MahouShoujoRiri 🌸✨ VTUBER · @KiramekiRiri
1st Jan 2023 from TwitLonger
¨Graduation¨ 31st of January. Thank you for believing in me.
Using the word graduation doesn’t sit quite right with me as I started out as a voice-only streamer, not a VTuber. I also cannot ¨graduate¨ from being myself as Riri was always based on me. Even so I will use the word to properly convey what I need to say.
As most of you’ve seen, I’ve been rather quiet on here for quite some time now.
This New Year was not a happy one for me. Instead it was a reminder that I don’t feel hopeful towards the upcoming year. This was not a sudden decision coming but rather one that has been on my mind for quite some time.
So it’s with a heavy heart that I announce that I will no longer be continuing my streaming activities. This past year I’ve had some of my most entertaining streams, but it’s also been a year that has been incredibly heavy. It’s been a year where repeatedly everything that can go wrong will go wrong, over and over again.
Due to this I am frankly just tired. I do not wish to continue like I have anymore.
I’m too worn down and I don’t think I’m cut out for going at this alone.
I feel like my energy can be put into better use elsewhere, in ways that will spark more joy and give me a better sense of accomplishment.
I will do sporadic streams up until the 31st of January so that I may get to spend some last moments with my viewers and community. On the 31st I will be doing my last stream, ¨graduating¨ from streaming under ¨MahouShoujoRiri¨.
For now this is goodbye. I might return one day as I still have a lot of love for what I do despite the choice I’ve made. Should I return it’ll be under a new name as I think a clean slate would be healthy should I return. It's likely you’ll recognize me should this be the case.
To my community; Thank you so much for all that you’ve given me. Be it the time that you gave me watching my streams, my youtube videos or the times you thought of me fondly. Be it the effort you put into creating something for me, believing in me or be it the overly kind gifts you’ve given me in the shape of subs/donos/bits. There is a lot more I could say but I’ll leave it at that. I will cherish the moments we spent together a lot.
There were a lot of things I still wanted to do to be honest. But I guess there will never really be a good time to let go and end something you worked so hard for.
So I guess with the new year coming, it gave me the courage I needed to finally make this decision. A year comes to an end, and a new one begins. A new one with new possibilities.
That's how I wish to look upon my life despite how gray everything seems at the current.
More than anything, Thank you for believing in me.
Right now I need to believe again, and it cannot be done by keeping at it when I’m barely holding on. Thank you.
Lily.