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Mint Fantôme (ミント・ファントーム), also known as Maid Mint, is an independent female English/Japanese-speaking, Virtual YouTuber that debuted 24 July 2020. After retiring in April 2021, she made a surprise return in April 2024.
She is a ghost maid with a full-time haunting job, but has a lot of free time to watch anime and buy idol goods.
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Introduction Video[]
Hello World! はじめまして! - Mint's Intro Video VTuber
Mint's introduction.
Personality[]
Mint is shy and relaxing, but also bubbly and energetic, with good conversational skills. Despite claiming to be poor at multitasking, she is skilled at playing a game while talking to chat at the same time. She is attentive to stream chat, and has the ability to make streams of even bad games entertaining.
She has bad luck, especially with plans, and occasionally suffers from migraines and headaches. However, she continues despite setbacks. She tends to be a lot more expressive on Twitter.
She has the ability to sing quite well, usually with a stronger voice, which she calls her Ara Ara Voice. This includes an opera voice.
Appearance[]
She is a VTuber who has the appearance of a Japanese café maid, with a symbolic hitaikakushi, often referred to with other names since the actual name isn't as well known, especially or more specifically with English viewers. She has two bowties, one blue and one black, with a ghost clip with a green gradient color. She has a primarily white collar with black and green stripes that go inside the top part of the outfit, with a black flap and blue tie under the collar.
She has short white hair with green ends, with straight cut bangs. She has a black corset, tied with blue strings that puff out the bust more, and is where the apron starts. Also present is a knee length green skirt, with two black stripes, the highest being the thickest compared to the second, black bows on top, and the skirt ending with black. She has a petticoat, making the entire skirt more puffy, ankle white symmetrical socks, with black shoes that have a green welt and heel.
On 14 March 2021, Mint debuted with a second model, that is slightly similar but very different. Her hair being more curly, with the addition of pigtails that have mint colored stripes with blue bows. Her green ends instead faded in to a deeper mint color, with one side bang having a double yellow band. The collar was shorter, less stiff, more frilly, with only a mint stripe. The blue tie was replaced with a milk chocolate-colored bowtie. She had mint colored sleeves with attached frills at both ends, a diamond shaped hole at the upper end of the arm, with a brown strand with frills and a blue bow on top.
The outfit itself was more similar to a French maid outfit, with a pinafore, with the ghost clip being bigger and on top of the pinafore. The pinafore extended from the skirt and cuts off before the bust. Behind her there was a white patterned ribbon which extends outwards with a translucent mint gradient, with brown parallelogram milk chocolate shapes, which extends outwards also.
Her skirt was brown, with parts of it being covered by a green, patterned white stripes, with a yellow end and blue bow in the center layer. She wore an over-knee-length white sock, with there being chocolate on top, with frills outward, and a brown garter belt with a blue bow on top, while on the other leg is an ankle-length white sock, with a blue patterned end, with translucent frills that have a gold patterned end, and a blue band with frills over the knee. She wore brown shoes with a lighter chocolate pattern, a brown bow behind, with a single brown strap at the front with a golden button, and double strap on the instep.
History[]
Background[]
Mint auditioned for the original branch of hololive English in 2020, but when she was not selected she decided to debut as an independent VTuber. She had no prior experience with streaming, and only a little experience in graphic design.
Her Twitter account was created on 18 June 2020, while her YouTube account was created on 28 June 2020. Her activity on YouTube began on 18 July 2020.
On 24 July 2020, Mint officially debuted on YouTube. Viewership for the stream peaked at around 200, and she quickly gained subscribers. Poor audio quality was attributed to what fans dubbed the "Toaster Mic."
2020[]
On 30 July she reached 2,500 YouTube subscribers, for which she streamed a celebration.
On 1 October she celebrated her birthday. A group of fans produced a visual novel featuring her, based on their interpretations of Mint's past, as Mint herself cannot remember.
On 14 October she reached 4,444 subscribers, which she considered a milestone since 4 in Japanese can be read as shi, meaning death.
On the 31st of October she opened up YouTube memberships. The first 44 members were offered a card signed by Mint herself as a reward, and competition to be in that number was intense.
On 5 November she held a collaboration with Amano Pikamee. Pikamee's popularity was credited with boosting Mint's viewership.
On 4 December she reached 10,000 subscribers, which occurred during an Among Us collaboration. As a result, she streamed Phasmophobia by herself.
2021[]
On 12 January she reached 12,000 subscribers, which coincided with her 6 month anniversary stream.
On 11 March, she posted a cover of BUSTIN by Neil Cicierega, saying "this was supposed to come out months ago." It was originally intended for release in late 2020.
On 14 March she debuted her second model, and during the model reveal stream she rewrote her lore. The model was also originally intended to have been released earlier, but was delayed due to reasons.
Retirement[]
On 19 March she announced her intention to retire, following a final stream on 3 April. Although some fans questioned her decision to debut her second model so shortly before retirement, Mint reasoned that it was a thank you to everyone who had supported her, saying also, "You may think it was a 'waste of money', but it was important to me."
On 22 March she reached 15,000 subscribers.
On 3 April, Mint held her graduation stream, which ended with the song "BUSTIN" by Neil Cicierega, a parody of the theme to Ghostbusters. By the end of the stream she reached 17,000 YouTube subscribers and 13,000 Twitch followers. She announced that most of her YouTube content would be privated by 10 April. Her YouTube membership feature was suspended, her Twitter account was privated, and and her other accounts were deleted, including Twitch and her Discord server.
On 24 April, she made an unexpected appearance in the graduation stream of VTuber Ayane Ninomae.[3]
2022[]
On 4 November, she unexpectedly tweeted "BOO!" This was speculated to be a pre-scheduled tweet.[4]
2024[]
On 1 April, Mint made a surprise return as the co-host of a new podcast alongside Matara Kan of VShojo.[5] During the pre-show, Mint confirmed that she would return to streaming on YouTube in some form on 4 April, three years after her retirement.[6][7] Mint's YouTube subscriber count raised from 28,300 before the announcement to over 80,000 by 2 April. Matara Kan paid to have Mint's model re-rigged for the event. The announcements were initially mistaken by some fans for April Fools jokes.
On 4 April, she reached 100,000 subscribers, after gaining more than 70,000 subscribers in the span of 4 days. Her return stream later that day reached more than 25,000 viewers at peak.
On 4 May, she participated for the first time in a karaoke relay, the Pros-in-Cons Karaoke Relay, organized by Kou Mariya.
On 5 May, she celebrated 200,000 YouTube subscribers.
On 31 October, Mint debuted her 3.0 model designed by Ayamy.[8]
On 20 December, she reached 300,000 YouTube subscribers.
Events[]
- On 25 August 2024, Mint performed at Anime NYC in a main stage 3D concert with Phase-Connect members Ashelia Rinkou, Pipkin Pippa, Fujikura Uruka, and Tenma Maemi.[9]
- On 14 December 2024, Mint and Dokibird organized Fantome Thief's Revenge, a concert gathering themselves and singers such as: PiaPiUFO, Phoebe Chan, Juna Unagi, and Dooby3D. The concert was broadcasted on live at The Tabernacle, Atlanta.[10]
Mascot and fans[]

- The original name for her fan base is "Fandôme," a portmanteau of "fandom" and Mint's last name, "Fantôme".
- Her fans are known as Wisps.
- Rejected suggestions for fan names included Fandomies and Mintbusters. Wisps was the original term for her fans. After her return in 2024, a poll was taken to decide between Wisps and Fandomies, but Mint ignored the results and decided to keep the name Wisps anyway.
- Her YouTube channel members are called "Memboos."
Quotes[]
- "Yippee!"
Trivia[]
Lore[]
- Mint haunts an abandoned maid cafe.[11]
- Mint can't have spicy food or she'll die (again).[12]
- Mint can't remember much of her past life or how she died, but one of her regrets is she couldn't take a cheki with her "very best idol" before her graduation and died of a broken heart.[13]
- Answering the question about how people can see her as a ghost, Mint replied that she gets the energy to be visible to human eyes from seeing cute girls and idols.
- Mint had 1 braincell, but gained more as she played UNDERTALE.
- Despite passing on to heaven, she was able to return three years later when Matara Kan summoned her using a mysterious ritual.
Likes and dislikes[]
- She likes anime, horror, sweet things, riding trains, idols, Rem, cute things, and dad jokes.
- She dislikes spicy things, messes, jumpy things, ghosts, cold, and when you don't leave snacks.
- Her favorite anime characters include Frieren, and Hoshino Ruri from Martian Successor Nadesico.
- Her favorite animes include Martian Successor Nadesico.
- Her favourite character from Macross Delta is Freyja Wion.
- She has an extreme love of idols, including VTubers. Her kamioshi is Henya.
- She is a fan of Touhou in general.
- Her favorite Touhou characters are Kogasa Tatara and Patchouli Knowledge.
- She enjoys Ace Attorney.
- She ships Edgeworth and Wright from Ace Attorney.
- She listens to Kishidan and songs from Idolmaster.
- Her first husbando was Goku from Dragon Ball Z.
- Inuyasha was the first anime she watched in Japanese.
- She drinks black coffee because of a character, Godot, from the game Ace Attorney. She fangirls pretty much every time she sees Godot, and enjoys his theme.
- She surprisingly has good aim in APEX and other games.
- She still has her PS4 with P.T. installed.
- She enjoys running but was bad at the exercises in Ring Fit, although she could last a reasonable amount of time.
- She is a big fan of the Metal Gear Solid series.
- She imported a Japanese Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater pachislot machine. It cost around US$1,400 including shipping.[2]
- She is a fan of Dempagumi.inc, a Japanese idol group who grew from an Akihabara cafe named DearStage. Mint's name and iconic color are inspired by Denpagumi member Yumemi Nemu, whose color was mint green.[14]
- She likes Fauna "a normal amount".[15]
Miscellaneous[]
- She often referred to herself as Boo from Mario.[12]
- Mint is known for her legendary impression of Toad from the Super Mario series, and has occasionally attempted a Kermit voice as well.
- Off-stream, Mint would sleep in the staff room of a maid café.
- She is called a boomer due to her long age. She occasionally tells dad jokes.
- Mint shares her character designer with Lyrica & Phoebe (Feebeechanchibi).
- Before becoming a VTuber, she received a key to a visual novel.
- She had two covers which were supposed to come out in late 2020, but due to reasons, wasn't able to get them in until March 2021.
- She had PayPal issues in the past.
- She's open about playing eroge games.
- After 8 hours and some collaborations, she lowers the limit of being family friendly.
- She sang Forbidden Borderline (いけないボーダライン) from Macross Delta 50+1 times in one karaoke stream, and more on others.
- She mastered the art of sleeping on the train, where you sleep and stay awake simultaneously.
- She streams in a closet, which used to get hot as she had to turn off her fan. Eventually, she got a Dyson fan.[16]
- She has many wives.
- She's really short. When she's at her desk, she uses a footstool as her feet can't touch the ground. She has trouble driving.
- She has the same oshi mark as Ghost Girl Marlie, a ghost VTuber who debuted in 2022, after Mint's original retirement. Marlie offered to change hers when Mint returned in 2024, but Mint encouraged her to keep the same mark.
Collaborations[]
VTuber Collabs | ||
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English VTubers/Social Groups/Companied | Independent/Others | Fuzuki Miki ♦ Lyrica ♦ Hanayome Kamakiri ♦ Mocca Liebeskind ♦ Nerine ♦ Shio Tatsumi ♦ Nezumi Nemurin ♦ Kaito ♦ Ninomae Ayane ♦ Hiiragi Emuri ♦ Taro ♦ Aqua+ ♦ Eisu ♦ Momoiro Kohi ♦ Haruka Hoshigawa ♦ Dokibird |
Hanamori | Asagiri Yua ♦ Ryuusei Nova ♦ Tora ♦ Asahina Chie ♦ Arakita Seigi ♦ Mic ♦ Ichika Maia ♦ Shoto ♦ Pascel ♦ Kururin ♦ Pearl ♦ Kohno Omi ♦ Hodusae | |
Momentai | Kou Mariya ♦ Usami | |
Tsunderia | Nini Yuuna ♦ Purin ♦ Char | |
hololive | Takanashi Kiara | |
Phase Connect | Lia | |
VShojo | Matara Kan ♦ Henya the Genius ♦ Haruka Karibu | |
Atelier Live | Artemis of the Blue ♦ Kanizawa Kani ♦ Kuzuryu Io ♦ Yueko/Chai ♦ Anya Pandaria | |
MyHolo TV | Liliana Vampaia ♦ Shino Kitsune | |
Fuwatopia | Feebeechanchibi | |
Virtual Streamers Worldwide | Girl dm | |
VTuBerflower +62/VIR2ALL | Evelyn | |
The 1s Club | Yuikai | |
Ghosty's Comics | Draft:Jaret Fajrianto | |
Monster Girls | FoxyJoel | |
Japanese VTubers/Social Groups/Companied | Independent/Others | Bashamichi ♦ Amano Pikamee |
Nippon Girls | Kurono Kureha |
External Links[]
Media[]
- @MintFantome - Twitter Account
- Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム - YouTube Channel
- Mint & Matara's Summer Special - Podcast Channel with Matara Kan
- Mint & Matara's Summer Special Highlights - Podcast Channel Highlights
- Summer Special podcast - TikTok podcast
- Mint & Matara's Summer Special Podcast - Spotify podcast
- Mint & Matara - Patreon podcast
- Podcast merch store - Podcast store
- mintfantome.bsky.social - Bluesky
Twitter hashtags[]
- #ミント心霊写真 - General tag
- #MintoLive - Live tag (EN)
- #ミントLIVE - Live tag (JP)
- #Fantography - Art tag
- #OnlyFantome - Art tag (18+)
References[]
- ↑ cillia [@cillia]. (2024, October 31). I got to rig Mint 3.0! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fantôme, M. [Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム]. (2024, April 5). 【METAL GEAR SOLID PACHISLOT MACHINE】don't let this stream make you forget that m-【Maid Mint Fantome】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Tharja-iBW [u/Tharja-iBW]. (2021, April 24). Retired Vtuber Maid Mint pays a visit from heavan to Graduating Vtuber Ayane Ninomae [Website]. Reddit.
- ↑ ezkailez [/u/ezkailez]. (2022, November 4). Maid Mint tweets something after 1.5 years [Website]. Reddit.
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [@MintFantome]. (2024, April 1). ✨BACK WITH A REVENGEANCE!!!✨ Surprise❗️🫣 I’ve been summoned to start a podcast with @MataraKan !!👻 New episode every Monday 🕘 NOON PST 3PM EST 7PM UTC 1st episode in 4 hours! See you then hehe~ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Kan, M. [@MataraKan]. (2024, April 1). DISCUSSING OUR NEW PODCAST! FEAT @mintfantome [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [@MintFantome]. (2024, April 1). also April 4th! (4/4)👻✨ [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム]. (2024, October 31). 【RE-DEBUT 3.0 #MINTMK3 】same ole minto, shiny new look!!【Maid Mint Fantome】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Anime NYC [@animenyc]. (2024, August 14). https://x.com/animenyc/status/1823782648088527227 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Dokibird [@dokibird]. (2024, November 16). Don't miss Dokibird & Mint Fantôme's first ever Live 3D Concert, December 14th @ The Tabernacle Atlanta! Featuring special guests Phoebe, PiaPiUFO, Dooby3D, and Juna Unagi! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [@MintFantome]. (2024, July 17). Last footage of a group who went to explore an abandoned cafe. Locals say the cafe was abandoned long ago due to reports of it being haunted
The group is still missing to this day. [Tweet]. Twitter. - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Fantôme, M. [Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム]. (2020, July 18). Hello World! はじめまして! - Mint's Intro Video [ #VTuber ] [Video]. YouTube. (unavailable)
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム]. (2020, July 18). ワクワク萌え♡萌え♡ HIGH TENSION ミントLIVE 配信 [#01 - THE FIRST!!!!] [Video]. YouTube. (unavailable)
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [Maid Mint Ch. ミント・ファントーム]. (2024, April 21). 【でんぱ組.inc カラオケ | DEMPAGUMI.INC KARAOKE】my fav idol group is disbanding LETS GOOOO【Maid Mint Fantome】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ SlackFunday [SlackFunday Ch.]. (2024, June 14). Mint loves Fauna (a normal amount) [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ Fantôme, M. [@MintFantome]. (2021, January 2). OTSUMINTOOOOO!!!!!
Thank you so much for another ep of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney!!✨
I mentioned I've been streaming in my closet which gets really hot so that's why I don't really do long streams. But with everyone's help I was able to get a nice quiet fan! THANK YOU!!!!😭😭🙏 [Tweet]. Twitter.