Ayunda Risu Says Non-Japanese Subtitles Are on the Way for Her Songs

HOLOLIVE — Ayunda Risu, a member of Hololive Indonesia’s first generation, told viewers on Monday that subtitles in languages other than Japanese are coming for her songs, and said she would announce them once they are updated. She was answering a viewer who said they had looked for her songs with Indonesian lyrics and did not understand Japanese.

The remark came about 20 minutes into “Monday Malam Malas” (roughly “Monday lazy night”), a 139-minute free-talk stream held mostly in Indonesian. Risu opened by apologizing for the late start; she had meant to begin around 7 p.m. but had something to attend to. She ate dinner while chatting with viewers.

“Be patient. There will be subtitles in languages other than Japanese. Please wait for it.” — Ayunda Risu, replying to a viewer who could not follow her Japanese songs

A trailer for her song “Sore” ran during the stream, and it became the evening’s running joke. Chat groaned that it was playing again, and when she stepped away from the microphone near the 1 hour 36 minute mark she told viewers to enjoy the trailer while she was gone. Later she answered a Super Chat asking for a “daily dose of trailer” with an “okay.” Risu also noted that the song came out a day before her birthday.

Other topics came from chat. Viewers sitting an academic aptitude test known as TKA asked for her prayers, and she wished them luck. Asked about her recent tour videos, she said the shoot ran a full day starting at dawn, and that the three of them were as surprised as a Japanese commenter that leather wayang puppets could be spun and tossed around in a performance. She described motion sickness from a fishing game she played the day before, and said she handles the fast chat by popping it out onto a vertical monitor and picking out messages that catch her eye. Asked whether the first generation, Area 15, had gone seven years without an argument, she said they get along very well.

The stream drew 15 Super Chats, which she read around the two-hour mark. She ended the broadcast at about 2 hours 15 minutes, saying she needed rest. Asked about the next day, she said she was not sure what she would do because she had meetings.