>>65246018I ended up finding some time to catch up on the stream earlier than expected after Christmas festivities ended, after all. The stream ended up being a lot more focused on the call ins, so Fubuki and Polka didn't actually end up talking much among themselves. Towards the end, Polka asked Fubuki how she felt about getting her visual renewal this year. Fubuki replied that it kind of gave rise to a sense of wanting people to look at her more. This made Polka act like an Ojisan for a bit. It's pretty nice to hear that she feels that way and wants our attention like that, she has only ever expressed that desire during her live performances in the last couple of years. Fubuki then said she was really nervous about the whole thing. The process took about half a year until it came to fruition and she really couldn't wait to show it off to us, but at the same time, she knew that some people would probably prefer the old her, so it was a bit scary and nerve-racking for her too when the day finally came.
Polka and Fubuki also had previously planned to do a scratch lottery ticket battle stream together soon, so Fubuki bought 200 tickets, but Polka forgot to buy any (and apparently it's too late now?). She then remember that she bought a ton of similar tickets for a different lottery in the summer for a stream she never ended up making and still has them lying around somewhere, and apparently they only expire after a year, so she will join Fubuki and just use these. Apparently, she bought about 2000 of them. Fubuki said she went way overboard with the number. Polka warned her that if any of them wins a huge amount of money they have to keep quiet about it during the stream and play it cool until the end. Fubuki said in case she wins something, she will probably be very nervous but will try to ignore it and turn her mouth into Miffy-chan's mouth. They agreed to consider JPY 100,000 or above a large amount for this purpose.
They were very happy with how the stream turned out, they didn't really plan anything and didn't ask anyone beforehand and just improvised it all. Apparently, the two of them never really plan much and just go with the flow when they do collabs together, the rice stream was the same. They expected this to be mostly a zatsudan with a couple of calls in but they ended up finding a ton of people this late at night during Christmas so they went much longer than they thought. The call ins where pretty fun too, good mix of people they were already familiar with and people they barely ever talked to. I thought it was interesting that Fubuki called Sumire, who neither of them had talked to, just because she had been following her and watching her clips for a while and was interested in getting to know her. It's nice to see her be proactive like that once in a while. Pretty good stream overall.
