Thread 104321192

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HoloPro
>Calliope Mori and KAF release "Light", a new original song.
>Calliope Mori will hold a 3D Concert in celebration of her 5th Anniversary on 9/12.
>Cover Edge releases an article about their employee training process.
>Following Silksong's release, Yagoo shares some of his thoughts on LinkedIn regarding Cover's early days and his motivation to carry on.
>Hololive Koshien draft took place on 8/31.
>Hololive New Year Countdown is announced. In an interview, Anon asked "What's the point if there's no Shuffle Remix?"
>JQ Magazine interviews Takanashi Kiara about the -All For One- concert.
>Nakiri Ayame releases a new original song, "Hanafubuki".
>Nakiri Ayame unveils a new 3D model.
>Nekomata Okayu announces she will be on hiatus until November, citing her normally annual vacation, which is 2 months this year due to skipping on it in 2024.
>Nodoka announces she will be departing HoloPro at the end of September.
>Shishiro Botan releases a new single, "Kimi to Akashita Yoru", which is used as an image song for "Kaijin Fugeki", a manga series currently serialized in Weekly Shounen Magazine.

Nijisanji
>3SKM are debuting their 3D Showcases over 3 weekends: 9/5, 9/12, and 9/19.
>A former non-talent Nijisanji staff member of the Business IP Planning Department issues a public statement on Twitter describing her time with the company, claiming, among other things, that she was asked to quit university for the company, was subject to power harassment, verbal and violent abuse, and stall tactics from legal and management in resolving issues so that no legal reprecussions could be brought against the company. She claims to have involved multiple executives, who refused to help, and that she received testimony from Yoshitaka Fumoto (previous Executive in charge of overseas management) corroborating the issues. At time of writing, the tweets with the claims have been deleted, and the author has issued a statement that she is currently reconsidering legal action.
>Gwelu Os Gar announces his graduation, effective 10/9. No reason is given.
>Kurusu Natsume's light novel series "Jingai Kyoushitsu no Ningengirai Kyoushi" will be getting an anime adaptation on January 2026.

Phase Connect
>Amanogawa Shiina claims that all Phase talents have lost 40~60% of their CCV in the aftermath of Youtube's recent ID verification policy change. However, it should be noted that independent research has shown that Youtube's "Restricted Mode" also seems to be heavily limiting visibility of new content.

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Local
>/vt/ League 9 kicks off on 9/12, hosted by /justice/. It will run for 4 weekends. As usual, you will be able to find bets for matches on NASFAQ.
>The spotter's guide for Indie Lights 5 is released.
>Indie Lights 5 concludes Round 3, with Parasi in the lead.

Want the source for this news? Check the previous issue: >>104041716 or /vyt/43371
Archive: https://vt.rita.moe/news.xml

Other Corpos
>WACTOR, having previously sued 4 of its talents for defamation, have been deemed the victor in all 4 cases: 2 Japanese, 1 Spanish, and 1 Paraguay.
>Mercy Modiste of VAllure debuts the 2.0 of her L2D model.
>Riko Solari of VSPO! celebrates her 1st Anniversay.
>Uniraid debuts Liemel, a new wave of 6 talents.
>Icey Snowpaws of VAllure reaches 30k Youtube Subscribers.
>Re;BON unveils its 1st Generation of 9 talents, to debut on 9/22 and 9/29.
>Mirumika Utsutsu and Fumizuki Kanna of Vebop Project will graduate on 9/21, due to the expiration of their contracts.
>Lucien Lunaris of First Stage Production has received his Silver Youtube Play Button for reaching 100k Youtube Subscribers, marking the first within FSP to do so.
>Fumiko Runa of Virtunix announces a hiatus starting 10/1, citing "networking issues".
>Dolly Doppel, Vierra Vanilla, and Pirouella, all of Perfruor (AKA Virtual EN), announce they will be departing the company, citing disagreements with management.
>Bondlive EN teases a new wave of 5 talents.
>Unifee! debut their 3rd generation of 3 talents on 8/29.
>Ryzar Blazenfang of First Stage Production EN will debut his 3D Showcase on 9/21.
>Misma Ryzing of V&U announces an indefinite hiatus, citing personal circumstances and health issues.
>ChromaSHIFT EternalS releases "Mi Camino", a new song performed by the group.
>Pinku Rimu of Re:Memories releases a new original song, "Diari Malam".
>Sevina Reina of LAETA redebuts
>Karissa Sharlotte of AKA Virtual releases a cover of "Cherry Pop"
>Saku Kurata of MAHA5 releases a short cover of "Kingslayer".
>Mitsuyama Haruka of Virtunix releases a cover of "Lead Control".
>Selena Amaris announces she will depart We Livers in favor of transitioning to independent activity.
>Arion of AKA Virtual celebrates his birthday on 9/1.
>Jessie of AKA Virtual celebrates her birthday on 9/3.
>Whicker Butler announces that due to recent events in the region, all streaming activities will be unscheduled for the forseeable future.
>Taiga Toragami of ChromaSHIFT (under Brave) will be on hiatus due to a family emergency. She intends to return before 9/22.
>Neo-Porte (under Brave Group) begins a new regularly scheduled program, "The Shibuya Hal Confinement Incident".
>Parable Entertainment, the company behind Isegye Idol, releases a statement regarding the MV for "RE:WIND", stating that one of the fans that assisted with its creation has issued a copyright claim on the song. This matter is being dealt with legally, and Parable asks for forgiveness if the song goes up and down.
>Stardust Studio announces it will disband, with all videos being privated on 9/30.
>Hayami Kurayami of BondliveEN and Iriam US announces they will be graduating from both groups. They intend to go indie, stating "it's been a long time coming".
>Kanna Yanagi of GlitchStars announces the winners of the Mario Kart Tournament.
>Minazuki Mana of Vols announces graduation, effective immediately. No content should be removed.
>Mono Monet of V4Mirai (under Brave Group) announces a hiatus to take a family trip. She will return on 9/22. In the meantime, she has left a 24/7 feed of VODs streaming.
>Tomoe Umari of V-Dere announces she will be departing the group. She will continue streaming as an indie, and will continue to collab with V-Dere members. In a street interview, Anon stated "is this a company or a friend group LARP?"
>A new EN vtuber group, VBimbo, announces 4 members as part of its initial lineup.
>V4Mirai (under Brave) announce that the Lunalia generation will get new outfits on 9/13.
>Cela vann Ridian of Releum announces she may have a shoddy schedule in the coming days, due to a family emergency.
>Izumo Omi will join re;BON.

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Indies
>OhItsPiper debuts a new png model as part of her redebut efforts.
>MarieFD, currently a vSinger, teases a vTuber model.
>Hyuni announces an indefinite extension to their streaming hiatus, citing a need to focus on her last year of school. General activities and collabs will continue.
>Prism (the indie, not the former company) graduates on 8/31, citing a need to move on to IRL projects.
>Shiki Miyoshino of Requiem releases a group cover of "Perfect Night".
>SunnySplosion reaches 150k Youtube Subscribers.
>MarieFD releases a cover of "Free" with Aruvn.
>Nene Amano releases a new original song, "3AM".
>Hizuki Miu releases a cover of "POP IN 2 /B小町" with Korisu Ukino.
>Michi Mochievee finishes her "Scambathon", having raised $90,181.
>Féileacán Cú redebuts on 9/1, with a new Live2D model.
>Manururu Nekoko announces she will be fully redebuting in October.
>Silvervale releases a new single, "Love me", ft. HalaCG, Sleeping Forest, and Lollia.
>Projekt Melody returns to streaming.
>Yukami Reiichi debuts on 9/1.
>Aikawa Momoka announces a temporary hiatus, citing a need to restore her physical and mental health.
>Jaret Fajrianto is appointed as a Southeast Asian SEGA ambassador.
>Anny announces that she will return to streaming soon.
>Pillowdear announces the Best Friends FurEver charity event, featuring 40 vtubers, and benefitting the Best Friends Animal Society.
>Bossymoon, having reclaimed her Scarlett Flameheart IP from VReverie, redebuts as Vylett Moonheart, a recolored version of the model with new lore and a new name.
>Yukika Miba releases an MV for "Dragon Flower", featuring Kanata Tatsuno.
>Sayu Sincro//Nisity ends her 2-week birthday donothon, having raised about $21k.
>Ellie Minibot's "I Don't Want To be An Engineer" reaches 1 million listens on Spotify.
>Nyanners releases a new original song "Bitch", ft. Veibae.
>Silvervale opens a Fansly for, y'know, book readings and stuff. Of course it's for lewd content.
>Dokibird reveals a new Hollow Knight model, made by Niu, in celebration of Silksong.
>Henya the Genius announces that her mother has been released from the hospital. She may have an erratic streaming schedule during further recovery.
>Reina Sun announces a 6-week hiatus while she recovers from burnout and the end of a job.
>Froot reveals that neither she nor the other artists involved have been paid for her music productions for the past several years from VShojo. As with Ironmouse, VShojo still owns the rights to all that music.
>Michi Mochievee reaches #2 most watched female streamer on Stream Charts for August.
>Kattarina Qutie places all of her previous VODs behind a member paywall.
>Pan VTuber cancels all streams, announcing a 1-week hiatus due to computer failures.
>Nanahira will voice Qtie, the protagonist of Yunyun Sundrome, a new game by some of the creators of Needy Streamer Overdose.
>Yuy XI, announces a redebut on Youtube on 9/13.
>Kson claims that VShojo has begun bankruptcy proceedings, and is now asking talents how much they think they are owed.

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Region-Locked
>A cosplay influencer was arrested at San Japan for threatening to blow up the GamerSupps booth on Instagram. At the time of writing, she has been released on $35,000 bail, pending a criminal investigation.
>Lucia Seraphina opens donations for protestors in Indonesia.
>Mythia Batford distributes a list of political demands for the Reset Indonesia movement.
>Globie auctions life-sized standees at VeXpo.
>KAF will hold her first solo concert in Shanghai. Details TBA.

Other
>Many vtubers and merch companies continue to be affected significantly by US tariffs.
>Vupechat releases a UI update to make the app more mobile-friendly.
>Acapella Media interviews Pillowdear and VAllure's 2nd Generation.
>Firozera is interviewed by Eric Loy Interviews.
>MouseyDawg, a prolific Ironmouse clipper, issues an apology after an out-of-context clip geets Ironmouse in trouble with her lawyer.
>JAST USA is banned from the San Japan convention, claiming that they are being banned due to the upcoming Texas' SB20, which is notably not passed into law yet.
>Geega discusses VShojo's undebuted waves, claiming that there were efforts to conceal undebuted members from existing talents.
>Vtube Studio releases a notice that they initially forgot to include a key redistributable in a release, and that users may need to manually install it to prevent crashes.
>Twitch begins testing skippable ads.
>Twitch's CEO states that viewbot detection may have released "overly aggressive", potentially marking lurkers and other legitimate viewers as bots.
>A VShojo Separation Contract is leaked. A summary of the terms in the contract can be found here: >>104175045, and a transcript of the contract can be found here: >>104197109
>Nutty releases a free multi-chat widget for OBS that supports Youtube, Twitch, Kick, and Tiktok at the same time.
>Youtube vtubers report a new exploit capable of rendering a channel's revenue into the negatives, which prompts Youtube's system to delete the channel. Youtube has since restored some channels, but there was no confirmation of a potential fix to prevent this from happening again.

Merch Listings
>Michi Mochievee - Jared Plushie - Campaign available until 9/21.
>Uniraid Liemel Debut - Available until 9/13.
>Unifee! Gen 3 Debut - Available until 9/17.
>Hololive Princess Voice Pack - Available now.
>Cherri Eclipse Waifu Wicks Candle - Available now.
>Hestia Happiness Birthday Collection - Available now.
>Hololive GEneration 0 Anniversary Parade - Until 10/6.

Obituaries
>Asset Designer and vtuber Mumay passed away, as reported by Hima (manager for Nekoma Ten). Mumay was in charge of organizing an uta relay, which the talents continued as planned.
>Alicea, previously reported to be in the later stages of cancer, announces that she will be departing from all public communication as of 9/5. Her lungs will be surgically removed, and she will be attached to life support starting in December. While she maintains the possibility she could be cured, given the life support being used is typically incredibly short-term, and her moderation is opting to not announce her death, this can effectively be considered a preemptive announcement of her passing. In the event that a miracle happens, a very happy correction will be issued.

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>>104321222
Vesper, buggy /lig/ger, announced that she is graduating, citing physical and mental health issues.
https://x.com/buggyvesper/status/1964622417093091422
Still leaving a sliver of hope, "if I'm ever healthy enough to come back, it'll be here, as Vesper."

>>104321257
Many thanks baker.

>>104321222

Um, you forgot this news from the previous thread.

BanG Dream! Yume∞mita (バンドリ! ゆめ∞みた), the anime featuring Mugendai Mewtype/夢限大みゅーたいぷ, will be airing somewhere on 2026.

Source: https://x.com/bang_dream_info/status/1964657550223352229

Announced at Yumemita's 4th live concert, Unlock the Future, which is held on September 7.

Mugendai Mewtype is currently having a post-concert talk.

And yes, their faces are revealed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzy7AhInovE

>>104321222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzHK7Dp6JZI
Botan releases a new original song for her birthday

>>104321222
Asobigokoro a small JP corpo announces their closure as of 9/8. Amauta Sau will continue her activities. Honne No Meimei will end her activities the same day as the closure. Gokigen Naname (Gura's art sister) is already an indie and will continue...
https://x.com/_asobigokoro/status/1964977009907671273

>>104321222
Issue 16 of LIVE Magazine is out.
https://x.com/LiveMagazineNow/status/1964384000275075175?t=tfF0jDzj4J_DnKXk69DlcQ&s=19

>>104321206
>Yuy coming back

naisu

>>104321262
>>104321240 (Not sure if cards count)
The /lig/ thread is doing a birthday/graduation card for Vesper, but there's just some time left, if you want to collaborate.
>>104323420 (this is from the previous thread, but check the current one later).

>>104325631
what's this an image for ants?

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>>104322708
>Mewtypes aren't mew clones
dropped

>>104322708
Is this that vtuber company that insisted applicants be willing to show their IRL faces?

I am tempted to write a review for VexPo here for those curious about the experience, highs and lows. Would that be /news/ worthy?

>>104331330
I think it'd be interesting, yeah. I think anons have done similar thinks for Offkai.

>>104331330
Anything that involves vtubers and its adjacent world. Also, like >>104331607 said. Anon once wrote something about Offkai. I think it wasn't much(?)

>>104331607
>>104331762
I am not the best with words, but will do my best to format my thoughts and feelings

>>104321222
Italian imouto Tennyo Yui premiering her 2.0 model right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHKxIqVNyPs

>>104331330
Opinion pieces are always a welcome part of /news/ for me

>>104041755
Zach Bussey claimed Vtubers would be able to deduct up to $25K in "tips" due to the new no taxes on tips law. A tax lawyer in training showed up and fiercely corrected him:
https://xcancel.com/pileofgelli/status/1963472726171042077#m

>>104321227
>>104327543
As so many other merch dealers have, Agent Ink gives an update declaring anyone who bought items through the VShojo store are SOL, however, items purchased through their store directly are unaffected, and they intend to work with the surviving talents on new merch:
https://xcancel.com/AgentInk/status/1963679898842861781#m
(Dunno what the tariff situation is with them.)

>>104334372
That accounting student (where tf did you see "lawyer in training"?) is talking about streaming platforms but this is more about platforms like Ko-fi or Streamlabs. From the various news articles I've seen talking about the plan (which is no law, yet), they want to target the jobs our chuubas do: streaming, podcasts, or online content creation in general. Now, whether or not what they promise can actually be applied is something we'll see, but there's intent.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/podcasters-and-influencers-covered-under-trumps-no-tax-on-tips-plan

VexPo 2025 Review: P1

If I was to describe the event in one single word; I’d have to borrow directly from the streaming lexicon and deem it “Scuffed”.

Friday’s complete mismanagement embodies the sentiment of “Scuffed”. Whilst VexPo doesn’t formally start until Saturday, Akasupa (Early Bird) ticket holders and select general public members had the chance to purchase entry for the "Opening Concert" held on Friday evening featuring a variety of talent from the indie and corpo sector. Jelly sang Invisible by Duran Duran.

Now enter the problems.

With this being held at the “NEC” in Birmingham, you had to be in Birmingham for one. Next comes miscommunication, with most volunteer staff unable to ever provide clear answers. In turn, they had to abide by various health and safety measures implemented by the “NEC” venue; one of which saw the method of how lines got managed. Regular purchases in the left line, Aka in the right. Once the Aka line reached a certain length, it had to be sub-divided. This is due to the amount of ticket cabinets VexPo was legally allowed to open. It only gets worse! The QR system intended for ticket purchases wasn’t live. Meaning that everyone had to be manually processed in. For whatever reason, VexPo staff decided to permit ALL attendees the same ticket pick-up time. Without the scan system in place and with the queues sub-divided, this meant that on average; more non-Aka purchased tickets got processed before others due to length differences.. Defeating the point of the £60 to £120 price difference depending on when you paid and how many days you intended to attend for. Meanwhile the line system was just handwaved with a “rush to the front” method applied to entering the actual concert. The inconsistent micromanaging of the lines are a core theme (and fuck up) during the whole convention. MCM (another con in the UK) already has a time-gated system to ease people in per-payment tier. Ideally this is what VexPo does next time.

Something you won’t hear from many who attended was the fact that "influencers" and “media” could be permitted the chance to skip lines and engage with planned Meet & Greet talent. Which just so happened to occur in the biggest section featuring the likes of Project Melody, Dokibird and Matara Kan. Merryweather also would abruptly barge into whatever M&G he liked. Due to this and general technical issues at VexPo hosted gatherings, the average line time went over by almost an hour. In the case of the names I had listed, some almost took two to three hours. I received multiple reports from attendees of volunteer staff providing misinformation or outright lies to those in line for the M&G’s. Some got kicked out and told to line up again due to “required breaks”, others claiming that they needed the “Idol Anarchy” ticket to be present in the area despite it not being at the concert hall or said concert not starting for another few hours. Neither were confirmed true by the VexPo staff I enquired. I am hoping a feedback form is emailed to attendees, as one particular volunteer member spent a good amount of the convention on a power trip. But given he was shorter than most women in attendance, this does not surprise me.

As mentioned, VexPo organised events had countless tech issues. One seems to have been self-imposed. I was told by people involved and those attending conflicting panels of choice that VexPo had its own OBS plugin designed for the convention. This plug-in fucked pretty much every concert hosted locally in some manner. Opening, Idol Anarchy, Brit Concert and some others would either have audio delay, video delay or sometimes not even output one or the other. Whereas V4M and Globie seemingly learned from prior cons, with many performances pre-recorded with ad-lib speaking segments in between. Phase had Lia performing so you wouldn’t be able to tell anyway.

>>104321192 (OP)
Yuy on the /news/ !

>>104336083
VexPo 2025 Review: P2

Away from VexPo branded chaos, the external stands seemingly knew the deal at hand. The Phase booth was a consistent hub of fan interaction and regularly selling merchandise with a delightful Pippa cosplayer keeping tabs on everything. The layout was perfect to keep traffic moving. Brave had two ends of the venue covered, with a very active merch stand besides Phase and depressingly empty at times Globie GIGA booth on the opposite side of the hall. Kawa Entertainment’s booth was messy with minimal branding but action packed. MosoBox had a lot of /here/ names doing M&G for free as did Veizo. I had not heard much of either, but these guys absolutely overdelivered and outdid VexPo at its own game. No tech issues from either. If anyone from those brands are just as /here/ as Kiki, pat yourself on the back. Variance Project and Re:Loop had some solid presence too, but I actively didn’t engage with them. Penny Puffball is cute I guess is my takeaway from them. IZIGENIA had staff roaming around on Saturday but that agency is still too young to judge on said actions. ASTRALINE was just the shite card game, with Merry and Lumi shitposting IRL. I saw other stands with iPads for indie M&G’s, but I didn’t actively partake because I felt it would be disrespectful to go up to them and spout vapid bullshit.

Panels and activities… It’s not that the placements or times didn’t make sense. It’s just the whole damn hall didn’t make sense at all. VexPo hosted M&G’s took place in the dead centre, which also meant you had to deal with line system autism. Thus if you wanted to go to the front or back of the venue, the traffic was gridlock in the middle. The Maid Cafe, which had some very family friendly rules, was sat right next to the 18+ art section. Sure, it had a veil, but it’s still stupid. The "activity stage” was boxed in by the entrance walkway leading to a lot of feedback noise. Poor Amiya just wanted to play retro games… I think what baffles me most is that this is a bigger hall than the year prior. They had plenty of time to overview the scope of the space provided and rather than play Tetris and nearly stack everything in, it was more a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos with everyone fighting for the middle.

Subject of hippos, let’s talk about the attendees just for a second. SO MANY OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS STINK. The “NEC” had several hotels within walking distance. Most of you cunts told me so because it was one of the go to conversation points apparently for the socially inexperienced. That or they hoped I’d ask to fuck. Spraying your outer shirt with Lynx (Axe to Americans reading) does not stop the smell. It just layers it with a new stank. I’ve been to a lot of conventions and I’ve never encountered such heavy musk. Mostly Holo fans too I gotta point out. I went to nearly all of the fan meets and you guys wore sweat stain shirts like it’s something of pride. Calling you out Tako. Fuck two of the hotels I know offer free shampoo and gel AS STANDARD with your room. WASH YO’ PITS, FACE AND WHATEVER ELSE. CHRIST.

Apart from the aroma from some, the fan meets are basically THE selling point to VexPo outside interacting with your oshi. What you thought BUYING THINGS would be the highlight? No. The community effort I witnessed is truly outstanding and shows the pure nature of the vtubing fandom; amplifying only how shit /vt/ is at the best of times.. I saw a Niji fangirl at the Doki meet and not deem her the devil, I saw Phase fans going to grab some of Shondo’s cookies and not demand she apologise to Fishman. I even saw motherfuckers walk past the Globie section and actually give them a glance. Hell, I think I received far more free custom fan merch than what I ended up paying for. Shout outs to the /vrt/ anon and his pins might I add. You know who you are.

“But anon, I am anti-social as fuck” than frankly you’d fucking hate VexPo. Everywhere I went, people spoke and took the time to interact. Stinky or not. I saw a Black dude in a Mint coloured suit. He had flown in from Italy just for the fan gathering and to be with Wisps. I engaged with multiple French girls who came over because Cass from First Stage Production was doing a panel. I bumped into a guy who had flown in from Portugal because he just wanted the chance to get merchandise without huge tax hikes via shipping. One of my personal favourite interactions came from a young lady from Japan, very broken English, who just missed seeing cosplayers as she recently moved to London. If VexPo can take any credit, any pride in what it has done, it’s allowed for so many fandoms to have a place to connect on a deeper, personal level.

>>104336111
VexPo 2025 Review: P3/Final

Now for some random throwaway points that don’t need to be detailed
>The “NEC” staff have their own rules that clash with VexPo's own, leading to a lot of issues during closing hours. I saw a shouting match almost break out because the NEC guards refused someone back in who had (from my observation) won one of the standee bids. The VexPo staff snuck them back in and the person was out with the standee moments later
>If issues continue with Birmingham, Bristol would be the better spot to move to. London, Manchester etc. VexPo ain’t got the staff or foresight to risk such high traffic locations
>Standee sales. Dokibird went for £700, Mint was around £130+ and most of Globie’s didn’t even hit £10. Ouch
>Reform UK was hosting a con at the same time. You can imagine the fun these groups had upon passing one another
>If you are planning to come next year, any of the hotels near the venue are fine. The NEC is near a large mall with lots of food options. Going inner city or AirBNB will just see you paying more and having less time at the venue
>VexPo staff, having the Vtubers attending wearing face masks does nothing if you have them followed around with security wearing shirts that say “SECURITY” printed on the front and back. Basically put a spotlight on Froot all weekend.

I’ll close on this. If the core team that founded VexPo somehow reads this, a harsh amount of self-reflection is going to be required if they have any hopes of an improved expansion. Have a side-hall to put your panels and concerts, allow for the main hall to have more room for merch stands and other stuff. I saw you guys attempt video-games this year. Great. Just remember. You cramp the nerds together, it gets stinky. Side hall lets you do your line autism too away from everything else. TIME GATED ENTRY IF YOU ARE GONNA MAKE PEOPLE PAY £100 EXTRA. Oh and you should also pray that nobody else finds motivation to upstage you. If you fail to learn from this weekend, I could see another European con emerging and taking the buzz away. Though it would likely have to be in a country comfortable with English like Denmark.

If anyone has any questions or wants me to expand on the details shared, please do so.

>>104336083
>>104336111
>>104336135
Thank you anon. I seem to remember there being a lot of tech issues with Offkai too in the past, though fewer seemingly this year.
>I saw a Niji fangirl at the Doki meet and not deem her the devil, I saw Phase fans going to grab some of Shondo’s cookies and not demand she apologise to Fishman. I even saw motherfuckers walk past the Globie section and actually give them a glance.
It's always nice to have reminders that the catalog is not reality.

So based on all this would you go again despite the issues? Would you recommend to other anons interested to go next year?

>>104336135
Thank you on your onsite reporting anon!

>>104336458
>So based on all this would you go again despite the issues?
Something I should stress, I went alone. No, I am not one of those stupid fucks either who think's he'll somehow pick up a chick within 72 hours and rail her. The women in attendance are just as parasocial and autistic as the rest of us, lol.

However I've always been a unity fag and a social butterfly at these sort of events, so even being stuck in line for the Dokibird meet and greet was MOSTLY fine as I had like-minded people to chat with. I am disappointed I missed a good part of Lisa's performance because of it. But "Rock The Boat" was being performed in the hall right besides the line; so I still got to enjoy the audio portion of Lisa. I just wanted to see her little sheep face singing those angsty rock tunes. Had I pals depending on me? These issues would rightfully get more hate.

But to answer your question! I'd go depending on the scale of interest verses price. If the core focus was like VexPo 1 (Vshojo, Globie, Idol and a minimal amount of Phase) I wouldn't given the price scale. I think that itself is why Offkai is likely the leading event in American in my eyes. Just enough variety to make it work. I'd maybe drop down to a day pass if certain names are highlighted, because I am perfectly fine travelling too and from parts of the country for a day. Do that plenty as is for the Footie.
>Would you recommend to other anons interested to go next year?
I'd again return to my earlier point. I went alone and can be social. I ain't saying you've got to have the gift of the gab, but if you see someone with merch you like, a compliment is an easy ice breaker to have a quick chat. If you can't do that, you'd not have fun. Especially if the hall remains the same sort of scale vs. activities next year. I am about to upset some here but here is the harsh reality of things: Fan Discord servers for talents allowed for many of the meet ups to function. These are the type of people who'd be attending. They are the ones who gave me keychains, pins, stickers, spare merch. If you find these sort of people cringe as is, you'll FUCKING HATE cons. Lol

I'd say in terms of turnout? Biggest in order?
>Mint (Best cosplayers too)
>Niji (They held it at the end of the con, so you could see the hoard of girls at the exit)
>Phase =/= Holo (Phase didn't smell, just had lots of Eastern Europeans and Germans)
>Vexoria The Sun Eater =/= Elia Stellaria (Simps are built different, used flags to lure people in)
>Doki =/= Astraline (Short but focused)
>xvsj+ (It was mostly Froot and Zen fanboys)
>/vrt/ (But not really wink wink)
>FSP =/= Globie (Most of the fans of these went to the Niji one instead)
>Aegis Link / Barbie Girls / Re:Loop / Variance Project (Didn't attend)

>>104336553
Thank you for taking the time to read

>>104336083
>>104336111
>>104336135
Nice writeup anon. As a volunteer, all I will say is that we weren't really told about contingency plans if (when) things went wrong besides asking the team leader. Which works fine in theory but there were certain things that had to be sorted by higher up staff that were impossible to find, especially in the Friday chaos. Also I think I know the short powertripping guy you're talking about kek I agree that the M+Gs and fan meetups were the best parts of the con. Hell I even had some fun conversations with fanbases that /vt/ would make you think despise each other. Overall just being able to sperg out with complete randos about their itabags or the concerts/panels they attended was my favourite part, very few normies in sight.
>>104336458
NTA but if your oshi or oshi fanmeet isn't there and you aren't a unityfag you might get bored. Going alone is fine but I'd hold out on buying a ticket till something you're personally interested gets announced tbdesu.

>>104338807
Was it the guy with tape on his vest? So many people complained to me about him and his handling of the Mata line. He was rude to me too for no apparent reason.
What are the best fan interactions you had?

>>104339265
Nope we're thinking of different people I'm pretty sure. I was in the Mata line briefly to chat with a friend and from what I heard it sounded like a shitshow.
>What are the best fan interactions you had?
I don't watch much holo but I got adopted by a group of KFP at a bar and there was a lot of yuro bants going around and a poorly incognito large chuuba spoke with me for a bit

>>104336111
>That or they hoped I’d ask to fuck.
I guess this is the subtle hint for the con orgy that everyone's talking about

>>104336135
There was an aegis link standee that sold for over $1000, I was pretty impressed

>>104321222
>>104327543
>>104300470
Enna has a meltdown over nijien still suffering from the results of their own actions

>>104321222
Bao the Whale gets a new 3D model, and gets scammed on a Labubu:
https://youtu.be/0Z8Gbdv5tuk

>>104341240
Triggerphish's? I heard hers sold for $1111. Mint's definitely would have sold for much higher given how many Wisps were at the event, but they did a really bad job of promoting it. They should have let people bid on it while eating at the cafe, tbdesu.
Reviewanon did a good job of summarizing a lot of the problems with VExpo. I will also say that apparently the akasupas were supposed to get free merch, and many akas did not even know about this because they were not told to pick it up during registration. They need more staff, better tech, and a bigger venue next year, which is to be expected given how much it's grown. Maybe they should also start scheduling events on Friday as well, as having only the opening concert that night only means that more things are crammed in to Sat/Sun.
The fans and all of the vtubers are great. M&G lines could have used better staffing. One of the lines I was in had no one timing the M&G sessions, so each person was taking upwards of 5 minutes each.

>>104321222
Specialite EN will cease operarions, but talents will retain their IPs
https://twitter.com/Specialite_EN/status/1965218598382682610

>>104343824
Since NEC staff wasn't letting people back in, many of the bids had to be rejected. It's why some standees went so cheap. Nobody could access them due to NEC staff being cunts and locking the hall down like a crime scene. Had the mystery sale happened an hour prior, I suspect the fees would have been much higher. Especially for Mint

>>104343919
Not a shock to be frank. Gen 2 girls just didn't stream enough to gain footing. Bluebell, the only active member, kept collabing with Niji males.

>>104343824
I think so, it was the blue brat

>>104330607
No, that was Riot Music. This is Bushiroad, and it's their second attempt in the Vtuber market after Irodori.

>>104343919
Note that this is specifically Specialite EN. Specialite JP (As well as the rest of Reality Studio's vtuber companies) will be continuing on.

>>104321222
Nimi Nightmare down for a few days:
https://xcancel.com/niminightmare/status/1964767374412046661

>>104342577
Also Bao goes on Vacay for about two weeks:
https://xcancel.com/baovtuber/status/1963691126042636320

>>104321222
Hololive's Tokino Sora graduates... From college! Majoring in vocal music.
https://youtu.be/KKZ124Y3Ixg

>>104321227
Hololive puts out an 8% discount coupon code for voice packs as part if their 8th anniversary campaign:
https://xcancel.com/hololivetv/status/1964524027558428866#m
https://shop.hololivepro.com/blogs/news/hololivean8th_campaign
(Jeeze, has it really been eight years already?)

>>104321227
Kamitsubaki Academy Newspaper Club game to release October 30th. Demo available now:
https://xcancel.com/kamitsubaki_eng/status/1965252612963663994#m
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639970/KAMITSUBAKI_ACADEMY_NEWSPAPER_CLUB/

StellaLive 3rd Generation 3D Debut Announcement!

Tenko Shibuki 3D Debut

Date: September 13, 2025 (Saturday) at 6:00 PM (KST)

Channel: Tenko Shibuki Chzzk Channel

Link: https://chzzk.naver.com/64d76089fba26b180d9c9e48a32600d9
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Aokumo Rin 3D Debut

Date: September 13, 2025 (Saturday) at 7:00 PM (KST)

Channel: Aokumo Rin Chzzk Channel

Link: https://chzzk.naver.com/516937b5f85cbf2249ce31b0ad046b0f
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Hanako Nana 3D Debut

Date: September 14, 2025 (Sunday) at 6:00 PM (KST)

Channel: Hanako Nana Chzzk Channel

Link: https://chzzk.naver.com/4d812b586ff63f8a2946e64fa860bbf5
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Yuzuha Riko 3D Debut

Date: September 14, 2025 (Sunday) at 7:00 PM (KST)

Channel: Yuzuha Riko Chzzk Channel

Link: https://chzzk.naver.com/8fd39bb8de623317de90654718638b10

>>104336111
>“But anon, I am anti-social as fuck” than frankly you’d fucking hate VexPo.
>>104337456
>If you can't do that, you'd not have fun.
thank you for the honesty

>>104355122
>>104321222

>>104336083
>>104336111
>>104336135
I read this. It was a nice read. It's also making me wonder if I smell funny and don't notice.

>>104355122
Oops, it was a typo. It’s Stellive

https://x.com/StelLive_kr/status/1965353290918752361?t=53gzfU84XJ7_5XQdfl0nlA&s=19

>>104355356
Sorry anon, but it's the nature of the beast. A lot of the people attending don't have the best social skills. I had this one chubby fella that kept running up to ask basic questions because I was one of the first to say hello to them at the /xvsj+/ meet. Others are so hyper focused on said oshi that you wearing even a keyring or pin will have them spout all sorts of love related to them. It's like witnessing a valve being opened for many in attendance. Because they finally have others to spout said love and joy about with others that may understand. I have no doubt in my mind that MANY of the attendees are likely hit hard with the post con blues because they won't get to have that sort of experience for another year. Maybe one or two will end up at MCM in London next month, but really it won't be the same.
>>104355999
>It's also making me wonder if I smell funny and don't notice.
Invest into a cologne and/or aftershave. While you might not be able to smell it after a couple of moments, that's because you become accustom to the smell. But many others will be able to still smell it!

I had this one lady working the Veizo stand stop me on Saturday. She complimented my shirt and said I smelt really good. I thanked her and said "So you've had to deal with a lot of boy smell today?" and she just nodded her head and laughed. Provided me her business card and than gave me the run down of the company. Pretty sure she only kept me talking because of my cologne.

>>104321222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtiag8nTUs
Reine released a new original song "Figure it out" for her birthday

My Vexpo review
>humble convention, but had more polish than last year. nicer booths
>the panel and m&g layout still leaves a lot to be desired
>queues were what they were, there is improvement to be made but really the main draw of Vexpo this year was the music
>opening concert set the tone for an enjoyable weekend
>Roca’s singing was out of this world the definite standout of the whole convention
>was a real treat to have multiple quality 3D concerts this year, it gave the con much needed legitimacy
>Phases concert was very good. The 3 girls did a good job and put on a good show
>Brave concert also good
>Big British Concert was very fun
All in all, still a very humble convention and a tribute to the UK vtuber scene. Hopefully one day some of the euro holos can be there

>>104336111
Moxy had shampoo, shower gel and conditioner so they really had no excuses

>>104321222
>>104321235
Scarle Yonaguni collab cafe in Denver, Colorado
https://x.com/NIJISANJI_World/status/1965354667694805193
https://www.ti.cafe/scarle
Apparently they also had a collab with a different Nijisanji EN member, Ren Zotto previously.
https://www.ti.cafe/renzotto

>my review of vexpo as someone that went to both years
There was way less hoyoverse slop this year thank fuck. I met up with a few other chuubas/viewers I know and spent a decent chunk of saturday with them. I went to a mosobox meet and greet and the chuuba recognised me because I was cosplaying myself which I didn't expect. The concerts were good, although I heard the streams of them were scuffed and had fucked audio and the concert on Sunday morning had issues at the start but I got one of the first 100 people bags they were giving out. I heard there was some kind of unofficial after party and that someone was hospitalised but I don't know if it's true.
The lines were pretty bad for the most part and for the bbc concert the line wrapped all the way around the wall up to the maid cafe. When I got my tickets on Friday night they didn't clearly indicate which line was which so I ended up in the weekend one until one of the staff came up to tell people that akasupas were two different lines. Felt like a huge mess, also the qr code readers didn't work so it took even longer. I managed to get into the concert at least, my friend didn't even make it in because he had a weekend ticket and got there too late.
I don't like phase so I can't say what there concert was like but the indie one was good, I almost passed out from tiredness and went back to my hotel so I didn't see the idol anarchy one either.
Even on Saturday morning when I was near the start of the line the queue for the akasupa rewards was quite long and their card reader wasn't set up, so if you go in early make sure you bring a lot of cash next year I guess since it wasn't the only booth like that. The kawa entertainment booth also had card issues and I think I was in the line for half an hour, I also had to download paypal to be able to pay and then one of the guys converted the price to dollars and I ended up paying less than the price was on pounds because of it. They seemed to just trust people too since anyone could have just come up and grabbed shit off the booth. Some Indian couple came over when I was near the end of the line and just kept getting in the way and knocking keyrings off the table with their hapis.
The maid cafe looked bigger than last year but still seemed really busy so I didn't try to get a reservation, and it wasn't clear if you could just buy the merch without going in.
I must have been one of the few people that went to the globie booth at the back and I didn't even realise they were selling food because it was hidden at the back, would have gotten it there instead since the canteen was a ripoff, £6.25 for a mid sandwich and £3 for a drink, even MCM had better prices in may.
Artist alley was so full of people for most of saturday I couldn't even find things or take a proper look most of the time, and there's so many idiots that are completely unaware of their surroundings that just fucking stand in the way on their phone or in front of stuff for no reason.
The venue was also quite hot inside, which is understandable under a few layers of cosplay but there was only one water refill station anywhere nearby that didn't seem to work right and I had to keep moving my bottle to get it to work.
I had planned to go to the re:Loop m&g greet but I woke up late and then struggled to get coloured contacts into my eyes for so long I just went straight to the hall so I could get in early, also the 30 minutes of "early access" akasupas were supposed to get is meaningless if ypu have to queue up for ages at booths because their systems aren't working yet, at other cons it's usually a whole hour.
Seems like it was just badly organised in general since despite having almost twice the space it felt just as cramped as last year. Personally I didn't really have any issues with staff at all, but I didn't really have much interaction with them and I didn't go to any of the paid m&g, people are right about merry though he was constantly getting in the way and being fucking annoying.
I went to the holo meetup with a few others and it seemed fine, only really spoke to one person who approached us to talk about kiryu coco because my friend had her in an itabag. Also got a shondo cookie which made me feel a bit ill, too much baking soda I think. The funny thing is most of the fat people in the photo were actually Americans and some of the vendors.
Managed to get some stuff I wanted, as well as a few free things like stickers and a prototype keyring.
I hope they have a set date earlier next year and don't schedule it at the same time as the reform conference, there were tons of old cunts and their Palestine flags protesting outside my hotel.
Summary:
>badly organised placement of things inside
>badly organised set up on Saturday morning
>no schedules for events anywhere inside the hall
>event spread sheet fucking sucks
>bad at having accessible information
>more vetting of volunteers needed
It was fun and I would go again next year.

>>104365166
>The maid cafe looked bigger than last year but still seemed really busy so I didn't try to get a reservation, and it wasn't clear if you could just buy the merch without going in.
You could. Which also fits in with your other complaints about lack of information.
If you were on the VeXpo discord a lot of us were discussing most of these, so I was quite well informed. But if you didn't pay attention to it a lot, it was very easy to miss things.

>>104321227
Anycolor's financial results for Q1 of FY 2026 (May 1 - July 31, 2025) will be published at the end of trading on Sept. 10, a little under 11 hours from now

>>104365166
>I was near the start of the line the queue for the akasupa rewards was quite long and their card reader wasn't set up, so if you go in early make sure you bring a lot of cash next year I guess
What even was the reward?

>>104365951
I kept forgetting to join it even though I would have that akasupa support role, definitely need to before next year. Is there a complaints section?
>>104366392
A t-shirt and a bag, they also put a guide and a passport in there even though they handed them out with the tickets. Also the guide did not have a schedule in it either despite last years one having one. They really dropped the ball with having info available this year.

>>104367080
>Is there a complaints section?
Not yet. My hope is that they'll set up one or provide a method to do so via an email / Google form

>>104367080
>>104367131
They'll provide a feedback form at . So write your complaints down now so you don't forget.
They're also paying attention to comments in the #suggestions-and-feedback channel, though you'd be best off just waiting until the form is out.

>>104359405
Thanks for the reviews.

>>104321222
ARRI Virtual aims to become a pioneer of VTubers in Myanmar. VTuber NewsDrop spoke with the talents and staff:
https://orecen.com/x-reality/translation-vtubernewsdrop-spotlight-arri-in-myanmar/

>>104365166
>I heard there was some kind of unofficial after party and that someone was hospitalised but I don't know if it's true
There was an afterparty near one of the hotels organized by a HoloUK fan group. It was by a roundabout where people like to race. Actually pretty fun, but some people got way too drunk, and I did hear an ambulance had to be called for one person at the end of the night, yes.

>>104370830
What did people do there? Just drink and talk?

>>104370742
can't wait for the pig butchering scamartists to get in on vtubing

>>104321222
Luminara scouting for vtubers for a Pokémon TCG tournament to take place October 25th:
https://xcancel.com/LuminaraLegacy/status/1965133516360057253#m

>>104321222
Miwabelle of Glitch Stars is now part of Sega's Southeast Asia Ambassador Program:
https://xcancel.com/Miwabelle1/status/1964725095966142855#m

>>104321249 (rrat)
https://www.reddit.com/r/PhaseConnect/comments/1n79gek/its_been_over_a_month_since_hina_last_posted/

Some have noted that Phase Connect's Hikanari Hina has been MIA for over a month and are expressing concern as rumors fly about.

>>104327543
VShojo continues to hit new lows as they offer to give merch, that was already purchased by fans, to talents who wave their rights to go after the months of backpay that they are owed. Turns out VShojo can't even make good on that deal, however, as they've not paid the warehouse the storage fees, and the warehouse won't let the stuff go until they do:
...and it's Kson again, so... Search Youtube for "Kson: VShojo goes even lower with a new hostage dilemma"

>>104321249
Haven't seen this in the catalog yet, but Rimahorse has info regarding the takahata rape incident in the vtubersphere. Pretty fast for a dramatuber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OhtYeuFmOU

>>104375219
Blah. That's come across my desk a few times now and I've been ignoring it, as the one accusing him of SA is Adora, not of her own account, but based on a third hand anonymous report that didn't even name the victim. That might be enough to avoid the guy yourself, but not enough to announce it to the whole world as she did. It'd be pure Twitter drama, but Taka, who has a lot of people more trustworthy than Adora vouching for him, has apparently gotten lawyers involved and plans to return to streaming soon. Dunno if he intends to start the vtuber bar up again though.

In news equally undeserving of the round up, Umamusume reports that the horse Haru Urara passed away September 9th, but that's at least something that your oshi may actually bring up.

>>104376384
There's something hot when a girl reads to you amateur sex fanfic: A 9 years foreplay pillowtalk

>>104375026
Here you go
https://youtu.be/RfmPFppvL8s

>>104376384
It should be noted that Adora was involved in drama involving somebody else close to her as well. It got drowned out because /vt/ basically said "I have no idea who any of these people are", and there was other shit going on (the accusations came forth about the same time as Saruei's most recent art scandal with the DMCA abuse, among other things that came after, drowning both out).
It really doesn't have a place in /news/, because not only are the allegations old, but they're from an untrustworthy and unverified source. We may as well go back to reporting on every 2view google dockey, and I'd really just rather not.

>>104336135
>>104359405
>>104365166
Thanks all to the con reviews; it's nice getting to hear perspectives beyond the usual out-of-content complaints or whatever the catalog throws up.
>Fan Discord servers
I've never joined one; is it worth it? I used to be really paranoid about accounts (which is why I'm on /vt/) but I don't care as much anymore.

>>104379010
no

>>104379010
I would say convention discord servers can be worth it because a lot of the time things will only be shared there first or at all but I wouldn't recommend general fan discords

>>104375219
Maybe I'm just autistic but as soon as a girl starts bringing up her trauma, menhera status, (supposed) abuse, encourages you to live a non-monogamous lifestyle, etc. how do you not nope out? Sucks that it happened to him but the minute "I have mental problems" came up he should have just dropped it. Don't stick your dick in crazy exists for a reason.

>>104379768
Based

>>104321222
Hololive's Korone getting death threats from BlueSky and Twitter for playing Wizard Game:
https://xcancel.com/Kuri_Rinji/status/1965282163471028508#m
https://archive.vn/eSyKE

>>104380972
Did we slip back a couple years?

>>104380972
Remember
Every view you give to this video means a dead tranny
https://www.youtube.com/live/boGRKJjjz6o?

>>104321227
>>104366167 (me)
Their financial results have been published

https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym2/187026/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym3/187027/00.pdf
https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/5032/ir_material1/259987/00.pdf

Note that the financial results for the EN branch are on page 48 (of 51) on the second publication. Also note that page 7 of the same document lists EN as having 30 livers; as of the end of Q1 (31/7/25) this is accurate, because Reimu and Rosemi hadn't graduated yet.

>>104381997 (me)
Here is the same revenue chart, except with the gross revenue NOT split by category.
tldr QOQ is up, but YOY is down

>>104381997
>>104382017
Thanks for sharing. I see they still use that image.

NijiEN's YOY revenue has been down for 9 quarters; that's not good. AnyColor as a whole is doing great, but this branch is holding them back.
I would love to have profits quantified just for EN to see if they are at least stable or doing better on that front. (This could confirm if the chuubas are getting less support due to less general revenue, like some (ex)talents seem to tell.) Otherwise, it's difficult to think it's still worth it as is, and they should merge all into a single NIJISANJI branch to muddy the waters a bit.

>>104382017
Why the drop in 25 Q1? What happened?

>>104383189
Selen shock

>>104321222
Rita Kamishiro joins Lucid Multimedia.
https://x.com/welcometolucid/status/1965565891023679619
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuwyNC-hUDc

>>104379010
As somebody that's been active on the VeXpo discord, if you weren't paying attention to it you would have missed a ton of information about the con. All of the meetups were organised via it as well. Stuff was put on the website and other places, but in 2025 most things are organised on discord.
As for general fan discords, if you want to participate in birthday/anniversary projects for talents those are usually organised on the fan discords. All down to how much you want to interact with the community really.

>>104380972
>genocide supporter Korone
based degozaru.

>>104383748
Well, this is absolutely unexpected. I truly wonder how things operate within this corpo/agency. By the way, Lucid Multimedia and Phase, as far as I know, are the only two oldest still-active EN corpos/agencies (not counting any glorified groups). Lucid Joined (Was bought?) by super state holding, (Giant Japanese conglomerate) mid-late 2024, which owns Strawberry Prince among a lot more stuff but they… left them(?) https://x.com/welcometolucid/status/1920252303182802973 says this notice on May 7th.

>>104386236
Yep, I saw that was their only previous announcement on their website, and after a quick search in the archive, it was already reported here:
https://vt.rita.moe/news.xml?page=1#entry-4392

>>104321222
https://x.com/hololivetv/status/1965744971543376215
Mio confirmed for singing the theme song for upcomining anime Nmenko

>>104385286
Man that's fucking insane, no wonder I didn't know anything

>>104321222
https://x.com/fantechid/status/1965233174990258380
Fantech is doing a serious of merch collabs with holoId talents

>>104356616
>Others are so hyper focused on said oshi that you wearing even a keyring or pin will have them spout all sorts of love related to them. It's like witnessing a valve being opened for many in attendance. Because they finally have others to spout said love and joy about with others that may understand.
My panic disorder medicated wouldn't be too "happy" about that either. I think I can safely discard the idea of ever going to a vtuber con. I feel like I can get the best parts by listening to chuubas who I care about sharing stories without the negative side effects.

>>104321227
>Trump tariffs Japan
>Cover's stock goes to shit
Got what I voted for

>>104388377
Just avoid wearing merch and be casual? You ain't gotta walk around like you fell into the nearest Hot Topic

>>104388377
If you don't wear any merch (and you're a guy) you'll mostly be left alone, especially in bigger conventions. Only time you would have to worry about are during lines for panels but you can just put earphones in and you'll probably be fine

>>104321235
Yet Moar Convention News...

@AniEx_event (Bangkok) concert silhouette tease:
https://xcancel.com/AniEx_event/status/1964961906898424240#m

@CosMania (Philippines) Ryndia Eggy Tamagoki, and Yana announce themselves as guests:
https://xcancel.com/ryndia/status/1965038412454584743#m
https://xcancel.com/Eggy_Tamagoki/status/1964992110936969303#m
https://xcancel.com/mihoyanaVT/status/1965083884233928951#m

Hololive Philippines meet up (CosMania adjacent?):
https://xcancel.com/HoloProFansPH/status/1965309291130487158#m

@VT_Express/@HolidayMatsuri (Orlando, FL) Mint will be haunting:
https://xcancel.com/MintFantome/status/1965104271076286615#m

Aki and Kiara have billboards coming up at the MBK Center in Thailand:
https://xcancel.com/HoloFansTh/status/1965042573980172486#m

>>104321222
Some small timer news that may or may not be worth the round-up:

Pengie goes on indefinite hiatus that seems to effectively be a graduation. Possibly got signed?:
https://xcancel.com/PengieVT/status/1963393294014001217#m

Pomatomaster, sci-fi vtuber, is now the Marketing and Advertising Manager for Stoneforged:
https://xcancel.com/Pomatomaster/status/1965145375796511170#m

Arya Viotta stops uploading to her cover channel, which she is retaining as an archive:
https://youtu.be/Ky9QApzhQXQ
Moved here: https://www.youtube.com/@aryaviottaVT

Mr. Aejis makes a tutorial for talking people out of suicide called "Mental Health First Aid":
https://youtu.be/MJm20fszkDM

>>104375026
Geega gives a bit of an update on that situation, which is still looking grim:
https://xcancel.com/GeneralGEEGA/status/1965847465409536085#m
AmaLee echoing similar situation: https://xcancel.com/LeeandLie/status/1965854874102575446#m
>>104378086
I'll have to see that live a week before I decide that maybe the mods found the minds they seem to have lost.

AKA Virtual EN's Perfruor Graduation Relay starts tonight (September 10, 2025 PST)

Pirouella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqd8S4Vfsxw
Vierra Vanilla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LLRHI-MFo
Dolly Doppel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HppZvxcymNE

>>104407628
>Perfruor
How many is this vs. the entire branch? I honestly forgot that AKA Virtual EN was a thing...

>>104409054
Technically, there's one remaining EN talent and that's Sae Saotome.

The remaining Perfruor members will have replacement voice actresses.