Banzoin Hakka Learns of 3D Super Karaoke Party Midway Through a VRChat Stream

HOLOLIVE — Banzoin Hakka of Hololive’s HOLOSTARS English -TEMPUS- learned in the middle of a VRChat stream on Wednesday that a Super Karaoke Party had been announced, and told viewers it would be held in 3D. “That’s right, baby. I’m coming back to Malaysia,” he said, adding that he had expected the news to come soon but not this soon.

He said the lineup included a senpai and a kohai alongside him, then drafted a post about the event on stream, reading it aloud as he wrote. He had been asked about Malaysia earlier in the evening and had said he wanted to do a tour of Southeast Asia once his schedule cleared.

“That’s right, baby. I’m coming back to Malaysia.” — Banzoin Hakka, on learning of the announcement

The stream, billed as a *zatsudan*, or chat stream, in VR, started with trouble. Hakka said his laptop had nearly failed when he pressed start and that he spent the opening minutes getting his VR headset to load. Once inside, he put chat around him in a green world and met a Hakkito model, the bird character fans associate with him, that Shinri had built in Blender. Chat laughed at the model; Hakka later switched to a smaller avatar for a stretch and answered messages while posing for the camera. Viewers sent 52 paid messages over the night.

Elsewhere he reacted at length to news that the Suica transit card’s penguin mascot is being replaced, saying he had a physical card that still carried the penguin and joking about writing to the railway company. He also talked about dental work he faces in December, and about earthquakes and tornadoes after a tremor alert came up during the stream.

Near the four-hour mark his headset battery fell to 5% and dizziness set in, and he said his limit for VR was about three hours. He ended the VR portion and signed off shortly before the four-hour mark. He said he might stream the next night, late, and otherwise planned to return the following day for a “bring your Hakkito to work day.”