VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream

Twenty-year-old former wage slave Yuki Tanaka now works among her idols: the streamers of Live-On, one of Japan’s top VTuber companies. As the gorgeous, polite Awayuki Kokorone, she delivers only the most ladylike content. Unfortunately, her subscriber count and savings are at rock bottom. One evening, after Yuki thinks she’s ended her stream, she cracks a few cold ones—and more than a few crude jokes—while watching Live-On’s video archives. But her viewers hear it all, and clips of her bawdy, drunken commentary go viral overnight. Yuki thinks her career is over...until her manager reveals that everyone at Live-On has been waiting for her to snap all along and gives her free rein to drink on-stream. Now free of all feigned purity, she jumps right into her new “rowdy drunk” character and is welcomed into the fold by her fellow Live-On VTubers, who turn out to be just as crazy as she is! With her views and finances skyrocketing, Yuki’s work—for the first time in her life—is actually fun!

Finally enjoying herself to the fullest, online meme legend and new ace of Live-On Yuki Tanaka now leads a double virtual life—on one hand, her (mostly) wholesome and Awayuki Kokorone persona, and on the other, her booze-loving, girl-worshiping Shuwa-chan personality. But just as she’s getting into the swing of things, Live-On, announces its fourth generation: three new girls who promise to push the limits of what this cast of characters is all about. To make matters worse, the first girl Awayuki can call kouhai wastes no time announcing her undying, obsessive love for Live-On’s star during her debut! Zany collab streams ensue as the old crew welcomes in the new blood. And during all that chaos, the friendship between Awayuki and her genmate Mashiro Irodori begins to blossom...

Live-On is packed full of crazy VTubers, but with Awayuki Kokorone’s popularity skyrocketing after her legendary streaming accident, she finally gets the chance to collaborate with her hero, the company’s only first-gen member: Hareru Asagiri. And it’s not just any collab—Hareru, who normally never agrees to take center stage, is holding a solo concert, and she wants Awayuki to sing a surprise duet with her at the end! But as the snow-themed VTuber, also known as the total drunkard Shuwa-chan, devotes herself to practicing, she also has to tackle her first-ever sponsored stream and the birth of a new so-called “Boss”! Will her sanity hold out until the concert?

VTuber Awayuki Kokorone, a pure and kindhearted lady by day and a booze-loving lunatic by night, is bigger than ever after making a surprise appearance at the end of Hareru’s big concert. But when Sei’s monetization is revoked after a particularly saucy stream, Awayuki and the rest of Live-On have to figure out how to help her, grappling with both their worry and Sei’s tendency to keep things bottled up. Deciding the best way to support her senpai is to keep providing her usual rowdy entertainment, Awayuki faces down several new challenges, like planning her own Worldcraft collab, having a real-life sleepover with her crazy kouhai Alice, being subjected to a terrible video game on Nekoma’s stream, and playing Monster Slayer for the first time! With any luck, her insistence on carrying on and having fun will be just what Sei needs to pick herself back up again...

Amidst wishing a warm “Screw you, normies!” to the newly formed couple of Shion-mama and Sex(Sei)-sama, Awayuki Kokorone, the third-gen talent who went viral after forgetting to end her stream, has been preparing for an event that’s fast approaching: the third gen’s very first anniversary! But in the meantime, Awayuki takes part in a very sus all-star collab, as well as a shopping date to fill her tragic wardrobe. But while putting together the anniversary’s biggest surprise, Awayuki makes a grim discovery... “Wheh, whehcuhmh, Ahwuhyuhkigh-chaghn...” The sweet, lively Hikari-chan wrecked her voice! And she refuses to even give herself some rest! But when Awayuki teaches Hikari to think about how her viewers feel, she slowly begins to gain a new perspective—in more ways than one!

With a career reaching back to the very birth of the industry, Mana Hoshino is a truly legendary VTuber—and her graduation announcement has shaken Awayuki to her core! But before she can even finish mourning the retirement of her idol and the ensuing end of an era, her manager calls with word of a seemingly preposterous proposal! In the meantime, Awayuki delves into the deep darkness of Live-On’s WorCra server, offers her highly unqualified counseling to assuage the woes of her peers, and shows how her company earned its reputation in Live-On’s inaugural Common Sense Quiz.

Five. Gen five. Live-On gen five. Few words have sparked more emotions in the heart of Awayuki Kokorone. With her past now firmly behind her, it seemed there was little that could give pause to Live-On gen three’s acclaimed ace. Yet as three new virtual streamers prepare to debut in a space now saturated and far removed from its indie roots, the stakes are higher than ever. How will management ensure these newbies make their mark? The drama unfolds when Awayuki, Alice, and Mashiro tune in to greet the first of these newcomers, only to hear her declare herself as...Anti-Live-On?! And the other two reveal themselves to be no less weird! Antics ensue as the Live-On crew attempts to keep up with management’s game of 4D chess.

It’s Valentine’s Day! Hareru invites a few choice members of Live-On’s now five generations to a teensy bit of chocolate-making tomfoolery. Of course, almost nothing goes as planned, resulting in a very depressed Dagger. Awayuki, wanting to cheer up her newly acquired apprentice, presents Dagger with the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems—alcohol!* The dangerous combination of adorableness and strong, cheap booze that evolves from there might not be what Awayuki, or anyone, expected! Meanwhile there are AI streamers, more werewolf games, and...Hamburg steaks?! Truly something for everyone. *Disclaimer: No underage characters were given alcohol in the making of this book.