Kobo Kanaeru Recounts Comifuro Meet-and-Greets in Free Talk, Then Sings “Mantra Hujan”

HOLOLIVE — Kobo Kanaeru spent a two-hour free talk on Tuesday looking back on the meet-and-greets she held at Comifuro in Indonesia, then closed the stream by singing her song “Mantra Hujan” (“Rain Spell”) with chat before leaving for a meeting.

She opened by holding up the merchandise she bought at the event: acrylic stands, stickers and a good-luck charm. She said each meet-and-greet slot was meant to last two minutes, yet the session felt like two hours, and she went through some of the fans she met, including people who had traveled from other countries. Through the night she kept declaring everyone “Jawa,” or Javanese, a running joke from the event, and told a viewer who said they were Malay that the two identities could coexist, with Jawa reserved for her stream.

“You can be Melayu and you can be Jawa at the same time. You can be Jawa only on my stream.” — Kobo Kanaeru, to a viewer who said they were Malay

Midway through, she showed two books on witchcraft and a spell-casting kit she bought at a book convention. She said she does not practice and found them interesting, but the chants in one book unnerved her, and she suggested reading them in a members-only stream. Chat teased her over the fear, and she also took questions on Indonesian school punishments, what to do after a bachelor’s degree, and which perfume she wears, eventually naming a Dior fragrance she bought as her first.

On her plans, she said she returns to Tokyo in two weeks, is directing a music video, and has a large project in preparation for her anniversary. She also has a Japanese class test the next day. Later she explained the “royal road” chord progression, which she said runs through all of her songs and is common in Japanese and Chinese music, singing snatches of songs as she went.

Viewers sent 54 Super Chats and Stickers, many of them messages about meeting her in person. Asked in one whether she would sing with Zeta, she answered, “Yes, absolutely.” She ended with “Mantra Hujan” and signed off at about two hours.