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Hololive
>Mori will make an appearance at One Piece Day '24 Special Live on 8/10.
>Hololive releases an Academic Ability Assesment Guide for Junior High students.
>Rikka announces a vtuber tournament in Street Fighter 6.
>HoloEN announces that there will be a big announcement on 6/8.
>HoloID endorses AGI memory products on Instagram.

Nijisanji
>AnyColor continues issuing DMCA takedown requests to dissenting voices on Twitter.
>Nornis will sing the ED for "The Girl Downstairs", an anime that premieres on 7/3.
>Hex Haywire appears on the NijiEN Dead By Daylight collab, despite currently being banned on Youtube.

VShojo
>MoeFlavor, a waifu-inspired lingerie store, announces an upcoming collab with two "mysterious" vtubers.

Phase Connect
>Phase states they enjoyed their time at OffKai Expo, and will return next year.
>Himemiya Rie announces she will be on break until 6/10 to treat vocal nodules.
>Phase Connect opens auditions, seeking 3 new Invaders.

Other Corpos
>Indira of Livium will debut a new costume on 6/9.
>AKA Virtual teases the AKA Game Show event.
>Lumi Celestia of MAHA5 will graduate in July, citing a desire to focus on her personal life. The character will be subsequently put on ice until a VA replacement is found. Readers should be advised that ID vtubing does not stigmatize VA replacement, and this is a regular occurrence.
>Daiya Fortuna and Arisu Oshiro of PixelLink will open memberships on 6/6.

Indies
>Dokibird announces a Youtooz figure. Preorders will open 6/11.
>Hibiki Memory, a JP indie, is announced as the Excite Ambassador for Sakai City.
>YFU BABY, a large indie and music producer, will release her new EP, "ON YOUR 6", on 6/8.
>Lola Phin, EN indie known for accusations against her of plagarising Shylily's entire character, announces an indefinite hiatus, and then a graduation.
>Aruvn, a vsinger long rumored to be the 4th member of NijiEN's Krisis wave that failed to debut, releases a google doc denying his involvement with Nijisanji or any leaks from Niji.

Other
>Omen, a brand of HP Laptops for Gamers, announces a partnership with the AI Vtuber Tsumugi Nen.
>Youtube begins taking down Bunny Garden VODs for undefined reasons.
>Oshi Push!, one of many upcoming vtuber TCGs, concludes its kickstarter, raising roughly $503k.
>DigiKagi Virtual Championship will close signups on 6/9.

Local
>Signups for VGTC have closed. Liveries are due 6/30.
>CorpoCar Season 5 resumes 6/7 @ 8p ET with the first 3 rounds of CorpoCar's World Series.
>Lord of the Board 3 signups are ongoing, with 28 participants in the main tournament confirmed.

Corrections
>Previous reporting stated that malicious actors in OffKai Expo's volunteer staff were executing sabotage of varying degrees. While this reporting is not false, it was worded in a way that was easily misconstrued to oversell the saturation of bad actors among the volunteers. While some reports of malice have been validated beyond reasonable doubt, the bulk of issues at OffKai Expo were found to be tech-related.

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