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Ironmouse is a female American VTuber from Puerto Rico.[4] A veteran of the industry, she debuted in August 2017. She is one of the most successful VTubers to date, earning numerous awards and reaching 2 million Twitch followers in 2024.
A trained opera singer, she is known for her singing talent, as well as her crazy personality, sassy attitude and high-pitched voice. She also serves as an inspiration to fellow sufferers of chronic illness. Originally in independent streamer, she became a founding member of agency VShojo in 2020.
Introduction video
Where did I come from?
Ironmouse's introduction.
Profile
A demon queen who goes by several names… but has also been rumored to be Satan herself. She is a friendly, fun loving demon who ran from her duties and escaped the confines of Hell/the underworld in order to make new friends, learn new things and live life to the fullest. She has an obsession with the internet, music, lewd stuff, nerd shit, and all things cute. She wears special magical bells on her body to contain and control her power in order to better blend into the human world. If her bells ever get removed, pure chaos would ensue. It has been said that once the bells are off, her true demon queen form will be revealed. All she wants to do is to have fun and see what the human world is all about and… make as many souls friends as she can.[5]
Personality
Ironmouse's behavior is so lighthearted and funny that there isn't a stream where she doesn't make her chat or streaming partners laugh.
In early 2020, she was very shy and only showed confidence when streaming alone or with close friends. She was very nervous around others, but over the next two years she developed more and more confidence.
Her chaotic nature was more pronounced in her early streaming years, as she tended to ask odd questions out of the blue or talk about the strangest topics, often leaving her conversation partners speechless because she had no filter. Over time, she learned to control herself better, but she doesn't always succeed, especially when she's around like-minded friends.
In her early streaming days, she used a lot of suggestive language, but as she developed more confidence, this behavior decreased. If not completely gone, at least she no longer deletes VODs for fear of possible ToS bans.
She cares a lot about her friends and gets sad when she hears someone being mean to them, even more so than when they are being mean to herself.
Her abundant charisma is easily recognized by the way she makes people smile, feel comfortable, or get emotional. She is generally very friendly to everyone except when she roasts people who are mean in chat or when she occasionally behaves in a "tsundere"-type fashion. Tsundere is a Japanese term for a character who is caring but has difficulty expressing positive feelings for someone and instead acts temperamental and hot-headed. There were also rare instances when she acted in a "Yandere"-type fashion, laughing maniacally and saying things like "I love you so much that you have to die", these flashes of yandere appearing in games where she had to kill off her collaboration partners.
She is very hardworking, as she puts in effort every day to stream and provide content for her viewers despite her circumstances. Even the name "precious family" that she chose for her community shows how much she loves what she does and how grateful she is for the love that the community gives her. She gets very emotional when she talks about how far she has come against all adversity.
She is known to be easily scared and likes to stall before and while playing horror games, but at the same time she loves the feeling of being scared, which is why she likes playing scary games.
Appearance
She has fluffy pink medium length hair with a heart shaped ahoge and dark purple streaks and light purple eyes. She has sparkly black heart shaped hairpins and white horns.
History
Background
Ironmouse debuted in 2017 on a smaller streaming platform called YouNow. From the outset, she streamed using a copy of Facerig which a friend bought her on sale for $5.99, and a free avatar from the Steam Workshop (Tohoku Kiritan by Ketama). Her streaming setup was rudimentary, and she used a pair of iPhone headphones as a microphone.[6]
Ironmouse's Twitch account was created on 28 September 2017. Her YouTube account was created one day later on 29 September 2017. Her earliest known Twitch stream occurred on 15 August 2018. Ironmouse's goal was not money or popularity, but to make friends and have fun talking to people. She was initially nervous about joining Twitch, but soon found the community welcoming.[6]
She did not use the term "VTuber" to describe herself at first, as the term "Virtual YouTuber" had only been coined in late 2016 by Kizuna Ai, and had yet to be popularized; Ironmouse did not consider herself a "real" VTuber until 2020, when she saw a rise in popularity.[6] For example, a Valentine's day stream on 12 February 2020, in which she used her Ironmouse 2D model and collected donations for "Ironmouse 3.0", used the title "Dear internet am I real V-Tuber yet?"
2019
In late 2019, she switched to Twitch as her main streaming platform, although she would continue to stream on YouNow in early 2020.[7]
In December 2019, Ironmouse unveiled her original Live2D model by Ketama. Designed by Mousey herself, it would become known as the Season 1 model.
2020
The oldest recorded appearance of Mousey's "Season 1" model is in the 12 February 2020 Valentine's stream, which reached a peak of 69 viewers.[8] She would continue to use this model throughout 2020 (see Ironmouse/Models).
On 15 May, Ironmouse became a Twitch partner.[9]
In June, she revealed her 3D model, modeled by jjnomu.
On 1 July, she became a YouTube partner.[10]
On 24 November, she announced her membership in the new VTuber agency VShojo as one of its first generation of members, along with Projekt Melody, Silvervale, Zentreya, Nyatasha Nyanners, Froot and Hime Hajime. Her introductory video was drawn by Froot, and featured a brief cameo by Hime Hajime, who appeared on the cover of a book which Ironmouse reads. She introduced an updated version of her model. Ironmouse promised that "Nothing will change. Jack shit will change. You know why? Because VShojo is talent-first. We're all fuckin' free to do what ever the fuck we want!"
2021
On 15 January, she revealed longer hair as an update to her "Season 1" 2D model, which was adopted from her 2020 Christmas costume.
On 11 February, she revealed a new 2D model along with the "Seasons" concept, explaining that each model has its own backstory in a different universe and has its own designated season.[11] This new model, designated "Season 2", was illustrated by Nia, who had designed the original model for Nyatasha Nyanners, and rigged by etctr.
On 9 March, Ironmouse was featured on REACT, a popular YouTube channel, in an episode titled "Teens React To VTubers".[12]
On 13 March, she hosted a special 300k YouTube subscriber celebration stream on her YouTube channel, where she also officially debuted her new 3D model. The new model was modeled by TheArtGun and based on the Season 2 model. Before unveiling the model, she used an unfinished version as a joke, which was mostly bald.[13]
On 31 March, Anthony Padilla released his YouTube video "I spent a day with VTUBERS", in which he interviews Ironmouse along with Nyatasha Nyanners and Zentreya.[14]
On 13 April, VShojo members Ironmouse, Froot, Silvervale, Veibae and Nyatasha Nyanners played with prominent Japanese VTubers Kizuna Ai, Higuchi Kaede and Dennou Shojo Siro in a collab called #VAmongEarth.[15]
On 6 May, she revealed her "full demon form" ahead of its scheduled debut on 11 May. The reveal took place during a collaboration with Anthony Padilla[16], during which he used his VTuber model to stream for the first time. This new 2D model was illustrated by VTuber Rosuuri and modeled by etctr, and designated OVA Universe 666.
On 12 May, she debuted her "OVA Universe 666" demon form.
On 14 May, she reached 500,000 Twitch followers.[17] On the same day, Caleb Hyles released the collaborative cover song "Omae Wa Mou" on YouTube.
On 3 June, she debuted her summer outfit, a version of her 3D model created by TheArtGun.[18]
On 19 June, she collaborated with Mori Calliope in the second ever hololive x VShojo collab.[19] The event was streamed on Ironmouse's Twitch channel and attracted around 25,000 viewers at its peak.
On 5 August, she celebrated her 4th anniversary and held a 11 hour charity fundraiser stream. She unveiled her new idol outfit, illustrated by Nia and based on the Season 2 2D model. She promoted the plasma donation website plasmahero.org, which was temporarily unavailable due to the large number of users, and raised over $101,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.[20] She also premiered a new intro video titled "Gremlin's Den".
On 12 August, she premiered the first episode of her talk show "Speak of the Devil". Her first guest was Sykkuno, a famous YouTuber and Twitch streamer.[21]
On 30 August, she reached 500,000 YouTube subscribers.[22]
On 2 November, Streams Charts announced the most-watched female Twitch streamers for October 2021, with Ironmouse in 6th place with one million hours watched.[23]
On 5 November, she debuted her 3D Demon form. Modeled by jjnomu and with facial tracking by TheArtGun, this 3D model was based on the OVA Season 666 2D model designed by Rosuuri.
On 18 December, Ironmouse, Silvervale and Nyatasha Nyanners participated in VILLS vol. 3, one of the biggest VTuber events in Japan. She enchanted the audience with her vocal performance and the new VShojo VILLS idol costume.[24] Her VILLS concert model was designed by epebe and modeled by Yoolie.
2022
On 11 January, Ironmouse debuted a new angel form Live2D model, designed by hen-tie. She also celebrated her 6,669th birthday for the third year in a row, during which she received a Sentai style 3D model and a Sentai-style BGM as gifts. Over 23,000 viewers attended her birthday stream.
On 4 February at 7PM EST, Ironmouse began a subathon, during which each sub, gift sub, and every 500 bits or $5 donated would extend the stream duration by 15 seconds. This resulted in Ironmouse streaming continuously for days, with guest appearances and highlight reels filling in while she was asleep. Ironmouse actually continued to track her model while she was asleep, meaning that she was indeed on stream for the entire duration, sans breaks and technical disruptions.
On 15 February, during the subathon, Ironmouse reached 1 million Twitch followers. Just over one hour later, she became the most subscribed ever female streamer on Twitch, surpassing the previous record of 73,623 held by kkatamina. On 19 February, Ironmouse became the #1 currently subscribed streamer on Twitch, also making her the #9 most subscribed Twitch streamer of all time.
On 21 February, she reached 100,000 Twitch subscribers and 500,000 Twitter followers. Hours later on 22 February, she became the 6th all-time most subscribed Twitch user. On 24 February, during an interview with Luca Kaneshiro, Ironmouse became 5th all-time most subscribed Twitch user, and on 25 February she reached all-time 4th most subscribed. On 28 February, on Day 24 of the subathon, Ironmouse overtook Critical Role as the #3 all-time most subscribed Twitch channel, behind only the hugely popular streamers Ludwig and Ninja, who were no longer active on Twitch by this time.
Ironmouse's subathon lasted 31 days and ended on 7 March at 6am EST. She reached a peak of 171,818 subscribers.[25]
On 20 April, an interview between Ironmouse and The Washington Post was published.
On 27 October, Streamy Awards nominated Ironmouse in the VTuber category, along with her fellow VShojo members Zentreya, Nyanners and Veibae.[26]
On 2nd November, she debuted her Demon Queen model designed by Kamo and rigged by Iron vertex. Over 30,000 viewers attended this debut at peak.
2023
On 11 January, she held her 3D concert, which also featured her first single, "Waifu Jam."
On 28 February, she debuted her Racing Queen model, designed by Epebe, illustrated by Nanoless and rigged by KevinX.
On 11 March, Ironmouse won Best VTuber in the 2023 Streamer Awards.
On 1 June, Ironmouse began a charity subathon, in which the stream duration would be extended by 13 seconds per subscription, 500 bit donation, or $5 donation, with all earnings, merchandise proceeds, and half of subscriptions going to the Immune Deficiency Foundation. The event lasted a full month and featured guest appearances by numerous VTubers and streamers.
On 27 June, during the subathon, Ironmouse surpassed her previous record of 171,818 subscribers.
On 1 July, the subathon closed with over 51 hours left on the timer. Ironmouse promised to stream the remaining hours following a break to appear at a panel at the Anime Expo convention. According to TwitchTracker, Ironmouse reached a record peak of 205,488 subscribers.[27] She reached #1 current most subscribed Twitch user, and #4 most subscribed Twitch user of all time.
On 6 July, Ironmouse returned for day 32 of the subathon. She opened the timer to donations for one more hour, raising the timer to over 59 hours. The subathon ended on 9 July.
On 13 July, Ironmouse was featured in the most popular Puerto Rican newspaper, El Nuevo Dia.[28]
On 24 July, Ironmouse was nominated in the Streamy awards.[29]
On 4 August, for her sixth anniversary, she released her new anime ONA Ironmouse Unleashed, as well as a new original song with Bubi, "anarchy," Her podcast with the Immune Deficiency Foundation, "Undiagnosed," was also released the same day.
On 27 August, Ironmouse took part in the first VShojo 3D concert, "Candy Pop Explosion." In this concert she revealed her new original song, Sour Taste.[30]
On 28th August, Ironmouse debuted on QSMP.[31]
On 27 September, she debuted her Season 3 outfit made by Rosuuri.
On 24 October, Ironmouse debuted her Yokai Hunter outfit. The concept art was done by epebe, the model art was done by y_k_sme and rigged by kvxart. She also released her mini lore video titled "Yokai Hunter Anime Opening" along side it.[32]
On 12 November, Ironmouse reached 1 million YouTube subscribers, which she celebrated in a YouTube stream.[33]
On 7 December, Ironmouse won the Content Creator of the Year in the Game Awards, being the first VTuber to be nominated and win such a award.
On 9 December, Ironmouse debuted her Christmas costume, done by henxtie and rigged by kvxart with a mini lore video titled "The Nutcracker and The Mouse Queen".
On 12 December, Ironmouse partnered with Razer, the first VTuber to do so.[34] She was also interviewed by Tubefilter regarding the partnership.[35]
On 18 December, The Messenger released an article about Ironmouse, where she and some of her fans were interviewed after her win in the Game Awards.[36]
On 19 December, Ironmouse collabed with Youtooz to release a merchandise collection.[37]
2024
On 1 January, Ironmouse released her Gloomy Bear merchandise collection.
On 11 January, for her birthday she debuted a new model by Nanoless. She also revealed a new intro animation and lore video by LordCalories.
On 13 January, Ironmouse appeared alongside Kson as special guest in the V4Mirai concert in Los Angeles.[38]
On 18 January, Ironmouse was featured in the pop culture magazine Rolling Stone.[39][40]
On 29 February, Ironmouse held her second 3D concert with the theme of "Attack of the Magic Cloud", where she also debuted her two new songs: "Devil (feat Bubi)" and "Rodent's Kingdom".[41]
On 14 March, Ironmouse announced that she will appear as keynote speaker for PI conference at Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk.[42]
On 29 March, Ironmouse debuted her "Pudding" model. It is illustrated by Clickdraws, rigged by KevinX, and based on concept art by Epebe.
On 10 June, Ironmouse released a single, "carry on," in collaboration with the Immune Deficiency Foundation for their "Life Without Immunity" documentary.[43]
On 11 June, Ironmouse opened auditions for a VR dance competition.[44]
On 15 June, Ironmouse released a music video for her song "Devil" featuring Bubi.[45]
On 26 June, Ironmouse reached 2 million Twitch followers, during a marathon Elden Ring stream which lasted over 60 hours.[46]
On 4 July, Goodsmile announced the first Ironmouse Pop Up Parade figure.[47]
On 4 August, Ironmouse celebrated her 7 year anniversary with a new Cult Princess model by 2twintails, and also teased a new music video in collaboration with dillongoo.
On 8 August, Ironmouse opened applications for her new weekly show "Ironmouse VTuber Academy" featuring RubberRoss. This show aims to convert streamer contestants into a VTuber, where the winner gets to choose a model of their liking to be made.[48]
On 23 August, Ironmouse hosted the first episode of "VTuber Academy".[49]
On 1 September, Ironmouse began another subathon, which would continue throughout the month.
On 8 September, YouTube deleted Ironmouse's VODs channel following DMCA takedown requests.[50]
On 12 September, Ironmouse officially debuted the 2D version of her Ultimate Delinquent model.
On 16 September, Ironmouse's "Time to Feast" MV was released. The music video was animated by former RWBY artist DilllonGoo and his team.[51]
On 20 September, her primary YouTube channel was terminated, possibly due to the deletion of her VODs channel. Ironmouse worked with her legal team in an attempt to restore the channel.[52]
On 23 September, Ironmouse's VODs channel was restored. Her main YouTube channel was also restored a few minutes later. Later that day her VODs channel reached 100,000 subscribers.
On 24 September, still during the subathon, she exceeded her previous record of 205,488 Twitch subscribers.[53]
On 30 September, she passed Ludwig as #2 all-time subscribed Twitch user, breaking his record of 283,066 Twitch subscribers. Ludwig himself contributed 200 gift subs. Around two hours later she reached #1 most subscribed Twitch streamer of all time, beating the record of 306,621 set by Kai Cenat in 2023. The milestone was reported in articles by Complex and Rolling Stone.[54][55]
On 1 October, Ironmouse revealed her new "Witch of Twitch" Live2D model. The concept is by Neill Ayane, art by Kamochiruu, and rigging by Suiika. Ironmouse's subathon continued into October with just over 200 hours left on the clock, although no additional time was added after September. The event peaked with a record 326,252 subscribers.
On 10 October, Ironmouse's subathon finally ended on its 39th day.
Discography
- Main page: Ironmouse/Discography
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Events
2020
- On 8 April, she participated in a show called "Ultimate EGirl 2020".[56]
2021
- On 29 January, she participated in a Twitch Rivals tournament and finished in fourth place. The game played was Among Us.[57]
- On 3 April, she participated in VShojo's own game show "VShowdown". She won in the pilot episode "Do VTubers really know anime?" when she competed against Silvervale, Zentreya and Nyatasha Nyanners.[58]
- On 22 May, VShojo members Ironmouse, Silvervale, Veibae, and Nyatasha Nyanners attended the DigiKomi convention, where they played a game called "Otaku Exposed!"[59]
- On 4 July, she appeared at Anime Expo Lite along with other VShojo members.[60]
- On 21 July, she participated in the Twitch game show "Hivemind"[61], where she reached the second place.
- On 30 July, she participated in a Twitch Rivals charity tournament and took first place, raising $3250 for charity. The game played was UNO.[57]
- On 27 October, her team took second place in a Twitch Rivals team tournament. The game played was "Fall Guys" and was hosted by the well-known Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren.[57]
- On 21 December, she was a guest in Parasocial Episode 6, where she won with her team. Her team consisted of Snuffy, Nyatasha Nyanners and Veibae.
- On 28 December, Ludwig Ahgren challenged Ironmouse to a gaming contest and lost, if only because of a coin toss. The price for his defeat was that he would have to become a VTuber for a day.[62]
2022
- From 29 April to 1 May, Ironmouse appeared at OffKai Expo 2022.[63]
- On 1 May, Ironmouse hosted the final Featured Event called Speak to the Devil.[64]
- From 1 to 4 July, Ironmouse appeared at Anime Expo 2022 alongside other VShojo members.
- On 2 July, Ironmouse had a panel with Nyatasha Nyanners and Good Smile Company CEO Takanori Aki to discuss their upcoming figures.[65]
- On 3 July, Ironmouse had a Q&A Panel with CDawgVA.[66]
- On 11 July, Ironmouse was a guest on Projekt Melody's relaunched Lewdcast episode 11.[67]
- On 20 July, she was a guest in Island of Riches Episode 4, where she placed in 2nd place behind Nyatasha Nyanners. Other contestants included Bao, Lord Aethelstan, Luca Kaneshiro, OniGiri, and Snuffy.[68]
- On 6 August, it was announced that Ironmouse, Nyatasha Nyanners, and Projekt Melody would be attending the Crunchyroll Expo VIRL Experience and selling merch released by Senpai Squad.[69]
- On 7 October, VShojo's Twitter account announced that Ironmouse, Nyanners, Melody, Silvervale, Froot, and Zentreya would be attending Twitch Con.[70]
- On 27 October, Zentreya, Ironmouse, Nyanners and Veibae were nominated in the Streamy Awards in the VTuber category.[26] However Zentreya decided to withdraw from the list of nominees.[71]
- On 5 November, she and Nyanners held a panel and a meet and greet at Nishi Fest 2022.[72]
2023
- On 3 March, she held an art contest where she chose 37 winners, handing out $1k to each.[73]
- On 10 May, she alongside other VShojo members received her skin on the game SMITE.[74]
- From 16 to 18 June, she appeared in Offkai Expo 2023.
- From 1 to 4 July, she took part in Anime Expo
- On 3 July, Ironmouse held a Q&A Panel with CDawgVA which was also streamed on her Twitch channel.[75]
- On 20 July she was invited to perform in mid summer concert organized by QTcinderella.[76]
- On 22 August, she joined Walk for PI in San Francisco held by Immune Deficiency Foundation.[77]
- On 14 September, she held a Fortnite tournament with $15k prize pool alongside CDawgVA.[78]
- On 17 September, winners for her Game Jam event were announced with the top five winning $1,500.[79][80]
- From 20 to 22 October, she took part in Twitchcon Las Vegas.
- On 30 October, she alongside other VShojo members did a charity D&D event for Gamers Outreach Foundation with Do Not Peek Entertainment and raised total of $27k.[81]
- On 2 December, Ironmouse held an animation contest where 7 winners and 5 runner-ups were chosen, handing out prizes of $2k and $1k.[82]
- On 16 December, Ironmouse performed "All I Want For Christmas" in Qtcinderella's Christmas concert.[83]
- On 29 December, Ironmouse held the first Lethal Company charity tournament featuring 11 teams consisting of variety of VTubers, as well as Brazillian, French and English streamers.[84] The winner was allowed to choose charity of their choice and donate $10k. Additionally, $16k was raised.
2024
- On 17 March, Ironmouse held a VTuber fashion show, where she asked VTubers to upload their reference sheet for their models and went over it on stream.[85]
- On 22 April, Ironmouse held a charity D&D event with Do Not Peek Entertainment and Razer featuring Bubi, Zentraya, Projekt Melody, and Kuro. The event raised $69,430 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation and was viewed over 660k times.[86]
- On 5 May, Ironmouse and several other VShojo girls (Matara Kan, Zentreya, Hime Hajime and Projekt Melody) had a musical collaboration with Nikke for their 1.5 year aniversary; where she released her new cover song "Headless Angel".[87]
- From 25 to 31 May, Ironmouse participated in a RustKingdoms event organized by @baboAbe. Ironmouse was one of the leaders for the team named "Underworld." This event featured a variety of streamers.[88]
- On 21 June, Ironmouse attended the Immune Deficiency Foundation conference as a speaker, where she received the Plasma Hero Award.[89]
- On 24 June, Ironmouse hosted another DnD event featuring Kuro Kurenai, Haruka Karibu and Zentreya.
- On 22 September, Ironmouse including rubberross, CDawgVA and JaidenAnimatoins held the final episode of "Vtuber Academy" show at Twitch con San diego.[90]
Awards
Mascots and Fans
- She has a demon familiar/mascot named Bubi. He debuted as a VTuber on his own on 26 February 2022.
- Her fanbase is officially called "Precious Family," while she also uses the nickname "Flancitos" for her fans.
- Her Patreon members have four tiers: Precious Family, Flancito, Senpai, and Hentai Senpai.
Quotes
- "We're not a cult, we are family."
- "Glitter is nature's herpes!"
- "It doesn't matter what you do when you stream. As long as you have fun, and as long as you express to everyone that you're having a great time, and they can genuinely see that you're enjoying yourself, they'll enjoy themselves too, and enjoy you enjoying yourself, and everyone will have a good time."
- "Beauty fades, but dumb is forever."
- "Even if one day things end, I'm just happy that we got to spend time together."
- "I just want to say. I know it sounds cliché. But don't ever give up. Try to believe in yourself. Shit might be bad. It might be scary. It might be painful. But all that will be tools in your magical bookbag to help you while you climb that fucking mountain. Fuck that mountain."[97]
- "I hope one day there's no more [plasma] shortage, and I hope science catches up so that maybe one day I could go out and meet all the friends that I've made."[98]
- "Being nervous be good because it shows that you care about stuff."
- "Even if it doesn't happen to me, i hope one day somebody like me will be able to figure out a way to change their life and change their trajectory of their illness[CVID] so they can live a relatively normal life."
- "Mods, invert his balls."[99][100]
Relationships
- Nyatasha Nyanners is close friends with Ironmouse.
- CDawgVA is one of Ironmouse's closest friends, and the two collab together.
- Mori Calliope from hololive are best friends within the Underworld.
Content
- Her streams are varied and often include chats, videos, singing, occasional voice acting, games, fan art showcases, and more. Most of her content is streamed on Twitch, and the majority of it falls into the "Just Chatting" category.
- Patreon rewards include Discord roles and channels, monthly VR chat meetups, community movie nights, and occasional streams for Patreon members only.
- For Twitch subscribers, she hosts occasional Discord-based movie nights.
- Her YouTube content consists mainly of edited highlights from her streams.
- She hosts her own talk show called "Speak of the Devil" on Twitch. The episodes are later uploaded to her YouTube channel.[101]
Podcast
Lewdcast
Lewdcast was a weekly variety VTuber podcast that was hosted by Silvervale, Projekt Melody, and Ironmouse.[102] The podcast was first streamed on 9 September 2020, and posted on their LewdCast YouTube channel, which was created 6 days earlier on 3 September.[103][104] Lewdcast had a clips channel where they posted funny moments and segmented clips. The show was also published Spotify, iTunes and Soundcloud.[105]
The show consists of the three girls talking about a myriad of topics, while trying to have some type of structure of how the show would go. They had segments like "News of the Week" discussing recent events, "Anime Book Club" talking about anime they have watched,[106] and "Art Corner" where they showed fan art, some of which had to be censored.[107] They had guest segments, which was later changed to have the guest at the start of the show instead of later. The guest segment would have a Curiouscat Q&A and answer fan submitted Guest Questions, among other more random questions.[108]
The Lewdcast became officially affiliated with VShojo when all three hosts became members of that agency.[109] The first episode as a part of VShojo was Episode 9, which came out on 4 December 2020. Apricot was a guest after her debut,[110] making her the first member of VShojo not including the hosts to be on the show post agency launch.
The Lewdcast had many notable guests during its run. Nyatasha Nyanners first met the three hosts on the podcast before joining VShojo with them as a founding member.[111][112] Veibae, who would later join VShojo,[113] was already friends with the trio. Shibuya Kaho and Takahata guested in the podcast before becoming VTubers, and now-frequent Ironmouse collaborator CDawgVA likewise appeared on the show.[114][115][116] Snuffy appeared on the show in her pre-raccoon form, also later becoming a VShojo member.[117] Bunny GIF also appeared prior to her controversial retirement in 2022.[118]
The last episode of this version of Lewdcast was on 27 January 2021, with Zentreya as their guest.[119] On 2 February 2021, they announced a one-week break, after which they would move to a pre-recorded format.[120] Hime Hajime was planned as their guest.
However, following this announcement, all platforms including the Lewdcast reddit page[121] went silent and subsequently marked an abrupt year-long hiatus and an end to this version of The Lewdcast Podcast.
Although the podcast would eventually return in a new form, Ironmouse did not reprise her role as a host.
Hosts
| Projekt Melody | Ironmouse | Silvervale |
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List of Lewdcast episodes
| Episode | Guest | Broadcast date |
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| Episode 1 - Art | None | 2020/09/09 |
| Episode 2 - Art | Nyanners | 2020/09/16 |
| Episode 3 - Art | Veibae | 2020/09/23 |
| Episode 4 - Art | Shibuya Kaho | 2020/09/30 |
| Episode 5 - Art | Bunny GIF | 2020/10/14 |
| Episode 6 - Art | Momo | 2020/10/21 |
| Episode 7 - Art | Takahata | 2020/10/28 |
| Episode 8 - Art | CDawgVA | 2020/11/20 |
| Episode 9 - Art | Froot | 2020/12/07 |
| Episode 10 - Art | Merryweather | 2020/12/16 |
| Episode 11 - Art | Snuffy | 2021/01/09 |
| Episode 12 - Art | Nyanners | 2021/01/20 |
| Episode 13 - Art | Zentreya | 2021/01/27 |
Speak of the Devil
Speak of the Devil is Ironmouse's talk show, where she interviews various guests. The first episode took place on 8 August 2021, featuring Sykkuno as guest. Other notable guests include members of major VTuber groups such as hololive, HOLOSTARS, and NIJISANJI, as well as non-VTuber content creators such as Asmongold and Jessica Nigri.
List of SotD episodes
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Dungeons & Dragons
Death and Debts
Death and Debts is a campaign set on Kalkatesh. This campaign features players that are all VTubers. The campaigns were was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel.
The premise is six adventurers answer the call of Baba Yaga, the Witch Queen, to Witchtown to help solve the problems of Dolten. They infiltrate a ball in order to find a traitor selling the secrets of Dolten to foreign nations, leading to the group investigating a mystery and collecting nipples.
The campaigns had Bunny GIF as Madeleine a wood elf Swashbuckler, Ironmouse as Umi a triton mermaid bard, Momo as Vaeri a kobold fighter, Zentreya as Zara a red orc Monk/Fighter (Samurai), Silvervale as Revlis Tiefling (Asmodeus) Part Succubus Warlock and Projekt Melody as Terryn Zabi a Changeling Warlock (The Great Old One).[122]
List Death and Debts episodes
| Episode | Broadcast date | Runtime |
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| Episode 0 | 2020/07/26 | 2:59:51 |
| Episode 1 | 2020/07/29 | 3:08:46 |
| Episode 2 | 2020/08/05 | 3:04:55 |
| Episode 3 | 2020/08/19 | 3:30:39 |
| Episode 4 | 2020/08/26 | 3:21:40 |
| Episode 5 | 2020/09/09 | 3:16:10 |
| Episode 6 | 2020/09/16 | 2:19:53 |
| Episode 7 | 2020/09/23 | 3:18:51 |
| Episode 8 | 2020/09/29 | 3:01:11 |
| Episode 9 | 2020/10/14 | 3:06:36 |
| Episode 10 | 2020/10/28 | 3:21:53 |
| Episode 11 | 2020/11/11 | 3:38:57 |
Steel and Silence
Steel and Silence is a campaign set on Kalkatesh. It is the 2nd season of Death and Debts. The campaigns were was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel. With the same cast as the previous campaigns.
The adventurers begin their journey across Daborak to meet the Lord of Blades to ask for assistance in the incoming fight against the enemy.[123]
List Steel and Silence episodes
| Episode | Broadcast date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 2020/12/02 | 3:15:59 |
| Episode 2 | 2020/12/16 | 2:50:30 |
| Episode 3 | 2021/01/13 | 2:48:38 |
| Episode 4 | 2021/01/27 | 3:24:38 |
| Episode 5 | 2021/02/03 | 3:04:57 |
| Episode 6 | 2021/02/10 | 3:42:40 |
- More info & Episode recaps can be found : here
Talent shows
Vtuber Academy
Vtuber Academy is a talent show hosted by ironmouse and rubbeross (also featuring guest judges like Ai Candii,Buffpup ) where streamer who isn't a vtuber can have a opportunity to become one. This show includes multiple round with eliminations, where selected participants compete with each other in competitions related to vtubing, and ultimately will win a fully funded model of their liking.[124]
| Episode | Broadcast date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 2024/23/08 | 4:44:41 |
Trivia
Lore
- Ironmouse is a demon queen from the depths of the underworld ("not underwear. Underworld") who came to the human world after becoming obsessed with human culture. However, her power weakened as she spent more time away from her home world.
- Ironmouse began streaming after becoming obsessed with VTubers. She discovered that she has the ability to absorb human souls, the only energy capable of sustaining her, via the internet. She no longer consumes human souls but subsists on pieces of the soul energy of her viewers.
- The silver bells she usually wears on her neck, ankles, and sometimes in her hair, limit her strength and allow her to take on a weaker form. This is necessary so that she can stay in her beloved human world as long as possible.
- Her angelic form is a representation of her appearance before she descended into hell. In this form, the "power limiters" are large rings on her legs instead of bells and her hair buns conceal her horns.[125]
- She has the ability to shapeshift into any form, although she cannot use it without consuming too much of her power. She can appear anywhere in the world at any time, but "You'll never find me in space!"
- Ironmouse has brainwashed a family into believing that she is their daughter, so that she can live on Earth.
- At the beginning of 2022, she announced that she was 6,669 years old. However, she is self-conscious about being in her 6,670s, and decided for her birthday in 2022 to 6,669th birthday again for at least the third time.
- Dinosaurs aren't real. Ironmouse buried dinosaur bones around the world in ancient times as a prank.
"Seasons"
- Each universe has its own version of Ironmouse. To distinguish the stories of each version, they are separated by "seasons" and in each universe she has a different appearance (model).[11] All versions of Ironmouse will still exist when a new season comes out, and we may see older seasons resurface occasionally.
- Lost Season: Universe 000 is where "Baby Mouse" lives. In this world, Ironmouse lost her memories and was trapped in another person's body. She was able to jump from body to body but could never take an original form.
- Season 1: Universe 111 is where she came into the human world, but her unstable power kept causing problems with her original form. In this world she never went back to hell and Bubi (her demon attendant) remains back in hell. In this world she found VShojo and lives out her life as a VTuber.
- Season 2: Universe 222 is where she has lived in the human world for a long time, but periodically goes back to hell (which resulted in the Wi-Fi being much more stable down there). In this world, Bubi has come from hell to our world to watch over Ironmouse, protect her and have fun with her. Through Bubi's help, she found VShojo and became a VTuber to supply herself with soul energy.
- OVA (Demon form) Season: Universe 666 is where she did not live in the human world until she found VShojo with the help of Bubi. VShojo took over the world and each queen (member) has her own territory to rule. She brainwashed a family on Earth to believe she was their daughter and became one of VShojo's queens to help rule the human world, bring chaos and consume souls. She also loves the eldritch being Nyanners and wants to take over the world with her. Her special powers include being able to travel to other universes. She has no bells which would seal her power in demon form.
Guest appearances
- She appeared in episode 40 of "Getting to Know" by heyitsjoe.[126]
- She has been featured several times on the Rant Café Anime Podcast[127] where she also embodied the voice of "Truck-chan", one of the characters in the light novel "That Time I Got Isekai'd To Another World With My Truck!!!".[128]
- She participated as a mermaid bard named Umi in a weekly Dungeons and Dragons game streamed on Twitch.
- She has participated several times in the "Weeb Wars" game show on the Twitch channel of Lost Pause.[129]
- She appeared in QTcinderalla's both summer and winter concerts.
Likes and hobbies
- Her hobbies include art and watching anime.
- She enjoys anime, hentai, singing, humans, cute things, music, weird stuff, games, chaos, learning new languages, and living life.
- Her favorite flower is the orchid. She appreciates its ability to survive in difficult environments.
- Her favorite color is pink.
- Her favorite perfume is "Angel" from the brand Mugler.[130]
- Her weaknesses are humans, space, math, reverse harems, and birds. "You can't trust a bird. You don't know what they're thinking."
- Her favorite games are Black Desert, Minecraft, the Final Fantasy series, and the Kingdom Hearts series. She enjoys visual novels, survival, horror, gacha, simulation (especially dating), and weeb games.
- Her favorite Final Fantasy game is Final Fantasy 8.
- Her favorite anime are Gintama, One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Sailor Moon, Log Horizon, Shaman King, Fairy Tail, Kekkai Sensen, Tenchi Muyo, and Key the Metal Idol. She enjoys magical girl anime, reverse harem shows, 90s/2000s anime, and shonen anime.
- She also enjoys Tokusatsu. Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Garo are among her favorites.[131] She is such a huge Sentai fan that to call her an "absolute nerd" would almost be an understatement. She has watched all the Sentai-related series, sung all 45 Super Sentai openings live while streaming,[132] and talked about the subject for several hours on stream on various occasions. One of the things in her possession is the "Transformation Gun Geartlinger".[133] When she received the toy, she recorded herself playing with it and posted it on Twitter,[134] something she repeated after she eventually received the "World Thief Transformation Gun Geardalinger" toy.[135] While on one of CDawgVA's streams, she recorded herself opening and demonstrating the DX Revice Driver 50th Anniversary Special Set.
- Her favorite food and drink are pink Starbursts and geriatric milk.
- She really likes "flan," a custard dessert, which is why she uses "flancitos" as the name for her Twitch channel points and as a nickname for her followers.
- Her fetish is people with bodies. "You got a body? You're good".
- She loves to watch amusement park rides, especially roller coasters. Her favorite Disney World ride is Carousel of Progress.
- She loves to watch musicals and sing musical songs. Her favorite musical is "Wicked", but "Be More Chill" and "Hamilton" are also at the top of her list.
- Her favorite movie of all time is The Fifth Element and because of the opera singing blue alien in the movie she wanted to be an opera singer.[136]
- Ironmouse loves fanart and art in general. This is one of the reasons why she likes to have many models. She loves to get new models and compares it to a change of clothes and likes to show them to honor the artist.
- Her oshi (favorite VTuber) is Mori Calliope.
Memes
- She forgets to install scheduled games so often that it has become a meme in her community.
- During a stream, she sang the song "Kulikitaka",[137] after which her performance spread like wildfire on social media. Clips, edits, and cosplays featuring the audio clip popped up on Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit. There was even a model created in VRchat that played the clip.[138]
- Tungsten Cat (Also known as Miguel) meme: Due to her non-indicative name she often has to explain that she is not a mouse but a demon. In frustration over the misunderstanding, she joked that she should have used a different name like "Aluminum Giraffe", which quickly became a meme in her community. During a collaboration stream with CDawgVA, he joked that after Mouse retired, she would reappear with a deeper voice and under the new VTuber name "Tungsten Cat".[139] Finally, during a stream with Nyanners, Silvervale, and Zentreya, she used her stream mixer to deepen her voice and jokingly said "My VTuber name is Tungsten Cat".[140] Tungsten Cat is also known as "Miguel".[141] Subsequently, the name was used by her and her community on various occasions, sometimes with variations, with "Tungsten Rat" becoming the predominant one.
- During a playthrough of Resident Evil 7, an NPC says: "That shit you're carrying—get rid of it." Mouse triggered this phrase over and over, after which she said it repeatedly herself. This eventually developed into a meme in which she and her community used the phrase on various occasions, with people even creating fanart.[142]
- Angry Milk Drinker: During one stream, she lost her internet connection 4 times. She got so angry that she decided to drink a bottle of Ensure nutrition milk in one go, which she usually does for a long period of time during the day because she feels bad when she drinks too fast. This happened, and much of the stream consisted of her just sitting there saying, "I drank too much milk" and occasionally burping.[143] The viewers felt sorry for her, but it was also very funny to watch. Even Nyanners told days later how much she laughed when she saw the stream.
- On other occasions something similar happened, and on one notable occasion she flavored her water, used too much peppermint flavoring, and then complained for several minutes that everything smelled and tasted like peppermint.[144] She mentioned that she expects to sweat peppermint oil and then turn into a peppermint stick.
- Ironmouse's real face: While her real face is not publicly known, CDawgVA (also known as Connor) has made a cosplay of Ironmouse, which is jokingly referred to as her real face.
- The Mad Loli: In early 2020, when Ironmouse was not very well known and had only a handful of viewers, she had a collaboration with Projekt Melody, during which they played Animal Crossing. When viewers heard Mouseys swearing in her high-pitched voice, they started asking, "Who is this Mad Loli?",[145] which earned her one of her first nicknames, although it is hardly used anymore. For many spectators it was also the first time they met Ironmouse.
- Iron Bird: Before introducing her angel model, she showed a silhouette and asked people to guess. People started drawing her as a bird because of the wings, which was very ironic since Ironmouse doesn't like birds. She brought this up during the debut stream of the new model, which further encouraged people to call her "Iron Bird".
- Ironmouse pronounces some words unusually. These include "pizza" as "peekza", "sandwich" as "sangwedge", "family" as "famoly", and "gremlin" as "gremolin".
Models
Go to: Ironmouse/Models for a complete list of models
- Ironmouse is famed for her exceptional number of VTuber models, and may hold the record.
- Her first 3D model was hardly ever used because all the equipment required was very physically demanding for her. Her second 3D model was much easier to use thanks to the implementation of iPhone tracking methods, which also allowed for very detailed eye and mouth tracking.
- In 2017 during the "Lost Season", she began trying out various pre-made models, mainly using a model of the character "Tohoku Kiritan" created by Ketama (seen in the "Mad Mouse" video) to see if she liked the streaming, until she finally decided to commission her first 2D model of her own, which she unveiled in December 2019. The 2019 model is designated as "Season 1" and was also created by Ketama.
- For 2021 April Fools' Day she used two models, a yellow version of her 2D model and a model hand drawn by Nyatasha Nyanners.
- Ironmouse is bad at hiding her own surprises. She likes to leak parts or even entire models before her scheduled debut date. One of the reasons, she says, is that she gets so excited and nervous that she just has to let it out.[146] She admitted that it has reached a point where some artists don't want to give her updates, so she can't post them early.
- She loves to get new models. When she introduces a new model, she usually mentions that several others are already in the works. By her own admission, she has no intention of ever stopping. She wants to be a "living art museum" and set up a website listing all her models along with all the artists involved.
- She usually complains about not being a mouse when people call her that, but her Halloween costume from 2021 ironically had mouse ears and a mouse tail.
- She likes asymmetrical design. Almost all of her models show some degree of asymmetry on the legs, hair, small details like ornaments and some models have it on the arms as well.
- Both her blue winter costume and the red version come with a little Bubi doll that she can hold in her arms. The models are also equipped with switchable capes.
- The VILLS concert model was created with the first VShojo Idol costume design. It has the same design as the corresponding model of Silvervale and Nyatasha Nyanners, except for the different colors and the corresponding emoji on the belt. While it is also used in live Twitch streams and in VRChat, the models ultimate purpose is to be used during a live concert.[1]
- The angel form has some special features, including the ability to turn off her halo and wings, as well as a "dark mode" with glowing tattoos. While in other forms her horns wiggle, in this form her hair buns wiggle.
- She received ae:Iouse Super Satan.jpg|Super Sentai costume]] (also called Super Satan) as a gift from fans for her birthday in 2022, and the commission was officially approved by Ironmouse in June 2021, although she had no idea what it would be at the time. It is based on her 3D model from Season 2 and has some special features, including a naginata weapon, a special microphone that acts as a Sentai transformation device, and a full-fledged transformation animation in Sentai style. The model also has visor that can be switched to semi-transparency if desired.
Other
- Her goals are to release a cover album and original music, learn more languages, become fluent in Japanese, live life to the fullest, make many memories, have fun collabs ("playdates") with her friends, to do full body 3D with her friends, have a virtual concert, and voice a character in an anime dub. She hopes one day to be healthy enough to wrestle Nyanners.
- Due to her health condition, her streaming times are very restricted. Ironmouse has Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), a disorder that impairs the immune system. People with CVID are highly susceptible to infection from foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses and often develop recurrent infections. It is because of this that Mouse has no option but to remain indoors and bedridden. However, thanks to her efforts, improved medication, and a positive trend in her health, the number of hours streamed has steadily increased, reaching a record 121 hours for the month in July 2021.
- Before Moause became really ill, she attended a performance arts high school, where she studied musical theater. She used to be a coloratura soprano and the years of training before she became bedridden have proven to be very useful when she sings.
- Mouse speaks fluent English and Spanish. She also speaks some Japanese and is working on learning Korean. While she speaks and sings mostly in English and Japanese, she occasionally speaks Spanish or sings songs in Spanish, Japanese, or Korean.
- Ironmouse is Puerto Rican.
- Ironmouse is pansexual.
- Origin of her name: Ironmouse has always been small. When she was in school, she was called "Mouse" because of this. One of Mouse's favorite characters is Sailor Iron Mouse. When I
- She likes asymmetrical design. Almost all of her models show some degree of asymmetry on the legs, hair, small details like ornaments and some models have it on the arms as well.
- Both her blue winter costume and the red version come with a little Bubi doll that she can hold in her arms. The models are also equipped with switchable capes.
- The VILLS concert model was created with the first VShojo Idol costume design. It has the same design as the corresponding model of Silvervale and Nyatasha Nyanners, except for the different colors and the corresponding emoji on the belt. While it is also used in live Twitch streams and in VRChat, the models ultimate purpose is to be used during a live concert.[1]
- The angel form has some special features, including the ability to turn off her halo and wings, as well as a "dark mode" with glowing tattoos. While in other forms her horns wiggle, in this form her hair buns wiggle.
- She received a Super Sentai costume (also called Super Satan) as a gift from fans for her birthday in 2022, and the commission was officially approved by Ironmouse in June 2021, although she had no idea what it would be at the time. It is based on her 3D model from Season 2 and has some special features, including a naginata weapon, a special microphone that acts as a Sentai transformation device, and a full-fledged transformation animation in Sentai style. The model also has visor that can be switched to semi-transparency if desired.
Other
- Her goals are to release a cover album and original music, learn more languages, become fluent in Japanese, live life to the fullest, make many memories, have fun collabs ("playdates") with her friends, to do full body 3D with her friends, have a virtual concert, and voice a character in an anime dub. She hopes one day to be healthy enough to wrestle Nyanners.
- Due to her health condition, her streaming times are very restricted. Ironmouse has Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), a disorder that impairs the immune system. People with CVID are highly susceptible to infection from foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses and often develop recurrent infections. It is because of this that Mouse has no option but to remain indoors and bedridden. However, thanks to her efforts, improved medication, and a positiveronmouse started breakdancing and became a B-Girl, she got the name IronMouse because of her favorite character and because of her size.
- The name Ironmouse is in part a pun on "Maou", demon lord.
- She hosted Lewdcast, a "Weekly Variety VTuber Podcast", along with Projekt Melody and Silvervale. The show is currently paused with no known time when it will resume.
- She refers to collabs as "play dates".
- She often collaborates with CDawgVA (better known by his real name Connor), one of the biggest AniTubers on YouTube and one of the hosts of the Trash Taste podcast. Although they are good friends, they also like to bicker, which helps make them such a good comedy duo. During her 4th anniversary stream, he cosplayed as Ironmouse.[147]
- One of her popular songs is Mousey in the Bathroom, a parody of "Michael in the Bathroom" from the musical Be More Chill.
- On 26 February 2021, she unveiled a Twitch channel intro titled "Mad Mouse", which is based on the music track "Marble Zone" from the Sonic games.
- On at least one occasion she fell asleep briefly during a stream.[148]
- She has a long Furby that was handmade for her, and she named it Azeatec, a reference to a character from a Dungeons and Dragons campaign in which she participated. It is also bigger than her with a length of about 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- While she expressed her interested in a collaboration with Belmond Banderas on stream she was too shy to message him directly. Her fans eventually started sending him clips, and Belmond expressed that he was interested in a collaboration as well.[149]
- She has a heart-shaped birthmark on her thigh in real life, which she said is like a "Cutie Mark", a My Little Pony reference.
- On 24 July 2021, she learned to whistle during a live stream. She couldn't do it before and finally did it with a lot of practice.[150]
- VShojo has its own webtoon featuring Ironmouse. A list of all episodes can be found at: VShojo. There is also a well-done fanfic webtoon with Ironmouse and CDawgVA (also known as Connor) called "My Roommate is a Gremlin" by Merelymeeka.
- Numerous VTubers cite Ironmouse as an inspiration. In her 2022 Speak of the Devil appearance, NIJISANJI member Nina Kosaka estimated that Ironmouse has influenced at least 80% of English-language VTubers.
- She sings opera and theatre songs occasionally and has improved a lot in past couple of years as her health has improved. A famous Ave Maria cover song in 2021 often leaves listeners stunned, and they can hardly believe it's the same person. Ironmouse sings with her "operatic voice" in 2021.[151][152] As she got better, she also began to sing more variety of opera such as her iconic "When I Look At You" which she perfected over the years. Some of her other performances being "Glitter and Be Gay", "Queen of the Night Aria" and few more.
External links
Media
- Ironmouse - Twitch channel
- Ironmouseparty - YouTube channel
- Ironmouse VODS - Ironmouse's Twitch VOD Archive on YouTube
- @Ironmouse - Twitter account
- @Ironmouseparty - Instagram account
- @ironmouse - TikTok account
- ironmouse - Patreon
- Precious Family - Official Discord server
- @ironmousefanart - Official Twitter fan account
- @ironmousefanart - Official Instagram fan account
- ironmouse - YouNow account
Merchandise
- VShojo Store - Official Merch Store
Twitter hashtags
- #ironmouseart - Fan art
- #ironmouseparty - Stream talk
- #preciousfamily - Fans
Statistics
 (V T E)
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|---|---|
| Zentreya (🐲⚡)Ironmouse (😈)Projekt Melody (🥯)Apricot (💀)Hime Hajime (🤖🐲)Kson (🍕)Haruka Karibu (🍀)Henya the Genius (📛)GEEGA (🔝)Kuro Kurenai (🪦❤️🩹)Matara Kan (🪳🤍)Michi Mochievee (💍💜) | |
| Former | Silvervale (🌸)Veibae (🖤)Nyatasha Nyanners (👻)Amemiya Nazuna (🍭) |