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Nora Cat & VTuber Controversy

 
 Today we're going to cover the Nora Cat controversy. Nora Cat which translates as Wild Cat is one of the early VTubers to become a sensation on social media as of 2018. However at one point there was a technical glitch and it revealed that Nora Cat was a middle age man considered to be an Otaku.

The character debut in a virtual computer game titled VR Chat. The model for Nora Cat seems to have been created by Nagatoro Koyori. The Koyori Channel seems to be in sync with Nora Cat. Only Koyori seems to actually be voiced by an actual woman unlike Nora Cat. 

When it comes to VR type characters they are trying to actually promote their creations. So they are playing the characters rather than being the character. Virtual characters are "you" but also another entity. We explain this here because half of the people hidden behind those characters, look nothing like what they are trying to fool the public with. And that is acceptable because nobody can look like fictional characters that do not exist. 

As said anime is based on Japanese people. However they typically use Caucasians to model the anime characters. So even if a Japanese character in an anime series has small slanted eyes, he or she may have strong European features which also include the Caucasian skin color. 

 
 
Japanese people have a dark and light skin tone. However it is not pink as they paint their anime characters. According to an old "How to Draw Manga" book when Japanese artists draw Europeans or Caucasians, they make the faces very pointy. Though this chart here will show you how much Japanese artists really take from Caucasians when it comes to creating anime characters.
 
And that is why people who are not Japanese As a Blasian I can tell you that Black people are depicted badly in anime and are considered the lowest of the low when it comes to looks. They mainly would rather go for a stereotypical look something from a Minstrel show.  

Japanese people and many people who do not speak English, or different races of people are often secluded and don't really get on well with others. Japanese people are similar to Chinese people, they do not really like Westerners. Japanese people do not mind interacting but they would generally class Westerners as "foreign" or "foreigners" and have a hard time learning or speaking English which is vice versa when it comes to learning another language. 

Today anime is no longer Japanese exclusive. Westerners who try to merge anime with Japanese culture are often considered to be Weeaboos. 

A lot of Koreans and Chinese like to call people Weeaboos. But matter of the fact is, most anime originates from Japan not China or Korea or any other parts of Asia. They often import anime, and often have their own animation series which is similar to anime but not as interesting as Japanese anime. 

A majority of Japanese anime is dubbed worldwide and can be watched in China and Korea.


A self-professed homosexual by the name of Nux Taku, a possible VTuber??? And or Jew who cites himself as the worst YouTuber in the world comes to mind. He uses some kind of "screaming" and or "shouting" New Yorker-type accent in his videos. His videos are basically just him screaming to the top of his lungs. If you are wearing earphones you are in for a ride of your life. This man can wail like a dog. Well long story short he covered most of the controversies concerning VTubers in 2020. Something we explained in a previous post. 


He also explains about the "DMCA" of VTubers and how people can easily take control of your VTube model if they created it. According to Nux, the VTubers are popular on Twitch. 

Drama in the VTube world revolves around doxxing in their communities. Doxxing is a considered a crime, but people often ignore and doxx people on social media. When it comes to people hiding behind avatars, doxxing them will possibly be very popular. 

As explained people are going to want to know who is behind these avatars. For example a lot of your favorite VTubers could possibly be rapists or murderers or criminals.

When half of the criminals hiding behind VTubers are exposed in due time obviously in the VTube world it will be a big story. Because hiding behind a virtual character or avatar is the perfect mask. People will obviously be urged to watch the "weird" VTubers very carefully. 

Weird as in you will notice something is wrong by what these individuals say. So keep a look out for them. Some of them are clearly up to no good.

So when they get exposed sometimes it is a good thing depending on their actions. But most VTubers are in it for the money. They are not VTubing for fun. It is all about the money. 

Hopefully no VTubers will take advantage of anyone. We also mean sexually. If you are a upcoming VTuber and you have came across this post listen to this advice. 
 
Don't do it! You will pay! You will be caught! 

And then you will be featured on this blog here. So don't get big-headed and do not manipulate people. And that is the only advice we can give you here.

 As they explained Moroccan-Canadian YouTuber Pokimane and other people who are notable for not doing much also wanted in on the VTube trend. Pokimane is a social media star of some sort who is known to be very sexual online. When people reference her they say "sex sells" indicating what she is all about which would be a kind of cam girl of some sort? One of her videos were embedded here. However the video did not show up. Indicating that YouTube are protecting specific content creators videos? There are no ads here on this blog. Nor is anyone making money. So a photo of a make-up less Pokimane will have to do. You know how she naturally looks?

Pokimane is the only person to swipe the "Pok" from the word Pokémon and not have to pay Nintendo a dime. Everyone else to pilfer, Nintendo ensured to get lawyers involved. Unless she has signed a YouTube deal with Nintendo? 

Did you not know that Sony, PlayStation, Microsoft and other companies sign deals with YouTubers to promote video games? That is what they do now. For example a YouTuber who barely got any views was given a PlayStation 5 by Sony for signing a contract to continuously post Sony games. And this person in question only raked in 10K-20K views. You know not that usual 200K+ views or 100000K+ views that you'd expect when it comes to promoting something. But yeah Sony and Nintendo were really cashing out. Nintendo are known to be very strict.

Back to Pokimane. They claim that she was that powerful that at one point was making a lot of false copyright strikes against rival channels in January of 2020. However in December of 2020, false DMCA claims were then filed against Pokimane. We're just giving people a little insight onto what people like her are about. An example would be that she is one of the more popular social media streamers? Of course this will not last forever but as of now she is quite known.

If you were to search her name you would see a lot of vulgar terms they use for her. We will not repeat what we've read about her. Seems very slanderous. They claim she is one of those many "wannabe beauty" guru types, only she doesn't do beauty, she is a gamer girl. And so she and many other notable people like her decided that they too wanted to become VTubers. 


It is claimed that people like Pokimane were trying to take away the future for Twitch users. As Twitch were busy promoting her VTube video and she wasn't really doing anything in her video. 
 
VTubers summed her up as having no personality and they also claimed that her VTube model is cheap, which upset the person who rigged it. The creator of her model stated that it took a month to create. Obviously some people are cold as ice, nasty individuals who thrive off the pain of others. 

Of course many people dislike Pokimane, but she does have a large following which as stated all goes down to the way she looks. However they said if she took off her wig extensions and make-up it would be a total different story. Basically she's a gimmick. So she's selling herself. As many do. Don't blame her, a lot of people do this. They can also sell stuff while hiding behind an avatar. This has been proven, so don't try me. Cherie Pye don't play!

When it comes to Pokimane we would not consider her to be a VTuber. She's only copying the trend. Being already known to the public makes no sense why she would want to be a VTuber. She'd only really be taking up the room. And that is unfair to actual VTubers. 

You know dedicated VTubers who are very popular? So hopefully she will return to what she normally does. Which is nothing much. A lot of us at Star Bright Stars admit that we would rather play video games ourselves than watch someone else. 


We're not really going to go in on what we like. But Pippin has a relative who likes watching Dominican video gamer DashieGames. Dashie who does a lot of rapping and likes rap music, another "screamer" thankfully won't be VTubing anytime soon. He also makes it clear that YouTube is very strict as of 2021.

Websites and applications like TikTok, Twitch and YouTube lack a discovery search engine. Specially TikTok, as they made it clear that you are unable to see recently uploaded videos. Thus being unable to search for new content. 

If people don't understand. Platforms today only care about making profit. Once upon a time platforms were paid by advertising revenues. But nowadays YouTube and other platforms are paying people to use their platform making YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook and many other brand companies basically the employers of these Tubers. And that is why these people are prominently featured worldwide on these applications. 

Of course when it comes to TikTok there is obvious discrimination to hide the "ugly" people and a lot of "perverted" videos have surfaced as of 2021. Which in due time will be cracked down on if TikTok do not put a stop to those individuals in question. 

When it comes to Tumblr, it is a vile website full of predators. The report buttons on there do not seem to work for some unknown reason. So accounts violating rules on Tumblr are free to continue to violate. They censored the website but left all of the predators on there. The porn ban on Tumblr did not last and those people are "secretly" still posting vile and vulgar things and preying on the vulnerable on that website. Tumblr is definitely not the place for VTubing. 

A warning is that if you try to VTube on Tumblr you will be unable to control the perverts and predators on the website that interact with you. This is bad, specially if a VTuber is 18 or under. As there have been the odd few aspiring VTubers out there who are 16. And this is a fact, only they often mask themselves as 18+ in age. 

With all the shadow banning and censoring on social media it really makes it hard for new and upcoming people to get to where they want to be. But if they are able to break the barrier then nothing can stop them and they will succeed. Trust and believe that there will be a lot more controversy when it comes to the VTube world. All we have to do is sit back and watch.

Renai Circulation

 
 
"Renai Circulation" a song that translates as "Love Circulation" made its debut by Japanese idol turned CV Kana Hanazawa in the anime series Bakemonogatari. CV in Japanese basically means voice-over artist and means character voice. In English they mainly use VO for short instead of CV, when most English speakers see CV they often get confused. This small 6 second sample protected by the fair use act of 1976 here is covered by Pop Karaoke. Pop was very happy to do a spot of karaoke.

This post here is about the recent "Renai Circulation" craze that has been trending on social media. As all fads and trends it will eventually die out. So why not cover it while it is trending?

It is said that Kana Hanazawa's adorable singing immediately gained popularity among viewers of the anime. Thus leading the anime theme song to success in Japan. 

Hanazawa is known in Japan for her extensive VO work in anime. She has voiced Nadeko Sengoku in Bakemonogatari, the anime in which "Renai Circulation" is featured from 2009 and is still the official voice of the character today in Japan. She also used to have a leading role in Namco's The Idolm@ster series and has also extensive video game character VO work. Leading her to eventually do VO for Square Enix and eventually land the role of Rinoa Heartilly in 2018.

 
 
On YouTube the song was covered by a VTuber by the name Namirin. Namirin was born in the United States of America but ended up moving to Tokyo. So Namirin is of Asian-American descent being born in the USA. As said many women and men are able to mask themselves now as virtual YouTubers or social media stars. So if they have an interesting speaking or singing voice they are able to become virtual stars. 

Japanese Lyrics:

でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame 
But that's no good

もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work

心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving

もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more

言葉にすれば消えちゃう関係なら
Kotoba ni sureba kiechau kankei nara 
If words don't ruin our relationship
 
言葉を消せばいいやって
Kotoba o keseba ii yatte
Then we don't need them

思ってた 恐れてた
Omotteta osoreteta
I thought so, and I was scared...

だけど あれ? なんか違うかも...
Dakedo are? Nanka chigau kamo...
But wait, maybe that's not quite right...

せんりの道もいっぽから!
Senri no michi mo ippo kara!
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step

石のようにかたい そんな意思で
Ishi no you ni katai sonna ishi de
So I'll go on with a resolution as firm as stone

ちりもつもればやまとなでしこ?
Chiri mo tsumoreba yamato nadeshiko?
If I bring together enough dust, will I get the 'Yamato Nadeshiko'?

「し」抜きで いや 死ぬ気で!
Shi nuki de iya shinuki de!
Without the "shi" - No, even if it kills me!

ふわふわり ふわふわる
Fuwa fuwari fuwa fuwaru
Softly, gently
 
あなたが名前を呼ぶ
Anata ga namae o yobu
You’re calling my name
 
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
 
宙へ浮かぶ
Chuu e ukabu
I float up into space
 
ふわふわる ふわふわり
Fuwa fuwaru fuwa fuwari
Gently, softly
 
 あなたが笑っている
Anata ga waratte iru
You’re laughing

それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
 
笑顔になる
Egao ni naru
A smile comes to my face
 
神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
 
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate

めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy

しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you

でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame
But that's no good

もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work

心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving

もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more

そう そんなんじゃ やだ
Sou sonnan ja yada
Yup, I don't want it like that

ねぇ そんなんじゃ まだ
Nee sonnan ja mada
Hey, that’ll come later

私のこと 見ててね
Watashi no koto mitete ne
I just want you to look at me

ずっと ずっと
Zutto zutto
Forever and ever

私の中のあなたほど
Watashi no naka no anata hodo
Compared to your presence inside me

あなたの中の私の存在は
Anata no naka no watashi no sonzai wa
My presence inside you

まだまだ 大きくないことも わかってるけれど
Madamada ookiku nai koto mo Wakatteru keredo
Isn't as big, I know this

今この同じ 瞬間
Ima kono onaji shunkan
But at this same moment

共有してる 実感
Kyouyuu shiteru jikkan
We’re sharing these feelings

ちりもつもればやまとなでしこ!
Chiri mo tsumoreba yamato nadeshiko
If I bring together enough dust, I’ll get the Yamato Nadeshiko

略して? ちりつもやまとなでこ!
Ryakushite chiritsumo yamato nadeko
For short? Gather dust to get the lovable Nadeko!

くらくらり くらくらる
Kura kurari kura kuraru
Giddy, dizzy

あなたを見上げたら
Anata o miagetara
When I look up at you

それだけで
Sore dake de
Just that much is

まぶしすぎて
Mabushi sugite
Too dazzling

くらくらる くらくらり
Kura kuraru kura kurari
Dizzy, giddy

あなたを想っている
Anata o omotte iru
I’m thinking about you

それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that

とけてしまう
Tokete shimau
I melt away

神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
 
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate

めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy

しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you
 
コイスル キセツハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru kisetsu wa yokubari circulation
The seasons of love are greed’s circulation
 
コイスル キモチハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru kimochi wa yokubari circulation
These feelings of love are greed’s circulation
 
コイスル ヒトミハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru hitomi wa yokubari circulation
These loving eyes are greed’s circulation
 
コイスル オトメハ ヨクバリ circulation
Koisuru otome wa yokubari circulation
This maiden in love is in greed’s circulation
 
ふわふわり ふわふわる
Fuwa fuwari fuwa fuwaru
Softly, gently
 
あなたが名前を呼ぶ
Anata ga namae o yobu
You’re calling my name
 
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
 
宙へ浮かぶ
Chuu e ukabu
I float up into space
 
ふわふわる ふわふわり
Fuwa fuwaru fuwa fuwari
Gently, softly
 
あなたが笑っている
Anata ga waratte iru
You’re laughing
 
それだけで
Sore dake de
And with just that
 
笑顔になる
Egao ni naru
A smile comes to my face
 

神様 ありがとう
Kamisama arigatou
Thank you God
 
運命のいたずらでも
Unmei no itazura demo
Even if it’s a prank of fate

めぐり逢えたことが
Meguriaeta koto ga
I’m happy

しあわせなの
Shiawase nano
That I could meet you
 
でも そんなんじゃ だめ
Demo sonnan ja dame
But that's no good
 
もう そんなんじゃ ほら
Mou sonnan ja hora
Look, it won't work
 
心は進化するよ
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo
Our hearts will keep on evolving
 
もっと もっと
Motto motto
More and more 

そう そんなんじゃ やだ
Sou sonnan ja yada
Yup, I don't want it like that

ねぇ そんなんじゃ まだ
Nee sonnan ja mada
Hey, that’ll come later

私のこと 見ててね
Watashi no koto mitete ne
I just want you to look at me

ずっと ずっと
Zutto zutto
Forever and ever

 
In 2012 a young aspiring singer by the name of Lizz Robinett was asked to sing the English theme song. At the time of recording the song she was a teenage girl. Lizz seems to currently be aligned with Burnt Toast Records.The English lyrics seem to have been rewritten so they don't actually follow the Japanese lyrics 100% but the song sounds seems to rhyme. Lizz gained 11,178,724 views on the original video upload and became a Vocaloid & VGM cover singer.

English Lyrics:

One, two
It's so hard to say it
But darling let's face it

These feelings revealing 
Can not be ignored
 
 If you're scared you'll say something you'll regret
Well love is something that's best when quiet
Avoid a fight and be polite

Just shut up!
Wait a second...
That ain't right!

I'm takin' a chance 
Cuz I like you a lot
 
So I'll give it a shot!
Give it all that I got!

La! De! Da! De! Da!
La! De! Da! De! De!

Suddenly you call my name
And I lose my brain
And I float up to the moon

La! De! Da! De! De!
La! De! Da! De! Da!

When you laugh it makes me smile
And I love your style
So I wrote a song to this tune

Thank you stars for giving to me
The greatest gift that's still yet to be
 
I don't mind if fate's playing games
I'm happy all the same
 
It's so hard to say it
But darling let's face it
 
These feelings revealed 
Can not be ignored
 
So I'll work on this letter
'Til our time gets better
 
Sincerely, yours truly and furthermore!
 
 
As of 2021 the song became a popular meme on TikTok. When people usually search for the song they typically search for "La De Da De Da," "La De Da De De" or "Fuwa Fuwari Fuwa Fuwaru" in the search engines. Lizz Robinett decided to re-release the song ft. L-Train and Y. Chang. 

The lyrics in the official re-recording of the song by Lizz has new lyrics which include "me oh me oh my" and "my oh my oh me" which is very cute. A lot of people agree that Lizz is dedicated to the song. Which she would be because her version is notorious among English speakers. 


Lizz Robinett covers the English version of the song and the original is by Kana Hanazawa. Both versions are equally good. Which is rare for anime covers by English dubbers. When Lizz was picked to cover the song, they certainly picked the right person. All the team at Star Bright Stars agree.
 
The song has also been covered by Raon Lee, Rainych Ran, VTuber Watame Ch. 角巻わため, Kiara and Nene, Gawr Gura, the latter from Hololive Sings, a Japanese VTuber group of Japanese women who also take on the personalities of VTubers.

The Hololive Sings girls include Minato Aqua who's original channel was terminated by YouTube. However she was able to obtain a new one titled Aqua Ch. 湊あくあ. When it comes to being terminated on YouTube it all goes down to copyright. Most songs being covered are owned by record labels, and most of the time they will strike channels, even though there is supposed to be fair use for coverage or cover songs. Usada Pekora who can be found on the YouTube channel Pekora Ch. 兎田ぺこ, the other girls who covered "Renai Circulation" include Botan, Miko, Watame, Haato, Nene and Shion. Please keep in mind that Hololive are not legit and is a managed virtual group. The girls do not do singing for fun they are being paid. The girls had to audition for the roles, and each and every one of their accounts seem to be verified by YouTube and Google. 


Three weeks ago as of today which is the 10/04/2021 "Lizz" recorded a Japanese cover of the song, because people kept telling her that the "Japanese" version is better. In other words people were pitting Kana Hanazawa and Lizz Robinett together. 

It is a shame that Lizz Robinett and Kana Hanazawa have not duet. Kana is according to reports very hard to get hold of. Someone in Japan who is not A list but only works for companies, so there would never be a collaboration between the two. 
 
Of course the Japanese version is the original. But not everyone understands Japanese. Which is why most anime is dubbed into English by English actors, actresses and singers.
 
Lizz is cited as saying: "Tell me more, my fellow Americans, about how the version you don't actually understand is somehow superior just because you... can't... understand... the Japanese... lyrics...? You sub vs. dub folks are crazy. Who cares? Let people enjoy things!" 
 
It would seem that people were hassling her since the song blew up on social media.

Lizz finished by stating: "Nothing y'all say can phase me anymore I've literally seen it all!! Cry harder and thanks for your views I guess." She also warns people to not re-upload her music videos, as she has the license on her channel and she can not give permission to use her vocal covers as she does not own the original songs.


We'll end the post with "Renai Circulation" by Lizz's cat an April Fools' Day joke. 

Meet VTuber Bao Ch. 海の幽霊

As you know we look for VTubers. Eventually we will get into gossip territory regarding VTubers, which will be very messy. There is bound to be VTubers acting up somewhere on social media. But Star Bright Stars gives people full free promotion. Specially when they have a positive attitude. So here is a VTuber who goes by the name Hikaru Station. She is a deity VTuber who creates original music and cover songs. She has a total of 198K subscribers, and over 28,256,223 views in total. 

As we have observed, a lot of people like their VTube personas to have blue hair. What exactly is a deity? Well a deity is basically a God or a Goddess. So Bao Ch. 海の幽霊's persona is that of a Whale Goddess. Her design is very unique. She made her debut as a VTuber in 2020.

 
 
She would describe her VTube personality as a lonely whale. One of her original songs "Seafoam" is really creative. It really reflects her persona. And it seems to be one of her many debut songs. 

So what do we know about Hikaru Station? Well for one she is American-Asian and lives in the United States. She is of Vietnamese descent and made her debut as a cover singer in 2015. She garnered 17,422,575 views on one of her covers, which made her known prior to her debut as a VTuber. So yes, she was already known to the public. She speaks English, Japanese and Vietnamese. She can also play the guitar, ukelele, piano and ocarina.

Most of her background music is created by Cha Latte Cafe.

Like one of our contributors Pop Karaoke, it would seem that Hikaru Station also at one point had blue hair. As Pop has explained, it is not natural to have blue hair. And in the long run people who dye their hair end up damaging it, and end up reverting to their natural hair color. It is funny when you see the people behind the avatars, some actually look similar to their characters. It would seem that Hikaru never quite had the whole VTube character persona created prior to the popularity of VTubers. And originally she was playing herself. If you understand the message, it is that she had no Whale persona. But did in fact channel the sea theme as seen in her original song.

 
 
A source stated because of the money she has made in the last few years from her supporters, she was able to easily fund her VTube persona. Via her Patreon account Hikaru Station, she has makes $495 per month. She also sells her music on social media platforms and is monetized on her YouTube channel. With only 76 loyal followers on Patreon, she still seems to be raking in the dough. 

Star Bright Stars Productions thinks that she is swell. And that if you are looking for a interesting VTuber, you should in fact follow Hikaru Station. After listening to her original songs, we all agreed here, that she is quite talented. 


Hikaru Station also does live-streams. Most of these new generation VTubers do use strong language, so if you are against swearing, and strong language which some people would consider to be childish and crazy, do not watch. Most contributors here do not use language in that context. So we cannot really condone it. But this VTuber is a grown woman, and can do as she pleases. Which is what was previously covered in the article Becoming a VTuber, basically about how some VTubers have to put on crazy personas to appeal to the general public. Which mostly includes sexual content and strong language. Social media today praises sexual content, which sets a really bad example for children, who are often masked on social media under Anime accounts. 

Most websites do not do age verification. The only website to recently implement it is YouTube.

The sexual and strong language content that VTubers are using will possibly eventually be cracked down on somewhere down the line. So our suggestion here to them, is that maybe tone it down? What these VTubers forget is that little children are tuning into their shows, and you are basically setting a bad example. Specially when a majority of these VTubers are 18+ in age. This is not to this VTuber, it is to all. Obviously nobody listens to reason. But we are just putting it out there. 
 
A little swear word here or there never hurt anyone. But people should really be more discreet, when it comes to sexual conversations. 

When Google was forced to pay $170 million for YouTube child privacy breaches, that included children's content. VTubers are real people, adults who actually are in that category. The characters VTubers portray on TikTok, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch appeal to children. Worst of all anyone could be behind these avatars. So keep that in mind.

But other than that this YouTuber known as Hikaru Station seems to have quite the following.

Where can you find Hikaru Station? You can find her under the username Baovtuber on TikTok, Bao's Comfy Cove on Discord, and Hikaru Station on Twitter. She also has a SoundCloud, Twitch, and Spotify.

Meet VTuber 内藤めある-MearuNaito

As you know we'll be showcasing a few VTubers here. Japanese virtual YouTuber who goes by the name Mearu Naito is looking for Westerners to come and interact with her on her YouTube channel. Which is quite rare, as Japanese don't usually like interacting with Westerners who don't speak Japanese, it is a known fact. She tells people that she quit being a VTuber in February, however a lot of fans wrote about her on Reddit and she ended up with 9.99K subscribers. Because of her subscriber count, she decided that she gained the will and courage to return to VTubing on YouTube and will be having a comeback stream on the 4th of April, 1:00 PM Japan time. 

On her channel she sings songs, plays games and does food reports. In her stream she says everyone says "Otu-Mearun" at the end which is a combination of her name and the Japanese word "Otsukaresama" a word that can be used in many contexts. Her Twitter account is Night Mare Ru

 As you can see she doesn't mind singing a little karaoke. Her VTube character design is adorable and cute, and has a magical girl appeal to it.

One thing she seems to excel at is creating her own custom original songs and singing them. However as most anime girls, it would seem she is able to change the tone of her voice. As in one video her voice was very deep, but in another very girly and pitched to the top. We hope she gets that huge following that she really deserves. It seems that she has worked really hard to promote herself. The only thing that stands in her way is not speaking English. But it would seem that Mearu Naito is currently studying English and she hopes that one day she will be able to speak and understand English.

VRoid Studio Issues Warning

VRoid Studio is currently investigating a situation at hand. People are illegally using non-downloadable models from the VRoid Hub to become VTubers in other applications. VRoid Studios who owns the copyright to those specific characters said that they are against the use of their models. 

The creators of the software give people the opportunity to create their own custom content. So stealing models from their 3D Hub and using them without permission is very disrespectful. Specially when it clearly states on their website that you cannot use specific models. 

In order to investigate the circumstance, VRoid have decided to stop the preview of the non-downloadable models.

Becoming a VTuber?

Pop highlighted in blue can give us a first hand exclusive what it is like to portray a VTuber. Anyone can become VTubers, even if you are popular or unpopular. Nobody can really stop someone from becoming one. What exactly is a VTuber? It is a virtual YouTuber or influencer. So what was your experience like?

Well as you already know, I was a VTuber on social media for a short time and I recently quit. What do VTubers do? They play games and respond to people. But I was different, I would sing karaoke. And I think I made a few people laugh along the way.  

What would you say about VTubing?

It is very demanding because you have to entertain a audience by playing video games or reacting to something. It is not easy to run VTuber software at the same time as playing a game. 

What software can you use?

Luppet, 3tene, VRoid, Adobe Character Animator, FaceRig and Live2D, Live3D, VTuber Maker, several of which you have to pay for. It is really not cheap to be a VTuber. The only problem is that if you didn't make your own puppet or model people can falsely copyright claim you. You can be a 2D or 3D character. The more HD your character looks, the more likely you are to become popular. I don't really care how I look. I didn't really create my own, it was pre-prepared. But from time to time, Pippin has helped change my virtual persona a little. 

Why did you become a VTuber?

I became one because Pippin was working on a video game. And both his mascots Pip and Pop, which became our personas were going to be featured characters. But Pippin did not go through with the game. And like I think you posted, all the artwork for the video game went to waste. And so we ended up using that artwork for our VTube personalities. After all "Pip, Pop and Pep" are Pippin's creations. And he knew he couldn't take on three VTuber personalities. Specially Pep, he knew he couldn't play Pep, and he had his ideas but he needed help. So I took on the persona of Pop. I will not be really going into my real personal life. Because it is nobody's business. 

That is true. He was unable to. I was offered to play Pep and another girl had dibs but I refused, and she backed out. To be honest she didn't really play ball, and would have made a terrible team member with that kind of attitude. And he also needed a lot of help with the wording process too as did you. But you are following in my lead, and you and Pip are becoming very good at imitating at how I word things. So where on social media did you post or upload things to?

I guess my main account would be on TikTok. I stopped using it because for some reason shadow banning is at a all time high there. People were not really feeling that I leave the comment section off too on my social media pages, which you and my relatives always advised us to do. 

So you quit TikTok?

Not really. I am still there. I just am more of a sp...

Spectator? Which is someone who watches videos? 

Yes, that. Thanks to your advice, turning off comments stops trolls from trolling. But at the same time they cannot interact with you. Which for some unknown reason makes them loose interest in you platforms. Well from what I noticed...But I don't care. I will continue to follow rules. I don't want random people that I don't know messaging me unless I can approve it first.

So it also has a downside?

I don't really like people who troll. If someone does like your content, they will leave a like. And that to me is great respect. Because that means they like your content. Some of these people are so strong. I as a blogger felt that I could never state my opinion without being attacked.

As bloggers, we have to be brazen at times and not take what trolls say to heart. Most trolls are people who hurt on the inside. As soon as you quit VTubing on social media, you'll find that most of your following will vanish.

I don't really care. My following is not that big anyway. Even Pippin has more followers than I do. Speaking of shadow banning, Pip said that YT do the exact same thing. But if people do like your channel, they will sometimes find what you upload. YT apparently turn off notifications. So if someone is a public speaker, which Pip is not. They will often find that YT is censoring them

Well most recently as of 2020 when the pandemic hit. It would seem that most search engines are censoring people. Sadly Google is one of the latter. It seems that public speaking and personal opinions on Google are no longer welcome.

I don't care what Google does. I just don't care. If they want to censor people that is them. But in the long run too much censoring will only make people jump ship to another platform. 

Do you remember the blogs I helped you with on Tumblr? Why did you delete all the posts on Tumblr on your phone?

I deleted everything on Tumblr because people are being perverted there. They were trying to do sexual things to me for months, so I had to lock all of my messages. Not just one person, this was multiple people. Someone who followed me got angry and unfollowed me because I called out a pervert on Tumblr. This person kept trying to flirt with me. I said this is sexual harassment and I ranted. And she got in her feelings and unfollowed me as if I did something to her. Indicating that these people are lurking after people for sexual pleasure from what I noticed. Specially when you don't want it. I was happy for her to unfollow me. Good riddance! And don't come back!

So what you are saying is Tumblr is like Sodom and Gomorrah, and people on that website are running amuck?

Well if they think you are underage. People will follow you, and try to show you their 18+ profiles which is full of nudity and sexual content. Several people have been doing this to me on Tumblr since I joined in 2019. 

I never understood Tumblr. I'm more of a WordPress girl. You can blog in peace there.

This one man asked me to be his "sugar baby" just because I was singing a parody of "The Real Sugar Baby" by Stephanie Beard. So I blocked him, and he kept making account after account to pursue me. 

So the man didn't care about the context, he thought you really were looking for sexual relations?

Yes, he did. Also bullying. People tried to bully me when we posted there. Because they didn't like personal opinions, and couldn't help but jump into someone else's blog to attack. Just because they didn't like what was said. That was just harassment. 

I remember helping you respond to someone who was hassling you there. But not what happened in context, because I don't really take social media seriously. But I do remember that the person thought they could take advantage of you.

Yeah. The woman made 10 accounts to harass me on Tumblr. Just because I said something about a video game company scamming people out of money, and not reducing the prices. Which was the truth. But she took it upon herself to attack like a wild animal. I let her know that I knew it was her and that she was lame.  

Well Tumblr was exposed a few years ago. So they nuked a lot of accounts. But it seems those accounts
are actually still there. But people like that are on Twitter too. So?

Check out my Tumblr block list. It is full to the top. A majority of these users are sick in the head, and there is more. The list is very long.

Blocking often works wonders. 

Also on social media, a lot of people tried to get me to join the LGBTZ+ community. I never once said I was in there. I said I have nothing against them, but I am not in any community. Someone even hit me up and asked me if I wanted to be gay ambassador. I never once said I was LGBTZ. There are people that are trying to randomly choose for me, and make my VTuber persona LGBTZ. No means no!!!

So there is no sexual preference? Yes I don't understand why they are trying to choose for you. I did hear Pippin say that he experiences a very similar thing. But he doesn't really care. He did say that people who don't discriminate, accept people for who they are.

There is none for my VTuber persona. I'm just Pop. Because we had so much time on our hands, and we did at one point. Me and Pip decided to try and get out messages out there. Our message is basically just to have fun. That is about it.

Does anything bad happen to VTubers that you can tell us about?

Not much. Just the same as being a commenter, which is that you have to deal with people who are rude. 

What about VTubers? Ever seen any rude VTubers? 

Yeah I saw several nasty VTubers. One VTuber was cussing a woman out on her live. Just because the woman was moody. And the VTuber was being applauded for bad behavior. Another VTuber I saw is a Weeaboo by the name of TENTEN ShibaeinuuVT who claims she is Welsh and is from Wales on TikTok who said she wanted to help people become VTubers. So her videos were being like used as reference for many people. But it turned out that she never wanted to really help anyone and was really out for herself. All she wanted was self promotion. She never wanted to help anyone. The only reason I am bringing this up is because we were looking for help as you know. And thought that being as she was creating tutorials that she would lend an ear. Turns out she was not very helpful as she made herself out to be. 

What is a Weeaboo?

Well it is someone who pretends to be Asian while channeling an Asian persona. She is clearly Caucasian. Her voice is fake, because Welsh people do not sound like that. That is a fake Loli-voice that she is using. Not that I care. I am just trying to make a point that she is playing a character. 

So what about this person offended you?

She basically laughs and gloats that she is better than everyone else. Steals "Black" lingo
and appropriates Black culture. I saw her post a racist meme of a Black man eating a watermelon and chicken. And I was sickened. This was ShibaeinuuVT, she did that. 

So this "Weeaboo VTuber" in question is indirectly racist too? And that is what upset you most?

Probably. I don't know. I just felt some sort of way when she wouldn't help anyone who was asking her for help. But when TikTok promoted her videos, they were not really tutorials because she herself was too overwhelmed with "clicks, views and likes" rather than helping people. So in the end, you have to feel sorry for the people who really thought she was helping them.

So she's kind of like a fraud? Who just wants attention? I would say that she is an attention seeker.

It would seem that way. I don't really know her or care. But I want people to know that she is not there to help anyone. I was told that she is a troll... Someone who knows her reached out after reading a post about her on Tumblr, and said she just likes trolling people on social media. I think trolling and bullying? I am not sure though. The person seemed to be more upset with me calling her out, rather than her being a troll. But at the same time acknowledged that she is a troll.

Are you sure she's not the only troll?

Okay I will admit that I did prank call someone recently. But I was bored. I was thinking how I could
entertain people for my next video. And Pippin suggested that I prank call someone. That is the problem. With TikTok and being a VTuber, you have to think of ideas to stay relevant. And I couldn't really grasp an audience... One said I was a baby.... or something along that line.

So what happened?

I called a phone number to a live-streaming video after someone got owned on their platform. And I told her that she got owned. And she was really upset and weeped. She made a weep sound. The person
that I called is a known online bully who for some reason YouTube will not remove. 

Would you not class that as bullying?

No I wouldn't. 

So what happened after the Weeaboo shunned everyone?

Well... Without her help most of us got there in the end. Several people in that comment section
are now VTubers. They eventually got their Live2D Cubism to work without her help. So we didn't need her after all. 

So you, and all the others all got to your goal in the end?

Rule one is to never depend on others, and do things for yourself. Pippin was going to be a Vtuber using VRoid Studio but it turns out people actually suffer from discrimination. So if someone doesn't like your personality or the way you speak, or your voice they will judge you before getting to know you. And that is what I think Pippin experienced and gave up. Some guys in a VTube community mocked his voice, so he quit. Also he didn't like it to begin with. Pippin has a really deep voice, whereas mine is more nasally. I think I too, also don't have what it takes.

So you think some people don't give people chances?

I can't pronounce specific words, so I guess people make fun of me for that. 

Now that I think about it are you sure ShibaeinuuVT isn't Autistic? And that she maybe had trouble communicating with people? 

No. I just think she is big headed and is out for herself. Looking at her now and a majority of VTubers, they are quite rude. And they abuse their personas while hiding and masking themselves behind avatars. Some of them are really gross. But people apparently find it funny. Not funny as in like they are pranking, funny as in some of them are just crazy. 

It doesn't matter where you go online. No VTubers are the same. You have realize that people don't have to cater to you. Just as you don't have to cater to them. If people are out there rallying them on, they are going to act high and mighty. But you have to ask yourself, just who is masked behind those avatars? It could be anyone.

Have you ever heard of Lizz Robinett?

Nope never.

She's the one who recorded Renai Circulation.

I have no idea who that is.

You know the "La De Da De Da, La De Da De De" suddenly you call my name and I lose my brain song that went viral on TikTok? 

Oh that song. Yes, I've heard of it.

Well someone I know asked Lizz Robinett a genuine question. And she literally answered. He
was so shocked. I mean a genuine question answered by someone trending, who actually took the time
in her day to answer a question unlike ShibaeinuuVT. 

So ShibaeinuuVT claims to be a creeper?

That is what I mean, she's crazy. I don't understand how someone so wacky as if she's high on some kind of pills can appeal to people. She's off her head...

I think people like crazy people. So are you still triggered by this user?

No. I have nothing against her. There is no hate. I just want people to know that she is not helpful and her tutorial videos suck butt. 

Well from what I read while researching this person she is 18. So that is legally an adult. So to me I think she is very childish. 

You can easily be tricked by people into thinking they are funny or interesting but in reality, that is not the real them, it is just a character they play. Pippin was helping me so much with this VTuber thing, that he never had time to make videos for his own channel. Now that this is over and done with, he will have more time for his own channel. I am Pop. I think I play Pop well. 

Do you have any jealousy towards any other VTubers?

Not really. I did experience jealousy from a user on Tumblr who hated my blog. This is another person. And she kept following me, liking my posts and then blocked me. I laughed because I eventually got several hit posts before deleting all my posts, and she came back. But before she could interact I blocked her back. 

Anything else you would like to add?

There are some nice people on social media who really support other people. I have several people who
are not perverted, follow me on social media and rally for me but because I am no longer going to be
doing VTube stuff, I guess I am going to have to redirect them here. If they really are followers, they would be mighty upset not to hear from me I guess. That is what is going to happen. I am going to
vanish into thin air I guess? 

Not to worry. Your opinions here will be featured here among everyone else who contributes. That also includes the general public. So Pop what are you going to do next?

Well Cherie, I am going to delete all of my remaining posts on Tumblr and start by removing videos from my TikTok and some other social media posts. Pip pushed me too much that I ended up being a VTubing all over social media.

I will be sure to keep this here blog up to date, and you can help anytime. If anyone in the group needs something said, I will be here to post it. As you know the other team members are currently busy people, and may not always be able to contribute here. I want to thank you for giving me and the public a insight on what it is like to be a VTuber. It looks very hard, expensive and time consuming and that is how I am going to sum up becoming a VTuber. On this blog we will be posting about notable VTubers and VTube drama, so stay tuned.