stream start for the vod bros (derogatory)
enter hime
hime mad over squid game season 2 ending - desk slam - "my balls! they're so blue!"
starting maros - last time she opened them was 12 months ago
1st - what new content for new year? - more gaming, she doesn't like long series however + pokemon with entirely chikorita
2nd - much texto love letter - "you don't find your oshi, your oshi finds you" - "i've been stalking you, i've been watching you, i'm in your walls"
3rd - goals for 2025 - finishing games she started, more games, vtuber concert for mili
4th - funniest worst maro? - someone sent a spanish song and love confession every single day
5th - any stories of vtubers you met offline? - hime is a top tier yuu member, was frying her meat + hime met otsuka ray and reika (cute story about hanging out with reika and ray)
hime suffering from older sister fever - wants to meet with otsuka and reika again
6th - homestuck stream doko? - hime and artists are cooking, eta february
7th - what are you ordering for bitos at dim sum? - hime doesn't like dim sum - the chinese buns she does like + when her family goes out she walks downstairs to the 7-11
8th - do you feel any different after 100k? - not yet, it'll probably happen when the plaque arrives + they had a full company meeting for milestones, felt great seeing her name up top - phase is one of the few companies still rising
gen 1 and gen 2 weren't very optimistic - 2025 is going to be a huge year + hime made a 50/50 and chose phase connect
the coffee is selling really well, it's selling more than a meme product
9th - pull the lever to save netzach or give yuu-kun cola? - she kisses each netzach on the cheek then lets them get run over
10th - do you like the number 2024 or 2025 better? - describing the feeling of years by texture
11th - goals for 2025 again? - hime wants to be more responsible for herself and her personal health + hime wants to dance more + hime's mom misses hime's dancing
12th - any advice for being down bad for a phase talent? - don't be ashamed let it out + "tattoo i love hime on your bicep"
13th - hime is blessed to have a family that supports her, not all talents can let their family know - hime thought their was a catch with her mom + her ancestors would probably think she's royalty
14th - shiina x rie podcast? - hime is unlikely to be able to do something like welcome to the cumzone again + plans to bring back the podcast and wants to do more on the main channel
yippeee 15th - ideas on future outfits? songs for 3d dancing? - her 3rd outfit is already in planning, some ideas she has + hime really wants to dance with other talents - full fansa performance with alias
all kinds of dances and choreography on the spot - there's no vtubers on the scene who have done too much with professional dance, wants to show what an honest to god trained dancer can do
15th - more music production/recording streams? - production is hard because she wants complete silence, recording she can do + wants to step up her production game + hime records at home unless she needs a specific instrument
16th - live in red lobster for 6 months or watch every adam sandler movie at once? - never been in a red lobster, never seen an adam sandler movie
17th - you are now breathing manually and can see your nose
18th - thins britishanon likes about hime - you have to match hime's freak
19th - hime's favorite bito moment? - ones where she makes fun of fans + her birthday stream last year with amogus + community games with bitos
one of hime's favorite drawings from yesterday "i feel like this sometimes" + also loves the community stuff bitos do + fanart of things that hime describes on stream "we don't talk about mushroom man"
rie saves every bit on content that involves her on timeline
20th - my cat is parasocial - "i did not groom anyone."
21st - yuu or netzach? - on concubines "i'm chinese! it's in my blood!" + yuu was super nervous around hime
"it's so weird to feel this kinda way for a coworker... but you can't help it okay!"
22nd - wtf is a shooka mooka? - it didn't start as shooka mooka, it sounded like oompla loompa "is this a song for monkeys? is this for jelly?" hime didn't want to participate
23rd - spoilers + sakana was definitely not aiming for a hime + next week is updated new outfit
24th - favorite honkai star rail characters/teams? - hime spent 1.5k rolling (wtf hime)
"enough yapping about stupid f'ing hoyo games"
25th - anything fans can do to make hime's day? - take care of yourselves
26th - favorite type of music? - been listening to a lot of underground vocaloid + looking into kpop again - "kpop breaking into the western market is a good thing"
27th - files saved after the hack? - files saved, but apps were reset - what she lost
28th - ever think you would reach this level of success? did you ever think this was just a dream? - hime never thought it would come to this. - they started small, hime planned to stick around for two years - was hired september 2021 + one good thing about phase is that they're not trying to emulate other corpos
29th - if you had to drop a cover right now, what would it be? - monitoring ~MWAH~
30th - what colour is it? - ffb5da
31st - how do you stay motivated in pursuit of your dreams? - hime is fueled by spite + recently with 3d performances it lit a spark in her to make the best 3d you've ever seen + dolphin laugh
32nd - optimistic or pessimistic about 2025? - optimistic + going from 2023 to 2024 hime was less optimistic "we all just needed a group cry. gen 2 is not just the forgotten middle child"
33rd - do you fw bladee? - shoutout my homie piece (rip)
34th - how well do you handle loud noises like fireworks? - not well - she holds he dog and puts on earbuds
at the northed pole straight up jingling it
35th - gbf gacha? - it's the first thing she does every morning
autism creature ascii YIPPEEE
36th - do you backread the discord? - hime still backreads the discord - doesn't interact as much and doesn't think it's professional
37th - favorite kitchen appliance? - milk frother
38th - favorite dinosaur? - brachiosaurus
39th - what do you think of all the phase extra activities? - it's all optional, it doesn't take that much extra time for hime
40th - "much texto" bito wants a m&g - hime signs up for as many slots as she can at cons
41st - favorite moment of the year? - mortifying when it happened, but a jp karaoke relay where she dropped the ball and messed everything up - looking back it was funny
hime hopes she gets an older brother and younger sister + steps on you
42nd - what did hime enjoy the most? - she really enjoyed the 100 song endurance karaoke
43rd - how do i get rizz like hime? - you have to be born with it
44th - next step for rie himemiya in 2025? - 3d, but that's on the company - for hime, she wants to get signed to a record label
45th - what things do you want bitos doing more or less? - be more understanding of newer viewers "call it spoonfeeding all you want, but babies need to be spoonfed to turn into toddlers that can hold their own spoons" - hime is proud to have such an amazing community - bitos are some of the most active in the fandom
46th - will phase be claiming unclaimed territories? - sakana once wanted to move everyone to a 3rd world country for a streamer house
47th - any songs or ideas that didn't make it onto the EP? - there are a few, or songs she's given to other members or groups
48th - will hime be playing the guitar again? - hime has been too lazy to play guitar
48th - any post-production follow-ups? - hime needs to do more, she usually drops a song and forgets
"wilder ones? what? i'm normal! i'm normal, riiight?" + kaleido girls really look up to hime
hime and clara are planning more jp events + peo is comfortable around hime because she can speak japanese
in a place like the vtubing industry, where it's a dog eat dog world, it's important to look out for your peers. a rising tide raises all ships + jp message
going to japan and interacting with people forces you to speak it more and makes you more confident
49th - do you feel uncomfortable when you see viewers talking about you being attractive? - hime had a bad experience with a fan that tinted her view negatively - had a very bad experience with a m&g - she's grown a lot and feels better now "feel free to match my freak"
50th - 2nd ep ideas? - maybe something more jazzy
a tea party with all the bitos?
there were no d pics or tributes in the maros this time - "you think we don't get these on the regular?" + thank you for supporting and loving hime
