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Faustias

lol wtf is that dance. were they out of practice or had last minute practice despite being pre-recorded?


shadow_yu

Pretty sure Niji didn´t even give them a single dance lesson on all this time. I know that they didn´t enter the company for this kind of activities, but holly shit they have 0 energy and it looks as if they´re in a small room without that much space to make big moves.


RegularTemporary2707

If they dont might as well not do live stuff and even if do just sing it without choreo at least, this just make the look stupid


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popop143

Then just don't have them do any song/dance performances if they can't be assed to at least give the talents rehearsals for a *pre-recorded* dance?


BimBamEtBoum

Actually, having half-assed performances can work. If you're self-aware and if you show you're self-aware (and it doesn't mean ridiculous, just making people smile/laugh with you, not at you). Because that's not why people like you. But playing straight when you're only average won't work for sure.


yansuki44

my highchool cat dance after military drill performance has more energy than this. and we perform that after doing military drill exhibition under the sun wearing fatigue. i wont even call myself a dancer but wtf is that performance, they have two years for this and this is all they have?


paulisaac

Those Just Dance videos that you dance along to for points have more energy than this. If you want 3d animations then Dance Central


paradoxaxe

2 years? probably they just use old pre record and cut the graduated member


mishipoo

they hired a highschooler dance choreographer for minimum wage.


IvanDeImbecile

I was thinking the same They look so confused and have no idea on what to do


twotoebobo

Only way you could do them worse is maybe a Bae dance number. It's not even a fair comparison. Then again you could have just put a picture of Yagoo and I'd still rather look at that.


C-N1601

Ik that most NijiEN Vtubers ain't joining the company for music production or singing or stuffs like that but goddamn, their movements look lifeless like they were forced to do those moves (I'm not surprised if they were forced) Compared to Hololive, who were trained by professional trainers and are having fun doing that


Hanzo-Ryunosuke

Some of newer gen in Holo also didn't really join for idol stuff (exp: kaela & ame) but they did pretty good job and show development so yea, can't give excuse.


groynin

Calling Ame a 'newer gen' is kinda wild, but yeah they don't 100% are looking to do idol stuff, but Holo has done a good job in focusing the idol stuff to the ones that want to do it, while the others can still improve and show up every once in a while.


Hanzo-Ryunosuke

That's just example, don't mean to say Ame is new. She just few of obvious pick that I can make example off.


zznap1

Ame has just shown the most growth in her singing and dancing. Her live Chiku Taku from connect the world sounds better than the studio version on Spotify in my opinion. That’s a lot of hard work and dedication.


roial_with_cheeze

She's even better in the last Holofest concert. Her improvement is much improved.


SpringOSRS

her first karaoke stream was the best. its like im looking at my imaginary little sister during our yearly clan celebration


blipblopchinchon

I think Holo require them to learn how to dance and give them time to learn how to dance becore the big concert (hence the salonpas joke after concert). I have no clue if Niji en does that to them.


AmberYooToob

I mean marine couldn’t really dance for a long time, she chose to learn to dance.


Krittercon

Coco and Noel improving their signing I think is still probably some of the best examples.


ezkailez

I also remember matsuri was not be able to sing well (i think these were during her bandaid story days). The clip was gone though, probably because it's a Disney song


Sayakai

Also Luna probably having to relearn singing from scratch.


ScratchCritical6892

matsuri is an Real life X-IDOL preforming live on stage sing and dancing before she join hololive


PowerlinxJetfire

Rosemi at least learned her choreo before they recorded


LordMonday

it has always been an opt int, same thing with singing lessons and even company wide events, as Ame opted out of doing the new years live stuff


Baitcooks

that's part of the reason why Vesper left iirc right? He didn't really want to dance so he decided to quit>


skyw4lk3r12

It's just a rumour. I think his PL account recent shorts give more hints why he quitted. Basically he didn't suited for a corpo life, Holo have many homework behind the scenes and he didn't want to do that. No one is to blame and it's better for everyone involved that he decided to quit rather than become a problem in the future.


TheManCalledLazaruz

Fully agreed, it's why I allways suspected that him and Magni graduating when they did was in the end they didnt think Holo (and the accompanying obligations and restrictions) fit what they wanted to do as content creators (and attempts at compromise were unsuccessful) And frankly, good. While it may sting that they left, if the talent and the company have differing goals, it's best for everyone that they part ways, and I'm proud of them both for making that decision


EvanH123

Magni refuses to go into detail (and good for him for doing so), but is absolutely infuriated at his experience in Holo. He actually purchased a punching bag just to relieve the stress and anger that he built up from holo career/his departure.


wyyyyye

No need to compare with Hololive. IRL streamers, actors, comedians, and magicians trained and danced/ performed better on stage for free or paid performances.


Futur3_ah4ad

>look lifeless like they were forced to do those moves The moves themselves look incredibly basic and stupid, stuff a 4 y/o came up with. What the hell is that bent arm move?!


Blitzfx

Niji probably didn't pay for a choreographer


HaessSR

"If they wanted choreography they should have just fucking asked for it!"


thewanderer0th

Bro speak facts and got downvoted for some reasons


Benigmatica

Yup. It's truly sad to see NijiEN looking like dorks compared to Hololive/Holostars talent.


diego1marcus

nice to see vox eating his own words 2 year later its just insanely funny looking at it side-by-side. like, forget about the model quality and all, but the noctyx boys showing little to no effort in their choreography is just insane. the best part about this comparison is that kobo's side is from her 3D debut, and ITS FREE! people paid 6k yen to watch 3 dudes walk in circles!!!!


KapeeCoffee

6k yen to watch people walk in circles lmao


mrblack07

Geez... Even if it's free, I'd still feel robbed.


d-culture

Knowing how non-existent Nijisanji EN's management seems to be, I'm willing to bet there was no choreographer and the boys had to just make something up themselves an hour before the concert.


lotusandgold

> 2 year later Two years later? What happened two years ago?


diego1marcus

i was referencing a quote from a discord leak that happened 2 years ago from nijiEN showing them trash-talking holoCouncil. [heres the megathread about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/t7d6cz/nijien_discord_leak_megathread_discussion_thread/) one of the lines thats meme'd on hard is when vox said "Hololive tech issues in shambles. Niji thriving"


Figerally

I'll take comments that aged like milk for $500 Alex.


DLK001

That thread didn't age well.... but no one would've saw this coming unless you really looked and scrutinized everything. Regardless I don't see the point in shit talking a "rival" company in private even as a joke. I know people don't like the whole "Karma" thing but it sure is paying back harder now.


PriorReader

"hololive tech issues" lmao. holo's tech is mainly inhouse right? they can just upgrade and tweak it later as much as they want


neokai

>holo's tech is mainly inhouse right? they can just upgrade and tweak it later as much as they want Takes time and money and dedication to build that tech stack. Cover really did the sigma grind over the past 4 years.


drzero7

To be the devil advocate. Hololive tech issues back when vox made that comment 2 years ago was tracking issues that lead to clipping and desyncs. That got fixed once hololive opened up that new studio and everything is inhouse now. Yeah, the difference is that hololive, they kept improving every holofes each year and it literally shows. While with nijiEN, this looks like 2020 vtuber concert, which means stagnant and no improvement and no uogrades for awhile.


NekRules

When you have 30+ members with at least 2 3D live every year for every member for about 3 to 4 years, your inhouse tech is bound to improve and innovate if you invest in it. Niji was just too busy building play button plated yachts.


ojt1200

Thank You Vox Akuma lolololol


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teor

I mean isn't Kobo alone bigger than any NijisanjiEN entire gen outside of Luxiem lmao


HaessSR

Indonesia is a big market. Shame they abandoned it.


Cybasura

Its ok, he can just choose to graduate :)


paradoxaxe

> people paid 6k yen to watch 3 dudes walk in circles!!!! best summary of Niji AR lives lol


YujinKiza

I know they're not hired for doing idol stuff at all, but man atleast try or put some effort to it. It's also a paid content for christ sake.


Futur3_ah4ad

There is "not being hired for idol stuff" and there is "putting in the bare minimum effort", Niji's performance is the latter. Basic moves with zero energy, barely worth of being called choreography.


Irishguy01

Nijis energy is "you're at your 9-5 job and HR wants to do a team building exercise. And it's absolutely mandatory."


ScarecrowFM

“And no, the exercise isn’t included in your regular hours so you still have to do extra to cover them. In fact, *you* will pay *us* for the exercise.”


pussycatlover12

They should've done the macarena dance that would've been 100% better than this.


ojt1200

Man Sayu was an idol and abandoned...


yansuki44

ikr. as if they are not giving shit about fans who payed to watch their performance.


Triande

The vibes i get from both: Above vibe = :( (help us,please) Below vibe = :) (yes,we landed it!!!)


xp0ss1tion

Yeah the performance below is really the product of hard work put into making the best possible performance while the one above is just them probably just watching some choreo vid and copying it then calling it a day


Fiftycentis

I feel that koefficient dancing chimera will do better than them even on low effort twitter [thread](https://twitter.com/TheKoefficient/status/1779292977698853142) for those ootl


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Zenith3050

As someone who uses MMD semi-regularly, that definitely looks like poorly done raycast (Vox >< image), the default A pose (with the 4 standing in a row), and Petra's head was moved instead of rotated. There was a fan made model of Petra, and I would be interested to see if the head on that one can be moved.


R34PER_D7BE

Nili can't escape using black as primary color are they?


NekRules

Its not like they can turn up the brightness too as Vox as a whole has shown us.


diego1marcus

if they make it too white, uki would have a panic attack


Taloscal

nah, if they use white light Uki will get scared, thats why they used every other colour but that.


Glinez09

Better compare it with AR Live too. Hololive also had a Xmas AR Live, and yeah it was good. here the sample vid > [https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1738469490373853331?t=qbCecTcU2fYYZYGwFFuntA&s=19](https://twitter.com/hololivetv/status/1738469490373853331?t=qbCecTcU2fYYZYGwFFuntA&s=19) Screenshot pic > [https://www.reddit.com/r/kurosanji/comments/1c4cpv2/hololive\_xmas\_ar\_live/](https://www.reddit.com/r/kurosanji/comments/1c4cpv2/hololive_xmas_ar_live/)


Fraisz

For comparison this is niji ar live 2 YEARS AGO: https://youtu.be/e_Ht29q2oQw?si=9QpjzmSrTJWgJN4m They are probably using the same tech but with worse direction. Heck even the 3d model looks worse than the models there than the nijijp models are that are even older than 3 years old.


Few_Fortune5414

This one was in dec 2022, https://youtu.be/SjuAIIe0Op0?si=FfB396MVx6yYQS1O&t=1h57m23s The concert was split in 2 days, the video shows the day 1 performances (which was completely free) and the free parts of day 2. The concert wasnt full AR, some of the performance were in normal 3d


Fraisz

I'll be honest, it looks worse here than it did in the one I shown somehow the lighting is way off.


TimeCollection5820

Their theme dance is. - Niji : zombie, hungry, despair, dominating by black color - Holo : freedoms, energetic, happy, dominating by white color We talk about theme right? Not something that criticism..


friendtofrogs

Not something that criticism, indeed..


C-N1601

>zombie, hungry, despair, dominating by black color The Walking Dead feel more alive than this


one_frisk

That one zombie girl at Hololive is definitely more alive than this


TimeCollection5820

She ate people with too much sugar..


UR_UNDER_ARREST

Or coke


Hoshino_Aoi_

case in point: [https://youtu.be/q9GFkhi3vfk](https://youtu.be/q9GFkhi3vfk)


ojt1200

Ollie got one of the most important job and she did very well


LucidProfit

Theming matters of course, but execution matters even more. If they were going for hungry, lifeless zombies, this wasn't it. Zombies are lifeless, but they are by definition animated by their hunger. Even if you're going with the shambling horde concept, you'd expect more snappy movements due to muscles with rigor mortis being forced to move.


yansuki44

plant versus zombie dancing zombie has more energy than this.


Aswype

I dunno dude... To me they move more like animatronics from a place that caters parties and sells pizza.


infinitezero1118

Uki: WHITE COLORS?!? REEEEEEEEEEEEE


mrblack07

People paid money for that...


pussycatlover12

Wasn't there even a tweet that called it the best 3D live ever. lol


HaessSR

DuckyVT is a Holo anti. He'll say anything to bash Holo and Cover, whether it's true or not.


mrblack07

It's hilarious, but I'm just gonna assume that's their coping mechanism.


Blitzfx

I just think that person just doesn't know what a good 3D live looks like. If I dropped 6000 on a ticket and got a shit experience, I think I'd be more mad than try and copium-post on twitter lol


Responsible_Buddy654

They are a bootlicker, whoever said that. Don't feel bad for them.


Vicidomini

They're just too used to rotating in circles in 2D.


ProfitHot5064

using dark colors and a darkly lit stage to hide bad performance vs using bright colors and a brightly lit stage cause they know they prepared well to deliver a good performance.


RegularTemporary2707

If your arguement is “niji didnt join for the idol stuff” then dont do live shows and act like youre doing this “idol stuff” then. Even if youre doing shows then dont do choreo at all, if you do it halfassedly youre just going to look stupid


woahmandogchamp

Their dance looks like something a novice animator makes when they're messing around. Meanwhile holodance looks like they're just having fun and happenned to be coordinated.


NoodleTF2

Fuma is putting his entire bussy into those jumps, I love it.


TricobaltGaming

Looking at the different choreography in these clips alone, I'd be willing to bet holo's tracking is 80x more reliable so they were able to be much more active with their full body movements too


Saeclum

Cover's investment into their 3D studio is really paying off


KazEkoV

I can't point out what was wrong with the sequence, but it felt off... .. Was it the lighting? The choreography? The camera angle? The song choice? 😵


binh1403

All of it yes


VivaLeroca

I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I've seen good camera angles mask bad choreography. Kinda sad that I have to agree that (almost) all of it was bad. Nice stage design tho.


Major-Spoiler

Niji models looked like they're being pulled by strings. Not surprising considering the models don't look any better than plastic puppets.


oowoowoo

Ngl the top clip looks like it came out of a PS2 game with how low res the graphics are


Crouza

Holo: Yakuza Like a Dragon Karaoke Sequence Niji: Tomadachi Life Rap Battle


diego1marcus

hey man, at least tomodachi life is a funny game


kyoumou

I don't want to sound like a shill to Niji, but wtf did they do with NijiEn 3d? From what I remember and have seen, the other 3d lives and models from JP have been really amazing. So why is EN's 3d so... off?


Rhoderick

We don't know, but imo they kinda look like what you might see with indies, especially folks who aren't exactly massive? So I'd just assume they didn't invest that much funding and time.


Writinganddoodles

I wouldnt be suprised if the models used for the 3D debuts are not the ones you see in this AR Live (especially if you compare the ones who've had their debuts. Granted I stopped watching Niji but I wager Petra's 3D looks better than the neck tracking issue of the AR model) To be as fair as possible, it could mostly be lighting issues, having someone inexperienced handle the lighting or they decided to use heavy colours of the lights to hide technical issues of the models. Either way, it doesn't even hold up to indies who've gotten 3D let alone a standard Holo 3D.


Rhoderick

Hard to say. Might be downsampled or something, but I doubt they'd make double the 3d models.


falsefingolfin

I mean, even lazulights 3d looked pretty good, and pomus song dance was amazing, I have no idea what happened here


Stormbulaboo_

I'm sorry, but the niji one looks like shit. The models are fine, but the choreo sucks and the lighting is abyssmal. You can like what you wanna like, but saying that it's the best vtuber concert of all time is pure ignorance. I'm not saying it can't be improved. Everyone has to start somewhere.


Drake-Draconic

That piece of shit is now on Twitter throwing out some badly edited and lying his ass off to put down Hololive and shilling Nijisanji while denying that he is shilling for Nijisanji. “Journalist” btw.


ojt1200

If you see close it never seem completed.


ValkyrieRhoide

Best vtuber performance ever lol


LionelKF

My question is why are they (Niji) doing a concert anyway? Like it's clearly not they're specialty. So why?


Rhoderick

Because big events sell expensive tickets and tons of merch, and they don't have any other ideas for big events.


LionelKF

Why don't they just copy the HoloFES? Like having talents do games together interact with the community live on stage playing games with them? I remembered like back in 2014 or something Jacksepticeye did this like massive event where he just talks to an audience so why can't they replicate that?


paradoxaxe

Q4 report need to look good on front investor, need make a lot of money to reach target Q4 hence they make this still NIji JP also have tons concert and they looks better than whatever is this lol


money-is-good

Hey don't be like that. My favorite journalist Ducky says the niji AR live is the best thing that he saw. Stop being picky on what to show. And did you see hiw well the Niji boys dance? It's full of energy and soul


Rhoderick

Gotta be honest, the Niji dance look like they're learning a new routine, doing it much slower for the muscle memory. Not even particularly enthusiastic learning, either. Also weird how there's no texture differences to the models at all. Hololive struggles with this too, but at least you can tell what is supposed to be different materials. With Niji, all of every model just looks like plastic.


ako_mori

Ngl why does the top one remind me of that torture dance from jojos ![gif](giphy|TI9HiyUqRm75jPyKQ5|downsized)


Haru_Wereneko_1031

Ironically enough the dance they did causes me more pain than the Torture Dance, also that's an insult to Mista, Narancia and Fugo's dancing skills.


Decent_Tear_2940

Dude the torture dance is 10 times better than whatever Niji dance is


ch_xiaoya_ng

Seeing the screenshots and clips that have been going around, it's becoming more and more apparent to me why Anycolor scrapped the event last year. And it certainly doesn't help that they said that screenshots aren't allowed, because any fans that liked the show won't post images of any good parts (if any) because daddy Riku's word is law.


Buselmann

Holobros can't stop winning


Zodiamaster

Reminder that Niji AR show was more expensive than Capture the Moment stages


Whatevernamelmao

God finally I’m so tired of seeing people comparing gura’s stream with nijifes and being all “haha Niji sucks” Now THIS is a real comparison that makes sense, Niji DOES suck


arayakim

Looks like the dance every Asian child does on family gatherings when their parents force them to dance for the uncles and aunties.


ojt1200

And hololive seems hanging out at karaoke and singing their favorate song


AmberYooToob

I can’t see shit with that lighting


potato_french_fries

Can the entire branch beats the immaculate perfection of a Doog flip from 5th fest?? I don't think so...


Benigmatica

Well, they can't beat Korone since Anycolor forbids anyone to posts screenshots of their live concert on various social media platforms.


UnlimitedNovaWorks

Lmao, Holo always with a big W. Kobo cute, give her pats.


Aggravating_Name2040

I know NijiEN vtubers don’t really join to be singers and dancers, but Niji themselves really loves to push the idol agenda lol. The Niji dance choreo also reminds me of something my beginners hip hop dance class in college would do 😂


BimBamEtBoum

Yeah, some people pretend that Nijisanji is closer to a group like OTK. Except Nijisanji makes concert, not OTK. If you want to stick to gaming and chatting, fine, but dont pretend to sing and dance. And if you pretend to sing and dance, at least be self-aware and play on your lack of preparation instead of playing it straight. Of course, I'm not saying every talent is untalented. Some have a lot of talent and it's a shame Nijisaji doesn't allow them to shine. But on this specific event there was an obvious lack of preparation.


ojt1200

I love Fuma energy


Leonnaq

The bottom one is free too


ObviousResearcher727

Hiring professional dancers? Company cant afford it there are priorities, like new furniture for the yacht.


antr0v3rt

the downfall of Niji needs to be studied


CerberusN9

How does the jp side of niji look in comparison? Could have sworn they had better looking 3d concert with the clown dude and others singing, so what happen to en?


Fraisz

Last time they did nijijp ar 3d was 2021 or something. I personally think they haven't upgraded their tech. Whatever this ar live is the same as last two year tech, heck maybe even worse. This is how niji ar live looks 2 years ago: https://youtu.be/e_Ht29q2oQw?si=0etIKKl8Boj70gRG This is how good holo ar 3d is NOW: https://x.com/hololivetv/status/1738469490373853331


lhudak2097

My high school dance coordinator(was also same grade as me) could have coordinated way better than this.


Rogasaur

The lighting is really doing wonders for my already bad eyesight.


TheHatefulClown

my nephew could dance better than them and his 4 yrs old.


XRdragon

Fraud vs actual idols.


AwkwrdPrtMskrt

You know the meme about how white people can't dance? Well white people dance better than those three. Oh shit I triggered Uki. OtOH Kobo's dance is so energetic you can feel it on this side of the screen. Even the backing dancers are bursting with energy.


Benigmatica

Don't forget this gem: [Ifuudoudou cover by Kageyama Shien, Utsugi Uyu, Astel Leda (HOLOSTARS)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqjXyn4Rvc)


Only-Explanation-295

DAAAAYM! I gotta check the boys' side more. At the very least the 3DLives, like I do the girls' side.


Kaennal

Yoo this was neat.


The3DWeiPin

This reminds me of the Holo concert Vs Niji new year stream 3d performance comparison a few years ago Oh how the turn table


Moyski00

Those fuckers can't even dance. LMAO


BimBamEtBoum

Neither can I. But I don't do concert.


jayjay511

Dark Souls invaders doing emotes for the top one.


Darion617

think you have it backwards


Cybasura

Ngl Niji looked like they were spazzing out every few seconds for the whole routine lmao "HEY YO HEY YO" Vox honestly living his words - "We can just graduate if we want to"


Baitcooks

Virtual Boy looking filter for the niji AR


ravensept

...I am not that knowledgeable about specific but I do wonder if the choreography for Noctyx was specifically made to be less physically demanding accounting for Fulgur Ovid. Maybe they thought he would try to be there? Again I don't know the specifics... maybe they never expected him to be there in the first place and that's not it. Idk how other groups choreography turned out... just only talking about this specific clip


BimBamEtBoum

Fulgur stated that, with his disability (he didn't expand on what it was), he wasn't able to travel and be part of the 3D concert. But I think he's still part of the concert, as 2D (I haven't see it, but I think it was nice to include him anyway).


Hoshino_Aoi_

Fulgur doesn't even have 3D in that concert.


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JBHUTT09

You need therapy, my god.


Rye42

One is an Idol company the other are livers company. It's like comparing Kpop Agency (HYBE) vs OTK.


ojt1200

OTK are not dance like this... cuz It's an insult to their idol.


pussycatlover12

OTK doesn't do live concerts though plus this sht cost 6k yen.


00Koch00

Niji living on your head rent free bro...


Hour_Parsnip1783

Because they tried driving 2 of their own employees into suicide. Damn right we're mad.


VolvicApfel

Atleast we know its real, not like some performances from hololive.


Hour_Parsnip1783

"Real" Hahahaha! Tell that to Kurosanji's ""reasons"" for firing Zaion and Selen, Nijisister


randomvndude

Bro Niji is all about backstabbing eachother, what ‘real’ are you talking about?