Kazama Iroha Down to Last Gold-Crown Fish, a Manta Ray, After Day 9 of Fishing Challenge

HOLOLIVE — Kazama Iroha of Hololive’s holoX caught a gold-crown porcupinefish on Day 9 of her morning fishing challenge in hololive Dreams, leaving a single fish, the manta ray, between her and a complete gold-crown set. The 76-minute stream ended with the bait gone and the manta still uncaught.

The stream opened with a mix-up. Iroha said the game’s staff had supplied only a handful of fish as material for the title’s thumbnail, and that she had looked at the yellow, round pufferfish there and fixed on it, even though the fish she was after was the porcupinefish. She realized the error only afterward, and spent several minutes apologizing to the porcupinefish for confusing it with another, joking that mixing up fish was like mixing up women. Chat joined in with puns on the fish’s Japanese name, which means “a thousand needles.”

“The one chosen to be last was the manta, wasn’t it?” — Kazama Iroha, as the bait ran out

Two fish were left when she hit the first stretch of luck, and she landed the gold porcupinefish soon after the 18-minute mark. That left only the manta. Chat, which had been asking how many remained, turned its attention to the ray, some urging it to stay away so the morning series would continue. Iroha joked about asking the operators to remove the manta, then dropped the idea.

She said Tuesdays start early for her, so the series might move to an 8 a.m. start if the manta is caught, and that she prefers to hang her laundry before going live. She also talked about the effort of gathering bait, calling it the hardest part of the challenge. About 46 minutes in, she drew a character she had been hoping for in a gacha pull while she waited on the manta.

Near the 1:13 mark the bait ran out. She said the manta had escaped and that the next stream would be about the manta. She ended the broadcast early because of an early start at work, and said there would be no evening stream.