First Time Hearing Gawr Gura "REFLECT" Reaction

[@GOTGames]

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[@cry9438]

Bumping "Excuse my rudeness but can you please RIP?" by Mori Calliope reaction

[@fatihduran2110]

You are in the anime rabbit hole and about to enter Vtuber rabbit hole. There is one more rabbit hole you can peek into, Touhou. It's an entire new culture of music. My suggestion is HELLOHELL by 暁Records (Akatsuki Records).

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

btw the way she explains how she asked for her manager to get the lyrics is "i just kind of dumped a bunch of my feelings on her desk and asked her to make it into a song. AND THEY DID". so yea this song had 100% her feelings behind it.

[@auxtaku3449]

Mori calliope end of a life needs to be the next song you react to it is her best song by far and I can't wait anymore I've been asking for a month please

[@blackcobra2770]

If I could make a suggestion. I really would love to see your reaction to Ironmouse (She is from VShojo and a veteran in the western vtuber scene). She did an amasing "King" cover, my favorid after Calli and Gura, but she really shines while singing "No Me Queda Más" or "When I Look at You".

[@dragonbretheren]

Regarding the red and blue subtitles, Reflect is something of a duet/conversation between two versions of Gura. Gura's lore is that she's a shark girl from Atlantis. The red subtitles are the more aggressive, primal, feral shark side of her, which is aggressive, petty, yet also protective; while the blue subtitles are the more gentle, friendly human side of her that just wants to be accepted, but is afraid. There is some fan speculation that the red side represents her pre-Hololive self, which had clawed her way by tooth and nail to popularity, often to her own detriment sinking deep into alcoholism, while blue represents her current self who ponders where she would be without the aggressive red pushing her so hard.

[@dragonbretheren]

7:45 "why isn't there an anime". There is an official ongoing animated miniseries called Holo no Graffiti, which is mostly just Japanese members, but recently started working in some English members.

[@karactr8361]

And then there the Umisea animations as well, with the "ocean" based members of Ina, Gura, Marine, Aqua and Chloe. And their mv's.

[@TheAgentGray]

I also took it as her talking aloud about her mindset joining hololive -- she wasn't happy, and her community and her relationship were toxic, and those same fans seemed to really want her to break character/return to the raw shitpost troll version of herself-- she sings how that wasn't her either, so just cause this character is cutesy doesn't mean it's less her / less real then the past version. It also is a really great lore song, though, so people could just be reading too much into it.

[@jefalmero5658]

Glad she found a balance between her old persona and gura

[@karactr8361]

@@jefalmero5658 IMO, she has not really gone back to her old ways. No pure shitposts, no generating her own memes. BUT, she did take what she learned from all that past to build and control an audience and to frame her character's narrative. It's a thin line that she balances well. All the yabai clips without going too far.

[@gundoru2851]

Calli and Gura are "genmates", debuting together in a collective branch of Hololive known as "Holomyth", also known as "Hololive English 1st Generation". The vast majority of talents with Hololive have genmates of their own as well with a rare few who debuted on their own for one reason or another. The various personas of the Myth members are; Calliope, First Apprentice of the Grim Reaper; Gura, the shark that hails from Atlantis; Ninomae Ina'nis (Ina for short), priestess of the Ancient Ones; Takanashi Kiara, a Phoenix; and Amelia Watson, time traveling detective. I highly recommend the songs "Journey like a Thousand Years" and "Non-Fiction" as these are collaboration songs for all five members of Myth, lyrics written by Calli. Also, you are getting Gura's name pronunciation pretty much perfect. "Violet" by Ina is also a beautiful song to listen to and one fan made an anime outro using it. I would also recommend checking out the Indonesian branch of the group known as "Hololive ID", with my top choice for first exposure being Moona Hoshinova with her song "High Tide". It was the song that really got me started paying attention to that side of Hololive, especially since her genmate Ayunda Risu has an incredible song of her own, "ALiCE&u", that pulled me in even further. "Why isn't there an anime?" May i direct your attention to "Hololive Alternative"? there are a couple of PVs on youtube depicting different Hololive members in a universe constructed by the various bits of lore and such behind the many personas that makes up the family. It is such a fun concept to think about and I so very much wish to see it fully made into an anime.

[@jesarablack1661]

Non-Fiction is the one I would lean that recommendation towards as it keys on a little lore for each of the members along the way.

[@ODDnanref]

Also, Amelia was a normal detective at debut. Then she accidentally revealed she could time travel during a different stream. Breaking the kayfabe, she was playing that she could time travel hence why the save point in the game were working. Or something like that. It then became a small joke that she perpetuated and now we have Amelia Watson the multiverse traveling detective. She no longer is confined to traveling time, she can also travel different universes and timelines. The Constantine of the Hololive universe too. As her tendency to fix problems and her persona give her that vibe.

[@MrFelblood]

I'd also recommend the "Holomyth vs Ina" fan animation series by @Mazumaro. There are compilations of the first 5 episodes, with sound added by @ZeroChroma or @Kuroyasha. There are new episodes coming out, but the series so far is a little over 5 minutes long, so you could do the whole thing in half an episode. The pace it comes out at is slow, but that's understandable considering the quality of the animation and that it's just one person's passion project.

[@launchedplane3632]

@@MrFelblood holomyth vs Ina was officially named by the original animator as "Holomyth: Bad Ending" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jITJZp6Cf8Z0Zs0

[@steponestudio7771]

@@MrFelblood AND now the full version is available!!

[@zigawits]

Gura and Calli are both part of the Hololive English branch of Hololive. Hololive itself has the Japan, Indonesia, and English branches. Japan has 7 total generations, ID has 3, and English has 2. Gura and Calli are both in the 1st generation of EN. Majority of Hololive girls are amazing singers, I would recommend checking out Tokoyami Towa's Pallette next it is sooo good

[@dragonbretheren]

Quick correction: there are 8 Japanese generations - many forget to count GAMERS and simply count 0-6 I'm also going to second the Pallette recommendation! Towa has one of the most unique voices of Hololive, and Pallette does a beautiful job of showcasing her range.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

Also important to remember the HoloStars, which is the male branch of Hololive. Japan has 13 members, I believe. *And English just got its debut with their first 4 members.* Among them, Regis Altare and Axel Syrios both released covers. I am especially fond of Axel's voice. Dude has an amazing singing voice.

[@zigawits]

I actually remembered gamers but forgot to add in Gen 0 lol. Thanks for the correction!

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

Oh yeah, and don't forget the VSingers. Azki and Irys are each on a "generation" of their own, although they generally band together with other members that debutted around the same timeframe, even if they are not officially part of their generation.

[@hydra8717]

I third Palette by Tokoyami Towa, that song is beautiful, and she really puts a lot of emotion into it.

[@IINS519]

If you have trouble knowing how to pronounce her name, don't worry, her friends pronounce it differently too. You can always call her Gooba, Goobus, Gumby, Gwar Gumbo or George. It's all valid

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I think that confuses more than helps kk 😂 But yeah, Gura might have more nicknames than anyone in the HoloEN branch, including Calli and Kiara who both have many too.

[@Ichigoeki]

I just realized that Spanish speaking fans may actually call her Jorge with a valid reason, and I can't stop grinning now.

[@moneng85]

For those who dont know the origin of the Nickname George was pretty fun Pekora(rabbit vtuber) calls Gura "Jaws" at one of the minecraft streams and it sounded like george thats how its born

[@AwildSnorlax87]

@@moneng85 don't wanna be that "aCtUalLY" guy, but it was Miko who did that.

[@moneng85]

@@AwildSnorlax87 Whoops my bad, thanks for correcting me to everyone, the more you know *wink*

[@evilmandrake]

Since it was brought up, if you can find Ironmouse's opera singing, she's incredible. She also has a great story behind the character.

[@MrFelblood]

Yes! Mouse is truly an inspiration.

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

As for the beginning and ending, she is speaking Byzantine Greek. The hypothesized language of Atlantis, Gawr Gura's home in her lore. Red lyrics are the former side known as Gawr while blue is current Gura. Gawr is her instincts, guarded and vicious around strangers. Holomyth aka Hololive Myth - Calliope Mori Gawr Gura Ninomae Ina'nis Amelia Watson Takanashi Kiara Edit cause tired brain forgot about the cute and fun phoenix.

[@Lothadric]

I think you forgot Takanashi Kiara our beautiful phoenix warrior :)

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

@@Lothadric I did XD, I felt like I was forgetting someone. Tired brain went blank.

[@P99s-s]

Byzantine Greek doesn’t make that much sense for Atlantis. Ancient Greek would be a better fit no? Unless we go by the Byzantine aesthetic fitting the Atlantis vibe

[@shaniamonde7341]

Is Kronii, the Time Warden, not also HoloMyth?

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

@@shaniamonde7341 she is part of Holo council, technically second gen Hololive EN but their group has its own name.

[@ATRSSR]

Other Holo girls to check out next: Moona (ID) - High Tide Towa (JP) - FACT Marine (JP) - I'm your treasure box (saucy) Korone (JP) - Doggy God's street (for the lol factor) Calli & Gura (EN) - King (fun) Baelz (EN) - Play Dice (fun) Aki Rose (JP) - Shallys (slow but great voice) There's loads more to check out for sure There actually is an anime level intro posted on Gura's channel recently, there's also the 2 HoloAlt PV's

[@calarakien]

for towa i'd also recommend "my roar" for something a little heavier

[@Souls4Roca]

no Suisei ALL OF THEM? including Midnight Grand Orchestra

[@calarakien]

@@Souls4Roca if i had to pick ghost, stellar stellar, or template would be my first choices

[@Andrew0973]

YOOO lets go!!! The Shark is here

[@captaingarvielloken2319]

I'm glad you reacted to this one, Gawr Gura made such an amazing song with a unique sound to it.

[@thelastfenian3462]

There's a lot to unpack in this song and that in itself is a bit of a rabbit hole. There's three layers to it. The general superficial message that anyone can relate to about looking at your past self and accepting who you are now, the layer that touches into the lore of the character she plays, and then the layer regarding Gura's past persona before she was Gura and worked for Hololive. She used to be a rather popular Vtuber that got swallowed by her fandom and alcoholic persona she kept pushing herself to meet at the detriment to her own health. After that persona disappeared from the face of the earth and she debuted as Gura she started a new life and seems much happier. The song was an acknowledgement of where she came from, a thank you to where it brought her today, and a goodbye to that life.

[@Gsolaris]

This is the most accurate summation of the song. An acknowledgment of what made her what she is both personally and career-wise, and a farewell to what was as she moves forward. Some part of her will always be the blue gremlin, and that's ok. She can take the best parts of what she was and make something more of it that is less likely to destroy her. A healthier, happier "me". Good for her.

[@ThatGuyYouSeeCommentingOnClips]

A varied selection of songs by different Hololive members to get a feel for the variety there: Towa's Error, Polka's Empress, Marine's Ahoy, Sana's Astrogirl, Korone's Doggy God's Street, Okayu's Flos, Ina's Violet, Kiara's DO U. You mentioned Myth or Treat too which is a really fun collab Halloween song and absolutely bangs way harder than it should.

[@SeraphArmaros]

Solid recommendations here.

[@bardninja]

astrogirl just hits different now 😢

[@AngelGarcia-vi5qm]

Tortellini Tower is my favourite Holomem 💜

[@soasertsus]

I would have said Polka's Ever Blue, it's probably the most underrated hololive original. So so good.

[@ThatGuyYouSeeCommentingOnClips]

@@soasertsus Polka has amazing range and puts out such varied stuff, I mainly picked her Empress here because it is so unique, but there are a ton of great choices for sure.

[@ambershangout7226]

this song is basically her inner termoil, i think lorewise for her it's the shark side of her trying to tempt her to give in to her bloodlust or something like that

[@Fauxknight]

Gura's Karaoke streams are something to behold, particularly when she's just having fun with the songs.

[@puffy1700]

For the question about Hololive: yes, it's a pretty big group of vtubers who are all coworkers, most of them very close friends with each other, and the majority of them are pretty good at singing. But there's too many to recommend you to listen to all of their songs, lol, so most people will recommend the most popular ones. My personal recommendation? "Palette" by "Tokoyami Towa" About your analysis of the song: it's a pretty close guess!

[@homurizu]

Don't feel bad for not knowing it's ok! I think it's admirable wanting to learn about something so HUGE. I'll break down the idea of Hololive and V-tubers for ya if you don't mind the read! Hololive is actually a japanese company that strives to bring a platform to content creators that audition for them that they hire. There are about 80 or so content creators in total under the Hololive branding that split into 3 main branches: HoloJP, HoloID, and HoloEN. HoloJP is, of course, the japanese cast of content creators. HoloID, is all of the Indonesian ones. And HoloEN is more of a blanket branch for "anywhere in the world, as long as you can speak English." These content creators do their first stream debuts in waves of 3-5 members at a time with several months of preparation beforehand. We call these waves of debuts "Generations." For example: Calli and Gura both debuted with a total of 5 members together in the 1st Generation of the HoloEN branch. They call their Generation "HoloMyth" to make things easier for people. All of the characters are just regular content creators who stream, play games, make music, interact with their stream chat/community, and use their character as their public persona. It's a nice and easy way to separate your public life and private life. Hololive isn't even the only company on the market right now with V-Tubers. Two other big notable ones for example include Nijisanji and Vshojo. (Vshojo is the label that IronMouse falls under). And outside of company-based V-Tubers, there's also all of the independent V-Tubers who just do what they do like a regular streamer/youtuber would do on their own time. Company-based V-Tubers are far more popular compared to independents as you can imagine, but they do have rules and regulations they have to abide by as per working for a company. Every V-Tuber brings out their own personality, character, lore, memes, music, and memories with their chat/community and it's a really fun time. The term "V-Tuber" actually goes back to 2016 on KZbin when a content creator first appeared and went under the name "Kizuna Ai" with a 3D-modeled virtual anime girl persona and coined herself as a "Virtual KZbinr" or "V-Tuber" for short. V-Tubers in general outside of Kizuna Ai weren’t very popular outside of Japan until the pandemic hit in 2020 and people were forced to stay at home. To put into perspective, the highest subscriber count in Hololive was around the 500K mark in April 2020 after 2 years of streaming. Fast forward to November 2020 and that same content creator hit 1 million subscribers. Gura herself debuted in September 2020 and in a single month hit 1 million subscribers. She was the third V-Tuber EVER to hit the 1 million milestone in the world. January 2021, Gura hit the 2 million subscriber milestone and was the SECOND V-Tuber in the world to hit that. July 2021 she hit 3 million and became the first V-Tuber in the world to hit that milestone. Currently she’s sitting at 4+ million and still as entertaining today as she’s ever been. The idea behind V-Tubers allows people to go out there and present themselves without the fear/anxiety behind showing your real face on camera. Edit; added more context about V-tuber popularity before the pandemic and Gura’s milestones

[@topotu_7473]

I would greatly recomend Towa's cover of "ERROR", she has probably the most unique voice in Hololive. Or if you want a good introduction to all the Hololive talents there are covers from "Ochame kinou" with always a lot of them together.

[@Kurukuu]

Ochame Kinou is a good song for getting to hear everyone that participated

[@thetalantonx]

2:05 - This is by far my favorite Hololive song. Balance and the reflection of opposites, integration of the Shadow, these themes are important enough to me it's my name here (Talanton). I'm glad you had the subtitles on! This song is in Greek, Japanese, and English.

[@KishyTheFishy52]

Gura is really big she is most subscribed VTuber on the internet with over 4M Subs. Her singing is actually so good, especially slow songs. Even though she doesn’t have many song covers compared to Calli but we get to see her singing talent during her Karaoke streams. She is hilarious and knowledge when it comes to memes. Reflect is such powerful song if you read the lyrics especially for those who knows Gura and her past persona before joining Hololive.

[@dylannix4289]

Those karaoke streams are such an absolute goldmine, her Marty Robbins “Big Iron” version in particular had me swooning

[@Andrew0973]

Yes Calli and Gura are a part of Hololive "family" there a ton of other girls that have plenty of good songs and im sure the comments will provide many of them. I would recommend King by Calli and Gura btw. Keep up the great reactions!

[@artsykero]

Reflect is such a Banger original, I still loop when I’m studying. Her voice is one of my absolute favorites in hololive and if you tune into her karaoke she is without a doubt the holomem with the biggest song variety when it comes to genre, country, city pop, rock, etc. she sings it all and it’s always a fun time

[@tusky4512]

Great to have you checking more of these out! I recommend My Song from Tsunomaki Watame. She is part of their JP branch. It is amazing all around - emotional, beautiful sung and fully animated.

[@xXSamir44Xx]

You pretty much nailed it on the meaning of the song. And yes, the Hololive members all stream regularly. Some even have weeks where they stream every day. I'd love to recommend checking out some of their streams, but 2+ hour long streams are off course a huge commitment. What I would recommend is checking out some clips, which are basically fan curated stream highlights. And yes, there are auditions to join Hololive.

[@Zanylan]

Violet is an amazing song sung by Ninomae Ina'nis (Ina for short) her voice is so beautiful. HIGHLY recommend.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

I am not a big pop-fan, but what I really like about this song is, that it is surprisingly progy. It goes through a bunch of progressions and changes in a relatively short time.

[@halmachi3627]

I highly recommend Tokoyami Towas' Palette. Another hololive member, but from japan. There are so many great singers and songs in hololive, but this song hit me the hardest.

[@popcorn4070]

That song still makes my vision get mysteriously blurry if I'm up late and watching the MV.

[@Rosamune]

Yes, Palette is absolutely incredible

[@Irish_Wristwatch101]

When you ask about who else to check out in Hololive there are currently 72 active members with over 271 songs + covers under their belts. So, outside of the normal suggestions of IRyS, Cali, Kiara, Moona, Risu, Watame, Aqua, AZKi, Suisei, and Sora I would just dig right in and see where it leads. Some of the music is heavily related to their lore so while the meaning of the songs may be a bit obtuse, unless you know the lore, you'll generally find good songs, though you will also find meme songs here and there too.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I am very happy a lot of people are suggesting Towa's Palette next kk 😁 I think I've been suggesting it since the first Calli song. I love the lyrics in Palette. The number 1 thing for a song to hit me hard is incredible lyrics, and Towa delivers them amazingly :D

[@faylyne2641]

"Why not anime?". You might wanna check hololive alternative pv 1 & 2 because almost all of hololive members are there in an anime form kinda thing. Not just that, both of the song are really good in the pv. 100% recommended

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

Might as well add, the song in Hololive Alternative pv 1 is sang by Calli 😉 The pv 2 song is sang by Suisei, along with Azki, Moona and Irys.

[@Shrimp4Gura]

There is 3dcg anime shorts on the main hololive channel

[@Kronical69420]

Violet - Ninomae Inanis Play Dice - Kakos Baelz Sparks - Takanashi Kiara Whatever - Takanashi Kiara\Ninomae Inanis Astrogirl - Tsukumo Sana Bonus: Boba Shop Rap MV - Kureiji Ollie\Kanauru Theres a nice little greatest hits list that eventually must be heard.

[@saynay302]

Hololive is the vtuber agency she belongs to. It covers nearly 60 talents, between Japanese, Indonesian, and English branches. It's sibling agency, Holostars, covers a number of male talents as well. And yes, they have auditions to get in. The talents have a varying degree of musical focus. Calli and Suisei are two of the most prolific musicians in the group, while others rarely do music. Quite a lot of them are very talented singers, however, so it is worth checking them out.

[@blake-devorak]

welcome to the rabbit hole you can never leave :)

[@threadscore]

Suisei is awesome. "Q" by Calli and Gura is a must listen, also their "King" cover. Calli and Gura are both part of HoloLive's first wave of English speaking talents. All of the members in Holo interact and colab with each other, from Japan, Indonesia and English (specifically North American and Australia). Nee-no-my-ee Ee-nah-nis, or just Ina.

[@butisaguy5993]

For those who knows, this song hits hard in the feels

[@dragonguard666]

The funny thing is, Gura isn't even super fluent when it comes to SPEAKING Japanese and having a conversation with her Japanese colleagues. She's just great when it comes to singing it. And to answer another question, Calli and Gura and generally stream video games and stuff normally. Hololive as a whole tends to lean towards singing to some degree, so many members will have an original song or at least a cover song. I'm gonna request again for High Tide by Moona Hoshinova for the next Hololive vtuber song reaction. Exudes power pop diva energy. Another Hololive artist you may get around to is IRyS, Hololive's English speaking (yet fluent in Japanese) Vsinger, as expected, excellent singing voice. She puts out a lot of songs even though she does gaming stuff like the rest of them too. But I love Moona's High Tide, it's such a banger.

[@ASm_rtOtaku]

To claify, Hololive is a Vtuber agency with English, Indonesian, and Japanese divisions and whenever new talents are introduced, they come out in a set known as a Generation and each Generation has a theme to it. Calliope Mori and Gawr Gura are part of HoloMyth, the 1st Generation of Hololive's English Division and each member represents a Mythological entity. Other members of HoloMyth include, Ninomae Ina'nis, Priestess of the Forgotten Gods Takanashi Kiara, The Phoenix Girl Amelia Watson, The Woman Out of Time If and when you get to the others, I recommend "Violet" by Ninomae Ina'nis, "Sparks" by Takanashi Kiara, and "Journey Like a Thousand Years" by HoloMyth.

[@austinaldy2150]

basically there are 3 branch in Hololive based on their region (Japanese, English, & Indonesia), each region have multiple generations / group. all of them were talented in their respective skill, some were singer, gamer, illustrator / artist and also comedian. although they're divided based on their region, they still interacting with different branch trough collaboration. there are a lot of original song from Hololive talent, and I encourage you to check them all but my personal favorite that I recommend for you are listed below : JPN : - Towa : Pallette - Watame : My song, Mayday mayday - Aky : Shallys EN : - Holomyth : Non Fictions ID : - Moona : High tide - Ayunda Risu : Alice & U

[@Playongo]

Gura's 3D live concert she just did is super fun. She opens with a jazz version of this song. Her duet of Mogu Mogu Yummy with Okayu is especially great. BTW: This particular song reminds me of Kotoko and stuff by I've sound.

[@Mr.DudeFluffy]

HONEY! GOTGAMES FINALLY REACTED TO GEORGE! I am so happy to hear this, this is amazing. Edit: Bring on mousey!

[@GOT_Clips]

Fluffy

[@Mr.DudeFluffy]

@@GOT_Clips Skid

[@RenderingUser]

George?

[@Mr.DudeFluffy]

@@RenderingUser Lol, it's a nickname for Gura

[@peterdrew4098]

@@RenderingUser The first time Gura and Sakura Miko interacted over voice (during last year's Minecraft Summer Festival), Miko tried to call Gura Jaws, but, well, her pronunciation is poor and Gura ended up hearing it as George.

[@HoroFigi]

I think the reason why its not fully animated like anime is because its expensive most likely. I dont really know much about hololive because i used to look at nijisanji content but i saw hololive Houshou Marine (from the japanese branch) has some anime mv's, i saw one of her songs "I'm your treasure box" and its fully animated (but its really lewd btw). ONE MORE THING, if you like intense songs, can you check out Ike Eveland with his cover "Chronos"? thats all. Love your reactions!!!

[@Masterfrogg]

Hololive artists and their absolute BANGER songs (not all are their original songs, but their performances are truly outstanding and all these have great music videos as well): IRyS - Caesura of Despair AZKi - inochi Tsukomo Sana - Astrogirl Towa - error Takanashi Kiara - DO U Tokino Sora - Alien Alien Ninomae Ina'nis - VIOLET Okayu - Swallow The Venom (毒杯スワロウ) Kureiji Ollie - JOLLIE JOLLIE Tsunomaki Watame - My Song Moona Hoshinova - High Tide ALSO: There's a fairly new song featuring both Gura and Calli as well as all of their genmates that is an absolute hit: Non-fiction. It'd be really cool if you checked it out. Also, Calliope Mori - Red is one of her absolutely best songs and I just know you would love it.

[@megarayquaza9054]

Don't forget about Marine's.... Totally family friendly song

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

Thank you for remembering Sana... 🙏 Sana Is Eternal.

[@SamuelG38]

Let's gooo !!! I love this song, there is soooo many more good songs in the rabbit hole, here's some other recommandation : Ookami Mio - Howling / Nekomata Okayu - Akkanbe / Moona Hoshinova - High tide / Ayunda Risu - Alice&u / Houshou Marine - I'm your treasure box

[@thetalantonx]

Okayu is amazing, I love her cover of Otome Kaibou (Maiden Dissection)

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

I think he might be a little too green in otaku culture for "I'm your Treasure Box". 😅 The Houshou Marine experience can be a tad overwhelming for the uninitiated. One must first take the proper steps for reaching the state of the cultured mind the song speaks to.

[@elkaidred0512]

Gura is the most talented singer of the Hololive ENGLISH branch. But since her official covers and original are mostly in Japanese, the only way to see what her range is, is by checking out her Karaoke streams. There you'll hear her sing popular songs like fly me to the moon, Imagine Dragons, Broadway songs, and other genres of music

[@popcorn4070]

I love all of the Holomembers but Gura was the hook that drew me in to the world of Vtubers and I've never been happier in my life. Yes, she is an incredible singer and also an incredible entertainer. The banter she has with her chat is hilarious and she is a really down to earth person. As much as I love her, this mix of qualities isn't unique among Hololive members. Cover corp. (The parent company of the various Holo branchs) has an absurd amount of vocal talent under their umbrella. Almost every member sings to some degree and each has a really uniquie voice yet somehow, from what I have heard, you can mix any member with any other member or group and they still sound amazing. They are just SO entertaining to watch. i can happily sit through a multiple hour live stream of any one of them even without understanding the language they're speaking.They all have their various "in jokes" and memes among their fanbases and they're all really good bantering back and forth with their chat. They may use anime models but it doesn't feel disconnected, fake or like they're acting. There are times I more or less forget it's an anime model I'm looking at and just accept what I'm seeing as who they really are. As if Cover has some secret source of living anime people that they've hired and portray them as "vtubers" to keep it secret.

[@Edanite]

I remember the stream where Gura talked about this song. I vaguely remember her interpretation was that Blue is the desire to break away from the norm and achieve something while Red is the inner voice in our heads that criticise our own actions, belittling our own worth, and demand that we give up without trying. Essentially it's a song about dealing with our own inner critic. While she explained that she also said that the song was open to interoperation so it can be read any way the listener interoperates. Be it lore, or some other matter that the listener themselves feel the song resonates.

[@xclrtr5747]

YO i was not expecting this

[@AnimeSquirrel]

You hit the nail on the head with the themeing. The red Gura concept was established in this song and was her managers idea. It's sort of her aggro/agressive and edgy side vs the blue standard gura who is all cute and innocent. It's now established character lore and she has acknowledged this herself by calling her red side Gawr and her blue side Gura. She had an anime made for her first 3d live concert that fully brought red gura into her lore.

[@cry9438]

Hololive English is the English branch of Hololive Japan, a rabbit hole of Vtubers with a very funny community. It's suppoed to be an idol company but the members are so memeable they became so famous internationally and we love to call all of them comedians.

[@silveleysh]

KING cover by Gawr Gura and Calliope Mori. That's all i´m gonna say

[@alanedwards3302]

if you wanted to see another of hololive's gen 1 English members sing I would recommend sparks by kiara.

[@arthas295]

Kiwawaaaa

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

Either that or "DO U". *Damn, DO U's MV was top level stuff!* Way to go, Tenchou!

[@adammalloy]

Towa's cover of ERROR is a very good performance that deserves a listen. She does have some songs of her own, this is just my favorite performance of hers.

[@quartzninja]

The red lyrics and red depiction of Gura is both her feral side, and also a representation of the person she used to be. Talking down to herself, and urging her to return to old habits. That's what this song is. Reflecting, both in the literal "there are two Guras, with opposing color palettes" sense, and also in the "looking back on your past" sense.

[@RangerJoe77]

She was one day messing around with her 2d model and flipped her blue colors with red and it eventually became Canon that was her primal form before she came to the surface. She was more feral before she left Atlantis. You should see her Short animation Gawr Gura Shark d.

[@potatoxgaming9466]

Its gura battling her self doubt and overcoming it

[@jacobosaldarriaga4820]

Honestly it's hard to recommend more songs since THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT STUFF. Towa, IRyS, Suisei, Watame, Marine, AZKi, Sora and I could honestly list all other 50+ members Hololive is a powerhouse of music and content. And to your question about "Calli's and Gura's relationship", they are very good friends (They call themselves the bonebros lol) and in general Hololive are pretty close together, it really helps that since they are corporate they are all working together for the same goal at the end of the day, which has led to no drama between the talents (unfortunately there is drama but it is external) and it gives it a comfy "everyone is family" vibe.

[@IrishOtaku]

Hololive is a talent agency for V-Tubers, Gura and Cali are part of the company's english branch Ironmouse is a member of a different agency called Vshojo

[@brianhoeksema2285]

Okay so recomendations. Hmm. Holomyth Calli ☑ Gura ☑ Nino'mae Inanis {Ina} She has a few songs. Takanashi Kiara is a super pop vide. Amelia Watson is still working on singing lessons, she was not a singer when she started so she has no unique songs. 2nd Gen Holo Council. Hakos Baelz she has a few songs with very diffent vibes. Nanashi Mumei has two singles. Ouro Kronni and Ceres Fauna have a few covers. Tsukumo Sana has one song, Astrogirl. She had to stop unfortunately so she is now "graduated" (Means she left the company. Some gradutated VTubers leave'join companies others retire). The last member of Hololive English is IRyS and she is specifically a VSinger so she has many songs. (Suisei was a VSinger at first too.) Here are a few songs to check out. Original Songs Violet by Nino'mae Inanis Astrogirl by Tsukumo Sana Play Dice by Hakos Baelz Ceasura of Despair by IRyS One Step at a Time by IRyS Hinotori by Takanashi Kiara DO U by Takanashi Kiara Cover Songs い〜やい〜やい〜や(Whatever whatever whatever) by Takanashi Kiara and Nino'mae Inanis A Million Miles Away by Hakos Baelz ft. Everyone from HoloPro (Hololive: Ladies, HoloStars: Gents)

[@lareolanKFP]

Thank you for the reaction again. Recommendations of "anime OP"-style Original songs by Hololive (Since you seem to like that): "Alice&u" - Ayunda Risu (Slice of Life anime genre) "High Tide" - Moona Hoshinova (Epic Shounen anime genre) "A New Start" - Nanashi Mumei (Grand Adventure anime genre) FYI: Deco*27 (Pronounced DecoNiNa since 2 in Japanese is "Ni" and 7 is "Nana") is a Japanese music producer. He (they?) make a LOT of soundtracks and lyrics for both VTubers and Vocaloid (such as Hatsune Miku).

[@JayceTheHooman]

The shork!! Quick edit: A suggestion: Tokoyami Towa's music... Hololive's a̶n̶g̶e̶l̶

[@jasonnchuleft894]

The funny thing is Gura though being a smoll shark is actually the biggest Vtuber, period. Her generation (which also contains Mori) debuted 3 years after Tokino Sora, the founding talent of the Hololive agency. Despite the delay out of all the talents under the Hololive Productions banner Gura was the first to 1m .. the first to 2m, the first to 3m and the first to 4m subs. Now she sits at 4,22m in first place worldwide with a pretty comfortable lead on literally any other Vtuber out there. And it all started with a scuffed debut and the now iconic first word: "A".

[@rbanarchy303]

Since you asked, "why isn't there an anime?" i have some suggestions for you. First is The Hololive Alternative trailers (there are 2) which briefly show all the talents in hololive while also setting up and teasing future lore and media plans such as, manga, concerts, and games inside of a FULLY animated MV. The first of the trailers is actually sung by Calli herself, though she has gone on record saying she has begged to be allowed to re-record it because her singing has improved dramatically in the last 2 years. And the second is sung by Suisei and 2 others (AZKI and Moona) from hololive and features Calli (and her genmates) in the animation. My other suggestion is checking out the official sneak peaks of a concert they did earlier this year called Hololive 3rd Fes which will show you the amazing 3D AR tech they use to put on LIVE shows in front of a LIVE audience. 3rd fes was also the first concert to feature the overseas talent from Hololive English (Calli's branch) and Hololive Indonesia, ewhich no joke has a few of the strongest singers in all of hololive. Holo Alternative 1st teaser: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYPbna2AjLytmrs Holo Alternative 2nd teaser: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIPWm6ljf7CsnJo (these are offical teasers and not ripped from a paywall btw) 3rd Fes JP (no performance audio but shows clips of the whole show) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKK2lpiPd82ioMk 3rd Fes EN (features Calls and her genmates and has proper performance audio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ_LhGBjh6yqrKc 3rd Fes ID (performance audio in there and you are not prepaired for Aynda Risu at the end): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ60d42bitB-oqs

[@GOT_Clips]

That was fucking fantastic. I don't pay enough attention to her.

[@sahilpatil5445]

One of the best songs

[@tineej1459]

Definitely check out Ironmouse. The dichotomy between her speaking voice and singing voice is something to hear. Violet: By Ninomae Inanis is a very calm and more heart warming song and feels really clean when listening to it if that makes sense. I Would also highly recommend High Tide: by Hoshinova Moona from hololive Indonesia. The song is in English, sounds awesome, and has an amazing animation to go with it.

[@anonymousdubs6875]

There is a short original animation on Gura'a channel called Shark'd that came out last month. There is also an fan-animated project call "Myth's Bad Ending" that Premiering on Oct 29th. I believe it is the final version of the "Holomyth vs Ina" animations that has been releasing in parts that people have been adding different audio to. Its so good!

[@kayschut9327]

Others have already given a rough idea about Gura, Hololive and the Myth group. So I will just drop my recommendation that I don't see given often enough to reaction channels: Lioness’ Pride by Shishiro Botan

[@yggdrazildr2547]

7:46 - Their might not be a full fledged anime but ther are some awesome hollolive animations here's a few you might want to react to: "[ORIGINAL ANIMATION] Gawr Gura - Shark'd " "hololive alternative ( PV 1 AND 2) " (Calli is the singer for PV 1) "HoloMyth vs Ina (HololiveEN Animation)" "Detective Diaries | Hololive Animation" (Gura is part of a sub grop whithin hololive calld Umisea next one is a official comedy animation with them) "【アニメ】この人たちこのあと行方不明になります" (Ther is also "Holo no Graffiti" or "HoloGra" which do have over 120 episodes all voice acted and animated and according to myanimelist is the #2791th Popular anime of all time "【3Dアニメ】厳選ホロぐら【3D-animation】" is the name of the officiell playlist containing all the episodes)

[@FurieMan]

7:50 Look up Gawr Gura Shark'd Animation. It's a animation Gura commissioned which tells the story when gura came to land and joined hololive.

[@bun8un997]

Given that it’s October, I recommend hearing [Myth or Treat]! It can be found on Amelia Watson’s channel, who’s a part of the same branch of Hololive as Calli and Gura (which is called HoloMyth) A lightly drunk Calli wrote the lyrics.

[@aero1754]

Just wait til he finds out about hologra and gura’s animation

[@JezSharp]

Thanks for the reaction! You were more or less on point with the meaning. I think the red Gura is her before joining Hololive and the blue is her as a member of Hololive. The song serves as a back and forth between them and echoes some of the struggles she's had in transitioning but also ultimately the positive direction things are going in. It's hard to know where to start with recommendations for songs because there is such a vast quantity. From your AoT openings video it seemed like you prefer more rock/metal based songs so I'd recommend Okayu - Akabane (A Deco 27 song), Watame - Everlasting Soul (has english subs) or IRyS - Here comes hope as ones you might enjoy. A good starting place if you want a more general feel would be this channel: kzbin.info/door/94Mhi_4KZNX7bzHaoBnRTw. They do a weekly top 50 most viewed for Hololive Cover songs, bi-weekly top 40 most viewed for Hololive original and occasionally other lists (e.g. top 50 most viewed Hololive songs of all time etc.)

[@warpgate9695]

Another Hololive member to check is Inugami Korone, with her song "Doggy god's street" And maybe Houshou Marine, with "Ahoy!", "Unison", "Marine Set Sail", and "I'm your Treasure Box".

[@BetterWewa]

I love this song

[@ph4nt4sy92]

Great reaction, i like your positive attitude and the variety you have on the channel. If you want to check out more Hololive maybe a few Covers of "King" all in the same video would be nice. That way you could compare a few Hololive talents and learn about their different styles. For example all these Hololive Talents made a King Cover: Gura&Calli, Hoshimachi Suisei, Ayunda Risu, Tokoyami Towa, Nakiri Ayame, Tsunomaki Watame. Of course that would be a pretty long reaction video if you put them all in 1 video and it is the same song over and over, but to get to know some of the different styles in hololive i think it would be nice to hear the same song interpreted differently by all those different talents and i think there are even more King covers from Hololive members, the ones mentioned above are just my favorites ;).

[@Pears_on_Fire]

I highly recommend Tokoyami Towa, she's my personal favourite hololive singer. I'd also say check out multiple covers of King, a song that a lot of vtubers covered, and Gura did a collab cover of it with Calli.

[@mrhelllp]

you can call her Gura, Goomba, Goombus, Goowa

[@idkman9736]

Gura’s Reflect was my most listened to song of the year last year on Spotify

[@knicklichtjedi]

7:47 There are a few animated bits! E.g. Gura got her origin story animated as a birthday present.

[@Karou812]

Hololive is the general label of the group, Gawr Gura, Calliope Mori, Takanashi Kiara, Amelia Watson and Ninomae Ina'nis are Hololive EN Generation 1 Myth, or Holo Myth, there is also a second EN generation named Council as well as 6 Japanese and 3 Indonesian generations + the VSingers IRyS and AZKI and last but not least there's also Holostars which features male talents with 4 Japanese and as of recently 1 English generation. Pretty much all of them are good at singing, some of them are absolutely insane at it. If I may suggest a few bangers: Hinotori by Takanashi Kiara Violet by Ninomae Ina'nis Play Dice by Hakos Baelz

[@stavik96]

The way I interpreted it she's basically talking about her past self before Hololive as she was rather popular even back then. Back then she did mostly covers of more memey songs often while drunk and from what others have said she was struggling with depression back then. The red I feel is both a part of herself, the self-deprecating self, and part of the fanbase telling her she ain't the "gem of the sea" she wants everyone to think she is and she doesn't know shit. But she also realizes that without her old self she wouldn't be who or where she is now so she has to accept that part of herself and find a middle ground where both sides can coexist without trying to destroying itself.

[@ambershangout7226]

Next song has to be Weather Hackers

[@barelyfree9427]

Such a good song that I made part of it into a ringtone :D, haven't changed it since it first came out.

[@haloidz69]

The Hololive rabbit hole. When you look at the bottom of the abyss it only brings you down even further Some of my top recommendations from the English branch are: Play Dice - Hakos Baelz Red; Live Again - Calliope Mori SPARKS - Takanashi Kiara HERE COMES HOPE; Caesura of Despair; One Step at a Time - IRyS Non-Fiction - Hololive English Myth Rise - Hololive English Council Top of the World - Holostars English Tempus From the Japanese branch an always good recommendation is more Suisei of course, but Palette by Tokoyami Towa is very good And I don't know if you are interested in reacting to cover songs, but the Cover of Bebas by Hololive Indonesia is great! Sorry for the info dump and continue enjoying the rabbit hole!

[@Sh1zno]

Gura has an absolutely amazing singing voice, it's unfortunate that she has very little official songs (Alot of karaokes though). Hololive has 100s of hours of music, you wont run out of good music to check out. I'd recommend "akkanbe by nekomata okayu", this is the official name for an easier search "【original MV】あっかんべ / 猫又おかゆ x DECO*27 "

[@Renzu-ZG_The_Chattino_Sailor]

I would recommend 'Violet' by Ninomae Inanis, a fellow genmate of Calli and Gura. There are hidden meanings in the MV that you'd have to dig really deep to get what those means(one of which she once thought of giving up drawing due to burnout)

[@marinoconnor8592]

Moona Hoshinova's "High Tide" is something you should check out. It's awesome. She is a member of Hololive's Indonesian branch and is arguably one of the best singers in all of Hololive.

[@coltoniusmaximus]

Ironmouse "when I look at you" in her opera voice is astonishing when you hear her normal voice in comparison

[@vegetarex155]

So hololive has different branches, English,Japan and Indonesia(EN JP ID) There exists Generations for every members that they debut(start being a vtuber) at the same time, for exemple Gura and Calli are apart of the same “gen” cuz for EN its not really a “gen”, its called Myth HoloMyth members are Calli,Gura,Amelia Watson,Inomae Ina’nis and Takanashi Kiara There are 2 “gens” in EN which are Myth and Council which has other members + a VSinger(who mainly only does songs and doesnt play as much) aka Irys u should check her out aswell For exemple Suisei is part of Holo JP gen 0(there are currently 6-7 gens in the JP branch) the members in Gen 0 are all like the first hololive members but they actually debut at different times to the rest but bcs they are the first ones everyone called them “gen 0”. And il say it again, PLEASE react to Tokoyami Towa and her songs(suggestion her cover of Error, original Palette and My Roar, also the cover of Hearts)

[@Mr.DudeFluffy]

Found you!

[@GOT_Clips]

Yooooooooooooooo

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Gap Moe: Two opposing ideas embodied in one character can be very intriguing For Gura, her GapMoe is: 1) adorably cute + 2) Deadly Dangerous Shark

[@chuengzen2294]

My favourite 🦈

[@zebrin]

If you want recommendations... I would say do a double feature of the entire group together. They all collaborated on two songs so far, It's amazing to see how much they improved in that time. The older one is "Journey Like a Thousand Years" and the newer one is "Non Fiction." Now don't get me wrong, Journey is still great, but Non Fiction is ... much better. Aside from that, take Calliope Mori's songs, and just... go down the list. You will not find a bad song in her entire discography. "End of a Life" is probably the best one in my opinion though.

[@seangill2522]

Alright, quick explanation. Gawr Gura and Mori Calliope are both part of Hololive English. Hololive itself is a vtubing idol company from Japan. The English branch debuted with Hololive Myth (Mori, Gura, Amelia Watson, Ninomae Ina'nis, and Takanashi Kiara). They have since gone on to do a 2nd wave , Hololive Council, vsinger IRyS, and an English male group, Tempus. Ironmouse is a part of Vshojo, the first big name English vtuber company. It has several popular known vtubers like Nyanner and Projekt Melody. Another Japanese vtuber company, Nijisanji, also has English branch with 6 waves of talent who all do a debut release song. Vtuber music is catchy as hell and you can't really go wrong, but some stand outs are Red, End of a Life, Scuffed Up Age by Mori, Hinotori, Sparks and Do U by Kiara, and Stuck in the Abyss by Noctyx.

[@Sinsystems]

You should listen to Reaper vs Sheep -Ouen version (although the Kenko version is also good). It is a collab song between Calliope (the reaper) and one of native Japanese hololive members Watame. It is best described as a praise battle between them and it is awesome.

[@RangerJoe77]

You should hear her debut video where she sung Ride on Time.

[@fedoradachi884]

Ninomae Inanis pronounced Ni-no-ma-e I-na-nis or just Ina for short is from the same generation as Gura and calli, would love to see you react to her song "Violet". Most of Hololive's talents are female but there are male talents as well by the name of Holostars which recently debuted their 1st gen of English members. Holostars are also having they're 2nd live concert that i can't see cuz i'm broke in a few days😢😢

[@havocomega]

The pinned video on Gura's channel is a short anime she had commissioned that tells her origin story.

[@coltoniusmaximus]

You have no idea how deep the vtuber rabbit hole goes

[@ambershangout7226]

Hololive is the parent Company, however Gura and Calli are from the same generation "holo myth" there are a very large number of generations for example Suisei is part of "gen 0" the first generation before they had generations

[@benl.ofthegamecatarmy]

So there was once a Twitch Streamer who did not know anything about Vtubers; luckily for him, one of his best friends was an absolute expert in pretty much all things Hololive. This expert put together presentations of information and supporting clips to introduce the steamer to various artists in Vtubing. Instead of letting this content potential go to waste, they recorded it and made a secondary channel to post it to. If you ever want a good basic summary of a vtuber, there's a good chance that there is one ready to go on the Nagzz Discovers channel.

[@pj_mist]

I'll leave the hololive thing in the other commenters, lets just drop the songs here. Thank you. Shiny Smily Story by 28 Hololive JP talents (og by 5 gen 0, 5 gen 1, 3 gamers, 5 gen 2, 5 gen 3, 5 gen 4. Its the Hololive Anthem) Somebody that I used to know by Gawr Gura (karaoke in PTSD Shrimp YT channel, the channel archives all gawr guras karaoke) Palette by Tokoyami Towa (og, very personal) Error by Tokoyami Towa (cover) My Song by Tsunomaki Watame (og, my fav song ever) Turing Love by Moona Hoshinova and Usada Pekora (duet cover) High Tide by Moona Hoshinova (og) Ai no Chiisana Uta by Moona Hoshinova (og, hit the feels) Alice&U by Ayunda Risu (og) Inochi by AZKi (og, idol life in a song) Gamen no naka no kimi ga suki by AZKi (og) Caesura of Despair by IRyS (og) Sparkle by Ookami Mio (cover) End of a Life by Mori Calliope (og) Ghost by Hoshimachi Suisei (og) Stellar Stellar by Hoshimachi Suisei (og) God-ish by Murasaki Shion and Laplus Darkness (cover, watch the 3d live performance, its so good) Asu no Yozora Shoukaihan by Startend (cover, Startend is an Apex Legends team by Hololive members Hoshimachi Suisei, Tokoyami Towa and Minato Aqua) Zankyou Sanka by Vestia Zeta (cover, demon Slayer S2 OP) Aqua-iro Palette by Minato Aqua (og) Kaisou Ressha by Minato Aqua (og) Gyutto by Minato Aqua (cover) Saikyouticpolka by Omaru Polka (og) Note: this is just the tip of the iceberg, feel free to comment more on the reply section 🤣 ikuzo hololive fans!