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Natsumi Moe (夏実萌恵) is a bilingual, female English-speaking Virtual YouTuber. Originating as a character in Eilene's YouTube videos, she debuted in July 2018 as one of the first English-language VTubers. She used Eilene's former English translation YouTube channel OtakuMOE until September 2021, when she parted ways with Eilene.
After this, she used on her YouTube channel Raven Manor until May 2023, when she went on indefinite hiatus. She also used Twitch, where she is a member of Twitch Team Seiso Girls.
Introduction Video
UNEXPECTED RETURN!!! A new virtual youtuber makes her debut!?
Moe's introduction.
Profile
"💙 Welcome to my comfy manor! I'm a variety VTuber & streamer with a knack for video editing, photoshopping, and casual gaming. Enjoy your stay~"
Personality
Moe used to be known for cursing constantly on her YouTube videos. Her greetings included;" What's Up, Fuckers?", and "Welcome aboard the Moe Train!" As mentioned in the Official Eilene and Friends Discord server and in the Cry of Fear video, Moe admitted to being easily terrified and unable to fare well in horror games despite loving the genre itself.
Moe's Twitter and photoshop video reveal her to be quite talented with photo-editing, and she edits a majority of her YouTube videos.
After gaining independence Moe's personality has toned down considerably, becoming more laid back with the occasional terrified screams in her streams. Her Twitch channel tends to revolve around story-heavy games with an occasional exercise and cooking stream in between.
Appearance
She has blue, medium length hair styled into pigtails with ribbons and golden-yellow eyes. She has a tiny hair clip as well as a small hat on the side.
History
Background
The character of Natsumi Moe was originally known as OtakuMOE, a member of the Eilene family of characters. She was introduced as an android that only was able to speak in English. At that time Moe was voiced through a text to speech software just like Eilene, Beilene and Beno.
The OtakuMoe YouTube channel was founded on 5 July 2014. The channel was originally a repository of Eilene's videos from her BitTranslate channel, with English subtitles added for an overseas audience. The character of Moe appeared in such videos as 2016's HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN 10 MINUTES. This continued until 13 March 2017's IF MINECRAFT WAS A JAPANESE ANIME.
On 29 July 2018, Eilene's Twitter account teased the upcoming debut of a new VTuber.[4]
Natsumi Moe debuted on 31 July 2018. She held two debut events: one at the OtakuMOE channel, and one at the APP_YMM channel, shared with Yomemi. Unlike the android character, Natsumi Moe introduced herself as a university student who lives in the United States.
2018
On 13 October, Moe founded her Twitch channel.
On 15 November, Moe held her first test stream on Twitch.[5] It was attended by 368 viewers at peak.
2021
On 2 May, Moe founded her second YouTube channel, Raven Manor. There she initially posted video content using an alternate black-haired character using the alias ReDacted.
On 1 June, in celebration of her third anniversary, Moe announced that she would have a redebut.[6] She took a break from streaming for most of June.
On 31 July, Moe had her redebut stream, debuting both a 3D and 2D models based on gothic/Victorian fashion.[7]
On 11 August, Moe posted her Anime Trailer, debuting the Victorian costume Moe design on the Raven Manor channel.
On 22 September, Moe posted her last video to the OtakuMOE YouTube channel.[8]
Following disagreements over management style, Moe parted ways with Eilene and her manager Comdost, Moe stopped using the OtakuMOE channel, explaining she felt extreme anxiety due to bad memories associated with it. She inherited the Patreon channel after the separation.
2022
By 28 January, Moe began streaming on a new channel on Chinese site Bilibili.[9] She continued posting video content to Raven Manor, including edited stream clips, arts & crafts, skits, and educational videos.
2023
On 28 May, Moe held a final Twitch stream before going into an indefinite hiatus.[10] The stream reached 180 viewers at peak.
On 30 May, she posted Goodnight, a YouTube lore video announcing her hiatus. "When the Moes reunite, I hope to hear how you're all doing. I hope you can smile and laugh with me again. ... I'll see you when I wake up. Until then, goodnight." The video description added, "Goodnight everyone~ Stay safe and be good. Don't forget to be kind."
Trivia
Lore
- Old Eilene Family lore stated her as Yomemi's older sister, but officially she is an only child.
- Each time she snores, a miracle is bestowed to the world.
Likes and dislikes
- Sashimi and takoyaki are Moe's favorite foods.
- Her favorite anime is Gintama. She also likes Osomatsu-san.[11]
- When Moe was asked on twitter if she is fond of BL doujinshi like Otaku Moe, she replied .‘Yes’ Years later, Moe admitted she just self-inserts herself in BL games due to the lack of otome games.
- She proclaimed that Louis and Hugo are her "husbandos" on stream on 25 October 2019; however, her husbando list changes frequently. As of 2020, the remaining husbandos from her list are Sherlock Holmes and Kazuha from Genshin Impact.
- She listens to "Animal Crossing" OST when she multitasks.[12]
Miscellaneous
- Moe claims her chest is a treasure trove of wonders compared to Yomemi's stale flatbread.
- A majority of Moe's videos are edited by herself, with some being edited by friends from time to time. Moe's proudest video edit is her Junji Ito video.
- She is bad at sitting down and playing games all the way through if they are long.[13] However, visual novels and anime bois are an exception.[14]
- Her Steam wish list consists of games she wants to play for her personal enjoyment and games she might or wants to make videos playing, with the bottom games being for her personal enjoyment and the top ones for the latter.[15]
- Her cooking skills classifies as level 100 destruction magic.[16]
- Sometimes the titles of her videos are a red herring, such as when ASMR Intense Mouth Sounds ended up being something else. This is part of her unique style of humor.
- According to Domo's interview, Moe she has edited her own page at this at this wiki.
- Moe's best friend is Pending.
- Moe has two cats whose names are Mochi and Kaiba. She used to have a dog named Pocky.
- Moe has a private Discord server. As of 2022, only $5 Patrons and Twitch subscribers can join; however, people can redeem Twitch points to gain an invite.
- 2018 Moe's personality was a big departure from the stoic Android one due to Eilene wanting a spunky personality for lore-related reasons; unfortunately, the lore was never implemented and later abandoned by Eilene.
External Links
Media
- Natsumi_Moe - Twitch channel
- Natsumi Moe - Virtual YouTuber - YouTube channel (2018-2021)
- Raven Manor - YouTube channel (2021-)
- Official VOD Archive - YouTube VODs
- Natsumi Moe - Patreon page
- natsumi_moe - Stream Labs
- Nacchan - Booth store
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Vtuber_Moe. (2021, July 31). CREDITS... [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ yuyu_kyonshi. (2019, April 4). Moe's birthday is April 13th. [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ https://curiouscat.me/Vtuber_Moe/post/903861093. (2019, June 16). curiouscat.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BitYoutube/status/1023644196245102592
- ↑ melly_the_skelly [melly_the_skelly]. (2018, Nov 15). Twitch [Video]. Twitch.
- ↑ Vtuber_Moe. (2021, June 1). Hiatus then....?👉👈 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Vtuber_Moe. (2021, July 31). 3-Year Anniversary / (Re)Debut stream starting in ~15 minutes! [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub) [Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub)]. (2021, September 22). VR360 | Motivation For Those In Doubt【JUST DO IT!!!!】 [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv15030385/
- ↑ Natsumi Moe 夏実萌恵 [Vtuber_Moe]. (2023, May 28). ‼️ Thank you for spending time with me ‼️ It was a wonderful pajama party with so many people I respect and appreciate! Thank you for attending and for sprinkling kindness in my life for so many years everyone. 💤 Goodnight and be good!💤 Much love, Moe 💙 [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub) [Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub)]. (2018, July 30). UNEXPECTED RETURN!!! A new virtual youtuber makes her debut!? [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ https://curiouscat.me/Vtuber_Moe/post/898033447
- ↑ "I'm very bad at sitting down and playing games all the way through if it's long. I'm considering playing short indie games so people can actually see the story in one sitting instead." Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub) [Natsumi Moe - VTuber (Eilene Dub)]. (2019, March 11). Moe's SPOOKY haunted house [Video]. YouTube.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Vtuber_Moe/status/1111076099147132929
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Vtuber_Moe/status/1072138892202123264
- ↑ https://curiouscat.me/Vtuber_Moe/post/888295793