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Summary of the Kson VShojo Stream (under READ MORE)

Disclaimer: My Japanese is not that strong, but this is my basic summary based on what I heard and read from Shibuya Kaho's translation in the Twitch chat. I hope this sheds some light on the situation for those who were unable to watch.

Kson was planning on leaving at the end of the month because she had not been paid since September 2024 (10 months)

She was worried if she tried to leave sooner then they would hold her hostage and/or the other JP girls would suffer without her

JP CEO (Makino) did not want to explain in English because he lacks the ability to be subtle about it

"I'm worried I won't be able to say anything correctly"

JP branch ALSO had no idea what was going on. VshojoJP itself in finances has been doing good

Makino has no control over the funds because only the US side does.

JP staff were also confused as to why the delay in payment was so long. Makino claims he had been asking only for Vshojo US to say 'tell them to wait we will get it'.

Kson quits because it is very very wrong

"You're telling me VshojoJP was doing good and you could have been paying me? Where is it? I want it now."

Makino again states has no control over what the EN branch decides to do so he feels very upset at the news as well.

"The US branch is the only one who can distribute the funds and we have no ability to. All I could see was the money going in and out to the talents but I had no idea where the talents' payroll is going. Mainly we handle the licensed merch and the sponsorships on the JP side, but you as the talents should be getting that money, I agree."

"I do believe because of this mistake Vshojo JP will be dissolved but I don't want to say definitely."

Makino came on this stream knowing fully well he will lose his job saying this.

"Why did this happen???"

JP CEO says he is unable to say because even he's unclear as to why this happened; it's entirely on the US branch.

"Any money you make should go straight to you but it didn't"

"So it's entirely because whoever is managing the money is bad at it, not malicious error? are you getting paid?"

Makino reveals he's gotten paid but he took a cut, only getting 50% of his salary.

"Well I don't think that's very fair!"

"Yes but I don't really know... We all took pay cuts on staff."

"The talents are the most important part of the company, so isn't it important the talents get paid first? Not saying you as the support are not important but we were told this is a company that prioritizes the talents. Our fans donate to support us."

"I can't really say anything bad about the staff. We have good staff. We've been trying to find a new parent company... We thought our staff was good."

"Am I gonna get my money?"

"Well you see we don't have anything for you unfortunately because the US branch is holding the money, and well... it's been difficult with them lately as you can tell."

"The reality is I need to get paid. The fans gave me the money, everyone their money, to support them, so you can see why I can't just accept that. I understand what you've told me but you can see why I can't be okay with it. I truthfully cannot 'wish you the best' because it's a betrayal to everyone here. Where did the money go that we were supposed to get?"

She talks about how they've been trying to hire NEW talents when they haven't paid their old ones. How were they planning on paying for new talents if they could not afford to pay the ones they already had?

"Someone could have stopped this situation... Did anyone inside Vshojo say "hey there's something wrong! let's stop that!"... Did anyone say anything about that?!"

"We did not know anything on that front because people from the US side were hiding the profit loss from us, so we operated under the assumption the funds were fine."

"So they were lied to? Who was lying then?"

"I have my suspicions on who it is but I truthfully don't know. I can't really say."

Conclusion and Afterword: The JAPANESE branch of Vshojo was also defrauded by the US branch, and so they are trying to find a new parent company in order to support the girls currently under their belt, but the successful talents who already had a huge audience will be operated differently than the new girls (NOVA generation) who debuted as Vshojo recruits.* The JP CEO is limited in what he can say about the state of the company but he also seemed shocked once he was told about Ironmouse's situation, and he's going to try to salvage the JP branch along with the rest of the staff currently working there.* kson quit so none of this applies to her. She doesn't want to believe the JP branch is evil, but none of her burning questions were answered properly. She's not going to join a new company, she's laughing about how she's 'gonna have truuust issues', and her old manager who joined Vshojo with her, she's going to 'buy her back' and pay her generously so she doesn't have to work at that company anymore. *Addenum: According to recent reports, JP staff at Vshojo have been getting laid off en-masse following the broadcast of Kson's stream, suggesting that the US branch is liquidating the JP branch. It is unknown what will happen to the other JP talents, but Kson directs the viewers to Henya and Michi's streams that will premiere later on in the following days.

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I can't comment on your post but the Umamusume are the reincarnations of the dead race horses as horse girls. All the real-life horses died and became bishoujo girls who train to race. Also all horses are dead and only horse girls exist, so there are no 'umamusume race alongside real horses as we know them' because real horses are extinct and they're all women now.

does it piss people off that oguri cap and symboli rudolph are in both the main series and cinderella gray and they're the same age in both despite supposedly being set in different time periods. I feel like the kind of people who get really into the stats raising aspect of the game are also the kind of people who are concerned with timelines