the info Rad
torpid rampart
He declined an invite to an even bigger invitation-only tournament because it co...
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storm heath
hahah that's an amazing animation
twilit viper
I dunno if it's the volume or sound quality but i'm finding it hard to make out what they're saying at times
storm heath
I think that's just how they talk in general, they err speak a bit unclearly at times
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iron quail
lmao could this be the first mom to enter hololive
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torpid rampart
lmao could this be the first mom to enter hololive <:rdwut:399725074204065802>
techincally no, that would go to Matsuri's mom I believe
lucid python
Cover sharing more bts of their facility https://note.cover-corp.com/n/n50eb4a7180a6
The sheer fucking size of this chroma key studio lmao
Mocap room is unreal
100+ specialized cameras
gilded nest
This is kinda nuts
north siren
this is the box where your dreams are manufactured 
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Cover sharing more bts of their facility https://note.cover-corp.com/n/n50eb4a71...
Is this where the concerts are all filmed i take
twilit viper
north siren
I cannot roll rs to save my life
storm heath
that Studio is wild
torpid rampart
punk baelz
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storm heath
Ceres Fauna let'ssss gooo
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Goth fauna
torpid rampart
twilit viper
God fucking damnit 
it's inescapable
iron quail
https://x.com/streamhatchet/status/1765303903132745874?s=46&t=bVzXPIZvXYyJJoEkCf...
Elite streamer
lucid python
https://vxtwitter.com/kowkarot5/status/1765135541614395780
Dammit I fuckin got got
sharp adder
https://vxtwitter.com/kowkarot5/status/1765135541614395780
The way she gently holds and rubs the bottle and longingly stares at it makes it way funnier for some reason
lucid python
Nene: Trying to be sexy
Husbands: 
Awwwww!
cold plover
she kind of reminds me of a school teacher
"BIBOO YOU KILLED A DOG"
"OH NYO"
"Let me smell you" - Biboo
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storm heath
are you joining a vtuber as a member Agent?
crude beacon
Was showing off the promotion their doing currently on yt
One month membership free if you have premium for more than 3 months
storm heath
ahh ok, neat
twilit viper
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storm heath
Bao and Nerissa huh? interesting
crude beacon
Yeah definitely unique
north siren
it's a good way to stand out in the current crowd
lucid python
"I will never eat apple pie." - Kronii's friend on her chat stream right now
We can confirm they're not American
lucid python
This is the best thing in the history of the universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZP7yHUgjU
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twilit viper
lucid python
The bau baus are bau back! (in 9 hours) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2_xPltYHwI
north siren
I knew Shiori would pick up on that lol
lucid python
Is this what's called passive income? (multiple pink and red superchats flooding in before the stream even starts)
twilit viper
Siiiiiiimps
iron quail
$imp
cold plover
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lucid python
The bau baus announce eating donuts in excessively formal language in the style of a marriage announcement https://fxtwitter.com/fuwamoco_en/status/1767119703208825250?t=E_PePdX5xmPyDXLsA66Ydg
storm heath
I do wish I'd put the time in to learn some japanese so I could appreciate this post better haha
regal abyss
So I legit had no idea why so many vtubers censor their hands or wear gloves, but this explanation makes sense.
https://youtu.be/MXs6WDZ5_io?si=3RoNe8x70bCNpxIs
north siren
it is funny that that short went viral just because it was so many people's first time seeing a blurred hand
sharp adder
''chotto Nene ga tabeteru! 
'' lol
the tracking even shows how close she got to the bowl
lucid python
Botan need merely breathe the name of a vtuber she likes and her subs spike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs2Op4DVWs
Though you'd expect this when any huge channel shouts out a smaller one
twilit viper
iron quail
lol at the low-quality marine
storm heath
hahah that's some quality screaming allright
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lucid python
Nijisanji: In the midst of a civil war
Hololive: Has begun age of colonization
Seems like the possibility for more NA concerts and events, more Hololive collabs with American and other western brands, plus NA offices and HQ for better local (ish) management of EN talents
sharp adder
This is something we've been talking about which would be great for HoloEN for quite a few years now since up until now they have to work with what they got and or wait and go through the process of shipping equipment from Japan to wherever they're located
I want to say this will help them with supporting and having a more local HQ but the US is way too big, its practically its own continent in size, but I guess it's better than flying to Japan
(I'm still waiting on that Spanish branch though)
lucid python
I think either Cover was ramping up to this for a while or they needed the monetary proof that it would be a worthwhile investment. Possibly both. 2022 and 2023 seemed to be exploratory years in international markets with a lot of convention appearances and the big test of having an NA concert that sold out all tickets almost immediately. Their efforts have clearly paid off
I even think they might be looking into presenting vtubers as something more mainstream. Hololive EN halftime shows, anyone?
Late night talk show guests?
Can you imagine Gooba on Jimmy Fallon
sharp adder
I don't really know about that, though I don't want to sound negative or as if I wish it didn't happen, it's just that these things aren't as mainstream popular as they are in Japan, even with all the fans for anime or anything Japan around the world, it's just not quite the same enviroment as it is over there, so it seems a bit uncertain to me that that stuff would happen
I guess that same reason is why we haven't seen another branch pop up since they may still be testing the waters with the EN branch, I'm a little surprised that they even have an Indonesian branch just because of how specific it is, and that they haven't done something like a Korean branch yet
It's really funny seeing how meticulous and careful a company like Cover is with these things even after they prove to be successful vs a company like Nijisanji that just throws stuff to the wall without even seeing or caring if it's sticking or not
lucid python
IIRC the Indonesian branch was made after a talent or staff took a vacation there and was amazed at the amount of anime stuff they saw. Came back, said "Hey this might work" and then one squirrel, alien, and moon princess later they were right.
sharp adder
Then a zombie girl appeared and things started to get weird
storm heath
Hey hey! Ollie is great
she's such a humane and kind person
I wish I was able to catch more of her streams
lucid python
Ollie is so real. I loved watching along with her Okami playthrough
Second superchat I ever sent because she was fun to watch and Okami is my favorite game of all time
storm heath
ooh nice, I should check it out
lucid python
She had this real moment during one of her streams where she talked about how she's incredibly grateful that people still stick around for her and support her because she felt that she wasn't living up to expectations after debuting as the crazy, loud, in-your-face zombie. She's mellowed out and doesn't lean as hard into the persona but had this feeling like she was letting people down because of it. Of course the zomrades and zomily were there to say they love her no matter what and even some other talents came to the stream to express how much they care
Wasn't even a special stream or anything, just a regular chatting one
storm heath
aww, that sounds like it's been weighing on her mind
sharp adder
I can't say I blame her knowing how prone the internet and people in general are to stop caring as much about things after their initial period of blowing up, the good thing about Hololive is that they're all special to someone and they're all unique, I think Sana was one of the Hololive members that had some of the smallest viewership and she was still pulling consistently good numbers in her streams and had faithful fans
lucid python
Hell you see something vaguely space related in a lot of EN streams and Sanallites still in chat saying "Sana???" or droppin the o7
sharp adder
and they don't know Sana is among them watching just like them, maybe, probably
lucid python
Looking at Sana's talent page on the Hololive website, I forgot some of this lol
Girl over here into EDM who wanna turn up at the rave with Sana
She uses supernovae as intergalactic light shows
sharp adder
dislikes: sneezing
I guess sneezing would inadvertently cause ripples throughout the cosmos
torpid rampart
https://youtu.be/yA31nzX_4yY?si=ybzwS-K0bfLzCt2r
Nene's sukajan is so cool
sharp adder
she's always had style
she's so stylish she doesn't wear plain black gloves but stylish gloves and fluffy cuffs
torpid rampart
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storm heath
Watching Fuwamoco's stream is like a balm to the soul.
currently watching their superchat reading
lucid python
"Have you been a good boy?" - Shiori Novella 
My favorite duality of Shiori is how she sometimes goes out of her way to not curse and then 20 seconds later is letting out a waterfall of "OH SHIT OH FUCK!"
sharp adder
I haven't seen much of her still but my favourite thing is probably that she never really yells out ''oh my god'' and very frequently says ''oh my lord'' or ''oh lord'' or something like that
lucid python
She says "Oh good god" a lot
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twilit viper
Watching a wow streamer and in the corner of my eye this damn pfp is animated and keeps bouncing around
twilit viper
Eeyup
cold plover
iron quail
damn, thats the most hyper-realistic vtuber model ive seen
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sharp adder
She says "Oh good god" a lot
Ah that's what it was
She always says 'good god'
I don't know why I always found it amusing that she says that
lucid python
Mans is living https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/1bdtskq/who_told_my_parents_what_to_buy_me_for_my_birthday/
I love this
storm heath
that's so cute
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lucid python
Calli just announced that she will have a new song be the ED of the upcoming Suicide Squad Isekai anime!
This has been a dream of hers throughout her whole career (pre-and during Hololive) to have a song of hers be an anime OP or ED
dapper gazelle
wait what the fuck there's going a suicide squad isekai
lucid python
Seems the story is
Suicide Squad deployed to another world to bring about peace to a nation at war
worn gulch
Peak.
lucid python
Long hair don't care gang
cold plover
lucid python
The Akihabara Mister Donut has become... quite popular after the bau baus' visit
Also I learned that Mister Donut is Dunkin' Donuts but when they came to the US they couldn't lock down the rights to Mister Donut so they became Dunkin'
All of these cosplays are great but that Fauna is something else
sharp adder
Bae with tats and a septum...
I can't believe I'm saying it but she looks a bit too sexy for Fauna I think the red lipstick is a bit too much
lucid python
I'm not saying she looks like Fauna, but she's gorgeous and is rocking the outfit, even if actual Fauna isn't the bright red lipstick type
Also recall that Fauna's default outfit is barefoot
sharp adder
The Akihabara Mister Donut has become... quite popular after the bau baus' visit
Looks like a pretty small and inconspicuous store so good for them, it looks cozy, though I've never been the type of person to go to a place like that and order the one thing, but I understand that a lot of times the experience of just being there is the draw
sharp adder
Also recall that Fauna's default outfit is barefoot
Weirdly that style of heel works with Fauna's design
but yeah the outfit actually looks really high quality, the Bae cosplayer too
I like that the Kronii wig mimics her vents
cold plover
I feel like Bae probably doesn't wear much makeup - those cosplayers are super pretty and their outfits are so well done
lucid python
C'est la vie. This year I have the time, but not the money to watch the Holofes Capture the Moment concerts
I could swing maybe one of the stages on one day but not all stages for both days
Comes out to ~$190 USD for all stages, ~$50 USD per individual stage
cold plover
Oof :c. it's a shame that you can't - it's expensive chasing merch and all of the experiences and everything
I know I've had to be frugal as a fan. I don't have any memberships right now, no stages, no merch
storm heath
yeah I hear y a Rad
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worn gulch
idk about stocks and money and stuff
but if a line is a literal vertical down line
i am pretty sure it is no gud
lucid python
Yeah graph go down mean no good
north siren
the important thing to know about stock prices is that it's a measure of investor sentiment
the company might still be earning more than enough money to turn a profit in all the normal ways companies do, but this does mean investors outside the company are no longer giving that company money
how much that matters depends on the company; some rely heavily on investors, some couldn't care less, many aren't even publicly traded so they don't have a stock price to begin with
for example, that giant green screen and projector room y'all were posting pictures of the other day? that's the kind of pricey setup that when the system is working a company will have to convince investors to fund by presenting evidence that they'll likely make so much money with that facility that everyone who invested in them will turn a profit later on; this line going down means nobody is currently buying that kind of argument from anycolor
crude beacon
Its kinda funny we take streamers for being computer savy when alot of them arnt
regal abyss
Oh, while I'm here, I understand Dokibird got fired from her streamer company. Anyone got the tl;dr on what happened?
twilit viper
"TL:DR Selen was proactive in doing her manager's job. Calls Niji management out, gets silenced. Month later Selen gets the Zaion treatment (Defamed, Terminated, etc.) and responds with her hospitalization reason. Selen now Doki procedes to rebuild her life, gets nearly 500K subs on youtube in a week. Her fist gaming stream starts and Elira, Vox, and Ike simultaneously start a stream where they leak confidential info they had no reason to have. Niji tweets that they did nothing wrong and CEO placates investors."
From Reddit
regal abyss
Oof
twilit viper
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nijisanji/comments/1apmcmk/where_can_i_find_a_tldr_on_this_situation/ a few other posts are longer with more details
dapper gazelle
also her fans are called Dragoons because fuck Niji
sharp adder
From what I understood it was a long time of just bad treatment from the company and next to no support in the slightest and she dared speak up about it and go against them so they got mad about it
dapper gazelle
i would have gone freebirds
dapper gazelle
also her fans are called Dragoons because fuck Niji
because Selene was a dragon, if I recall
so it's a callback to her time at Niji and such
sharp adder
the final nail on the coffing was something about her paying for a music video out of her own pocket, getting the ok to post it, then getting it taken down anyways and having to resort to telling people that if they wanted to reupload it it'd be fine because she wanted people to see it which got Nijisanji mad and was that final straw but there was apparently a bunch of similar stuff before that
regal abyss
Ah. So she wasn't completely under their control, that makes sense. These companies seem to be obsessed with micromanaging what their streamers are allowed to do.
lucid python
Awwwwwwwwwww baby Laplus
iron quail
as sasuga of a HoloBabies member
lucid python
I'm not even entirely sure what's happening right now
They seem to be playing some sort of batsu game
cold plover
laplus with da binky
lucid python
Expo stream btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=062NE0osLN8
Also it appears they are doing like they did the last couple times with the concert. The first 30 mins will be free to watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00xeNL3vdQo
Begins in 15 mins
lucid python
THE DARK ONE HAS AWOKEN
cold plover
imagine you hear a faint hic from the costume
worn gulch
hic
lucid python
Her flips are getting more intense lol https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/1bg4x44/aerials/
Mococo took her pills
Nerissa and Fuwamoco karaoke offcollab happening rn
lucid python
"My gay friend might know." - Shiori Novella
north siren
because there's exactly 1 of those
lucid python
She is referring to a specific gay friend of hers who she's talked about a lot. She's known him since college and apparently he's also a furry and is married.
north siren
of course lol
lucid python
Whoever's in charge of Hyte's Twitter is all in on Hololive lol
twilit viper
dapper gazelle
womp womp
sharp adder
one of my favourite aspects of Japanese culture specifically surrounding conventions and events like this are the adorable mascots and the staff members trying to keep them from trouble
one of my favourite examples
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iron quail
look at her go 
lucid python
At this rate next year she's gonna have a gym mat and do a whole floor routine
iron quail
patent palm
today i encountered the phrase "to serve cunt"
sharp adder
The only weird part of this whole thing is Kiara not having those words in her vocabulary already, I don't believe it
regal abyss
today i encountered the phrase "to serve cunt"
lucid python
I think regarding a dance move Kiara was given instruction that she misheard as "serve cunt," which means nothing but cunt is apparently a brand new English word for Kiara (she's Austrian and her first language is German) and she's kind of in love with it
twilit viper
iron quail
crude beacon
Yeah what professor said. It was a mistranslation that worked into a meme
twilit viper
torpid rampart
Sana merch arrived yesterday
crude beacon
I miss sana hopefully shes doing well
storm heath
That merch is so cool!
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lucid python
Shiori please
north siren
she knows her audience
cold plover
shiori is cooking too hard
sharp adder
1950s diner waiter vtuber now
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z4kxrBSFsQU?si=mnAi_yYnRVWGhSGg
And she has a legit boston accent too!
lucid python
Ao-kun accidentally pulls a pro move on Sora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXAht7TEL8k
lucid python
The bau baus now rule Mister Donut https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/1bjetbm/even_the_staff_have_picked_up_on_it/
twilit viper
"This is starting to seem like a covert operation to take over the franchise by Big BauBau."
lucid python
Fauna is excitedly screaming my name and I'm dying
My actual name, which she has affectionately ascribed to the person in A Difficult Game About Climbing
sharp adder
looks like it but I don't know if she plays that
storm heath
this stream was awesome, really cool theme and minigames for guests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLWmHwX4eKQ
TTRPG themed
lucid python
Had me in the first half not gonna lie https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/1bl5zdi/hololive_now_using_bots_to_shill_suiseis_latest_mv/
This MV goes so hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZP5eqm4JqM
twilit viper
Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9YtJC-Kd8
cold plover
that's so cool, her helmet visor has a reflection in it
storm heath
oh that's cool
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torpid rampart
lucid python
Ame back. Ame cute. Ame koko.
And she also says don't worry about the phone she is totally not recording us
lucid python
She's chatting about her Japan adventures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFnYmf4ar0
lucid python
Oh no 4Kids got their hands on Okayu
iron quail
what would Nekomata Okayu be if 4kids localized that name
lucid python
Kitty Katsworth
Or for a more literal translation, Rica Katsworth
Wait Rica isn't Spanish for rice
I know words
Who are we kidding 4Kids isn't going that hard for names
cold plover
crude beacon
Lmao fauna white
storm heath
aww that's fantastic
She's been grinding apex for years so someone clearly noticed
It's also working because seeing all the Vtubers play has me curious to play lol
lucid python
I don't play Apex very often but it's probably the only big game with microtransactions that doesn't make them feel like you need them and doesn't endlessly slap your screen with ads heavily hawking the latest weapon and character skins and premium currency
It's very fun to play as casually or as seriously as you like
storm heath
fair enough. The battlepass is super long to fill but I guess if you dont' bother with that, it's pretty nice to just play
lucid python
When you abuse studio cast and staff https://fxtwitter.com/Oraoraorakuru/status/1772543754278167037
north siren
whomstdve
lucid python
Suisei has a new music video out that features her shooting a music video with a director who acts like a dick and abuses people on set. At a point she takes off her shoe and throws it at the director.
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twilit viper
What's she even Whying abnout
regal abyss
regal abyss
cold plover
storm heath
haha yup
iron quail
l e g
sharp adder
Two cultures that couldn't possibly contrast with each other more
crude beacon
Oh god england
lucid python
Scotland
north siren
you're all gonna have to learn the difference between Britain and England now
sharp adder
I can just imagine the average scottish reaction to a bunch of colorful enthusiastic anime girls running around
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sharp adder
cold plover
Ina's new outfit
dapper gazelle
MAID
storm heath
ooh nice, i 'm watchign the reveal VOD now
worn gulch
<:rdsnrk:587780329335422977> https://youtu.be/8ZP5eqm4JqM?si=UgcT57wKVZ11cv7H
this MV is fucking crazy
sharp adder
It's really good and the song is really addicting too
torpid rampart
cold plover
Apparently there's a group of people brigading and causing every post on the main /r/hololive sub featuring holostars to be removed
I was wondering why I wasn't seeing anything there.
people kinda blame unicorns in the fandom more broadly, but apparently it's a specific group of maybe 10-15 people
iron quail
what does unicorn mean in this context?
cold plover
A fan who believes that female talents should never interact with or acknowledge the existence of men because it serves as a threat to their crush on their oshi
lucid python
People who don't want any contact of Hololive talents with Holostars talents, coming from the lore of unicorns that they only allow pure maidens to ride them
cold plover
or in some cases with CGDCT (cute girls doing cute things) fans, the sheer existence of men at all
it's hard not to chalk it up to some kind of deeply internalized self-loathing in that case
I watch a lot of shows along those lines like yuru camp and have been lucky to not see it there, but yeah
lucid python
Yeah, the projection of "I'm a piece of shit so other guys must be pieces of shit and no one deserves to be romantically/sexually involved with my oshi" is big
cold plover
it's so bad that official announcements regarding talents can't be posted at all now
the sub only having one moderator (T-chan) doesn't help because they can't manage all of this by themself
on the bright side, Tsukino Diana's new outfit debut was very successful
she's now streaming with both her and the Nano model together and it's very cute
idk how she does it but it makes it seem like there's two people on stream when it's just her
they're super cute together
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iron quail
sharp adder
A fan who believes that female talents should never interact with or acknowledge...
Would be really cool if Cover told these specific types of people that they're not welcome and to piss off, they're not going to obviously, but it would still be really cool considering how much they care about their idols overall
lucid python
Despite fan nonsense, the boys do seem to be doing well for themselves. Altare apparently makes about as much as Kobo.
sharp adder
and despite the fact that the Holostars boys get a single room apartment with a moldy fridge while the Hololive girls get a super ultra deluxe office building
storm heath
MataraKan is "eating" all her subscribers by timing them out on si ght for 12 hours. Apparently there's some Momo(fan name) ritual where they all get made into soup
very funny to watch
people put up silly messages, then get sacrificed into the soup
lucid python
This preview thumbnail goes hard
sharp adder
walking into the job interview at KFP be like
twilit viper
https://www.twitch.tv/ironmouse Connor's doing the cycleathon again and the MouseBasket returns
worn gulch
my dudes rented a whole ass castle
lucid python
Smol angy Fauna
Either Pekora is doing a really intense bit and doing a different voice, or her actual mom is streaming right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNfOikz3Is
Her mom has been on stream before but I can't remember her voice lol
It's her actual mom, they're both on stream now lol
north siren
the best part about lurking here is that when a completely unrelated conversation in another server posts a vtuber clip I usually recognize them
sharp adder
Oh Pekomama has her own avatar now wow
sharp adder
So that's two moms now that have received their own models and have shown up on stream and are relatively positive about the idea of showing up on stream
north siren
when a vtuber's family gets involved in the streams, is it always the mom?
sharp adder
Or, three actually, Calli's mom also showed up and had her own model before Nerissa and Pekora's
sharp adder
when a vtuber's family gets involved in the streams, is it _always_ the mom?
Nerissa's sisters have showed up for various streams before
I don't think any brothers or fathers have shown up yet but many of them actively talk about their brothers or fathers especially if they still live with them and they watch their streams, Marine talks about her dad a lot and Nerissa's dad always silently and stealthily teleports behind her to bring her food to her room
Pekora talks about her brother a lot too from what I remember
north siren
yeah, I remember them getting mentioned but not really participating, other then the occasional funny accident
sharp adder
My first instinct is to say that I think it's a combination of the moms and sisters being more onboard with these things but also the fact that this is a combination of anime and idol culture and both disproportionally focus more on girls than boys so I guess there's also some of that mixed in there but I'm not super sure
though to be fair only a handful have appeared so it's not super common as much as people are hyped for the prospect of a 'holomoms' branch
north siren
I'm sure the dominant factor here is that audiences of female vtubers are generally more interested in other female vtubers
sharp adder
Yeah, that's kind of what I tried to say
north siren
like if all of you were watching the holostars instead I'd imagine there's a dad or a brother there with an avatar
cold plover
the thing that scares me is one of the vtubers I used to watch actually managed to scare pipkin pippa
like how do you end up being scarier and more cursed than her
lucid python
I don't think any brothers or fathers have shown up yet but many of them activel...
Subaru's brother and I think dad have been on stream before
I recall a clip where Subaru's brother said "Please continue to be nice to my onee-chan" and Subaru fucking loses it saying "What the hell? You have never once called me 'onee-chan'!"
For more moms, Gura's mom has been on stream (via phone call with the phone pointed at the mic because her mom couldn't figure out Discord)
Kiara's mom has played with Kiara on stream before but we didn't have her voice
iron quail
I rember Kiara's mom gaming on the Minecraft server
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cold plover
crude beacon
@lucid python https://twitter.com/Tomozoo83/status/1775184638140649950?t=9VqzGbA_atMzj5hQ38qxsw&s=19
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Hololive as Disney cast
lucid python
Meanwhile Korone saw Oppenheimer
She really likes Christopher Nolan movies
She likes big western stuff in general. Girl goes crazy over Star Wars and Marvel
dapper gazelle
i guess she's quite the explosive personality
storm heath
relevant video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yBSs0_iZfA
north siren
why is there a rabbit being stewed in the background
iron quail
why is there a rabbit being stewed in the background
Pekora is known for her casually committing war crimes
lucid python
Calli's live is fuckin fire
Kobo of all people performing Mera Mera with Calli lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdzbH7LX80w
These two
lucid python
Man K-ON's different than I remember
cold plover
you know you're in it deep when you can't go to sleep until the vtuber you watch tells you goodnight
twilit viper
Vespamouse for the cyclathon streams
storm heath
super cute
cold plover
man what the fuck I'm tabbed out and just heard "The Rissa that would shit on you"
I know this is kinda Shiori's bit but lol
storm heath
Jesus fuck Kiara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L4NNkF2Knc
cool song
iron quail
shuba duck
storm heath
sharp adder
Baemama debut incoming
iron quail
I wonder if Yagoo's mom will show up
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dapper gazelle
honkers
cold plover
I’m thinking more about how that belly button works. Is the suit that tight? Is it fake and sculpted on?
iron quail
just regular weeb artist things
lucid python
iron quail
can i get an appointment for 🅱️AU 🅱️AU
lucid python
Is your appointment fluffy or fuzzy?
sharp adder
Bau bau https://fxtwitter.com/meiwowowo/status/1777441796630458787
why do all my reports and papers have bite marks all over them 
iron quail
Is your appointment fluffy or fuzzy?
Fuzzy
lucid python
why do all my reports and papers have bite marks all over them <:ajwhomstdve:585...
"It was Moco-chan"
"WHAET!?"
sharp adder
"It was Moco-chan"
"WHAET!?"
storm heath
that video is gold
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dapper gazelle
torpid rampart
north siren
who's the one saying all the my inas?