Houshou Marine, the pirate-themed, charisma bomb of a vtuber, recently passed the two-year anniversary of her debut. In that very brief period her career has gone from strength to strength, and you’d expect her to celebrate by cracking open the Pét-Nat and having a long, well-deserved rest from her exhausting...
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