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welcometomy20s · 1 year

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December 3, 2022

The State of The VTuber World 2022 - Part 2

Let's go through the major and major-minor agencies.

Hololive's 2022 was mixed... for every up, there was kind of a down. We got HoloX, we lost Rushia. We got 3rdFes and HoloH3roes, we lost Sana. We got TEMPUS, the views have stagnated.

There was a sense of too much and not enough. Hololive Summer felt like a gratuitous cheese slobber on top of the mounds of carbs that were already piled up. I mean... we expect two lives from every talent and there is enough money for that, but not enough space.

Getting that space would be crucial for them. And of course, we had a bare minimum of expansions, and most were on the men's side. There is likely a new EN and JP gen coming up soon... do they change the landscape of Hololive once more?

Nijisanji's 2022 was equally mixed, there were no shortage of controversies and bad planning, but also great performance and advancement from the talents, especially in the EN branch.

Even something like the '22 Merge is a mixed blessing. The merge caused a greater attention, but the attention dropped as attention in general dropped. Again, this is not really a problem, until it is.

There is a sense of mismanagement in 3D space in Nijisanji... more talents have 3D, but they can rarely show them, because the place is too full with official and unofficial events. 3D streams have been pulling much less weight than from Hololive. That needs to change.

VShojo had an awkward time, the haphazardly taped group is starting to rattle a bit. There is an unintentional false advertisement. While it would be nice to see VShojo as something like OfflineTV, most projected VShojo as an EN counterpart to HoloNiji, and the group falsely catered too much for that effort, and it will hurt.

There isn't a bad time to turn this around, to consider VShojo as something like OfflineTV and advertise as such. This wouldn't hurt them, except for that pesky expectation...

Subcultures... well, civilizations in general, are ponzi scheme. Aspiration is a dangerous drug. Our current standard makes the middle class unstable, although I think it can be done.

Problem with entertainment is it's not local, usually. For most jobs, it is local, perhaps company-wise... but you are satisfied with the relatively small, because you have a providence over a region... but the internet does not divide very cleanly. There needs to be regulations, really what the internet needs is massive network management, and no one is willing to go there... (I would)

We don't even have a definite list of VTubers... we don't have a good sense of the data, even though it would be beneficial for all of us. There is no registry for VTubers that is complete... While on the JP side, this seems to be okay... it's harder on the EN side...

Um, this post got really long, so I'll stop here. Part 3, maybe?

#vtuber #web talk #long post

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cray0n-b0x · 3 years

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ばくあ

I love her sm

#art #drawing #doodle #digital art #hololive #hololive jp #hololive jp gen 2 #ホロライブ #minato aqua #baqua #baka aqua #hololive aqua #hololive minato aqua

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2434boyslove · 2 years

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My dismissal of holopro's management and marketing of Holostars isn't without proof btw. All you need to do is look at how popular Kuzuha or Kanae - PARTICULARLY Kanae considering he's most popular amongst men - are and then compare how long they've been streaming / subcount to see that somehow, despite the more hands-off nature of Nijisanji management, their male talents are far more supported and far more popular. Hell, Lauren Iroas, who hasn't streamed in a month, has more subs that Roberu, the most subscribed to Holostars member, who has been streaming for 2 years and 4 months-ish.

Let's take a moment and compare across companies and languages.

Currently, the least subscribed to member of the latest Nijisanji gen is Fulgur Ovid at 120k. He has half of the subscribers that Roberu has, gained within a month, and that's with several controversies and a very blase attitude to actually gaining more subscribers.

Let's compare within company.

Currently, in Hololive JP (not counting EN or ID, basically), the least subscribed to talent is Lui. Her sub count is sitting around 483K at the time of writing. She'll probably grow more, seeing as she's relatively new, debuting on the 27th of the 11th 2021.

Holostars's most subscribed to talent is Roberu. Roberu has 243k subs, debuted on the 24th of the 12th, 2019. It's night and day, to the point it feels unfair comparing them.

And now within company but across languages!

Kaela Kovalskia is the ONLY member of Indonesia Gen 3 who does not have over Roberu's count. She debuted a week ago.

UPROAR debuted a week ago as well, only a day or two after in fact (much to their detriment as Hololive ID 3 being announced after but debuting before took much of the hype that the general community would have). Their most subscribed to member is Fuma, with 42.3K.

Hololive has a problem and their problem is their management and marketing of their male talent. The numbers do not lie. The stories those within Holostars tell do not lie - lest we forget the horrendous treatment the first gen of Holostars got, particularly Miyabi, which was done with no pushback, no opinion, no support from Holopro.

Holostars deserves better.

#hololive #holostars #vtube #vtuber

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az3422 · 3 years

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VIRTUAL YOUTUBER WIKI

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VIRTUAL YOUTUBER WIKI

Shirogane Noel

BASIC DETAILS

ORIGINAL NAME

白銀ノエル

NICKNAME(S)

Danchou (Party Leader)

Noe-Chan (3rd gen members)

DEBUT DATE

2019/08/08

CHARACTER DESIGNER

Illustration: Watao

Modelling: rariemonn[1]

AFFILIATION

hololive

MEDIA

CHANNEL

Noel Ch. 白銀ノエル

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter

bilibili

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

hololive.tv (English)

hololive.tv (Japanese)

PERSONAL DETAILS

GENDER

Female

AGE

18 (+ ２〇 months) years old

BIRTHDAY

24 November

HEIGHT

158 cm

WEIGHT

50.7 kg

ZODIAC SIGN

Sagittarius

EMOJI

⚔️

LESS

This is a Japanese name; the family name is Shirogane.

Associated pages

Noel (You are here)

Gallery

Discography

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Shirogane Noel (白銀ノエル) is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its third generation of VTubers under the name of "hololive Fantasy" (ホロライブファンタジー) alongside Usada Pekora, Uruha Rushia, Shiranui Flare and Houshou Marine.

Introduction Video

Noel's introduction. 【白銀ノエル初配信】はじめまっする！白銀ノエルですッ！【ホロライブ新人Vtuber】

Personality

Noel is a clumsy but mostly wholesome knight, with a more girlish voice than her appearance would suggest (though she can pull out a mature older sister voice if the occasion calls for it). Her character archetype is best described as having more muscle than brains; she often streams video games, but is rarely seen actually doing well in them.

Noel's thirst for Shiranui Flare is arguably matched only by Natsuiro Matsuri's thirst for girls in general. She gets jealous if Flare so much as interacts with someone else, and since Flare is somewhat of a chick magnet, this happens very often.

Profile

"Hey muscle! Shirogane Noel's here!"

While she is easy-going, she has a dangerous side where she attempts to solve all her problems with muscle power. As much as this fluffy, meatheaded knight hungers for power, she came to the world of VTubers where all the stronk people are, for training.[2]

History

Background

Her Twitter account was opened on 22 July 2019 while her YouTube channel was created on 26 July. She debuted with her introduction stream on 8 August.[3]

On 14 November, she announced on her Twitter account the debut date of her 3D model,[4] which later debuted during a stream on 17 November,[5] being the first of her generation to get a 3D model.

2020

On 1 January, her YouTube channel got demonetized, she stated on Twitter that this was caused because of her ASMR videos,[6] just like Haato, Choco, Aki and Mel.

On 2 January, she got a kimono as her New Year's oufit, being her second 2D costume overall.[7]

On 24 January along with the other hololive girls up to the third generation, she debuted her 3D idol outfit at hololive's 1st fes. Nonstop Story.[8]

On 31 January, she announced in her Twitter account the remonetization of her channel.[9]

On 16 October, hololive's Twitter account announced that Noel, Houshou Marine, Murasaki Shion and Yuzuki Choco would get new 2D costumes.[10]

On 21 October, Noel debuted her third 2D costume during a stream, a huge contrast compared to her knight outfit, she wears modern casual clothes, she wears black choker with a blue snowflake, a white blouse, with a brown squares skirt, black socks and brown shoes, she also debuted a new air style and as an option she can wear glasses.[11] In addition to this she also got her 2D model updated, with improvements to her facial expressions.[12]

On 5 December, she reached 700,000 subscribers, the 12th member of hololive to do so. On the same day, Nekomata Okayu reached that same threshold.

2021

On 21 January, she reached 800,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, during an endurance singing stream.[13]

On 6 March, Noel reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, during an endurance singing stream.[14]

On 12 April, Noel reached 1,000,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, during an endurance singing stream, making her the 12th member of hololive to reach that milestone and the 9th member of hololive JP to do so. This makes her the fourth member of hololive Fantasy to reach that milestone as well.

On 31 May, Noel announced on Twitter what in the moment appeared to be a new 2D costume to celebrate World Milk Day.[15]

On 1 June, celebrating the date mentioned before, instead of getting a new outfit, Noel got new accesories for her casual costume, including cow's horns, ears and tail alongside a new set of clothes with a cow pattern and a cowbell.[16]

Discography

Main page: Shirogane Noel/Discography

Kirameki Rider☆▲as hololive IDOL PROJECT Release Date24 February 2020Track List

"Kirameki Rider☆"

"Kirameki Rider☆" (instrumental)

External linksDigital Release • YouTube

DAILY DIARY▲as hololive IDOL PROJECT Release Date21 January 2021Track List

"DAILY DIARY" (でいり〜だいあり〜！)

"DAILY DIARY" (instrumental)

External linksDigital Release • Music Video

Events

On 28 January 2020, it was announced on Dengekionline that she would made an appearance in the game Neptunia Virtual Stars as one of the VTuber guest characters alongside Tokino Sora, Roboco, Sakura Miko, Shirakami Fubuki, Minato Aqua, Yuzuki Choco, Inugami Korone and Houshou Marine.[17]

Fans

Her fanbase is officially called "Order of Shirogane" while in Japanese they are called "Shirogane kishi-dan"「白銀騎士団」.

Trivia

Her kanji, Shiro-gane「白銀」, means "white" and "money" individually and generally alludes to silver when put together.

On several occasions when pressed to specify her bust size, Noel has claimed that she is a K-cup. She has also jokingly stated that this stands for "Knight-cup". According to other members of hololive, her avatar's bust size is an accurate depiction of her true size.

She has a large appetite, indicating on several occasions that she enjoys extremely large serving portions when they are available. Fans have commented that this increased caloric intake makes sense considering Noel's height, athletic abilities, and impressive bust size.

Dissatisfied with her own singing ability, she works with a voice coach in hopes of improving her musical talents. According to Noel, her coach is particularly harsh and difficult to impress. However, after hearing Ookami Mio singing during the Toyosu PIT live-event, her voice coach remarked at how talented Mio was, much to Noel's dismay.

She has seen Kamen Rider Den-O back in her grade school days.[18][19]

During one stream, she mentions that during her school years, she was nicknamed "The Running T*ddy Cow", in reference to her large, absolute bust. As such, she is typically depicted around cow imagery and anything to do with milk, and on occasion baby bottles due to breasts maternal role in feeding. The fact that she has Shiro「白」in her name only strengthens this milky depiction.

She is the seventeenth hololive member to join the official Hololive Subreddit as a moderator.

On February 2021, she and Flare got custom made platinum rings.

External Links

Media

Noel Ch. 白銀ノエル - YouTube channel

Shirogane Noel's corporate profile on hololive.tv (EN)

Shirogane Noel's corporate profile on hololive.tv (JP)

@shiroganenoel - Twitter account

白银诺艾尔Official - bilibili channel

@shiroganenoel - Marshmallow account

Twitter hashtags

白銀ノエル - General

#ノエルーム - Stream talk

#白銀聖騎士団 - Fans

#ノエラート - Fan art

Further readings

白銀ノエル - Nicovideo Encyclopedia

白銀ノエル - Pixiv Encyclopedia

白銀ノエル - Japanese Wikipedia

白銀ノエル - unofficial hololive Seesaawiki

白银诺艾尔 - Moegirl Encyclopedia

Shirogane Noel - Hololive Fan Wiki

Solo Debutants

(hololive 0th Gen)

Tokino Sora (🐻) A-chan and Ankimo · Roboco (🤖) · Sakura Miko (🌸) · Hoshimachi Suisei (☄️) · AZKi (⚒️)

#hololive #female vtubers #Fan

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vtuberconfessions · 2 months

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I find it cool that every piece of clothing in Ayame's newest outfit is being sold/was sold as merch items, that one can now theoretically cosplay as her if they managed to buy her merch.

#assemble the ojou fit #vtuber #vtubers #nakiri ayame #hololive gen 2 #hololive jp #holojp #holo jp #hololive japan #holopro #cover #cover corp #hololive production #hololive #vtuber confessions

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welcometomy20s · 3 years

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July 2, 2021

HoloServer Quarterly Report

Usada Constructions - Buy

To understand the current position of UsaKen, we must look to its history. At first, UsaKen was a joke, a riff on Majima Constructions, a potemkin company only existing to serve the whims of the founder and CEO. Pekora’s project was sophisticated and massive, her pranks simply legendary. But out of the blue, Moona enters. The mutual awkwardness worked in their favor, in fact this will be a prevailing theme, what might seem like a highly dysfunctional group, actually turns the whole thing into strength.

The Rabbit and Moon theme didn’t hurt them either, and the idea of Usada Construction as an actual entity enters the public consciousness, especially as a point of comparison to the fledgling Akukin Constructions… although it could be said that Akukin was the remnant of Hololive Resistance in some sense. This led to the initial expansion with the hiring of Coco and Kiara… but again this was more of a joke, a fleeting thought before UsaKen was about to come on its own.

It was the Akukin Relay that really set the ball rolling. Not only did we have the fortuitous event of Kanata accepting a position in UsaKen before finding out she did get a callback from Akukin, it spurred Pekora into focusing on Minecraft, especially her gaming plans were dirtied by corporate pressure. Pekora started small, with her misbehaving cannon and putting out her petty anger onto Noel, but soon Pekora unveiled her grand plan, Pekoland, and immediately set out to organize the company as a whole.

By now, the company was fairly-sized. It added Botan and eventually Towa into the mix, although Botan is still technically an affiliate and Towa first came with revenge, before using the company as an opportunity to learn how to be evil. Now the company measured seven strong, although they were quite disparate, having members from all three branches and across three generations. This was quickly noticed and a discord server was made in response, which led to another group project immediately after Pekoland, which was already a pretty big project. Combined with Coco’s final innovation, the Summer Festival became an even bigger project in the end.

And it would be odd to think this would end soon. There’s an actual structure to things now, people can communicate and build on ideas and the whole thing seems pretty democratic, even with its autocratic start. And Summer Festival brought UsaKen into the center of Hololive narrative. UsaKen is now the de facto face of HoloServer, and perhaps even Hololive itself. People look at the former loner as the master organizer. Things only look up from here, which is worrisome, but there’s enough in UsaKen that I’m less worried than usual. UsaKen will always come out stronger in the end.

Akukin Constructions - Buy

Meanwhile, Akukin completely collapsed. It felt like Aqua would return from her Apex marathon, but it turns out prior and prep for the solo concert meant a month break is what she needed, therefore Akukin was without a leader for one more month.

Lamy and Nene managed with their own projects, but the rest kind of fell apart. But the Summer Festival changed all that. Just as Akukin Relay signalled Pekora a restructuring was needed, Summer Festival meant Akukin had to show up. So, the skit continued. During the Akukin Relay arc, the mysterious yet feisty boss with two second-in-command who actually runs the thing scheming and fretting was a hit, with a hint of blackness in its blasted scaffoldings. Now, the blackness is very much apparent. Aqua cannot let the failing company go, and has become vicious. Considering Marine's past, this works to their favor. Lamy and Nene would be their own thing. Roboco and Mel would pop in now and again. As for Iofi and Aki… well, I’m not sure.

Choco, which I deemed the liaison for Shiranui, which has a contractual relationship with Akukin, now liaisons for Oozora Group as well. Choco might be the next important person just because of that connection factor. Akukin might be a contracting company now, although Aqua would not be happy about where they stand now.

Oozora Group - Hold

I know that Oozora Constructions, now Oozora Group, is not a publicly traded company anymore, but I still suggest holding onto that now-worthless piece of paper. The problem with Oozora Constructions was that its story went nowhere. Korone’s house was interesting, but it rarely had an ending, since it required Korone to cooperate and that’s usually an awkward thing at best. Her other projects were half-baked, and most importantly Subaru never really had that recognition. She wanted to build a company but others laughed at the prospect. So Rushia lost faith and moved to UsaKen. Oozora was tanking before it started to fly. But Matsuri took grace and joined Oozora, at which point it became a group. It’s not like Matsuri and Luna, the other employee, haven’t been together, and Subaru was called Matsuri by Sora, so why not?

In the last report, I said Matsuri is more like a government employee than a free agent, and indeed it seems Oozora Group now acts like a governmental organization, with building a police station being the first undertaking after restructuring. This is actually not bad. Public utilities are dearly needed in HoloServer anyways, and Subaru acting as a public servant removes the desperation in her actions that would make interactions much more friendly and interesting. By falling, Subaru might have turned a corner.

Tangent - Using an extended analogy, when the age of giant reptiles was wiped out by a meteorite, there were small survivors, which we now know as birds. So, it looks like Coco’s legacy would also be held by birds, holotoris to be exact. To explain why, let’s look at the current functional part of Coco. Coco is the bridge that connects East to the West, not just in terms of language, but also in culture and mores. In that way, holotoris nicely distributes this responsibility. Subaru might be the best JP member after Haachama in terms of English comprehension, and she is quite cognizant of recent foreign perspectives as well… so she could be a good future ambassador. For Reine, her Indonesian teaching stream reminds me of Coco’s early streams. And Kiara’s Holotalk has been the counterweight to Coco’s meme review since it started… Not to mention, these three are the most extroverted of their respective branches.

Shiranui-Elite Conglomerate - Hold

SEC is an organization of my own creation, but it’s a useful one, because it fits the current situation well. To sum up, Elite Construction was starting to fall apart as Minecraft activities waned, one of the replacements was GTA V, and the three major players were Miko, Flare and Suisei. Their collab together was probably the highlight of the last quarter and gave us a bright spot during a time of troubles.

As Minecraft activities increased, due to PekoLand and HoloID mall and Mel and Roboco popping in and out, the connection before was starting to bore out in Minecraft. Shiranui was originally a contracting company, working with Akukin for example. Therefore it had a family business type, indeed the only other employee was an honorary one given to Flare’s wife, Noel. But a series of interactions with Polka and Choco led to this master and apprentice relationship, which was a major hit.

Flare, pardon the pun, was always the black sheep of the Hololive Fantasy. While the other four have something to stand out and something to back the flash (Pekora draws with her laughter and manic behavior which is backed up by her earnest shyness, Rushia draws from her yandere metal screams which backed up by her sincerity and fragility, Noel draws with her upper assets and ASMR which is backed up by her erogaki silliness and her charming singing, and Marine draws from her horny nature which is backed up by her wit and almost motherly wiseness), Flare never really landed a character. Indeed, Flare is a straight man through and through. Not quite a tsukkomi like Subaru or Kanata at times, since there is not that retorting arrogance the two can exhibit, as people call, Flare was your comfy older sister...

But the Western audience and this Polka relationship changed that. In the West, the fatherly figure has more of a distinct and prominent role, and Flare can emulate this pretty well. A dad is grounded and serious, but can be silly and childish at times. But the silly and childishness does not undercut his serious nature… and that goes well with Flare (perhaps even more so than Calli, who is on a goofier side of things). Therefore Flare could finally breathe and express herself. And the introduction of Miko and Suisei brings the crew into full focus. They are reminiscent of early UsaKen, except while UsaKen was disparate, SEC most closely resembles… well, a D&D party. With your typical silly arguments and trials leading to growth and so on.

Adding Marine or even Nene might disturb this. Flare is fine with the size and I am too. It’s not like there are any real pickings left anyway. Shiranui-Elite conglomeration have a long journey ahead of them, but a brighter future that goes along with it too.

Haachama Construction - Sell (but buy Watasheep)

It was inevitable. Haachama/Haato thing was not going to be settled soon. Haato barely finished the Coexist arc, getting the Anno disease in the process. It was pretty clear that the Haato/Haachama thing became overblown and unfitting to what Hololive was now.

But this leaves us with Watame, and Watame is in an interesting position. Watame is between a lot of companies now. With Shiranui-Elite, she is part of the four heavenly lords, and as Watasheep, she does the delivery of Menya Botan and KFP, both part of UsaKen, who inadvertently cornered the fast-food business. And she is part of the 4th Gen, who has come much closer due to the departure of Coco.

Watame has always made the safe choice, she revolutionized the server with her excellent Janken machine, but it was Kanata who became the seller. Watame might choose to leave herself out, since her Minecraft streams are kind of meant to be relaxing. The reason she deliberately chose to level her field, instead of building the sign outwards like the rest of the signs. So, perhaps nothing comes of this…

OkaKoro Constructions & Shirakami Forestry - Buy

This wave of HoloServer was so large that even the rarer visitors felt a need to visit. Flare has reached out to Okayu, who has pointed out the reason for her absence was the loss of her basement and Korone has followed interest in the server as well.

Fubuki returned to finish her massive sakura tree, of course she acts alone, but she has been increasingly open to hiring people, but it’s not sure if this will become reality. Perhaps if Akukin finally dissolves, there would be enough workforce…

Kureiji Constructions - Buy

Ollie had a roller coaster of three months… Like a burnt fuse, Ollie has had several physical problems… that didn’t stop her from doing math streams (there are precedents Yashiro and Gwelu being good examples) and returning recently with late contributions to the Summer Festival. Reine has been helping on the side as well…

Free Agents - Sell

There is not much of this category anymore. Anya is the One who does not play Minecraft, in fact her demeanor is quite different from anyone else. Ayame not only has been gone from Minecraft, she has been gone, period. She really just returned to streaming after about three weeks? Risu is the only one remotely available, but she has the gene of OkaKoro, which does not induce work ethics in Minecraft, no matter how skilled she is. (Her roller coaster MLG is still one of my favorite clips)

Overall, 2021 Q2 was the best of times and the worst of times. There was a lot of big progress and a lot of setbacks as well. It’s a deeply uncomfortable but adventurous position, as it always has been for HoloServer and HoloPro as a whole. Next quarter will be further accomplishments and further challenges, and the company and the personalities and the audience will bear it through it all, as they always have.

#hololive #quarterly report #minecraft

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