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[Abriael_GN]

Wanna hear an uplifting/happy story?

Today Sega announced the overall winner of the audition for a part in Like a Dragon/Yakuza 8, and it's Kson. She's a Youtuber and Vtuber (one of the few popular ones who also shows her real self) and a massive Yakuza fan. What makes this even more perfect is the worst-kept secret that she's the performer behind Kiryu Coco, a popular HoloLive Vtuber who was forced to retire after Chinese users boycotted her and Chinese outlets banned her for mentioning Taiwan in passing as its own country on a livestream.

She'll play the "madonna" of an establishment where the protagonists (Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga) and their friends gather. She'll also appear in Gaiden, albeit that's a smaller live-action role as a cabaret club hostess. In 8 she's a full-fledged character with her 3D model voiced by her. She's bilingual, so she'll likely voice her character in English as well.

This is what I call poetic justice. Also, really ballsy move by Sega, considering that Chinese crybabies will probably not like it at all.

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[mejin]

Beautiful ladies. Can't wait for the new games.

 

[drotahorror]

Nice, good for her!

Props to Sega too.

 

[Synless]

is this one a jrpg like 7?

 

[-Zelda-]

So I guess they are not going to be selling this in China, then? Take that L, China.

 

[kunonabi]

Not really a fan of the pick but this is supposedly the last competition so might as well gimmick it out.

 

[SeraphJan]

It says Ryu Ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden

8?

Edit:

She'll also appear in Gaiden

Nevermind

 

[Abriael_GN]

Not really a fan of the pick but this is supposedly the last competition so might as well gimmick it out.

I'm not sure what's wrong with the pick? of what the "gimmick" would be.

It says Ryu Ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden

All the finalists have a part in 7 Gaiden, but that's a small live-action role.

Only the overall winner gets her full-fledged character in 8.

 

[Pelao]

I'm so happy for Kson. She's great and totally deserves it.

 

[SeraphJan]

I'm not sure what's wrong with the pick? of what the "gimmick" would be.



All the finalists have a part in 7 Gaiden, but that's a small live-action role.

Only the overall winner gets her full-fledged character in 8.

Yeah, I didn't watch the video at first

 

[adamsapple]

That's awesome.

 

[Labolas]

Kson is a huge fan of Yakuza. Named her Hololive persona her Kiryu. Very much happy for her.

 

[Comandr]

She'll also appear in Gaiden, albeit that's a smaller live-action role as a cabaret club hostess.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Nice!

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Hot damn, way to go Sega!

 

[nial]

Pretty cool to hear.

 

[supernova8]

Wait are any of them even pornstars? (Pretty sure they used to use pornstars in the past)

If not....

 

[Abriael_GN]

Wait are any of them even pornstars? (Pretty sure they used to use pornstars in the past)

If not....

Pretty shallow take but yeah, Ai Sayama, one of the 5 finalists is a pornstar, but she didn't win. Which is great, because Kson deserved it.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Don't know anything about her or this event, but China sucks major balls so good for her, and respect to Sega for doing this.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

My favourite gaming company keeps being my favourite gaming company. Want to buy this game now.

 

[Bernkastel]

Don't know anything about her or this event, but China sucks major balls so good for her, and respect to Sega for doing this.

Depressed Nousagi made a series videos on it.

Spoiler

You can start from the second video if you only care about the drama






Her graduation video #GoodbyeCoco is still one most superchatted livestreams on YouTube and most superchatted vtuber stream.

Most Super Chatted Youtube lives in Worldwide - All-time

Worldwide YouTube videos all-time ranking and analysis reports.

playboard.co

Almost everyone in the vtuber community watched that stream. The voice actor of Kazuma Kiryu thanked her


Even some from outside joined in

Spoiler

What happened to Artia?

Spoiler

Heres some direct links to Artia shit if you want to do your research
https://archive.vn/S2IbD - A Taiwanese guy compiled all the evidence on how racist HoloCN members and viewers are, this compilation will also make you familiar with some terminology

Spoiler: Hold the line

Spoiler: Artia participating in Chinese meme war on Taiwanese Facebook users

Artia' s opinion to Chinese extreme nationalist - YouTube

archived 15 Nov 2020 00:35:34 UTC

archive.vn

If you care here is the 13 minutes video copy thats still on bilibili. But this part is important

This is the incident she is talking about, where she took part and supposedly appeared in some local news.

https://warosu.org/jp/thread/S26978958#p26981645 - Initially no one beleived that Artia or HoloCN were traitors

Spoiler: Artia Aftermath

Okay lets talk about the Artia shills in the west. Some still exist and are in denial, but Chinese-Americans will usually steer the discussion in the direction "its just redditors hating her". Most of the Chinese only channels in her server from where they were discussing the spambot were deleted

Spoiler

Even back then English fans in the server did not knew that Chinese users shit talk Holo JP in Chinese and the raids on Coco/Fubuki were planned in the Chinese channels in the same server

Spoiler: Menwhile on the Chinese channels

More links in the description

After she retired from Holo CN, she came back as Hecatia. And her debut lore was about defeating a dragon (referring to Coco)

https://files.catbox.moe/abzclk.mp4

https://clips.twitch.tv/AbstruseSpoopyIcecreamPicoMause-wVeWe5oeFBgVC7cT

Spoiler: Hecatia retirement and Kson Souchou debut

10 days later Kson debuted with her new Soucho model


So much for "defeating the dragon"

Hecatia still remained. She still had loyal non-Chinese followers who were in denial

Spoiler

So, she miliked them using NFTs and crypto

ywwuyi, NGA mod and creator of the spam bot "wheelbarrow", and Hecatia and Ciyana(previously Civia) still follow each other on twitter.

a popular HoloLive Vtuber who was forced to retire after Chinese users boycotted her and Chinese outlets banned her for mentioning Taiwan in passing as its own country on a livestream.

Gross oversimplification.

 

[consoul]

RGG gets Kson.
China gets Toshihiro Nagoshi.

 

[Abriael_GN]

Gross oversimplification.

With all due respect, your post shows that is all people who care about their sanity need to know.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

I do not know why China, keeps making things hard for the independent country of Taiwan.

Communist China.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Hotties fighting evil IRL let's GOOOOOOOOO

ps like a dragon is awesome git hype

 

[Abriael_GN]

RGG gets Kson.
China gets Toshihiro Nagoshi.

I think RGG wins in the exchange.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

All in

 

[TLZ]

No idea who she is, but so cool is winning this competition that in Yakuza you appear

 

[rkofan87]

kson did have bad take on some stuff but i am happy still suck it ccp