i like how i’m coming across clips of you these past few minutes and every clip you’ve interacted with by commenting like 4-16 minutes ago are the ones that are popping up in my timeline now
Reminds me of when my mom before i was born. By the time i cam around, my family wasn't in poverty anymore. But before my mom found my dad, she was going from one crappy aprtment to another to support my siblings. One of them had a roach problem. Well, my mom complained to the land lord. He would deny it constantly. Then, one day, my mom saw this giant roach crossing her counter. She stabbed it with a knife, put in a letter, and sent it to her land lord. He cleaned the building not long after.
That is such a hilarious and chad move honestly. How did she not get evicted? I feel like if others tried what she did, it wouldn't be as likely to turn out in her favor.
Also interesting part, that name “Matara Kan” consists of “Ma” which is a part of Russian word mom: “Мама” and “Tarakan” which means cockroach in Russian: “Таракан”
I actually remember when she said that very line ("I'm never gonna die, I'll be like a cockroach" or something like that) in her previous life before her graduation. We all thought it was a joke but it was actually foreshadowing.
we only have like 2 types that can be considered anywhere near common I think and even then you need a VERY neglected environment to really see them, it's too cold for them to really thrive and when they do crop up they normally get eaten by the foxes
@@dracotias yeah so far i've seen both in france the big one and the small one the place is not really neglected since my mom take care of the house but we have them since age, the fact that there is people throwing shit in the back and it's keep happening to this day is probably one of the reason why there is cockroach in the first place
@revolvingworld2676 her mini-mascot is a snake, she has fangs, her hair is stylized like a king cobra's hood, and her name is a reference to the legend of the oroboros
@@revolvingworld2676 her form looks human but her design is heavily snake-inspired (and honestly her ridiculous proportions make sense if she's a king cobra)
0:25 Somehow I can relate to Mata in this regard, when I was younger I was infatuated with a idea similar to the idea of a monster in fancy dress, and somehow this kinda of OC was always in a corner of my mind until I put the idea on paper, so eventually I had to draw this beautiful japanese lady in what it seems a mixture of a traditional Japanese wedding dress with a typical western wedding dress but actually the pretty lady was monster that resembles an Orchid Mantis, with a pair of fake eyes on the gorgeous face while another pair, this time being the true eyes, as some kind of fold of the "hood" of dress, and those scyther-like pincers hidden in the sleeves of the kimono.
It's funny spiders terrify me but I love spider girls like Arahnia from Monster Girl Doctor and Rachnera from Monster Monsume. It's like humans are fascinated by danger or something.
As someone who really doesn't like bugs and absolutely despises cockroaches. I also love her design. It's well done, gets the point across of what she is, but doesn't hurt me to look at. In fact I'd say she probably has one of the more creative designs out there.
Ahhhh, I commented about this about the debut, wondering how the heck “cockroach” became the decision. I’d guessed it was due to the low concentration of insect vtubers (outside of Juniper, I don’t know of any more), but I did make the guess that it was a reference to the fact that cockroaches are hard to kill. I was thinking more along the lines of her staying in the industry and refusing to give up, so I was close! Neat!
I relate to Matara opinion on this! 🤣 In Chinese, we have this saying in doing business. It’s either you are a dinosaur or you are a cockroach. Of course being a dinosaur means that you are running a very successful business and also dominating the market and being a cockroach it means that you only get leftovers scraps. But the down side of being big would be when a volcanic eruption comes, in relation to this would be something like a economic recession, the dinosaur will always be the easiest target where as cockroaches will always be there for every generation! 😁😂 Please note that I am not an economic expert, I am just only sharing what I hear usually in relation to matara choosing the cockroach design xD
I'm glad Matara has persevered and pushed forward to finally come to a place where she feels happy and appreciated. Cockroaches, being stubborn and not dying easily, is why my gaming friends and I have had the guild 'Cockroach Gaming' for years over multiple games. Now, we have a new matriarch/patron VTuber for our guild 🤣
It's crazy how someone like her knows how to manage talents and run events and set things up but was completely shocked that she didn't realize that HER own manager(s) at her previous place are intended to do the same with her.
As someone who has been juggling a full time job and trying to stream I totally get what she means. It is really hard to balance the two. Mad respect to her for working so hard for so long to make it here.
when you've lived with them your whole life and you've smelled them, feel them on your skin, and they contaminate and bite you because you slept after eating and didn't realize you have leftover microcrumbs on your clothes and now you wake up with rashes. Only then will you be "bothered" with their existence and your skin crawls with the thought of them - especially when they land on you unknowingly because they fucking fly for some goddamned reason. It's not fear, after all they're easily killed and small, but rather repulsion. I hate their existence. @@raylenn4444
I've seen cockroaches twice in my life. The first was in Israel six years ago; I saw them scurrying around in the distance at night when I was in Eilat. The second was in Japan five years ago, where I'd occasionally see them in the house I was staying at (I luckily didn't choose to stay in one of the main rooms downstairs, where one of the cabinets apparently had a bunch of them). Also, cockroaches are not unkillable. The trick is that they're very resistant to squishing forces but not shearing forces. You've got to stomp on them and then twist your foot.
Her being a roach is smart because being mom and a snek would cause needless comparisons to Vexoria and this gives her the chance to really have her own identity.
I will say, I've lived in the UK all my life, the only Cockroach I've seen was in a science class when some people bought a bunch of foreign insects in for the class, I even held it, along with a giant millipede and a giant African snail. Surprisingly they all aren't so bad to hold, snail is a bit slimy ofc, but the millipede in particular is a load of tiny pricks, not painful ones but because of how it feels that one's actually nice to hold
I respect people who have real jobs. But i also respect mata kan because of her hustle. Shes been grinding for a long time just to keep a roof over her head. Hopefully now she doesn't have to grind as much as she used to.
Nothing not real about her job, honestly. She had to struggle like the rest of us, if not more because she was determined to go through with a relatively low paying career she enjoyed. If the only difference between a real job and a "fake" job is that you just popping up on a screen and entertain people is "fake", then I don't get how that's any different from a real job.
I have to admit, I never would have thought… I’d be ok with a cockroach design. But with the claw arms, the hair, even the bug legs. It all looks amazing.
"Dejavu i have been to this place before" is the first thing come up to me in this collab. Like same 2 person same sitting position and a jar on the table with something in it. Like literally dejavu me
The best method of dealing with cockroaches I've seen so far (that actually works, I can confirm) is essentially a zombie apocalypse one. There is a poison bait that kills a cockroach and makes other roaches really attracted to it and cannibalize it, which infects them as well. So if she ever collabs with Ollie, we should be worried.
Never thought about the snake thing where the tail isn't seen much. When I watch someone like Vexoria, however, I never forget about the tail despite it not being visible.
I actually really like her design. Didn't think I would, but I do. Color goes a long way towards making it cute, a more realistic brown would be unsettling. I also like the theming of resilience. Cockroaches are, as much as they annoy us, truly remarkable insects capable of surviving in tough conditions.
I haven’t followed things too closely but hearing her voice for the first time makes me understand the hype. Took me a while but I recognize the other guy’s voice too.
I knew it! It’s weird but once you get over that fact it makes sense. Also ty K9K for asking one of the top questions I’m assuming we was all thinking about.
i’m surprised that Kuro lives in UK and never seen a cockroach in person, when i was in London during summer time i saw so many at all kinds of locations
i guess the side that Kuro visited in PH has more of a mosquito problem instead of a cockroach problem (which i think is more common in heavily urbanized areas)
Roaches are immortal to nuclear Yet our hands so destructive I like how mom cucaracha say herself never die but will showcase exhibit of dead fellowship over kuro
as someone who was traumatized by cockroaches as a child who lived in a very very poor family i HATE roaches but matara i might be able to put my fears aside for
A cool way that the snake version would’ve worked would be if she went with a sorta cobra design where the hood would substitute the hair (Feel free to use this idea if you want, aspiring vtubers).
The North half of Europe is generally too cold for cockroaches, so it makes sense. I've never seen one in Sweden. They are more common when travelling to Southern Europe.
In very cold Russia was very many cockroaches before, but now they quite rare. Reason of that no one knowing, just random speculation about that they afraid of wi-fi waves and something like that.
Cockroaches is fit her well. very Manacingly for no reason (especially when they fly) , strong AF, dont know what fear is, hard to kill, hard to demolish, embodiment of imortality, and you can find them anywhere.
I like how Kuro describes it as never "meeting" a cockroach, like they're a social demographic.
Ita even weirder now that he's somewhere in south east asia rn
I mean Turks are a social demographic :^)
@@NucleaRaptor Are you Greek perchance?
@@NucleaRaptor Cringe
Oh I had the best time yesterday! I talked to a cockroach, and she had a lot to say
Said no-one ever
"I've never met a cockroach irl" "they don't spawn here" please 😭
Time to move to the UK
@@zNoah Be ready for shankin' then (wait, the whole shanking crime is true, no?)
Too lazy to cross waters I guess
spawn 💀💀
But it's not inaccurate, that is what spawn means!
Roaches look scary
Living with them is scarier. From my experience obv. You can't walk out of the room at night without seeing these motherfuckers on the ceiling.
They _are_ scary.
i like how i’m coming across clips of you these past few minutes and every clip you’ve interacted with by commenting like 4-16 minutes ago are the ones that are popping up in my timeline now
you've never seen one irl, and yet their existence frightens even you.
the horrors of this "cockroach" monstrosity!
I grew up in the ghetto.
I'm so envious of you.
I hate roaches.
The absolute horror in Kuro's voice when she said that she'll bring him a dead cockroach 😭
Reminds me of when my mom before i was born. By the time i cam around, my family wasn't in poverty anymore. But before my mom found my dad, she was going from one crappy aprtment to another to support my siblings. One of them had a roach problem. Well, my mom complained to the land lord. He would deny it constantly. Then, one day, my mom saw this giant roach crossing her counter. She stabbed it with a knife, put in a letter, and sent it to her land lord. He cleaned the building not long after.
That is such a hilarious and chad move honestly. How did she not get evicted? I feel like if others tried what she did, it wouldn't be as likely to turn out in her favor.
fr also lovely name and pfp. Is that Evelynn by any chance or a diff character? Who's the artist?
Your moms a badass@@VA_Nightshade
Live roaches only.
No zombies.
Also interesting part, that name “Matara Kan” consists of “Ma” which is a part of Russian word mom: “Мама” and “Tarakan” which means cockroach in Russian: “Таракан”
Жесть, а ведь действительно. Это ж прям на поверхности, как я не заметил? :D
"tarakan" is pretty much all over eastern european languages, not just russian
the full name stated in the debut stream is actually Mat'Tarakan (Мать Таракан), so its not just a part of Мама
@@rockfalls3007 she speaks russian though
@@CYXXYCshe is russian or at least somehow related to the language
I actually remember when she said that very line ("I'm never gonna die, I'll be like a cockroach" or something like that) in her previous life before her graduation. We all thought it was a joke but it was actually foreshadowing.
She went from being the best fox mom to the best cockroach😂 I wouldnt step on her
In Soviet Russia cockroaches step on you.
😂
@@dominikmagnussteps on us cutely
I want her to step on me instead
Cheers to the insect girls. If Juniper Actias is still around, I hope we can have a Moth Mommy+Roach Mommy collab.
Juniper definitely still is around, I saw her stream last week
With Lyra, we’d get 3 different character archetypes.
Matara: Lawful Good
Lyra: Neutral Good
Juniper: Chaotic Good
She's always making new models so it's understandable if you mistake her most recent models for an entirely different vtuber
She's from twitch. Not very active on RUclips, but she already streamed twice this week.
It would be cool to see Her & Tara collab
She’s seemingly creating a new model every month, so it’s not surprising if you lose track of her.
Damnnn, the meaning is even more powerful now. I didn't know a lot about her past, it's cool to know she did so many jobs
Cockroaches do actually exist in the UK! But the UK in general just has an overall bug deficiency, so you don't really see many out there.
I know where I’m moving then
we only have like 2 types that can be considered anywhere near common I think and even then you need a VERY neglected environment to really see them, it's too cold for them to really thrive and when they do crop up they normally get eaten by the foxes
The weather in UK is awful not even the roaches wanna be there
there is some in france it's depend of alot of things i suppose
@@dracotias yeah so far i've seen both in france the big one and the small one the place is not really neglected since my mom take care of the house but we have them since age, the fact that there is people throwing shit in the back and it's keep happening to this day is probably one of the reason why there is cockroach in the first place
After following her streaming career for a few years, I caught onto the cockroach resilience thing IMMEDIATELY
Makes sense, after all steamers and RUclipsrs don’t have legs so her being a snake would be a bit counterproductive
Don't tell that to all the Lamia Vtubers out there🤐
Kronii is a snake.
@@dinosaurusrex1482
Is this some new lore I’m missing?
@revolvingworld2676 her mini-mascot is a snake, she has fangs, her hair is stylized like a king cobra's hood, and her name is a reference to the legend of the oroboros
@@revolvingworld2676 her form looks human but her design is heavily snake-inspired (and honestly her ridiculous proportions make sense if she's a king cobra)
Kuro is truly blessed to be able to say that lol
She meant it when she said she’ll never die, They might look different but they are the same! Good bye Nina Hello Matara Tarakan!
"I'll bring you a dead cockroach" Foolish of her to think that cockroach will actually be dead.
0:25 Somehow I can relate to Mata in this regard, when I was younger I was infatuated with a idea similar to the idea of a monster in fancy dress, and somehow this kinda of OC was always in a corner of my mind until I put the idea on paper, so eventually I had to draw this beautiful japanese lady in what it seems a mixture of a traditional Japanese wedding dress with a typical western wedding dress but actually the pretty lady was monster that resembles an Orchid Mantis, with a pair of fake eyes on the gorgeous face while another pair, this time being the true eyes, as some kind of fold of the "hood" of dress, and those scyther-like pincers hidden in the sleeves of the kimono.
As a huge bug and invertibrate nerd. I love the cockroach design lol.
you must be in heaven lol, im starting to apreciate her design too
It's funny spiders terrify me but I love spider girls like Arahnia from Monster Girl Doctor and Rachnera from Monster Monsume.
It's like humans are fascinated by danger or something.
@wolfman210 As someone who regularly eats peppers & neurotoxins (coffee) (and one day wants to try fugu) : YES.
As someone who really doesn't like bugs and absolutely despises cockroaches. I also love her design. It's well done, gets the point across of what she is, but doesn't hurt me to look at. In fact I'd say she probably has one of the more creative designs out there.
I just read invertebrate as spineless and was confused what being a coward had to do with loving the design for a hot second XD
Im scared of roaches, shes the only being who can defeat me....
why is it that whenever these two collabs, there's THE JAR
Ahhhh, I commented about this about the debut, wondering how the heck “cockroach” became the decision. I’d guessed it was due to the low concentration of insect vtubers (outside of Juniper, I don’t know of any more), but I did make the guess that it was a reference to the fact that cockroaches are hard to kill. I was thinking more along the lines of her staying in the industry and refusing to give up, so I was close! Neat!
I relate to Matara opinion on this! 🤣
In Chinese, we have this saying in doing business. It’s either you are a dinosaur or you are a cockroach.
Of course being a dinosaur means that you are running a very successful business and also dominating the market and being a cockroach it means that you only get leftovers scraps.
But the down side of being big would be when a volcanic eruption comes, in relation to this would be something like a economic recession, the dinosaur will always be the easiest target where as cockroaches will always be there for every generation! 😁😂
Please note that I am not an economic expert, I am just only sharing what I hear usually in relation to matara choosing the cockroach design xD
So just like the "jack of all trades and master of one" thing
I'm glad Matara has persevered and pushed forward to finally come to a place where she feels happy and appreciated. Cockroaches, being stubborn and not dying easily, is why my gaming friends and I have had the guild 'Cockroach Gaming' for years over multiple games. Now, we have a new matriarch/patron VTuber for our guild 🤣
It's crazy how someone like her knows how to manage talents and run events and set things up but was completely shocked that she didn't realize that HER own manager(s) at her previous place are intended to do the same with her.
As someone who has been juggling a full time job and trying to stream I totally get what she means. It is really hard to balance the two. Mad respect to her for working so hard for so long to make it here.
Man that life story... Bravo, u got the endurance, rock on
Honestly the roach really suits her personality.
Like not necessarily the animal,
But the Pheromosa-esque design just works.
Matara Kan: I will never die
Average Bug Spray: Hear you talkin shit
OK now there's *two* mama vtubers in my vocab: 1st one's a nine-tailed fox, then there's the pink alien cockroach.
Oh wait, THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON!
Honestly Kuro is lucky! I basically have anxiety after I see one… I see one, kill it, then every shadow I see starts looking like a roach…
I only hate roaches because they murder electronics and smell like ass.
i feel you mate, i have cockroach too we just need exterminator to kill them
Never met one, wouldn't be too bothered if i did meet one tbh.
when you've lived with them your whole life and you've smelled them, feel them on your skin, and they contaminate and bite you because you slept after eating and didn't realize you have leftover microcrumbs on your clothes and now you wake up with rashes. Only then will you be "bothered" with their existence and your skin crawls with the thought of them - especially when they land on you unknowingly because they fucking fly for some goddamned reason. It's not fear, after all they're easily killed and small, but rather repulsion. I hate their existence. @@raylenn4444
I've seen cockroaches twice in my life. The first was in Israel six years ago; I saw them scurrying around in the distance at night when I was in Eilat. The second was in Japan five years ago, where I'd occasionally see them in the house I was staying at (I luckily didn't choose to stay in one of the main rooms downstairs, where one of the cabinets apparently had a bunch of them).
Also, cockroaches are not unkillable. The trick is that they're very resistant to squishing forces but not shearing forces. You've got to stomp on them and then twist your foot.
Her being a roach is smart because being mom and a snek would cause needless comparisons to Vexoria and this gives her the chance to really have her own identity.
Except she doesn’t have her own identity. She looks exactly like Pheromosa.
huh didn't know pheromosa was a vtuber @@Honeyboobooboo
@@Honeyboobooboo yeah but pheromosa isn't a vtuber
You're so resilient MamaTara. I love your hard working spirit so much 😭💕
fun fact: when russians moved to a new place they used to bring along cockroaches from their old place in matchboxes.
saw a cockroach in the garage once and i fucking screamed. i wish ive never seen a cockroach before
Well, that's a hell of a reason. Resilience truly is a great virtue any streamer should have
Pls never die hahaha
Really impressive to hear all the stuff she has done on the side
I will say, I've lived in the UK all my life, the only Cockroach I've seen was in a science class when some people bought a bunch of foreign insects in for the class, I even held it, along with a giant millipede and a giant African snail. Surprisingly they all aren't so bad to hold, snail is a bit slimy ofc, but the millipede in particular is a load of tiny pricks, not painful ones but because of how it feels that one's actually nice to hold
I respect people who have real jobs. But i also respect mata kan because of her hustle. Shes been grinding for a long time just to keep a roof over her head. Hopefully now she doesn't have to grind as much as she used to.
Nothing not real about her job, honestly. She had to struggle like the rest of us, if not more because she was determined to go through with a relatively low paying career she enjoyed. If the only difference between a real job and a "fake" job is that you just popping up on a screen and entertain people is "fake", then I don't get how that's any different from a real job.
I never knew she was streaming for almost 10 years
Oh man, I'm realizing so much when I actually listen to these voices.
That one IRL poker tournament clip tho…probably one of my favorite ones
Atleast this cockroach is adorable
“Ill bring you a dead cockroach.” Followed by the desperate “NOOO”
I have to admit, I never would have thought… I’d be ok with a cockroach design. But with the claw arms, the hair, even the bug legs. It all looks amazing.
"Dejavu i have been to this place before" is the first thing come up to me in this collab. Like same 2 person same sitting position and a jar on the table with something in it. Like literally dejavu me
Oh my God I know both those voices damn I'm so happy
After doing a bit of research on Matarakan, I knew she would answer like this. It makes very valid sense.
that "nO" sent me flying🤣
mom went full zerg
NGL I kind of love how expressive Matara's model is. The big eyes and the wide sharp-toothed mouth is just really good.
The best method of dealing with cockroaches I've seen so far (that actually works, I can confirm) is essentially a zombie apocalypse one. There is a poison bait that kills a cockroach and makes other roaches really attracted to it and cannibalize it, which infects them as well. So if she ever collabs with Ollie, we should be worried.
I kind of want to hear Matara's thoughts on Vexoria the suneater now
I feel like I encounter a roach at least once a month in the hotter months and if I’m in Florida by chance at least every day.
That comment about monster in a dress really just reminded me of a character in Mage and Demon Queen who is obsessed with lamias in stockings.
At 1st I was like oh are we getting a little 2 in the weeds here
Never thought about the snake thing where the tail isn't seen much. When I watch someone like Vexoria, however, I never forget about the tail despite it not being visible.
I actually really like her design. Didn't think I would, but I do. Color goes a long way towards making it cute, a more realistic brown would be unsettling. I also like the theming of resilience. Cockroaches are, as much as they annoy us, truly remarkable insects capable of surviving in tough conditions.
I haven’t followed things too closely but hearing her voice for the first time makes me understand the hype. Took me a while but I recognize the other guy’s voice too.
I knew it! It’s weird but once you get over that fact it makes sense. Also ty K9K for asking one of the top questions I’m assuming we was all thinking about.
i’m surprised that Kuro lives in UK and never seen a cockroach in person, when i was in London during summer time i saw so many at all kinds of locations
i guess the side that Kuro visited in PH has more of a mosquito problem instead of a cockroach problem (which i think is more common in heavily urbanized areas)
Roaches are immortal to nuclear
Yet our hands so destructive
I like how mom cucaracha say herself never die but will showcase exhibit of dead fellowship over kuro
1:28 William Afton be like
this is nice.
I feel that. I chose to be a magic slug because 1: I don’t think there are any other slugs and 2: I’m a little slow.
10+ years? holy moly
"Moooom can I take grandpa on my uk trip?"
I'm grateful to have never seen a cockroach irl outside of reptile tanks
WDDWM "WE DON'T DIE WE MULTIPLY"
Cockroach just spawns in
Whens the Morf LeRosh collab
She was on that Lusimine tag.
so Matara is lore in itself, its just a theory
"I've actually never met a cockroach irl before"
I wonder who he classifies as a "cockroach" for him to phrase it like that lmao
Bros so forever alone the cockroaches hide from him
I think I have just the Pokémon for you. Look up pheromosa
00:36 the veteran °7
Matara is my Kahn.
the doesn't set on the roach empire
as someone who was traumatized by cockroaches as a child who lived in a very very poor family i HATE roaches but matara i might be able to put my fears aside for
the only time I saw a cockroach is on tv
Makes you wonder, if nothing else, what form the ghost girl is going to take when she inevitably shows up here.
Pheromosa vibes
When u isekaid and meet ur isekaid friend
Someone has to edit Matara's face on the spinning rach meme.
Awww love them ❤💖
I love her hair, like if she got down on all fours and we looked at her from above, it would just look like a very pale pink cockroach made of hair
She can hug me anytime.
A cool way that the snake version would’ve worked would be if she went with a sorta cobra design where the hood would substitute the hair (Feel free to use this idea if you want, aspiring vtubers).
The North half of Europe is generally too cold for cockroaches, so it makes sense. I've never seen one in Sweden.
They are more common when travelling to Southern Europe.
In very cold Russia was very many cockroaches before, but now they quite rare. Reason of that no one knowing, just random speculation about that they afraid of wi-fi waves and something like that.
But if you close your eyes, it's almost like nothing changed at aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall
I live in Nevada and roaches be spawning like we're in hardcore mode
Cockroaches is fit her well. very Manacingly for no reason (especially when they fly) , strong AF, dont know what fear is, hard to kill, hard to demolish, embodiment of imortality, and you can find them anywhere.
Damn that dude's neck is something else.
To be honest, she could’ve gone with a cobra if she wanted to do the snake theme, that way people could tell even if you don’t see the tail often
Matara's reasoning is genius.
Weird how i actually do remember her hosting a poker tournament lol.
I really want to love roach mom, but i have a fear of cockroaches and now i struggle to watch her videos lmao
I think it's fine, she doesn't look that much like a cockroach. Looks more like an alien creature, which is even cooler.
She’ll bring a dead cockroach? Those things are rare.
Oh wait. We’re talking about the mother here.
I've never seen a cockroach either