KumaTheCook

K-pop is women hiding sex behind fruit metaphors and men turning nursery rhymes into foreplay. She isn’t wrong. 😂 🔈 on!

【Side Story Update Soon · Anis’s Past to Be Revealed】 After the Surface Reclamation War ends in a terrible defeat, the Ark falls into unprecedented darkness. With the Goddess of Victory now a symbol of defeat and all malice aimed directly at the Nikkes, Pretty decides to become a star that lights the Ark in the darkness. Meanwhile, Anis begins searching for a path of her own… In this Side Story, Anis’s past will be revealed for the first time. Commanders, don’t forget to check it out~ * Available from: After the maintenance on April 9, 2026 * Condition to join: Complete Campaign stage 6-15 * How to enter: Lobby → Outpost → Command Center #NIKKE

Everyone's got a theory/"hot take" on what makes male VTubers actually land with female audiences. The lists going around look something like: - "fanservice is key: abs, maid outfits, yaoi. girls love that shit. have you SEEN fujo spending?" - "guys who tell self-deprecating jokes and laugh a lot are hot, great personality sells" - "I like it when a guy actually appreciates chat and tells them he loves them" - "duh, it's BFE. female fans who watch male VTubers are lonely AF." And they're not wrong, exactly - but they're describing symptoms, not causes. What those things signal in a male VTuber (when they actually work) is this: "I'm confident enough in myself and my masculinity to do this - whether it's being shipped with the homies, cooing over cute pets, or wearing something frilly. And I'll be emotionally available to the people who actually show up for me and my work, and I'll make sure to express that freely." That's what women are responding to - not the maid outfit, or the yaoi ship, or the spicy "that's my girl" said in a husky tone. They're actually connecting with the thing underneath that's being represented by the "fanservice bait" or "being soft" - even if they don't necessarily recognize it themselves. Which is also why "a guy who sings, or voice acts, or is a great event host/organizer, or runs a business" lands differently in terms of appeal compared to everything else on those lists - it's proof of craft that isn't necessarily fanservice. It signals "I work hard at something I care about deeply, and this thing can be in service to someone other than myself" in a way that grinding Apex ranked doesn't. (If you're thinking "dedicated male provider energy" - yeah, bingo.) And women WILL eventually sniff out the guys doing it purely for "female gooner money", even if they can't always explain why they drifted away. The same attempts at yaoi fanservice, BFE, or frilly cross-dressing for these guys will feel like a cash-grab or a costume, and not an actual person. Some people who share these "what male VTubers need to do better" lists also keep pointing at kpop and otome games like Love and Deepspace going "see, women WILL spend on male content; most male VTubers just aren't positioning themselves properly." Yeah, not wrong - but they're two different arguments, and neither are actually being applied correctly. Let's start with Kpop, because many people actually like to cite the rise in male (EN) Vtuber fanbases as being thanks to kpop fans/stans who "crossed over". I've personally noticed (when reading through some translated posts on Pann) that kpop fans in 2021 were already complaining about how many of the new male rookie groups of that era all felt hollow: - "They're singing about how 'I can hold you, girl', but they look frail AF." - "They think constantly changing their hair color makes them the next G-Dragon, but they don't got his rap flow." - "There's too many of them - it's hard to keep up, and everything feels like a copy of a copy. They all sound the same. Nobody stands out." (Any of these sound familiar?) But yeah, that was inside an industry with actual infrastructure for manufacturing this stuff...and it still didn't work, especially for many nugu (literally "who?" in Korean) groups. Point being: many kpop agencies have the same problem - copying surface behaviors from successful groups onto their own trainees, without understanding WHY those things work. "It's also luck" is how they wave away the failures (even if luck CAN be a factor, it's not a full substitute for poor judgment and lack of effort.) Hollywood, the wider music industry, even OG YouTubers chasing algorithm trends have all previously fallen into this trap - VTubing is just the latest entertainment industry niche to repeat the same mistake of doing purely surface reads to "analyze" what works. LaDS and most otome games are a different beast entirely - for LaDS, the game is engineered to give you agency in the relationship. Your guy is always available on call (you choose when you want to whale for his Memories, or whether you want to engage in his route when you're bedrotting at 4am), he's always patient, and stuff is narratively structured so that you're the protagonist. He responds predictably to your inputs, and you can ALWAYS steer towards a good/happy outcome. This sort of dynamic isn't sustainable for most VTubers to replicate wholesale - they'd have to be the human equivalent of a vending machine, with minimal/short "server maintenance" periods. What a real person can offer that LaDS can't is the sense that he exists beyond you - that he has an inner life you didn't write, opinions that catch you off guard, or a bad day that has nothing to do with you. That's the thing that makes investment feel real rather than transactional - but only if it actually comes through. (And before anyone brings up structural stuff, e.g. "well separating male and female vtubers is bad" - or whether male vtubers as a category is even viable or "pointless" - I'm not making that argument; I'm making an argument about the person behind the screen giving life to the character. Those are different conversations.) No company can hand you this foundation. Plenty of them will also get in the way of you building it - typically because they'll lack staff or mentor figures who are capable at developing and showcasing your skills, never mind who you are as a person. Good intentions from a company don't guarantee competence - and most people will argue "well duh, companies aren't charities, line go up" - but that's its own post altogether. But the guys who have this inner foundation as entertainers AND people will have built it themselves - through grit, time and a LOT of patience. And that's the part no restructure, downsizing, or corporate decision can actually touch - and the thing that will attract and keep loyal fans for the long haul. #RAINArambles (1/2)

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They don't have this in my area; not listed on Instacart anyways :/ I'm gonna go cry now

@aaliyahvtuber_ doing nothing > stressing over doing literally anything lol

why are men always ok with doing nothing for their birthday?

BOY DINNER~ air fried steak

@TonkaNikkeFan47 I don't think they realize you are a privaty fan; or even worse, they denounce you simply just because you're a privaty fan... Absolutely bonkers lol

Do people not realize I'm a Privaty fan account 😭 why are people so mad

@ihhhhiii @obakepam SHE NEEDS MOAR

@KumaTheCook @obakepam Voicing PlayAsia's mascot IS her professional gig.

I think I had a little too much fun voice acting Label's bond story in NIKKE oops 💦 (full VOD on YT!) I'll be voicing her event live on Wednesday!

THERE IT IS!! Maid Privity ramen topper~ Honestly, the recent range of Nikke ramen toppers have been amazing quality for crane game prizes. FuRyu has been killing it!

@KourraVT He has some based takes sometimes, and he's probably the closest thing a middle aged man can relate to these days Lately it seems like he's had some pretty awful takes though Part of me thinks he's doing it to rage bait; nothing brings in the views like controversy

Why do people watch this guy? Nothing but L takes and disgusting behavior.

anis is trending because...of course she is. the people love anis!

@Taytori She's on stage These are her fans in the crowd :)

um chat… 🙂 where is anis… 🙂🙂

@MitchieSoren 👀

I am writing an outline for my first scripted YT Short. It's actually over.

Guys I'm on TV 🫪 ( Im the model mama hehe )

HUGE POST INCOMING. I wanted to take some time to reflect on my recent meet and greets and the concert I got to be part of, so this is going to be a LOT of words. I had a meet and greet at Weebcon, 2026 thanks to OshiLounge! A lot of my crabcakes were there and a few people from other communities, as well. So many people that I knew showed up from my community and past meet and greets. The fact that people are willing to take time out of their day and come see me for a minute or two is insane to me! I actually cried because a lot of people travel just to see me / hangout with crabcakes. It means so much to me, I wish I could express how deeply touched I am. I think I suffer from impostor syndrome sometimes! I question if I deserve what I have -- my community, my friends. I push myself incredibly hard in so many areas to try and "justify" my success. It's an ongoing battle, but I think having these experiences at Weebcon and Sakuracon this weekend have helped me get a bit more confidence that what I'm doing is genuinely effecting people. I think I'm making people happy, excited, giving them a reason to go out into the world and enjoy life and friendship! It means so, so much to me that the crabcakes hangout and genuinely make friends within the community. I had someone at my Weebcon meet and greet that told me THEIR FRIEND got them LUCIA MERCH, which I hadn't actually realized was being sold at Weebcon! It was crazy to me that an artist was making fan merch of me. I know my friend Dust has made an amazing keychain of me and some amazing artists have made prints, but I was shocked to see that there was something I didn't recognize that was out there in the world that people could just stumble upon all by themselves! Not only that, but their friend knew that they liked me enough to get them merch. I think that's insane (in a good way), I didn't think people would gush about me like that, would tell their friends how much they liked me, so thank you to that crabcake and their friend. It really made me feel so honored. My meet and greet at Sakuracon also surprised me with how many people were willing to come up to me, talk to me, get to know me! People either knew me from Bryce and Scott or didn't know me at all, but took time to ask me what I was about, what I love to do, etc. I was a little nervous and told them about my mission to give my crabcakes the best life they can possibly have, but I don't think I sold myself very well LOL. I should've been like oh yeah, I SING. I JUST HAD A CONCERT. But I was so nervous it was like I forgot all of my hobbies and interests other than "UH, I LOVE MY CRABCAKES." I had some people who knew who I was and were excited to see me and even if they were busy, they took time out of their con plans to come say hi, and that was amazing. So many amazing cosplayers, anime fans, and vtubing fans! Sometimes I think the people at my meet and greets are way more interesting and charismatic than me, LOL. I want to thank every single person that comes to my meet and greets and talks to me, thank you so much for letting me put faces to names, getting to know you, and letting me share some laughter and joy with you! I also wanted to post about my concert at Weebcon! This was my first ever concert and I didn't expect to fall in love with the experience as much as I did. My whole life, music has meant so much to me. It's how I connect with myself on a deeper level. I feel incredibly emotional and connected to something greater when I sing. I didn't think my singing, personally, would ever make people feel that way, but then I saw people singing along to Teenage Dirtbag and doing movements to Chappell Roan's Hot To Go. I can't explain how star-struck I was by those moments. I want to connect with people from miles away and share in that moment with them. Thank you for supporting me, thank you for giving me these opportunities and experiences. OshiLounge, Offkai EXPO, Weebcon, SakuraCon, and my lovely, lovely crabcakes, thank you. 🦀💛

Whoo! I, along with my good friend @SomieStudio has been given the opportunity to create the model used for Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's latest episode involving VTubers! Please, give it a watch! #Live2d #VTuber #Live2dShowcase #lawandordersvu