Amarynn Says She Will Not Graduate Barring an Emergency, Then Asks Viewers to Remember Her

AKA VIRTUAL — Amarynn, an Indonesian VTuber with AKA Virtual, told viewers on a late-night chat stream that she has no plans to graduate, the term VTubers use for leaving their activity, unless an urgent situation forces her hand. She said she was holding to a promise she made earlier and did not want to break it. “Don’t worry, a VTuber doesn’t need to graduate,” she added.

The remark came about 21 minutes into a stream she opened by announcing a Q&A, answering questions from the top of the chat. One asked when she would become the girlfriend of Alpha, a fictional character from a Minecraft roleplay. She replied that both she and Alpha are fictional but their worlds differ, so the answer was no. Another asked whether she would stop streaming if she started a family. She said she hoped to keep streaming until she was a grandmother, although she did not know how many obstacles life would put in the way, and she ran through hypotheticals such as having to sell her PC. When viewers offered to raise money for her, she said there were better causes to donate to and suggested Kalimantan.

“As I promised before, and I don’t want to break it, I won’t graduate unless there’s a truly pressing situation that forces me to.” — Amarynn, on whether she would graduate

About 38 minutes in, she turned to what she wants from her fans, whom she calls “Margarin.” If she ever disappeared, she said, they should keep spreading her name so the world does not forget her. “I give you entertainment, you give me a legacy,” she said, adding that she wanted to be a VTuber whose story they could tell their children and grandchildren. Later, she played a song a viewer sent through a media-share donation, titled “Kota,” and listened to it with chat.

Later in the evening she retold a joke she had heard the day before, built on a person in a silent room wondering aloud whether Kanye West would be angry if they did not show up, and laughed through the telling. Around the 1:39 mark she read a story about a woman whose late partner’s name is tattooed on her hand and whose new boyfriend objected, and asked viewers for their views. She said she understood both sides. The final hours went mostly to tallying orders for her CF23 merchandise before she signed off.

In chat, viewers answered the call to keep her memory alive with offers to put up billboards, stickers and shrines in their cities.