I Became a Member of My Favorite Group! - Chapter 70

[Domestic VTuber Gallery]

• Yukiko-chan has ascended to heaven lolololol
• I can’t stop smiling lolololol
• Verdia’s friendly route: ON
• Verdia is seriously so likable lololololol

Today’s collab between the two members of Blue LUV and the foreign mega-corporate VTuber Verdia has once again made the VTuber gallery lively. The content prepared by Lulu and Yukiko themselves received a lot of praise for its high quality. Especially since collabs without motion capture or VR avatars, which are commonly used in the VTuber industry, often struggle to impress, this one stood out for its exceptional quality.

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Title: Lulu-chan’s skills are insane lololololol

Author: LetLuluBeHappy

Watching her do real-time translation today made me lose my mind. From the sound of the keyboard, it seems like she’s translating while listening and inputting it into TTS. How is that even possible? As someone who can’t even speak English properly, I feel so inferior.

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• That’s insanely difficult. I’ve dabbled in translation work, and unless you’re really skilled, your brain just freezes.
  • What specifically makes it hard?
    • Honestly, the translation itself isn’t the hard part. It’s making it easy for people from that country to understand by adding paraphrasing and such. Being able to do that on the fly is seriously impressive.
      • Lulu is just built different fr
• Superior gaming skills + editing skills that put pros to shame + real-time translation in 4 languages. Is this the average VTuber now?
  • The bar is set way too high lolololol
    • Don’t forget her loveliness and cuteness. And her singing skills too.
      • Honestly, Lulu-chan’s vocal skills are underrated. When she does song covers, her vocals are surprisingly solid.
        • Her emotional delivery is insane.
• But it’s kind of sad seeing Lulu-chan. She’s so amazing, but she doesn’t seem to realize how amazing she is.
  • Fr, she downplays herself way too much sometimes.
    • Watching the clips with Verdia, it seems like she thinks being chosen as her oshi was just lip service.
      • Verdia-chan even called her out on it lolololol
• Apparently, most of today’s content came from Lulu-chan’s ideas.
  • ? Fr?
    • Yeah, Yukiko mentioned it in her stream yesterday. She said she had a lot of ideas prepared, but most of them came from Lulu-chan’s head.
      • I saw that too lol. She said she was going to contribute ideas, but Lulu-chan’s ideas were so good she didn’t even bother.
        • She’s got planning skills too
          • She’s truly a new star in the VTuber world fr.

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Title: Overseas VTuber fans are losing their minds after tasting Lulu-chan lolololol

Author: MultinationalVTuberFan

(Screenshot of a post from an overseas community)

This is from Reddit, where overseas VTuber fans usually hang out. There are a ton of posts about Lulu-chan right now lol. There’s praise for Yukiko too, but Lulu-chan’s presence is overwhelmingly dominant. A lot of people are talking about how cute she is, and how the gap between her Korean and foreign language voices is so striking it’s giving them gap moe. They also said the stream was really smooth and easy to follow. The translation quality is getting a lot of praise too.

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• Watching Lulu-chan talk, she seems to know a lot about overseas memes and streaming terms. Her translation skills are insane
  • She’s been following overseas VTubers for a long time, so she’s got a lot of knowledge.
    • Even considering that, it’s still impressive.
      • True lol.
• Finally, the Westerners have discovered the charm of this pink-chewy-squishy-soft-tenshi-loving-Axolotl lolololol.
  • Damn, that’s a long-ass title lolololol.
    • It keeps getting longer lol
      • Fact: This is the shortened version.
• The voice gap is seriously insane. I thought it wasn’t Lulu-chan at first lololol.
  • Fr lol.
    • When she speaks Japanese, she sounds even cuter, but when she speaks English, there’s a bit of a cool vibe.
      • But even with the cool vibe, she’s still a squishy Axolotl lol.
        • The essence doesn’t change lolololol.

Not only in Korean communities but also in overseas communities, Lulu’s presence was highly praised. In a way, she became the starting point for introducing Blue LUV to the international audience. Especially with Lulu’s clipping channel and main channel, the news that they support subtitles in English, Japanese, Indonesian, and more spread widely. This led to people becoming interested in Blue LUV and seeking out their videos.

Amidst all this good news, a sudden post caught the attention of the VTuber gallery users.

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Title: Was it just me, or did Lulu-chan seem off today?

Author: SellingMyLiverForDoni

At first, she seemed fine, but as the stream went on, her voice started cracking a bit. She also kept coughing occasionally, and it seemed like she was having trouble speaking. Her reactions were a beat slower when Yukiko and Verdia talked to her. Was it just me?

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• There were a few people in the chat worried about her too.
  • So it wasn’t just me.
    • I didn’t notice at first, but after seeing the chat, I thought something was off. But her energy was the same as usual.
      • Maybe I was just imagining it.
• Did she catch a cold?
  • With the weather like this, it wouldn’t be surprising.
    • Knowing Lulu-chan’s personality, even if she did catch a cold, she’d never say anything lololol.
• It’s kind of worrying because Lulu-chan seems to take care of everyone else but neglects herself.
  • I’m worried too.
    • Didn’t CEO Kang say something like that too lololol? She said Lulu-chan is the most reliable but also the most worrying.
      • True. She said she doesn’t take care of herself at all.
        • But isn’t CEO Kang a workaholic too? If someone like her is saying that, how bad must it be.
          • Being worried about her health by CEO Kang… That’s rare.

The post was about Lulu’s physical condition during today’s stream. In online communities, there’s often a tendency to overanalyze celebrities’ expressions and speculate about their emotions or health, so such posts aren’t always taken seriously.

However, today was somewhat of an exception. Some viewers who watched the live stream also expressed concerns about Lulu’s condition, and even those who didn’t comment in the chat wondered if she was feeling unwell.

Despite her seemingly fragile appearance that makes her look like she needs constant protection, Lulu is actually quite sharp and capable. Most fans believed she would handle things well and continued to watch the stream without much worry.

Before they knew it, the time to end the collab was approaching.

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Da-jeong let out a sigh of relief as she glanced at the clock, which showed it was almost 10 p.m.

‘Thank goodness.’

Contrary to her worries, the collab was coming to a close without any major issues. Both Yuna and Verdia seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and they seemed to have grown closer. For her, this was a satisfying result.

Perhaps it was the sense of accomplishment, but she didn’t even notice her eyelids growing heavy or her body feeling sluggish. She was half-leaning against the back of her chair, her body tilted to the side.

【Lulu, Yukiko. Thank you so much for inviting me today. It was truly the best collab. If you two are okay with it, can I come hang out again sometime?】

【Of course, Verdia-chan. You’re always welcome!】

• Come hang out again!
• Bye, Verdia-chan…
• It was fun…
• Thank you for playing with our girls ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
• Bye Bye

As the saying goes, before a massive tsunami hits, there are signs in the ocean. Similarly, even now, her body was desperately crying out for her to realize something, but she ignored it lightly. With a forced smile, she responded to Verdia, who was delivering her closing remarks, with as much energy as she could muster.

“Ve, Verdia-chan! I’m really… happy! I met you! See, see you again!”

• Konglish lolololol
• So cute lol
• Yukiko-chan squeezing out every bit of English she knows lololol

Yuna, too, facing the farewell with her oshi, tried to show off her clumsy English skills to greet Verdia in her native language. Even if it was just the final goodbye, she wanted to say it herself without relying on Da-jeong.

“Thank you, Yukiko. Play, again. Me, again. Three of us.”

“Hehe… yeah! Let’s meet again and have fun together!”

Verdia also responded in awkward Korean, and Yuna’s face lit up with a bright smile, clearly happy about it.

Watching this, Da-jeong felt a sense of pride as if it were her own achievement. She struggled to keep her heavy eyelids open.

Just a little more.

Just a little longer, and she could hold on.

So, please.

She repeated a plea in her mind, not knowing who it was directed at or what she was hoping for, as she fought to stay conscious.

【Well, I’ll be heading out now! Thank you all so much for welcoming me! Bye!】

Verdia’s final farewell to the Korean fans in English was still left, but Da-jeong was so far gone that she didn’t even think about translating it. Her body had reached its limit.

“Bye, Verdia-chan!”

“Bye!”

• Bye bye
• I’m off to another stream!

Summoning the last of her strength, Da-jeong forced a smile and waved goodbye to Verdia.

Whoosh-!

In line with her setting as the queen of crows, her avatar disappeared with the effect of crows scattering. As initially planned, they decided to end the stream with a short post-stream talk.

“Guys, today was fun, right?!”

• Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• It was the best fr
• I hope Verdia-chan comes back to play again
• How about a collab with another member next time?

As Yuna shouted energetically to the viewers, everyone nodded and responded positively.

‘Everyone had fun.’

A faint smile formed on Lulu’s lips as she watched the chat scroll up. If Yuna, Verdia, and the viewers all had fun, there was nothing more joyful for her. That sense of relief, unbeknownst to her, caused the last thread of consciousness in Da-jeong’s mind to snap.

To Da-jeong, it felt like someone was soothing her with a warm voice, telling her it was okay to rest now.

“Hehe, I’m glad. Oh! By the way, Lulu-chan, how about you? Did you enjoy the collab?”

“……”

Unaware of the situation, Yuna asked Da-jeong for her thoughts in her usual innocent tone. But for some reason, there was no response.

“…Huh? Lulu-chan? Did your mic die?”

• ?
• Lulu-chan?
• Did she go to the bathroom?
• Her mouth isn’t moving…

If it were just a mic issue, at least her avatar’s mouth would twitch. But seeing the completely still avatar, Yuna and the viewers all expressed their confusion at once.

Creak… Thud!

Like a toy running out of batteries, Da-jeong’s figure, sitting at the desk, collapsed sideways along with the chair. The noise from the fall was transmitted clearly through the mic.

“Lu, Lulu-chan?! What’s wrong?! Lulu! Lulu…?!”

• ??????
• What’s happening?
• That was a loud noise…
• Did Lulu-chan collapse?
• We might need to call 119

Finally sensing something was wrong, Yuna and the viewers frantically called out to her. But Da-jeong, who had fallen to the floor, lay there with her eyes gently closed, as if in a deep sleep, unresponsive to anyone’s calls.