KukukaeruVT

Hello KukuKaeruVT! I'm finally getting around to doing that review I said I'd do.

The quickest summation I have is that I think you have a tremendous amount of potential. When you have a good stream, it's a damn good stream! But I've seen a few that were duds. That's okay, dud streams happen. I think that if you just keep streaming, you're going to develop your showmanship and better learn to mitigate outside influences and their affect on your product. Not sure if you're still doing that follower wheel thing, but I'd strongly recommend dropping that. It's too much. There might be a handful of people that are into that, but to me it was very off-putting.

You have a great voice. I'd go so far as to say that you're one of the best ESL voices I've ever heard. The sad truth is that it's pretty common for foreign accents to be offputting to an English first audience. This isn't always the case of course, but for many this is an obstacle to overcome. These accents can also be very difficult to shake off, but your mimicry of an English accent is nothing short of phenomenal. You've nailed it.

Your model is pretty darn expressive, which I think is really important. One of the biggest weaknesses vtubers can have is an inability to fully convey emotions. It's this conveyence, which your model does reasonably well, that can really capture people's attention. At 6m5s in your Chrono Trigger stream, your character goes through a wide range of emotions in a short period of time. 2H13m31s of that same video shows you furrowing your brows as you try to work through something. It's good stuff.

I'd say over all that your production value is very high. Your custom retro screen setups, your starting soon screen, your high quality audio, it's all good. I specifically crept around your Bloodborne audio to identify your sound in an audio vacuum, thinking you were masking the quality with game audio, but no it's just really good. No echo, no foreign noise, just solid, crisp voice capture.

I think your stream pace is quite good, both in days streamed and hours streamed. It's tempting to burn yourself out with a passionate start, but I think you've got a great balance here. Keep that up. You're making good choices. If there's anything I want to urge, it's ensuring people have access to follow-up streams, or at least as much as you're able. Day 1 is the hook, day 2 is retention. A 3 on, 4 off schedule, or something akin to it, could be beneficial. That said, I don't have anything to support this with other than my personal experience. Web resources on this are dodgy, though most everyone can agree that having a schedule makes you more accessible and improves retention. Your about me section is pretty barren, excepting redirects to your social media accounts, which makes it difficult to access future streams. Yes, your schedule is in your twitter (and out of date as of November 20), but I'd recommend making it as easy as possible to access your content by posting your schedule with maximum visibility in mind. Plaster it everywhere you can! Make it impossible not to stumble over. Past all that, the best advice I have in this is to just keep doing what you're doing. Maintain a pace that's comfortable and keeps your morale high.

Man, I had a lot to say on your general impressions stuff, huh? I'll be frank. You've really impressed me. I think you have a lot to be proud of. Let's go ahead and segue into the video breakdowns though.

Chrono Trigger – Some smart choices here. I like classic and indie RPGs because they give you an opportunity to show off your voice acting talent. You do that well here. You have a wide, pleasant vocal range. You're also good about not getting too into the game as you continually give insight into your life and interests. There's no dependence on the title to carry you through the stream. 2H40m, this whole prison segment is very short on game dialogue and you handle it very well. Your energy is excellent, start to finish. I have only mild suggestions here that hardly feel worth voicing. I think this was a really good stream that showed off a lot of your positive traits.

Bloodborne – I think you suffer a bit from streamer tax here, juggling a difficult game and being an entertainment personality, although I think your overall performance is good. This shows some personal bias, but I feel you missed some showmanship opportunities. 1H32m50s is a good example of your character at work, whether that be intentional or not. It's cheap reaction content, but when sold well it's still effective.

You have a familiarity with the title, which means you can get away with enivonmental showmanship, like using your knowledge of enemy placement and attacks to do comedy bits, but I never saw you really leverage that. You showcase your knowledge of the game, but I didn't see you use that knowledge to make an entertainment experience. Cleric Beast is an easy fight, sure. But that's just an opportunity to play it up a bit. Clown on it, give some exaggerated responses to the hits, that kind of thing. Instead, it's some of the most dead air I've heard from you (still not too bad though). Father Gascoigne is fast and aggressive, yet your reactions to him are even, steady. You take a loss and you accept it with humility. That's not terrible, but it's not entertainment. Again, this might be my own personal bias. I tend towards streamers that are funny jackasses, people who have the ability

This might be your character, but I'd suggest exploring more animated reactions. You die to Gascoigne and your response is humility. And the sad truth is that humility is not entertaining. Look up some of your favorite streamers and see how they interact with Cleric Beast, or deaths in general. Your natural likability is certainly here, but your showmanship suffered.

Fear and Hunger – I loaded up your second entry, something something door. I'm going to be honest. This stream was not good. Your energy is really off. Your interactions sound forced, disengenuous and unpleasant. You keep doing a laugh that is clearly forced. Your accent is much stronger. It seems like you weren't on your game. You either need to be more genuine and avoid these unpleasant interactions or you need to be a better showman. Good news is that dealing with bad days is a skill you develop as you grow as a streamer. I was going to go through this again and get some timestamps, but looks like the videos have been privated.

It's funny, getting back to this, I wanted to touch it up a bit more and do some better editing, have a more unified message. But the old videos don't seem to be available and I'm not in a position to check out your new content. Hopefully I get some more free time to check out more of your stuff. You're  really promising and you've made some good stuff.

I hope your take away is positive. You've left one of the most positive impressions I've received from the people I've seen here. I think you're going to get the best improvement from just getting experience and streaming consistently. Keep your chin up and keep at it!