The strongest superchatter in history (EMTA) and the strongest superchatter of today (Mayuzumi) in the same clip, that’s for the records!

That aside, Nerissa’s dynamic with her sisters is always great, glad they can keep having (now Cover-approved, hopefully?) streams together.

So it’s a commercial for the Gracoro, a Japan-only Gratin Croquette burger which is… apparently a very popular item since 1993?

Never heard of it before but now I have thanks to Miko, guess the ad did its purpose (?)

Loved that the saxist had to flex the Calli daki lol

I feel like covering songs that are so "personal" is always hard as it's impossible to nail the emotion of the original, but they still did a nice job as far as I could tell. I see the channel had some decently-viewed videos 3/4 years ago, they probably fell out due to not pleasing the algorithm with constant uploads or some other stuff (as if it's easy and quick to put together all these people for covers...)

Anyway, End of a Life is probably my favorite Hololive song and it might be among my favorite songs in general too, so I'm always glad when it gets more attention.

Haven’t really been following the stars recently, but if he’s not in a good position mentally it’s good for him to recognize it and take a break. Good luck to the hero!

However, “Grimoire” will be the first solo concert event held outside of Japan for a hololive production talent.

Well, that’s pretty big. Actually, could it be the first solo vtuber concert outside of Japan, ever? I’m not that informed on outside talents’ events.

Either way glad she’s getting the recognition she deserves, hopefully it sells well and paves the way for more similar events!

Well it’s not like they have to be on only one platform at a time, they could absolutely make a misskey/mastodon account too. I guess they probably just don’t know it exists/aren’t interested.

I... don't think I've ever heard of the other ones? Am I that out of the loop with the fleshtuber gaming community? lol

So that's what this Kanauru short was referencing (yes it's in the description but I somehow didn't realize before now)

Disclaimer: All names contained in this post have been deliberately made public by the person themself.

Dooby never explicitly said her name on stream, as far as I know. While “bragging” she even said “it doesn’t matter, you guys are gonna find my name anyways”, so it felt like she didn’t even really want people to find out. I don’t think that’s “deliberately making it public”.

And about the main topic, I’m actually pretty sure that they could talk about it if they wanted (like Dokibird did, although that was Niji), they just choose not to because… what would be the point? Pretty much everyone who watches Dooby/Keeki/Kson and the likes knows who they are/were. I just see it as a way to “separate” the two environments, not anything that’s actually enforced. It’s not like anyone wanting to hire Kson wouldn’t know about her past anyway.

What is enforced is the reverse, they can’t talk about private details on Hololive streams (and that’s why Ame couldn’t talk about the Emmy or her parents being cuban), but that’s just to “keep kayfabe” and avoid stalking issues.

I don’t really keep up with Dooby so this is a genuine question - do you have a source for this? I’d love to confirm it from her rather than taking it on faith.

It’s in her Debut stream (1:01:15 if the timestamp isn’t working)

And as far as I know companies don’t forbid talents from talking about that stuff at all, people like Dokibird would be sued to hell and back if that was forbidden. A lot of talents (Kiara, Matsuri, Noel for example) have accidentally called themselves with “the wrong name” on their PL account and nothing happened afaik. The only thing I know is forbidden is to bring official hololive material into private streams, like Aloe/Delutaya accidentally did.

Well, to be fair they still have a lot of fans and there’s not many competitors, so it could definitely happen.

I’d absolutely love to see nominations be the same as last year but with Niji replaced by, idk, Phase Connect or Voms though lol

Yup, it seems pretty big… and it’s not like they debuted THAT many talents in that period, how did they manage to screw up payments for 29 contractors?

Hopefully now it’s all sorted out, considering the stuff Anycolor already does, if Cover was found to be doing shady stuff too it would be a big trust problem in the industry, both for talents and riggers/artists.

It already went to 25k concurrent Steam Players… love to see well-crafted games get the support they deserve.

And I also love this:

Skill name of FPS Mastery has been changed to “The Ame Way”.

:’)

Turbo my beloved. I gave a listen to some of them and I loved it, A New Start is probably my favorite but they were all pretty good, as expected. Also on a side note, the little gifs are really cute too!

It feels pretty weird to have such a polite/formal interview drop the word “normies” twice, but I guess it gets the point across so…

Slightly better translation from google:

▪︎A simple walk almost killed me

I came to Mt. Fuji.

I couldn't see Mt. Fuji.

I decided to take a walk since I'd come all the way.

I turned the forest into a karaoke venue and sang to my heart's content.

Maybe I could make it to the foot of Mt. Fuji.

I kept walking with this expectation in my heart.

On the way, I passed a similar sign and trees and wondered if I was looping around the same place?

I got excited thinking that.

There was no way that was the case.

There was no one in the forest.

I arrived at a teahouse, but it was closed for the day.

I put 10 yen at the mini shrine and said Thank you for your beautiful voice.

I'll sing a lot.

I finally reached the hiking trail.

It seems to be called "Uma Kaeshi".

It was named after a horse that once turned back from here.

If I turned back here, I'd be just like the horse.

I was frustrated, so I stepped a little further in.

There were stairs and a torii gate, and stones piled up.

It was mystical, but I felt like I wouldn't be able to go back if I went in, so I gave up.

I looked around but there was no one there. There were no buses heading back.

My phone's battery was below 30%.

It wasn't dark yet.

I'd make it in time.

While I was thinking that, it was already pitch black.

I walked all the way down the concrete road.

I fell over on the cracked and shattered ground.

I sang a song to myself, feeling like I was about to give up.

I turned on the light on my cell phone.

I remembered the bear warning signs I'd seen countless times, but I sang even though I was scared.

The concrete road was completely devoid of cars.

I returned to the teahouse. I greeted the mini-shrine I'd visited on the way there with joy, and took a rest on a bench.

Then I realized, I couldn't find my location on the map.

I'd better hurry home.

This is what they mean when they say it's fine to go there, but scary to come back.

I kept walking without looking back.

My breath went white, and I felt my body getting cold. I warmed myself up with some gin, the god of Mt. Fuji, that I'd bought at a convenience store on the way there.

I clutched it like a charm and sang along well.

I was so happy to finally find a sign.

It said that if I followed the "Yoshida Route" I could get home.

I cried and thanked the complete stranger Yoshida.

If I took this path I'd definitely get home. I felt a deep sense of relief.

I kept walking while sobbing.

I was so relieved that the tears wouldn't stop.

Just as I was starting to feel refreshed, I saw lights on a road where not a single car had passed.

If this were a horror movie, they'd make you feel safe and then trick you, so I wasn't going to be fooled.

I had time to think about such things.

My battery was at 9% and I didn't know where I was.

If I kept going like this I'd really be lost.

I might get eaten by a bear.

This was a life-or-death situation.

I mustered up all my courage and hitchhiked.

But the world isn't an easy place.

But if I'm lucky, I'll hitchhike!

I tried many times, but when I thought about it carefully, I saw a mysterious woman waving with a light in one hand. It was clearly a frightening sight.

My dream of hitchhiking never came true.

Don't depend on me, just walk.

Car lights are 100 times better than a pitch black road with no light.

In fact, when the cars stopped passing by, I even felt lonely.

I turned off the light on my cell phone to save battery.

I relied on the occasional car light.

My feet were already throbbing.

But walking was the only way home.

I wondered how far I had walked.

I was finally able to return.

Even though I had wanted to be in touch with nature so much, I had overdosed and began to miss the modern world.

When I passed people in the city.

When I bought a drink from a vending machine.

When I arrived at the station and visited a shop.

I was embarrassed, but I also felt relieved.

This is an easy way to time travel.

When I took off my shoes at the shop to check the size, my socks were covered in blood.

No wonder they got hurt on the street.

I bought a pair of slippers that looked comfortable.

At the souvenir shop, I bought a bag for my discarded shoes.

I felt like I had thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Mt. Fuji.

The shop assistant even gave me a plastic bag to put my shoes in.

I was also able to charge my phone in a closed cafe.

This was a life-or-death situation, so I was saved.

Thank you so much.

I couldn't see Mt. Fuji, and I hadn't even started climbing it yet

Even just the walk in the forest was an epic day.

Not bad for a first time on Mt. Fuji!

I'll get my revenge someday.

Just wait for me! Mt. Fuji.

…what the hell, Haachama. Thank god nothing bad happened lol

Yep, every time Dems can’t get enough votes from the left to win, because they aren’t “left/pure enough” for them, what they learn is to shift to the right to find votes.

And can you blame them? Who do you think is more efficient catering to, the right-wing idiot who went to vote for a rapist felon or the self-proclaimed leftist that didn’t vote to stop fascism because they didn’t like the alternative enough?

These last elections were already “right vs far right”, following ones are 100% going to be even worse. When the right wins, shifting left makes no logical sense.

Is the bgm really loud on this one or is it just me?

Anyway, repeats (and their descriptions) are always great nonetheless.

I haven’t really followed the first gen and I’m not a fan of the designs, but if they’re as good at singing as them I’m definitely not gonna complain.