Mococo Abyssgard

Mococo Abyssgard (モココ・アビスガード) is an English speaking Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive. She debuted in 2023 as part of hololive -Advent-, the third generation of members of hololive English, alongside Shiori Novella, Koseki Bijou, Nerissa Ravencroft and her twin sister Fuwawa Abyssgard with whom she shares her YouTube channel and Twitter account as the duo unit FUWAMOCO.

Profile
"Ehehe, it's play time, whether you're ready or not!"

The fuzzy younger twin sister of The Demonic Guard Dogs, who were sealed away in The Cell for being a pain in the godly behind, Mococo Abyssgard is "The Fuzzy One." The rambunctious Mococo spent all her time imprisoned watching anime and playing games, often roping her older twin sister Fuwawa and their pet Pero in for more chaotic antics. It's rumored that she took part in the prison break just for the heck of it.

Personality
According to her sister Fuwawa, Mococo can be stubborn, but deep down she has a big heart.

Appearance
She has short blonde hair with streaks of pink and pointed dog ears with white tufts coming out, she wears a black and pink jacket, headphones and collar around her neck. Her hairpins are a light pink "X" shape and a white and pink center bandage that parallels with her sister's.

Background
Following the debut of hololive English second generation -Council-, hololive English announced a permanent English language audition page on 30 December 2021. An update to the audition page on 7 September 2022 sparked speculation of an upcoming English third generation.

Fuwawa and Mococo first discovered hololive after seeing a picture of Akai Haato on Twitter, which they initially mistook for a character from a visual novel. They were accepted to hololive as a duo after applying on four or more different occasions. They had variously applied both as a duo and as individuals, and in both English and Japanese.

The FUWAMOCO YouTube and Twitter accounts were originally created on 12 May 2023, one day after the rest of the group's accounts, although they contained no content at this point. Fuwawa and Mococo share an account. Separate YouTube accounts were also created for Fuwawa and Mococo, but they remained unused.

The third generation of hololive English, -Advent-, was first teased on the hololive English Twitter account with a short video on 22 July 2023. This was followed by another teaser video on 23 July, showing five new characters.

On 25 July, the hololive English YouTube channel posted a video titled Wanted!, revealing the five members of -Advent- and announcing their upcoming debuts. At the same time, the FUWAMOCO duo also posted a short teaser video and made their first tweet.

All -Advent- members' YouTube channels reached 100,000 subscribers within twelve hours of the announcement. On July 30, the FUWAMOCO channel reached 200,000 subscribers prior to the sisters' debut.

Debut
Fuwawa and Mococo made their debut stream on 31 July from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM JST (Sunday, 30 July 2023 from 8:45 PM to 9:30 PM PDT). Their debut reached over 119,000 viewers at peak. During the stream they also previewed their first original song "Lifetime Showtime." The stream was followed by the release of their first cover, "KAIBUTSU."

Fuwawa and Mococo were the final members of hololive -Advent- to debut. In hololive tradition, this was followed by the generation all-member group collab stream. This was in turn followed by the release of their first group song, "Rebellion."

2023
On 31 July, the FUWAMOCO YouTube channel was the first in -Advent- to reach 300,000 YouTube subscribers.

On 4 August, they reached 400,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel.

On 6 August, FUWAMOCO celebrated their YouTube channel monetization and enabled Super Chat feature.

On 18 August, the FUWAMOCO reached 500,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel, making them the first members of -Advent-, and the 57th and 58th hololive members to reach this milestone.

On 26 August, FUWAMOCO opened membership on their YouTube channel.

On 31 August, they released their original introduction song "Lifetime Showtime" to YouTube.

On 15 October, FUWAMOCO reached 600,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel during a Suika Game endurance stream.

On 7 November, FUWAMOCO celebrated 100 days of consecutive streaming on YouTube.

Discography

 * Main article: Mococo Abyssgard/Discography

Mascots and Fans

 * They have a pet named "Pero," short for Perroccino. Pero was the twins' mentor, and they first met in the demon world. Pero is able to speak.
 * "Peropero" is Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of licking, such as a pet might do.
 * Pero has only two bones. The rest of his body is pure muscle.
 * FUWAMOCO fans are called Ruffians.
 * Pero calls them "Rufferans."
 * The duo's YouTube member ranks are called Doggy, Hot Dog, and Mad Dog.

Quotes

 * "Bau bau!"
 * "There's a Kemono Friends 2? No there isn't."
 * "Not tomorrow! Today!"
 * "How many members are on a soccer team? ...Eleven? Why is it not an even number? I don't like that."
 * "Even if things don't get going your way, you get back up and do your best. And you know what that means? That means you're unstoppable!"
 * "Whæt?"

Name

 * Mococo is from Japanese onomatopoeia "mokomoko", meaning "fuzzy" or "fluffy." It matches her title as The Fuzzy One.
 * Abyssgard is a compound word of "abyss," meaning a bottomless pit, used as a metaphor for Hell in Dante's Inferno; and "gard," meaning either a guard, or an enclosed area of land, as in Midgard of Norse myth.
 * Abyssgard is pronounced "AB-iss-gard." This is different to the normal pronunciation of the English word "abyss," which puts the emphasis on the second syllable.
 * She writes her name in western name order. In Japanese, she writes it in katakana, commonly used for foreign words.
 * Her sister Fuwawa usually addresses her as "Moco-chan," even in English.

Lore

 * The members of Advent were sealed away in The Cell, a prison deep underground built to hold dangerous people and things. Its location is a closely-guarded secret.
 * Mococo helped in the prison break by barking to distract the guards. She also picked up Pero and threw him at the guards.
 * The duo are referred to as the Twin Demonic Guard Dogs of hololive English -Advent-.
 * Despite being twins, their birthdays are different by one day. Fuwawa explained that they were "born under the blessing of the moon." Mori Calliope suggests that this means the elder sister Fuwawa was born shortly before midnight, and Mococo was born after midnight.
 * Despite some differences in appearance, Fuwawa and Mococo are identical twins.
 * They each have four ears: the human ears on the sides of their head, and the dog ears on top of their head. The human ears are vestigial, and are not used for hearing.
 * Fuwawa and Mococo are from a place called the Northwest Passage. It is located within the Makai, or demon world, and is in the PST timezone. It is a beautiful place with a lot of trees.
 * Demon guard dogs are tasked with protecting the gate to the demon world. However, only a select few guard dogs are selected for this position. Mococo's job is to protect your smile.
 * There are other types of demon dogs rather than guard dogs, such as demon dentist dogs and demon therapy dogs.
 * Their parents are referred to as Mamapuppy and Papapuppy. They only speak Dog language and a little English.
 * Mococo has the ability to tell if a person is good or bad based on how they smell.
 * Some FUWAMOCO fans are known suffer from a condition called baubaubyou (bau bau syndrome), where seeing pink and blue things together makes them think of Fuwawa and Mococo.

Likes and dislikes

 * Mococo likes blankets, underground idols, black licorice, and cute girls.
 * She dislikes scary things, heights, spicy foods, chocolate, migraines, cold toes, allergies, and isekai anime.
 * The sisters' "FUWAMOCO BIG LIKES" list includes baths, walks, singing, dancing, and pon-de-ring donuts, and cats.
 * They both dislike having their ears and tail touched. Mococo also doesn't like her midriff touched, except to treat abdominal pain, which often occurs when she is frightened.
 * Mococo's favorite anime include Shin Sekai Yori, Zero no Tsukaima, Kemono Friends (season 1 only), Hi☆sCoool! SeHa Girls, Renkin San-kyuu Magical? Pokaan, The Soultaker, Kin-iro Mosaic, and Aku no Hana.
 * In an interview with Crunchyroll, the sisters jointly added Pani Poni Dash and Space Adventure Cobra.
 * Her favorite games are "FUN GAMES," visual novels, roguelikes, and retro games.
 * Her favorite music is anime songs, denpa songs, J-Pop, and idol songs.
 * Her favorite Japanese word is 「木漏れ日」, "komorebi," meaning light filtering through the trees. She also likes 「一生懸命」, "isshoukenmei," meaning "with all one's strength" or "to go all-out."
 * Her favorite hololive songs are Omaru Polka's Everblue and AZKi's Inochi.
 * Unlike her sister, Mococo dislikes nattou. A recurring segment on FUWAMOCO Morning is to have Mococo try to eat it. One of their debut goals is "get Mococo used to eating nattou."

Hopes and dreams

 * At debut, Fuwawa and Mococo presented a whole screen full of hopes and dreams:
 * Collabs with fellow hololive members: sing Japanese oldies together with Houshou Marine, touch Ina's tentacles, ride on Shiori and Nerissa's backs, hold an off-collab with Advent, go to an onsen with Advent, sing anime songs with IRyS, do ASMR with Fauna, explore Minecraft with Mumei and Kronii, to hug all the Advent members, to sing denpa song with Polka, talk about visual novels with Miko, to befriend Nerissa's crow Shadow, touch Noel's floofies, carry Bijou like a princess, solve puzzles with Ame, get slapped by Gura's tail, rap with Calli, dance with Bae and Kiara, make Yagoo wear doggy ears and say "BAU BAU!", have a pajama party with Advent, have an Advent pillow fight, deepen their bonds with Advent, and make Advent unstoppable.
 * Perform at live events: perform on stage, have a FUWAMOCO solo concert, have a concert in North America with hololive EN, perform at a certain summer idol festival in Odaiba, perform at Animelo Summer Live, appear on TV as a segment announcer, appear in a video game, voice a character in a video game, appear in a manga, be part of hololive Super Expo, appear in a commercial, become a tourism ambassador, participate in a collab cafe, do on-location video shooting, collab with Japanese comedians, and have a hololive concert at Yokohama Arena.
 * To release music: release an original song, release a physical CD, have an original song in a game, hear their own original music when they walk down Akihabara, release hololive idol projects songs together in English, release a FUWAMOCO album, blast music everywhere from an ad truck, write lyrics in Japanese, and have their original music in Holo Music Studio.
 * To release more products: an (traditional Japanese protective charm) so they can protect the viewer, a life-size cardboard cut-out to take home, a hololive EN musical, a FUWAMOCO food product, a FUWAMOCO jacket to keep viewers warm, a dakimakura so they can protect you at night, FUWAMOCO bed sheets so you don't have to choose between them, original headphones, a Pero pillow, a digital stamp set, sneakers, lots of voice packs, a Nendoroid figure, and a scale figure. They also want to collaborate with amazing companies, collaborate with their favorite visual novel companies in particular, produce and release their own visual novel, run a maid cafe for a day, to have lots of fanworks, and get their paws on lot of FUWAMOCO doujinshi.
 * To make various hololive milestones: debut as a member of hololive EN, debut 3D model, debut in Hologra, get a new outfit, and reach 1 million subscribers.
 * To better themselves: get 7 hours of sleep a night, pass the JLPT N1 Japanese language test, get good at fighting games, get less scared of horror games, live with other hololive members, learn how to do ASMR, learn Bahasa Indonesia to talk to the hololive ID members, improve their FPS skills, get Mococo used to eating nattou, be able to touch their toes, beat Ring Fit Adventure on the hardest difficulty, learn to play Minecraft, learn to edit their videos themselves, to have a wrestling battle and come out "top dog," learn how to learn how to do a somersault, learn how to mix their own vocals, teach Mococo how to do a death metal scream, get used to being around birds, learn to be good therapy dogs, be true to their instincts, help cute animals find their "furr-ever home," and to have confidence.
 * To help the viewers: help you when you're lost, become your oshi, have cute cosplayers, bring everyone together, meet fans with hololive Meet, have fun and make (some) mischief, make you smile so much your face hurts, make you laugh so hard your tummy hurts, make sure you never hurt, and protect your smile.
 * To complete their goal list.
 * Fan-made goal trackers include FUWAMOCO Goals, FUWAMOCO Goals - Grid, and FUWAMOCO Goals - Gallery.

Miscellaneous

 * The pair's role as a duo of guard dogs invites a comparison to Gere and Freke, Odin's guard dogs in Norse mythology. Along with their pet Pero, they are also compared to Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the gates of Hell in Greek myth.
 * Mococo and Fuwawa are the first two VTubers in hololive to share a single channel across all of their social media accounts.
 * Unused individual channels for Fuwawa and Mococo were also created on 12 May 2023.
 * The sisters share an emoji, since they share a channel.
 * When speaking by herself, Mococo appends her messages with a pink heart emoji.
 * She speaks both Japanese and English.
 * She is designed by ICOMOCHI, who coincidentally is also a twin.
 * They share a bunk bed. Fuwawa takes the top bunk. Mococo sleeps in the bottom bunk, because she's afraid of falling off.
 * She wakes up at least three hours before streams. Mococo is always first to wake up, and has to make Fuwawa wake up.
 * Together, Fuwawa and Mococo are the 26th and 27th hololive members to join the official hololive subreddit as a moderator.
 * The twins run a show called Fuwamoco Morning. It runs on Fridays, Wednesdays, and Mondays, which spells FWM (FuWaMoco). It often features Misunderstanding Corner, where they issue a correction or apology for something that happened in a previous stream.
 * They are known for the "FUWAMOCO sync", a trait where they accidentally say the same thing at the same time. It's a popular trait, but they're really embarrassed about it.
 * Mococo is known for "Mococo thoughts," a meme where a cropped screenshot depicts her with the last line of the chatbox above her head, with the implication that these are her thoughts.
 * Mococo speaks with some unique traits. She ends some o-vowel words with an additional schwa vowel, a trait known as vowel epenthesis. Some clippers represent this with 'æ', e.g. "Noæ!" or "I'm Mococoæ!" They also use it to represent the vowel sound appearing in the middle of some words, e.g. "Whæt?" or "Whaet?"
 * Mococo sneezes on average more than once every two streams. Clippers make compilations of Mococo sneezes. Fuwawa sneezes too, but less often. On average, Mococo sneezes 7 times more than Fuwawa.
 * Once, Mococo put up a poll asking "Superchat when?" This was meant to ask when the next Superchat reading should occur, but Fuwawa joked that she meant to demand Superchats. As a joke, fans started spamming Superchats, resulting in $1,974.92 for the stream. When the misunderstanding was clarified in the subsequent Fuwamoco Morning stream, fans did the same again, resulting in another $1,967.99 in Superchats.

Media

 * FUWAMOCO Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube channel
 * Mococo Abyssgard's corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @fuwamoco_en - Twitter account
 * u/FUWAMOCO_en - reddit account

Twitter hashtags

 * #FUWAMOCO - General
 * #FWMCpix - Fan art
 * #helpFWMC - Suggestions/requests
 * #FWMCMORNING - FUWAMOCO Morning
 * #lilFWMC - Clips
 * #FWMCbeats - Music
 * #FWMCwww - Memes