I would divide myself twice and use three of the resulting clones to make a watering can and two pots for the priestess as penance for my oversight. But in all seriousness, I think Ina IRL would be so quiet, I wouldn't have any way of knowing it was her. Missed opportunities can be fun stories, too, though.

I can't find the clip but I remember her telling a story about how she talked to her manager about wanting to sneak into a convention, saying that her voice wouldn't be THAT recognizable. Her manager then replied "It is, Ina. It is."

TSB has ben pretty awesome all throughout the Niji Drama. Altair/Han did collabs with Sayu back when she got kicked out, RPR was posting #whereisselen videos, and Axel was one of the first VTubers to post support when Selen was terminated

It was amazing to see them all back together, clowning on each other once again

They will probably have their fans but I doubt the Niji name is going to be commanding the strong initial subscriber counts it used to. They were already starting to flag before all this latest drama started going down

In other news, several ex-niji talents including Matara, Kuro, and U-San took Mika on a lovely post-niji recovery cruise. Even Pomu got in on the action at one point. Nice to see there was some love in that company that survived all the pain

After rereading Rhythm B, at the very least we can say Koga dislikes skirts (maybe femine clothing in general but it's not clear), doesn't have a strong instinct to "go along to get along," and is somewhat uncaring of the potential social fallout of her decisions. I don't know if I'd say she thinks of it as part of her identity, though she does acknowledge that it makes her "different." It still feels to me that it's less of a conscious effort and more that she doesn't like to compromise on what makes her feel comfortable

I feel like her style is more "punk girl" than boyish personally. I never got the impression that she was making an effort to look like a boy, just that she thought a sort of cool/baggy look suited her better. If that means butch to you, okay, but I feel like there's a fine distinction to be found there

I would be thrilled if this leads to a real conversion about gender between them, actually. Mitsuki is clearly very butch at minimum, but how does she feel about identifying as a woman in general? I'd love to know.

I think it'a less that she's butch and more that she is somewhat oblivious to social expectations and just finds a more masculine style of clothing comfortable without thinking too deeply about it. I don't think she has ever had any noticable objection to dressing feminine beyond "oh, yeah, I don't have very many skirts, do I...? It probably wouldn't look good on me anyways."

Well, Mika mentioned that Niji has a waiting list for graduations so they don't get announced all at once IIRC, and she had to wait a while for her turn. There are definitely a few more scheduled but unnanounced if that's the case

The question is, will they be able to get new recruits to refill the ranks? I get the feeling that people may not think highly of anyone who willingly joins at this point.

Downsizing might fix the poor manager/talent ratio, though, so maybe they're going to wait before hiring again

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There's no official story. What you're talking about is comms theory, which is speculation, albeit very reasonable speculation

Maybe but it is likely the last word we will hear on the matter and does line up very will with the final statement by Doki, especially the part where she specifically mentions how difficult it is to communicate legal matters between different countries.

Unless, of course, Niji is going to suddenly decide to make actual reforms or to pointlessly lash out again

The wings are the spoiler xD

So it looks like the Dokibird/Nijisanji Drama may have reached a tense settlement.

The official story seems to be that there was a legal miscommunication, possibly caused by poor translation, that confused Niji into thinking that Dokibirds legal documentation was actually a prepared public statement.
This resulted in Niji falsely assuming that Doki was preparing to go scorched earth and doxx everyone who harrassed her and expose internal Nijisanji management issues

This would explain some of the odd choices made in the blackscreen Video with Elira, Vox,and Ike and why they would specifically mention doxxing, harrassment, and the importance of proper procedure

Legal experts commenting on the situation have said that the final Statement by Doki was likely prepared jointly by Doki and Nijisanji to quiet things down after the misunderstanding was resolved, which is why it was made in both English and Japanese.

Most likely, Nijisanji will now go full silence on the issue, counting on the internet's short attention span to slowly smooth things over, meanwhile Doki will continue to negotiate exclusively with Nijisanji legal, making no further unprompted statements about it

That video was so unreal. All the points I could make have been made somewhere. Why on Elira's channel? Why them and not a manager? Why basically admit you broke the law? Why basically admit that those on video are the ones who bullied her, when Selen did not even mention livers? Why make it look like you are petty and hateful by doing this at the same time as not-Selen's stream?

Based on the followup tweet NijiEN made, they apparently think they can have livers play both sides. Since they work for Niji and this was all part of an "investigation," telling them won't, technically, breach NDA, and since, technically, none of them signed any NDAs regarding this and are "independent contractors" they aren't bound to keep it secret

Hololive tried something similar in the early days, allowing their talents to stream games without permissions and then claiming that it's fine because the talents are "independent contractors" and not technically part of the company. No one bought it then either and there were mass removals of videos, troubling many of their livers and fans

Ultimately, though, NijiEN's objective was likely to try and exploit the other fanbases loyalty to their oshis to rally them against Selen, thereby causing the anti-niji faction supporting her to lose momentum

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Birb is back. It was nice to hear her be able to laugh again.

Doki is a treasure. It's truly amazing how quickly she has been able to get back on her feet. All that goodwill she cultivated is being paid back in force

Bruh? I just checked again for updates and Niji put up a small update: "Firing her won't affect our bottom line". I thought it was a meme.
Niji is losing sponsors and sellers, wtf are they talking about? But I don't see the EN branch returning to normal or anyone else debuting for a long time.

It's just a lazy attempt at damage control with the shareholders who are losing trust in rhe company

In other news, Niji is suddenly hiring a new director of their overseas division for no reason in particular

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I really do hope, most likely in vain, that the others members don't start getting randomly harassed

I know I've heard about people going after Millie, though this isn't entire random...

Millie tried to explain how Niji isn't a Black company at the same time Selen's Last Cup of Coffee drama was going down so that threw a lot of suspicion on her. If it's only that, though, it's still pretty weak evidence

But, yeah, mentioning that Selen claimed to have been bullied by a liver in an official statement is going to start a few witch hunts

A loner, a gyaru, an ikemen, and a kid

… walk into a bar.

The Loner says "give me a minute, we're not open yet" and jumps behind the counter

I’m still bothered by Magenta La verita :/ it feels like one of thous garbage hentai mental corruption cuz how can we force an character to stick her fingers in her pussy in from of every one! and every one pretends it never happen cauz she forgets going sex maniac!

I think that's kind of the point. They've already pointed out it's a false La Verita due to Baiser accidentally poisoning it with darkness. They've even brought up the possibility of correcting it a few times because Baiser is personally ashamed of having done that because it's so out of character

Brain error in your favor

I'm more interested in why a mom who is supposedly conservative doesn't think it's possible for girls to be bottoms. What kinky Christian denomination is she that only allows hetero sex with a dominatrix?

I liked the new girl at first, but seeing her talk about Hinata like an animal really soured the mood...

From the looks of things, she may not have ever actually personally seen or met an ogre before and is just going off old fairy tales. She seems pretty naive and prone to making assumptions

Well, this is a throwback xD
I remember shipping them

I dont know if the dynamic of older woman trying to resist tentation and behave accordingly, and younger one been the persistent and pushing force to getting in a romantic relationship was already made into a series, and even uploaded here, but I really would like one like that, the potencial for something deep and romantic, or just comedy and light drama/slice of life could also be great material with that kind of dynamic.

This is probably the most common age gap plotline if only because it feels the least exploitative. If the older one was taking the lead and pushing it, it would risk coming off as creepy to most people. You mostly only see that plotline in Hentai doujins

^If you enjoyed FGO, 1999 is a very similar experience. Pretty generic gameplaywise but the art style is very beautiful and the characters are cute

^ Never underestimate what people are willing to mix with sex

I don't want to redo an argument I already had in this thread dozens of pages ago, but in that interview Arai basically said the Japanese equivalent of "I don't write yuri, I write wlw." This was then taken out of context by people who hyper-focused on the one word without knowing the history and implications the term 'yuri' has in Japanese that it doesn't in English. Regardless, Arai's Twitter profile literally says "I like love between women," and everything that she has ever written without exception contains explicitly sapphic protagonists. I don't think it's hard to guess where this comic will end up.

Also, I don't understand what you mean by "sexually confusing friendship." Like, if a man and a woman have a "sexually confusing friendship," we just call that "sexual tension." I don't see the utility in yuri fans holding a F/F relationship to such a higher standard than a het relationship before we accept it as legitimate.

Have you ever looked up a trope called "stupid sexy Flanders"? Basically, it's a thing, usually in comedy, where a character feels inexplicably attracted to someone outside of their normal orientation. These relationships don't usually end up going anywhere, even when played serious. The name comes from a scene in the Simpsons where Homer Simpson is bothered by his strange sexual attraction to Ned Flanders

While I don't, personally, think Aya and Mitsuki are straight, I was mostly pointing out why it is not unreasonable for people to feel like this story wasn't going down the yuri route if they don't know the author's previous career. Stories have done the "straight the whole time" thing before

Honestly, I think it's absurd to call this manga "subtext." The beginning is an obvious romance setup, the girls frequently blush around each other, they care deeply about each other, other characters observe they act like a couple, etc. That some people might theoretically interpret them as "just friends" is immaterial; some people interpret Suletta and Miorine as "just friends" and they're literally married at the end of the show. People frequently dismiss F/F relationships as "just friends" due to homo- and lesbophobia, but yuri fans shouldn't add to that phenomenon. If Mitsuki were male, literally not a single person on Earth would think their relationship is "subtext" and they're "just friends."

It looks like I'm locked out of recommending tag removal for this series, but fwiw, I heavily encourage swapping back from "subtext" to "yuri." People have been really weird about this series from almost the very beginning, presumably because it's popular, but Arai Sumiko has repeatedly shown in her previous work that she doesn't hesitate to depict lesbian relationships and I see no good reason to expect that to change in this manga.

It's actually a subject of much debate due to several ambiguous statements the author has made over whether this series should be considered yuri. It also hinges on where people daw the line between yuri and sexually confusing friendship