Karu

Karu (花留/Huā liú) was a female Chinese Virtual UP (bilibili content creator) affiliated with VirtuaReal, under VirtuaReal Project, as part of its eighth generation alongside Samael, Mimoi, Shiki and Pax.

Introduction

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Profile
"Sunlight, great seas and warm flowers"

- Karu

If not born to an aristocratic household, a girl as naturally foolish as Karu would already have been deceived away by strange gentlemen everywhere in just a few words. No, aside from those guys assumed to abduct her, perhaps even inexperienced young men who want to secretly pick some flowers from her flower field could twist Karu in circles. Outside of the tedious aristocratic lessons, Karu would huddle in corners and gently mutter to animals, occasionally holding a gardenia and shouting loudly that she had grown the sturdiest jasmine. This young girl attended by numerous servants knew very little about the surrounding world, so she was completely bewildered by the mockery spoken about her in low voices: "She's ignorant of the ways of the world, and often says weird things." ...The servant is trembling in fear and unwilling to reply. Maybe a friend of equal status can fix her problem? With such a goal in mind, after several months of hard work on how to position the livestream webcam, Karu has officially embarked on her debut journey.

Background
On 8 April 2020, VirtuaReal announced their eighth generation of Virtual Livers, including Karu, in an article accompanied by their designs and profiles. Karu made her first dynamic and her Weibo account was created on the same day.

On 9 April 2020, Karu released her first video, a speedpaint of herself. Karu made her first Weibo post and her first tweet on the same day.

Debut
The eighth wave made their debuts in a stream relay on bilibili split over two days, lasting from 19:00 to 21:00 CST on 25 April and from 19:00 to 22:00 CST on 26 April 2020, Karu being the second at 20:00 CST on 25 April.

2020
On 28 May, Karu's 2020 Summertime voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 10 June.

On 25 August, Karu's 2020 Qixi Festival voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 8 September.

On 26 August, Karu reached 100 captains (i.e. members) on her bilibili channel and was entered into bilibili's hall of fame with the achievement "百人舰队" (Hundred-Man Fleet).

On 24 December, Karu's 2020 Christmas voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 7 January 2021.

2021
On 13 February, Karu's 2021 Valentine's Day voice pack went up for sale, lasting until 26 February.

On 10 August, Karu reached 100,000 fans (i.e. followers) on her bilibili channel.

2022
On 12 July, Karu announced her upcoming 3D debut scheduled for 18 July in her bilibili dynamic. Later on 16 July, Karu announced the postponement of her 3D debut due to pandemic regulations, simultaneously going on a hiatus.

On 13 November, Karu returned from her hiatus with her 3D debut stream.

On 23 November, Karu announced her graduation, stating that over the past two years she had experienced many meaningful things in VirtuaReal, and she is very thankful towards everyone who supported her, not only through happy times but also her growth. Henceforth, she has decided to embark on a greater journey to explore the wider world. Karu initially announced that her graduation stream would be held on 6 December at 20:00 CST. Gifts would stop being received on the 25th.

On 5 December, Karu released a "Kanashimi no Lucky Star" cover to commemorate her graduation. She also postponed her graduation stream to 8 December the same day.

Fans

 * Karu's fans and fan medal tag are called "发发民" (Fafamin).

Relationships

 * 「八期生 」("Eighth Generation") - Karu, Samael, Mimoi, Shiki and Pax.
 * These five debuted together as VirtuaReal's eighth wave.
 * Also known as "873" after Mimoi and Pax's retirements.


 * 「公费观光团」("Public Tourist Group") - Karu, Chaos and Kiyora. These three were a team for the VirtuaReal-organised Apex Summertime Entertainment Match on 8 August 2021.

Identity

 * Color: #75DAFF
 * Species: Human
 * Place of origin: Snow Country, born to a Northern aristocratic household
 * Special skills: Making cuisine, communicating with animals
 * Karu's name translates literally to "flower remain".
 * Karu shares her character designer with Honma Himawari, Sasaki Saku, and Hassaku Yuzu (retired) from the main NIJISANJI branch.

Preferences

 * Likes:
 * Warm places, flowers and growing them, singing, drawing, playing games, inventing delicious cuisine , sunlight, great seas
 * Favourite games: FPS, relaxing games
 * Dislikes: Garlic chives, snow
 * Fears: Horror games

Miscellaneous

 * Karu's household's estate lands occupies 130,000 square metres.
 * Karu made a stargazy pie during a cooking stream. The smell from the ingredients was so bad that a neighbour reported to the police on suspicion of her hiding a corpse. She ended up helping the policeman that arrived at her house to make a bilibili account.
 * Karu's Weibo's specified location is "overseas".

Media

 * Karu's corporate profile on the official VirtuaReal website
 * Karu's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
 * 花留Karu的个人空间 - bilibili channel
 * 花留Karu的直播间 - bilibili live room
 * @花留Karu - Weibo account
 * 花留Karu - Weibo account (CN site)
 * @VirtuarealKaru - Twitter account
 * @virtuarealkaru - Marshmallow account

Unofficial

 * 花留的茉莉花田 (Karu's Jasmine Flower Field) - bilibili channel for 二次创作 (derivative works)

Bilibili hashtags

 * #花绘卷# - Fanart tag

Further Readings

 * 花留 - Moegirl Encyclopedia (CN)
 * 花留（カル/Karu）- Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki (JP)