How She Changed Hololive's Vtuber Debut Streams Forever

[@piplupcola]

Haachama started out so normal and then she ate a spider and then was never the same again 😂

[@scalien225]

She started smelling her feet first. Don't smell your feet.. it leads to eating spiders.

[@SomostEwergarten]

she was supposed to be a tsundere so not normal

[@01100101011100100111]

I think she spent almost a year with no monetization, so she just decided, "Fuck it, I'm going to do whatever I want."

[@karactr8361]

@@01100101011100100111 yeah, her time and troubles in Australia really hurt her progress and her subs...Hachaama was her attempt to regain relevance. Gotta admit, it worked wonderfully

[@EnchanterTim_MPATHG]

Don't go to Australia

[@allaboutthehoshizora]

That legendary debut only made Koro-san determined to become the best OBS resource user around.

[@01100101011100100111]

And would also lead to several streams where she broke OBS beyond recognition.

[@CSLucasEpic]

And she is. Korone can make the funniest stuff happen when she is messing around with OBS.

[@MoleculeXmolecule]

I never thought of it that way. She made her initial weakness her strength

[@theonlymegumegu]

yes, and now crazy stuff happens (mostly) on purpose, but we still get occasional unintentional content XD

[@ethanfreeman1106]

​@@01100101011100100111I put your name into a binary translator and it just said "er" which was also my reaction

[@boboboz9541]

management private discord showing up on stream, korosan almost graduated on the same day she debut lmao

[@H4444-f7g]

when Fubuki said "no matter what that is not allowed" damn I feel the shit.... like real shit going down...

[@moopersworthninjason42nd81]

I kinda feel like management low key laughed their asses off at the scuff while yagoo said let her cook

[@vanillaashe9264]

Man, if Korone graduated that same day, we would never have gotten the flying doggo flips

[@_lynxninja_4783]

​​@@vanillaashe9264we would never have gotten the famous Yubi Yubi clip

[@-hello6177]

If what went down with Aloe is anything to go by, since it is scuff she wouldn't have been heavily punished, if at all, at least from what we know, very possibly blame would've been only slightly placed on her and the more significant portion would be the management right above her for not teaching her properly

[@PierceArner]

I don't think that Korone would have become NEARLY as obsessed with her OBS-specific gags & art as a core element to her streams if things hadn't turned out this way with her debut, so we truly live in a most blessed timeline.

[@Evalend]

I know right? Like Kage-bushin became Naruto's most reliable jutsu because he used to fail at it so often at school.

[@nonpondo_]

Ngl, I think her skills and humor using obs is a pretty big factor in why she popped off in the West

[@rm9346]

Adapt and Overcome.

[@calarakien]

@@Evalend this guy gets it

[@PierceArner]

@@Evalend Her recent Pokémon dance Short is a perfect example of her using a failure as a strength, as it's enjoyable even if it goes comically sideways. Very much an outside-the-box-Kage-Bunshin type moment.

[@stiimuli]

It always breaks my heart watching Korone's first stream. Everything was going wrong but she kept stumbling forward like a cheerful little puppy....and quickly became one of the biggest stars in Hololive =)

[@Sonichero151]

And then came the Shork

[@GunRunner106]

forces all the girls into her debut stream > fuck it, lets play some games.

[@snorlaxonline3008]

AhoY~

[@rm9346]

That's when you get a good look at the entertainer behind the curtain. Showed everyone her mettle day 1.

[@majinnemesis]

@@Sonichero151 Korone was still the 1st JP members to hit 1 million and the second in hololive history to hit 1 million

[@blazingkite8983]

"They probably have my debut stream as an example of what NOT to do in a debut" -Korone

[@dragongrandmaster]

i heard it became a example

[@Lelouchtheclipper]

Korone debut stream: 🤔 The first Gamers collab: 👌

[@Elit3Blaze]

It's 3 years until Sora's 10th year... wtf.

[@ultrasoul7870]

Yeah, to Sora only Shiro senpai still active. They are survived dinosaurs of vtubing

[@DarkEnigma1115]

Shiori, as in Novella, pre-dates her, and is (obviously) still active. She started with a group before Kizuna Ai, around 2014, but they lost their channel due to a merger with Mirai Akari in 2017, and all their past content has just been scrubbed as of Feb 2024, the group members had to make separate channels for individual content since the merger. Her alt/PL was active until she started as Shiori so she never really stopped Vtubing for 10 years now.

[@rcane6842]

Man.. Shiori is just different. She got a lot to show for sure. And her lauuuuugh

[@R1L6N]

Shiori was ancient

[@GoyBenius_0901]

Shiori's a bigger fuckin old-head than Sora even, despite being less than a year old in Hololive.

[@01100101011100100111]

So much from Korone's debut is etched into my memory now, from her height being over 150m, to the BGM sounding like the intro to a serial killer movie.

[@LizzyB123]

All these years later, OBS is now her favorite video game

[@yamsama]

Seeing compilation of holomems getting all nervous like that made me feel "proud" comparing to how they are now😭❤️

[@yakumoyomi5765]

On the one hand, the older talents were the pioneers and established forged the blueprint that newer talents would follow for debuts. On the other hand, it's gotta be nerve-wracking to know that tens of thousands of people will show up for your debut (compared to pre-COVID days when Vtubers were largely unknown in the West). I've got mad respect for all of them, because putting yourself under the scrutiny of strangers on the internet is pretty bold.

[@97Multiphantom]

For real, nervous, soft-spoken Ayame was trippy to see!

[@bluedip]

i also did not thought that i will be here it was nice to see how unstable they were and how they now it become present this is surreal, really we come a long way

[@ignacioperez5479]

Specially on fubuki, her voice REALLY sounds nervous

[@bastianriv1124]

Bro the size of chat will never change. 😂😂

[@WHY-em4tv]

Korone's first bgm is still giving me goosebumps

[@dacar316]

The power of the 156m idol.

[@bitans2681]

1,56m Boxer

[@Cat-Daddy]

*Alice Magic furiously taking notes *

[@cucumbermainline]

Okay now i understand why a lot of hololive fans are saying that Fubuki is the pillar of hololive

[@diequickpls]

imo Aqua is more of a pillar than Fubuki back then. Aqua was very popular on bilibili, niconico and youtube. Also Aqua is the top superchatted in 2019

[@bewe5473]

​@@diequickpls pillar as in not the popularity, but a pillar that supports other holo behind the scenes, FBK involved a lot in management decisions she even fights with management when coco is decided to graduate, but then again it's coco decision so she can't do anything about it.

[@Ravenholm337]

literal Best Friend

[@WatameSheeperdOji]

​@@diequickplshuh? Pillar is like you can depend on that person if you having problem, so they can help you to overcome your mess. It is like a leader in your peers or community.

[@mrhoneycutter]

⁠@@WatameSheeperdOji this is the correct interpretation. Someone who’s the pillar of a group/team isn’t necessarily the highest paid or most popular individual but the one who’s supportive, reliable, and dependable. They’re the glue that holds everything/everyone together, so to speak. You can tell that Fubuki is all those things and a natural leader, just based on the high level of regard and respect she receives from both management and her fellow holomembers.

[@edwinfeliciano1638]

Ahhhh The Good ol Days of Hololive When They were Very VERY Shy During Their debuts...Now Looking Back At It We and Hololive have all grown up so Much... Such Blessed memories! And Let's not forget those we have lost too...(The graduated Members of Hololive and Holostars...🫡)

[@Tooyule]

Hololive now : "PLAP PLAP PLAP GET PREGNANT PREGNANT"

[@eleegeant_dergenter]

*_0:43_**_ You ARE NOT telling me she was that wholesome ☠️☠️☠️_*

[@edwinfeliciano1638]

@@eleegeant_dergenter Yup She was and still is :D

[@jdridesbikes]

@@Tooyule That's always been hololive. Marine's catchphrase is "I'm horni", Noel and Choco also have a very ecchi style. Haachama literally reviewed r18 art of herself on stream

[@jdridesbikes]

You never know the Good ol' Days until you leave them, but we're living in the golden age of Hololive right now! Never take your oshis for granted, appreciate them in the moment. Don't wait until you're looking back, wishing you were back here again, in the good ol' days.

[@moohooman]

I was coming into this like, "Wow, she must have done something absolutely groundbreaking that they used as a template from then on," but nope, just more classic Korone OBS jank.

[@heymanchan9007]

THIS IS JUST LEGENDARY HISTORY😭

[@yong9613]

An important milestone trip down memory lane for old and new alike

[@TheJum]

It’s wild how far they’ve come

[@differentone_p]

she was very cute on the start. much cuter, but right now she's more natural and still cute!! love her.

[@rexcyjones9416]

Korone has always been the embodiment of an actual dog with adhd 😂. I love it

[@shis1988]

So a husky.

[@rexcyjones9416]

@@shis1988 i was thinking more of a corgi. but yeah Husky are goofy as well

[@ドリフト180X]

Korone has improved so much, now she is a pro at using the streaming software, I like her ending skits she makes.

[@maihasubando]

RIP Akai Haato

[@thefinalday5858]

Long live hachama

[@conq1273]

Unity ending!

[@BenjyF563]

Okayu is like a whole different person compared to how she is now it's crazy very cool to see how their personalities have changed and evolved over the last 5-6 years

[@trelos7431]

As an Onigiri the first things that attract me to Okayu was how she was playing Getting over it with calm and no sign of rage at all.

[@TheNintenfan64]

She seems to have wanted to change. But I will still support the catto even if she isn’t low-key catto anymore…

[@BenjyF563]

@@TheNintenfan64 Oh for sure, she is still Okayu after all :)

[@autismandgaming4532]

My Kamioshi's scuffed debut can't be this cute

[@RecordToDeathToBoredom]

at 7:30 ish, Fubuki feels like an elementary/kindergarten teacher or a mother lol Korone felt like she was the Chief and was scared of her, and I can't believe I felt it in those few seconds lol

[@rustblade7]

Thank you for translating this! Korone was so bad with OBS, but now she uses it for such comedic moments. Yay Korone!

[@roshrosh100]

You can hear the quivering of the voice of Godchama there. How time flies.

[@doraakidouji8176]

That aint godchama thats akai hato

[@JamRow-bu7lb]

That’s actually dear departed akai haato. She was great, but I think we got someone even better in return.

[@Blutwind]

Korones Debut is the most legendary Debute of all time for any V-Tuber for all reasons xD It was an absolute Trainwreck but instead of giving up she started to play in the wreck. Today she is the master of Trainwrecks and can turn any Junkyard into an top class amusment park😂

[@PikaSquish]

I love Fubuki so much she's such a good friend :3

[@diamondhamster4320]

Korone then: No Confidence Korone now: Big Confidence

[@theonlymegumegu]

oh man, this is just making me miss okayu's older "boku" voice...

[@CSLucasEpic]

IKR? She sounded so different back then. I don't know if now she sounds like that because she grew and her voice changed, or because she worked so much that her voice is getting different by overexertion (a real problem with all Vtubers BTW)

[@theonlymegumegu]

@@CSLucasEpic it seems to me like she started to enjoy a more "flirty with chat" thing and the voice she uses now goes with that. maybe that goes along with her member asmr streams (not a member, so i don't *really* know...)

[@NonJohns]

i can't sauce but she's always wanted to present with a more cutesy voice so shes slowly been moving to that

[@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke]

She reverts back to the old Okayu voice during SMOK and Gamers collab.

[@theonlymegumegu]

@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke for SMOK, I bet she just goes with whatever is best to bully subaru with in the moment XD

[@IianaDRK]

Its so interesting to hear how both korone and fubuki put on a higher pitched voice for their debuts, and how they do that less now

[@heymanchan9007]

That's actually kind of fresh to have collab on first debute😂

[@qualiae]

Funny after so many years she still messed up with the obs, and now that become her skit lmao

[@ThatGuyWhoComments1]

Goodness how pure Haachama...I mean Akai Haato was back then.

[@Nomimonyo]

Lmao! Who's akai haato? :U

[@LonesomeDevil]

Korone's journey with OBS reminds me how I was the only student in my class to completely mess up his very first English (second language) homework and I felt so embarassed about it that it motivated me to become consistently the best English-speaker of my class for every following year of English study. And now I'm using all of it to talk about Vtuber streams with other people online... time well-spent.

[@monolinny1817]

Glad you passed through the painful moment to what you're doing right now! This actually motivates me hh thank you for sharing your story

[@Boyzby]

It always breaks my heart watching Korone's debut stream, because I can imagine how awful and stressed she must have felt during it, but seeing her now makes it all better. One thing I like about Hololive is that they see something bad happened and they actually try to make sure that doesn't happen again.

[@TheTyas]

Ko'one debut - get all gamers genmate come into her stream to help her Ko'one while ago - get all (almost) "rowdy girls club" come into her stream to help her xD wwww Never change ko'one, never change xD w

[@donjezza]

thanks so much for putting this all together

[@SoulstrikerV]

Yagoo: Follow the script on the paper, and you'll be fine. Sora/Fubuki/etc: Understood. Yagoo: Follow the script on the paper, and you'll be fine. Korone: **playing with paper plane**

[@smallsymcsmalls8331]

She wobbles hard at 07:49, proper verge of tears stuff.

[@BryanAmbrose1]

Me siento tan viejo al recordar esos debut en su momento. No recordaba que eran tan tímidas, esto si es nostalgia

[@VenoSupport]

I started knowing vtubers ever since Kizuna Ai But because there weren’t much translators back then, I stopped for awhile Until a surge of Holo Fantasy and Hololive Gamers clips started popping up on Facebook out of all things, soon after Holo Fantasy debuted not long And that’s when I found Korone, and fell in love with her personality and how fun her streams are. Even went and learned Japanese to understand her more. She will always be my kami oshi, and this clips just makes me appreciate her more Always remember guys, 推しは推せるの時推せ。 When you can support your oshi, do it while you can do exactly that, they’re not here forever even though they’re forever in our hearts.

[@kailtor]

My favorite 156m tall doggo can’t be this cute! And to think she became an OBS master 😅

[@procow2274]

She also did a second debut at some point where she did it the way she wanted to the first time.

[@xrubywolfx9082]

It's nice to see all this even though I am overseas. I only recently started watching some of them when I have time. It's be amazing to see where it all started and being a fan of them. Always learning knew things each day and thank you for the joy you bring to us.

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

10:06 the spicy part is that July 2019 was just 2 months after her debut, and Korone's success was anything but certain at that point. She started at ~50k subscribers and it took her until the end of the year to get to 100k. Her big explosion in popularity only began in early 2020, when she went from 100k to 1 million in just a few months. Today it's easy to see her debut as part of her weirdness that makes her one of the biggest vtubers ever, but at that time it was still a fresh and probably painful memory. She genuinely bled many viewers during the debut because it was so awkward and scuffed. At a time when just being in Hololive did not guarantee a decent viewership like it does today. Korone's (and overall Hololive's) success is truly the stuff of legends.

[@KSerge83]

Whenever I see/hear newer holomems or other VTubers cringe or complain about how bad their debuts were, I always think back to Korone's absolute trainwreck of a debut, and how she ended up just fine anyway. Remember that nobody starts out amazing at something, it's dedicating time and practice that gets you there 👍

[@TheSSR_]

Ayyo I'm so proud of them

[@y0mi_]

I get tears in my eyes watching clips from her first stream again. I am so glad she didn't give up. She is my Kami-oshi and always will be. I wouldn't know about hololive without her.

[@feored]

1:11 Ayame peeking is too cute

[@Flugmorph]

this is the kind of clipper content i love the most. putting things into perspective with a look back, a focussed historical study of sort. great work!

[@bakkyarou]

I never saw a lot of these intros, so TSKR ❤ Small note: the translation of 初めましえ (hajimemashite) at 3:06 as "how do you do" should be changed to something like "Pleased to meet you!" or "Nice to make you acquaintance!", since 初めまして is something you'd only say on your first meeting, and "how do you do" is something you can say daily.

[@osaitus]

At first OBS played with her... now they bow to her

[@sivildisobedience]

I only got into hololive a few months after Myth debuted. I didn't even start watching JP talents until late 2020. This is the first big glimpse I've had into older vtuber streams, and I did not know it was that different. I guess by Myth they mostly streamlined their process for debut streams and such. Another surprise is how different everyone's voices are. Mio's and Okayu's sound so relaxed, and Fubuki reminded me of debut Baelz. I guess it's time to dig into some pre-pandemic VODs.

[@jmdtaelon]

Lets remember that Irys came "down" to earth like 3 times before finally hit the planet XD

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Sic Parvis Magna: Greatness from small beginnings.

[@ronsorage78]

She is just so naturally funny and charming. Its hard not to love her.

[@kairokuys6991]

Korone has always been this wild card personality in Hololive. No one can predict what she will do next, and that drew me even more to her. From her debut alone, she's super unpredictable but super entertaining as well. Who would think to just say "Screw it. Let's play games!" in the middle of debut. She definitely fits her character so much.

[@Andragos_563]

tbh at this point after so many years this is a very valuable documentary to remember the beginnings of our beloved doggo, and for new fans as a history lesson! haha thank you for the hard work Egg-san 🙏

[@Kamodomon]

I LOVE the scuff because that's where you see how a person REALLY shine (or flounder). That's why the best performers can really roll with things.

[@Kamodomon]

Also loved how much everyone was willing to jump in to help out Korone. THAT is what you love to see right there, mother fucking COMMUNITY!

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

I really don't know what was the thought process of having your cutesy little debut be accompanied by the most eerie & disturbing bgm, but it somehow worked out

[@erikmdjp2275]

How started, thanks for that. Sora happy because 50 viewers, so emotional. Remember your origin!

[@noii1524]

As an old fan (started watching them after collab with azure lane, which was around 2019 I believe), man, this bring back the memories. I'm happy that hololive become this big nowdays but watching girls back then was much more special

[@pogituna]

ayame is so cute during her debut...

[@andrewlatourette428]

Even nervous, Okayu sounds chill

[@ZeanGaming42]

Man, seeing this and comparing them now. The confidence really is different now 😂❤ and we love it ofcourse 🎉

[@koreboredom4302]

That's my child-mauling pit bull u go gurl!!! ☝️😤☝️🎉🎉🎉

[@Abaygates]

Korone made her messy obs debut into her thing

[@lqmnhkm09]

0:42 *saw a glimpse* "Oh, it's Haachama or maybe Akai Haato since this is her first stream" "Minasan konbanwa" "WHO THE HELL IS THIS??!!??!"

[@trelos7431]

That's Akai Haato who management told Marine as their ideal idol, and marine should cooy her. 😂

[@SoulstrikerV]

Pekora looked like a sheltered bunny attending school for the first time... One thing led to another, and now she's the gang leader of the local kids and has earned the title War Criminal.

[@wowsuchhandle]

I expected her to set higher standards with her superior debut stream, she expected my expectations unexpectedly.

[@Sosa__.]

thanks for the history lesson egg-san, unfortunately a lot of these debuts are private and i wasn't around back then 😭

[@TheSilentsama]

Sora was happy with 50 viewers and now she build a kingdom

[@Christopherbk7]

OKAYU character already set from the beginning

[@Kamui916]

Korone was my pillar to Hololive and Vtubers in general with "Wata in da Faiya Wai!!!" and her rap with Okayu 😂 To me she is the GOAT

[@ShiaNeko]

management learned you can't just say "you're hired, okay now stream" and expect everything to go smoothly!

[@bluedip]

i also did not thought that i will be here it was nice to see how unstable they were and how they now it become present this is surreal, really we come a long way ^_^ korone was really like that one little sister give courage to their older siblings, can't do simple things so older siblings have to do properly

[@kommissarleber8527]

How Inugami Korone became the mandatory instruction manual for debuts. Be ready to pay with your yubi yubi !

[@zanderjuga]

i love this community

[@holdingpattern245]

Maybe that's why most of the later gens were made as teams, so they could help each other right away.

[@oak8194]

She came such a long way... ALL of them did, and I'm so proud to have joined them on their journey, even if I wasn't there at the very start. One thing for sure, though, Korone was the starting point for me! It's amazing that for someone who had a 0/10 debut (rated by a certain cat) was also the first one to reach 1mil sub! XD

[@NumPad]

Korone's debut stream really set the tone for her entire Holo career

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

I had no idea how historical her debut stream was! Amazing stuff, fun to learn 😋

[@moonclown305]

Oh man this sure was a trip down memory lane, I did catch Fubuki, Gen2 and Mio’s debut stream but missed Korone and Okayu, opening twitter that time was crazy, on other debuts people were like “cute” But with Korone, people making comparisons of the bgm with that pokemon grave town bgm. Screenshots… etc. 😂

[@Raeaskuo]

Great video capturing the evolution of Hololive debut history

[@ginjiyui2257]

How fitting that this got recommended to me right after Liz and Gigi debuted which were absolute killers of a first stream

[@chiffonkek2]

Fubuki was so kind! And still is today!

[@Cyber_N-7660]

6:59 - 7:05 Basically how Mrs. Puff uses SpongeBob as an example 😆

[@simpledj509chromo7]

Man I love Korone. She’s an absolute legend and such a gem.

[@Silencers]

Korone dragged me not just into the Hololive rabbit hole, but into the greater vtuber space. She's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of talent.

[@dekisatria1233]

god.. we really come a long way. lonely day and night caused by covid, and they are there entertaining us. and now, they feel like old friend. how time flies

[@JunnyJai]

Talk about nostalgia! Taking us back in time with all these clips. Korone's terrifying background music will always be in the back of my mind during her debut.

[@SerChiang]

korone + okayu clips the reason i got into vtubers... then I fell deep into the rabbit hole

[@mrhoneycutter]

Korone’s mastery over OBS is the greatest comeback story ever told

[@125discipline2]

korone is one of the biggest pillar in vtubing industry

[@francesco9281]

Korone and Suisei are such an inspiration of perseverance, they never gave up and reached the stars

[@Emiya01]

Man this was hilarious, she is the obs legend now xd

[@АлександрА-р1ы6м]

I love this doggo. Or should I say - Man! I Love Korone!