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(Nov 13th, 2020, 12:15 AM)Dragon Lord Wrote:
No, they haven't as far as I'm aware. As part of their contracts, I'm pretty sure they are unable to reveal their true selves. Although from what I've heard, you can find information about who they are due to leaks and such online. There's a group people refer to as "Antis" that pretty much make it their mission to try and expose and ruin the careers of Vtubers. Kind of pathetic on their part, really.

Also some people seem to know who Gura is due to her previous work. Hololive doesn't just hire random people to vTube, they actually hire talents. I didn't look into it because I really don't care about it, but some people I guess recognized Gura's voice from her previous YouTube channel before she got hired by Hololive as a vTuber.

The English girls have it a little easier than the Japanese girls do though, because they don't have to deal with how the Japanese fans are. You'd think there wouldn't be a similarity between them, but the Hololive JP girls are basically held to the same standards as Idols are in Japan, and if you know anything about the idol industry in Japan, you know that the fans are extremely toxic. Idols in Japan aren't allowed to have boyfriends, because they have to remain a shining image of absolute perfection for all the delusional fans who think the idols exist solely for them. For some reason the Hololive girls in Japan are also held to this standard, so revealing themselves would be a big no-no because it'd shatter the illusion of them actually being these cute anime girls in the eyes of these Japanese fans. Whereas over here, we see a vTuber like Gura and we're like, "Oh, that' really cute", but at the end of the day we're not sitting here thinking that this little anime sharkgirl is real and we know there's a human being behind it.

Also let me quickly be fair: I'm not saying all Japanese fans are like that, but the specific group of them that are, are so terrible that they will ruin the careers of idols if they find out she has a boyfriend, or has had a boyfriend, or has done anything that isn't "seiso" (Japanese word meaning like pure). Even something as simple as finding out that one of their precious idols has kissed a boy in the past would be enough to send them into an absolute frenzy and get her career ruined.
Jeez, I didn't know that was how idol stuff works to that level of detail. I guess that helps in not having someone abuse their position, along with it not just being anyone who is on Hololive as a streamer. I don't get the impression from your post but I guess the Japanese fans who impose an idol culture on the Japanese HL girls don't also do the same to the western ones?
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(Nov 13th, 2020, 12:15 AM)Dragon Lord Wrote:
No, they haven't as far as I'm aware. As part of their contracts, I'm pretty sure they are unable to reveal their true selves. Although from what I've heard, you can find information about who they are due to leaks and such online. There's a group people refer to as "Antis" that pretty much make it their mission to try and expose and ruin the careers of Vtubers. Kind of pathetic on their part, really.

Also some people seem to know who Gura is due to her previous work. Hololive doesn't just hire random people to vTube, they actually hire talents. I didn't look into it because I really don't care about it, but some people I guess recognized Gura's voice from her previous YouTube channel before she got hired by Hololive as a vTuber.

The English girls have it a little easier than the Japanese girls do though, because they don't have to deal with how the Japanese fans are. You'd think there wouldn't be a similarity between them, but the Hololive JP girls are basically held to the same standards as Idols are in Japan, and if you know anything about the idol industry in Japan, you know that the fans are extremely toxic. Idols in Japan aren't allowed to have boyfriends, because they have to remain a shining image of absolute perfection for all the delusional fans who think the idols exist solely for them. For some reason the Hololive girls in Japan are also held to this standard, so revealing themselves would be a big no-no because it'd shatter the illusion of them actually being these cute anime girls in the eyes of these Japanese fans. Whereas over here, we see a vTuber like Gura and we're like, "Oh, that' really cute", but at the end of the day we're not sitting here thinking that this little anime sharkgirl is real and we know there's a human being behind it.

Also let me quickly be fair: I'm not saying all Japanese fans are like that, but the specific group of them that are, are so terrible that they will ruin the careers of idols if they find out she has a boyfriend, or has had a boyfriend, or has done anything that isn't "seiso" (Japanese word meaning like pure). Even something as simple as finding out that one of their precious idols has kissed a boy in the past would be enough to send them into an absolute frenzy and get her career ruined.
Jeez, I didn't know that was how idol stuff works to that level of detail. I guess that helps in not having someone abuse their position, along with it not just being anyone who is on Hololive as a streamer. I don't get the impression from your post but I guess the Japanese fans who impose an idol culture on the Japanese HL girls don't also do the same to the western ones?
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I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jun 6th, 2018, 11:04 PM
RE: Hey - by Karo - Jun 6th, 2018, 11:05 PM
RE: Hey - by Mr EliteL - Jun 6th, 2018, 11:55 PM
RE: Hey - by Dragon Lord - Jun 7th, 2018, 12:00 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 12th, 2020, 11:02 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 12th, 2020, 11:19 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 12th, 2020, 11:38 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 12th, 2020, 11:57 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 13th, 2020, 12:15 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 29th, 2020, 04:04 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 14th, 2020, 03:59 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Mr EliteL - Nov 14th, 2020, 03:06 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by ShiraNoMai - Nov 15th, 2020, 05:08 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 15th, 2020, 09:17 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by ShiraNoMai - Nov 16th, 2020, 05:37 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 16th, 2020, 08:53 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Nov 29th, 2020, 08:40 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Dec 2nd, 2020, 01:26 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Dec 2nd, 2020, 06:50 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 13th, 2021, 11:26 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 14th, 2021, 03:00 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 14th, 2021, 03:08 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 14th, 2021, 05:11 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 15th, 2021, 01:46 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 26th, 2021, 09:22 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 26th, 2021, 09:33 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 29th, 2021, 05:00 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 30th, 2021, 07:32 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 30th, 2021, 09:58 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 30th, 2021, 11:02 PM
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RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 30th, 2021, 11:43 PM
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RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Mar 31st, 2021, 07:50 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Apr 25th, 2021, 04:41 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Apr 29th, 2021, 07:25 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by ShiraNoMai - May 6th, 2021, 05:08 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - May 6th, 2021, 07:47 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - May 20th, 2021, 08:07 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - May 20th, 2021, 09:23 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - May 21st, 2021, 11:13 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jun 8th, 2021, 04:38 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jun 8th, 2021, 05:33 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jun 8th, 2021, 06:07 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jun 10th, 2021, 12:13 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jun 10th, 2021, 08:09 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jun 18th, 2021, 11:56 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jun 19th, 2021, 05:59 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jul 11th, 2021, 12:24 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jul 11th, 2021, 09:33 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jul 16th, 2021, 06:26 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jul 19th, 2021, 10:42 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Aug 9th, 2021, 11:45 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Sep 25th, 2021, 07:56 PM
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RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Oct 24th, 2021, 09:24 PM
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RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Oct 25th, 2021, 08:36 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Oct 26th, 2021, 11:03 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Oct 27th, 2021, 02:36 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Oct 27th, 2021, 08:25 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Oct 28th, 2021, 08:21 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 13th, 2021, 04:28 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Dec 7th, 2021, 07:17 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Dec 7th, 2021, 10:34 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Dec 14th, 2021, 08:44 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jan 10th, 2022, 08:35 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 11th, 2022, 05:07 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Karo - Jan 16th, 2022, 05:44 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Jan 16th, 2022, 08:05 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Feb 3rd, 2022, 09:51 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Feb 5th, 2022, 04:40 PM
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RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - May 14th, 2022, 02:54 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Jun 14th, 2022, 05:08 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Karo - Aug 1st, 2022, 12:23 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Aug 2nd, 2022, 08:11 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Aug 6th, 2022, 11:36 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Oct 20th, 2022, 11:47 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Dragon Lord - Oct 28th, 2022, 02:51 AM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Oct 30th, 2022, 09:52 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Mr EliteL - Nov 13th, 2022, 01:20 PM
RE: I am but a humble Shrimp. - by Moonface - Nov 13th, 2022, 08:12 PM
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