#this was inspired by a yugo tweet.

[ufolliegy]

inspektata

[raiivn]

The one and (hopefully) only Nijisanji-related post I'll write. Inspired by getting Yugo's Queen of Hearts cover AND Zaion/Maririn's Identity covers back to back in my playlist.

Right now, Nijisanji's digging a grave for themselves.

Yugo's graduation was COMPLETELY unexpected. It seems like only the man himself knew, as the rest of Noctyx's tweets on it showed either well-feigned confusion and shock or... you know. They genuinely had no idea this would happen.

Yugo got terminated. He did not 'peacefully graduate'. He got practically fired. And Anycolor sure as hell knew what they were doing by disclosing Zaion's terms of graduation now.

Anycolor INC did not disclose the reason of Yugo's termination. A lot of people right now are saying that clearly U-san (Yugo's liver) left on better terms with NIJI corpo as a whole than Sayu (Zaion's liver), but you have to realize.

Yugo may not have done anything too bad. It may just be a conflict of interest, or woeful misalignment, or whatever. It's not for us to know or care, apparently. They may not have done anything too bad, but what they did clearly stacked up against themself. They still, clearly, did something bad to get fired.

Zaion, however, is a different case. She got fired and practically leaked on nyfco for the termination (and probably for reasonable cause, as I was shocked by seeing her entire list of offences). She had over 10 reasons on that list, with an 'and more!' solidifying it. Now, I agree that all of it was Sayu's fault. She should've known better. She's with an audience of fucking weirdos, but she has NO RIGHT to speak about sensitive topics in such a lighthearted manner. People played it off as dark humour, but there is a difference between toeing the line and leaping over it entirely.

Additionally, her genmates had multiple talks with her. My main problem with Anycolor here is:

Why did they hire her, even with the background checks and all?

Why did they give her multiple chances, even when others protested and told them not to? (Others meaning the fans, btw)

What has their quality of livers gone down to?? People bash on Hex and Zaion for their "aha uwu quirks", Koto's a NEET and the girls are both Japanese, Ver is an obsessive nerd, etc. The only one not surrounded by controversy in XSOLEIL is Doppio (just barely, because apparently he did nsfw shit with his pl?).

I think that, honestly, if Niji had cut this off in the start, none of the Zaion leaks and drama would've happened. Obviously they did a bit better with Yugo, because even if they were terminated--other livers are still in contact with him. They still respect him.

And, as of right now, it doesn't look like either the audience or the livers can respect Zaion (and, as a result, Niji) for the complete fiasco this caused.

If I'm being honest? I think Hex may need to get terminated for his actions as well. While I understand and appreciate him coming out as a survivor of SA and saying that it was a really shitty move for Sayu to make, his past actions kinda... ya know. Make him seem a bit worse in XSOLEIL as well.

If needed, I'll create a pt 2 with his actions.

[jorticus]

warning: vent post about vtubers and ANYCOLOR INC

Pretty fucking scummy move by ANYCOLOR Inc. in not appropriately handling Yugo Asuma’s termination. All the vagueness in their statement is just going to inspire distrust between themselves, their livers, and their fans. If Yugo’s liver did something awful, why weren’t we told what? What could he have done that demands immediate termination and not a suspension? People would at least understand if they knew HOW or WHY. From my understanding, he has not publicly done anything warranting a ‘graduation’(he got fired, just say he got fired) and has been a positive influence on the English Vtubing space. 

The Yuguys didn’t even get to mourn, as his existence has been scraped from all his socials. I’m writing this only THREE HOURS after they announced it. I don’t even think his genmates have gotten the chance either, as based on the rest of NOCTYX’s tweets it doesn’t look like anyone was aware of the incoming graduation? 

I hope any aspiring ANYCOLOR Inc. collaborators take a good look at this situation, and remember it if they want to audition or join a company. I think this killed any remaining dream I had of joining Niji, because why the fuck would I when they treat both their employees and fans like this? Be transparent and clear when you are taking such firm action, have people understand why it was needed in the first place. Until we get some answers, all I can think was that management had a bone to pick with Yugo’s liver and tossed him as soon as they could. Maybe he knew it was coming, I mean his last tweet was this:

Yugo was the highlight of any collab he was in. unabashedly sweet, and was always aiming for bigger and better streams. I hope the person behind Yugo is doing the best they can, and that they return to streaming when they are ready.

And because some people will need this reminder and it cannot be stressed enough, please don’t fucking pester any NIJI livers or any associated individuals about this, especially Fulgur Ovid as he’s the only Noctyx member currently not on break. None of them have control over this, and they deserve time to grieve a friendship. If you want to yell, yell at ANYCOLOR INC. Blast their garbage twitter statements, their emails, anything of their non-liver channels. This shouldn’t be how NIJIEN’s first ‘graduation’ went.

[tsoko-late]

Yugo’s back!

also, the tweet that inspired this:

[teruthecreator]

i have so many thoughts about the epilogue so just jgbrbgjhrgbhrjg under the readmore spoilers for if u havent gone through it yet

the whole experience honestly just felt like a warm hug from both the creators and the cast of characters themselves. i haven’t existed in the fandom space for all that long, and i’ve yet to publish any works or generate any content for it, but just playing this through i still felt welcomed and appreciated and loved!! but i also loved how they incorporated So Many fanworks into it!!! from the email icons, to the images they sent, even the links they mentioned (the zine, penny snapcubes playthrough, that spotify playlist). this is one of the few times i’ve seen creators Truly acknowledge and appreciate their fanbase and validate the creations made inspired by the base material. it made the whole experience all the more warm!!! 

also the dialogue still felt very real!! i was nearly screaming bc even though i couldn’t hear the lil noises the characters make when you interacted with them in the game, i still could imagine their sprites and the way their sprites would change based on emotions and it was just!!!! so good!!! obviously they made the game so they’d understand the dialogue of their own characters but like props to em bc this is amazing

GAY PEOPLE REAL AND THAT’S ALL LIKE I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY ABOUT THAT AND YET I WILL ELABORATE BC YUGO AND GABE SAID GAY RIGHTS AND I WILL BE CRYING ABOUT THIS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIA

 randy and gillis are just sooooooooooooooooooooo good. i will cry. RANDY WROTE A POEM,,,,ABOUT GILLIS,,,,,AND HE DOODLED A BUNCH OF HEARTS AROUND IT,,,,,MY HEART. AND THEN GILLIS ASKING FOR HIM TO READ THE OTHER POEM AND THEN REALIZE HE SENT IT TO THE GROUPCHAT IM SCREAMING. THANK YOU FOR JOCK/NERD REPRESENTATION I OWE YOU MY ASS 

also Lesbians. need i say anymore??? lesbians are Here and Accounted For. LULIA WANTING TO FLIRT BUT SHES SO AWKWARD ABOUT IT SHE SAYS “PLEASE” RIGHT AT THE END.......LOVE YOU QUEEN YOU’RE DOING YOUR BEST AND JERAFINA IS SEEING THAT 

last but not least we got habit and kamal and i Will be crying about this for the next eight hundred forever bc God,,,,,Gay People. 

i feel like the steam cards and habit’s valentine’s tweets sorta give away how their subtle implications are meant to be viewed, but i also really like how their current relationship is sorta open-ended! like they’re in the friend phase now, and in time Will Definitely be a thing. but i also feel like you could interpret it as Currently they’re a couple and they’re just being quiet abt it bc idk anxiety?? who knows. but i really liked how kamal was willing to help habit through everything!!! it’s very sweet!!! tho i really do hope he got some therapy bc he needs therapy God Please They All Do 

honestly my favorite parts of this thing were kamal. i love how he sorta lead the charge in organizing this email list, when in the game he relied on You to get everything together before he sprung into action. i think it proves that kamal’s got more gumption than previously assumed!! whether he gained some confidence after the Habitat, or was just really quiet and non-committal Because of getting tooth-shamed by Habit, it was really nice to see kamal portrayed as not just some anxious bumbling guy. dude’s got some depth!!! i feel like sometimes the fandom boils him down to just his anxiety, but this epilogue really let more of his character out!! like the fact that he plays the CELLO???? HELLO??? SIR??? YOU ARE A LEGEND??? DID YOU KNOW THIS???

also the music Literally made me cry. if it didnt make you cry, listen to it again. gods of composing, i swear! 

lastly, the ending. i really did love how they left you, the player (or the flower kid), the opportunity to just Say Anything. you didn’t have to do it immediately, you weren’t given dialogue options. you got a blank box to write Whatever, and i think that’s really sweet and satisfying and just...good! 

my email was kind of short. i felt weird writing it at first because my personal interpretation of flower kid is (like frisk) theyre their own character?? apart from the player?? but i know that wasn’t limbolane’s intentions, and both creators have said that flower kid can be an audience insert or an actual character based on your interpretation!! i could’ve delved into all the emotional ways in which i feel like this game has moved me during the, like, three months ive been hyperfixated on it. but i didnt! bc i didnt wanna cry anymore hgrbhjrgbh

i did call habit a king tho and i live by that. 

basically tldr; Play Smile For Me and Play The Epilogue bc it’s very good