La+ Darknesss

La+ Darknesss (ラプラス・ダークネス), also written Laplus, is a female Japanese Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its sixth generation under the name of Secret Society holoX alongside Takane Lui, Hakui Koyori, Sakamata Chloe and Kazama Iroha.

Profile
The one who established Secret Society holoX.

She was originally known for her vast power and intelligence, but most of it is now sealed away.

She is vaguely aware of the debilitating nature of her shackles but does not remember when or how they got there.

The crow by her side is a long-time companion.

Personality
Laplus has the personality of a smug brat like Murasaki Shion and thinks highly of herself with pronouns like "wagahai" when referring to herself and "kisama" when referring to a second person. She can also be very loud like Uruha Rushia, especially when she loses in a game or if she thinks that she is not treated right. The latter can happen quite often as her senpais like to tease her, because she has a very child-like appearance and can also behave like one. Members like Sakura Miko even think that Laplus is part of the holobabies group, something that Laplus denies.

Appearance
She has long silvery hair with a purple lock and braided bang. She has large, dark purple horns protruding from the side with lighter purple stripes. Her eyes are yellow.

Background
La+ Darknesss auditioned for hololive by submitting a 1 minute 20 second video, even though the rules required a three minute video. Her audition involved an original character of a gyaru, a popular fashionista stereotyped as often having relationships with men, but who was secretly inexperienced in love. She listed her only relevant skills as "likes singing" and "good at talking." Her only goals at audition were to get a 3D model and perform at a concert.

La+ Darknesss's YouTube channel was created on 10 September 2021. Her Twitter account was also created in September 2021. She was first revealed as part of holoX, the sixth generation of the Japanese branch of hololive, in an introductory video posted on 26 November 2021 at noon JST. She made her first tweet at the same time, declaring 「吾輩怪しい者でないぞ」 - "I'm not a suspicious person!"

Laplus was the first of her generation to debut, making her first stream on the same day as the announcement, 26 November 2021, at 21:34 JST. She reached over 250,000 YouTube subscribers within three hours of debut, following it with a stream to select her fan name.

2021
On 5 December, Laplus reached 500,000 subscribers on YouTube. She is the 45th hololive member to reach this milestone, as well as the second member of holoX to achieve it.

On 8 December, her channel got approved for monetization.

On 22 December, Laplus opened her YouTube channel's membership feature (at 19:00 JST). On the same day, she held her first official collaboration with another hololive member outside her generation, playing 51 Worldwide Games with Tokoyami Towa (at 22:30 JST).

On 24 December, Laplus reached 600,000 subscribers on YouTube during a stream.

On 28 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Nene and the sixth gen members would get "new year" costumes.

2022
On 1 January Laplus debuted her second 2D costume, a furisode with her image on it to celebrate the new year. In this cosutme Laplus go a new hairstyle as she has two braided twintails that are decorated with giant suzu bells, her furisode has a pattern of blank and white manga pages featuring Laplus, with a colored illustration of herself (in her main costume) as the central feature, near the edge of her furisode the manga pattern is also complemented by flowers in pink and purple.

On 4 January, Laplus's YouTube channel was demonetized.

On 5 January, Laplus's YouTube channel monetization was restored.

On 13 February, Laplus streamed on Twitch for the first time, where Murasaki Shion and her played VALORANT.

On 14 February, Laplus reached 700,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 10 March, Laplus held an interview with Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz, the actors for Batman and Catwoman in the 2022 film The Batman.

On 24 May, during the stream countdown to birthday, she released her first original song "Aien-Jihen."

On 26 May, she uploaded the full Music Video of her original song "Aien-Jihen."

On 22 June, Laplus announced that she would get her 3D model.

On 27 June, she debuted her 3D model, she also reached 800,000 subscribers on YouTube channel.

On 9 August, as part of the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Laplus debuted her 3D swimsuit in a stream held on hololive's official fanclub page in a segment alongside Akai Haato, Omaru Polka and Roboco-san. Unlike the original swimsuits from 2019 that had individual designs, these swimsuits are meant to be matching outfits similar to the 3D idol costumes. The swimsuits come in two types one with thin straps for the top and a diagonal cut mini skirt and the other one has ruffled straps in the top and an even mini skirt. Both version are white with various patterns including hololive's and Holoearth's logos, hearts and sparks. The swimsuits are personalized by including different colors to match each talent. Additionally they have the option to wear a hoodie.

On 20 August, continuing the "hololive Summer 2022" event, Laplus debuted her 3D yukata. Like other 3D costumes the yukatas have a variety of styles that hololive members can choose from. The yukatas come in various colors and patterns including fireworks, flowers and goldfish.

On 2 October, her main 2D model received some updates. The updates include: her coat and shackles on her arms and neck can be taken off; added two new arm movements and some new expressions.

On 16 November, during a stream on Koyori's channel, holoX announced that they would get their 3D idol costumes.

On 26 November, as part of her first debut anniversary, Laplus debuted her 3D idol costume. That same day, her 3D model received an update where she can take off the coat and shackles on her arms and neck like in her main 2D model. She also debuted her second original song, "Dark Breath."

On 4 December, during holoX first year anniversary, they released their first original song "Jouya Repaint."

On 5 December, hololive's Twitter account announced that Laplus would take a break from streaming activities to recover from a mental illness.

2023
On 23 February, Laplus reached 900,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 28 February, Laplus returned to her activities.

On 18 March, Laplus debuted her second 3D idol costume during hololive 4th fes. "Our Bright Parade" DAY 1.

On 5 May, Laplus announced on her Twitter account that she was tested positive for COVID-19.

On 3 July, Laplus reached 1,000,000 subscribers on her Youtube channel during an endurance stream. This makes her the 36th hololive member, and the 2nd member of holoX, to reach this milestone.

On 14 July, Laplus main costume was updated to the 3.0 version. She has a variety of new expressions including heart shaped, sparky, dizzy and crying eyes. She can also use a keyboard, mouse and a controller without external props. To illustrate some expressions, an exclamation mark, a lightbulb and cross-popping veins can appear on top of her head.

On 30 July, as part of the "hololive Summer 2023" event, during a karaoke relay, Laplus debuted her second 3D swimsuit. The 2023 swimsuits are inspired in a sailor uniform. Members wear a two layered swimsuit, the first layer is blue from the straps going down diagonally to the center where each member has a mostly blue bow but one of the sides and the brooch are in one color representative of each member. The rest of the top is white. The edge has a semi circular cut. The lower piece of the first layer has two variants, one is a two layered blue skirt decorated with a white belt, a golden chain with some decorations hanging from it and a bow to the left and planks to the right. The second version is mostly the same but they wear blue shorts instead of a mini skirt. Laplus uses the mini skirt. The second layer of the outfit is a matching striped bikini in white and another color depending on the member.

On 20 November, holoX debuted their new accessories including headphones and a super sentai masks.

Discography

 * Main page: La+ Darknesss/Discography

Events

 * On 2 May 2022, it was teased on Valkyrie Connect's Twitter account that four hololive members would appear in a collaboration with the game. On 10 May, it was revealed that Laplus alongside Usada Pekora, Takanashi Kiara and Ninomae Ina'nis would appear in the game with new artwork and designs.
 * On 19 August 2022, hololive's Twitter account announced that Laplus and Tokoyami Towa would appear in merchandise that could be won in Capcom Net Catcher featured in two different artworks, four prices could be obtained including: keychains, mouse pads, tapestries and cushions.
 * On 30 October 2023, Riot Games Japan announced that Kobo Kanaeru, Hakos Baelz, Murasaki Shion and La+ Darknesss would perform in 3D LIVE for opening act at Riot Games ONE 2023 offline event. They would perform K/DA's two songs, POP/STARS on 2 December and THE BADDEST on the next day.
 * On 14 November 2023, the gacha game CUBIC STARS announced a collaboration with holoX, featuring the members as characters in different costumes. The event would be available from 22 November until 13 December 2023.

Mascot and Fans

 * Her fanbase is officially called "Plusmate" 「ぷらすめいと」.
 * Plusmate was chosen by Twitter poll, receiving 39.3% of 45,083 total votes. The other candidates from the poll were YMD, Yamada 「山田」, and Darkside 「ダークサイド」.
 * When she asked her fans for a fan name during the stream, the only candidate that came up was Yamada.
 * Laplus cleverly split the votes into two by making two options for Yamada. The combined votes for 山田 and YMD added up to 54.5%.

Relationships
Units and groups aside from holoX Laplus is a part of includes:
 * "Murasaki Irodesu," alongside Murasaki Shion.
 * "Darknesss Rushia," alongside Uruha Rushia.
 * "Summer's," alongside Tokoyami Towa.
 * "Irohasu," alongside Kazama Iroha.
 * "Dorobo Kensetsu" (泥棒建設), alongside Nekomata Okayu, Inugami Korone, Takane Lui, Ookami Mio, and Shirakami Fubuki.

Name

 * Her name is usually written as "Laplus," including in her YouTube channel name and Twitter handle. This may be because the plus character is not always allowed in account names, and is ignored by some search engines.
 * The name "Laplus" is derived from the "Laplace Demon," an imaginary being envisioned by and named after 17th-Century French scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace, which posits that an intelligence capable of seeing the positions and movements of every atom in the universe would be able to determine the past and predict the future based on the classical laws of determinism. The lore mentioned by Laplus in her debut heavily leans towards herself being said Laplace Demon.
 * La+ Darknesss's full name is "Laplus Dia Highest Death Thirteen Daina Art of Impact Sign Emperor Road of the Darknesss."

Miscellaneous

 * She uses the Japanese pronoun "wagahai" to refer to herself. This is an uncommon and archaic term which connotes arrogance. Popular characters who use "wagahai" include Bowser from Super Mario series and Morgana from Persona 5.
 * Unconventionally for a hololive member, Laplus also produces a fair number of highlight clips for her gaming streams.
 * As a horned figure bent on world domination, Laplus resembles the archetype of the Maou, a demon overlord often appearing in Japanese popular fiction. She shares this trait with NIJISANJI member Emma★August.
 * La+ Darknesss is 139 cm tall, making her the shortest member of hololive yet, just 1 cm less than Himemori Luna and 2 cm less than Gawr Gura.
 * It is unclear if this figure includes the height of her horns.
 * Her fan slogan is "Yes My Dark." It is sometimes abbreviated "YMD," which in turn is read as the very common Japanese surname "Yamada," in a somewhat memetic way popularized by the Cookie☆ fanbase. It doesn't help that Yamada is a rather unremarkable name in Japanese culture, due to its commonality (for example, the Japanese name "Taro Yamada" is comparable to the English/American "John Smith" as a stereotypical "bland" or "generic" name).
 * Some of her aspects resembles holostars member Kageyama Shien. For instance, their position lore-wise, as well as their way of opening streams are similar, and they primarily feature black and purple on their stream background.
 * Coincidentally, Laplus also shares a few aspects with Lize Helesta of NIJISANJI; namely, they both share the same birthday, and has a bird mascot that can land on the top of their head.
 * Laplus stated that she is a huge fan of Tokoyami Towa. One of the reasons being that she really likes her singing voice.
 * Laplus's schedules are listed in JST, GMT and PST; she is one of few JP members to do this.
 * Laplus appeared in the "Ah Virtual-sama!" (ああっバーチャルさまっ) article of Animedia (アニメディア) magazine published on 8 January 2022. She is one of the few hololive members who appeared in this magazine.
 * Like Watame and Moona in their early days, Laplus was infamous for her poor internet connection so that her streams occasionally experience lag, sometimes she had to cancel her POV on large collabs.
 * To solve the problems with her internet connection, in February 2022 Laplus moved to a new house.
 * holoX appears on the cover of the 8th volume of "VTuber Style" (VTuberスタイル) magazine which was released on 28 July 2022.
 * The official manga about the Secret Society holoX would be serialized on Shonen Jump+ magazine starting 1 November 2022.
 * She shares her character illustrator with Suzutuki Sui of Varium.

Media

 * Laplus ch. ラプラス・ダークネス - holoX - - YouTube channel
 * laplusdarknesss_hololive - Twitch channel
 * @LaplusDarknesss - TwitCasting channel
 * La+ Darknesss' corporate profile on hololive.hololivepro.com
 * @LaplusDarknesss - Twitter account
 * @laplusdarknesss_hololive - TikTok account

Twitter hashtags

 * #laplus_great - General
 * #Laplus_Artdesu - Fan art

Further readings

 * ラプラス・ダークネス - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
 * ラプラス・ダークネス - Pixiv Encyclopedia
 * ラプラス・ダークネス - Japanese Wikipedia
 * 拉普拉斯·达克尼斯 - Moegirl Encyclopedia
 * 라플라스 다크니스 - Namu Wiki