Matsuri and Aruran discuss the events that led to them becoming vtubers [Holostars/Hololive]

[@statskytl]

1:39 - This is her "in character" answer. In reality, COVER created Matsuri and the pictures and she auditioned as Matsuri (and was very confident in doing so, essentially writing in her application "I am Matsuri"), but "in character" Matsuri saw a talent company using her photos and instead of suing them or something just joined them. It's possible she just improvised this on the spot and will come up with another story another time. ~TL Notes~ 0:00 - Keiken経験/Keii経緯 - If Aruran hadn't misread it, it'd read "What were the circumstances that led to you joining Holostars/Hololive?" 0:15 - HOROYOI(The word itself means "tipsy") Is a 3% hard seltzer with lots of flavors. (Strongs usually float around 9% for comparison) 1:20 - OMOTE NI TACHITAI - Directly translated this is "I want to stand in the front." The phrase "omote ni tatsu" is also used to describe people in public professions, such as stage actors, politicians and public speakers. 1:39 - "...using my picture" This is a bit. And they run with it for a lot of this clip. Matsuri's actual story of how and why she joined Hololive can be found in other clips. I considered putting in giant text "THIS IS A BIT" for people that wouldn't be able to detect the sarcasm but decided not to 3:49 - She's singing the song Donna, Donna, probably the version covered by Joan Baez since that's the only version I found in Japanese. Probably unintentional, but it's funny that she's singing this song about cattle being led to slaughter as he was talking about being captured. (Thank you to Marendra Adhipura for the fun fact) 4:22 - I can't draw. lol. 6:22 - sugoikunai - SUGOI is an i-adjective so the proper conjugation should be sugokunai, with the i dropping. The current generation plays fast and loose with the adjective conjugations and I love it.

[@jando5980]

but why did she join tho

[@hfpmain]

Right? I felt a bit sad watching this part live because it felt like she rewrote her origin story. As far as I know, the most that's known about her audition is that she joined hololive because she wanted to keep enjoying nijisanji as a fan.

[@klopferator]

Thanks for your TL notes, always very interesting!

[@Cosmoman78]

@@hfpmain Thats the reason she didnt join Nijisanji instead. Not the reason why she want to become a Vtuber in general.

[@meetjeric]

its ok translator-san you did your best. your TL notes made me learn more japanese words

[@chungga94]

So an electrician and a science teacher walk into a bar...

[@YawnMK1]

And the bartender (who is a winning son) asks... "What's the formula for Ammonia?"

[@LeFisheDeChocolat]

is there a source for matsuri mentioning she was an electrician?

[@chungga94]

@@LeFisheDeChocolat There was a clip where Matsuri revealed she has certification to work as an electrician. Unfortunately, I cannot find said clip anymore, nor do I remember which stream the clip came from.

[@saifors]

"I actually have a teaching license" Oh we actually now have confirmation of this, I know it's long been suspected as he's done several streams were he taught science and biology

[@ithildiess8305]

Enjoyable stream+ learning stuff? hell yeah. If i had a cute vtuber in class you bet your ass im walking out with an A+!

[@Sphinxrave-dev]

Funny about the teaching thing since matsuri is a licensed electrician

[@bmanpura]

Maybe one day we'll get Aruran-sensei on stream teaching some basic science lol.

[@SoraRaida]

FYI, he did. It's on his channel. Way back to 2 years ago. I do hope he'll be doing them again

[@bmanpura]

@@SoraRaida Oh~ Thanks for the info!

[@rcane6842]

That's actually a good content for Aruran, to be able to teach

[@kinlyki]

to be honest, I totally was expecting Aruran to talk about how the demon hunter Aruran convinced him to take over his spot

[@SoraRaida]

I don't really watch Aran a lot, but do watch him once in a while back then (2020-2021), and during those times he would do some teaching Science streams to educate the viewers. Hoping he'll do these again after they brought this up

[@axtremulus]

Thank you for clipping and translating this. It’s pretty fascinating and wholesome to hear them just chat on these topics.

[@vvaleddy]

They both smart in different ways, but i didn't know Aruran was cracked.

[@7Exartive]

Ollie teaching math, aruran teaching science soon hololive can open school branch

[@deanthomas2305]

Let me in!

[@indrakencana4628]

Pekora & watame as kindergarten teacher

[@jinruich]

Magni teaching chemistry and how to cook meth

[@Colopty]

@@jinruich For real though, the main thing I got out of my chemistry classes is that I can probably cook meth if I wanted to. Alas here I am, wasting years of academy training by not becoming a crackhead.

[@dull-]

HoloSensei debut when

[@midnightthunderboy4]

ohhh didnt know that Aruran used to be a science teacher. This is newly acquired info! I also forgot Matsuri was a licensed electrician.. naisu refresher

[@einsamerwanderer4668]

GTA - Great Teacher Arurandeisu

[@yamiRic]

That bit is so nice and successfully confusing me. So Matsuri went for Hololive because she like the model and auditioned for that model. While Aruran was scouted by Shinove . Also Aran, if you are doing science stream regularly, I'll join your membership. I've been waiting for this moment. A real scientist vtuber

[@watataenjoyer]

4:52 aru papa, arubro now aru sensei wow

[@fauxvier8519]

Aruran starts talking here 3:36

[@-Raylight]

What did Hololive use Matsuri's pic for? Is she like a model? I'm glad they did! Electrician and a science teacher huh... It's amazing how many Hololive and Holostars members that have teaching certificate. Now they're teaching us Vtuber cultures xD

[@THEGRAYGRIFFIN]

Here, Matsuri is just being meta, as if she was Natsuiro Matsuri even before debut, so when they revealed the avatar for Matsuri, Matsuri is just playfully saying like "that's me".

[@NamePending9]

Thats kinda surprising that she isn't good at physics, I thought she was a licensed electrician

[@BongSc0pe]

Electrician would be a technical field as opposed to science so you only need basic understanding

[@espada1123]

lol i like how matsuri described it, it’s very poetic. kinda funny how you have to explain it though LOL lots of layers to what she said weirdly i feel like there’s lots of mythos around the early debuts. iirc one story is that they didn’t have a name for the models preplanned and so they chose natsuiro matsuri because of her energetic personality and certain things she said during the interview, not sure if it’s true though

[@xinlee8550]

I appreciate the artistic visual of how he got caught by Shinove. A+ clip. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@biggodeucli1188]

Theese 2 are always funny together

[@iantune]

magni x aruran teaching collab when

[@justaloaf2698]

Wait I never knew he was a science teacher that's so cool

[@Go-ue6lz]

I find it funny that so much could have changed if Nijisanji had used Matsuri's picture instead. Insane

[@statskytl]

Just to make sure you aren't misunderstanding, please look at my pinned comment.

[@Go-ue6lz]

@@statskytl Nah its all good. I gotcha. Just thought it was funny that they would use such a simple reason for the bit.

[@FreyjaWion]

I kinda miss Shinove.

[@fj094t58qjf]

i wonder how Aran was scouted, since he said he didnt have streaming experience before, and from waht he said it doesnt seem like he and shinove know each other for him to invite aran over to cover.

[@statskytl]

Hard to say, because he was kinda going with Matsuri's flow and followed up with a "yes, and" by also giving an in-character answer. Maybe someone who's followed him for a while knows?

[@TehAsdfg]

Nobody knows. The more common rumor is that someone in management knew him before hand and decided to recruit him because he needed a job.

[@fj094t58qjf]

@@TehAsdfg makes sense

[@lilithlianshi2094]

man i want to see more hololive member do collab with other member outside Hololive. So far i only know Towa, Matsuri, Fubuki, Subaru, Suisei and some Holo member from ID n EN collab with Holostars, Nijisan, Vshojo and other Vtuber company or indie Vtuber.

[@Oh-Ben]

It's hard for them at this point. Years ago sure because things where slower and smaller. I mean wasn't it a year ago where Sueisei appeared with a vtuber that just started out because she got done streaming and roamed the vtuber hashtag.

[@OmegaGlops]

4:52 If I had a nickel for every VTuber that had a teaching license... I'd have a lot of nickels! At least 15 cents worth from Hololive Productions alone? Maybe more? 🤔

[@ZethSet]

I'm drinking while watching clips so I had to watch the clip twice and the pinned comment thrice to understand it all xD

[@talahari2441]

4:52 That was unexpected

[@tsukuneboy]

She’s old enough to know the donna, donna song

[@statskytl]

I had a feeling that that was a reference to something. Thank you.

[@tsukuneboy]

@@statskytl It's a popular song from 60s-70s where the reff is actually Donna, Donna, Donna (a girl's name the song refers). But she makes it a pun using japanese donna (どんな) = what kind of

[@statskytl]

Yeah, once I learned it was a reference I looked it up. And to your point of her being old enough to know the song, I had a suspicion that it was a similar thing to Take Me Home, Country Roads, where Japanese people all know it because it's in their English textbook in like middle school. I asked my Japanese friend if this was the case and he confirmed that Donna, Donna, Donna was also in their English textbooks!

[@mankovitch1130]

thats amazing

[@pensmith]

So God time traveled.

[@statskytl]

Here's the right answer

[@superitgel1]

Can someone explain how hololive used her image?

[@statskytl]

Look at my pinned comment.

[@superitgel1]

@@statskytl yes. I understand the bit, matsuri being matsuri even before debut. But that doesn't explain the joke... How did Hololive use Matsuri's image before her debut?

[@statskytl]

So, the person who plays Matsuri is making a meta joke talking as if Matsuri is a living, breathing person who existed before her debut and came across COVER using her photo. But that's impossible on multiple levels. Matsuri isn't real for one. And second, COVER created Matsuri. And that's the joke. She then later also adds the interpretation that "I was always Matsuri" meaning "This part was made for me"(Me being the actual person who plays Matsuri)

[@hourensoma9456]

@@superitgel1 Someone in the stream's live chat said this so I can't promise it's accurate, but it sounds like maybe during the first round of auditions, Cover made the Natsuiro Matsuri avatar public *first* as a sample. Like, "Join us and you could play a cute girl like this!" The comment also mentioned that Aqua's character art was used in the same way, shown ahead of time. By contrast, nowadays Cover uses the character art from already existing members to advertise auditions.

[@saifors]

Back in the day when auditions were opened for vtubers the designs were shown on the audition announcement as a sort of "these are the characters you can audition for", Matsuri is esntially trying to stay in-character/in-lore

[@samikrungoken]

I don't understand "They use my pictures." phrase here Already read the note, but still don't get it. Real picture? Character picture? What picture?

[@statskytl]

I don't know how tryouts work now, but from what I understand back then, COVER provided pictures of the characters that people could audition for and also used them in the advertisements calling for applicants. So a picture of "Matsuri", and probably the other gen 1 girls were available publicly to select from and to audition for.

[@samikrungoken]

@@statskytl Thank you

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

Its a lore.. same thing as to why Coco agree to become a vtuber because she needs to pay the damage cause she made when she fall on hololive office in dragon form...

[@SanestTowa]

Wait did shinove retire or something?

[@statskytl]

I believe he retired somewhere around Nov 2022

[@TehLoco23]

Aruran-sensei...

[@overlord3051]

I'm confused; so Cover took her image without credit or consent?

[@tffwue]

she basically liked the model and she was saying "they used my image" like she was already matsuri beforehand

[@overlord3051]

@@tffwue On one hand I'm like "what, that doesn't work that way"; but on the other hand I'm like "ah it's Matsuri, of course she did".

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

Its a lore..samething as to why Coco agree to become a vtuber because she needs to pay the damage cause she made when she fall on hololive office in dragon form...

[@Colopty]

It's a bit

[@lenk2204]

Aruran got recruited back when Cover was a black company

[@ookamithefangjoker]

Almost a black company; had Yagoo-san not turn around and made the decisions that led to what it is today, it might have become one.