In the prior thread Gryphon said about Raora;

> both aphantasic and color-blind.

A quick google of aphantasia later
Holy crap, I can't...heh...I can't imagine..not being able to form mental pictures. It's such a core mental thing that it's...impossible to think of life otherwise. And she's such a great artist without it?? Holy frick.

>In the prior thread Gryphon said about Raora;
>
>> both aphantasic and color-blind.
>
>A quick google of aphantasia later
>Holy crap, I can't...heh...I can't imagine..not being able to form
>mental pictures. It's such a core mental thing that it's...impossible
>to think of life otherwise. And she's such a great artist without it??
>Holy frick.

A bit counterintuitively, it seems like it's not that unusual for aphantasics to become graphic designers and/or artists. I've seen it described as similar to thinking out loud--they can't picture things in their heads, so they let their hands do it on paper/drawing tablet instead.

--G.
meanwhile, I have a very visual imagination and my hands can't draw... well... anything that doesn't involve a ruler.
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Raora announcement
> Hi everyone, Raora's manager here.

> We would like to inform you that Raora has to handle some important
> administrative procedures, so unfortunately, she will be taking some time
> off from work for a little while.

> She is very much looking forward to returning as soon as things settle down
> for her, in the meantime we will keep you updated how she is doing until she
> is back!
> For now, please have a message from Raora:

> "Ciaora Chattini!! 🐱💕
> Please don’t worry about me, I’ll be back as soon as I can. Something
> unexpected came up that I have to sort out, so please wait abit for me! Thank
> you so much for your patience. I'll be back very soon! Manager-san will keep
> you updated in the meantime!"

> Raora will still be appearing in various recorded content that are scheduled
> for release!
> Thank you and we appreciate all of your warm support for Raora as always!

Probably visa issues, similar to a couple other girls. Either someone screwed up (again) or Japan's bureaucracy was being slow.

>> We would like to inform you that Raora has to handle some important
>> administrative procedures, so unfortunately, she will be taking some time
>> off from work for a little while.
>
>Probably visa issues, similar to a couple other girls. Either someone
>screwed up (again) or Japan's bureaucracy was being slow.

Yeah, I saw that and thought, "Oh, this shit again. When will they learn?" (But it dropped right as I was going to bed, so I didn't post about it. So thanks for covering that lapse. :)

The punch line here being that she just came back from a several-week absence for her vocal node surgery. I feel like someone could maybe have done this paperwork during that period, but what do I know?

--G.
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-08-26 AT 10:52 AM (EDT)
 
Hololive is cooking something.

"There's something big and sparkly making its way WEST.
Find out what it is on March 15th at 7PM PDT!"

Perhaps a new Holostars? Perhaps an EN concert?

Could Sana be returning? (No)

>Could Sana be returning? (No)

Saw a comment the other day that we now have enough HoloEN alumni who've graduated and then returned to indie vtubing to create a generation.

That's basically what happened with NijiSurvivors and VShojo, before The Bullshit.

Nimi, Sachi, and...I'm blanking on her other name...had a stream together the other day, a council reunion of sorts~

...There really is five of them now, isn't there, huh. I thought there was more for some reason.

I'm glad..uh...(god, me and names) not-Gura's been more able to stream at her own leisure. Also Dooby. (Maybe Doob's mainly twitch tho, I don't watch twitch...)

>Nimi, Sachi, and...I'm blanking on her other name...had a stream
>together the other day, a council reunion of sorts~

Namie is the other one, the puffin girl from down-under.

>I'm glad..uh...(god, me and names) not-Gura's been more able to stream
>at her own leisure.

Saba, Gura's new outfit indie persona.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."

>>Could Sana be returning? (No)
>
>Saw a comment the other day that we now have enough HoloEN alumni
>who've graduated and then returned to indie vtubing to create a
>generation.

I don't see it there any more, but someone in the waiting-room chat suggested that the big announcement would be an entire gen designed by Namie, possibly under the Speaker's name.

The designer for Hatsune Miku version 6 is
LAM, who is also the model "mama" of the one and only Kureiji Ollie.

As you might expect, Ollie is being very normal about it.

--G.
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-09-26 AT 10:36 PM (EDT)
 
It's a toss-up whether or not this should be in Games or not, but
Suisei is joining Fortnite!

...I'm probably the only person around here this means anything for. But she's joining Kizuna AI who was added back in January!

She's coming to the shop on the 12th, and it looks like her melee weapon is her mic rather than a hatchet, showing they know nothing of her work. :3

I can't wait for Dokibird to get a streamer skin to go with her creator code

Koganei Niko is going on hiatus for adjustment disorder. (She probably should have gone on break after her cat died but she pushed through it for fes)

LAST EDITED ON Mar-13-26 AT 07:33 PM (EDT)
 
Kronii announced on Twitter that one of the guests on her birthday live tonight will be Amelia Watson.

As you might expect, the replies were very calm and nonchalant about the whole thing. :)

--G.
AMEEEEEEEEEEEE
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About time.

...

I'll get my coat.

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And in an even more surprising pull, her last guest is her artmom Wada Arco, who is notoriously reclusive.

People have joked about fes needing an alt stage for not-hololive featuring luminaries such as Shigure Ui and Iida Pochi. Well, maybe there's something...

>And in an even more surprising pull, her last guest is her artmom Wada
>Arco, who is notoriously reclusive.
>
>People have joked about fes needing an alt stage for not-hololive
>featuring luminaries such as Shigure Ui and Iida Pochi. Well, maybe
>there's something...

Meanwhile, Anya's special guest at her recent birthday live was... her?!

The guest-star game is strong lately, is all I'm saying.

--G.
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I'm sure Anya's guest list was established before the Miku v6 announcement, but it's fun to imagine that they're related. It's Ollie's sister, Kureiji Miku!

In a very short stream this evening, Fuwawa revealed that she needs surgery (not voice-related like Raora's was) and will be away for a month undergoing and recovering from it. During that time, Mococo will be streaming on her own, which I imagine will be pretty daunting for her. It's tough to operate a Jäger with only one pilot, after all.

--G.
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Been a busy month for Suisei. Not only is she in Fortnite now, but she's just done a big free live - with a live band, no less - and announced:-

- New birthday merch dropping
- A 2026 live tour at four venues in Japan
- A February 2027 live concert
- Also a new orisong and MV

Oh, and one more thing, not a particularly big deal but I'm including it for the sake of completeness...

She has her own production company now.

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