［Eng Sub］Kanae's thoughts on Axia's announcement and what he wants to say to the viewers ［Nijisanji］

[@CharleneOcampo13]

I don't get why someone's sincere request to be treated normally was answered with hate and even doxxing. Haters really gonna do everything to ruin someone's career.

[@Frog_kaeru]

it’s completely understandable that Kanae feels the need to address Axia’s hiatus. However because Kanae focuses on only a one part of issue (“being called cute too much”), this clip out of context will confuse people unaware of the full situation. The situation is about respecting the personal boundaries of entertainers, the harassment campaigns from antis AND overprotective fans within the live chat and on social media. Please refer to Axia’s video addressing his situation on his channel. It’s important to remember that every streamer has different boundaries, so please do not treat everyone so casually. Please read the rules available in the description of every stream and on their wikis. Do not act like you Own a streamer, in any sense. Whether it’s treating them as a romantic partner or as a family member, remember that *you are a stranger to them*. They are individuals who do not need your permission or to make choices for them.

[@meff841]

He tweeted about that on Twitter

[@angelinadang1590]

yes!!! its like the situation has been reduced to the “getting called cute” part, and then ppl who can’t be bothered to learn more turn around to say he’s overreacting without fully understanding the reason for his hiatus. I realize kanae wants to clarify things for his audience but context is so important especially given a lot of his viewers will just take his word despite getting told he hasn’t communicated with axia about this

[@ciel5185]

people seems to forget that there was doxxing involved, and threat to his co-workers... " cute " is just the tip of the iceberg but people only care about that part

[@ciel5185]

@Kurocon @/nijisanji_app released an official announcement on twitter and on their website, all in Japanese obviously Axia is taking people to court over this, ( he wouldn't sue people for calling him cute in his chat ) So it's mostly a problem of diffamation Also there was a HUGE rumour of him dating honhima. Some of his antis even spammed his co-workers chat saying things like " is it true Axia and Hima are dating ?!?!? " ( I personally saw it myself ) So it's mostly defamation and harrassment

[@ciel5185]

@Kurocon they're close and played together a lot. Apparently they also played games together off stream ? Idk if true but people have been saying that Also gachikoi will get jealous about anything and will start dating rumors out of nothing

[@washingmachine4993]

To be honest rather than an issue with the word "cute" it seems like axia had more of a problem with babying comments because the rate of "cute" said in his chat was one of the lowest after he told his chat months ago not to call him that. Or comments telling him what to do. And I think the spamming from antis in other chats probably led to it too. Thats why I feel like Kanae saying he's not the type to care about getting called cute is important because I don't think that cute needs to become a word that shouldn't be said to vtubers. Sorry if this is incoherent

[@mei-mq9hh]

this is why people need to stop babying vtubers bc they are literally adults

[@wohanabananaa170]

But i dont understand why he mad they’re calling him cute?? he playing a character not himself Edit (thanks for the answers -no need for more -)

[@Yumama.]

Because they feel uncomfortable whether in character or not it's directed to them as a whole. Accept and respect.

[@Aeyyyi]

@@wohanabananaa170 I think he got tired asking for his “fans” not to call him tht(cute) repeatedly but no one is taking him seriously,, maybe thts why he got mad..

[@mimalou]

@@wohanabananaa170 they called him almost at any chances (collabs included) like it’s actually pretty annoying and almost got me leave his stream for once

[@jephni]

@@wohanabananaa170 here’s a translation of his video where he sort of explains it kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3K1fnt8bcmrmK8

[@meff841]

3:54 he says “there’s no proof that they were actually a viewer of mine”. Basically he’s saying people who tweet out this kinda stuff could as well be antis posing as ex-fans to give him bad rep.

[@bukubukuchagamaa]

i think the context is important in this one. i don't think axia hates the word 'cute'. just that it's demeaning sometimes especially when you tell people you don't like it. fans probably thought that he was a tsundere or something and pressed on with it but yeah... axia is not a tsundere. the guy means it.

[@bukubukuchagamaa]

also, during streams they keep calling him cute. it's kinda annoying when you see the same word get spammed. usually chat discusses the current events on stream but they just call him cute no matter what he does.

[@cyan7635]

He mentioned in his own video that people would keep calling him cute in levels that is basically spam regardless of what he did instead of say, praise him if he played well or encourage him if he was failing so it felt like ppl weren't really paying attention to his content and just on his model and voice

[@sora-ren1939]

at the end of the day, these vtubers are all adults behind their avatars. adults who know how to take care of themselves and know what is best for them. if they want to stay up until 6am or just not sleep at all, that is entirely up to them. if they don't like to be babied or called cute things, then don't. always read the rules in the description before chatting. you superchatting them does not mean you own them. superchat is a way to show your support for them, whether they want to do the thing you typed in your superchat is entirely up to them. it truly is sad to see how poorly the fans and anti-fans reacted to the whole situation. he only requested to be treated normally and yet somehow people turned to making hate campaigns. what has this world truly become.

[@goraebit]

I appreciate him speaking up about this.

[@krizzy2580]

As a fan who doesn't understand his games most of the time, it is very reassuring to hear that it is still appreciated even if I am just an added viewer in Kanae's streams

[@ayuruna1479]

Thank you for translating this kind of content too 💜 I love it since it makes me think that we really listening to what they think as a livers outside of their usual contents. I'm still learning japanese so when he have talks only content I mostly give up 😆

[@nopale6565]

Just add moderator and ban them at this point if after hiatus still not working. But the problem will still there if they hop on another liver stream 💀

[@nonsensicalabyss]

istg why cant some ppl respect vtubers' boundaries 😭😭😭 theyre people too despite the anime avatar smh

[@XLEZZY_REUPLOADS]

this is how rushia used to feel with the pettan jokes

[@Momocham23]

I mean tbh she seems fine with playing into it though for the reactions now. Vshojo give their streamers 100% control of their avatar designs but Rushia still went with a flat model and her chat is still calling her that. If she really wanted people to quit she would’ve went with a different design. It’s her gimmick anyway

[@arts1628]

This is what i feel with pettan joke and any shipping

[@XLEZZY_REUPLOADS]

@@Momocham23 It's fine with her now, she was able to learn to manage it and just accept that's how the fanbase is. But back then when it was REALLY bad you could tell she was genuinely annoyed with the pettan jokes, especially with oversea viewers who only came from translation videos and would incessantly call her flat for no reason and out of context.

[@kyou8026]

Aw man 😔 ☹

[@Mara_1337]

This clip didn't have enough context to what happened, so could someone maybe tell me why axia decided to go on hiatus? Objectively and dry, preferably 😅 no need to make this into a drama here. I guess it gad something to do with him not liking how his audience treats him?

[@rhynochi]

He's been having issues with people babying him in his comments (which relates to the "cute" comments. I'm sure he doesn't mind if he felt it's like a relevant comment on something he did but he prob got annoyed with the constant comments). He'd tell people to stop with certain things and fans would respond like his mom "we know what's best for you" kind of things. Or if he'd get mad "oh, axia is in his rebellious stage!" (All people who work for Nijisanji are adults, many skewing into mid twenties and up at this point) He also felt uncomfortable with shipping content of him and his friends or if the fans didn't like something they would attack the person he collabed with and it caused problems so he constantly apologized to ppl for his fans behavior. Some fans also took his comments telling them to stop the wrong way and started saying he's homophobic and what not, but he just said "you can draw ship art as much as you want, idc, but don't tag me or my friends." Which is literally a reasonable thing to ask for. There's also been potential haters releasing slanderous comments but he didn't delve into that much, prob because it has to do with him trying to pursue this legally.

[@Frog_kaeru]

youtu be/IARMHF8dxbM (please replace the space between youtu and be with a . to complete the link; space was added to avoid this comment getting deleted for spam) the video address is an english translation of Axia’s reason for going on hiatus.

[@dandelion9550]

I'm going to copy+paste the the translations from twitter: EN Summary: "We announce that Axia Krone will go on hiatus from today. A lawsuit is underway to identify the culprit who was slandering him." "EN Details: Someone has been slandering him, spreading of false rumours and accusations against him on SNS since spring 2022. The culprit has been spamming quite often on our Livers’s channels since August, which has been damaging his career and our business."

[@dandelion9550]

Aside from that there's been quite a few trolls spamming in his streams since a few collabs back too iirc

[@KyouBeanie]

There were also some nasty tweets and fake rumours about him dating Honma Himawari

[@ashle9034]

When viewers push it too far that's when you have to question if they just don't give a shit about consideration cause in this case it's clear that many viewers were just doing it as something to rile up a reaction from the streamer which is super fucking annoying.

[@washingmachine4993]

Its surprising that kanae has more female viewers than axia

[@akirasakura7449]

What happen?

[@abistar_]

I think axia went on hiatus bc of harassment from antis 😕

[@diontan829]

Axia is on indefinite hiatus because of slander and many hate from other people, i can't really explain it that well but the vtuber Khyo made quite a detailed video abt this

[@melc3345]

Someone translated Axia’s hiatus video you can go check it out but basically other than going on hiatus he wanted to set boundaries with some viewers that take it too far, like the calling him cute example. Many viewers would call him cute no matter what he does (like getting a kill in apex) and when he calls them out on it the viewers would say ‘our cute axia is in his rebellious stage’ and stuff. Ppl would also tell him how to run his channel even though it’s Axia’s channel and more.

[@meff841]

@@diontan829 khyo does a lot of drama baiting and misinfo, I would never direct people to him for information. Just watch hien’s full translation of Axia’s announcement video.

[@ejmuerterisefromthedead8924]

@@meff841 except that hien turn off the comment section so its hard to understand why axia's hiatus is indefinite.

[@najmihasmid6569]

Didn't aged well 💀

[@emoaf8555]

I think some people can't fit into the 'kawaii desu', 'uwu' vtuber role. It's best for them to pursue a streamer job 😅. Someone like Belmond/ Yashiro/Vox maybe a good option tho

[@rhynochi]

Being a vtuber does not inherently mean you are "uwu kawaii". Some people just have that mindset but it's not true at all. It's just another way for any streamer to stream without showing their face. If anything a majority of male vtubers are "uwu cute". They may do fanservice, but it's def different from how girls do fanservice. Axia doesn't produce super cutesy fanservice content anyway. He's mainly an FPS player. He just has a cute avatar and got the attention of audiences who babied him like they're his mom and at this point a good chunk aren't respecting his boundaries, forgetting he's an adult. And some fans develop this weird parasocial relationship where when their oshi changes their mind or finds out they don't like certain things anymore and state their opinion firmly, some fans get pissed, "How dare you?!" It's entitlement. The streamers literally aren't doing anything wrong, especially if they are actively going out of their way to not have that type of relationship with fans.

[@emoaf8555]

@@rhynochiWhen did I say Axia did anything wrong? Axia has loyal fans too so he's a good vtuber but despite that the person behind him might not like what being a vtuber is among the otakus (there's only few exceptions like Kenmochi), so my comment. It is different to stream as an ordinary person as he'll gain different audience then, not that he'll not have different troubles tho.

[@faizanur9748]

@@emoaf8555 Yeah, I did agree about your opinion. I think because how he being promoted, he attract certain audience because I know how well vtuber and otakus are sometimes so related. But well, I think Axia problem not abt the word 'cute', it's just how people don't respect his boundaries. That's only my opinion.

[@emoaf8555]

@@faizanur9748 hmm? That's unrelated to my comment? Why're you making this discussion so long since what I said is in general.

[@Honeywa]

6:58 i guess i’m that type of viewer.. sometimes i just wanna watch to kill time, but i don’t understand the game. Even if i understand the game, i can’t speak Japanese to give “rich comment”. That’s one of the reason i barely give comments, so the time i commented it’s just「ナイス」🥹 sorry Kanae.. Also i feel sorry for Axia, imagine telling you don’t like something and a bunch of people just keep shoving it to your face. Who doesn’t get mad 😥. Even tho some livers haven’t set clear boundaries between them and their viewers, doesn’t mean there’s no limit to what you can do as a viewer.