Japan JUST reopened for tourism like last week, but business in March. Not sure about specifics, but I am guessing they still have to wait on passports. Those are usually the longest part of the process.
Did you mean something else other than passports here?
You can get a passport even with no immediate or future travel plans. The minute they were hired by a JP company they should have already been applying for them, not much excuse for waiting.
Watching clips from Aki's birthday and I really don't get why she isn't popular at least for her design or music. She isn't spectacular like Suisei or particularly unique like Haachama, but her design is cute, she can sing well, and she seems pretty nice. I haven't seen much of her content but she seems like she'd stand out. Maybe it's just the rest of Gen 1 was so big I guess.
Her design is the weakest part for me, actually, just not a big fan of the "separated hair" thing. Also, her default outfit has that flared dress -- I'm no dance expert, but the dress being so wide kinda obscures her hip movements, which I think may not be ideal for her dancing style.
Everything about Akirose, the person behind the model, is great though. Strong skills in all relevant areas.
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I have seen loads of e-celebs go to cons, even full blown e-thots. I have never seen one with such a list of demands for you to basically say hi to them as Kiara does lol
My favourite is you need to download a beauty app if you want to photograph her.
Jesus christ, Keeki, what are you even doing? I'll defend the chicken when it's warranted, but this... at best it's just a really poor attitude. Yeah, especially with the selfie app shit.
Instead of watching a chicken, how about a penguin?
Pina's doing an endurance to 20K subs, she's at 19,945 but it's slow going. I started watching at 19,937 so not sure how many she started the stream with, but she's on hour 4 already.
Of course, pity subs are no good for anyone, so what's important are her selling points:
- Extremely sweet, comfy, wholesome (e.g. writes a fan appreciation tweet every single day)
- Great singer, and often breaks into song randomly during streams
- Enjoys puns and dad-jokes, even makes YT Shorts of them
- Screams and panics easily even in non-horror games (e.g. Black Mesa)
If that sounds like your kind of dork, come check her out!
EDIT: She hit 20K! Right around the 6 hour mark of the stream.