Mumei Nanashi

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Nanashi Mumei is an English-language Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive. She debuted in 2021 as part of hololive -Council-, the second generation of members of hololive English, alongside Tsukumo Sana, Ceres Fauna, Ouro Kronii and Hakos Baelz. Nanashi Mumei has golden-brown eyes and long, brown ponytail hair with a pair of feathers atop her head. She dresses in a brown cloak secured with a ribbon. Mumei also wears gloves that are fingerless on her index and pinky fingers. She has a belt wrapped around her waist with a lantern, pouch, and small dagger around it. Below her outfit is a pleated skirt. She has leggings with her right leg reaching above her thighs and the left leg below her thighs, and wears brown boots. Friend flying beside her is a paper bag with a drawn mouth and a plaster shaped like a cross on his face. At debut, Mumei gave the impression of a cheerful, gentle girl who is soft-spoken and somewhat innocent, especially when compared to her peers. She was initially very shy and often visibly nervous during streams. However, as she has gained confidence in streaming, a different persona has emerged. Mumei’s streams are now characterised by the duality between a relatively low energy, relaxing, and comfortable tone to another side which is more spontaneous and energetic; with her often demonstrating psychopathic tendencies in these moments. Though the disparity between her macabre thoughts and cute voice surprised many at first, the line separating these two sides has since blurred to a point of seamlessness – with Mumei’s appreciation of the grotesque and ‘cursed’ being wholly embraced by Hoomans today. This can be seen clearly whenever Mumei is asked to draw something; no matter what the original subject was supposed to be, Mumei will often end up drawing something Tim Burton-esque at best, and outright demonic at worst. Some fans theorize that this is simply what observing the accumulated sins of human civilization for thousands of years does to a person. Despite this, she can be rather emotive, and is known for her hearty wheezing laugh, which is often heard during collabs with Ouro Kronii due to her tendency to laugh at nearly anything she says. She often vocalizes and hums randomly, which has been compared to bird chirps or "birb noises". She's also somewhat scatterbrained, and has a tendency to forget things easily. At debut, Hakos Baelz described Mumei as having the cutest voice in hololive -Council-, though she has also demonstrated a rather unexpectedly wide vocal range, along with a tendency to emit high-pitched screeches when surprised or agitated. Her fans and even other members of hololive, particularly Ceres Fauna, have developed some degree of protectiveness for her, due to her soft nature giving a "little sister" vibe, though Mumei's later behavior would eventually create uncertainty as to who needs to be protected from whom.