Kikirara Vivi and Mori Calliope Trade Kansai Dialect for English Slang in First Duo Collab

HOLOLIVE — Kikirara Vivi of hololive’s FLOW GLOW held her first one-on-one collaboration with her senpai, or senior, Mori Calliope on Sunday, and the two spent much of the 97-minute call teaching each other words. Vivi said the pair had only appeared together in group streams before, including a horror game; Calliope said she was very happy to talk one-on-one and called the two of them the “pink group.”

Vivi asked for English she could use on stream. Calliope taught her “Can you hear me?” for sound checks, “shut up” and “come on,” and suggested “what the heck” in place of a stronger phrase, saying it sounded cuter coming from Vivi. Asked how to say *bouyomi*, a flat, emotionless delivery that viewers sometimes accuse Vivi of, Calliope offered “monotone” and “flat.” In return Vivi taught Kansai dialect including “nandeyanen,” “eeyan,” “ookini” and how to haggle by asking a shopkeeper to go lower, which Calliope said would work at a farmers market but not at a chain store.

“That’s the worst. Mari-chan, what have you been teaching her?” — Kikirara Vivi, after Calliope used Japanese slang she said she had learned from Houshou Marine

Food took up the middle of the stream. Calliope, who said she grew up in central Texas far from the ocean, said she dislikes mentaiko because it feels “like sand,” though she likes salmon roe. She said her one complaint about Japan is that it has no real sandwiches, then sent Vivi a photo of a large American sandwich, which drew the stream’s busiest stretch of chat. Vivi said she does not cook and has no refrigerator at the moment, having thrown hers out while waiting for a new one, and recalled buying milk before remembering she had nowhere to keep it.

Talk of school uniforms turned to the Kansai word “yarashii.” Calliope answered with a Japanese slang term for a shapely backside that she said she had learned from Houshou Marine, prompting Vivi’s exasperated reply. Calliope suggested “naughty” as an English equivalent of “yarashii.”

Chat logged about 14,000 messages, with five Super Chats or stickers. One viewer wrote that Calliope’s Japanese was very good, and another joked that Vivi’s room was the refrigerator.

Before signing off, the two said they wanted to play Monopoly together and that Vivi would try collaborating with more of hololive’s English-speaking members. Calliope reminded viewers that her sixth-anniversary merchandise, including an official happi coat, was on sale through the following day. Vivi briefly returned after the sign-off, saying she had forgotten to end the stream, and said she planned to play some ARK afterward.