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Pomu Rainpuff (ぽむ れいんぱふ) was a female English-language Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI EN's first wave "LazuLight", alongside Elira Pendora and Finana Ryugu.
Introduction video
【NIJISANJI EN DEBUT】BIRTH OF THE STRONGEST FAIRY 「LazuLight」
Pomu's debut stream.
Profile
A fairy who lived in a lush forest.
Supple like a flower in the breeze, cheerful and optimistic.[5]
Personality
Pomu is friendly, cheerful, and mischievous. She is a hardcore otaku who becomes very passionate when discussing her favorite topics, such as maid cafes or her favorite idols. She's not hesitant to fawn (or in some cases, perv out) over cute girls, including fellow Livers.
Her streams are known for fun, silly antics such as wotagei mix chants or spontaneous roleplaying, though she tends to react fiercely when slighted. Pomu enjoys roleplaying, and prefers games that allow her to fool around. Sometimes described as a "chaos fairy", she enjoys messing with her chat and finding ways to catch them off guard. At the same time, she tries to be considerate of her viewers and puts a lot of importance on showing her appreciation.
Overall, Pomu's a very hardworking and creative person who genuinely enjoys streaming. She always aims to provide a quality experience for her viewers, and can sometimes be a bit stubborn. However, she also gets anxious easily, and can be rather harsh on herself when her plans don't work out or she doesn't meet her own standards. She has a remarkable vocal range, but tends to downplay her own singing abilities and is more proud of her dancing. Though sometimes sassy toward fellow EN Livers on-stream, others have described Pomu as sweet, kind, and supportive behind the scenes.[6][7][8]
Appearance
Pomu has green wings on her back, a huge blue hairbow, sharp ears, and long blonde hair. Her eyes have a little reddish-pink color. She is wearing a green and white dress with half-puff sleeves in black and white, along with a pale orange and green leaf adorning her left shoulder. A red and orange flower brooch hangs in the middle of her breast. Additionally, she wears a brown and black bag on her right hip. She has a green vine that makes a heart shape on her left leg. Long black gloves that reach her sleeves are on her hands. She has black and light gray objects with cross shapes tied to her skirt. her shoes are black sandles. She wears a white beaded hair necklace that hangs from gold hairclips on either side of her hair, and a gold leaf hairclip on her right. Her ankles are adorned with green vines, and her shoes are mostly black pointed shoes with a gold design.
Pomu now has two dual braids and a huge bow made of blue and white polka dots on the back of her head for her second costume. She also has a headband with ruffles in green and white. She's wearing a black and white maid dress now, with green seams along the edges, and a big blue bow tied to a blue checkered ribbon that hangs down to her back at her waist. In addition, she is wearing white thigh-high socks with turquoise seams on top. Sandals in black are her footwear.
Her platinum blonde hair is pulled back into a side ponytail and secured with an aqua and white ribbon for her third dress. She has an aqua hairclip on her right bang and a black beret with a subtle aqua pattern on her head. She's dressed in a black crop top with green seams in a grunge style, matching shorts with a black belt, a black garter, and her right thigh. Pomu's jacket has the same black and green hues, and the top and bottom of her sleeves have pink patterns. Pomu also wears a black strap across her tummy and another over her right shoulder on the jacket. She's dressed in black knee-high boots.
Her hair is shorter and knotted in two pigtails with two shorter hairs on the back of her head for her fourth detective-themed dress. She also has a toggle where her hair is tied in two longer twintails. Pomu also has a green ribbon knotted over a gray checkered headwear. Her outfit consists of a crimson bow on her breast and a white shirt with ruffles. She's wearing a cropped green checkered jacket with black cuffs. Her outfit has a gray plaid ruffled section on the left side, matching the green plaid of her blazer. on her clothes' outside. She is holding a brown smoking pipe in her left hand. She's dressed in black knee high boots like the ones in her previous costume.
History
Background
On 30 November 2020, NIJISANJI opened their first auditions for English-speaking countries, with the audition period lasting until 15 December.[9] YouTube channels for NIJISANJI EN's first wave of Livers were created on 21 April 2021, and their Twitter accounts were created in May 2021.
On 12 May 2021, NIJISANJI's official English Twitter announced the upcoming debut of NIJISANJI EN's first wave, LazuLight, releasing a teaser with the new Livers' designs and voices.[10][11] Their Twitter and YouTube accounts were also made public at this time. Pomu's Twitter account was initially suspended, but got restored later that day.
Debut
LazuLight began their activities on 16 May 2021[TZ] as part of a special debut program on the NIJISANJI World channel hosted by Hana Macchia and Bonnivier Pranaja. Pomu was the first of the group to debut. Her debut stream featured a hand-drawn introductory video, as well as her rendition of "Hamtaro Tottoko Uta" including wotagei calls.[3] Afterwards, LazuLight appeared on the main channel, where each member received a piece of the moon from Staff-san.[12] Pomu would later name her piece of the moon Area PP1.[13] Immediately after the debut program, LazuLight released their first original song, "Diamond City Lights." This song was composed by Mafumafu, and the lyrics were written by Nelson Babin-Coy and Hoshikawa Sara.[14]
Pomu would later describe it as "so scary" to be the first member of the first wave of NIJISANJI EN to debut. "I wondered if anyone would even watch us."[15]
2021
On 4 June, her YouTube channel was approved for monetization.
On 12 June, she and the other members of LazuLight participated in an Among Us collab with members of other NIJISANJI branches. This marked their first collab outside of NIJISANJI EN.[16]
On 23 June, she and the other members of LazuLight celebrated their first month with a Devour collab.[17]
On 26 June, she reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube during a Cooking Simulator stream.[18]
On 10 July, she and the other members of LazuLight celebrated their 100k subscriber milestones together with the spicy noodle challenge. Due to Elira ordering the wrong noodles and Finana turning her noodles into a soup, only Pomu faced the challenge as intended, but she was only able to eat a quarter of her bowl. During this stream, LazuLight also announced an Otakuthon costume contest in which fans would design original outfits for the EN Livers, submitting their creations through Twitter. Each Liver would pick five designs, and the winners would receive free tickets to Otakuthon.[19]
On 18 July, LazuLight's debut voice packs went on sale, with custom voice packs limited to the first 100 purchases. Pomu's voice packs sold the fastest of the three members, with all custom voice packs sold out by 23 July.[20]
On 23 July, Pomu announced during a Google Maps "Tour of Akihabara" stream that she would go on hiatus starting 28 July due to undergoing surgery.[21]
On 27 July, she announced her winners for the Otakuthon costume contest. This was also her last stream before going on break.[22] However, she continued to make unofficial appearances in other Livers' streams.
On 16 August, she resumed her streaming activities with a Minecraft stream.[23]
On 30 August, she opened memberships on her YouTube channel. By the end of her stream, over 1,600 viewers had joined her membership.[24]
On 4 October, Pomu participated in a LazuLight karaoke collab on Elira's channel. This karaoke stream was actually a setup by Finana, Elira, and the staff for Pomu to collab with beatmario, a well-known Touhou music artist.[25]
On 19 December, Pomu's "First Step Goods" merchandise and Christmas 2021 voice pack went up for sale.
2022
On 1 January, Pomu's New Year 2022 voice pack went up for sale. She was the only one from LazuLight to release a voice pack for this series.
On 8 January, she reached 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel during a VRChat stream.[26]
On 22 January, LazuLight announced in a collab that they would get new costumes on 29 January.[27] Fans could send in outfit predictions using the Twitter hashtag "#LazuDrip".[28][29]
On 29 January, Pomu revealed her new costume, a Taisho-style maid outfit with thigh-high socks and a checkered obi. Her new hairstyle features braided twintails and trimmed bangs. Part of her hairpins were converted to earrings, her trademark ribbon was moved to the back of her head, and her wings were replaced by green ribbons on her braids.[30] Shortly after her outfit reveal, Pomu released her cover of "Hacking to the Gate" by Itou Kanako. The mix was done by UTALIVE, the artwork was done by tsuki_nonono, and the video was produced by Petra Gurin.[31] Later, new merchandise went up for sale to celebrate LazuLight's new outfits.[32]
On 28 February, Pomu reached 200,000 followers on her Twitter, and celebrated by posting a short version of "Fine On The Outside".[33]
On 15 March, Pomu's White Day 2022 voice pack went up for sale.
On 17 April, Pomu reached 300,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.[34]
On 22 April, Pomu's Sakura Bloom 2022 voice pack went up for sale.[35]
On 16 May, as part of LazuLight's 1-year anniversary celebration, Pomu premiered a special music video for LazuLight's cover of "Virtual to Live". This music video featured aerial footage of custom LazuLight acryllic stands in the stratosphere, recorded using a GoPro and a weather balloon. During her project, Pomu's weather balloon reached estimated altitudes of at least 20,000 meters.[36][Note 1] This cover also featured vocals from all 20 EN Livers in the final chorus.
On 17 May, LazuLight's 1st Anniversary goods went up for sale. Merchandise included acrylic stands, snapshot cards, badges, file folders, NIJIPuppets, and T-shirts designed by LazuLight. Pomu's T-shirt featured herself winking and exclaiming "I'm Pomu!"[37]
On 8 July, Pomu reached 400,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.[38]
On 12 July, Pomu's 2022 birthday goods and voice went up for sale.[39]
On 4 August, Pomu reached 400,000 followers on her Twitter account.[40]
On 6 August, NIJISANJI announced that Pomu would appear in a special 3D showcase on Day 2 of NijiFes 2022 alongside Elira, Finana, and Hana Macchia.[41]
On 31 August, Pomu's "Summer Vacation 2022" voice pack went up for sale. She was featured in the artwork for this series.[42]
On 29 September, NIJISANJI announced that Pomu would be unable to attend NijiFes 2022 due to "unforseen circumstances."[43] These circumstances were later revealed to be visa processing issues.
On 8 October, Pomu reached 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.[44]
On 13 October, Pomu's "Halloween 2022" goods and voice went up for sale. She was one of six Livers featured in this series. Merchandise included snapshot cards, acrylic stands, die-cut postcards, metal keychains, and folding mirrors.[45]
On 1 November, Pomu's "November Seasonal Voice 2022" voice pack went up for sale.
On 24 November, Pomu's "Thanksgiving" goods went up for sale. Merchandise included mug candles, acrylic stands, badges, wooden keychains, and lap blankets.
2023
On 6 January, NIJISANJI EN's official Twitter announced that LazuLight would be holding their 3D reveal streams, with Pomu's 3D reveal to be held on 27 January.[46][47][48]
On 17 January, Pomu's "Pampering" and "Scolding" voice packs went up for sale.
On 27 January, Pomu held her 3D debut stream, during which she performed her original song, "Fairy of AKIBerse," for the first time.[49]
On 7 February, Pomu's "Valentine's Day 2023" goods and voice pack went up for sale. In addition to typical goods such as acrylic stands, snapshot cards, and badges, merchandise included personalized jewelry for each of the four featured Livers, with Pomu's accessory being her own butterfly hairpins.[50]
On 14 February, Pomu released a cover of "Senjou no Sei Valentine" by Niji no Conquistador with Enna Alouette and Maria Marionette. The instrumental was done by Akello, mixing was done by Vesen, artwork was done by Savi, and the video was done by Sokei. This was Pomu's first group cover of a non-NIJISANJI song.
On 10 March, Pomu revealed her new outfit, nicknamed "P-003", with the hashtag #PomuGear. She wears a black beret with a green flower pin, a black-and-teal green tactical jacket with pink crossed ribbons and a "P" insignia on each sleeve, a black sleeveless crop top, black belted shorts with the word "Pom" on one side, and black boots with shin guards. She has a fanny pack crossed over her shoulder with a small Pomudachi charm and a holster on her left thigh for storing chekis. Her hair color is also changed to silver except for one blonde stripe. She sports a shoulder-length hairstyle with a teal green, x-shaped hairclip and a side ponytail tied with her trademark ribbon. This outfit also features an alternate arm pose in which she holds a utility knife.[51]
On 1 May, Pomu released her cover of "Turing Love" with Elira Pendora. The mixing was done by ryuuki, illustrations were done by Nnnoira, Live2D animation was by himechui, and the video was by bumblingbeebo. This cover also featured backup vocals by Doppio Dropscythe and Pomu's membership.
On 11 May, "LazuLight 2nd Anniversary" goods went up for sale. In addition to acrylic stands, snapshot cards, and hologram badges, merchandise included NIJI-NUI plushies, a music box, and in Pomu's case, her iconic headband. "NIJISANJI EN 2nd Anniversary" goods also went up for sale, including a "#Pomudachi" fanname rubber keychain, a LazuLight-colored sling bag, and a Pomu-themed solid perfume scented with apples.[52]
On 3 June, the official MV for LazuLight's second single, "Light Me Up", premiered on the official NIJISANJI EN channel. Previously released on streaming platforms on 16 May, this song commemorated LazuLight's 2nd anniversary.[53][54]
On 12 July, Pomu celebrated her birthday by premiering a group cover of "Oto no naru hou e" with 27 members of NIJISANJI EN. This cover quickly become the most-watched video on her channel, with over 3,000,000 views as of August 2023.
On 4 August, NIJISANJI EN's official Twitter announced that Pomu would appear at NIJIFes 2023 on 23 December.[55]
On 9 August, her YouTube channel reached 600,000 subscribers.
On 26 August, Pomu revealed her fourth costume, a detective-themed outfit consisting of a white and bluegreen dress with faux collar and red bowtie, a beige coat, and black lace-up boots. This outfit features an arm pose with a black pipe. With this outfit, she sports two hairstyles, one with twin hair loops and a deerstalker hat, and a hatless one with twintails.[56] This outfit was later revealed to be paired with Selen Tatsuki's phantom thief outfit.
On 9 September, Pomu unveiled her 3.0 model brush-up.
On 23 December, Pomu featured on Day 1 of NIJIFes 2023, performing in 3D as part of "3rd NIJISANJI Singing Contest" (第3回 にじさんじ歌うま選手権!!). She was the winner of the solo category.[57][58]
2024
Retirement
On 5 January, NIJISANJI EN announced that Pomu would graduate on 20 January 2024.[1] The sales of her goods, voice packs, and contents would be ceased gradually, while fan letters would still be accepted until 20 February 2024.[1] Pomu clarified that while her Twitter account would be made private after graduation, her YouTube channel and its content would remain open.[59] She is the first liver to graduate from NIJISANJI EN 1st wave LazuLight.
In a stream announcing her departure, Pomu stated, "I'm leaving to pursue more creative avenues, and I hope that my next adventure will lead me to more possibilities." She also revealed that she had gone back and forth on the decision for several months before the announcement. While she had considered staying longer to avoid troubling fans so soon after the graduation of several fellow NIJISANJI members in 2023, she wished to avoid experiencing burnout and falling into a frustration spiral. In a heartfelt speech, Pomu thanked NIJISANJI and her fans for giving her so many opportunities, and wished for their happiness in future.[15][60] Her plans after graduation included continuing her education.[61]
On 6 January, Pomu released her final cover, a LazuLight cover of "Koko Kara, Koko Kara" featuring extensive footage from Antarctica and cutouts of over a hundred artworks submitted by Pomudachis. During the after talk stream, Pomu also revealed her Home 3D for the first time.
On 19 January, Pomu released the official music video for her original song, "Fairy of AKIBerse." This music video incorporated various animation styles and real-life footage of Akihabara recorded throughout the past year. The song was composed by MOSAIC.WAV, storyboarding was by Lia, chorus and intro animation was by I211, chorus animation compositing was by Kanauru, pixel animation was by Mushroom_rt, motion graphics were by Sokei, and the song logo was by Ori. Assistants involved in the project included Esperload, Dudul, Taroko3, Lycalleon, and Azurusas. The music video also featured illustrations by maplesights and footage of a Pomu fan board project organized by Fureno and illustrated by Kamii.
On 20 January, Pomu bid farewell in a final variety stream involving various other NIJISANJI EN members.[62] During the stream, Pomu made all her members-only stream VODs public, ensuring that they would remain available after her memberships closed. She also changed the membership icon for all members to the Pomu icon. The stream lasted over 10 hours and reached a peak of 46,382 viewers, with an average of 24,068 viewers.[63] She had 640,000 YouTube subscribers at the end of her final stream. Pomu signed off with a tweet encouraging fans "I hope you'll always remember to be passionate about what you love!" and "BE THE BEST POMU YOU CAN BE!!!"[64] Her Twitter was made private shortly after.
Discography
- Main page: Pomu Rainpuff/Discography
| Diamond City Lights | as LazuLight | 16 May 2021 |
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Events
2021
- On 24 June, NIJISANJI EN Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Anime Expo Lite 2021".[65] LazuLight held their Anime Expo Lite panel on 4 July.
- On 1 July, Otakuthon Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "Otakuthon At Home 2021" as guests.[66] LazuLight held their Otakuthon panel on 21 August.
- On 16 September, all members of LazuLight and OBSYDIA participated in the "Meltdown" Jackbox game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel.[67]
- On 16 October, Pomu participated in an agency-wide Blazing Sails tournament alongside Elira Pendora, Selen Tatsuki, and Rosemi Lovelock under the team name "2232."
- On 18 November, she participated in the pre-release promotion for SEGA's game "Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku." Pomu's stream focused on the group MORE MORE JUMP!.
- On 22 November, all members of LazuLight, OBSYDIA, and Ethyria participated in the "Ready! Get Set! Clash!" Mario Kart game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel, with Pomu placing 7th overall.[68]
- On 28 November, all members of LazuLight participated in the "VTubers Have No Borders 2021" music festival hosted by Overidea.[69]
2022
- On 1 January, OffKai Expo's Twitter account announced that every LazuLight member would appear in "OffKai Expo" as guests.[70] LazuLight held their OffKai Expo panel on 29 April, which was later uploaded to YouTube on 16 August.[71]
- On 2 February, Pomu participated in a promotion for the mobile game "Princess Connect! Re:Dive" as part of its 1-year anniversary, featuring Crunchyroll-Hime as a guest.[72]
- On 14 February, Pomu participated in the "NIJIAnswer" game show on the official NIJISANJI EN channel alongside Millie Parfait and Luca Kaneshiro as "MLP".[73]
- On 15 March, Pomu participated in a promotion for Japan Cultural Expo VIRTUAL PLATFORM. As part of this promotion, one of the video exhibits featured several haikus written by Pomu herself.[74][75]
- On 13 May, Pomu participated in a promotion for the mobile game "Touhou LostWord" as part of its 1-year anniversary, producing a cover of "The Heat of My Fingertips" that was made available in-game as custom home screen BGM.[76] As part of this promotion, Touhou LostWord also held a giveaway for merchandise autographed by Pomu herself.
- On 13 July, Pomu was announced as part of a collaboration with Animate Cafe running from 3 August to 30 August alongside Selen Tatsuki, Reimu Endou, Ike Eveland, Shu Yamino, and Luca Kaneshiro.[77][78]
- On 28 August 2022, Pomu participated in the NIJI Melody Time 24-hour relay.[79]
- On 25 September, Pomu made a guest appearance at AiMatsuri 3, where she held a Q&A panel and a live concert.[80]
- On 16 October, Pomu participated in Omega Strikers "Vienna Invitational" hosted by Vienna alongside Selen and Rosemi.[81] They got last place on this tournament.
- On 23 November, WIXOSS TCG's official Twitter revealed that Pomu would be featured in the upcoming "NIJISANJI DIVA" collaboration pack. Pomu's card art was revealed on 12 December, and the collaboration pack was released on 24 December.[82][83]
2023
- On 15 January, LazuLight and Ethyria attended ANIME Impulse LA 2023 as guests, where they held meet & greet sessions and a live concert designated #HOPCONcert.[84][85][86]
- On 1 March, Higan: Eruthyll announced an original song collaboration with NIJISANJI EN to celebrate its global release, featuring vocals from Pomu, Elira Pendora, Enna Alouette, and Maria Marionette. The original song, "Cage of Desire", premiered on 3 April.[87][88]
- On 25 April, NijiGen Expo's Twitter announced that Pomu, alongside Finana, Elira, Enna, and Millie would be holding a concert at NijiGen Expo in Malaysia on July 15. Titled "The Beginning of NIJI GENERATION", this concert was touted as NIJISANJI EN's first concert in SEA.[89][90]
- On 17 May, Pomu announced that she would be participating in the first "Lords Mobile x Nijisanji EN VTubers Battle" alongside Rosemi and Nina. Running from 17 May to 7 June, this was a competition between the three Livers' in-game guilds, with scoring based on Guild Might and Castle Level. Fans could join a Liver's guild through the official collab website. Pomu's guild was named "WE ARE POMU" and had the tag [NeP].[91]
- On 25 May, Anime Expo's official Twitter announced that LazuLight would be holding a panel at Anime Expo 2023 on 2 July, consisting of a talk show and a special 3D performance.[92]
- On 15 Oct, OU-EN CAFE announced a collaboration with NIJISANJI EN featuring Pomu as well as Enna, Shu, Vox, Uki, Fulgur, and Maria. This cafe collaboration is holiday-themed and runs from 20 Nov to 30 Dec. Pomu's menu item is a hot dog with fries and a side salad, featuring the caption "Hot dog moment!"[93][94]
- On 19 Oct, NIJISANJI EN announced a collab with Sanrio, featuring LazuLight and Luxiem, with collab merchandise available on the official NIJISANJI EN store from 22 Oct to 5 Nov. Pomu was paired with Cogimyun.[95]
- On 3 Nov, Snowbreak: Containment Zone revealed an official English cover of "Take Aim! At the Azure Sea" by Pomu. Other NIJISANJI EN Livers were also sponsored by Snowbreak around this time.[96]
Fans
A Pomudachi, as drawn by "Da Pomky" (Pomu's artist alter ego)
- Her fanbase is officially called Pomudachi, a portmanteau of "Pomu" and "tomodachi," the latter translating into "friend" in Japanese. They are portrayed as triangular or cone-shaped seeds with a two-leafed sprout on the top of their head.
- There is a running joke that all Pomudachis are, to a slight extent, also Pomu.[97]
- Her membership is named "Pomie Party," as she considers all of her fans to be Pomudachis, regardless of their membership status.
- There was a running joke that Pomu's viewers like fairy piss, so they were sometimes called "pissydachis." However, both Pomu and her community have expressed a desire to move beyond this joke.
Relationships
- LazuLight - Pomu, Elira Pendora, and Finana Ryugu. These three debuted together.
- PufferFeesh - Pomu and Finana Ryugu.
- EliPomu - Pomu and Elira Pendora.
- Detective Poms & Moritsuki - Pomu and Selen Tatsuki. This duo has gone by many different names in the past, including HOA/"Stop the Rain", NijiConquerors, PHBees, and Blood Pact Sisters.
- PNGs - Pomu, Elira Pendora, Millie Parfait, Luca Kaneshiro, and Shu Yamino.
- MLP - Pomu, Millie Parfait, and Luca Kaneshiro. Officially comes from their initials (Millie, Luca, and Pomu), but secretly means "My Little Preggers." They are often represented in chats with the "🤰" emoji.
- NijiWin(gs) - Pomu, Selen Tatsuki, and Enna Alouette.
- Aloupuff - Pomu and Enna Alouette.
- KosaPuff - Pomu and Nina Kosaka.
- Woo Girls - Pomu, Selen Tatsuki, and Rosemi Lovelock.
- NijiNature - Pomu and Rosemi Lovelock.
- PMS - Pomu, Mysta Rias, and Selen Tatsuki.
- PomuTori - Pomu and hololive English's Takanashi Kiara.
- NijiChuuni - Pomu, Rosemi Lovelock, Fulgur Ovid, and Doppio Dropscythe. Also sometimes called "NijiRizzless".
- WorldWideWifeWeb/WWWW - Pomu, Elira Pendora, Takanashi Kiara, Nerissa Ravencroft. WWWW can also represent their nicknames (Womu, Wiwa, Wawa, Wissa).
Quotes
- "Biiig Pomu energy!" - Debut trailer[10]
- "While you played gacha, I studied the oshi."
- "A lot of people are like, 'How do you follow everyone in NIJISANJI?' You don't! You don't follow everyone in NIJISANJI. You follow who you want to follow."[98]
- "hey elira i'm begging you i'm on my knees here pleading please play minecraft with me tonight i am seriously begging here I am going to pass away please help minecraft is the only cure please elira"[sic]
- "1PLAY. minecraft - BONUS 500$ promocode CANIPLAYMINECRAFTWITHUELIRA 👍🔥"
- "I quit my job for Minecraft. I quit my f***ing job for Minecraft!"[99]
- "Sometimes, we think about how we're not, like, the biggest VTubers out there, and that's okay. Because to me, honestly, I really enjoy how cozy it is and everything. I enjoy being able to remember each and every one of you."[100]
- "Every day, I think about how I don't have to wake up for work anymore. I mean, I work this, but I don't have to go to that office job I hated so much. And it's only because of you guys that I can do that... I basically make my own schedules now, but I have fun doing it. Of course, there's days where I'm like, 'I'm so tired, I don't want to stream', and that does happen. But ultimately, by the end of a stream, I'm always glad that I did, because I had so much fun."[101]
- "Hot dog!"
- "Oh, VTuber! VTuber, why? Why do you push button when button should not be pushed? Why, VTuber, why can't you read my brain, VTuber? Oh, how DARE you, VTuber! Everybody, everybody yell at the VTuber! Point, point and yell! VTuber, why? Why are you digital?! VTuber, no! VTuber, read my chat, read my message! VTuber, please! VTuber, only follow my instructions! VTuber! Why, why is the VTuber like this?"[102]
- "If you come up behind me, you'd better fight me or f*** me." - Pomu quoting her grandma
- "It's perfect that I'm a fairy, because I feel like I'm living in a fairy tale. And there are days I wake up afraid that everything I've gone through was one long, wonderful dream."[15]
- "I hope every now and then, if you see a Metal Gear meme you'll think of me."[15]
- "I could be just a blip in your life, but if there's one thing for you to remember, I hope it's to always remember to be your most genuine self, and if you love something passionately, to have no shame in that."[15]
- "Thanks for the doot-do-doo!" - Superchat reading saying
Trivia
Identity
- Pomu's species is Forest Fairy.[5]
- Her official color is #258E70.[3]
- In Japanese, her name is spelled in hiragana rather than katakana because she finds it cuter.
- In addition to English, she speaks some Japanese due to having lived abroad. She studies in her spare time to communicate better with Japanese viewers and Japanese Livers.
Lore
- According to Pomu's introduction video, she comes from Virtual Neverland. Because people don't believe in fairies anymore, she is losing her magic powers and had to become an OL (office lady). Looking for ways to restore belief in fairies, she did a lot of research on the Internet, which also turned her into a "cultured" fairy. After discovering anime and VTubers, she decided to become a VTuber herself, determined to become the world's strongest fairy and achieve world domination.[103]
- She comes from the Rainpuff clan, a powerful clan of fairies.
- She lives in a treehouse. It's implied that any time she appears to be streaming from somewhere not in the forest, she's actually still in the forest, but using a green screen or a cloth backdrop tied to two trees.
- She can use magic to grow from 9 cm (0'4") to 156 cm (5'1"), but her brain remains the same size.[104]
- There is a restaurant in her forest that she likes to go to because it has a heated bidet that she can sit on for warmth.
- She appears to have multiple, wiggly arms that can bend at extreme angles.[23]
- Initially, she would claim that the extra arms were just other Pomus assisting her,
- In VRChat and handcam streams, she can perform a hand trick in which she forms a wave with her hands. This is sometimes considered proof that the wiggly arms are canon.[105]
- Her WIXOSS card depicts her with numerous wiggly arms.
- She has the power to transform her wings, allowing her to fold them up, turn them into something else, or put them away completely.[106] In her maid outfit, her wings transform into green hair ribbons.
- She has a mole on her butt, which is the place where she was killed in a past life.
About fairies in general
- When she was a child, Pomu would play nasty tricks on others by making up stories to terrify them, sometimes as revenge for tricks that they played on her. She assures everyone that this is just a normal part of fairy culture.[107]
- Fairies are born from flowers, so 70% of a fairy's body is made of nectar, just like how 70% of a human's body is made of water.[108]
- Fairies count their age in flowers, with Pomu being "one flower old" at debut and gaining a petal each year.
- Most fairies are 13-14 cm (5-5½") tall, making Pomu short even by fairy standards.
- As a fairy, Pomu is particularly susceptible to being imprisoned in a glass jar.[109]
- The native language of fairies is not English, but rather "fairy-go" (as in "fairy語").[110]
- Fairies are capable of flight due to the size of their wings and their lightweight bones.[111]
- A "rainpuff" is a puff of air that forms when it rains. They tend to gather inside treehouses, and fairy children collect them.[112]
Alter egos
- Da Pomky, her artist alter ego. Has a mustache and a beret, and speaks with a French accent. Appears during certain drawing streams, usually during which he draws EN Livers with his eyes closed.
- Pomura Inpuff, her "onee-san" alter ego. Speaks in a deeper, more mature voice, and doesn't wear the ribbon or the hairpins. Also serves as the titular character of the Pomura Saga.
- Pomurai Npuff, her "otaku" alter ego. Speaks in a nasally, stereotypical weeaboo voice, wears swirly glasses, and sometimes wields a katana.
- The record-holder of Minecraft, an otherwise unaliased Pomu from an alternate timeline who played for 10 years in a single Minecraft Hardcore playthrough (which would surpass the actual record of 5 years). Unfortunately, the chat fell into a coma for all 10 years, during which the alternate Pomu grew a beard and was awarded a medal. Shortly after chat awoke, this Pomu was apparently assassinated by a nurse.[113] She was later said to have survived, and is now the CEO of S.C.A.M. with 10 million subscribers on her channel.
- Umop, another fairy from Pomu's forest who performed dances for Pomu's karaoke on one occasion. Typically associated with VRChat's 2A-7-0Q default avatar.[114]
- Censored Pomu, a cursed-looking Pomu who put on Reimu Endou's hat, causing her face to melt and taking on a red and black appearance. Similarly to the cursed Pomu seen in "Minecraft with Elira", Censored Pomu speaks using the goXLR's lowest pitch settings and is typically accompanied by an eerie BGM. She doesn't answer to the name Pomu, but has a membership emote labeled "CENSORED".
- Poom Guy: During Doom streams, she replaced Doom Guy with her own face on the in-game overlay, and called herself the "Poom Guy."
- Pomugar: During Pokemon streams, she featured a Gengar kigurumi over her model, and called herself as "Pomugar." Pomugar also appeared on Elira's ending screen for a brief time. Pomugar made a brief reappearance during Pomu's birthday stream, where she combined the Gengar kigurumi's hood with a gothic lolita dress.
- Frogbert: A charismatic anthropomorphic frog claiming to protect the rainforests while heavily implied to be burning it down. His goal is to get into Canada, but his green card keeps getting denied. His voice sounds suspiciously similar to a famous character. Originated from Pomu participating in the "NIJI EN Dating Show" using VRChat's frog avatar.
Inside jokes
- Pomufication/I'm Pomu!: Early on, Pomu's channel featured a pinned clip of her exclaiming "I'm Pomu!", immortalizing it as her catchphrase. Fans began to imitate the clip, joking that they, too, were Pomu. Later, in a Q&A marshmallow stream, Pomu suggested becoming a Pomudachi as a cure to "not-Pomuism", reasoning that since "Pomudachi" contains "Pomu", all Pomudachis are, to a slight extent, Pomu.[97] The details vary, but the process of turning into a Pomu is called "Pomufication."
- Big PP Energy: Pomu proclaimed herself to have the biggest PP energy at debut, with PP standing for "Powerful Pomu", "Pomu Power", or "Pomie Pom". Pomu ends her streams with "OtsuPP", and her days off from streaming are labeled "PP energy restoration." The happiness that viewers receive from Pomu's streams may also be called PP energy.
- S.C.A.M.: Pomu claims to own a company whose name can be abbreviated as S.C.A.M. She insists that the name should be spelled out rather than read as an acronym. The full name of this company varies depending on her mood, but can mean "Super Cool Absolute Maniac", "Stocks Contracts Auction Market", or "Spaghetti Comes at Midnight."
- Rival-kun: She used to do long-distance running as a child, and had a rival who lived next door. Her rival would get up early at the same time as her to practice, and she was still mad at him for beating her in their races. After hearing this story, Finana and Elira, as well as Pomu's own viewers, would joke about Pomu and her rival being "tsundere" toward each other.[115][116] Due to Luca Kaneshiro having a similar rival story, he and Pomu were sometimes joked to be each other's rivals in early 2022.
- Sand Curse: When she was young, her family went on a trip to the desert, where they were warned not to touch the sacred sand, but her mother did so anyway. Pomu later suffered a severe eye affliction, and only recovered thanks to medicine from one of the local tribes. According to Pomu, her family has been cursed with bad luck ever since.[117]
- Time Glove: After running into some confusion with reading time zones, Pomu declared that she would abolish the current system of telling time, and that everyone would instead use their thumb and forefinger to tell the time based on the position of the sun. After realizing this failed to address the reason for time zones existing, she proposed giving everyone a special "time glove" that would tell the exact time regardless of the user's location. Pomu later added a time glove to her membership emotes.
- NINISANI/2232: Pomu has mispelled "NIJISANJI" on multiple occasions, the most infamous of which was "Welcome to NINISANI" in a tweet to Rosemi Lovelock prior to the latter's debut. As a result, "NINISANI" (2232) is sometimes joked to be a knock-off brand of NIJISANJI (2434). Alternatively, "Ninisani" or "2232" may sometimes be used to refer to the NIJISANJI EN branch.
- Cowabunga! CHOO CHOO: A call-and-response in which Pomu exclaims "Cowabunga!" and the chat replies with "CHOO CHOO". This started with Pomu trying to play a trick on Selen and Elira by pretending it had been her catchphrase since debut.
- Longago: When Amamiya Kokoro joined her birthday totsumachi. Pomu mentioned how she had been at Amamiya's own birthday totsumachi "not long ago." Amamiya misheard the last two words as a single word, "longago", and asked Pomu repeatedly what "longago" meant. Since then, whenever the words "long ago" come up in stream, chat will type "longago."
- Pray to Ewiwa: During the "Minecraft with Elira" arc, Pomu added fan art of her praying to Elira in a summoning circle to her ending screen. This fan art later took on a different meaning when Pomu brought it out to bless her gacha rolls. Since then, Pomu now tells the chat to "pray to Ewiwa" whenever she rolls gacha on stream.
Likes and dislikes
- She likes unagi, sunny days, onsens, corn soup, and riding trains.[118] Other foods she likes include carrots, carrot cake, popcorn (even if it is stale), pickles, and konnyaku jelly.
- She dislikes spicy food, litter, and "EE," in which "EE" refers to moments that make you go "eegh."[118] Other foods she dislikes include mushroom and avocado.
- Her music interests include many idols and anisong artists, including wp:Niji no Conquistador, BiSH, Perfume, 22/7, Nagakawa Shoko, Suzuki Konomi, ZAQ, Kotoko, Tamura Yukari, Under17, IOSYS, and Ogura Yui.[119]
- Anime and manga she likes include "Re:Zero", "Steins;Gate", the "When They Cry" series, "Gakkou Gurashi!", "Yuru Camp", "THE iDOLM@STER", "Aikatsu!", 'Bunny Girl Senpai", and "Detective Conan".[119]
- She is a major fan of Touhou Project.[119] Her three favorite Touhou soundtracks are Patchouli's theme "Locked Girl ~ the Girl's Secret Room", Kanako's theme "Suwa Foughten Field", and Byakuren's theme "Cosmic Mind".
- She loves lizards.
- Her favorite types of games include rhythm games, puzzle games, horror games, Touhou, and
erogevisual novels.[119] Since joining NIJISANJI, she has also become a huge fan of Minecraft and the Metal Gear series.- She prefers supernatural horror over psychological horror. She loves watching others play horror games, but gets very anxious when playing them by herself. Fatal Frame is one of her favorite game series of all time.
- Her favorite rhythm game is Groove Coaster.
- Pomu's Minecraft addiction became an early running gag, as she would frequently play off-stream, even during her hiatus or during some meetings with staff.
- Though she isn't fond of stealth games, Metal Gear has become her favorite game series of all time. She regularly references the series in other streams or perceives Metal Gear references even when there are none. Pomu regularly encourages fellow Livers to try the series, and can be seen in their chats during Metal Gear streams. Her Metal Gear brainrot became especially notorious with fans after she purchased a Metal Gear Solid 3 pachislot machine for $1500.
- Her favorite NIJISANJI Livers are Tsukino Mito, Belmond Banderas, and Amamiya Kokoro, among others. She also likes many VTubers outside NIJISANJI, including Amano Pikamee, the HimeHina duo, Pinky Pop Hepburn, Ironmouse, Takanashi Kiara, Ayamy, and Henya the Genius.
- Tsukino Mito is her favorite Liver in NIJISANJI, while Pikamee is her favorite VTuber overall.
- She tends to get extremely flustered around Belmond Banderas, whether in a game or in real life.
- While in Japan with LazuLight, she asked Amamiya to marry her and took her water bottle home.[120][121]
- She discovered NIJISANJI through Virtual-san wa Miteiru, which she originally watched because of HimeHina.
- She also considers herself a major fan of her fellow EN Livers, especially (but not limited to) Elira Pendora, Finana Ryugu, Enna Alouette, and Maria Marionette.
- She loves all types of fruit except durian.
- Her favorite fruits include pineapple, kiwi, melon, mango, and grape.
- Her favorite curry recipe includes apples.
- At Nina Kosaka's suggestion, she infamously tried durian for the first time when using it as a pizza ingredient, but found it completely disgusting, calling it an "alien disguised as a fruit."
- Hydrangeas are her favorite flowers.
Otaku interests
- She loves collecting otaku goods, and regularly browses AmiAmi for figurines and other merchandise.
- Pomu sometimes holds otaku collection/room review streams, with fans submitting pictures of their rooms or collections on Twitter with the hashtag "#PotakuCollection."
- She loves idols, and enjoys singing and dancing, but does not consider herself an idol and dislikes being labeled as one.
- Among VTuber fans, the kahen 3-ren wotagei mix ("Jinzo faiya! Faibo waipa!") is strongly associated with Pomu. However, she dislikes when people refer to it as the "Pomu mix" or the "DCL mix."
- Due to her love for maid cafes and idol concerts, she considers Akihabara a second home. On 22 July 2021, she did a "Tour of Akihabara" stream using Google Maps.[21]
- She has visited Japan many times, and loves talking about her visits.
- She went to high school in Japan briefly.[122]
- Before NIJISANJI, her last visit to Japan was at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic.
- Though she was unable to attend NIJIFes 2022, Japan's borders opened soon after, allowing Pomu to visit from 11 Oct to 21 Oct, during which she met with Selen, Rosemi, and Petra.
- From 12 Nov to 5 Dec, she was in Japan again, this time with Elira and Finana to record their 3D reveals.
- She is generally regarded as a maid cafe expert, and has gotten other EN Livers addicted to maid cafes.
Pomusuke
- While not strictly a mascot, Pomu frequently references her pet cat Pomusuke during streams. She usually refers to him as a "stinky boi," which she says has less to do with how he smells and is more due to his "stinky personality."
- Pomusuke has a tendency to sleep in Pomu's bed, and Pomu sometimes wakes up to find him sleeping on top of her.
- She named her first cat in Minecraft after Pomusuke. At the time, her first house in Minecraft was a boat, and the in-game Pomusuke unfortunately drowned while trying to get aboard.
- She gives Pomusuke a British accent while talking for him.[123]
- Her membership emotes include a Pomusuke emote.
- On 25 August, Pomu did a Pomusuke cam stream.[124]
Creative streams
- The "Minecraft with Elira" arc is a series of events that show Pomu going insane from desperation to play Minecraft with Elira. It is inspired by ARG content, though Pomu does not consider it a true ARG.
- On 14 July 2021, Elira was playing Minecraft while Pomu was stuck at work. Pomu started spamming Elira's chat, begging to play Minecraft together while also apologizing for being unable to play Minecraft together, until Elira timed her out.
- Minecraft with Elira: On 15 July, Pomu had a Minecraft stream titled "Minecraft with Elira", despite the fact that Elira had a Henry Stickmin stream starting an hour earlier. Pomu's thumbnail changed to a series of increasingly creepy images, including distorted versions of Elira's thumbnail. At the start of Elira's Henry Stickmin stream, Pomu tried to hijack the stream and pull Elira into Minecraft, but failed. Dejected, she played Minecraft alone as scheduled, Multiple jumpscares occured during Pomu's Minecraft stream, including sudden closeups of Pomu's face, the screen turning black and red, and a creepy BGM. In-game, Pomu placed a row of signs in Elira's room, begging her to play Minecraft together. Later, when reading donations, Pomu called out some of her regular viewers, saying she recognized their names. She read the remaining donations with "I remember you", and ended by vowing to remember everyone after a thousand years.
- This was still primarily a Minecraft stream, but it served as a precursor to many of Pomu's later creative streams.
- This stream was featured in the 2021-2022 NIJISANJI Archive.
- My Date With Elira Pendora: On 9 February, Pomu was anticipating a date with Elira, but overslept. On waking up, Pomu panicked and quickly tried on various outfits and makeup. When picking her hairstyle, however, she put on an Elira wig and began calling herself Elira, now anticipating a date with Pomu. A second Pomu arrived at "Elira's" house soon after. For their date, "Elira" and Pomu played Minecraft, telling each other how much they loved stacking blocks and digging for diamonds together. Later, while "Elira" waited for Pomu to come back from the bathroom, she heard someone at the front door (implied to be the real Elira) and went to check. The screen cut to black, and the stream ended with Pomu whispering "I remember" over and over.
- During the stream, the thumbnail temporarily changed to a black-and-red picture of Pomu with the caption "SHE CAME BACK TO ME".
- When Pomu puts on Elira's hair, two voices can be heard reciting the original "Minecraft with Elira" copypasta, with one using a voice changer and begging Pomu instead.
- In the final scene, Elira's opening BGM can be faintly heard, and the shadow on the door appears to be Elira's.
- The real Elira was on break at the time, but tweeted about how nervous she was for her date and thanked Pomu for the date afterwards.
- The "Pomura Saga" is a story arc mostly told through interactive, CYOA-like streams. It is set in an world that has undergone complete Pomufication.
- Pomura Inpuff: On 23 August, Pomura went on a blind date with the chat (personified as "Pomudachi Chad"). When asked if she was actually Pomu, Pomura evaded the question, saying, "Of course, we're all Pomu." Later, the chat suggested they rob a bank. Pomura took them to her apartment, where she explained that Pomu had taken over the world and turned everyone into Pomu. Pomura was originally a normal person subjected to Pomufication, but broke free from her brainwashing and joined the resistance against Pomu. She and a de-Pomufied chat tried to rob the bank while the resistance stormed S.C.A.M. headquarters, but they were both captured by the real Pomu and re-Pomufied. This stream ended with the line, "There will never be a Pomura takeover."[125]
- Before the stream, Pomu asked her fans to write "I'm Pomu" and send her pictures. These pictures were used during Pomura's brainwashing.
- Pomu Goes to Court: On 16 December, Pomu was put on trial (by other Pomus) for various antics in the past few months, with the chat serving as Pomu's lawyer in a similar fashion to the Ace Attorney series. Toward the end, Pomu was questioned about Pomura's whereabouts, but the trial was interrupted by the courthouse catching fire. While everyone else evacuated, the defendant Pomu gave chat a photo of Pomura's apartment, revealing that she herself had been turned into a new Pomura by the resistance. Pomura vowed to overthrow Pomu and counteract Pomufication by filling the world with Pomura instead. The story ended with a brief, glitchy transmission from Pomura, followed by a heartfelt letter from Pomu to her fans, ending with the line, "Pomura will take over."[126]
- Nina made a brief appearance as the judge, but left soon after the trial started.
- Various clips played at the beginning, including Pomu listing her crimes during hiatus and shooting Da Pomky during her apology, pushing Pikamee to her death in the Crab Game lobby, malding at Finana in Crab Game, killing her own parrot in Minecraft, and accidentally moaning "gimme my egg" during Mario Kart.
- During the trial, the prosecution brought in testimonies from other EN Livers, including Millie, Finana, Enna, Rosemi, Selen, and Nina.
- April Fools: On April Fools 2022, Pomu's Twitter icon and name changed to Pomura Inpuff of NINISANI EN. Pomura also took over Pomu's channel, playing Metal Gear Solid in Pomu's place. After beating Vulcan Raven, Pomura was surrounded by Pomu police and shot while trying to flee. The real Pomu arrived afterwards and continued playing normally.[127]
- This was mostly a Metal Gear Solid stream, but is considered part of the Pomura Saga.
- S.C.A.M. TRAINING VIDEO: On 3 March 2023, a training video for new S.C.A.M. employees was released, voiced by Pomura. The first part was an overview of S.C.A.M.'s history and operations, but glitched when identifying Pomu Rainpuff as the founder, and one slide featured a stock photo with the actors' faces replaced by Pomura's. This was followed by training exercises, which actually contained instructions on how to "exterminate and dispose" of Pomu Rainpuff. The next part, titled "Disposing of Pomu Rainpuffs", was interrupted by a silhouette of Pomu, who revealed that Pomura had taken over S.C.A.M. and was now framing her for various crimes. She called for anyone listening to join her resistance against Pomura, effectively reversing their roles from previous episodes. The video ended by announcing Pomu's third outfit on 10 March, revealing it all to be an elaborate outfit teaser.
- According to Pomura, S.C.A.M. was founded by Pomu and owns every share of every major company in the world,
- Pomu addressed the chat as "soldier", possibly implying that her new outfit is based off Metal Gear or otherwise military-themed.
- #PomuGear: This was the reveal stream for Pomu's third outfit, expanding on the Pomura takeover from the previous video. Having rebranded S.C.A.M. as "Pomura Incorporated", Pomura ordered the military to eliminate all Pomus and issued a briefing that revealed a new Pomu type, "P-003", including footage of the new outfit's features. After Pomura's briefing, Pomu revealed her outfit in full, explaining that "P-003" was the resistance's new uniform. Her hair was dyed silver to disguise herself, since Pomura would expect Pomu to be blonde.
- When identifying Pomu's Pomudachi charm, Pomura described Pomudachis as the rebel forces' mascot and a "heinous creature", warning personnel not to look it in the eye.
- Pomura Inpuff: On 23 August, Pomura went on a blind date with the chat (personified as "Pomudachi Chad"). When asked if she was actually Pomu, Pomura evaded the question, saying, "Of course, we're all Pomu." Later, the chat suggested they rob a bank. Pomura took them to her apartment, where she explained that Pomu had taken over the world and turned everyone into Pomu. Pomura was originally a normal person subjected to Pomufication, but broke free from her brainwashing and joined the resistance against Pomu. She and a de-Pomufied chat tried to rob the bank while the resistance stormed S.C.A.M. headquarters, but they were both captured by the real Pomu and re-Pomufied. This stream ended with the line, "There will never be a Pomura takeover."[125]
- Other creative streams:
- Chat's Bizarre Valentine Adventure: On Valentine's Day, the chat attended a speed-dating event with help from Cupidmu. The five girls chat encountered were Fairy Pomu, Maid Pomu, Bunnygirl Pomu, Bigfoot Pomu, and Gyaru Pomu, with the latter three having endings and Bunnygirl Pomu's ending being the canon one. After hooking the chat up with Bunnygirl Pomu, Cupidmu attempted to extort matchmaking fees from the chat, but was gunned down by law enforcement.
- This was intended to set up for Pomu's "Fukashigi no Carte" cover, which she was unable to release due to song permissions.
- This is also set in a world that has undergone complete Pomufication. It was originally said to not be part of the Pomura Saga, though it has since been added to the "Pomura Saga" playlist.
- NIJISANJI EN Under the Mistletoe: On Christmas Eve, chat was invited to the NIJISANJI EN company party, where Pomu the Red-Nosed Rainpuff had them try to kiss each Liver under a sprig of mistletoe. For each Liver, the chat could either ask where to kiss them, or spin a wheel for a chance at a kiss on the lips, with the Livers reacting in various ways to either type of kiss. The actual Pomu was not invited to the party, so the Red-Nosed Rainpuff offered a best-out-of-3 chance to kiss her, but chat lost.
- The locations for the guaranteed kisses, as well as all kiss reactions, were chosen by the actual Livers.
- Finana, Alban, Reimu, Ren, Mysta, and Vox didn't send their input in time, so the chat wasn't given the usual kiss options for them.
- All six members of XSOLEIL arrived as a single cursed abomination, as Pomu was unable to finish their reactions in time.
- #SherlockPoms: This was the reveal stream for Pomu's detective outfit, featuring her first three outfits as suspects brought in for questioning for a theft, with Frogbert and the chat serving as Detective Pomu's assistants. The first suspect, P-003, claimed the culprit had an eyepatch, prompting Maria to call in and explain that she was practicing dances in her room at the time. The second suspect, Maid Pomu, claimed the culprit had a rose in her hair and green tights, prompting Rosemi to call in as well. The third suspect, Fairy Pomu, claimed the culprit had overalls and hair covering one eye, prompting Elira to call in and explain that she was reading BL at the time. Having hit dead ends with all three, Detective Pomu released the suspects and returned to her office. At the end of the stream, she received a tape from Mysta, who left her with one final mystery to solve: the thief's calling card, a nonogram.[128] When solved, this nonogram would reveal a QR code leading to a waiting room for Selen's phantom thief outfit reveal.
- Chat's Bizarre Valentine Adventure: On Valentine's Day, the chat attended a speed-dating event with help from Cupidmu. The five girls chat encountered were Fairy Pomu, Maid Pomu, Bunnygirl Pomu, Bigfoot Pomu, and Gyaru Pomu, with the latter three having endings and Bunnygirl Pomu's ending being the canon one. After hooking the chat up with Bunnygirl Pomu, Cupidmu attempted to extort matchmaking fees from the chat, but was gunned down by law enforcement.
Miscellaneous
- She has a wide vocal range, and is great at character impressions.[118]
- She enjoys making cursed image edits.
- Her character designer, Itiso, regularly watches Pomu's streams and can sometimes be found in the chat.
- She writes her lowercase a's as double-story 'a's rather than single-story 'ɑ's.
- Due to having sensitive skin, she has developed a consistent skin care routine.
- She drew her lore video herself, as LazuLight was not allowed to commission assets for their debuts to keep the launch of NIJISANJI EN a secret.
- Before debut, she was gifted a microphone from Staff-san. She later began using it as her streaming mic.[129]
- Due to her wings usually being offscreen, a common joke is to mistake her for an elf or a gnome. Early on, Staff-san accidentally labeled her as an elf on two occasions.
- Several other EN Livers have referenced Pomu in their debuts:
- In her lore video, Rosemi Lovelock discovered Vtubers when she saw Pomu flying around and pollinating other flowers. She later became an intern at S.C.A.M. working directly under Pomu.
- In her lore video, Millie Parfait developed an addiction to a substance called "Pomu Leaf", which led her to become trapped on Earth, crying that she was "scammed."
- In his lore video, Mysta Rias discovered Vtubers when a bartender showed him a clip of Pomu shouting at Finana during a Crab Game collab.
- In Sonny Brisko's lore video, a scam artist with Pomu's silhouette appeared as an example of the types of criminals that the VSF deals with.
- During the ILUNA debut watchalong program, Pomu featured in a short ad for the new Livers' First Step goods.
- Yu Q. Wilson's debut lore video featured bounty posters of multiple NIJISANJI EN Livers, including one of Pomu "for possession of illegal substances."
- When Victoria Brightshield introduces herself, she and the chat are sitting in a horse-drawn cart. The panoramic background features several references to other NIJISANJI EN Livers, including a green-and-yellow fairy.
- In 2021, she often felt tired and stressed due to her full-time office job, which forced her to maintain a regular sleep schedule and miss out on cross-branch collabs. She switched to part-time on 6 September and quit completely on 10 December, celebrating the next day by streaming Pokemon for 15 hours.[99][130]
- At her old apartment, she would stream in her closet, which would overheat during long streams and had little space for moving around in VR.[131] Pomu's current apartment has a dedicated room for streaming.
- She once sang "God Knows..." 101 times over the course of nine hours, partly as an homage to Machita Chima singing "Freesia" 100 times.
- During NIJISANJI Koushien 2021, Pomu was picked as a member of Kagami Hayato's team lineup. In the final match, the in-game Pomu struck a home run that shifted the game in Hayato's favor, prompting him to shout, "I'm Pomu! You are Pomu! We are Pomu!"
- She can't drink carbonated soda and rarely drinks alcohol.
- On Reimu Endou's birthday, Pomu mistakenly told her "Feliz navidad!" instead of "Feliz cumpleaños!" Since then, Livers in NIJISANJI EN have developed a tradition of singing "Feliz Navidad" on each other's birthdays.
- She once played Tsukino Mito's NIJISANJI personality quiz game, with her result being Shizuka Rin.[132]
- She was one of the first EN Livers to try VR, and helped advise Selen Tatsuki during the "NIJISANJI Express" project.
- She typically only plays one gacha game regularly at a time. Before the global servers shut down, this was Princess Connect. Later, her "one game" became Blue Archive.
- Reiminiscent of a traditional "fair folk" fairy, she occasionally jokes about consuming human meat or eating children.
- She owns a PS4 with a copy of P.T., and wants to get other EN Livers to play it during off-collabs.
- Fans sometimes joke about her not having a nose.
- Contrary to popular assumption, she had very little input on her second outfit.
- She once missed a meeting with Staff-san due to a collab during which she, Selen, and Enna looked up NSFW pictures of Garfield.
- Her favorite holiday is Halloween. Each year, she holds a watchalong of Over the Garden Wall near Halloween.
- She's afraid of the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes.[133]
- She likes characters with white or blue hair, including Rem and Echidna from Re:Zero and Godot from the "Ace Attorney" series. She also likes characters with eyepatches, blindfolds, or otherwise concealed eyes, such as Godot, Naked Snake, and fellow Livers Elira and Maria.
- When Pomu goes on vacation, she often puts on a 24/7 VOD relay until her return. The first such relay lasted 227 hours, 1 minute, and 31 seconds long, which at the time made it the longest stream in NIJISANJI EN and the second-longest in NIJISANJI overall.[134][Note 2]
- For NIJIFes 2022, Pomu drew a picture of her room, which was used to create a diorama titled "The Big Pomu Power Room". This diorama featured a pool of blood coming from under her closet door, Mito's birthday tapestry, and a rocket-shaped bed with an Elira dakimakura. The diorama was shown briefly on the NIJISANJI official channel.[135][136]
- She claims that she canonically doesn't wear panties, though her 3D model has a set of white bloomers, which she accidentally displayed numerous times during her 3D debut totsumachi.
- She has a reputation for trolling in social deduction games such as Among Us and Goose Goose Duck, regardless of which side she is on.
- A common joke is that Pomu shares a single brain cell with the other members of LazuLight.
- On a trip to Canada for Otakuthon 2023, she kissed Elira Pendora twice, because the first time she missed Elira's lips and kissed the side of her mouth instead.
- She sometimes confuses Alan Wake and John Wick.
- Pomu's stream rules included "6. Believing in fairies is a must!!!" and "7. Do not call Pomu cute!!!"
- Pomu relaxed rule 7 during her final stream.
- During streams of Metal Gear Solid, a very popular game with many plot twists, Pomu popularized the trend of asking chat to write a ":)" in chat whenever a spoiler-heavy section occurs, in order to flush out any possible spoilers and warn her not to look at chat.
External links
Media
- Pomu Rainpuff's corporate profile on the official NIJISANJI website
- Pomu Rainpuff 【NIJISANJI EN】 - YouTube channel
- @PomuRainpuff - Twitter account
- @pomurainpuff - Marshmallow account (closed)
- u/Pomu_Rainpuff - Reddit account
- pomurainpuff - Twitch channel
Hashtags
- #PomuLive - Stream talk
- #PomuPaint - Fan art
- #PomuHub - Fan art (NSFW)
- #bigppmemes - Memes
- #IMPOMU - Cosplay
- #PomuProp - Assets
Further reading
- Pomu Rainpuff (ぽむ・れいんぱふ) - Unofficial NIJISANJI Wiki
- Pomu Rainpuff - Nicovideo Encyclopedia
- PomuRainpuff - Pixiv Encyclopedia
- Pomu Rainpuff - Moegirl Encyclopedia
- Pomu Rainpuff 【NIJISANJI EN】 - Wikitubia
Statistics
- Pomu Rainpuff - Social Blade YouTube stats
- Pomu Rainpuff - Playboard YouTube stats
- pomurainpuff - TwitchTracker stats
- pomurainpuff - SullyGnome Twitch stats
- pomurainpuff - Social Blade Twitch stats
Notes
- ↑ This makes LazuLight the first NIJISANJI Livers to achieve such high altitudes, though not the first VTubers to do so overall; Kaguya Luna reached an altitude of 30,000 meters in 2019.
- ↑ The longest stream in NIJISANJI overall is Gwelu Os Gar's 1 million subscriber endurance stream, which was 3158 hours, 54 minutes, and 23 seconds long, and ended when his PC failed.