It's sad to see the usually cheerful bunny sad.

Inspired by a similar thread I've previously made for a good game studio... that later rebranded.

I didn't watch Aqua much, but she always got along well with those that I did (e.g. Pekora), so it sucks to see her go. The strength of a Vtuber company/corp is in its people's bonds - indies may have more freedom, but they can't easily find other talented comedians or entertainers to regularly collab with.

These bonds forged can't be easily broken, but neither can they be easily forged... and one wonders where Aqua will go after this.

Hopefully this doesn't lead to everyone's favorite blue shork also leaving in the future...

Source: Guerilla stream by Pekora, official Hololive post

It's sad to see the usually cheerful bunny sad.

Inspired by a similar thread I've previously made for a good game studio... that later rebranded.

I didn't watch Aqua much, but she always got along well with those that I did (e.g. Pekora), so it sucks to see her go. The strength of a Vtuber company/corp is in its people's bonds - indies may have more freedom, but they can't easily find other talented comedians or entertainers to regularly collab with.

These bonds forged can't be easily broken, but neither can they be easily forged... and one wonders where Aqua will go after this.

Hopefully this doesn't lead to everyone's favorite blue shork also leaving in the future...

Source: Guerilla stream by Pekora, official Hololive post

That "Shubarashii" pun was too good to pass up, but it was hard to find a pic of Subaru smiling creepily so this is the best I could do.

"Give me a well-endowed "yoshi yoshi", and enough headpats, and I will correct the weeb's problems." - Mama-medes, probably.

Sources:

1. Big Bang Theory, S3E3
2. Anti-clockwise from middle: Lamy by 雪川桜空＠お仕事募集中, Fauna by Neratul, Pekomama by Pokey, and Subaru by 虎丸

When the Gawr goes Rawr.

"And all of a sudden, for no reason at all, she snapped and went crazy!"

Inspired by "Gurandma" jokes on a certain boxing stream.

Jokes aside, it can't be easy bearing the weight of "top Vtuber" on her tiny shoulders. Everyone has different ways of dealing with that immense pressure, and maybe keeping her "smol streamer that's happy to entertain a few fans" mindset is one way of coping with that.

Sources:

1. This song was made for her.
2. Gawr Gura 2023 Birthday Celebration Ebi-chan Plushie
3. Angry Gooba Noises
4. Couldn't find the exact Gura version of the Aqua meme image, so this was the next best option for the meme.

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/4334147

That "eheh~" at the end was peak.

Gura absolutely knocked this cover out of the park with her chewy fluffy voice.

Source

When Gura calls, her shrimps answer.

Source: Yes she is

Inspired by an earlier meme based on the same idea, and a more recent meme on the main sub that hopefully doesn't get removed.

Sources: Uuuuu-brand Dakimakura

Announcement / full details: Xitter (check her followup posts as well) | YouTube

【博衣こより/ホロライブ】お誕生日おめでとう！

At 34:29 we have Koyori with Voice Actress for Satoshi (Ash) singing the Pokemon theme song, not to be missed!!

Set List (credits Kami-Bako)

• 06:30 - ようこそジャパリパークへ!( Yo ukoso Japari Park!) / (w.ぼたん / Botan)
• 10:19 - 恋は渾沌の隷也(Koi wa Chaos no Shimobenari) / (w.はあちゃま、ねね / HAACHAMA,Nene)
• 14:24 - fancy baby doll / 田村ゆかり(Yukari Tamura)
• 18:51 - ワールドイズマイン(World is Mine) / (w.マリン / Marine)
• 23:30 - わおーんWAO ！ ！ / オリ曲
• 26:12 - トンデモワンダーズ (Tondemo Wonders) / (w.フブキ、ミオ、おかゆ、ポルカ / Fubuki,Mio,Okayu,Polka)
• 29:57 - ファジーネーブル(Fuzzy navel) / (w.AIこより！？ / AI Koyori)
• 34:29 - 尻尾振るコヨーテめざせポケモンマスター (Mezase Pokemon Master) / (w.松本 梨香様 / Matsumoto Rika)
• 42:40 - 五等分の未来(Gotoubun no Mirai) / (w.holoX全員 / holoX)
• 46:21 - それは僕たちの奇跡 (Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki) / (w.フブキ、ミオ、ポルカ、ぼたん、ラプラス、ルイ、クロヱ 、いろは )
• 51:01 - New Joruney / 新オリ曲

Also releasing MV for Tear Gazer and related birthday merch with unlimited handwritten autograph postcard

Freshly bitten yubi, too.

Before you attempt to bite into the Coronet… be sure you're okay with the Korone biting back into you.

TL notes:

1. The original text for the "Freshly-made coronet" is "できたてこぉね". Coronet is the name of the cone-shaped pastry Korone is shown in. However, "dekita" can also be used as an expression when someone has reached or accomplished something (e.g. "I've done it!" or "I've reached!"), so in the context of this image, it's possible for the phrase to also be read as "Korone did it!" or "Korone reached!" (since she appears to be crawling towards the reader and Korone sounds similar to Coronet).
2. If the original text (こぉね） is read as having a double meaning to Korone, it would be more accurately transliterated as "Koone" rather than "Korone", perhaps because it is spelled in a "cute baby-talk" manner.

Artist Commentary: None.

"That's how you know it's fresh!"

Source: Untitled piece by Harumina Mau (previously known as uryuuminene18)

Implied handholding, how lewd.

Cute flustered rabbit is cute.

TL notes:

1. This explanation is based on the brief summary of the children's game here, so feel free to correct any inaccuracies. The phrase Pekora is saying is a way of counting to ten in the children's game "Statues", as the sentence "Daruma-san ga koronda" has exactly ten syllables (Da-ru-ma-sa-n-ga-ko-ro-n-da). The game is similar to "Red Light, Green Light" whereby other players can't move when it's Red Light, and the goal of the players is to accomplish an objective (crossing to an area, tagging the Caller, etc.) without being caught by the Caller that calls out when players are allowed to move or not.
2. In the Japanese variation of this game, if a player is caught by the Caller, they have to hold hands with the Caller. Pekora's just finished counting to ten in the first panel, and Marine's run up to hold her hand even though it should be the other way around (i.e. if Pekora caught Marine moving when she wasn't supposed to, Marine would have to hold Pekora's hand).
3. The joke is thus that Marine was so eager to hold Pekora's hand that she willingly sacrificed herself/lost the game just to accomplish that. Sasuga Marine.

Artist Commentary: None.

Marine would probably be the sort that hits on someone trying to kidnap her until they gave up.

Source: Untitled piece by Harumina Mau from this album.

angry rabbit noises

TL notes:

1. Original text for first panel's top right was "よちよち" (yochi yochi) which seems to be onomatopoeia for babies tottering (walking unsteadily) around, but given the context of headpats it seems like a cuter version of "yoshi yoshi" which is sort of baby-talk when headpatting someone (among other uses).
2. Translation for first panel's left text was placed at the bottom right rather than in a new text box due to the awkward placement of the text box that would've been created.

Artist Commentary: None.

Those cheeks.

Source: "Peko-chan doesn't like to be left alone" by Harumina Mau (previously known as uryuuminene18).

"Let's cook her."

"Did you mean "Let her cook?""

"…that's another way of saying it, yes."

TL Notes: None.

Artist Commentary: None.

"Shouldn't have said that." <- Pekora, probably.

Source: Untitled piece by Harumina Mau from this album.

I am grateful to u/kopi_coffee's comment for its unexpected comedic gold.

Source:

1. Original comment by u/kopi_coffee
2. Discussions about the announcement itself

Looks like she's not the only oni that's gonna get hit in the face with a bean bukkake...

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Sources:

1. Inspired by u/dubbhae's meme here
2. Article from SoraNews24 here