Thread by @Zeroblade

Melissa thread.

#メリータイム

・she's having a guest come in after 15 minutes, another guest after another 15 minutes -- but of course that doesn't mean she dislikes the others who aren't coming on or anything, of course
・1 hour feels short for a graduation, so she has the management's OK to go past midnight

・she's just been making small talk about her dinner, the collab covers, and some stories about going around town with Meifu
・she's calling the guest over (a little early)
・she's muting the BGM for the viewers to concentrate on their conversation instead

・mashiro comes on for the platinum friday team!
・apparently he went to an onsen today
・he said (jokingly) that he did try to stop her from leaving
・melissa talks about how mashiro went out of his way to collab with weekly

・if asked, mashiro says that melissa is the one who he feels he's the closest with and talked with the most in niji
・he tells melissa to "become a star!" (even though he's the one who became a star on meli's stream)

・talking about mashiro recently making a tiktok (he's been really into pingu content in there lately)
・a stream with mashiro that meli remembers most is one with the two of them + roa, playing a horror game
・mashiro jokes about meli and roa being too terrible at games

・mashiro might (re?)upload the platinum friday videos. he already downloaded copies, but is considering editing them down before posting them.
・mashiro says it's because of melissa and them doing radios together that inspired him to stream more and more

Meli: "Play ARK for me okay?"
Mashiro: "Of course I will!"
Meli: "Take care of my dinosaurs!"
Mashiro: "Leave it to me!"
Meli: "Heck, make them the strongest ones!"

Meli: "Maybe this will be the revival of Niji ARK."

・meli says to do one last viewer question with mashiro, but he refuses to answer
・meli asks for any last remarks
・he forgot everything he wanted to say
・meli says that the nervousness just makes you forget everything when you're there

Meli: "Even when I'm not around anymore, make sure you eat well and get some social interaction!"

・But also she went around the server telling people like Kazachan to check in on Mashiro, asking them to invite him out or to collabs once in a while

・mashiro says that last bit of care from her is like her last gift to him, but he hasn't given anything back
・meli says she did get something: friendship

・mashiro bids her farewell and leaves the call

Ibu: You're seriously quitting Niji?!
Furen: (already crying)

・ibu remarks that even though mashiro was all serious, meifu comes in with this sort of joking tone
・furen and ibu joking about how they've been a little sick lately from the weather with runny noses

・melissa considered maybe just going on hiatus, but she wanted to grow broaden her horizons
・she was worried about graduating and going on that journey, but people helped give her the self esteem to be able to do it, so this journey isn't a bad one, but a good one

・melissa wouldn't have grown this much if furen/ibu weren't her genmates and is grateful to them for the help and encouragement
・she talks about how people say meifu is a close group, and she jokes that she likes to think they really are that close

・melissa isn't that great with SNS -- even with the positive words, she isn't used to the negative things written about her. meanwhile furen/ibu are great streamers in her eyes.
・it's thanks to their encouragement that she was able to grow a lot.

・of course, the others knew before the announcement about her graduation. ibu thought it would feel a bit lonely, but it's not as if she's disappearing forever or anything -- or so he thought up until now, but it really does feel like she's going away

・still, it won't be the three of them as meifu on the public stage anymore.
・meli kind of doesn't want to end this yet. furen jokes why not keep going for another 3 hours? ibu says that if it's ok to go a little over midnight, they might as well go way past that.

・ibu and furen will be her great genmates for life

Furen: "Meifu will never die."

・meli says she'll cross the seas and find the One Piece.
・if she can't find any internet, her contact might be once a month
・they joke about setting cell towers in the middle of the ocean

・viewers ask about memorable meifu moments: ark comes to mind
・they reminisce on various things that happened with ark: how it was what brought them together; how ibu was initially intimidating and thorny but in the nicest way (making things for people instead of just guiding)

・meli says it's through his interactions with a lot of newcomers that ibu's mellowed out a little since then
・ibu and furen joke about graduating in meli's stead
・they talk about how they initially did collabs together, but eventually got independent as they grew more

・meli says that these 2+ years it's thanks to the support of meifu, her fellow livers, and viewers that she's been able to realize her own strengths and good points
・ibu says that meifu is like them helping each other out not to stay together, but for them to stand on their own

・meli talking about how she watches their streams too. ibu says she's like an observer of the world, and she jokes that she's actually an omnipotent god who can destroy everything with the flick of a finger, just that she's just letting us be on her whims (all just banter)

・meli says thanks to furen. ibu adds that furen does a lot of things for them in the background too. meli says she knows that furen is always thinking of them.
・ibu says that furen would propose and prepare things to do, ibu would arbitrarily agree, and meli would just accept.

・furen says that sometimes ibu would be late when it comes to submitting things, and then the filenames would be "sorry this is late"

・it's already past midnight but since she has the OK from management, it's still may 32 until the stream ends
・furen jokes that they can actually do another 3 hours
・meli adds that meifu zatsudan streams are pretty rare. they did the raft stream but that wasn't a lot of talk

・some talk about the VS Trigger (pachislots) video they did earlier. the recording was so long that they were together for basically the entire day, deep into the evening
・though it was hard to do in the 3D format, they're grateful they got to do it

・some reminiscing on the VS trigger recording -- swordfighting, electric ping pong, etc.

・meli asking for any last remarks (since her stream might be overlapping other liver's streams):

Ibu: Thanks
Furen: Thanks

・meli tells people in their internal text chat to stream without worrying about her stream

・meli gets the okay from other livers for her stream to overlap with theirs, even though they were all nice enough to delay their streams. she says to treasure that kindness, if those livers are your oshis

・a viewer asks what the greatest "meifu" moment is

・ibu reminiscing about the Oekaki no Mori collab that they did, which he considers as the start of everything

・for meli, it would be the meifu 3D collab. ibu jokes about how he considered reposting it without permission, and meli offers to download it and send him a copy or something

・some talk about the meifu 3D models. they didn't expect them to be made that fast, and that they'd have stood on the stage of niji fes.
・meli wishes she could have met everyone in person on stage, and also as a booth seller, since she was part of iinchou's 4 koma relay manga.

・reminiscing on niji fes, such as ibu being on stage with all girls (well, meli is genderfluid), the bentos being delicious, furen actually being the first to arrive in the meeting, meli talking about how furen's hotel room was extra large (they rented out a whole floor)

Ibu: We're really gonna cease to be? We can't make any more memories?
Meli: Haven't you ever considered... a new member? Color-wise, doesn't Ex Albio fit? Let's name him Mex Albio.

・Furen is sad since she has great memories spending time and talking with Meli
・Ibu also feels sad, but more of a loneliness that she'll be gone
・Ibu says that they could keep talking, but that would just keep this melancholy feeling dragging on too

・even though this is relaxed, this is still the last time meifu will be talking together on the public face
・meli was crying at the start, but she's been able to get the resolve and knows she'll get
・ibu believes that this will lead to a reunion eventually so he won't stop her

Ibu: Go see the sights I haven't seen!
Meli: Of course! I'll bring back travel stories!

・actual last remarks

Ibu: I have something to give you
Meli: A PS5?!
Ibu: Well, check it out with the viewers. It won't be much though. I guess it'll be the last thing I'll give you. It's not a PS5 though.
Meli: Ehhh...
Ibu: I'll give you the URL so watch it together.

Ibu: Go on! Take care!
Furen: Thanks for everything!
Meli: I'm going! Thanks for these two years! I love you! I'm going now.

ibu's gift (the video hasn't started playing yet)

😭😭😭

・she thanks the three guests for coming to the stream, as well as the viewers
・she has something to tell everyone before graduating

・even if a liver appears with a similar appearance, or voice, or name, not to like them jst for that reason
・similarly, not to do the same with furen or ibu, only because they were genmates
・if someone outside of niji tries to steal her identity, let niji management know

・if you ever feel like crying, cry a lot. communication with your own self is important. make yourself a warm drink, and accept your wonderful self as you are.

・we all change even if we don't realize it, even if we only notice the things around us changing. but don't worry. it's through interacting that brings that change, and that change is important, a good thing.

・for those who only silently watch, even without commenting, she is grateful for even their time
・meli is really scared of standing in front of a lot of people, and it's thanks to those people commenting that have helped her through that challenge

・she thanks those who criticize her as well for giving her the chance to grow more

・she was able to conduct her vtuber activities, not just songs, but even the zatsudans and stuff, all without any regrets, and without much drama.

・she jokes that she feels like she got the most fanmail among everyone in niji. she's really grateful to all the fanmail she got.

・it's all thanks to everyone that she was able to grow this much despite her "age", and everyone was able to show her so many different worlds.
・if you have any regrets from this, make it into a "good" regret because regret can be a strong driving force for growth too.

・we're all in the middle of a journey like her too, so experience as much as we can, and turn those regrets into something positive. she has nothing but good regrets from all of this.

"Thanks for raising me up. It's because of all you and your love that I was able to grow this much."

・she reminds us to support those livers who we live as much as we can, even until the ends of the earth.

・she sings a short acapella

"Thanks. I'll be going now."

👋