Either she wakes up from this dream or she lives long enough and become one of the vtuber villains like ironlung. Holo is her only salvation and the longer she denies it the bigger her regret will be when she gets aged out by cover kek
I'm going to the FamilyMart. Anyone want something?
>>114882094https://www.goodsmileus.com/products/fantome-plushie-mint-fantomeIf you wanted to make an ad thread at least include the ad
>>114882150Tuna mayo onigiri
>>114882094Better than Nijisanji EN by a mile. Imagine plugging Holo after EN & ID death
>>114882158can't wait to put that up my butt
Being an indie is impossible for most, but Mint is one of the few people that actually had it work out for her.
>>114882094Being an ex-corpo gives them a better "headstart" than the average indies. So i wouldn't think that she is lying, just more privileged than many other indies.
>>114882206Yeah just had leech off of every other corpo under the sun to make it
>>114882094>all this celebration over a plushieIsnt this quite the overreaction? Or am I missing something? It's not even a thousand dollars figure made by some big japanese company, it's a plushie.
>>114882320Goodsmile in general is really popular. If it goes well, she'll probably get a nendo. I hope she does because then I can put 'em next to my doki plushies/nendo. Full Sloppy set one day would be a dream.
>>114882094Now say it without crying lmao
>>114882205Go to sleep, Kiara
>>114882150Egg sando please
@114882094Holy corposeethe kek. I'm not even giving you a (you).Indie is the future, even right now indie dominates this former 'holoboard'.
>>114882094>Holo is her only salvationAfter her openness about being an absolute snake and working behind the scenes to poach Niji talent? Fat chance Holo would give her the time of day; not that Holo is even considering another EN wave.
>>114882730>>After her openness about being an absolute snake and working behind the scenes to poach Niji talent?you're mixing up like 5 different rrats
>>114882730>After her openness about being an absolute snake and working behind the scenes to poach Niji talent?Proof?And if Cover had any issues with her, she would have been blacklisted from collabing with them, much less be allowed in their 3D studio.
>>114882343Would require Snuffles to stop being a useless chucklefuck
>>114882790Ehh, snuffy shares some staff with Doki now. I'm sure they could make it happen somehow. Dunno if Snuffy even cares about that kind of merch, though.
>>114882094Indie IS better at this point. Holo is ditching the EN market, Phase is STILL the Pippa and Tenma corpo, and that leaves what? Niji? HA. Former corpo Indie is the golden ticket. Popular enough to survive, and free enough to do what you want. Minto has been in concert after concert, maid cafe, merch, everything she wants really.
>>114882816Only if you told her there was some high quality weed in it for her.
I'm still surprised just how hard Mint and Doki froze Miki(Rosemi) out after she redebuted. Seems like bad blood there. Mint followed her and talked to her like twice on twitter but Doki has not acknowledged she's a thing that even exists.
>>114882094She isn't wrong, the thing is her, like Dokibird, are ex-corpo now. They aren't "just indies", so the scene is not "better", it's only better and "come a long way" because they have connections, they're well known. Mint of 2018/2019 would get nowhere. Dokibird of 2017-2019 would get nowhere.
>>114882150spicy fami chiki
>>114882320Goodsmile is literally one of those "Big Japanese Company" that people dream to have merchandise from.
>>114882094she probably saw herself in Kiara and realized that Holo's version of being an idol is less about having an idol mentality and more about being a good little yes-woman for management
>>114882320>Not wanting to be turned into a Marketable Plushie?Why are you even here?
>>114882937Mata and Henya have acknowledged her and collabed with her, so maybe it's just a personal preference thing.
>>114883194She probably asked Kiara what things are really like, and decided that being an indie is better for her after all.
>>114882094>HoloBut Mint does not speak Japanese...
>>114882094I'm not opposed to corporations in general, they usually serve a purpose, but why do you absolutely NEED a corpo behind a chuuba? I get the appeal for the girls, but I do not see the improvement as a fan. If anything, the two Phase girls and one Holo I followed in their PLs had more enjoyable streams pre-corpo
>>114882677>Indie dominates >While the most successful indie tubers are all ex corpo Sureeeee
>>114882158When was the last Goodsmile collab with an EN indie? Was it the memoryholed Filian nendo?
>>114882094Being indie is definitely better than being niji>Holo is her only salvation Anyone who hasn't gotten into holo EN 2 years ago isn't getting in now. The gates are closed. You can beg as much as you want and it won't change a thing.
>>114882870Daily reminder that Meloco is the most successful EN chuuba by far now
This got me curious. Why do some vtubers care about having merch like plushies and such? I understand the profit part, but I have seen some say it's their dream to have a plushie of their vtuber persona. As an artist I have many OCs but never had the wish to see them as merch for people to buy and have in their home. I can understand merch from anime since it's actual popular characters, but from a single "real" person that streams or creates videos for a living? Do they see themselves as a marketable character or something? Feels a little narcissistic if that's the case.
>>114882937Miki gets along with pretty much everyone despite being shy, so I find it weird that el presidente didn't follow her either. I guess she just wants to avoid the awkwardness of the fallout.
>>114883530Nah, they had some more stuff since then.The Filian nendo thing was actually part of a western vtuber nendo launch with Mouse, Doki, and I think Zen?They've done multiple things with Doki, too, including a plush of her in this style from last year. This Mint plush will look really nice sitting next to the Doki one.
>>114883293>why do you absolutely NEED a corpo behind a chuubaTo guarantee them not having secret boyfriends/husbands.
>>114883728You could call it a narcissistic thing, but this whole industry is based around the idea of effectively worshipping an entertainer anyways. The way I'd imagine it, high quality merch is a sign that you've made it. When you have expensive or high quality merch made of you and people actually want to buy it, I think it really shows the kind of impact you've made on real peoples' lives.
i can't watch her anymorethe vocal fry is insane, it's like listening to a grandma
>>114883907You do know that Azki is married, right?
>>114882150Famichiki and Umeboshi Onigiri, onegai
>>114883910 (me)>>114883728Also to add, in Nijisanji, both Doki and Mint had it hammered into them by Niji that they were unmarketable and wouldn't ever really deserve things like proper figures or quality plushies. They touched on it a few times since leaving, along with a big, "We're marketable now!" after their concert together. One of Selen's final membership posts too was her being told by Niji staff that she was too unmarketable for things like plushes or figures and would have to "earn" her way to things like that. Meanwhile, they were already working on giving Elira her second or third full figure and had already begun production on her full sized statue.
>>114883949It's not a secret if you know about it.
>>114883728>Do they see themselves as a marketable character or something?vtubers are characters not just in design but in performance too. Some lean very hard into characters like FWMC and others do the 'worked shoot' thing. Both take advantage of the layers of celebrity just like pro wrestlers want people to perceive them on-screen and off-screen in controlled ways with both being part of the performance. In the end vtubing is a performance in all aspects, you've just got a few too many CM Punks and not enough Undertakers right now. To reject this is to reject vtubing and to fall in line with regular western streaming/video production.
>>114882094Didn't holo just axe a branch because of not making enough money? Pretty sure she is better off as indie, pagpag
>>114883965She actively claims to be single as azki so it is a secret and she's lying
>>114884064Then Cover is being inconsistent by not asking her to leave.
>>114884064AZKi is a character.
>>114882937I'm always surprised that anyone finds this surprising. Have you personally stayed in touch with all your colleagues from a previous job?
>>114882150strong zero yoroshiku
>>114882267You have any idea how many sizable indies got a boost from such connections? Networking is part of the game
>>114882937Doki also has her hands full with various things, having to handle things a manager would because a number kept on screwing her over
>"indie">look inside >ex-corpos with managers and production staff behind themMint, Doki, et al., are not indies.
>>114882150you gigga nigger redditor, you don't want a garbage thread on the 'log, you ignore it or sage it.You don't post an engagement bait reply, there is no karma to farm here
>>114884190CORPOSEETHE
>>114884190Independently produced = indie. There's no more to it. I'm sorry if this doesn't fit your personal definition of what indie means, but it is what it is
>>114883959>>114883728To add to your point, it also means that for a lot of them, these companies work with their favorite IPs, and now they are part of the line up too. Sure, Goodsmile is not short of some trashy animanga they also have under their belt, but at the same time, it's stuff like idk, MGS, Miku, and whatever other shit you might think of the jp weeb world
>>114884203Geez, if you wanted tampons you should've just said so
>>114882150I forgot to get some foot balm, the brand I like has a badger druid on it if you see it.
>>114883907As a knower, the list of single Holo girls can be counted on one hand
>>114883530
>>114884064Does she? I must have missed that stream
>>114882937Too small for them to leech
>>114884203i shitted and farted
>>114882937rosemi/miki chosen to be on nijien's side, she literally had like half of nijien (incl. elira, enna, millie, vox, luca etc.) do small voiceacting in her redebut lore video
>>114884358Not a vtuber, not an indie. kys neurocuck.
>>114884929Jealous? Angry? melty~
>>114882937Repeat after me: friendships among streamers, like those among coworkers, aren't “real” friendships. It's not that the latter don't exist, quite the contrary, but we need to start treating them as the exception rather than the rule, especially in a corpo setting, where talents are more or less forced by circumstances to interact with one another
>>114884387She doesn't say she's married while being in hololive so her default assumed status is single.
>>114882094holoen getting disbanded for making no profit deflection thread KEKKAROO
>>114882170>>114882617>>114883126>>114883955>>114884143>>114884304It's funny how much less disgusting the responses are when it's a Japanese store instead of an American one.
>>114884973Eh, I'd be willing to give the benefit of the doubt. In Doki's case, she's been adamant about not approaching anybody from her corpo days first, so if Miki's too timid or awkward to approach, nothing's gonna happen.Hell, Doki and Mint would've stayed apart forever if Doki's manager didn't get involved. At this point though it's likely been too long and they've just grown apart. Maybe if Doki ever gets back to stuff like Wrestletuber, but she's been really busy lately with the wildcard club stuff and concerts.
>>114882150Yea a blow job at the restroom stall I'll be waiting with my cock on the glory hole
>being an "indie" is so great!>you just have to join a corpo, cry tears when you get told no once and then leave to farm /pol/roach algos on twitter for nazi bot followers and harassment campaigns teehee x3^She and selen should do a native american bloodpact.
>>114882937she is not a grifter so she will stay out of doki and her fanbase
>>114882094Does she understand nip?
>>114886115NIJISEETHE
>>114882094
>>114885143Rent free
>>114882150grab me a sapporo will you, thanks anon
>>114882150Go to Lawson you tasteless twat
>>114882094She's so fucking cute
>>114883944She hasn’t been 18 for 30 years now
>>114882937Miki is still friends with NijiEN members and wouldn't give Doki a drama buff.
>>114882094It's better for her, though? She's the most popular EN VTuber on YT outside of Holo and ex-Holo, and probably within top 5-7 indies in general.She's a rare case where a VTuber from a big corpo becomes more popular after graduating. Guess hard work paid off and there is nothing wrong with being happy for that
>>114886167>she is not a grifterDYRBI
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>>114882094Happy for her
>>114883949>People talking about Azki being married is fine>Never once has she mentioned it on stream>Brining up Shiina and Panko and Lumi's boyfriend gets you banned>All 3 were retarded to show proof of her bf's on streamWhy are Phasecucks so sensitive?
>>114882320You're not female, or turbo gay, or autistic, or a furry.You won't get it.I don't get it either.
>>114890328Well she put in the work to get to know people and take on voice acting roles. She wants to be a real celeb so more power to her. Besides she should diversify more than just being a vtuber.
>>114882094Hololive is going to collapse in 7 years and Nijisanji in 10 years, just like Machinima and other companies like that will disappear in the future
>>114882094She's not an indie she's part of a corpo
>>114895116Mint should graduate
>>114882094>Nijisanji: LITERALLY sabotaged her opportunity for the Metal Gear collab.>Hololive: wouldn't give collabs to talents that could capitalize on it and keeps shutting down projects at the behest of the random whims of investors. >Phase: literally too broke to support individual talents.The corpo dream died years ago.
>>114898633>LITERALLY sabotaged her opportunity for the Metal Gear collab.She heard this after she had left, second hand, from a person that might not have even had accurate information. There was no way she was famous enough to be the first choice over Mori. Liking a game series doesn't make them more likely to pick that person as someone to promote their game. I know she had other reasons to be mad at Niji, but this one can't be true.
>>114898752She literally talked about it as Pomu, sis.Don't you have some bad boy ASMR to goon to?
>>114882094Lmao dumb fucking whore
>>114896355Not really, she's paying them for management services. She doesn't work for them, they work for her. If she wants to fire them, she can.
>>114884103Okay, so why don't you show everyone an example of Cover firing a talent specifically for being married?>Rushiawas sacked for breaching NDA, just a few days after Cover put out a press release saying that they have never prohibited and will never prohibit cohabitation.
>>114882937Did you forget Rosemi was part of the cabal that drove those two out from Niji? They might acknowledge her after going indie but they're not going to shack up anytime soon after what happened.
mint melty from last month
>>114900313She got dumped isnt it?
>>114883728Because all women are consoomers, and they love to have useless shit on their shelves
>>114900313cute menhera
>>114882094Except that Mint isn't indie, if you look at the recent announcement of her plushie, it says "Setsuna Productions" which is the company she works for.I guess calling yourself "independent" is way more marketable for luring naive people into buying your crap under the impression that they're supporting someone without a company behind them that provides: support, connections, and resources.
>>114902823She doesn't work for them, she hired them to handle management-related tasks for her. She doesn't work for them, they work for her. She's said time and time again that she can fire them whenever she wants, and everything belongs to her.
>>114902943Certainly is an option to save one some work and in a way they have good incentive to do well as doing a good job for Mint would attract more business
>>114898500You're a few years late for that one
>>114882094>or she lives long enough and become one of the vtuber villains1. She's already dead, she's a ghost!2. She's not just a ghost, but a spooky ghost!
>>114884190screw that other guy, you're right