Fun fact : In the famous "idols like AKB" presentation, Yagoo actually calls Aqua by her name as one example of his vision ; "One idol who also can play video-games and entertain" The onion maid was the first baby step into this direction, even before "Gamers" was a thing. She indeed became a legend.
On paper, Minoto Aqua seems to be the perfect model of vtubing that one could envision: cute and relatable, possessed god-tier gaming skill, a genuine enthusiasm for idol activities, a sweet singing voice that melts everyone's heart... She is awe-inspiring in so many aspects one would assume she just walked straight out of some otaku's dream. No one else could've encapsulate Yagoo's vision of the perfect idol/gamer/streamer more than her, not even Tokino Sora, or the entirety of Japan for that matter.
Aqua: "Have I managed to contribute for Hololive?" Yagoo: "Yes, but not as a part of Hololive, but as a talent called Minato Aqua" YAGOO is the best CEO after all, recognize her talent as the person itself, not as property of the company
few words, it was subtle but it meant a whole lot. she started the question with 'Id like to ask you about me, Minato Aqua' which sounds like she's already referring to Minato Aqua as a seperate being to herself. then he immediately followed up with 'rather than being about Hololive Production' which Yagoo probably means Aqua's achievements and contributions isnt limited to within just Hololive and explained how she has now become someone that a lot of people looked up to. the words 'as the talent called Minato Aqua' is also like reconfirming her that 'she and Minato Aqua are one'
@@litlsteps8486 Especially remembering they are JAPANESES. So having subtext is kind of their thing. That was a really strong statement indeed. Also saying "I'm reluctant to let you go" means so much on how highly he thinks of her.
@@ThEWatcheR216Aloe and Mel deserved better but were at least given their due respect. Rushia belongs in the same basket as Hitomi Chris, good riddance. For those who don't know about the further rushia details its all easily found on google.
@@ThEWatcheR216 With Aloe, he probably could have tried something to help her at the time, but Mel and Rushia violated their contracts; there's not much you can do there.
@@JNV888 In the case of Aloe she was stuck with family matter too so no one could reach out to her at the right moment. It's the only termination/graduation case that I truly wish for a different outcome.
Tbh I never liked Yagoo's artstyle. Feels very different from the other talents and this video kinda highlights it. But it does have some really good points, I don't see any clipping from him, for example.
Thank you for the translation Yura ! This was a sad day for fans especially the Aqua Crews, but I only wish Aqua the very best , happiness and success on her future endeavors. She went out with a bang. A big final round of 👏 for Minato Aqua!
Yagoo had already experienced saying goodbye to a graduated member in the past, coco, and now after more than 6 years he had to say goodbye to Aqua, I have a feeling he is very sad about that
I'm REALLY curious to see what she does next, cause I can't imagine what it is that she wanted to do that they couldn't work out (as she clearly didn't want to leave if it wasn't for whatever that problem is and the company clearly didn't want her to go either, if it wasn't an unsolvable issue on their end either). With Coco, it was kind of the same situation and it turned that... She wanted to go pretty wild on her streams lol, so yeah, it wouldn't work in Hololive. But with Aqua I doubt it'd be that, so I'm wondering... But, well, I don't think it'll take too long for us to find out (just my intuition, I have no info).
thanks to internet we all connected , so i guess it's only matter of time to find her again, i believe we all know about her for being hardworking person, so just wait for it and believe her.
A good take there. I also not sure what this different in direction is. At first i thought it be more like she wants to spend more time streaming then actual events like the hikikomori she is... But this past month after her graduation announcement.. all the different talks she has with different holomens. Makes me feels like she actually enjoy the idol events and even tho she is an introvert, she does crave attention as well which i guess is a normal trait for a streamer. I guess we will see what it is when Aqua comes back in whatever new form it would be. I have a feeling she will be back much sooner then we think.
My entirely baseless guess grounded in just circumstantial evidence on what they couldn't work out would be one or more of the following: 1) High inertia in making things happen due to the size of Cover as a corporation. Maybe Aqua would like the flexibility and agility more commonly associated with indies. 2) Cover's expansion directions. Could be markets that Cover has plans to expand into or markets heretofore neglected. Could be one of the tech spaces Cover is trying to get off the ground (metaverse, in-house social media/content creation platform). 3) Her involvement with activities outside of streaming and idol activities. The earlier generations, especially, had more tie ins with IRL sponsorship jobs because Hololive had not yet exploded in global popularity to a point where tapping on a global audience was a viable business model. Sora is probably the prime example: she does not have as large an online presence with the English speaking part of the internet, but she has a large presence in physical Japan akin to how local celebrities show up on commercial advertisements.
YAGOO best gril really spending time with his own talents till the end no matter what she's up to :D Will really miss this onion :D This is probably her greatest achievement of being an introverted gamer girl to interview her boss :D
Hololive and Aqua are really setting new grounds here with a proper send off... Let's be honest here, whatever happened that led to this, when people say "creative differences" it usually means something that has been going on for quite a while and finally reached a breaking point. It cannot be all sunshine and roses. And that's fine, it happens. But the extent to which everyone worked and went to give Aqua the send off she deserves... it's kinda almost unheard of, right? Of course there were send offs and graduations in the past, but this was like Olympics closing ceremony or something. xD Which Aqua deserves. But man, that really is a whole ton of collabs, recaps, shows, streams and a ton of other stuff. Holomems worked enough for a year in the past month around Aqua's graduation, specially Aqua herself. Did she even sleep? Was there anything left that she didn't touch to pontificate her story in Hololive? I remember... I think yesterday... or was it today? A clip that Aqua would have a surprise last minute visitor... I thought to myself jokingly "at this point, perhaps Yagoo will show up and tell Aqua to stay". It was Nene. Then I though, of course Yagoo won't show up, he's the CEO and all. It's kinda normal to insulate the CEO when things like this happen. I was wrong. xD
I was watching that and felt it is the most interesting part. I understood that best girl was thankful for Aquas contributions, but also wondered what else was there. Thanks for the translations 🙏✨
Aqua was already a popular vtuber before hololive virality. Yagoo was a vtuber fan before he is a CEO, of course he remember you, Aqua lol. Yagoo was a fan of Yomemi (though Yomemi is already gone now).
I was always contemplating between aqua and mikochi on who should be kamioshi and settled on mikochi while I love aqua almost the same, I don't think I would survive the day mikochi graduates if aqua's graduation was this hard for me to take in
imo it is a missed opportunity to discuss the difference between yagoo's vision for the company and aqua's way of creating content that caused her to want to graduate. not to paint one or the other in bad light, but to show why she want to do this graduation.
![Suisei & Towa Sensed Aqua Would Graduate Even Before She Told Them (StartEnd / Hololive) [Eng Subs]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RVLLCQDHj34/mqdefault.jpg)
![Suisei & Towa Sensed Aqua Would Graduate Even Before She Told Them (StartEnd / Hololive) [Eng Subs]](/img/tr.png)
![Suisei Wingmans Matsuri To Woo Hoshikawa Sara (Nijisanji/ Hololive) [Eng Subs]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/K-TUu6Z7Pnw/mqdefault.jpg)
![【#holoGTA】Koyori's English & Mumei's Japanese Is Too Cute... [Eng Sub/Hololive Clip]](/img/1.gif)
Fun fact : In the famous "idols like AKB" presentation, Yagoo actually calls Aqua by her name as one example of his vision ; "One idol who also can play video-games and entertain"
The onion maid was the first baby step into this direction, even before "Gamers" was a thing. She indeed became a legend.
On paper, Minoto Aqua seems to be the perfect model of vtubing that one could envision: cute and relatable, possessed god-tier gaming skill, a genuine enthusiasm for idol activities, a sweet singing voice that melts everyone's heart... She is awe-inspiring in so many aspects one would assume she just walked straight out of some otaku's dream. No one else could've encapsulate Yagoo's vision of the perfect idol/gamer/streamer more than her, not even Tokino Sora, or the entirety of Japan for that matter.
Aqua: "Have I managed to contribute for Hololive?"
Yagoo: "Yes, but not as a part of Hololive, but as a talent called Minato Aqua"
YAGOO is the best CEO after all, recognize her talent as the person itself, not as property of the company
few words, it was subtle but it meant a whole lot. she started the question with 'Id like to ask you about me, Minato Aqua' which sounds like she's already referring to Minato Aqua as a seperate being to herself. then he immediately followed up with 'rather than being about Hololive Production' which Yagoo probably means Aqua's achievements and contributions isnt limited to within just Hololive and explained how she has now become someone that a lot of people looked up to. the words 'as the talent called Minato Aqua' is also like reconfirming her that 'she and Minato Aqua are one'
@@litlsteps8486 It's make me crying and happy at the same time. Minato Aqua now officially become a legend herself
@@litlsteps8486 really glad someone picked up on the subtlety of it, thanks for writing this
@@litlsteps8486 Especially remembering they are JAPANESES. So having subtext is kind of their thing. That was a really strong statement indeed. Also saying "I'm reluctant to let you go" means so much on how highly he thinks of her.
5:03 Yagoo actually wants aqua to keep staying. 😢
good CEO.
Aqua: "He does exist!"
Yes, Aqua, *he always has*
She didn't acknowledge her as Company property but as a real talented individual (person) and that's why Yagoo is the best CEO
Most broadcasted company exit interview in history now😢
Thank you Aqua for interviewing Yagoo on his graduation
It's sad to see him go
He was the best CEO
When i saw this yesterday i thought it was like a heart to heart talk with a father to his daughter
@@ThEWatcheR216 back to /vt/ please
@@ThEWatcheR216Aloe and Mel deserved better but were at least given their due respect. Rushia belongs in the same basket as Hitomi Chris, good riddance. For those who don't know about the further rushia details its all easily found on google.
@@ThEWatcheR216 With Aloe, he probably could have tried something to help her at the time, but Mel and Rushia violated their contracts; there's not much you can do there.
@@JNV888 In the case of Aloe she was stuck with family matter too so no one could reach out to her at the right moment. It's the only termination/graduation case that I truly wish for a different outcome.
@@ranin3209Aloe’s case is the one that many older Hololive fans lament the most and was the reason Happy Synthesizer was such a bittersweet song.
They need to ask where yagoo gets his model from. It's so life like
That's the CEO for you. Off course as the leader of v-tuber company himself, he should be equiped with the best and cutting edge model for V-Tubing 😅😂
While others are running on unity his model is on unreal engine 5 with raytracing on
Tbh I never liked Yagoo's artstyle. Feels very different from the other talents and this video kinda highlights it. But it does have some really good points, I don't see any clipping from him, for example.
Yagoo's model was already advanced since 2016
she even change her voice to match her old man model, real best gurl
5:05 Motoaki Tanigo held back tears 😢
This really did have the atmosphere of a last episode. It truly felt like a proper ending to Minato Aqua's story.
People who have had experience of "success" are likely to repeat it, no matter the industry. Wherever Aqua goes, I'm sure she'll excel.
"Nah, I'm okay!"
lol
Aqua: Who are you?
Yagoo: I'm Yagoo, your boss.
Aqua: Really? I thought you were just something Subaru made up...
Thank you for the translation Yura ! This was a sad day for fans especially the Aqua Crews, but I only wish Aqua the very best , happiness and success on her future endeavors. She went out with a bang. A big final round of 👏 for Minato Aqua!
Yagoo had already experienced saying goodbye to a graduated member in the past, coco, and now after more than 6 years he had to say goodbye to Aqua, I have a feeling he is very sad about that
sou desu ne is real
From top to bottom no one wanted to see her leave. That should show the kind of impact Aqua had on everyone.
felt like yagoo was almost gonna tear up at the end there when he thanked her
I understand that "they actually exist" feeling
Seeing someone on TV and actually seeing them in close proximity feels different
I agree with Yagoo, the progress is really a whole lot better ( faster or than i expected
I'm REALLY curious to see what she does next, cause I can't imagine what it is that she wanted to do that they couldn't work out (as she clearly didn't want to leave if it wasn't for whatever that problem is and the company clearly didn't want her to go either, if it wasn't an unsolvable issue on their end either).
With Coco, it was kind of the same situation and it turned that... She wanted to go pretty wild on her streams lol, so yeah, it wouldn't work in Hololive. But with Aqua I doubt it'd be that, so I'm wondering... But, well, I don't think it'll take too long for us to find out (just my intuition, I have no info).
thanks to internet we all connected , so i guess it's only matter of time to find her again, i believe we all know about her for being hardworking person, so just wait for it and believe her.
I think it has to do with her streaming games and participating in tournaments. It is what she does best after all.
I'll be awaiting her return too
A good take there. I also not sure what this different in direction is. At first i thought it be more like she wants to spend more time streaming then actual events like the hikikomori she is... But this past month after her graduation announcement.. all the different talks she has with different holomens. Makes me feels like she actually enjoy the idol events and even tho she is an introvert, she does crave attention as well which i guess is a normal trait for a streamer.
I guess we will see what it is when Aqua comes back in whatever new form it would be. I have a feeling she will be back much sooner then we think.
My entirely baseless guess grounded in just circumstantial evidence on what they couldn't work out would be one or more of the following:
1) High inertia in making things happen due to the size of Cover as a corporation. Maybe Aqua would like the flexibility and agility more commonly associated with indies.
2) Cover's expansion directions. Could be markets that Cover has plans to expand into or markets heretofore neglected. Could be one of the tech spaces Cover is trying to get off the ground (metaverse, in-house social media/content creation platform).
3) Her involvement with activities outside of streaming and idol activities. The earlier generations, especially, had more tie ins with IRL sponsorship jobs because Hololive had not yet exploded in global popularity to a point where tapping on a global audience was a viable business model. Sora is probably the prime example: she does not have as large an online presence with the English speaking part of the internet, but she has a large presence in physical Japan akin to how local celebrities show up on commercial advertisements.
My man Yagoo rocking the brand new 990s!
It still hasn't hit me yet that Aqua has graduated.
Truly a proper and fitting sendoff to our shining idol.
I really like the way Yagoo talks. He really thinks about what to say and in the best way possible. Goes to show his knowledge about what he does.
I imagine Aqua doesn't work in the office often, so she didn't get many chances to meet Yagoo like the other talents did.
De Wa, mata ne tamanegi 🥲😊🥰
YAGOO best gril really spending time with his own talents till the end no matter what she's up to :D
Will really miss this onion :D
This is probably her greatest achievement of being an introverted gamer girl to interview her boss :D
Hololive and Aqua are really setting new grounds here with a proper send off...
Let's be honest here, whatever happened that led to this, when people say "creative differences" it usually means something that has been going on for quite a while and finally reached a breaking point. It cannot be all sunshine and roses. And that's fine, it happens.
But the extent to which everyone worked and went to give Aqua the send off she deserves... it's kinda almost unheard of, right? Of course there were send offs and graduations in the past, but this was like Olympics closing ceremony or something. xD Which Aqua deserves. But man, that really is a whole ton of collabs, recaps, shows, streams and a ton of other stuff. Holomems worked enough for a year in the past month around Aqua's graduation, specially Aqua herself. Did she even sleep? Was there anything left that she didn't touch to pontificate her story in Hololive?
I remember... I think yesterday... or was it today? A clip that Aqua would have a surprise last minute visitor... I thought to myself jokingly "at this point, perhaps Yagoo will show up and tell Aqua to stay". It was Nene. Then I though, of course Yagoo won't show up, he's the CEO and all. It's kinda normal to insulate the CEO when things like this happen.
I was wrong. xD
Of course best girl exists, Aqua!
Thank you Yura for all these translation 😢
meanwhile on Yagoo's post interview
Him: Soudesune... aqua is what i thought her to be, an idol gamer. Aqua is real.
The whole graduation stream felt like a cinematic experience. Also Yagoo really went from Cardboard to Realistic 3D Model!
I mean aqua... we all seen him at the cons
Another Coco tradition lives on via the Yagoo interview on graduation~~~
Aqua will be missed. I really love her music and streams~~~
Thank you for the translation!
I was watching that and felt it is the most interesting part. I understood that best girl was thankful for Aquas contributions, but also wondered what else was there. Thanks for the translations 🙏✨
THE YAGOO! THE YAGOO IS REAL!
o7 Aqua, I'll never forget you!
Now I’m curious who gaslit our gaming onion to think that Yagoo doesn’t exist😂
👍
my heart feels empty now 🥲 i miss her gamer mode , the mad dog aqua 😥
そうですね
Aqua was already a popular vtuber before hololive virality. Yagoo was a vtuber fan before he is a CEO, of course he remember you, Aqua lol. Yagoo was a fan of Yomemi (though Yomemi is already gone now).
Quite the nice bookend to a wonderful run.
After Aqua's graduate, i cant to not thinking that my oshi Mikochi would graduate too someday..
Man, im so not ready for it. never!
I was always contemplating between aqua and mikochi on who should be kamioshi and settled on mikochi while I love aqua almost the same, I don't think I would survive the day mikochi graduates if aqua's graduation was this hard for me to take in
Hololive Resistance da yo!
In this clip you can see a Legend interviewing the best girl
Yagoo the one true king
Best Idol always EXISTS
omg
imo it is a missed opportunity to discuss the difference between yagoo's vision for the company and aqua's way of creating content that caused her to want to graduate. not to paint one or the other in bad light, but to show why she want to do this graduation.