Time to learn Japanese then!

It may seem daunting, but I would encourage you to at least learn the basics of Japanese (hiragana, katakana, sentence structure, particles, etc.). I'm far from fluent, but knowing the basics will allow you to pick up a lot more than you'd think just from context clues.

Imagine learning a language that uses symbols instead of letters, swaps vowel sounds compared to English (i and e), and is written backwards. A lifetime job. Anyone not born in an English speaking country has it easy, I swear. English isn't hard, it's just terrible.

@@AceStrife As English is my 3rd language, I can definitely attest to that. It's not a hard language to learn, just annoying with all the exceptions to every rule that exist, and then differences between British English, American English, Canadian English, etc...

​@@lareolanKFP France:"Well, we like to be with the trend"

they have their priorities straight LOL

They look at pokemon

@@TheLINEPIECE1 you do you, Dont We other people. Just you, YOU need a cooler hobby. Leave it at that

@@lyreangelelbridget9162 Very sad that you felt the need to say this. You must be bought in pretty deep. Your brand loyalty will go unrewarded.

​@@TheLINEPIECE1 I get what you're saying, but as their private lives are secret we don't know how much overlap there is between the real and fake. I enjoy the interactions regardless, so don't tear down other ppls pastimes just because you found out ur oshi isn't real

@@chumbopshop I hear you. But. Perhaps. There is an inherent problem in someone's passtime being Consume Product.

@@TheLINEPIECE1 Moe means cute, though, so I wouldn't necessarily say it's childish per se. Also most hobbies and pastimes involve consuming some product: Stamps, writing, reading, playing games, watching tv, etc. So unless you're advocating for just going on walks or exploring nature, I don't know why you need to point that out. There's no problem inherent or otherwise in these hobbies folks have. Heck, some of us don't even buy much merch anyway. Just let people enjoy their free time when they're not at work, ok? I'm sure you like watching KZfaq considering you're here on the site. Watch a different streamer? Maybe a non-vtuber? Or maybe even a vtuber who doesn't play a character. They do exist despite you assuming most do.

They've streaming together way before Hololive. No need to fake anything. It wouldn't last that long.

​@@Theydasthat's not true. That girl wasn't Okayu

@@Kougeru wdym?

@@alexjustalexyt1144 Korone's previous gig was Aya from AyaMina Games. The other girl was Mina (which would be who the other guy was talking about) and her next gig was Inui Toko for Nijisanji (listening to them side by side, I couldn't tell the difference), not Nekomanta Okayu. Reason, we know for a fact Okayu's previous gig was Ikasumi-Kei Joshi, which livestreamed at the same time as AyaMina Games at least once (plus the voice is completely off anyway, Mina sounds more like... I dunno, Subaru than Okayu).

AND, because she knows Korone doesn't really want to give the shiny away. Which is...something interesting to me about Japanese culture and friendship. People will offer their friend something, even though they really want to keep it, and the other friend will refuse it, even if they really want it. I don't do this with my friends, and I'm pretty sure most Americans don't either. Like..if someone offers me something that I want, I'm taking it. I never would have even thought they actually didn't want to give it to me. And by the same token, if I want to keep something, if it's important to me, I'm not going to give it away.

Unique Rarity

​@@ethervagabonddude, thats not even about japanese culture 😅 i think its about asian culture or most asian culture. I find it quite wholesome but its pretty frequent occurence to see that kinda interaction here in SEA too. I once learned this in college, but a lot of western country doesnt have this level of "consideration" in their culture.

@@silvershowerhandle aah thanks. I never dig deeper about it before.

@@ethervagabond that's not about japanese culture dude, you're just a little selfish

There's a wiki page with Pokemon English and Japanese names though.

​@@LecherousLizard probably he meant they didn't specifically mention the name and instead only 'this shiny version of a pokemon' which can be....anything. (Though probably in that case the translator already knew which one was the shiny that got clipped)

@@schokoladereee Except they did specifically mention the name. "Mukkuru" is how the Pokemon is called in Japanese.

​​@@LecherousLizard but mukkuru is Starly right? The name of the shiny one (the pink bigfootish looking) as far as I see in the clip wasn't mentioned.

@@schokoladereee Oh, that one. I mean, they give enough information to identify it, I guess. Definitely something you'd find rather quickly if you actually watched entire streams.

Indeed! I seen some antis saying that this was a planned (hot mic) and that they just do this to make people believe they sent playing characters. I can’t even imagine thinking in such a pessimist way lol.

I can't speak for other vtubers but korosan sounds exactly the same and even looks similar irl, at least I think so.

​@@royalet7982probably. But personally I think I could hear a bit of panic in Okayu's voice

I mean, if you streams for a long, long, long time, you wouldn't want to play characters that are completely foreign and different with your own character. Not even the best actor in the world could play a character that's far from their own for hours without mental issue

@@anandasatria7734 Yeah, tbh I cant imagine any of Hololive being terribly different irl, and I hope to never be proven wrong honestly.

Ikr

Idk bout REAL name, from what I've heard they refer to each other by code names off stream, since they could get recognized by their voice in public, and they certainly can't go around calling each other their holomem names. But she might've almost said her code name, which wouldn't be as bad, but then everyone would have to learn a new code name. This is just what I've heard though, considering I don't know anyone with even a remote connection to cover, it could be total bullshit.

I have some friends that are vtubers. All of them prefer calling out each others by their streaming name or some kind of nickname (that related to their streaming name) instead of their real name when they're hanging out.

They're probably trained to get in characters and treat every mic as "hot" once the stream is on.

@@exu7325 why do people keep saying things like this? Can you just let us BELIEVE that IRL they are just like they are on stream? Can you let us have a tiny bit of joy between the great slogs of misery that is this capitalist death march? 😔

When you have a nickname for someone Even if you know their real name, calling their nickname is more fun I call my friends with their online games name than their real one back in high school

It makes me happy to see this

they were friends before they even got to hololive. i have a memory of a gold fish but if i remember correctly okayu's grandma have this bakeshop thingy and korone was a regular customer and that's how they met if im not mistaken. tho i dont remember which of them talked about it on stream

​@@sadpotato7029 That one is their actual lore, not in stream story. That said, it's most likely an euphemism for their actual backstory as well

They are professionals after all, they must be trained to treat the mic as always live in these situations for this very reason.

You'd expect to use an alias for everyone if you joined a group of anonymous people who use an online alias..

It's like when You call your online Friends still by their username instead of their real name, it just don't feel natural

bit of a necropost but okakoro knew each other before hololive, korone got in as a recommendation from okayu so I think if anything they would be more accustomed to real names than character names (though since it has been so long they might've just decided to change + likely training as mentioned above) @@elektra8535

Except okayu and korone aren't "online friends", I won't go into details but it's confirmed they've known each other irl long before hololive

I can't remember who said this but it was an en vtuber that said that when they talk or pm on discord they usually just use their character names to talk to each other to avoid doxxing and to familiarize themselves with their characters more. This is why they slip up sometimes when streaming IRL or appearing to other streams IRL.

i think its that they tend to use vtuber names even when hanging out alone! ive heard that they have code names for when in public so that no matter what, their real names dont get revealed though! either way i think after streaming together for years it becomes natural to use their vtuber names as if they were simply nicknames :)

Shhh my friend you will anger the antis… They have been having winter soldier episodes whenever someone says what you have haha.

Depending on who it is, the company they're under probably tells them to act like on stream when preparing for a stream, to avoid bad stuff. It's been used as a bit before though

@@ThatGuy-c maybe, but that doesn't mean they will necessarily do it. I mean especially when you've done hundreds of streams and you might start getting overconfident.

They really don't, in this case. Korone clearly makes her voice higher after finding out that the mic is on. She also acts more cutesy and moe after that.

Source: Trust Me Bro

They make a habit of staying in character pre-stream so they don't get caught out revealing something about their private lives they're not supposed to.

Eh, depends on your perspective. Korone definitely talked faster and more casual in tone in this clip than in others. There’s the possibility that this too might be an act, but at that point, why bother? It’s not like this is some hilarious bit that was really entertaining or made things crazy fun for the viewers or something. A lot of effort to make a “fake” bit for really very little payoff

@@glipmine7109 100% this wasn't a bit and you are correct

Certainly some of the time they do it as a bit but this one doesn't feel like it, they were doing legit pre-stream prep and their voices are clearly more relaxed than when on stream

Then you haven't seen a lot. The issue is, both Okayu and Korone basically already use close to their normal voices, even having explained so. Okayu even commenting once "OYYY, what you mean you can't hear the difference?!"

Its for avoiding doxxing if dm's or voice calls leak.

during irl meetups they call eachother by their character names