Nanashi Mumei

Nanashi Mumei is an English Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its English (EN) branch second generation of VTubers alongside Tsukumo Sana, Ceres Fauna, Ouro Kronii and Hakos Baelz.

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A member of the Council and the Guardian of "Civilization," a concept crafted by mankind.

As a living embodiment of the sum of mankind's efforts—the mark that humans have left on the world—she is far removed from her fellow members, as well as other lifeforms. Due to not being created by the Gods, she was free to choose her own appearance, and decided to make herself owl-like, after the bird that symbolizes wisdom.

She is gentle, wise, and an unbelievably hard worker. As a well-traveled vagabond, she is blessed with a wealth of knowledge of the world. She has seen, heard, and experienced so many things that she has forgotten most of them, one of them being her own name.

For some reason, she seems to project a rather pitiable aura. Perhaps this is in part thanks to the loneliness she has often felt in her perennial travels. That is what gave her the idea of making her own friend out of a material that was indispensable to the development of human civilization: paper.

Personality
Nanashi is gentle, wise, an incredible hard worker, and well-traveled. She has lived long and experienced so many things that she has forgotten much, including her own true name.

Appearance
Nanashi has golden-brown eyes and brown hair with a pair of feathers atop her head. She dresses in a brown cape secure with a ribbon.

Background
On 1 August 2021, hololive English YouTube channel published a small video named "Prelude" alluding to gods descending and creating, space, nature, time and civilization. The video teaser only showed four of the five gods, leaving Hakos Baelz as the concept of chaos out of the teaser.

On 14 August 2021 a follow up video was released on the same channel, on this video it is explained that the creation of civilization created chaos, this video explains the origin of all five new members even displaying their silhouettes.

On 17 August 2021, hololive's English channel finally revealed the names and designs of every member of the second generation of hololive English, officially revealing them as -Council-. Ceres also published her first tweet on this day, however due to the rapid increase in followers her Twitter account was restricted, her Twitter account was created in June 2021 while her YouTube channel was created on 26 July, she is set to debut on 22 August.

Quotes

 * "Civilization is proof of humankind's footsteps. We cannot advance simply by building. Never forget who you really are."

Name

 * Both "Nanashi" and "Mumei" mean "anonymous". This refers to her canonical inability to remember her own name.
 * The name "Nanashi" is written with the kanji 「七詩」, meaning "seven" and "poetry".
 * The name "Mumei" is written in katakana, often used to write foreign names. The word "mumei" is usually written in Japanese with the kanji 「無名」.
 * Nanashi, meaning "anonymous", is best known in Japanese internet pop culture as the default username on the popular Japanese forum 2channel.

Lore

 * Nanashi is the only member of the five of her generation who was not created by the gods. She is the living embodiment of mankind's efforts on the world.
 * Nanashi's form was inspired by the owl, a creature which represents wisdom.
 * The feather used as her emoji reflects both her appearance as an owl, and the quill, an animal feather traditionally used as writing instrument.
 * Nanashi created her own friend from paper, a material valuable to mankind's development thanks to the value of writing as a store of knowledge.

Miscellaneous

 * The Egyptian hieroglyphs which line Nana's cape appear to spell out the seven deadly sins in Latin.
 * The writing on the bottom-left of her paper bag friend's face is in Norse runes, "ᚠᚱᛁᛖᚾᛞ", spelling "FRIEND". They appear to be in either the Elder Futhark alphabet, used primarily in pre-Christian Scandinavia between the 2nd and 8th centuries, or the similar Anglo-Saxon Furthorc alphabet, which continued to be used in what is now Britain until the 11th century.
 * The three glowing orbs around the bag also show Norse runes: ᛒ, ᛟ, and ᛉ. representing the letters B, O, and X or Z (X in the Anglo-Saxon Furthorc, Z in the Norse Elder Futhark).
 * Her golden hair clip is the symbol "ᚱ", the Norse rune equivalent to the modern English letter "R". The significance is unknown, as the letter "R" does not appear in her name, although in historic rune poems it stands for the word meaning "ride" or "journey".
 * Nanashi is one of several hololive members who are identified as birds. Previous members include phoenix Takanashi Kiara, peafowl Pavolia Reine, and Oozora Subaru, who is identified by fans as a duck.
 * Nanashi's original outfit, including a cape, belt, dagger and lantern, resembles the archetype of an adventurer of the medieval fantasy roleplaying game genre.
 * Nanashi's representative emoji was initially shown as 🦉 (owl) on her Twitter username, but has since been changed to 🪶 (feather) at some point in 17 August 2021.

Media

 * Nanashi Mumei Ch. hololive-EN - YouTube
 * nanashimumei_en - Twitter account

Statistics

 * Nanashi Mumei Ch. hololive-EN - Social Blade YouTube stats