Summary[]
Hololive is a virtual talent agency that consists of Virtual YouTubers (otherwise known as V-Tubers) owned by Japanese tech entertainment company COVER Corporation. The name "Hololive" initially was used for COVER's 3D stream distribution app but would eventually become the name of the subsidiary company that would become most recognizable to people across the world. Before the first generation debuted, COVER showcased a tech demo for the company's 3D capture digital avatar technology, which would eventually go into the creation of Tokino Sora, the first ever V-Tuber apart of the company.
The existence of Sora served as a foundation for Hololive's first generation, which debuted from May to June 2018. From this generation fourth, many other generations would spawn into existence, with many having their own themes and concepts surroundings them. Additionally, Hololive would branch off into many different sections across the world and into many different markets. The first of this branch is Holostars but from them, many other branches such as Hololive China, Hololive Indonesia, and Hololive English would also follow, with each becoming successful and the latter two even continuing to this day with tons of positive reception.
As of now, there are a total of 71 active hololive-affiliated talents and the total amount of subs contributing to over 67 million subscribers on YouTube, with Gawr Gura being the most subscribed V-Tuber both in the company and worldwide.
- Credits to Hololive Wiki and Virtual Youtuber Wiki for many passages on this page
Power of the Verse[]
Despite not focusing on combat and looking rather harmless, Hololive as a verse is extremely powerful when compared to most series (even those that center around combat), with the main reasoning being due to the open lore policy that Hololive runs on that makes potentially anything and everything canon to some capacity, alongside vast amounts of lore and supplementary material that sheds more light on the capabilities of the V-Tubers and the entities that occupy their verse
Even the most basic of V-Tubers hit Tier 4 with many V-Tubers having Solar System Level strength when holding back and an upwards of Multi-Solar System Level power when deciding to go all out. The stronger V-Tubers can even reach into the Tier 1 category, with many of them hitting levels such as Megaverse Level due to the scaling to The Councils various multiverse effecting feats and also being comparable to either Tokino Sora or her managers such as A-Chan for example (such as HoloX, whom even Sora saw as somewhat a threat and the many V-Tubers who grew stronger after Dawn of The Breakers, such as Shirakami Fubuki, Ookami Mio and so on). This in itself is not even close to the full magnitude of the verse, which breaches into the higher ends of the tiering system with the introduction of The Hololive EN Council and various cosmic entities who govern the multiverse in some fashion, with the true forms of The Council sitting beyond an infinite-dimensional multiverse in a realm that stands beyond the entire scope of the full scope of the multiverse, making them 1-A, as The Council see reality as merely a dream and a game in which they are independent of on all levels of existence. Beyond even The Council are The Archetpyes in which inhabit The Collective Unconsciousness, the deeper level of The Realm of The Gods in which supersedes even that of The Realm of The Gods and is serves as the origin for The Council as they are manifestations of the underlying, universal images and forms present within, which means they sit at 1-A and are on the same level as void entities such as Ina or The Ancient Ones, who are seen as comparable to Moona Hoshinova. Standing beyond the entire confines of the multiverse is, Hakos Baelz and IRyS, whom of which is the "chaos" in which holds together and encompasses all archetypes present within The Collective Unconsciousness, alongside being beyond the concept of space-time as the void that stands beyond the multiverse, thus sitting at another layer of 1-A, with same applying to The Wahtcher, who's realm is beyond even The Void itself. Even this isn't the upper limit of the verse as above the aforementioned entities is both Kami (who Sakura Miko is a vessel for), Laplace's Demon (who's remains became La+ Darkness), Omegaα and the various shrine and tarot gods who scale to the wider cosmology as opposed to the miniscule multiverse, finally cementing Hololive as 1-A β
Hololive also has a wide array of hax, with many of the abilities also being standard abilities that V-Tubers have, such as Social Influencing, Energy Manipulation, Accelerated Development (Training, Battle & Leveling - Physical Stats & Abilities), 4th Wall Awareness, Memory Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction, Immortality (Type 5 & 11), Non-Corporeal, Creation, Pocket Reality Manipulation, Acausality (Non-Linearity), Regeneration (High-Godly), Law Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Immersion, Space-Time Manipulation, Negation, Absorption, Conceptual Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Plot Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Biological Manipulation
- Humans in Hololive have abilities such as Cognition, Subjective Reality, Conceptual Manipulation, Higher-Dimensional Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Quantum Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation due to the fact their subconscious desires and thoughts are able to influence the world around them, being able to even effect The Realm of The Gods and locations even further such as The Void or the wider cosmology of Hololive
- Demons and Angels respectively get general abilities such as Abstract Existence and Empathic Manipulation whilst the former gets specific abilities such as Unholy Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Dark-Force Manipulation, Immortality (1, 5 & 6), Possession and the latter get abilities such as Holy Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Life-Force Manipulation, Healing and Shapeshifting
- God-Tiers possess abilities such as Nonexistent Physiology (Absolute), Transduality (Type 3, up to Tier 4 for Kami and Laplace's Demon), Large Size (Type 11), Higher-Dimensional Manipulation, Avatar Creation and a wide array of others
Hololive Alternative is fairly powerful despite how little content exists for it at the current moment. Just off the trailers alone, the verse skyrockets to Tier 7 as a result of Shirogane Noel being able to throw Coco and yield levels of energy that reaches into the Low 7-B territory. This is supported by feats of Ookami Mio and Shirakami Fubuki being able to place noticeable holes within mountains with just their sparring alone. Above even those two, even when combined is Nakiri Ayame, whom of which could overpower both of them when going all out and also scaling into 7-B in the process
- In regards to abilities, Hololive Alternative isn't as robust as it's original timeline counterpart but isn't lacking in said department either. Characters such as Fubuki and Mio possess abilities such as Soul Manipulation, Purification and Summoning as main abilities due to their natures as Kami's whilst entities such as Ayame and demons in general possess abilities like Empathic Manipulation and Abstract Existence (as they exist as Stigma, which is "Evil aura. Scorn, spite, fear, and other negative emotions" according to Hololive ALT's website)
Hololive Error might seem unassuming at first but it's power is fairly strong, with characters such as Misora Shino having the abilities such as Reality Warping, Existence Erasure, Time Manipulation and a multitude of others as a result of a prayer she made to have a perfect life and a desire to grant a perfect afterlife to those who perished in the Aogami High School landslide. While lacking power herself, she is able to use this power to control Aogami High School's surroundings, including even effecting it's celestial bodies, such as the sun and shaping it to the way she desired, making the verse Tier 4 by virtue (hitting the 4-C territory)
Shinomiya Sakura has similar abilities to Shino, specifically being able to grant wishes and make a desire that counteracts the one made by Shino's, giving her the ability to change Fate and receive blessings from the shrine in which she made her prayers to, which is implied to be a blessed by gods and spirits alike
Aside from those two, the verse is relatively no different from the real world, although all spirits trapped within the Time Loop have Immortality of the Type 8 & 11 variety, being reliant on the existence of the loop and being able to indefinitely reincarnate as a result of Shino's desireCalculation[]
- Rushia Causes Chicxulub Impact Event - 310 Teratons (Large Country Level)
- Haachama Blows Up Earth - 18 Ninatons (Dwarf Star Level)
- Shion Destroys The Planet - 19 Ninatons (Dwarf Star Level)
- Haachama Blows Up Earth Again - 8 Tenatons (Red Dwarf Level)
- Korone Destroys The Sun - 318 FOE (Solar System Level)
- Sana's KE Without Limiter - 21 PetaFOE (Multi-Solar System Level)
- Creation of Resource World - 1 ZettaFOE (Multi-Solar System Level)
- This also applies to the general feats of being able to create realms with starry skies
- Characters who scale to Pre-Dawn of Breakers V-Tubers are rated as 4-B (318 FOE) when holding back
- Characters who scale relatively to or above the Post-Dawn of Breakers V-Tubers are rated as 4-A (16 EXaFOE) when holding back
- This is based off downscaling from Tokino Sora and The Managers, alongside scaling to The Council's avatars
- Their speeds remain the same as even without magic amplifying their physical stats, they are still treated as comparable to V-Tubers in speed and are able to still react to them despite being massively weaker normally
Regarding Versus Matches[]
- The Non-Corporeality of V-Tubers isn't just an extension of the nature of The Virtual World and more so a byproduct of their nature as V-Tubers. What this means is that even outside The Virtual World, they'll be treated as being intangible to others who can't interact with incorporeal beings when it comes to threads
- It's assumed that a V-Tuber is at full strength unless it's specified they are holding back on the thread or there's a certain underlying condition that suggests they would hold back. For example, putting Inugami Korone against Nekomata Okayu would make both automatically hold back and not want to use their full strength
- Furthermore, fights that take place in certain locations would also serve as a basis for if a V-Tuber in question is holding back, with a prime example being if a V-Tubers is fighting within the Hololive HQ, as they don't want to destroy it and get scolded by A-Chan, so thus it's assumed they'd hold back there
- The Observer Effect will be treated as an ability that can be weaponized only when it's proven that the user in question can actually use it innately akin to how both Matsuri and Luna utilized it. Given that V-Tubers are all basically comparable, this means any human V-Tuber should be capable of using it the same way those two could. This means that any human who isn't a V-Tuber (essentially just normal, standard humans with no special properties) requires proof they can weaponize it, otherwise it's just a non-combat applicable ability that only works with large sums of humans
- It should be noted that not every V-Tuber is willing to use it as much as some others, so it shouldn't be assumed to be an opening move for every V-Tuber who does possess the ability to utilize The Observer Effect
Regarding Scaling[]
- In regards to speed, it has been decided that V-Tubers are just as fast as the things they pilot. This stems from the fact we've seen V-Tubers consistently react and or keep up with the things they pilot. This means that them needing fast vehicles such as The Lamborghini, doesn't gatekeep them from being FTL or higher, especially when there's more feats of that nature than anything else in the series
- Refrain from scaling Hololive to the other characters they cross-over with, as often times they are operating on an entirely different power level than usual or it's not the exact version we know from the main timeline. The only exception of this has been Hyperdimension Neptunia and that's only out of the revelation that Kizuna A.I from the game was the same Kizuna from the main timeline she originated from and not a copy
- Additionally, refrain to scaling Hololive's cosmology to other cosmologies, as despite the fact many of the cross-overs they have end up being canon, it doesn't prove that their cosmologies are the same as opposed to the cosmologies of the various series occupying the same reality. This simply means that they share a same reality but their multiverses are separated and thus no scalable to one another
- Any character who scales to the powers of V-Tubers will only be treated as 4-A tops, unless there's a reason to suspect they scale to V-Tubers who are on the level of Golden Oruyanke and the boost it gave many V-Tubers. So this means many different sectors of Hololive will only be this level unless we have reason to suspect they scale to the V-Tubers of the main JP branch or have their own individual feats around the level of the Golden Oruyanke
- Given the abundance of evidence that Hololive follows the teachings of Carl Jung and also draws heavy from various religious sources such as Gnosticism or Kabbalistic Mysticism to the degree where it's almost accurate to their original sources, it has been decided that Hololive can pull from those sources to apply to cosmology and other things in the series only when it's proven that Hololive is alluding to it's existence or as a means to support the existence or interpretation of another thing
- On this same note, this doesn't mean that everything that is present in Hololive is 1:1 with those sources and one shouldn't attempt to scale Hololive using the full implications found in sources, namely ones that contradict what's present in Hololive's interpretation of such and or aren't supported to be things Hololive are abiding by on a cosmological level
Terminology[]
- V-Tuber: A term that means "Virtual Youtuber" and is often times used to reference those who do virtual streaming. In-universe, it's more akin to a class job akin to a mage or knight as opposed to a mere hobby one participates in.
- Seiso: A term used to refer to one's purity and is often used as a measurement of one's own good nature. In Japanese culture, it's a character type defined by innocence, purity, and propriety. Within Hololive's universe, it has a "divine" connotation related to it as it's been used to refer to those close to Kami, such as Sora and Iroha .
- Idol: A term that refers to the celebrity aspect of V-Tubing, with V-Tubers of Hololive also being musicians and dancers who preform for their audience.
- Live2D: Refers to the software, technique of creating and using of 2D VTuber models. In the context of Hololive, it's a reference to the 2-D forms that V-Tubers take whenever they stream, as V-Tubers can freely switch between the 2nd and 3rd dimensional planes.
- Graduation: The termed to refer to a V-Tuber retiring from their current persona, borrowed from the idol community to refer to Idol's moving on to do other passions. In-universe, it's the first step to V-Tubers reincarnating into another life, often taking the form of another V-Tuber from another universe
- Mama/Papa: The term used to refer to a V-Tuber's illustrator (with Mama referring to female illustrators and Papa referring to male illustrators). Sometimes, an illustrator might even be a full fledged V-Tuber that interacts with their creations (as the case with Ui Shigure or Iida Pochi). There is also times when a V-Tuber artist might be an established creator who's worked on notable works of fiction or art.
- COVER: Refers to COVER Corporation, the company that owns Hololive.
- HoloGra: Short for Holo no Graffiti. It's a weekly animated comedy short on the official Hololive YouTube channel every Sunday. It features the Hololive members in various over the top scenarios, with many episodes containing references to various pop-culture and internet memes.
- YAGOO: The nick name for the COVER corp. CEO Motoaki Tanigo, who got that name when Subaru misspelled Tanigo as Yagoo on a Roboco stream
- HoloX: The shortened name for Secret Society HoloX, the supervillain group that is meant to oppose Hololive and have the goal of taking over the world to access Eden, alongside freeing the seals placed upon La+ Darknesss
- Observer Effect: The name of a in-universe phenomenon that occurs in Hololive, which is in reference to humanity's innate ability to influence the world around them based on their observations and beliefs regarding the nature of reality. While the phenomena went initially unnamed, it wasn't until HoloweEN in which the phenomena was actually named despite the many allusions to it's existence prior
- Idol Power: The official term of the supernatural and magical abilities of V-Tubers. It originally was a term that was out of universe and was often used to describe a V-Tubers degree of idol appeal. The term has sense became an official one that is used to refer to the innate abilities that all V-Tubers have, with it being seemingly this cosmic source of power that mainly V-Tubers can tap into but even other beings who aren't V-Tubers can also utilize for various purposes
- The Voice of The Universe: Another name for "Kami", with it also simply being shortened to "The Universe" as a means to signify "Kami" is everything there is and ever can be. This term was first mentioned by Hoshimachi Suisei to refer to a underlying "force" that she was communicating in within space. This would later be used by Tsukumo Sana and Sakura Miko as a means to refer to the same "entity" that Suisei was
A general glossary for terms used in the V-Tubing community that don't pertain entirely to scaling purposes can be found here and here
Characters[]
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Hololive Generation 0 (ホロライブ0期生), previously known as Hololive Affiliated Talents, is part of Hololive where members joined outside of the usual wave of recruitment. Formerly an unofficial name for the group, members of the group eventually use the term in their social media handles, video title descriptions, and on certain merchandise involving them. An update to Hololive Production's official website finally officially lists them as "hololive Generation 0".
Apart "from 0th Gen", they are also called the "No brand Group" (無印組) or "Solo Debut Group" (ソロデビュー組) for ease of reference within the community. AZKi of INoNaKa Music is often grouped together with this generation of Hololive.
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hololive 1st Generation (ホロライブ1期生) is the first wave of VTubers under Hololive.
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hololive 2nd Generation (ホロライブ2期生) is the second wave of VTubers under Hololive.
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Hololive Gamers (ホロライブゲーマーズ stylized as hololive GAMERS), is a sub-unit within Hololive. Members of the group all have an animal-like design and have all joined outside of the usual waves of recruitment for Hololive. Its leader is Shirakami Fubuki.
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hololive 3rd Generation (ホロライブ3期生), also known as Hololive Fantasy (ホロライブファンタジー, stylized as HOLOLIVE FANTASY), is the third wave of VTubers under Hololive.
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Hololive 4th Generation (ホロライブ4期生) is the 4th wave of VTubers under Hololive.
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hololive 5th Generation (ホロライブ5期生), also known as HoloFive and HOLOLIVE5, is the fifth wave of VTubers under Hololive.
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hololive 6th Generation (ホロライブ6期生), also known as Secret Society holoX (秘密結社holoX) or holoX (ホロックス) for short, is the sixth wave of VTubers under Hololive. Also known as Secret Society holoX (秘密結社holoX, Himitsu Kessha horokkusu). They are the first JP unit that has consistent lore and theming from the start, being a villainous organization planning to take over the world.
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Hololive English -Myth- (stylized as hololive English -Myth-, shortened as holoMyth), is the first wave of VTubers under Hololive English. The core concept of this hololive English group is VTubers who hail from worlds of legend.
Hololive English Project: HOPE[]
hololive English Project: HOPE is a Generation within Hololive English created by Cover Corp. The Generation was announced alongside the debut of IRyS, who is currently the only active talent.
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Hololive English Council, also known as Hololive English -Council- (Hololive English -議会-, stylized as hololive English -Council-) and unofficially as Hololive English 2nd Generation, is the second (third, if counting Project: HOPE) wave of VTubers under Hololive English. Ahead of its reveal, the Hololive English YouTube channel uploaded 2 teaser videos, narrated by IRyS, which provided background information on the generation's story.
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Holostars English -Tempus- (テンパス, stylized as HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS-), also known as Adventurer's Guild TEMPUS (冒険者ギルド「TEMPUS」), is the first wave of VTubers under Holostars English.
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Hololive Indonesia 1st Generation (ホロライブインドネシア1期生) or Hololive Indonesia Generasi 1, is the first wave of VTubers under Hololive Indonesia.
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Hololive Indonesia 2nd Generation (ホロライブインドネシア2期生), nicknamed holoro (a portmanteau of hololive and loro, meaning "two" in Javanese), is the second wave of VTubers under Hololive Indonesia.
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Holostars 1st Generation (ホロスターズ1期生) is the first wave of VTubers under Holostars.
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Holostars 2nd Generation (ホロスターズ2期生), also known as SunTempo, is the second wave of VTubers under Holostars.
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Holostars 3rd Generation (ホロスターズ3期生), also known as MaFia, and formerly known as TriNero (トライネロ), is the third wave of VTubers under Holostars.
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Holostars UPROAR!! (ホロスターズアップロー) is the fourth wave of VTubers under Holostars. This wave was teased at the end of JOURNEY to FIND STARS!! and announced at Hololive SUPER EXPO 2022. A manga one-shot providing a narrative to the formation of this unit was published by the official twitter account on March 31, 2022.
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The Managers of Hololive are the ones who help run the company both in-universe and outside of it as well. It consists of managers from across the various branches, such as Hololive JP, Hololive EN and even Hololive ID
Yagoo[]
Yagoo (Motoaki Tanigo)
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The Gods are primordial entities who predate the existence of the universe and had a helping hand in the creation of the multiverse. They aren't technically apart of Hololive as a company but more or less has a relationship with them through either their direct creations or avatars that directly help the company in some fashion
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Hololive Alternative (ホロライブ・オルタナティブ), stylized as hololive Alternative, HOLOLIVE ALTERNATIVE, and HOLOLIVE △LTERN△TIVE, is a multimedia project aimed at expanding the Hololive franchise. The project centers around the lives of Hololive characters outside of their livestreams. The narrative of Hololive Alternative draws inspiration from the Holoearth Chronicles art book released at Comiket 97
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Hololive ERROR (ホロライブ・オルタナティブ), stylized as hololive ERROR, is a horror project from Hololive. The alternative universe series is from the perspective of the main character, who is a journalist for an occult magazine. Inspired by his grandfather, he has come to the town of Aogami to investigate the strange happenings there. One moment, he's in his hotel room, but the next, he finds himself entangled in a terrifying paranormal phenomenon.
