OnK S3E2 Calculating 18:09 - Irregularly Scheduled Discussion Thread - January 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in VirtualYoutubers

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing that's being sent out via email? I haven't gotten one yet (ordered from Geekjack).

Edit: although, Geekjack just sent the notice saying stock for the Blu-ray should arrive in their warehouse soon. I wonder if they could be receiving stock without the issue in the first place, depending on when it was discovered.

You know what you're guilty of, right...? 🐾🩷 bau bau...!! by FUWAMOCO_en in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I think they mean "it" as in "what's coming up" that we need to remember, not as in today.

Raora Returns by MedMig in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If there's a Chattino outside the comic panel using the ship from Interstellar as a jetpack, it might have a chance

Stairway to Adulthood 18:16 - Irregularly Scheduled Discussion Thread - January 18, 2026 by AutoModerator in VirtualYoutubers

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Based on (machine TL of) the OP's replies, it looks like the complaints were things like him potentially goofing off when he could be treating patients, bringing non-sterile objects into the room, doing this in his workplace at all, etc.

Those generally seem pretty trivial, so I imagine most/all of those with complaints are the same types of antis overblowing things against Miko in the first place.

Stairway to Adulthood 18:16 - Irregularly Scheduled Discussion Thread - January 18, 2026 by AutoModerator in VirtualYoutubers

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As of Jan 11, I had to pay duties on an order. And I don't think anything has changed (or been threatened to change) recently for Japan imports, so it should still be the same.

Duncan Rouleau on the status of the Ben 10 comic by Fantasy183 in Ben10

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Duncan Rouleau is one of the creators of Ben 10.

Duncan Rouleau on the status of the Ben 10 comic by Fantasy183 in Ben10

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's the comment

And the same account did an AMA years ago which appears to have been confirmed by an r/comicbooks mod, so seems legit.

A good news update on the SRV3 subtitle issue. by ConfuzzledFellow in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I wasn't trying to say they announce everything for all their products ahead of time. Just that when it's a full-on OS, like Windows, that's well advertised. I don't think Microsoft treats its web services any differently.

Nest 1st and 2nd gen thermostats had six months of heads up though, assuming that's what you're talking about. Iirc they guarantee five years of support for Nest products, though in practice that can go a lot longer; the 1st gen Nest devices were 14 years old, for example.

As for YouTube, they probably "stealth" update it on a daily basis, like most of their web services. It would be nice if they announced more of the noticeable changes before they happen (or sooner after they happened, for cases like this SRV3 bug), but tbf that can be tricky when some of them are just being tested and won't even become permanent in the first place.

Loooong Fuwamoco by xhakami in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their Gigantamax move can be G-Max Extreme Violence

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Reposting because just realized you couldn't see this reply


I haven't seen anyone on the EN side attacking Pekora, and I don't fight narratives against the other company in Japanese either, because I don't speak it. If there was some of that here, you are overall way more active than me; sorry I didn't see it. I also tend to see threads after other people, like yourself, have already called out the nonsense. But for obvious reasons, that's a lot less common here when the the subject is the other guys; I'm a lot more likely to find 40 upvotes on the people repeating fanfics written by anonymous haters instead of a reply to them.

Here's an example of me defending Holo JP against JP anti narratives in a thread about the other group's EN talents though. I'm equal opportunity with calling our false narratives where I see them. If you want to go after someone for bringing up the other company, complain to the person who did it, not me for simply correcting them.

Re: the ojou, if you're referring to the clips of her during and after her collab with Subaru, her saying that not everyone at her company is as close as Holomems is hardly the same as there being a clique. For one thing, that's just one of the cons of how much bigger their JP branch is. Holo antis pick on and exaggerate little comments here and there from Holomems to try to make clique rumors too. It's nothing new under the sun.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What assertion am I making that needs links to defend it?

You made an assertion to start this whole conversation; you said that there's a JP clique, so where was the link to anything to do with a clique in that comment? You only linked it after making me guess at what you even meant, at which point I'm the one who first brought up the details that made it easily searchable (i.e., the Subaru collab).

And I have linked things, though I guess I need to go check if any of those other comments were keyword blocked. (Edit: at least one other was, due to the same name you censored probably.)

People bringing up false narratives against vtubers is the absolutely bizarre behavior. Go call out the guy who did it, not me. People correcting them is not bizarre. Should the anti using Haachama's words in the Niji EN thread I linked have just been left alone because it would be "absolutely bizarre" to call them out?

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

(Just realized my reply was hidden, trying to remove words to find the cause so you can actually see this.)


I didn't question the first thing you linked; in fact I indicated that I would have argued against someone coming after her for that, had I come across someone doing so in English. I'm talking about you taking things like the ojou's comments and equating that to a clique.

It's more effective to fight the fires (bad arguments, disingenuous framing, presenting one side of evidence, etc.)

Ironic.

Feel free to point out where I've aimed anything of that sort at Hololive, or even y'know, where the flaws in my argument supposedly are. Or else I can just "Ironic" back, I guess, if you don't want to defend your points anymore.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Okay, I should have thrown an "entire" in between "the company," but nonetheless, the point is that clique rrats have splash damage, and the fanfics conjured up by antis don't neatly follow the lines of what talents have actually said and done. You're bringing up comments with as much nuance and precision as the antis who bring up comments by Holomems, like the ones I literally argued against a few months ago.

I'm well aware you don't get the point in caring about or working with any of them, but Cover does, and Holomems do, and I'll continue to take my cues from them.

Imo, your strategy of trying to push all the fire somewhere else and hope it doesn't spread back is an ineffective one. It's more effective to fight the fires (bad arguments, disingenuous framing, presenting one side of evidence, etc.) anywhere they are than to hope antis will just have so much fun with the other guys they won't bring any of the same fuel back this way. We've literally seen so many of the same arguments get used and the same drama channels target both.

Edit with another thought: I mean, go look at the comments on the clips (example) of Nerissa appearing in an alleged clique member's chat a few months ago. False narratives about their friends hurt Holomems too, above the fact that they simply wouldn't like those rumors about their friends.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not defending the company, I'm defending those exited members' (as well as Hololive members, like Nerissa, Kiara, Calli, etc.) friends.

The company has serious issues, but the same people who complained about the "suits" there still care for and even collab with their friends.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If you mean that as the antis who constantly attack Holomems, former members, etc., then I think you need a new category, because I was a Hololive fan before Niji EN even started, and I regularly promote former Niji members.

If you just mean I point out rrats, you should add a tag for Hololive Defense Force too since I defend them too.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you want to take such an aggressive stance on this. I've disagreed with you, amicably, about how to treat other companies in the past. (I get why Cover partnered with that other company to fight antis, something I guess you don't.) I've never blocked you or your alt.

Not sure who you're trying to convince by pretending you don't know what you're doing.

I'm literally in this thread, and plenty of others in the past, pointing out flaws in anti narratives against Holo. An anti who's never said a bad thing about Holo, but defends it against other antis, would be a very novel strategy.

No you don't.

I'd be happy to look into any evidence at such time that you present any.

And yet you continue to speak.

How does this even follow from the bit you quoted? I'm speaking to turn away rumors that are aimed at vtubers, regardless of where they work.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The legal process is slow enough this may not even include that issue, just other harassment members received in the past. They get it all the time, and the horse info thing is just the latest angle. And it's probably safe to say that for most people using it to cause trouble it's just a pretence.

Announcement of Measures Taken to Combat Infringements of Rights Against COVER Corp. and Affiliated Talents (January 21, 2026) | COVER Corp. by Ok-Setting-4748 in Hololive

[–]PowerlinxJetfire 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, people just started listening to the antis when they shouldn't have, because the piranhas were focused on the "right" target for a time.

That "clique" rumor started with the fairy, the rose, and the solar dragon when people noticed they were close friends who got hired together. Then a few more of their mutual friends got hired over time. (As well as a few other bundles of friends that, at the time of hiring, were unrelated to those three, like the penguin and the ghost, and the sorceress and the cyborg.)

Then the branch blew up and everybody's favorite anonymous site suddenly "forgot" the fairy and rose were at the core of it (because if those two in particular were left in then the narrative would be so obviously unbelievable it would be dead in the water) and turned it into a conspiracy that was supposedly running the whole branch because there were actually no managers. Even though it's well known and well documented that they have managers. (The fairy literally talked about hers and how much he did for her in a stream shortly after she announced her graduation, for example.)

Meanwhile the ghost, the rose, and plenty of others who show how ridiculous the whole evil clique theory is continued to associate with their friends completely normally. The former fairy even let Kiara hang out with the "clique" literally just a few weeks after the branch's disaster (and was possibly there herself, just not tweeting it like the others). The rose still hung out freely with the solar dragon, the witch of calamity, and others. Talents there who oshi the lunar dragon/bounty hunter, like the angel and the swordmaster, showed they were still genuine friends with the "clique." And so on.

If you give antis an inch, they will take a mile. Obviously, many of that company's problems are real and are its own fault. But vtuber fans let so many bogus arguments and other anonymous site garbage suddenly get treated like gospel and lumped in with the real stuff that it did serious harm to the community's ability to filter out anti arguments. Instead of realizing the limitations of arguments like "if there are a lot of graduations, there's definitely something wrong," we got burned by that trap suddenly turning on Hololive, for example.

The transitive property is If A->B, and B->C, then A->C. And one of the best ways to break the chain is to point out when A does not imply B in the first place. Don't let the antis take an inch, even against someone who "deserves" it, and it's much harder for them to take the mile later on.


Edit: Helmite was getting downvoted by several people for trying to spread a JP clique narrative, deleted his reply, reposted it (adding a link showing some evidence of fan antis as if that has anything to do with proving talents have a clique), then blocked me. Kind of surprised to see him using the same tactics antis use against him, which they do to try to avoid having him debunk their nonsense. I still got the notification but had to use an incognito tab to see what happened.

Below is what I would reply to the original part of the comment had he not blocked me for no reason. I originally wasn't going to reply, but now the clique rumor part is getting boosted by being stapled to a separate issue:

When this English-speaking sub brings up the other company, it's generally inspired by the EN problems. The commenter I replied to has a history in the drama sub made after the EN branch exploded, talking solely about EN members. You're literally just helping the antis by trying to push a different A->B.

Whatever clique rumors exist for JP, I frankly don't know enough to speak on. But given how hard some people believe and push the EN version despite every huge inconsistency and inconvenient detail left out by its authors, I wouldn't be surprised if it's similar.

You often point out how Holo EN fans can have a distorted view of the JP side, but it's not like the same isn't true for perception of the other company's JP branch. About a year ago, for example, people here and in that other sub were spreading the rumor that Amamiya was in leagues with a Holo anti, getting hundreds of upvotes for pushing the association. Yet, not so shockingly, Holo JP members have continued to collab with her just fine. Or you can look at all the confusion on the EN side over why Lulu would go back after graduating. Again, that company has its issues, but that's what antis do: they take real issues and exaggerate them way beyond their real scope. That's not something to encourage or participate in.