Humboldt Penguin Announces Nov. 20 Collab and Keeps Singing on Hold Over Lingering Cough

KEMONO FRIENDS — Humboldt Penguin, the Kemono Friends VTuber, said on Monday that she will join two VTuber friends for her first collaboration stream in some time, planned for Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. Japan time. The three will play a game together, she said, and she described one of the pair as someone she met during an earlier collab built around a 10-second shogi challenge.

She made the announcement near the end of her weekday morning stream, “Mezamashi Furuuru,” which opens with a greeting to viewers. She also said she plans to stream more often this month, and mentioned a penguin-themed prank game she hopes to try if it is released.

“I’ll sing a lot, so please wait until then.” — Humboldt Penguin, on putting songs off until her cough clears

Her cough, which she said began last month and has lasted nearly six weeks, was a running topic. A doctor ruled out pneumonia, she said, but singing and dancing at idol events made it worse. She is mostly recovered, though not fully, so she skipped songs again on Monday. “I’ll sing a lot, so please wait until then,” she said.

She will not stream Tuesday morning because of a personal outing that may keep her away overnight. Her next stream is set for 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Viewers suggested she open that stream with a segment about the outing, and she said she would try to.

Earlier in the stream she marked Tapioca Day, observed on Nov. 9 because a chilled-cup tapioca milk tea first went on sale in November 2002 and a nickname for the product sounds like “nine” in Japanese. The talk moved on to tapioca challenges, sleep habits and the original Nexon-era Kemono Friends game, and she closed the stream with her usual rock-paper-scissors send-off for viewers and a reading of Super Chats.