JP Members Try English Telephone Game during Hololive New Years [Korone/Subaru/Fubuki/Mio/Kiara]

I love all the blank expressions that happened during this segment.
With Kiara as a special guest, Fubuki takes this opportunity to test Mio, Subaru, and Korone's English listening skills with a game of telephone.
0:00 - Intro
2:42 - 1st Round
5:20 - 2nd Round
Source:
年末ホロライブ ～ゆくホロくるホロ 2022→2023～【#ゆくホロくるホロ2022】
• 年末ホロライブ ～ゆくホロくるホロ 202...

[@captainpalegg2860]

love how it went from "don't choke on the rice cake" to "become one with the rice cake".

[@quillquickcard8824]

Human psychology right there. "Thing X is forbidden." Then ten minutes later: "ALL FOCUS ON THING X."

[@Verxx-sc2tl]

At least they doesn't choke on rice cake

[@Xaftz]

Which in some way could have implied they choked on the rice cake 😭

[@Raidanzoup]

In Japan "to become one with" is a euphemism for ******* and in Korea "pounding rice cakes/mochi/tteok" is another euphemism for *******.

[@aerthreepwood8021]

It's very Zen.

[@BM17]

Kiara: Can you speak English? JP members: Yamete kudastop!

[@LokiThePug]

I can hear a certain dragon get angry in the distance

[@claranoelle1111]

kaichou?

[@alexmax3502]

Yamete kouldyoustop?

[@BM17]

@@alexmax3502 I didn't think about that one LMAO

[@BM17]

@@LokiThePug my bad I forgor

[@BasilLecher]

Subaru shouting for the others to shut up was hilarious.

[@izumiartz]

Shut up...

[@4Wilko]

6:17

[@Anolaana]

Reminds me a bit of Korone's MINA SHARRAPPU :D

[@bea_chan]

Indeed. It gives me life :)

[@GooseGamesAndMore]

Xddd

[@CsRacks]

Lol subaru and korone got crackhead energy together

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

They have one brain cell shared between them.

[@PrismZet]

I love it lol just dancing and goofing off hahah

[@nutshot_brawler8466]

"crackhead energy" is such a genius way to describe how energetic Shuba and Korone are, I'm gonna start using that

[@CsRacks]

@@nutshot_brawler8466 😂😎

[@menorasendaiba6404]

0:21 *Subaru point at Mio "Look at her, asked to speak english. *DIS IS GUNNA BE GUD* isn't it

[@luka188]

Subaru's interpretation of "I joined rice cake" is pretty genius actually haha She has a good grasp of English to be able to think of such a translation for that phrase.

[@birifumi]

She was so used with nonsensical sentences used during holo official channel collab that she didn't even bother to think whether the sentence make sense or not lmao

[@kitioppa]

I think this is exactly how people often use english for memes, and I just realized how much harder that makes learning the language nowadays 😂

[@davidy22]

is uh, is that genius?

[@Keirnoth]

She can read it easily, she just can't speak it because she tries to speak it using her Japanese accent.

[@Keirnoth]

@@birifumi Yeah, she reads English the way us weebs try to read Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji if we're not familiar with grammar and have no proper vocabulary under our belt. And I think Subaru can read it better than she can hear it?

[@unmemorablehero]

Subaru’s English has improved so much over the years.

[@memethief4113]

she used to live in Canada as well so she's had some previous experience with English

[@sneakerbb92]

@Meme Thief it was just a homestay in canada for about a month She learnt english because she loves english movies and shows

[@PrismZet]

I feel like korone's has degraded a bit LOL

[@davidy22]

did we watch the same clip, calling this improving is implying she was in the absolute gutter before

[@MARfilms]

She really has. It also just dawned on me the all of HoloTori is in Japan at moment, I hope they will do something. Even if Subaru may not be strong in English and Mumei may not be strong in Japanese, the other 3 members are near fluent in both.

[@shaithis77]

Subaru’s interpretation of joining with mochi was prophetic, according to Korone’s last stream.

[@albertoandrade9807]

What did she say

[@shaithis77]

@@albertoandrade9807 not say- you have to watch the stream. There are time stamps in the comments. One of them will make sense immediately haha

[@albertoandrade9807]

@@shaithis77 just saw it LOl 😂 the cake thing again

[@gingeral253]

Where is the time stamp?

[@RiatsuNoYomi]

link

[@66Xeno]

Korone's reaction to finding out that she created a huge overseas meme was so cute.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

One? I'll need more yubis to cound them all

[@Koronesuki1313]

I thought she was gonna say Independence Day Reprise 🤣

[@williambarnes5023]

@@Koronesuki1313 Stop X-Potato.

[@Dg-lp1vt]

"I'm die, thank you forever."

[@Rubysage1]

I love 3D Subaru, she's so bouncy and energetic!

[@johnb.2943]

She is piloting this 3D Mecha Duck like an absolute Pro

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

She also still has surprisingly delicate movements. I'll never get over it.

[@Xemphas]

The HoloGamers + Subaru are all full of energy in 3D, we're always blessed with them!

[@wolfeloma]

you know, that explains why I'm starting to like her just now, like she's charming just seeing her... move...

[@mr.pollito6303]

-"YOU!" -"Ok!" :D 2:15 without context is funny AF

[@AstralizedMahou]

Had me laughing through the rest of the video 😂

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

Kiara: Korone senpai you have famous english saying. dont you remember? Korone: i do? which one hmm... sea chicken?.... have confidence!.... no confidence.... X potato?.... Get outta here!.... Kiss me Mario!... me: yes

[@tec5x5]

Fire in da water why

[@YellowBunny]

@@tec5x5 She said water in the fire

[@NousagiCaptain]

Yea Korone has so may popular english phrases lol

[@wishiwasaneet26816]

She also has the best reactions to Eating Mike Tyson's Ass-san supas.

[@khronikfourtwenty]

korone is the marine to endure studio japan.

[@dontran95]

sasuga Korone turning the wrong answer into a better one

[@chariot9285]

6:07 subaru's "kiwawa" is so fun

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

The more clips we can get from this collab the better. :) All the individual members are amazing and kiara interacting in person with JP members is super rare. (its been like 1.5 years)

[@aserta]

With a few sad exceptions, everything about this year end was good. Ina even got to hug them all.

[@werbearjack]

Mio answered in pretty good English to Kiara's question, that was cute! Subaru: "This is actual English! I'm joined rice cake!" In eating crabs we are united! And Kiara just decided the rules of telephone don't apply anymore.

[@Demonboy007]

Screw the rules, I have teetee?

[@DaGrayWolf93]

I think Kiara just wanted to give them a win. They did good even though it wasn't perfect. I'm proud of them.

[@01100101011100100111]

This is a step away from Hololive Who's Line Is It, Anyway?. The rules are made up and the points don't matter*. *Except for batsu games.

[@AnantaDUtama]

The way Mio froze after get whispered by Kiara and then be like "Oh, fuck it !" Is just so cute & hilarious 🤣

[@biiyen8458]

Fubuki: "Let's test how good your English is." Mio: "So I have chosen death."

[@maxterhex]

7:23 I like that confused doggo face.

[@Bort245]

Kiara also had a great retrospective on this stream on her channel, and that Korone and her got really close! And they tentatively planned Korone's appearance on Holotalk in February! Also apparently they shared many, many TeTe moments that Kiara was not expecting!

[@vyor8837]

Korone is wholesome. Kiara is wholesome. Perfect match!

[@CosmicPlatonix]

Korone demands her listeners' yubis; Kiara employs chickens at a chicken restaurant and sends bad employees to the Usual Room. They're a perfect match!

[@Mitulaa]

I think it's impossible to not have wholesome moments with Korone, if you hear how she treats everyone when meeting in person 😌

[@Virjunior01]

Korone and Subaru doing happy wiggles at the beginning 🥰 but also... 3:18 turning into Denji and Power

[@shadowknight9345]

English is the only thing that scares Mio more than horror content.

[@chillchinna4164]

As somebody that speaks English, that’s understandable.

[@LuckyBird551]

Every time Subaru moved some way, Korone would immitate her and when Korone moved some way, Subaru would immitate her, and they were hilarious the whole time.

[@itsmeazzy4488]

3:25 Kiara: Go Mio! Mio:*struggling* Korone and Subaru:*vibing*

[@joysk2]

can you speak english ? Korone: small english

[@principalflame5199]

In the US at least, mochi is still called mochi like sushi is still called sushi, and a rice cake is a crunchy, dry, flattened brick of puffed rice that's sold as a low calorie/gluten-free snack alternative

[@gaforb]

UK here, and we call those crunchy rice brick things rice cakes too. Made subaru's translation doubly funny!

[@Robsham1]

It's the same in the UK.

[@randombystander5324]

The same in Germany, sushi is sushi and mochi is mochi (of course we have a non-english name for rice cakes. Its Reis Cracker, the litteral translation Reis Kuchen would be an actual cake made from rice-based-flour). But I think a lot of the older japanese dictionaries translate mochi as rice cake since mochi wasn't really a thing back then.

[@lavatorch]

i would say more of a puck than a brick, when you say brick i think more of a rice crispy square, which is similar.

[@ValkyrieTiara]

Mochi have been called rice cakes in English for a long time, but over the last 10-15 years or so as JP culture (read: anime) has gained more traction in the west it's slowly been phasing out in favor of mochi since, yes, we already have a different product called rice cakes lol

[@Tactavious]

I love Subaru's tsukkomi right at the end there lol. Kiara trying to wrap it up nicely and she's just like "Wait, what? No! That's ridiculous! Ref?!" Gotta love the duck lol.

[@potatoexe5410]

There's a reason she's the Police Officer of Hololive

[@Lilith-Rose]

Subaru also understood exactly what kiara said, but it went wrong with mio, so subaru is still winning even if the other two ended up being wrong

[@skeletalSir]

@@Lilith-Rose Holobird connection strong

[@Christalwing]

You can just tell from her model how much Kiara is trying not to laugh

[@pokemonwilliams2176]

This is somewhat an English class lesson lmfao

[@sussybussybakadesu]

Subaru's English has gotten so good!!!

[@LagunaLoire90]

Kiara: They are a little confused, but they have spirit

[@theonlyxbox360]

Ya know, cause we don't really see EN do any 3d stuff with the JP members, I sometimes forget just how short most all of them are. Kiara's not particularly tall but she's a couple inches above everyone else here xD

[@Fujiwara819]

คนญี่ปุ่นเตี้ยแล้วไงเหรอ

[@shabath]

@@Fujiwara819 On average the japanese are fairly short, that's just how it is.

[@alexbasha0508]

Average Japanese females are relatively shorter than Average European/UK/US females.

[@shawnm1902]

It's like the joke where 2 Europeans (or Americans) travel to China and are separated from each other. To find each other again, they only need to stand up.

[@vriderch1360]

Ah, the elusive Mio English. What a rare treat.

[@snuffy4359]

Great clip. Also, I want to say thanks for your work. I'm not fluent enough in japanese and don't have time lately to watch many streams but thanks to you I'm always up to date. Once more, thank you.

[@JShayTranslations]

And thank you! Also, likewise. Between work, watching Korone's streams, and translating, I don't have a lot of time to catch other members' streams, so I also rely on other clippers to stay up to date.

[@amelialacroixch8283]

Very crieded in here ❤

[@DeCMKYT]

We are united watching clippers

[@Yenrei]

I joined clippers content

[@lime5276]

8:26 korone's woof woof when she realizes the correct word is crab

[@leoc.3817]

That realisation is cute

[@Kontaruu]

I love KoroSuba's sudden movements at 3:25 - it's kinda looks like what happens when you leave two NPCs alone and they start vibing Side note, at 2:21 I'm pretty sure Mio's just saying 「全く伝わっていないよ！」which can loosely mean "You're not getting your point across at all" or "I don't get what's going on!"

[@JShayTranslations]

Ah, gotcha! I thought Mio was referring to the English phrases not getting across as opposed to Fubuki's instructions.

[@CrowitzerTheHoloFan]

also reminds me of Chainsaw Man's Kickback opening where Denji & Power are dancing together

[@fatfuck3659]

@@CrowitzerTheHoloFan I was literally looking for this comment

[@zerogravy7446]

"I am joined rice cake" "Wow, that was actual english" had me bursting out laughing.

[@JustChiaki]

I always kind of forget how good Subaru's English actually is. I'd actually say that she's one of the best in HoloJP. Koroneglish is something I've learned to understand from all the time spent watching her. Mio's is really cute, and her "are you hearing this shiitake" face after getting roasted had me cracking up.

[@Noobie2k7]

Yeah, i just feel like with Subaru people don't notice as much her great English because of her voice and accent.

[@rekoxx346]

I don't like Mio being that roasted :(

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

Subaru: _'...YOU!'_ Koroné: .... _'OK!!'_ This got me so bad for some reason 😂

[@senri-]

lmfao i get you its like they decided to do a whole separate comedy skit in the middle of the thing, and how they just telepathically understand eachother with their (broken?) English

[@zeonb]

3:01 Korone "covering" her ears with such a cute smile

[@B0tAcH1]

I think the reason Mio translated rice cake as sushi was because sushi is basically just moulded rice with toppings/fillings. Foreigners tend to associate sushi with seafood but sushi is actually the rice. So, translating sushi to rice cake kinda makes sense.

[@dymaxion3988]

When I hear ‘rice cake’ I think of those very dry hockey puck things, but I don’t know if they have them in Japan.

[@1stCallipostle]

@@dymaxion3988 This is a very great lesson in why we have loan words Either "sushi" or "mochi" could both be "rice cake" in technicality But since we already have something called that, why not just yoink the words already being used for the others

[@YuSooKey]

Big God Mio's powerful hip thrust 5:53

[@blacksesamecandies]

Subaru is insanely good at english, hilarious clip tho - I really loved seeing the interactions between everyone. Telephone is one of my fav games I see the Holomembers do ^_^

[@1nt9rn9t-dudewillheim2]

I mean, I wouldn’t say ”insanely good”. She’s got great english comprehension but her pronounciation needs a bit more work. Good but not insane. She’s kinda like the opposite of Suisei, great pronounciation but lackluster comprehension XD

[@NightmareZV]

Another one of my favorite Korone phrases is, "Have confidence" *immediately falls into a pit* "No confidence" xD We need more interactions like this one (JP - EN /EN - ID / etc.) They're really fun to watch and see them interact with each other is always wholesome.

[@assaulthetz380]

It looked like a manga panel when Mio trying to say 'Quiet' into 'Crieded' and Kiara couldn't hold her self.

[@baizhu]

very sweet. i’m really happy kiara got to do this. i know she’s been wanting to for a long time

[@adamdapatsfan]

I love the little KoroShuba dance from 3:17 to 3:29

[@the6ofdiamonds]

So much of this is adorable. The improv dance with Korone, Fubuki's folding ears, Korone's reaction to learning how much "I'm die, thank you forever" took off, even Miosha's consistent messing up the phrase (which is just telephone, really). I also still can't get over how different Kira sounds when speaking Japanese, it's starting to make me wonder if I sound that different speaking German...

[@doob626]

God I died from Mio and Kiara’s conversation at the beginning.

[@tbk2010]

I love that Mio is actually whispering in to Korone's dog-ears and not where her human ears would be. I wonder if that was intentional or if it just worked out like that because of how the models map on to the actresses' actual bodies.

[@brreakfastYT]

Omg i never realized shuba is so smol it's adorable! The 'SHADUPPU" was lovely too uwu

[@conorbayly2972]

Kiara and Mio's interaction was so sweet, especially the parts where Kiara just starts roasting Mio's english language skills. You almost never see Mio in the position where someone is roasting her and the interaction was such a breath of fresh air.

[@col.choros3966]

I wonder how they record there since in this clip 4:03 Subaru's audio made Kiara's mouth move.

[@DarthABBA]

I love how Korone had no clue that phrase became a huge meme.

[@danielhakushi]

2:15 I'll take Subaru's "You!" as a Wrestling Reference 😄

[@chromab7713]

Subaru: Whoa! That was actual english! - She a little confused, but she got the spirit.

[@lostnemesis]

Everyone knew it was going to be a mess but it was a beautiful mess.

[@Happi___]

Thank you for the whole segment, I always like the longer clips

[@Abaygates]

Subaru: 👉 Korone: 👍

[@perotekku]

3:50 "I am joined rice cakes" Subaru: "Wow, that was actual English!"

[@KanuckStreams]

Korone: "I am not all that good with English." Also Korone: *Creates quite possibly one of the most iconic phrases in Hololive.*

[@01100101011100100111]

Korone has several well-known English phrases: "I'm die. Thank you, forever." "Have confidence! --- No confidence." and of course _"Hey guys!"_

[@onionhat745]

My favorite is the smol, smol turtle house.

[@coreyodell6220]

And she immediately went "Huh, Sea Chicken??" and cracked me up.

[@Ricefox21]

I love how when english is put into the fray the switch to outgoing personalities to “uh oh, my english teacher is going to be mad at me”

[@Ichinaru31]

I love these telephone repeat after me english phrase games. It's always more chaotic when there's an English speaker and I love the wholesome the JPs have with the ENs.

[@profwaldone]

It's so much more fun because the worse English speakers can't deal with English without the Japanese accent. It's a lot harder for them.

[@TrappedinaBrain]

6:17 need to use that as an alarm

[@samkerski]

Thank you so much for the clips of this segment, it's an absolute gold mine!

[@PeterMcleod117]

Fubuki playing with her ears is pretty funny. 3:10

[@lowkey_gamer4298]

Even though Miosha got the wrong phrase but it was still a good English phrase that she said 💯

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yeah, amongst the collab she was clearly the one with the weakest english, but she did manage to get the message across.

[@SunriseAlchemist]

That was so much fun! I hope there are more moments from this collab that can be clipped

[@MegamegamikeG1]

Poor Mio is trying so hard. I love her limited grasp on English, it's real funny

[@luiginightroad2166]

I'm really grateful for this masterpiece, thank you very much

[@ryofsun]

This is straight up one of my favourite clips ever I was laughing the whole time, definitely gonna be a go to recommendation for people

[@lyconxero457]

I've gotta say that it's not only hilariously funny watching these girls do this but also absolutely fascinating when you see how they think form their ideas of what the different phrases mean. For example, I had no idea where "crieded" came from as a native English speaker but when Mio said that she thought the meaning was something about "sad crabs" then it made total sense to me. Also, the fact that Korone got "united" out of that which completely changed the meaning the sentence while also getting it back to something that actually made sense was quite awesome to see. The meaning of the sentence was completely changed but I honestly really appreciated the message that it gave off.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

quiet - cried - crided - united Yeah, I can see the connection, but then, I also have the benefit of knowing how close old english is to other germanic languages

[@zgz1961]

1:26 What about "Water in the fire why?!"

[@Tarage]

Mio: "I swear I'm gonna kill this chimkin"

[@Appoxo]

Always love the random korone streams and how you translate the between the language barrier. I really enjoy your translated puns.

[@lyfed2566]

Mio being so sorry after she replied she cant speak english is very cute haha

[@josueveguilla9069]

Happy New Year to you, too, JShay Translations 🎉

[@JShayTranslations]

Likewise! Happy New Years and here's to many more amazing Hololive moments!

[@josueveguilla9069]

@@JShayTranslations Awesome. Thank you.

[@datsneefa]

the telepathy dance by Korone and Subaru is cheating

[@justin2ndch.]

I just love hearing Subaru's name because remembers me my favorite car brand

[@Nymphonomicon]

"They are united eating... can't remember last word" Mike Tyson peers over the horizon.

[@unspoken657]

Love these type of clips, reminds me of the golden days when I fell in the rabbit hole.

[@tungle1991]

Kiara: Avoid choking on rice cake Mio mama: I ENJOY RICE CAKE Rice cake companies: 📈

[@rangasibarbar8019]

I can't get enough subaru's tsukomi lmao. especially the crab one

[@Hurricane6220]

This is so cute! Thank you very much for uploading and for the English translation 😊

[@TheXander2004]

10:00 subaru telling fubuki to step in with the rules 😂

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

Kiara whispering directly into your ear must be the final boss in ASMR.

[@krnsk563]

Lol Subaru shutting down the teetee translation, she's definitely the student who would remind the sensei that she forgot to collect yesterday's homework.

[@peo-susan7457]

Subaru : You Korone : Okay Fubuki : Change This is kind funny

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

I was smiling the whole time😁. Thank you so much for the translated clip ❤

[@Vinzaf]

I choked on my coffee when Mio was whispering to Korone the second time.

[@brianrigsby7900]

1:39 yep. That absolutely blew up!😂

[@masterfreelance99]

Whispering Subaru's always a joy

[@sagacious03]

Always interesting to see them learning about English! Thanks for uploading!

[@KingJH0510]

Im surprised that all this time korone didnt know her 'im die thank you forever' became a meme But she has so many iconic english phrases like x potato, water in the fire why, pipe etc

[@Zangelin]

Its pretty great to see Kiara in her element like this.

[@Znegil]

And here I am loving the technical setup for this to work that well...

[@iamthelaw69]

IMO the most famous English line from Korone is simply "Hey Guys"

[@cedricleeakadominic]

There is too much cuteness in this video. I'm die. Thank you forever.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

Korone's body language is just fantastically hilarious

[@Beert2632]

Someone mentioned somewhere about Fubuki wearing glasses and now I can't unsee her constantly adjusting them.