Lurker > UF8

if we want to be technical there's a chance one of the XFLAG PARK events for Monster Strike might've had more, which has virtual idol concerts in it. i doubt even if they did scrape near 500k viewers though that it would've been when those concerts were on... so yeah coco almost certainly got the record there

i'm just sad my net crapped out before (re:act's) meguru's graduation ended, and all of that is private now. re:act's up to i think 9 graduations this year technically (counting the loss of the entire male division and 2 others besides meguru, one of whom was on indefinite hiatus since last year anyway...) and i'm very concerned for a lot of their other less popular members

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWGX_x1IX5M re:act still has too many graduations... :(

big shame that of all the newer members, she's the one to go as she's basically THE collab host among them, so i really hope her videos aren't going as it'll affect a lot of stuff the others were in. she even scored a win in the fall A.I.s collab...

Grimlyn posted...

gura has now passed Kizuna AI subs, just before we're hitting the 3mil mark any day now

so that just leaves mafumafu now i think

i think the top streamer in virtuareal on bilibili has also just passed ai's main youtube numbers
( )
so it's pretty close at the top

factoring in ai's side channel and numbers on other platforms i think she's still ahead by about 2-3 million though...

voltch posted...

they've been bleeding top talent for a bit now I think.

eh, it's not as bad as it might seem. there's been... 254? (plus another 40 if yumenographia counts) members counting all the branches overall (there might've been some overlap with reincarnations from their old and current chinese branches idk) and a check on the tracker site points to 140ish (near 160 counting yumenographia) still being active (and that's with the entirety of virtuareal falsely being treated as inactive and 50 of them not on the tracker in the first place, so it's probably still comfortably over 200 really).

also just over 100 of the (121) core branch members are still around (with a few more still on hiatus like shiba). Besides Era and probably Roa none of the names in the top 50 have been lost. I guess they also lost Tenkai Tsukasa when the nijisanji network ended who might've counted otherwise (still at 230k subs without their sponsorship) but still.

i've been behind on vtuber stuff lately but even though i'm a few days late i still have to belatedly say now

aaaaaaaaaaaa hano's new model is literally perfect

https://youtu.be/Gc8nSagcNtw?t=1036

apparently i missed some revised versions of the prior two Fukakai Q lives yesterday and earlier today... on the bright side, this one's being fully streamed in its entirety for free on youtube, which is a first since her original live back in 2019, so i can't be too disappointed.

i've been TOO BUSY FOR VTUBER STUFF lately so this completely went under my radar until i opened youtube right now oops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBS4e775PRM

okay it's only like 10 mins in but i feel confident saying this is already the best 3d debut ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWtdaG1hAew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2EfhzslsIg yumena new (fantastic future) cover simulwatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uf7G0ILHEo yotsuha birthmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgwPPRsqwns oh hey houri mico's back on ace attorney. it's been a couple of months since the playthrough was stalled due to health issues

oh yeah speaking of vtuber merch i had some arrive yesterday (or er, the day before now)

https://youtu.be/c_IUlWSMfQk got this album with various (conveniently, all 5 of my favourite) members of Avatar 2.0 Project. None of them are really standout singers tbh (banana and shirabe are pretty solid generally) but they all did a pretty good job and had pretty good songs. Wonderful Weekend was my favourite!

I suppose it's worth mentioning that i got two albums from Choko, who recently redebuted under her own name as a vtuber. Her own album I Swirl (https://youtu.be/wikvYh-0PPc) was fairly standard denpa fare without any significant standout song in it (if I had to pick, it'd be the Capchii song Rai-Rai-Mirai), but the collab album with composer Rissyuu, Candy Panic Bomb (https://youtu.be/ofOLavTjKZg) was a brilliant shitposty mess of random troll rhythm game songs and would-be ones that was much more memorable overall. The highlight there, ironic as it is, had to be the overtly half-assed long version of Take.

Finally of note for vtuber albums, this arrived: https://youtu.be/-44oigNuiI0 ...which is the second single (or first mini-album, rather) for the StarBear unit in Re:AcT, comprised of Amakawa Hano and Himekuma Ribon. I liked the WUG-feeling standard idol songs in it, especially the titular one that had been used at the end of their 3D debut live concert a few months ago, though my favourite had to be the refreshingly fun stylistic departure of AmaHimeKawaKumaHanoToRibon (which was surprisingly again from Rissyuu).

Also i got a couple of artbooks. One from Camomi Camomi from 2018, detailing the progress she made working on her own 3D model at the time (Camomi's an artist who'd been using her Camomi moniker for quite a while before becoming an indie vtuber (since about... 9 years ago i think?)). And another from bikechari/charioki, another preexisting vtuber artist who happens to be the designer for a whole group of skilled indie creators (meche proche) that he's borderline part of. putting aside the professional singing/voice acting/composing/audio mixing/art/animation skills they bear as a group (plus good taste in games and sometimes skills to complement), they've also got some very cute and sometimes also very technically impressive designs (some with radical angles i'm impressed they made live2d models out of). his art is great and the artbook on them is no exception

Finally, also on a bikechari/charioki note, I got... https://youtu.be/IzIzkPW3K7U the "photos" shown in this video starring meche proche member Houri Mico. She actually wrapped all of them herself with a handwritten thank you note stuck to the front of it. The wrapping was pretty mediocre tbh and i'm surprised it made it in one piece, but that in itself is so endearing i haven't wanted to actually open it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFyQ7T2-nUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTe-6uJXitE

anime

it was displaced a bit by all the stuff that's come out since like king and all the big songs this year (it's still not really sticking out with envy baby and vampire around), and mobius and villain (and ussewa which isn't vocaloid but might as well be) haven't really faded yet either but yeah it's definitely a bit of a thing currently

one song that's definitely had a bit of a resurgence lately is aishite aishite aishite

also oh dear

another 3d debut clash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbdT21vQ1DM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moQNj60kAH0

plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwUJ6W-a46o 1 year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsWabk59Ipc 2 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BpT5j_bvfo 1k subs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P80Rm2WrCE8 3k subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRbUFuya1n0 this is one of those vtubers that i'm really not sure how i found but i clearly must've before she debuted

good intro vid

voltch posted...

Azki is a diva so that helps in terms of the production support.

even then, i'm honestly not sure if there's any vtuber/vsinger with more original songs, save for people who compose themselves. it's a big number (last i checked somewhere around like 50?)

voltch posted...

Right so uh for you guys what actually are your favourite Hololive original songs?

intersection ez

hm to heart beat

azki has too many songs so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewSZuaMnIQg

one of the best streams i've watched in a loooooong time

i'm glad kami is finally back

also unexpectedly it's unaffiliated indies that seem to be "capitalising" on the square streaming thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCr4IVdmAgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsAJE3tcdpw

(not serious but there are more streams like this than usual)

oops i forgot about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HWQ9I18oAM

more 3D stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_kwiM9j78 ratna 3D (the big one)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3nW42eSrws queue 3D (the much smaller, arguably more notable one)

FUCK

ok

so

first of all, i'd like to mention that this is a great stream i highly recommend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJZHj7pD0M

kanade kanon did vtuber music streams before azki did (well, besides the dedicated azki music ones) and now it's back

however i have only just realised i missed something more important

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiI1LcK2qJQ GIRF 3D

ah, the latest iteration of ponpoko and peanuts-kun's big vtuber collab events is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltaJS4GthkA like not even 5 mins till it starts

wait what

there are seriously kemono friends vtubers now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxia9tP6jWM

huh, a certain retired vtuber i knew just reincarnated... on the same channel. they deleted the prior contents (like 2 days ago) but even then it's not exactly subtle

also i have now made sure to alert the vtuber stream tracker site (https://hiyoko.sonoj.net/live/) guy about a certain dandy. not sure if it helps thaaaat much but you never know

two random "video game music" notes

hano covered starry heavens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DwYKk7_DU

and

i had no idea until now that komugi is in maimai now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sklgs4gTws

apparently camomi has tendonitis (in her wrist)

no more art streams for a while then...

tomato vtuber was ahead of her time

lots of re:act stuff today, between the starbear mini album released earlier at M3, the 24 hour sugarstella collab stuff and this among us collab starting in a couple of minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR8UJ-uu-mg ribon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_268hPD3Xis ail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpaxUkUhW2g aria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y5xgo1CqIg mikan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4w-4IUxyw yuki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5YpJLCaOM kanau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dsM_JIjK8 hano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCVW_m20hE

nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbQLfCbrpjE oh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OY_-zQboJ4 time for crab

i agree, only one hour is suitable

i'm glad you made sure to still ping me

so this time it's siyo's turn to graduate from floral

since i know for sure this time that the channel's going down after the graduation stream in about 12 hours i've noted some stuff in case anybody wants to idunno check out what stuff she did and all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05sohleDZ_I self-introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuY8jrBcbAs custom stream bgm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6F5eB8EMRY sailor moon op cover

cities skylines streams (1st stream+1st anniversary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiexhpAvvdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzhTa6Y5as

ddlc playthrough
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDDDJL2yT1OQEr05GZMXxua2LtQW95lfR

pmd rescue team dx streams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxtHJfsWyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNVSzFhY7eE

misc floral group collabs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw8ZHHc2VI8 (siyo/itsutsu reversi/dark deception)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWiEwGU684 (siyo/itsutsu mk8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ioyaan9EsM (siyo/itsutsu reversi/dark deception stream 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gStPl058r1A (siyo/itsutsu/rikuru mk8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFyTfJw3zKM (siyo/itsutsu/rikuru mk8 pt2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNPMXlncTp0 (siyo/rikuru smash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxnJLrTuOc (siyo/rikuru oekaki no mori)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDW2D1uX-s (siyo/rikuru oekaki no mori pt2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16jrpkxUQJQ (siyo/rikuru obakeidoro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNBUZeE-a_8 (siyo/itsutsu cg51)

genshin streams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMwUvVsjP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7M0offP01Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizcn1qXPwI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQqG1JF_HOA

misc other stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyZg0T-yXdw (itsutsu artstream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU5gyhQUQSA (fight crab stream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q77hK9jgrw (fall guys stream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u99MoxdIi2E (vtuber superchat vn stream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_SLs11eZtY (rpgmaker trolley problem stream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfdE1EL4QQw (link's awakening hd stream)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQQFSiEafM (ff7 stream)

there are also like 100+ asmr streams and a lot of other art streams too but i mean

well, these should be all the ones potentially worth watching imo

oh yeah also clown's cover from the main ranking got removed now (along with the rest of her channel) so i'm glad it successfully got seen when it did. maybe a sign that she's got a new channel/handle now but i wouldn't know what is

idk why but i really really like umiwatari. glad you also liked alumael though, since few others seem to. i mean, those 3 covers combined barely amount to 100 views, even after I tried sharing them in various places...

anyway i guess that's the last of my songs in here since i'm planning on holding onto what i have for next time... if you want a bit of a preview of that stuff, i'll just mention that there's a few songs from a very big album called Allelosphere I was looking at in particular

but yeah thanks again for tolerating my barging into this place like this and all

oh damn...

microphone soul spinners retired too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzoQTwRFsP0 big shame, i hope they won't be completely forgotten

Azuma Mao was actually one of the (like 650ish) failed applicants for that project, she was damn close to getting one of those lead roles. afterwards she ended up getting picked up for avex's separate project V-WaVE as one of the 20% or so that decided to keep streaming under their audition accounts, so it's a little bit sad to see not only them go but one of the other final traces of its legacy too.

in case they do (or especially don't) stay up here's some final covers from a couple of those aforementioned 5

Setouchi Myu/Azuma Mao (MUMA) - Preserved Roses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1v1Lwc2hc

Azuma Mao - Black Market Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxiCVCLgZew

Kogami Yukari - Majou (from Kaf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8inzNsXEZQU

Kogami Yukari - Senbonzakura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERhebEY0Sw

Kogami Yukari - Good luck my way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECYQ5LJOZE

also here was a final stream from mao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBB4QCbJVKk

also surprised fata morgana didn't make it, did b8 just ignore it until years after its release or something (i wasn't really active at that time...)

oh yeah umineko question arcs got that official release that year too. mixed feelings about those versions but still a bit of a surprise to not see them there too

(my favourite was rabi ribi)

(also wish murasaki and xmas shooting scramble were there)

the best game of 2016 didn't even make the bracket :(

there are about... 5 that come to my mind that are graduating within the next week that i know and it hurts (if i bothered to actively look i'm sure it's more than that, too...)