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I don't know who this is, but here's another chance to migo someone dying.
 

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Same thing happening with Japan expo in paris, literally 0 vtuber presence there this year.

Holo I can sorta understand because their california event is gonna be dodgers, but there being NO corpos there does seem like the con itself wasn't that open to chuubas.
I don't think Japan Expo has lost interest in Hololive given that they had that whole partnership together during this year's World's Fair in Osaka. It's more likely that either Holo didn't want to double dip with them in 2025 or it didn't work out with the other events they're organising at this time of year (e.g. Justice would be perfect for the EU con scene, but they're all in Japan right now).
Also there will be very little vtubing content in the Paris event this year, but there is some:
But really, she shouldn't be joining a microcorpo general. If she is, then she's probably the only Vreverie girl outside of Salmon that didn't learn her lesson at all from what went down.
There's Nova and Kanna in Glitch Stars, the latter double dipping after buying her IP from PixelLink. And rumours are that Nova and Furi were going to be part of the PixelLink Gen 3 that never materialised
 

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I don't think Japan Expo has lost interest in Hololive given that they had that whole partnership together during this year's World's Fair in Osaka. It's more likely that either Holo didn't want to double dip with them in 2025 or it didn't work out with the other events they're organising at this time of year (e.g. Justice would be perfect for the EU con scene, but they're all in Japan right now).
Also there will be very little vtubing content in the Paris event this year, but there is some:

There's Nova and Kanna in Glitch Stars, the latter double dipping after buying her IP from PixelLink. And rumours are that Nova and Furi were going to be part of the PixelLink Gen 3 that never materialised
I mainly meant guest corpos or big indies.
The organizers made this "we tried to but it didn't pan out" comment on holo specifically so who knows. Europoors will cry about it anyway.
 

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Guys, this is terrible! My oshi might get doxxed(not talking about Kiki)!
 

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As AZKi said yesterday at the end of her Victor Entertainment announcement (and during member stream), she will be singing at 7PM JST with a good announcement.


Re:AcT's Otoha Sora will be singing at the same time.

I notice she and fellow genmate Shirazuna Iwo have already talked about numbers (subs) which is IMO counter productive. They might have seen Suzuhana Inori rose up in sub count (luck plays a part as well, two sets of fans thought she was their oshi's reincarnation) and Kannagi Anna's being quite impressive as well but talking about it this early feels too desperate. I believe the company nailed good singers this time around so they should've let things happen naturally. Anna is the most optimistic though aiming for a million subs where none has even reached half of it.

Clip from Chihaya's zatsu talking about her assets.


Two 3D announcements from indies.
Ex-Noripro Himesaki Yuzuru will have her 3D showcase tomorrow at 8PM JST.

Mahjong Vtuber Sakino Moco will have hers on 7 July.


Ex-Nijisanji Ex-Nornis Asahina Akane (grad. May '23), who later became a travel vlogger Sakurakochan, has starting vtubing again as Usabara Ena.
(She doesn't publicize her tabelog but it's pretty darn interesting to read.)
She's using a pretty solid strategy for "new" content creators to follow. I see pieces of it here and there but she's really putting it together.

1. Daily shorts/TikTok game.
From doing 1-verse/chorus song covers over minecraft clips to Irasutoya slideshow voiceovers.
Vtubers don't really fuck with Instagram though, but the 2.5D singer types do. I wonder if Instagram has a riajuu stereotype to it.
2. V-tweeting until some milestone for a debut stream.
She made it 20k YT subs here, but I've also seen other people do twitter followers or views on a cover.
I feel like this strat only really works if you already have a strong following elsewhere.
There's also the finesse of setting a target that you know you're gonna hit in some expected time frame and not some lofty goal that you never reach.
3. Debut merch cash-out. I personally hate this.
People are generally "EN Vtubing bad" but I feel like western vtubers don't push as much dumbass merch as JP vtubers.
There's a larger conversation to be had here about the proliferation of poor quality acrylic stands, badges, and stickers (old-heads will remember when that kind of merch at anime conventions was basically given away because they cost like 5 cents).
The merch culture in JP vtubing is kind of off the rails and I really want to see some accounting to see if it actually works out, especially with how much of it is "limited time/edition" which seems like it's terrible for hitting MOQs.
She has an interesting "lore"
I'm Ena Usabara and I'm aiming to make a major debut after being cheated on by my bandmate's ex of a musician
 

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I don't know who this is, but here's another chance to migo someone dying.

If it is real God I must feel bad for her sister, having to tweet out that your sibling died on an account filled with her foot fetish posts is embarrassing as fuck.
 

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- There is no talent management within VShojo, Matara had to seek out WNE by herself, while most other VShojo talent registered under Mythic.
Why lie? Please tell me you at least Google this stuff before you put it out there with such conviction.
Not a single VShojo talent in Mythic and the only ones with secondary management are Mouse, Zen, Henya and AmaLee for her VO hustle.
 

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Not a single VShojo talent in Mythic and the only ones with secondary management are Mouse, Zen, Henya and AmaLee for her VO hustle.
It's not even management, it's agents.
- Vshojo members actually signed away their IP regarding merch when joining VShojo. From this stream 2 weeks ago, Matara said she cant sell any merch for the foreseeable future as VShojo still owes the IP to her merches and there are alot of slimy terms & obfuscations inside the VShojo contracts. She gave out a deadline of maybe October this year, but couldnt be sure.
They don't sign away IP (it would be legal logistic nightmare), at most they sign away exclusive rights to produce merch, and only merch, for a certain time. Which make sense, company invested money into merch drop so they want to get returns, which mean some kind of non-compete until they start shipping it out or until hard deadline.
BTW: vshojo had license for Geega's character IP, but not for her mascots. Which means she could do mascot merch however she please.
 

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I notice she and fellow genmate Shirazuna Iwo have already talked about numbers (subs) which is IMO counter productive. They might have seen Suzuhana Inori rose up in sub count (luck plays a part as well, two sets of fans thought she was their oshi's reincarnation) and Kannagi Anna's being quite impressive as well but talking about it this early feels too desperate. I believe the company nailed good singers this time around so they should've let things happen naturally. Anna is the most optimistic though aiming for a million subs where none has even reached half of it.
Re:Act is so fucking weird to me. Any other corpo would've crashed and burned by now but they're like stubbornly staying alive and nobody wants to sign a DNR.
Rawdog debuts in 2025 is so rough, especially when they're all going for the Vsinger route that's already competitive af AND cucks you from collab strats.
Not to mention their insanely outdated content silo-ing for each talent.
Of course, chances are these girls are like high school or college kids doing this as an after-school hobby

She has an interesting "lore"
she (on sakurakochan) mentioned a crazy ex who threatened to kill himself if she broke up with him and jumped out of a 2nd floor window. They would pull knives on each other in fights, she would push over the refrigerator and shelves.
Other lore from the vtuber debut stream - her father is a gambling addict who's never home, her mother is fat and a disney adult.
edit: as a a meme on the vtuber "papa" and "mama" labels, not her real family situation.
 
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I'm convinced this happened and nobody can convince me otherwise
Absolutely agree.
I just wish she'd make a Youtube channel instead of posting everything on Xitter. And I'm not talking about Shorts, but unfortunately the algorithm is pushing this dumb shit instead of regular Videos.
But they do have a YouTube channel?

Also I gotta dig through Nabins' older tweets for evidence, but I recall seeing a tweet from them that suggests Nabbins is a babaniku just goofing around with the catgirl model. They just want to focus on making funny shorts and have no interest in doing live-action streams.
 

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Why lie? Please tell me you at least Google this stuff before you put it out there with such conviction.
Not a single VShojo talent in Mythic and the only ones with secondary management are Mouse, Zen, Henya and AmaLee for her VO hustle.
My bad for not remembering exactly what the talent agencies are. They just blend altogether and the only one I remember is mythic.
But like "only 4 out of the streaming 8 and only the biggest ones" isnt a huge dunk you think it is
Unless you count the jp ones too, sure the percentage is probs better than 50%

The fact that froot managed to get that document out means there is absolutely noone screening her tweet.

But why be defensive about this, isnt not having managers and talent freedom the plus of joining vshojo?
 

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My bad for not remembering exactly what the talent agencies are. They just blend altogether and the only one I remember is mythic.
Ah yes, UTA with Timothée Chalamet, Will Ferrell, Donald Glover and Harrison Ford, or Mythic with FalseEyeD, Eggsoup, AnimeUproar and Filian.
Easy to see how you got confused.
Also, hate to agree with MerelyTourist, but UTA (and WME) is representation, not necessarily management. They have a different job to a VShojo or even a Hololive manager.
 

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Patanee with the twins...

Invite Noel over too...

Also... no way I thought A-Chan would come back

Really pleasant surprise
 

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Also... no way I thought A-Chan would come back

Really pleasant surprise

Oh damn it really is her voice
I didn't know she has a PL, interesting to see if she will go full-time streaming or just occasionally
 

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Why lie? Please tell me you at least Google this stuff before you put it out there with such conviction.
Not a single VShojo talent in Mythic and the only ones with secondary management are Mouse, Zen, Henya and AmaLee for her VO hustle.
Geega and Matara also both had outside management while they were in VShojo.
 
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