The fun light novel and anime series VTuber nanda ga Haishin Kiriwasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream) has been the talk of the town lately, but recently it's become even more so. And with the premiere of its most recent episode, fans were thrilled with the guest appearance of a particularly memorable waifu. Rias Gremorythe most attractive demon student of High School DxD.
Rias Gremory's cameo in VTuber Legend excites fans
THE account Official Japanese Twitter/X VTuber Legend shared a hilarious clip from its latest episode, specifically the fourth. In it, the plot focuses on the streamer VTuber Awayuki Kokorone watching live streams of his teammates while recovering from brutal physical training after playing a video game parody Ring Fitting Adventure. In one of them is Hareru Asagiri furious with an anime-themed trading card game.
The clip focuses on VTuber Hareru, who is playing a digital version of the card game that in real life is known as Weiss Schwarz. During the game we see original cards from the game, a clear example of this is Haruna's use of Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Although Hareru-senpai tries to defeat her rival with a good strategy, she is impressed by this special summon in which the beautiful Rias Gremory eliminate your vital points in a comical and suggestive way.
Poor Hareru, who has been trying to maintain her "kayfabe" (acting focused on her VTuber persona) innocence, for a moment completely loses her composure and breaks character. Despite all this, and to her online viewers, she still appears sweet and innocent through her static Live2D VTuber model, despite being physically enraged and having angry outbursts on the other side of the screen, which she usually hides from or finds amusing ways to escape. Such situations are often to maintain her role.
The post on the official account of VTuber Legend It delighted most fans, who watched with surprise and nostalgia as one of the most iconic waifs of her time reappeared. Some comments: "I'd love to play this, it looks interesting"; "I miss you, Rias Gremory"; "I never thought the day would come when I could adore Principal Rias in the Reiwa era"; "I'm happy to see this girl again."
For those who don't know, VTuber caption: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, is a Japanese light novel series written by Nana Nanato and illustrated by Siokazunoko, originally released in 2020 on websites such as Hameln and Kakuyomu. The following year, it was published by the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint, with subsequent manga adaptations in 2022 and anime adaptations this year by the renowned animation studio TNK.
While it often features parodies of real-life brands, such as the YouTube-inspired video service or the Live-On agency, which is loosely based on Hololive Production, the comedy series also features real-life video games, such as Sausage Legend and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. Before the scene High DxD SchoolAwayuki sees another vtuber about to play the visual novel of School days and is moved by the series' infamous finale, which ends with a reference to the anime's "Beautiful Boat."
VTuber Legend is known for being extremely faithful to the VTuber culture it parodies (at least what appears to be the artists of its characters), this is even more evident at the end of episode 4, where Awayuki performs with her colleagues in a music video. animated like in real life. Interestingly, the animation studio responsible for VTuber LegendTNK also produced, among its successful series, School days and High School DxD that were referenced in this specific episode.
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