VTuber's Resignation May be Unrelated to Hogwarts Legacy Controversy

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According to new information, the YouTube streamer and VTuber Amano Pikamee's departure from VOMS Project might be unrelated to Hogwarts Legacy. Pikamee's fans were devastated when she announced she was «graduating,» and many quickly blamed the pushback she received for saying she was going to play the controversial Hogwarts Legacy. However, comments by a fellow VTuber indicate that Pikamee's resignation may have been planned well in advance.

Japanese VTuber Amano Pikamee, also known as Kettle because of her high pitched-laugh, started streaming on YouTube in February 2020 and joined twitch the following year. As a member of the VTuber group VOMS Project, she earned an impressive 100,000 subscribers in just the first month, quickly outpacing the group's other members. However, her uploads slowed down significantly over the last few months, with Pikamee recently announcing that she plans to leave VOMS Project on March 31, and it is not clear if she will continue streaming after.

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Pikamee's fans were shocked by the sudden announcement, which came shortly after she received significant pushback for announcing that she would stream Hogwarts Legacy. Therefore, while Pikamee never gave a reason for her sudden graduation, many quickly assumed that it was in response to the criticism she received. However, Pikamee's friend and fellow VTuber Pomu Rainpuff revealed that the other content creator had planned to leave VMOS for some time.

Pomu Rainpuff discusses her conversation with Pikamee about 2 hours and 31 minutes into her March 1 live stream. She did not know when Pikamee would leave and thus was nearly as blindsided by the sudden announcement as everyone else. However, she revealed