This Fan Game doesn't feel like one

Hololive has sucked my soul and replaced it with an anime girl.
Holocure, developed by Kay Yu, is a fan game that shows how far someone can be committed when it comes to anything. Much respect to Kay Yu, and much love to Hololive! They've effectively ruined me but also made me a better person.
Sana goated
Go play Holocure now (It's Free) (Or else I will hit you): store.steampow...
All Music has come from Holocure:
Main Menu (Shiny Smiling Story)
HoloHouse
Stage 1 / Stage 2

[@Turtyo]

The credit card is actually a reference to Suisei because of how much she plays gacha iirc

[@BananaWaffle]

shit you are absolutely right

[@Turtyo]

@@BananaWaffle but your interpretation could also be considered correct 😆

[@patm1737]

No one is safe from crippling gacha addiction

[@BananaWaffle]

@@patm1737 i will never financially recover

[@Slifer374]

@@BananaWafflenone of us ever will once you get dragged into gacha hell.

[@justdirt]

Big shout out to Vampire Survivors and the dev team behind it btw. They have given support for Holocure and are some of the best at taking in feedback from the community. They made a 4$ game that is better quality than a lot of triple a games with dozens of hours of replayability then released non stop updates. Even when they added secondary character skins and new updates, price never went up, they never charged money. The DLC for the game Essentially doubles the content and is also very cheap. It's the type of dev team that gives me faith in gaming. Seeing indie devs and double A studios thriving has been the rare positive in gaming over the last year or two.

[@TheTickyTickyTicky]

The god among men called Kay Yu has all the skills (artistic AND technical), the know-how and the talents to do many things, but he decided to do this.

[@BananaWaffle]

bro can conquer in any profession but decides to create a pixel game about anime girls. can't say i blame him

[@allxtend4005]

what do you think will happen when he aply for a job as programmer or artist or anything similar ? they will see his work and how it is doing well and he will have a good chance to get hired. Or if he is a freelancer this is the best ads for himself.

[@BananaWaffle]

@@allxtend4005 he has stated that he is the art director for a lot of games and is a freelancer for animation (anime), which is how he gets the funds to support the game. dude is actually balling

[@parisbtw5779]

He was also an animator for the onimai anime among others

[@ParadoxAAA]

​@allxtend4005 if I remember correctly the mad lad actually animated for a bit of one of the recent One Piece episodes so *the fucker is straight ballin'*

[@shadowaification]

What do you mean jump scare? That is just one of Mumei's cute friends that she drew. There's nothing to be scared of. :D

[@zleo2001]

Based mumei enjoyer

[@supC_]

It’s just a portrait of Suisei. Nothing to fear. Nobody is going to take an axe to your chest, pillage your innards and feast upon your heart. Absolutely not. Edit: I am and was aware the drawing is not actually of Suisei and instead was Mumei going on the art equivalent of a tangent from drawing Suisei, but the joke doesn’t really work if I write all that.

[@terrencenoran3233]

@@supC_ It's not a portrait of Suisei, confirmed by both herself and Mumei. It's Mumei's intrusive thoughts distracting her from drawing Suisei. Can't say the same about Watership Down Pekora.

[@mrmxypltk]

I love Mumei's reaction to it when she first played as herself in Holocure. "My Baby!!!"

[@giygasattack]

The ultimate fan game, so powerful it creates new fans for the thing it's a fan game of. The sheer number of youtubers I've seen start this game completely unaware of hololive only to slip slowly but surely down the rabbit hole is honestly kinda wild.

[@Masterfusion]

I just saw Asmongold and Tectone just slowly sliding into total degeneracy xD, this game is golden

[@ShiroganeKaiser]

@@Masterfusion Teccy has always been no?

[@Masterfusion]

@@ShiroganeKaiser not sure since from what I know Teccy fell right after asmon, if he had any prior experience then forgive me

[@louissanchez6864]

Yeah some even dubbed it one of the top 3 gateway to hololive, and I agree.

[@ervinaspetrauskas1716]

​@@Masterfusionfrom the video i saw of tectone. yeah he has some prior knowladge of some hololive members *was disappointed that there was no marine from what i remember

[@OwlLock189]

SANA. IS. ETERNAL.

[@IamDustinuNoob]

Sana is BEEGEST!

[@murlock812]

I just got rid off addiction on Vampire Survivors and you throw at me this bomb?!

[@BananaWaffle]

no one escapes the hololive effect

[@iMacgo1300]

Welcome to the rabbit hole!

[@uzunaruMelonness]

Yes, he threw you a HoloBomb. (weapon)

[@alukuma]

not only did suisei nail the one take performance she was invited back for a 2nd time and nailed that one too

[@flowerdolphin5648]

Not to take away from Suisei's invitation, but every guest on The first take gets invited for 2 videos in the first place.

[@MTRBR-mp7wj]

Harry Styles only has one

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

That was one of the best summaries of what hololive is and what its fans are like I’ve ever heard. Its simple and oh so true!

[@nightday2030]

Except for the part where some of them disrespect Holostars, they even celebrate when two of Tempus member graduated. Just a question, is the fanbase always like this or just some loud minority?

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Loud minority@@nightday2030

[@chise9066]

@@nightday2030 ngl i've never seen the people you said to celebrate maglord and vesgramp grad because I've only see people being sad about it with me the same and from the start of holostars existence there's always been the loud minorities that dont like their girl idol interacting with dick-havers idol so that's that too

[@bes-vv8ki]

@@nightday2030 loud minority, probably about 3 to 5 percent of the fanbase

[@aetikkorpo6233]

Good that this guy didn't spread that forbidden knowledge at 1:33, could have ended us all in here. Great video!

[@That_Guy977]

Your pacing and humor are great, this is one of the best -tripping hazards near the rabbit hole- introductions I've seen

[@Doopest-f9y]

The creator is a key animator for: Musuko Tensei, SAO, etc. the ultimate hidden passion project

[@karloexe]

That time Miko used force to sent people home when Covid was strong

[@vivians7596]

Video was recommended to me after a long day at work, I've been playing Holocure for a few weeks now, and have been falling down the Hololive rabbit hole ever since. Absolute banger video dude! Your style is super easy to just sit back and listen to, with plenty of fun stuff too :D Keep it up man!

[@BananaWaffle]

Thank you so much!! Do rest!

[@arcadius3257]

People with no knowledge of vtubers/hololive trying this game out be peaking into the rabbit hole...only for Kay Yu to shoulder bash them into the hole and then stomp them down when they're trying to crawl back out Thats how f*cking good this game is 😂

[@hoodiesticks]

I appreciate you not actually showing where in the game the jumpscare happens. We need to keep the young birds on their toes, after all...

[@BananaWaffle]

:D

[@tobidak973]

:D

[@delphy2478]

i adore everyones first reaction to 'lets try the special'

[@SenHnk]

:D

[@jhaydee7203]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD OWL! :D

[@axelord4ever]

Sees a dagger: "Oh look, ice cream!"

[@BananaWaffle]

i swear bro they look like ice cream

[@namefamily2748]

​@@BananaWaffleare you in Ohio or something? Where in the world ice cream looks like dagger?

[@kuronoch.1441]

​@@namefamily2748Well a short keris might look like a cone of soft-serve from far away. Should I say, forbidden ice cream?

[@Virjunior01]

​@@kuronoch.1441 the joke being there are little ufo guys that look like actual ice cream on the same stage

[@LostKronie]

Meanwhile everybody who played holocure before the ID update that added it to steam

[@stiimuli]

5:32 BuffRatt has become legend

[@dragonpoot57]

"i still miss you sana" same brother.... same....

[@Virjunior01]

Something related has returned :3

[@4thsin098]

okay I clicked on this video just because it's holocure content alone and wasn't expecting much but damn, I was hella entertained throughout the whole thing hoping this hit the algorithm soon cus this video is a gem and a great introduction everyone should watch when coming into holocure

[@hikkun_ch]

I know hololive since the 4 gen debut, and I can't stop being amazed at what this community can create! This video included! A really great script, comedic timing and edit! A shame that I could not understand you talking in the Aki and Korone clips :/

[@JustLuxin]

This game is a BANGER! I completed it and now waiting for 0.7 version.😄😄😄😄

[@hologaster]

3:32 Sorry, but that's your biggest mistake: Watched Hololive and thought you can escape the Rabbit Hole. You can't leave when you have fallen into it.

[@raresuwako6796]

This review radiates Max0r energy, funny editing

[@theburnix]

man that Sana comment broke me, its sad being a sanalite with out her

[@BananaWaffle]

sana is eternal, stay strong brother 💪

[@Duriku]

Sana is eternal ❤

[@m.hunterstevie2081]

The Council will always be six.

[@Virjunior01]

A similar entity returned from deep space a couple of weeks ago

[@liloluli6314]

I just clicked here to see what your opinion was about holocure and ended up getting all nostalgic and emotional over hololive, good job sir

[@slimeking-fy8mi]

this is one of the most underatted channels ever super entertianing and well paced instant subscriber

[@Cosmoman78]

The crazy thing is.. this is FAR from over. The Devs are still going to pump up the updates, more characters (still a LOT to go, this is only like halfway), more Stages, HoloHouse updates, etc. You are in for a LONG entertainment with this game.

[@nightday2030]

And Holostars

[@treasure8213]

and can technically go on forever, there will be new talents to debut, new references that will be made etc

[@TheSlammurai]

A casino that Nousagis are being forced to build.

[@emanoelneto3341]

vampire survivors but made by that one talented fan that love vtubers so much that said to themselves that they would make a game based on vtubers and they actually made it. and it's really fricking good.

[@Unaliq]

Ironically, Holocure is the superior version of Vampire Killer. Just cause of the house and fishing. Also helps the fact that you can aim the characters' weapons.

[@LynnLyns]

just for the fact that you can aim is 100 times better than VampSurv But there's the thing on that game that after some point you dont even need the main weapon cuz the abilities you get are far broken

[@zleo2001]

You did this to me

[@BananaWaffle]

cope

[@otherworldnemesis]

Seethe

[@zero1ancer]

OH damn thanks to yt algorithm you showed up in recommended tab, 3 or so years deep and i had a lot of joy and happiness watching it, almost cried. This video was about holocure but you covered many sides of hololive, unworld respect to you. Oh yeah, point of the video, Holocure amazing and its free(how?), thanks for people like Kay Yu and CEO for brining back faith to humanity

[@CirnoOshi]

the fact that this is a free game and goated makes it more crazy.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

fan games like this are on that state for a reason

[@Rayzorexe]

This is a really good summary of HoloCure and hololive. Great Job on the Editing

[@Hibernape]

Seems like you have been blessed by the algorithm gods. Congratulations! 🎉 And it's a damn good video, too. Well-deserved!

[@codeyvo]

I was interested in this game when Pekora was first streaming it on her channel. At the time, I had fatigue from Vampire Survivors and all of its clones. So just about last month, I decided to start playing it, but by sheer coincidence, that was the same day that Asmongold uploaded his first video on it. It's kind of strange, that all of a sudden, the game is blowing up on my KZbin feed and I couldn't be happier for it.

[@uzunaruMelonness]

And we are waiting for Pekora's Casino in HoloCure...

[@Duplucky5]

I guess the game has gained a lot more visibility, especially with KZbinrs thanks to its release on Steam?🤔

[@uzunaruMelonness]

@@Duplucky5 Yes. It has gained quite a bit more players.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

@@uzunaruMelonnessit’s coming… AND SO IS KAICHOU

[@Virjunior01]

Funny hearing this, seeing what Asmon did last month

[@SenseofNoneYT]

My man made a video so on-point, I felt like I watched a 50-minute video in just 6 minutes.

[@shynkx]

I felt down in the rabbit hole by watching some Okayu and Watame clips....god damn I am glad I did fall into that hole and I dont want to escape it! Good video btw!

[@BananaWaffle]

wo-wooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

[@zura7069]

3:10 I’ve been mentioned All hail our lioness O7 Edit: after finishing the video, I honestly think this is the best Hololive resume I’ve ever seen, been trying to get some friends into the rabbit hole, your video is going to be the door, thank you kind sir🙏 Senchou was my real path down the rabbit hole too, I’m a proud SSRB as well as an Ichimi (alongside with some others tbh, I’m too far gone) and after seeing the video that popped as a recommendation, wtf you’re also a poor soul who still has feelings towards Overwatch, he’s just like me frfr You earned yourself a sub

[@Ultimokingofblades]

As a long time Stars fan, thank you so much for giving them a chance

[@ryosuketkakahashi]

I love how this is supposed to be a holocure video but you managed to sum up the entire hololive culture and the awesome community behind it

[@mrLimited2]

damn, didn't know Holo Cure had more than fishing.

[@uzunaruMelonness]

Farming too... Soon the casino will be there.

[@toyrubberfrog2733]

As a fellow Sana main, i too miss her.

[@Moschel91]

I came for a short Holocure Review but somehow found a Hololive nostalgia bomb with all the best moments that have happend over time

[@alangkansrisuwor5480]

The last sentence was really inspring. Thanks, man.

[@kakashiofdaleaf94]

Wait til the others watch the telephone game with the JP and EN branch. Miko making a 20 syllable sentence into 2 is funny as hell

[@kiritoalt2657]

Remember being a fan of an idol didn't make you a simp *You just wanna support the idols who come far and deserve the change they get*

[@atoshidesu]

Fun fact, Kay Yu is a big animator but originally graduated with a degree in game design so he set himself up to be able to do stuff like this Basically he’s a current living legend

[@davidwusoftdev]

Cool video!🤩 Also... thanks for the Delivering Hope (and other holo fangames) shout out! 😆👍

[@BananaWaffle]

holy fuck it's actually you i bend the knee

[@xenomorfo6145]

you my man are based, i am also a sanalite and i miss sana too, but i am spread the word sana is beeeeggg in team fortress 2 for the fun of it xD

[@BananaWaffle]

sana will always be eternal

[@Dojibu]

o7

[@Bann-wd40]

I swear the amount of time ive spent on fishing rather than playing the actual levels/game is insane 😭😭

[@ShiroK4ze]

this channel has criminally low subs, here's one to get ya going. Also, really good vid, keep up the good work!

[@paradoxxop2187]

"Hololive is a -comedian- idol agency..." Yagoo: *cries because his dreams are shattered again

[@GeometricalNeko]

Wait how on earth does this man only have 806 subscribers and not more? This video is amazing!

[@UmbralMachine]

Holocure is certainly a love letter to the fans. Those at the bottom of the rabbit hole extract the extra enjoyment from knowing most of the insider jokes and memes. The fact its wrapped around a stupidly fun game just makes it sublime.

[@yutahkotomi1195]

0:15 Joke's on you, you've made a classic mistake. _You assumed I was not already a degenerate amongst degenerates._ 4:06 Lmaooo the Moonlight × COLORs meme. Nice. 😂

[@Th3_Traitor]

The term „rabbit hole“ sounds so badly connoted. I‘m in this „rabbit hole“ and proud and happy. It provides and gives me joy. And I guess, that is one thing in my entire life that won‘t change.

[@snekgregory]

Really nice message at the end there, hope everything works out for you!

[@Ai-bj9pq]

oh lord this video is so well made i actually thought you would have more subs

[@Abattoir23]

Amazing video! Love the editing, down to the subtle things like Pekora's quite laugh as you said "rabbithole". If I may make one criticism, the full blur screens. A second wouldn't be so bad, but 2+ sec is hard to look at. Maybe fading just before something else comes into the foreground? I feel bad even mentioning it because you did such a great job! Even your voice is well suited for this.

[@notyue3747]

I just really want to say thank you for putting tempus here 🙏 i know there's an invisible line or gap between hololive and holostars but seeing these kind of appreciation to tempus means a lot. In the end we're all under the same holoprod made by the best girl yagoo

[@hartantoanggoro]

That's not just a fan game, Holocure is an invitation into the rabbit hole that a certain war criminal just made.

[@thatonefoxyoukeepseeing]

This video made me remember how and why I went down the Hololive rabbit hole. Thank you for helping me remember something so precious.

[@mokadelic4037]

Next update should add Pekora and Marine, WE BALLIN 🎉🎉🎉

[@arccanyne9097]

Kay Yu is actually winning at life. This dude is so talented. I envy him a lot. But also I admire the fuck out of him, he doesn’t even putted himself in the credits, that’s another fucking level. Kay Yu is truly a god amongst men. I also still miss Sana…

[@alfredong6850]

Its frankly hilarious that Kay Yu declined the invitation to monetize the game under Cover's license or be a formal staff of Cover. The service he performed for this company as a result of his fan game is unparalleled, converting numerous non-vtuber normies down the rabbit hole. Makes this all the more chad.

[@Azureneedle]

10/10 video. We don't deserve Kay Yu, or maybe we do. Either way you're both awesome.

[@kalfkeith5646]

Holocure: YOU FOOLS, I'VE TRICKED YOU INTO HAVING A GOOD TIME!!!

[@Varler_]

This was an amazing video, it explains things nicely while even being inspiring! Thanks! (The clips were a bit loud, which made it hard to hear you at times, though.)

[@andrewnguyen1117]

A free game that that’s more of a massive passion project

[@UnlimitedOfSky]

Holocure got that charm, It's not about cute girl It's about the art style for the game and the bgm I absolutely love it

[@Sei003]

A fellow Hololive enjoyer, I see. Great video. HoloCure is literally that game that the industry needs to take a page or two from. It still needs some more polishing, especially in the optimization department, but the game is too good you could put all that behind you.

[@mmmmiduz3270]

I fell the rabbit hole exactly because of this game and i resonated strongly with this video, hololive is GREAT content for my worklife and just going through the days, and on my days off, i can just doze off spending hours into holocure. The more i learn about hololive the more i respect the art of vtubing and i respect even more the passionate people behind it, may it be amelia doing an entire 3d studio during a pandemic to make sure her friends have 3d debut events, a-chan saving suisei or just Kay yu making this BANGER of a game while not CREDITING HIMSELF IN HIS OWN GAME, because he wants this to be a pure passion project, I'm very happy to have lowered my walls and have explored this community.

[@thibaud1330]

That's not a game, that's Kay Yu's portfolio

[@azkaghafara5712]

its not just a game, its a love letter

[@Philly_Phil]

I just started playing this and I’m really looking forward to the next time I boot it up!

[@Kokoadayou]

well i've already fell into that rabbit hole years ago..

[@exudeku]

Ah, a fellow grieving Sanalite 🤜🏾🤛🏾

[@tax1283]

This is a really nice video on getting people into the game and it seamleslly segways into asking people to check out the actual idols. I liked the point that while yeah they are playing characters to an extent, pretty much every youtuber and streamer is. Doesn't make the experience you have with them less fun by proxy

[@theveryaveragegamer9865]

And now we have gambling, but the odds are in your favor.(sort of)

[@sdgfv-amongus]

Ina: why am I going to be so weak and so fast?

[@krg2611]

dude just really said create Nike LMAO love the video man

[@JarenceThatShowerGuy]

Hey YO! I just stumbled upon this and this was an amazingly fun video to summarize HoloCure. Indeed, it's gone far from being just a fan game. It's a game that people can enjoy whether they're playing as their oshis, or coming in as new fans, or playing just to try something fun. And yes. I too, miss Sana, fellow Sanalite. 🧡🧡🧡✨

[@zgamer200]

Kay Yu is so dedicated to Hololive that he made Holocure which has gone on to drag even non-VTuber/otaku gamers into the rabbit hole. Truly impressive. It's just a shame that they don't make any money for such an amazing game, but I imagine he's just glad to see how much the Hololive talents and fans are happily playing it. Anyway though, if I didn't know better(as in I have eyes to check how many subs you have) I'd have thought this was edited by someone with a far larger subscriber count because the editing is pristine. My only complaint would be that when you added in clips into the background the voices were too loud and made it difficult to hear you speaking. Don't get me wrong, I did appreciate having them alongside all the other Easter eggs/references and I do think they added to the video, but also lowering the volume of them since they are supposed to be in the background compared to the main point you're making I think would be good for the future.

[@ameame32]

Welp I am already deep in the rabbit hole good luck to the new people who goes in the "Abandon all hope all ye who enter here" rabbit hole that is Hololive

[@hohjoshua1649]

i still miss you sana still hits hard man

[@RogueIRL23]

Suisei's story will never not bring a tear to my eye.

[@Chirouu]

Back then, I just thought of vtubers as a random genre but once I played holocure, I fell down the same rabbit hole everyone fell into and I do not regret a single second of it

[@thehammer4607]

It’s the thin veneer hiding the rabbit hole

[@uzunaruMelonness]

The Composer that compiled all of the current songs for HoloCure with Patterns and Raining Marbles: eufrik www.youtube.com/@eufrik He even made a playlist for anyone to listen to: kzbin.info/aero/PLronRBhjjG74P0vlBiIxtwKEEjYATGZDW Songs in BananaWaffle's description Main Menu -> Shiny Smiling Story HoloHouse -> Welcome Home ( Yumemiru Sora e ) Stage 1 -> Suspect Stage 2 -> Candy-Go-Round Personally, I love Koyoi wa Halloween Night! (Stage 3) as a HoloCure song.

[@BananaWaffle]

the original halloween night is also a bop

[@louisrobitaille5810]

I rarely like a video when it's the first I see from a channel I've never seen before. You did great, here's your like 😁: 👍.

[@edthecrazyboy]

This game even lure out internet legends into the rabbit hole

[@waddlecopter3139]

Nice to see a small creator blowing up!

[@urikawastaken]

congrats on getting into the algorithm glad too see u vid

[@ReiSomethin_]

Help me i can't escape from the rabbit hole...

[@everypizza]

0:29 ✨autism✨

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

If you liked Senchou's Touhou playthrough stream I really recommend all HoloMems' Undertale/Deltarune, The Henry Stickmin Collection, and Superliminal streams, and their Minecraft streams too ofc, but I'd imagine those would be way harder to miss since that's probably their most played game on average.

[@raynightshade8317]

Sana is streaming again under a new face if you haven't heard

[@andrewdesalvatore7262]

A fun/slightlyOP build = Kiara: Make it so you can ONLY get 2 items. TRY TO GET STUDYGLASSES ASAP!!! THEN Weapons = **spidercooking+lavabucket & Uber Sheep** & SuperCollab'm eventually... then the "new2ndwpn" can be prettymuch anything (I like CuttingBoard). Items = UberSheep + PikiPikiPepper + CreditCard + Blacksmith + StudyGlasses + 2 w/e items ( If going for a looooooooong time... Breastplate + NurseHorn ). When getting statupgrades, aim for hp + damage + speed. Anvils: Try to give a specialeffect to spider+lava BEFORE combining... then just keep augmenting your mainwpn (since it's multihit, the dmg bonus is multiplied even further :D )