Laplus Talks About Her Hiatus And What She Went Through...

[@kuzumadesu]

It takes no amount of money to be kind to others yet people are spending heaps of money just to dump their stupidity and hate. Glad that Hololive and Nijisanji got a joint statement and action against these diaper baby antis. Glad to have you back YMD.

[@psachy]

Why do antis even exist? Vtubers don't really do much, so them getting hate doesn't make sense. Could someone explain?

[@theomiller623]

@@psachy there's not really any exact reason why antis exist. it could be jealousy, it could be that the vtuber in question said or does something that hurt their feelings, it could be people who have shitty lives and likes to harrass/bully other people to make themselves feel better or it could be just someone have nothing to do in their lives

[@DeatGaming]

@@psachy Anti's aren't just a Vtuber problem so I would say jealousy. Look at most of the big content creators to even traditional media(TV/Movies/Radio) and there will be antis. People who in my experience follow the activities of content creators to post hate or worse. Bringing this problem to light and starting to get companies like Google/Amazon, the owners of KZbin and Twitch respectfully on board might help fight it. Of course if people took their mental health more seriously it would help a lot too.

[@GawainW]

If someone wants to sound strong to others, they would do anything it takes to make themselves heard, even if they have to pay through the nose for it. Sadly, the thing about VTubers, many could view them as "weak", because they see that avatar as more or less a "facade" for those who are afraid of showing their real selves to the world. As silly as it sounds, most celebrities have a real face and aren't afraid to show it in public regardless of the attention they get. If you've been in the rabbit hole for long enough, you would know that most VTubers are true introverts; those like Pekora, Aqua, and Gura to name a few in the case of Hololive. With that being said, humans are still animals, and an animal's primary instinct is to stay above. If it means pushing others down to get above -- using whatever "strength" they have (i.e. tools, information, *money* ) to prey on those potentially weaker than them -- they will do so in the harshest possible way. In this case, exploiting any vulnerability on a VTuber to control their feelings. Unfortunately, such a thing worked on Laplus, as she was led into hiatus (though fortunately came back from it). And to a degree worse than that, Uruha Rushia and Lulu Suzuhara. The best we can do is to give our strength to make our idols stronger than them.

[@amirus433]

​@@psachyif ur asking laplus specifically I think like the only actual reason people have for hate against her is the greater amount of streaming on her alt but even then fuck if I know

[@MysteryMedia2001]

Laplus forgiving those who sent those messages just makes me respect her so much. Shes too kind for us. It’s horrible that’s the reason she went on break but I’m glad she’s back.

[@MitchJustChill]

Having her look up to towa isn't a coincidence. This girl is a angel for not proceeding with legal action. Although it did sound like a final warning which I'm all about. Some people just don't have anything better to do. She may forgive em but I won't. Sending death threats to a Vtuber Is pathetic. Truly such sad people man. Welcome home Laplus. Genuinely confused on how the thread went to bashing on weirdos to discussing the Potter game.

[@venkaramon]

Not just vtubers sending any kind of threats to anyone is pathetic

[@ahdandimas6577]

i pity those sad people, but if i see one, i want to atleast punch them in the face, in hope that that will wake them up from whatever delusion they have

[@NormanReaddis]

Just like how Ean girls can't play Hogwarts Legacy because of Twitter "activists".

[@ronaldinhodoroblox2323]

the bad thing is that the offenders will probably think she is weak for not trying to bring them to court, hope they dont do it again though, they probably will sadly

[@Lugmk]

@@NormanReaddis different side of the same pathetic coin

[@TheExecutorr]

this makes me so glad Niji and Holo worked something out so they could go after harrassers like that legally. It's just unfortunate that other vtubers and live streamers in general still don't have that, but it's a start, and maybe it can become something bigger over time. And it also is unfortunate that it comes too late for Coco and Aloe. I guess their cases have been among the main reasons why Hololive was looking for a way to deal with comments that frankly go beyond being "just" hateful.

[@1stCallipostle]

With the Aloe situation, it happened too fast and got too personal. I don't think there was any way to "save" her even with this up unfortunately

[@nekogami87]

hum, I mean, sadly, death threats have been common in the idol community for quite a while, and by quite a while, I mean, 20+ years ? The fact that both of the agency will pool resources to pursue them is awesome, but sadly, the East Asia toxicity is just that bad, it's a good thing they did, but let's be real, it won't be the last sadly :/

[@Ralnir]

I feel like this and that are a bit too different to say it's too late for Coco. For Aloe and this most recent one, it's more an issue of Japan's particular problems with idol culture and it being a bigass swamp of toxic/parasocial behavior. To which anycolor and cover can presumably take legal action against. Coco's situation, though, would have required reaching into China and that would have gotten absolutely zero traction.

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

Niji had to go through the narukami situation so im glad they're working together now

[@KotoRyu]

@@Ralnir I'm just glad the both of them are still around, it's not cool when they just drop off the face of the earth.

[@XykloneHL]

That’s the sad thing about having any form of popularity, you’ll eventually have some haters and to them, they are more vocal/apparent than the supporters Keep going Laplus and fuck the antis!

[@TheMattVis]

On the positive side, usually you will have hater/anti if your name is quite big enough. Cause they wouldn't bother you if you just some small content creator without name.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

​@@TheMattVis unless you are a small creator playing Harry Potter. Hooo boy.

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

​@TheMattVis this is objectively false.

[@NeroLordofChaos]

@@TheMattVis yeaaaahhhhhh.... not so much.

[@TheMattVis]

@@casteanpreswyn7528 I mean at the very least they usually won't bother you just for trolling. Most of hater/anti that attacking big names streamer usually just hopped in cause many people attacking them. If you a small creator, usually the hate is just basic and for a reason good enough.

[@wuldbiM1nE]

There will always be those who will hate and be jealous of your success. Im glad she took the time to rest, and i hope shes fine now.

[@gerdanbombales]

Classic Laplus, just straight to the point.

[@umbraemilitos]

Let's shower her with positivity.

[@SsbThatsMe]

Man, why do people feel the need to spread so much hate? The world is dark enough as it is without people threatening others over nothing. Let's all agree that we will not stoop so low and instead spread as much love and positivity as possible! We can make the world a slightly better place just by doing that. ^^ Also, I'm glad that Laplus is back! Haven't really watched her much since I didn't fall into the rabbit hole until fairly recently and there's a lot of members in Hololive but I'm looking forwards to checking out her content!

[@Millicente]

The world is dark BECAUSE of people. That's like asking why does salt have to be so salty when food is salty already. If everyone applied their dislike or negative feelings properly there wouldn't be an already dark world.

[@shoneboot3128]

Because there are people out there who once held dreams and ambitions, but failed to reach them. So rather then accepting that what they chased after wasn’t for them or moving on in life, they give into despair and misery. These people end up hating those who succeed in reaching their dreams because they themselves failed. They want to bring them down, to crush them under their hate and misery. Misery, after all, enjoys company. Hell, I never reached what I dreamed of being, but I don’t see it as a reason to drag others down. I always look at the people of Hololive, Holostars and Nijisanji and cheer them on to keep going. Just because I gave up my dream doesn’t mean I can’t pray that they succeed.

[@129das]

It's about reaction they find it funny. Or maybe they are emotional wreaks getting emotionly addicted in away. Knee jerk reaction edge although not good are more forgivable, but little more then that is malice

[@dra6o0n]

Simple, Kotaku and Polygon is owned by Vox, and they push so called center-left journalism which is infact not, and is mainly BSing for a profit. You can't have news to report if nothing interesting happens, so they are now making things up and helping the woke and the karen type of people fuel their agendas, just so they can report on the crazies.

[@dra6o0n]

The concept is called sensationalism, an act to encourage or inspire people to a given cause indirectly. These days it's though gaslighting, to warp people's perception of what is right or wrong by taking out what is right, so you are always wrong.

[@baizhu]

i hope this doesn’t make the situation worse. “i’ll forgive you right now, but you could be the reason i stop streaming” is exactly what those antis want. that phrase adds fuel to their fire. japan really does need to step it up in regards to cyber bullying and other terrible online issues. i hope hololive and nijisanji will be successful in the endeavor of protecting their talents

[@idkwayta1722]

dude japan has really strict cyber bully laws. way more than most other developed countries. Marine sued a guy for posting just insulting her(on 5ch not her chat btw) many of these cases are protected if they are under freespeech law in US. So they are as strong as they can get after the Terrence house girl death

[@yumiko377]

@@idkwayta1722 Yep, they won't have any luck with those coming from overseas but frankly JP don't care for those as they won't be an arm length away. Any local ones will be a problem and can be dealt with accordingly. Alot of work, but hopefully will bring around good changes to their society.

[@ACiruka]

Did you know that Silvervale was recently bullied on twitter? VShojo did nothing about this as if it was an old Hololive.

[@eman6254]

​@@idkwayta1722 This. There's a limit to the protection the legal system offers. Japan's courts are quite strict on this, but the Japanese form of collectivist society preconditions this sort of behaviour to occur more frequently and in greater numbers than elsewhere. Enjou culture will exist for as long as Japanese culture doesn't change dramatically in the future.

[@comradeofthebalance3147]

@@ACiruka Can you say with any level of certainty that there wasn;t any behind the scenes dealings in both cases?

[@RonnieTW99]

She forgive them cause she knew Cover wont. Such an angel.

[@huynhlocle]

Man, it's really sad to see her going through this shit. I know this situation is really common if one person becomes popular but not everyone has enough mentality to ignore the antis and death threats. Fortunately, she is with Hololive, who many times proves that they will be the first one to protect their talents. I still remember Kronii's drama with HoloStars; when Kronii was in trouble, the company immediately posted an announcement that they would support which ever choice Kronii took. With Laplus, they joint with Nijisanji to take legal actions against the antis. Thus, I think Laplus will overcome this situation sooner or later, as long as she remembers that there are a lot of people on her sides and support her.

[@-Raylight]

Awww Laplus-sama so kind. I hope she's coming back and much stronger than before! Glad to see NijiEN and Holo holding hands to fight these. Their talents need to be protected so Roa, Aloe incidents won't happen again I honestly don't know why people are sending death threats to Vtubers that are trying their best to entertain people. Guess some men just want to watch the world burn huh...

[@hoao9007]

@Kamomiru Meido Ch / カモミールメイドCh that's called being sadistic

[@venkaramon]

Just a note but it's whole of Niji not just EN. It's a joint statement between the companies.

[@alfredong6850]

Simple, because its not what they want. If they are jealous of her, they simply do not want her to succeed and will take her down so that someone they feel more worthy will take over. Or even just leaving that place vacant is good enough for them. Just like IRL anyway. Have you not seen the case of the recent HK murder? The sheer potential evil of man cannot be underestimated.

[@KingAC96]

@@alfredong6850 oh lord the influencer case? Man that one sadistic and looks crazy at whoever did that.

[@K.Fukoshi]

Sometimes I see these harsh comments coming from vtuber fans too. I don't know, maybe the kind of oshi it supports is less competitive or something else. I just hope the vtuber fandom makes a good community. (translator)

[@Crytica.]

Hope we can all be there for Laplus and cheer her on. No one deserves to be harassed by others, especially not when all they do is trying to entertain us. I know those kinds of people will keep on existing but I do hope she now has the mental strength to deal with it better. If this happens to Laplus, then obviously this happens to other Holo mems as well. So yeah, Let's try to be there for her and hope her Holo friends can be there for her as well.

[@Nematoda4ever]

La+ getting death threats Cover : "okay thats it... no more mercy, legal action it is."

[@mar-nyan]

Poor girl, I hope she’s getting better mentally. Constant death threats and slander can have a really terrible effect on someone’s mindset and wellbeing…

[@gamerk316]

As a reminder: In Japan the burden of proof for hateful/defamatory statements is FAR less then in the US. Generally, the act of defaming an individual is enough to win in court even if the statements happen to be true, unless revealing that information fills some public need.

[@Yeard491]

Just glad to finally have her back ;~;

[@indrahaseo]

I’m so happy that Laplus-chan has come back to streaming, but you’re not alone anymore because you have support from your fans and holomem to cheered up,Laplus-chan YES MY DARK! just Keep going forward and have fun more than before!

[@date5960]

HoloPurple members are just built different. They're so honest and straightforward

[@bluedragon219123]

I never understood how some people can send death threats so freely over literally anything? I can understand being angry, though what can a VTuber do aside from ignore you or playfully tease? We need more love in this world, especially online! :)

[@franks777_KFP]

I often wish i could do more to help. This little vtuber space is such a garden compared to a lot of the internet and i dont want to see it get broken by those kinds of people. Love these girls.

[@KandiKid87]

Death threats ought to become automatically punishable to the fullest extent. That HAS to fall under premeditated or at the VERY least intent. Bullshit aside, I'm glad Laplus took her time and that she's willing to stick around. 💜💜💜

[@Pebble_Collector]

How anyone could be mean to this cutie, I will never know. Glad to have her back.

[@adam-bf8li]

Me because I uncovered their secret plan and leaked it to the government and they've been hunting me since.

[@TheNowitness]

Like that's what I was thinking the whole time. She's such a sweetie. Like people just have nothing better to do than hurt and bully someone for no reason.

[@daedalus25]

I was also thinking that. What kind of horrible monster could ever be mean to this girl? You have to have a complete lack of humanity.

[@franks777_KFP]

@@daedalus25 I've thought about this a lot recently. The internet has deformed the way we interact in ways we really don't understand. People that do this have issues, but it's also that many truly believe in what they say and that they are 'right', and some het satisfaction from it because they think they act with 'understanding' of society. But how people get to that weird alternate reality is a strange process that we don't pay attention to ....

[@Dorian_Scott]

I just don't understand why anyone would be so mean towards Laplus. She's a sweetheart. I appreciate her addressing the mass amount of antis targeting her *and* for her just being like *_"Look... I will forgive you all THIS TIME. But next time, I'm not gonna go easy on you!"_* That takes guts. Good to see you again, Laplus. I hope that you are dodoing okay right now.💜

[@miguelaponte8876]

Got to protect the talents, especially the kids.😊I hope she takes it slow, miss her little (pretend)demon lord vibes.

[@miles4939]

is she a kid??

[@mukti5896]

@@miles4939 it's just mean something along her attempt to Imitate a Kid.

[@davell1078]

@@miles4939 It's a joke mate, she's not lol. None of them are underage.

[@1stCallipostle]

@@MorainStaria I believe 16 could fly when the company first started But it was raised to 18 quite some time ago.

[@mogrey665]

well they are not kids but some of them are (may be) still young.

[@aboredburrito5010]

Glad it sounds like the companies are taking proactive measures now, I hope they really stick to it tho and give their talents all the support they need

[@ジャン-エリック]

Glad she is back. I watch a lot of different vtubers, including not just Hololive members, but also independent vtubers, nijisanji members, vtuber artists, etc. and among them all, Laplus has my absolute favorite 3D live streams. She's not only an amazing singer and dancer, but she's also very creative. It is a different type of creative, but she reminds me somewhat of our favourite dragon of old and her program, Asacoco. Laplus has the courage to be different, which I respect and think is very important. And I love her kusogaki-ish traits.

[@CalbeeChips]

This is so sad.. I feel so bad every time vtubers go through this sort of thing. They're still real people behind their virtual models and all they're trying to do is bring you entertainment so why do you have to do this to them as total strangers...

[@paatwo]

How can anyone threaten Laplus? literally the cutest there is

[@skeleton6559]

Crazy how the human brain works. In a sea of positive energy you'll always be able to pick out the negative comments n stuff. Sticks with you for some reason

[@jkai4737]

I really hope the companies take this kind of things really really seriously cuz people need to know the difference between a carefree joke with your oshi and a slander which can effect someone's mentality

[@juampisito]

That is the correct take, I am not keen on canceling people but there is a limit of what you can say to someone and not being held accountable for it. People than send death treats, the ones that spread rumors about the talents in an evil way, trying to use social media to reach the maximum amount of people and too hardcore gachikois that invade talents private life and try to control it, should be punished.

[@qfeuille3]

Cover's legal team report issued last month did say they've filed for disclosure and some case proceeds for 'settlement (some money to compensate the trouble caused)' already. In legal terms, this is 'forgive'. But moving forward, I'd like to see them not settle for settlement for serious cases and move forward with court.

[@jamesblack893]

Cover: CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

[@samym1694]

Don't forget, Japan has already passed a law that sentence those who spam hate comments to 1 year in Jail ever since a Female Pro-Wrestler commited suicide in such matter

[@DoozyyTV]

She may forgive you, but I won't, smh sending this poor girl death threats, tf is wrong with you

[@obicross]

That's right

[@yong9613]

It's up to God to forgive them, it's up to us to send them to God.

[@devflite8782]

@@yong9613 Coordinate please!

[@mukti5896]

@@yong9613 need the Flame Thrower.??

[@yong9613]

@@mukti5896 burns too slow..

[@Dugie555]

Glad that she was able to find the courage to continue and doing the things that she finds happy to do. 👏

[@nattobaby]

nah, fuck that. take em to court. they will only feel emboldened without consequences

[@InnocentsDieFirst]

Let's protect this little gremlin

[@gorodn009]

Haters gonna hate. Welcome back my Dark!

[@fosterbennington6405]

Our most kind and beneficent dark lord

[@realNoMee]

I wonder if the people who say things like "Just ignore the antis" are the same people that would tell the nerd at school to just "ignore the bullies" or a depressed person "just be happy". If you lucked out in the mental health lottery and got a brain that doesn't care, then awesome for you. For a lot, maybe even most, the brain just FEELS and you don't get to control it. It would be great to feel nothing at receiving death threats on a daily basis, unfortunately if your brain can't cope with that THEN THAT"S JUST HOW IT IS. You can't just "ignore it." If a person is capable of that, then they wouldn't be suffering in the first place.

[@billybonregularjin]

i'm sure you'll do just fine when you enter the workforce with real problems and real people who dgaf. stupid af

[@realNoMee]

@@billybonregularjin Ah shit bro you right. Nobody employed is depressed. It's the cure to all mental health issues, why don't people realize.

[@Crazie.]

Preach!

[@Kiwi-rn4pp]

If you can't cope with it then you just don't have what it takes to be a professional entertainer. Imagine an NBA player having to take a break because of what people are saying about him online, he would be out of a job in a heartbeat, and they have it much worse. It would be great if that didn't happen, but it's inevitable, you can't control it, and if it affects you then is not the job for you.

[@nzuriivoliss]

@@Kiwi-rn4pp 1. As a vtuber her main platform is online. "Virtual", she lives online ffs 😂 Why are you comparing her job to a basketball player? They can just ask someone to manage their account and they can focus on dribbling balls, unlike vtubers who has to be online almost on daily basis cause it's literally their job. Being online for a long period of time can be tiring, they deserve some break man. Just like other jobs. 2. Nobody, ABSOLUTELY NOBODY deserve death threats no matter what their job is and it shouldn't be normalized and downplayed. Do you expect her to work and when she get death threats she shouldn't stand up for herself? If someone can't ignore threats and doxxing they aren't suitable for a job? 3. I'm glad people are supporting her, any sane fans are against antis. Antis won't disappear but there's a certain extent when too much is too much. What they did is a problem and it should be solved. You can't expect everyone to just accept it and move on with their life. 4. I don't usually comment in this serious type of clips but I've seen too many people downplaying and normalizing hate, saying that's it's inevitable and I'm honestly tired of it. Please as a decent human being with feelings I'm begging you to have sympathy and respect their decisions on how to handle this problem.

[@lqfr8813]

the join statement of nijiholo on slanders and defamation is really important because some ppl are really batshit insane mixed up inside the fandom. ppl like these should be taken care of in real life because they think they can say anything on internet. crazy gachikoi and stalkers included

[@sigint9148]

I think most of these antis are under the impression of them 'fighting' for their oshi's parent company and any action they take towards the other parent company, even down to harassing the talents they see that as fair game. The joint statement at least says that if they're under the fandom of either camp, such behavior isn't even tolerated, it's downright grounds for either camp to come down hard and fuck them up financially. With enough traction, other talent agencies and even the indie's will be protected by this going forward.

[@yezki8]

​@@sigint9148 its simpler than that. Some of them are just creating bullshit drama because its simply fun for them, like sports

[@antokarman2064]

We're one step closer to heeding mike tyson's words, but in civil manner

[@version_dew]

@@yezki8 true, if you check their history you can tell right away if the person is delusional or creating some bs.

[@JohnWick-rh1zz]

@@antokarman2064 i wish we can punch someone from the screen

[@cgpazevedo]

I kinda had education at home. The kind of education of "be nice to people". The absolute majority of streams are positive people doing positive things, and people STILL go out of their ways to do bad to people who they havent ever met nor they will.

[@Alex20114]

She had every right to pursue some of what she went through and chose not to, it shows how forgiving she can be, an honorable trait indeed regardless of the debate over how a streamer should handle such things.

[@rayparker8802]

It’s interesting that she vocalizes a forgiveness to those who degraded her. It’s a highly honorable thing to do, and coming from a religious background, it’s one of the most impressive as well. Turning the other cheek is…hard. A supreme amount of respect onto Laplus.

[@velxgintoki9552]

Welcome back La+ Let's go to world domination once again hehe

[@1.2.1.0.R.I.O]

I'm kinda impressed about these people... I don't even have the energy/free time to step out of my daily routine. They must have a lot of those ...

[@ahdandimas6577]

they must have a lot of free time, in other words, they are not having something positive to focus on, i pity them, but they also disgust me, like fr

[@ziggithzaggith]

they usually make bots to do it for them then if it gets banned they make alt accounts and repeat

[@IceLancer115]

Imagine if this was implemented sooner, Some talents might stay a bit longer.

[@Ogier78]

like someone whose name start and ends with "co" ?

[@mukti5896]

@@Ogier78 and "ma"

[@marauder870]

Maybe Coco and aloe, but in Ru and sana's case, one implode herself because she didn't know what to do and panicked and the other just had a health problem

[@munchuwu1649]

Dunno who you're talking about. Coco wanted out. Rushia and Aloe (and the other girl that hardly debuted) breached their contract. Sana couldn't keep up the streamer lifestyle. I dunno much about Nichisanji, but I know their JP community is extremely toxic.

[@Nachtflut]

@@munchuwu1649 Aloe chose to graduate though, she wasn't fired

[@pensmith]

Glad she's getting back into the swing of things. Hope that joint operation works well.

[@kennylukito7280]

That is why Laplus is a chad

[@billwilson1225]

Offering forgiveness like Don Corleone.

[@ebi88]

That's so embarassing. Imagine sending death threats to a virtual character. And then imagine having "jailed because of death threat toward virtual character" in your criminal record

[@KandiKid87]

"So... what are you in for?" "I stabbed my ex girlfriend's now deceased "boyfriend once for each time she was with him while ive been at work, so like.. uh, 100 times? He died by the third I'm sure. You?" "Uh. Whoa. I just sent death threats to a virtual streamer 'cause she supposedly has a boyfriend." "..... so this is a shiv, and I'll give you a demonstration of how it works."

[@syahminorizan8064]

"Boy, you what? Get over here so I can shove this shiv on your fucking throat."

[@davidkaminski615]

Wow. I can't imagine the mental state of someone sending bad messages like that. It's good that there are consequences now.

[@kelvinw.1384]

I hope she knows you can never make everyone happy and there are some people that are just horrible. But on the flip side there are alot of fans and members that truely want them to be happy and are rooting for them. Ive missed her and im sure the Yamada bros do to.

[@zditto]

It is so so so good that the companies are making an effort to protect their talent. But I think part of that responsibility is also on us as a community. This kind of thing has happened a few times to different livers over the past few years, and it breaks my heart every time. Not only because the person themself is suffering, but because we as a community have let them down. As much as there will always be that loud minority that harass and hate on the livers (whether its from delusional 'love' or genuine hate or trolling). It doesn't mean that we can't help to shut that shit down. I'm not saying we should be gatekeeping, or any kind of overly aggressive action, they have people for that on the professional level; We don't want to make things worse. But I do think that we can do our part to help keep our community(s) safer and more positive, both for the livers and us as the viewers.

[@kordiark]

For a kusogaki, she seems so matured in this statement. And yeah, I can see why she looks up to Towa. She is an angel in devil outfit...

[@agentminerchuan007]

Secret society leader with a heart of gold

[@zaimanity8893]

All these talents are incredibly strong, but please don't say you'll end up quitting streaming forever. I would guess most antis want that, so I'd rather you take the utmost legal action against them within Japanese law without quitting streaming. Do the completely opposite and remain strong and stream while pursuing legal vengeance.

[@skum73]

FAQ these people for making her feel this way.

[@watataenjoyer]

3 months without ymd 🥺

[@Jorzn84]

Let's Protecc our oshi/s. Report harassing comments and death threats this should not be tolerated at all!

[@mr_pants278]

La+ is a much stronger person than I. To be able to just forgive people like that and move on takes some incredible resilience. I always appreciated how candid and free-spoken she was, but now I have more respect for her than ever. Our eyes will always be on you, Yamada-san. 😈

[@spitfire184]

What a wonderful woman.

[@allfords3408]

its like she finally calm down, and open healed wound one more time to talk about it. i hope she can continue her activity.

[@justawanderingoldman7699]

Someone was sending her a death threat? Wow. And what a wise and kind Lap+. But for me personally... if I can quote an inspirational qoutes: "May God forgiveth thy. Because I won't"

[@blastburnz]

I’m so confused. I have only ever seen Laplus in a positive light. How does she even get antis. Well, I’m glad she’s back and hopefully the situation will be better from here on out

[@adlindorsal9877]

This is sad part whenever a talent goes on break or hiatus, some people assume the worst and blatantly slander them for unjustified reasons. It's a minority but sadly very vocal. I don't consider these fans but very dedicated antis if they have so much free time to hate on creators they dislike. I'm glad Laplus has the option to take legal against these people if she ever feels it's too much.

[@Dipnderps]

Even if this is a carefully crafted script handed to her, not to say that it absolutely is or isn't. This is a humbling video. "Let us both be more careful" is such an amazing thing for a victim to say. That girl just gained at least one dedicated fan I can say that much

[@Gavriel01]

I am concerned that that last sentence will actually embolden her antis. After all, bullying her to the point she stops streaming is their goal, no?

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

I'm really proud of Laplus for coming back after dealing with that kind of horrible feeling. Some tiny percentage of haters on the internet will always lash out for whatever (meaningless) reasons. I think it's amazing what Hololive and Nijisanji are trying to do to protect their personalities, and I hope it will cut down on the people being jerks, but in the end they will have to be able to ignore the 0.0001% of haters and just focus on the overwhelming majority's support. It isn't easy, for sure.

[@usuallydead]

The mental health impact of being a public performer ain't no joke.

[@pladselsker8340]

One of the hardest thing that you have to deal with when you're a public figure is negativity and harsh comments. You're reaching out to so many people, it's inevitable. You'll eventually reach some that have ill intent and act like that for personal reasons. Not everyone can deal with this. I find it commendable that hololive and nijisanji are starting to take actions to protect their talents.

[@franks777_KFP]

Thought about that just now, and you're technically right. But the degree to which nasty comments and stuff has spiralled out of control in the past years is way more than any public figure van reasonably be asked to deal with, i feel. So yeah, good on holo and niji joining forces

[@basedsketch4133]

Why would a person want to harass any of these girls that work so damn hard and bring more happiness in a single phrase than the miserable people that harass them. The forgiveness she gave makes her a very good person. I couldn't do it

[@Phiiiiiiiiiiiii]

For a long time you can say just about anything on the internet and expect no consequences. It's about time to hold people legally responsible for harassments and death threats even if it's online.

[@redpandapowa]

I'm glad Megu-max is back

[@BlaZay]

According to a few posts I've seen from channels doing voice-overs of 4chan posts (I'm not insane enough to go there myself yet), it seems like at least a few of them were concerned about that joint statement. If anything, it seems the dissuasive effect is somewhat working. Now we only need the few reckless enough to try their luck anyway to be made public examples and it might just be enough to make the remainder move onto something easier to hate.

[@DelphinSquared]

This is the kind of thing that I would applaud for. There's too much hate in this world to stir around the entire lifetime of the Internet, and if any of these imbeciles have any hint of positivity in them, there would be a lot more good in the world.

[@yndislegstelpa2859]

If you know, you know...

[@Ravenleaf182]

To be real: This community needs to tone down on a lot of behaviors. There is so many things people say and do that are NOT okay. With the harassment getting to the point of ending careers, people online need to be held more accountable. I'm NGL, with how little privacy there is online *ANYWAY* I really don't give a crap anymore. All our info is out, its to the point that people should be held accountable for what they say online, anonymity be damned.

[@mercenary128v2]

What community? The antis community? The twitter community? People hating are not part of vtuber community. You do anything against any of them, you instantly stop being a fan. That easy. The community isn't the problem, it's the haters.

[@Ravenleaf182]

@@mercenary128v2 community, the hololive community. Yes, I agree about the haters, and other groups and antis, but I spoke of this community specifically. Yes, the actual fans. THIS COMMUNITY. HOLOLIVE COMMUNITY. The people that go around saying they love them, yes. I agree that the others you mentioned also need to be cleaned up, especially them, but I specifically said this community. I dunno if I am clear yet.

[@129das]

Lap+ is like super sweet she must get a bit emotional to make these statements that's not a bad thing really.

[@greenman5229]

GOD DAMN IT fuck Almost Lost Laplus.... We are loosing Pikamee shit is rough

[@ANDREW.24]

Oh man I hope she's doing okay mentally I think in general it's best to stay away from comments sections cuz some people just don't realize what they're actually saying sometimes

[@my.name_00]

its undeniable that there are people who create misery for living.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Come to Holo EN! Laplus & Ina could make a great pair and don't worry about actually speaking it, Korone is an honorary Holo EN member so speaking correctly isn't a requirement. We would just be happy to have ya join us! This sort of thing is still a problem in the U.S for sure, but theres been a lot more done to prevent this kind of toxicity than what Japan has been doing. This story really shows how every country finds their own way to be the best at being awful. At least our cool international neighbors make living with the local idiots in our respective countries a little easier to endure. Bummer story, but I am glad to see she's back. The only way to fight cowards is to be brave, so seeing her & the company not back down... It's a good reminder that bad actors "win" when they're able to get the good players to quit playing. "Try that again, we'll take action" is a great message 👍 Attacking others is a poor way to defend yourself but failure to retaliate against those that attack you encourages them to attack even more without fear of consequences. Sometimes ignoring jerks isn't enough, sometimes you gotta flex some legal muscle and remind the misanthropes that think that money is the only currency that matters when social value is infinitely more important. I mean, the concept of charity exists as proof that even the rich who can buy everything want to buy the one thing they often lack positive perceived social value. Just because we live in a transactional economy doesn't mean your transactions are protected speech. The internet isn't a consequence free environment, that message needs to be driven into people's heads with a judge's gavel.

[@chibbersthesquirrel6189]

How could anyone say such bad things to Laplus? She's just a cute little bean :( I'm glad to know they have legal recourse to come after those people if they do it again, though.

[@hikarishini]

Her reason is exactly the same as Pikamee's reason for disappearing. What's wrong with people.

[@IAMRiouLazlo]

Damn, this is so messed up. I hope YMD will get through this.

[@kkj_-ry4kt]

Laplus let's gooooo~ Also, I wish Pikamee join with those big vtuber companies so she could have someone to dealing situations like this for her ;_;

[@chapapanga]

Thank god Laplus isnt quiting , i cant bear losing her too after pikamee

[@ringoreddo308]

La+ be like: "It would be a shame if you called me a poopy head and you had to get an attorney, no?"

[@joedacus188]

this is why i dont keep up with drama what a bummer

[@faizal188]

I didn't know this was why she went on a hiatus. Was there a specific incident that the antis fixated on, or was it a constant barrage of negative comments for no reason?

[@Joe-km1vp]

Im glad that she is ok, but Im worried, showing them that the things they said actually effect you will make them want to do it more

[@franks777_KFP]

Glad to hear her again, but she still sounds as if she needs more time. Hope she takes things at her own pace. I've said it before but this stuff makes me so cynical sometimes. Just let these girls have fun man. And remember, laplus is like only 20 or 21 and a really sweet and kind girl irl ... Getting this kind of stuff thrown at you so young is rough.

[@royrajagukguk2140]

Sometimes people make mistakes, people should forgive Laplus if she ever did something wrong, cause she's already forgive you all

[@n.arashi3012]

F**k hate those haters, they surely don't want other person be happy. Even an indie vtuber like Pikamee has to graduate because people like these.

[@mikunakano9913]

If u genuinely sent a death threat, ur life must be so sad

[@flu-flam-a-opp]

So my perception was correct. I always found it weird that Laplus had more dislikes(not really that much tbh but large enough that you notice it on the like to dislike bar since I have mine enabled with the use of plugins) compared to the other talents.

[@shinjuutsumeo]

I will never understand this world and why negative comments can always outshine good comments, i really wish i could understand why Love can be weaker than hate. But o guess in the end resolve in the state of mind of each individual. Some are strong, some are weak, i just wish those girls would see that the love they receive os bigger than the hate

[@sigadop3492]

A comment hurt enough to win in a court? That was sick