Rikumu Hosts Four-Way Farewell Chat Before Caracal’s Graduation Next Week

.LIVE — Caracal, a Kemono Friends VTuber, will hold a graduation live on the 28th, preceded by a stream on the 27th. The schedule came up Thursday as the four members of the group Vサンバ隊 (V Samba Squad) gathered on Rikumu’s channel for a roughly 90-minute *zatsudan*, or chat stream.

Rikumu hosted, joined by Caracal, Irodori Mayoi and Parutaru. Parutaru, who has largely stepped back from streaming to concentrate on music, returned for the day and opened with an Elmo impression that set chat laughing. The group also fixed a volume problem on Caracal’s end by changing a Discord audio setting.

“We’re laughing it up now, but this really is the last time we’ll talk in front of everyone like this.” — One of the four, near the end of the stream

Most of the talk was light. The four tried pinning food-themed labels on one another, landing on bonito tataki, salted fish guts and caramel among the suggestions, and traded stories about reselling belongings on the flea-market app Mercari. Rikumu named reaching 30,000 subscribers as a recent bright spot, and one member told of wandering into the background of a TV shoot at a theme park.

Toward the end the mood turned to goodbyes. The members said they wished they had gathered more often, and agreed to meet in person at some point outside a stream. Asked how the final week would feel, Caracal said the reality of graduating was sinking in a little at a time through collaborations like this one.

The four then called out “Don’t go” together before signing off. They said it might not be the end for them away from the cameras, and chat filled with applause and pleas for Caracal to stay.