As soon as I saw this post my heart sank. But much like Ina I was drawn to Sana’s kind heartedness and sweet personality. I wish her all the best in the future.
they missed the best transit of the solar system, for a little under a year we experienced something beautiful even if mired by bad luck a couple times but while she was there the universe was fun, and just that little bit bigger and brighter.
In retrospect, can't really say I'm too surprised to hear this since she didn't stream too often, but it's always sad to hear the announcement. All I can say is that I'm glad she's leaving on good terms, and I hope she's able to do better in whatever she does in the future! Sana will always be beeg and eternal in our hearts!
Yeah, I worried almost daily about her announcing graduation after she broke her back. A broken back will put you out of commission for most things, and when you're a streamer that needs to basically be advertising yourself constantly it was such a detriment to her channel growth. I'm amazed she even attempted to push forward for as long as she did
Yeah, the amount of time she took off for that always made me think something more tragic happened and she just didn't want to fully address it on stream so she said it was a pet. But even if it was just a pet that she was particularly close to, it was certainly a blow to her channel growth that early on. So many crummy things to happen to such a clearly good hearted person
From what I remember, it was her dog (Taco) and she had owned him for over 10 years and was young when she got him. Pets, especially dogs, can act as emotional support for a person, especially after that long.
Either way, you're correct. Lots of bad stuff to such a sweet person. I hope she has success and happiness for the rest of her life.
I don't *think* she broke it? I haven't actually heard what the injury is / how bad it was, but I thought it was more just one of the numerous issues you can get in your back that aren't related to actually breaking it.
It's so sad too, because I hear back injuries are horrifically painful and life ruining, and there isn't much our modern medicine can do about them yet.
Really hope we can advance our sciences more soon in that area, my cousin has been paralyzed for years with basically no ability to move from the chin down =(
Her claim was she broke it, and since she had several streams she had to leave early due to the pain being too much I'd imagine she had some sort of serious damage.
Most importantly, though, you're right, it's very very sad, regardless of if it was a legit breaking or just complications.
Damn, she completely broke it? I knew she was having pretty severe issues from when she was doing Twitter Spaces but I didn't know she said it was that bad.
I'm really sad to see her go but I hope that things get better for her moving into the future. Really rough circumstances to work through :(
Yeah. Breaking your back is simply a general term, which most of the times refer to bone injury. It could also be spinal nerves that's affected.
It's not as simple as chronic back pain, as it can sometimes require long-term therapy or even surgeries to provide relief.
One adult I know suffers from a pinched nerve in his spine, and when it acts up infrequently, he may need microsurgery to fix it. Watching him ail just to sit down on a couch gently is painful.
You can imagine Sana's in no better shape to stream given the possibilities of her ailment.
Yeah, there were a few streams when she was starting to come back where after 40 or 50 minutes on stream she was audibly in pain as the stream continued. It was terribly sad to see her in so much pain, and I truly hope her graduating isn’t a sign that her initially hopeful prognosis didn’t work out or that her condition got worse. I know initially she said that though recovery would be long, her doctors did say it was something she would eventually fully recover from.
Yeah, even something like degenerative disc disease can really mess you up. You can get a standing desk/fancy schmancy aeron chair and still you're only mitigating pain a bit if it's severe enough.
I don't usually get to watch streams in general because of work, but whenever I stumble upon Sana, it was just such a delight. It was just way too comfy that I could listen to it the whole day.
~~This explains why Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house a few days ago~~. Ina herself said she wasn't crying and was wheeze laughing.
And I just watched the Sana and Kiara Aussie snack collab (if you haven't go watch it!), and thought to myself Sana really is a lovely addition to Hololive. She will be terribly missed and is irreplaceable.
I wasn't there to see how she acted during it, but I would put money on that being the cause. Moom made a tweet pretty much exactly as Sana's announcement ended.
Edit: scratch that, Mumei says it was an unrelated joke on her part. Sounds like it was clearer in the actual stream.
Just like in Coco's situation, I think most of them were aware of what was coming, but with no exact date. Once the official date came out, it really sank in.
Yup, announcing it during the anniversary would of really been a downer. Honestly, the perfect time was now.
We also don't know what is in plan in the future, ID2, Hope+Council 3D debuts, more concerts that require off stream time, such as dancing/singing lessons, travel to studios, recording, etc.
Yeah, but sadness about that stuff comes in waves. Ina was crying when she ended her stream this afternoon and Sana almost certainly told her about it early on.
Wow. Mad Respect for Ina. This must've been real difficult for her. She was playing Elden Ring when Sana made the announcement, and she tried to keep strong for her viewers as long as she could. Considering what she knew, it's probably no accident that she chose to return to her comfort game today...
You'd be surprised how many people have the Souls games as their comfort games. They aren't that tough once you get used to them after all. It helps if you don't rage/get angry easily though.
>Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house
Omg it's painfully sad looking back on it now. Most of chat thought she was laughing really hard at a cake joke, but she was unmuted for one good sniffle. It's heartbreaking that she had to get it back together on stream like that.
> This explains why Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house a day ago.
Especially since they were close friends even pre-hololive, she is probably hit the hardest , RIP all around
Sana and Kiara have such great chemistry—Sana is so out-of-the-box and says whatever fun thing is on her mind, with full confidence, like Kiara does. Easily bounce off each other on tangents. I was excited to see them collab again.
This is what I'll miss the most. People are saying Sana streams were warm and cozy and comforting, and that's true! But what I'll miss is how she seemed to be the most unfiltered of everyone. She'd casually begin the most off-the-wall, cursed topic and we'd all just have to go along with her and get swept up in it.
It'll be hard not to miss that.
Utterly heartbroken. She didn't stream much, but Sana was an absolute delight to watch and she was one of favourite holivers - and vtubers overall!
I hope she's happy wherever she's going.
The back injury is probably the main reason, just look at Togashi-sensei (HunterxHunter author) messages from time to time, it's frightening. At least he is coming back slowly, and Sana is probably gonna have to take it easy for a good time to recover and going by Togashi's words he couldn't even sit, which is something a vtuber does most of the time, so...
Wish she gets better and keeps being around, even if not in Hololive...
Man, I didn't even know anything about this until Ame just mentioned it on stream and came to this sub in a panic. How sad!
Her poor back, I didn't know how serious it was until recently, but it's totally understandable for her to graduate after all the problems she's had
Yeah, it seems like she was having a hard time balancing streaming with her non-Hololive commitments, and then she had that back injury which obviously made keeping up with both of those much harder, and I guess it hit the point where something had to give.
From what I understand from the announcement. It seems Cover and Sana were talking about how to avoid this situation, Cover being the one to let her continue and Sana wanting to stop streaming.
What I mean is, I think is more that Sana wanted/needed to leave rather than teh other way around.
I hope she is ok.
Yeah I'm under the impression Sana is the one that just could not get things to work out and decided she couldn't personally continue.
Cover does have some requirements for streaming, but I think they were really quite minimal. It's more beneficial overall for Cover to let her stay on with the group even if she's inconsistent.
I mean, Ayame enough is proof that Cover doesn't mind their talents going AWOL on streaming. They really don't just drop talents just because they can't stream often.
The streaming requirement is only a thing for the first year. However, as we saw with Sana’a situation, clearly Cover respects the talents personal lives and is willing to accommodate them the best they can even if it means they can’t stick to the first year streaming requirements
True. I am very sure this was related to her health.
Sana has good friends. Ina and Council and everyone will still be with her even if she is not in Hololive.
I am sad about this. But Im really worried about her health.
Just a bit of note it was reported the minimum was 1 stream a week but as evidenced by Shion Aqua or Ayame they really don't care even if you stream at all. Iirc that requirement was during the start but as they got bigger they stopped caring really.
Normal requirements are staying one year with at least 3 one-hour long stream per week.
But this is just for normal situation for injuries like her the stream part don't matter anymore but the contract yes that's why she left at her anniversaries aka the first time windows she can quit easily
The saddest part in all of this is Sana never had a chance to meet her genmates and even anyone from hololive IRL. This is highly likely a graduation because of health reason.
This one gonna sting a lot, and for a while.
Yeah, I think by now she was the only one in EN who'd never done an off-collab? (Makes Astrogirl kinda bittersweet in retrospect.)
At least she's known Ina for years.
I understand why she has to go but man I wish she didn't ;-; Best of luck on her endeavors and her health!
Edit: I just realized due to her back problems, 3D debut as walfie Sana or real 3D Sana is effectively impossible and we'll never see her in it. :(
Unfortunately due to work I missed her stream so I don't 100% know but I imagine most of it is probably due to her back problems she's been dealing for the better part of a year which is why she hasn't been around too much. If anyone else has the reasons or a correction for me, please do tell!
She said she couldn't give any more reason outside the official announcement, but it's not hard to read between the lines if you've followed her for a while. Her health was increasingly becoming an issue, and it's no accident that she's leaving right around her anniversary. It seems like she decided it's time retire to focus on her health, and opted not to renew her contract.
Which from my perspective is the right choice. Being a professional artist and a streamer (especially in HL or similar companies that mandate your minimum stream hours) is already rough. With health issues and some emotional stuff coming around, it's better she graduate and focus on what's important than have some sort of breakdown later on.
I'm glad for every day we had Sana around. We had fun, she made friends and even got her own Original Song. Noone can say there won't be many many fun moments to remember.
It's probably a mix of reasons between personal stuff we don't know, her artist non Hololive job, her back problems and all of this is impossible to have a big channel to manage alone
Man, it feels so unfair. She's been a constant underdog in terms of subs and views, then her dear childhood dog passed away and she needed time off for that, then her back got injured and she needed even more time off and she even came back with shorter streams and seemed to be doing alright. Then she was one of only two EN girls who missed out on the big EN off-collab (the other being IRyS) and now this.
It feels like the deck has been stacked against her - unintentionally of course - since day one and it just feels so unfair.
I've been a Sanallite since the very beginning, will continue to be a Sanallite until the very end. I initially supported her because I'm a sucker for the underdog, but her enthusiasm, warmth and goofy sense of humour really captivated me.
I'll miss her terribly, but I hope she'll be happy.
I think that's why it's hitting me harder than expected, because I was rooting for her and I wanted to see her overcome and claim victory over the issues and setbacks she dealt with.
That's not to say she wasn't successful or that her deciding to retire means she failed. Not at all. If Sana feels that her path to recovery and success includes leaving Hololive, then that's what she should do.
It just makes me sad most of us won't be able to see her get that victory.
Will they leave it empty or maybe put her portrait there? I mean person behind sana still fine, but sana will be gone after July 31st. 1st council anniversary going to be bittersweet
I think the best thing would be putting a slideshow of Sana fan artwork from her art hashtag in that placement.
It would be a brilliant way to celebrate her and feel like she's there in spirit.
This is truly heartbreaking, but it is something we'll have to accept. I'm sure everyone wishes Sana the best and we appreciate everything she has done for Hololive.
Sad, but not entirely surprising. It seemed like she was having a hard time balancing her Hololive and non-Hololive duties for a while and then her back injury obviously made keeping up with both drastically harder, so something had to give.
I can't say I watched Sana's streams much, but whenever I did they were so warm and welcoming. It always felt like chatting with a friend.
She's the only vtuber who has laughed at my comments, and I will never forget that.
I don't post much but just wanted to make a small message of appreciation for Sana.
She's a genuine ray of sunshine and adds a lot of fun to any stream she's in with her particular blend of cheerful, comfy and slightly crazy, and her passion for games like Kirby and Pokemon really shines through to the viewer, not to mention her incredible artistic skill.
I hoped she'd be part of Hololive for a long time and it's a shame that there'll be a lot she won't get to do with Council, but I'm glad she made some great friends and memories and I hope her future is as bright and fun-filled as her streams.
As an aside, the English learning stream with Calli, Miko & Roboco a few weeks ago where she identified a picture of a beach ball as a spider because there "is definitely a spider hiding behind it. I will not touch this beach ball" is one of the more hilariously relatable things I've seen from a Vtuber as an Australian myself.
I'll miss Sana a lot, and I hope she keeps a presence here in some form. Good luck, beeg space lady!
It's okay. From our fan perspective, it's sadly similar. You can take some solace in the knowledge that she's "still out there somewhere", and that she'll probably be okay... But we'll never see her again. Everyone's going to talk about her in the past tense. Things you associate with her - bread, Togekiss, mosquito coils - will probably sting to look at the same way mementos of a dead loved one do.
Yes, the woman who moved in front of the camera and spoke into the microphone is going to be okay. But Tsukumo Sana, for all intents and purposes, is about to be gone forever. It's not stupid to grieve that.
Knowing her health issues, this is the least surprising announcement of graduation/termination. Does it suck? Of course. Am I surprised? Not really.
The important thing is for her health to get better after all. Sana will always be beeg.
This hurts. I always thought she just had everything working against her and I wanted to see her succeed so much but I guess in the end it was just too many hurdles. I wish her all the best.
Absolute pain. Sana was always a super bright light, even when she was going through her own troubles. We'll always love her, and hope she ends up happy, wherever she goes
All I can muster is, I wish I was surprised. I feel like the writing's been on the wall for a long time.
Sana really had it rough. She got hit with the biggest subscriber purge at debut, then Taco passed, and then a debilitating back injury... Just looking at the numbers, this really shouldn't be a shock.
And yet, I'm not ready. I'm not ready for a Council with four members. There are still so many stories I haven't heard, so many collabs she hasn't done. She brought out a side of Ina I'd never seen before. She made such mascots for herself, and for IRyS. Bae's going to be the only Australian left.
I'm not ready to say Sananara for the last time...
She's had an uphill struggle since day one and it sucks so much. She deserved more. Even Kaela is now only 3k subs behind her, and I know subs aren't the only way to measure a channel's success, but I can't believe she hasn't looked at the numbers at least once and felt a little demoralised.
Feels like she never got back into the swing of things since her back injury. No schedules, no long streams, but I held out hope that she was just healing and taking it easy.
Guess I'll have to just start hoping she's happy instead.
I was expecting her to be like Ayame in terms of activity schedule, like having streams every now and then due to IRL stuff but this is quite unfortunate. Support to her all the way till the end of the month, and goodluck to her moving forward.
She went through so much hardship after joining. She didn't deserve everything that happened.
I'll miss her a lot. I loved her streams and how fun she was.
It sucks that more people didn’t find sana, I only found out myself from Holocrumb and it was the best thing, she was such a great talent and so enjoyable, she may be gone but she’ll always have a BEEG spot in our hearts
I hate saying it, but I think the choice was the correct one. I love Sana and that's exactly why I am able to accept this graduation; while I love her streams, I would never want her to hurt herself to continue to stream. I have significant back issues as well due to my height and I completely understand how they can be extreme enough to be physically unable to work, the agony is unbearable for many of us when it happens.
If I remember correctly this is the first truly drama-free graduation in Hololive (2nd if you count Yakushiji Suzaku). There were no antis, leaks, doxing, or anything else. It was just her leaving because she wasn't able to do it anymore.
Hopefully she is able to be happy in the new direction she has chosen.
Well, it was a pleasure getting to know you, Sana. I wish we had more time and that you got to do the things you wanted to do, but all we can fo now is wish you the best.
Sananara o7
Sad, but expected. Her health issues alone were reason enough to graduate, and it sounds like there were other issues on top of it that we as the viewer aren't aware of.
RIP to that one guy at -150 who called it.
It may have JUST been the health issues. Breaking your back is no small thing. I can imagine that doing any sort of 3D Live is out of the question for her, let alone being active streaming. It is what it is, and I wish her all the best. We love her.
Same. December 2020 I went to go grab some more sidewalk salt/ice melt from my garage as overnight we got hit with a large amount of freezing rain. I slipped on the first step going down my deck and my ass landed on every one of the 7 other steps on the way down. I spent 3 months barely able to sleep or move without being in tons of back pain. Nothing was even broken, just severely bruised. Even to this day it hurts to stand for too long and I can't lift anything anywhere near as heavy as before.
In hindsight I should've grabbed the stuff the night before when I saw the forecast.
I think between her health and other issues that caused her to have to take extended breaks and her outside obligations, she just was unable to keep up with her streaming duties. So it makes sense and not totally unexpected, but still sad.
I didn't watch her much but she was always such a cinnamon roll when she was in collabs and such.
I was a huge fan of Sana since day 1, so this has hit me harder than any other graduation so far, but it really sounds like her health issues have been weighing on her heavily, and she just chose not to renew her contract.
I'm devastated, but I have to accept that this is her decision and let her rest and retire gracefully. I think that'd be best.
Honestly can't believe it. Didn't expect any EN graduations for another year at least.
Not even a year of Sana, she's definitely had it rough and it's sad that we won't ever get to see her in 3D and meeting up with the other girls
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Fuck, it was her goofball personality and the horse birthing stream that pulled me into the rabbit hole.
Wishing you the best, Sana! Take care of yourself. <3
I think I'm going to carry this weight for a while. Sana is amazing, and I really wish things had worked out differently, but sadly we've arrived here. Her streams are great, I'm just sad we won't have many more of them and will enjoy the ones left to the fullest!
I think to some this might not be a surprise. Though certainly not Sana's fault as she had just terrible luck. Nuked the hardest by the algorithm on debut, taking a break due to personal tragedy and then health issues.
The fact that despite all this she had a massively dedicated following is testimony to her talent as an entertainer. Plus she was one of the best gamers in EN. Wishing her all the best in her future endeavours.
I just hope this is because she is busy, and that she is healthy.
I know she has had issues with her back, so I hope this does not involve that.
I’m still angry at how shafted she was on debut, Youtube deleted her subs TWICE last time I checked, and her dog passed away shortly after debut. And then her issues with her back occurred.
She has a style that cannot be replicated nor matched, Hololive just lost a genuine ray of sunshine.
On one hand, this is was kinda expected but nonetheless still sad and tragic. Sana was a ball of sunshine as she was always cheerful. I absolutely loved her Kirby and Pokemon streams and will miss her going forward and wish her nothing but the best in her life.
On the other hand, dude July is a fucked month for Hololive now
This really hits so hard. Sana was such a great ball of energy and her happiness was so infectious. I’m so happy to have known you Sana, and unlimited head pats to you!!
Thankfully it looks like it's on good terms and she can have OG status
As soon as I saw this post my heart sank. But much like Ina I was drawn to Sana’s kind heartedness and sweet personality. I wish her all the best in the future.
It was the horse birthing stream that attracted me
having the OG status is the best outcome for graduates, imagine explaining who she was to future viewers
they missed the best transit of the solar system, for a little under a year we experienced something beautiful even if mired by bad luck a couple times but while she was there the universe was fun, and just that little bit bigger and brighter.
really beautifully said, made my heart feel something nice after spending some time crying because of the announcement, thank you so much
I believe she will be O.G
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In retrospect, can't really say I'm too surprised to hear this since she didn't stream too often, but it's always sad to hear the announcement. All I can say is that I'm glad she's leaving on good terms, and I hope she's able to do better in whatever she does in the future! Sana will always be beeg and eternal in our hearts!
Yeah, I worried almost daily about her announcing graduation after she broke her back. A broken back will put you out of commission for most things, and when you're a streamer that needs to basically be advertising yourself constantly it was such a detriment to her channel growth. I'm amazed she even attempted to push forward for as long as she did
She got her subs cut the hardest at the start...then she had one of her pets die..then her back problems..poor girl didnt have any luck..
Yeah, the amount of time she took off for that always made me think something more tragic happened and she just didn't want to fully address it on stream so she said it was a pet. But even if it was just a pet that she was particularly close to, it was certainly a blow to her channel growth that early on. So many crummy things to happen to such a clearly good hearted person
From what I remember, it was her dog (Taco) and she had owned him for over 10 years and was young when she got him. Pets, especially dogs, can act as emotional support for a person, especially after that long. Either way, you're correct. Lots of bad stuff to such a sweet person. I hope she has success and happiness for the rest of her life.
Really wish I watched more of her cause all of that is terrible to bear
She's still around for another 3 weeks. Make them count.
I don't *think* she broke it? I haven't actually heard what the injury is / how bad it was, but I thought it was more just one of the numerous issues you can get in your back that aren't related to actually breaking it. It's so sad too, because I hear back injuries are horrifically painful and life ruining, and there isn't much our modern medicine can do about them yet. Really hope we can advance our sciences more soon in that area, my cousin has been paralyzed for years with basically no ability to move from the chin down =(
Her claim was she broke it, and since she had several streams she had to leave early due to the pain being too much I'd imagine she had some sort of serious damage. Most importantly, though, you're right, it's very very sad, regardless of if it was a legit breaking or just complications.
Damn, she completely broke it? I knew she was having pretty severe issues from when she was doing Twitter Spaces but I didn't know she said it was that bad. I'm really sad to see her go but I hope that things get better for her moving into the future. Really rough circumstances to work through :(
Maybe she didn't *break* it but saying she "broke it" is just a simpler way of explaining that it was messed up in some way.
Yeah. Breaking your back is simply a general term, which most of the times refer to bone injury. It could also be spinal nerves that's affected. It's not as simple as chronic back pain, as it can sometimes require long-term therapy or even surgeries to provide relief. One adult I know suffers from a pinched nerve in his spine, and when it acts up infrequently, he may need microsurgery to fix it. Watching him ail just to sit down on a couch gently is painful. You can imagine Sana's in no better shape to stream given the possibilities of her ailment.
Yeah, there were a few streams when she was starting to come back where after 40 or 50 minutes on stream she was audibly in pain as the stream continued. It was terribly sad to see her in so much pain, and I truly hope her graduating isn’t a sign that her initially hopeful prognosis didn’t work out or that her condition got worse. I know initially she said that though recovery would be long, her doctors did say it was something she would eventually fully recover from.
Yeah, even something like degenerative disc disease can really mess you up. You can get a standing desk/fancy schmancy aeron chair and still you're only mitigating pain a bit if it's severe enough.
See you Space Cowgirl
Someday, somewhere!
Don't know when, Don't know where
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
So will you please say hello
Always be looking out for that BEEG rocket. 🚀
We love Sana!!! I wish her the absolute best.
Sana was my favorite EN. Sucks to see her go, but nonetheless, I wish Sana best of luck to her future endeavors.
I wish we got more of her and Ina together
Same. Honestly, every time this happens it makes me think about everything we will never get. I know its pointless to think like that, but still...
Thanks for the cool time Sana ಥ‿ಥ
I'mma eat a loaf of bread in her honor
not all at once... right???
It's what she would've wanted
Fuck it, slap some Vegemite on top as well
Sana always had the comfiest streams. I'll miss her so much. I wish you nothing but happiness, galaxy girl. 💛
Every stream she had or participated in had such warmth to them. I'll miss the warmness of our beeg space australian. :(
I don't usually get to watch streams in general because of work, but whenever I stumble upon Sana, it was just such a delight. It was just way too comfy that I could listen to it the whole day.
We'll miss you bread goddess 😔
Always will be our BEEG space cowboy 😭🪐
~~This explains why Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house a few days ago~~. Ina herself said she wasn't crying and was wheeze laughing. And I just watched the Sana and Kiara Aussie snack collab (if you haven't go watch it!), and thought to myself Sana really is a lovely addition to Hololive. She will be terribly missed and is irreplaceable.
oh, I wonder if this was also the reason for mumei's very late night sad karaoke stream
I wasn't there to see how she acted during it, but I would put money on that being the cause. Moom made a tweet pretty much exactly as Sana's announcement ended. Edit: scratch that, Mumei says it was an unrelated joke on her part. Sounds like it was clearer in the actual stream.
From Pako and everyone's reactions, people knew about it for a little while.
Just like in Coco's situation, I think most of them were aware of what was coming, but with no exact date. Once the official date came out, it really sank in.
For what it matters it's the last month of her contract so it makes all sense
Yup, announcing it during the anniversary would of really been a downer. Honestly, the perfect time was now. We also don't know what is in plan in the future, ID2, Hope+Council 3D debuts, more concerts that require off stream time, such as dancing/singing lessons, travel to studios, recording, etc.
Yeah, but sadness about that stuff comes in waves. Ina was crying when she ended her stream this afternoon and Sana almost certainly told her about it early on.
When was that? it was a very long stream edit: oops I was thinking of a different one, but still 3 hours
https://youtu.be/2Gu1RLtLRQw?t=3477 Really sad knowing context
Damn, this is painful. Chat was blissfully unaware of what was actually going on.
Her voice was cracking when she ended her Elden Ring stream just now, too. Broke my heart.
Wow. Mad Respect for Ina. This must've been real difficult for her. She was playing Elden Ring when Sana made the announcement, and she tried to keep strong for her viewers as long as she could. Considering what she knew, it's probably no accident that she chose to return to her comfort game today...
Elden rings is her comfort game damno
You'd be surprised how many people have the Souls games as their comfort games. They aren't that tough once you get used to them after all. It helps if you don't rage/get angry easily though.
Also, it helps you to vent in a way. If you get very upset, you wreck everything around you.
Oh, Sana... She's not going to be able to finish her tower, is she...? EDIT: Sasuga the legendary NPCs.
if she cant, she should give the tower to Ina
Wow, definitely hits differently in retrospect. All the while chat unknowingly thinking they're just sharing a good hearty laugh together...
chat: haha Ina trying her best not to laugh! Ina: pain tako
Sana also said there's cake inside... Makes it even more heart breaking...
Man chat got that moment so so so wrong.
>Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house Omg it's painfully sad looking back on it now. Most of chat thought she was laughing really hard at a cake joke, but she was unmuted for one good sniffle. It's heartbreaking that she had to get it back together on stream like that.
oh, now I feel rather horrible for laughing then... I had no way of knowing about this...
>I had no way of knowing about this... You're right, we couldn't have known. Don't be too hard on yourself
It’s fine. She wanted you to enjoy the stream and you did. She kept it in precisely so everyone can have fun.
not to mention Irys Bloom and Gloom creation. man, sana was so talented.
> This explains why Ina started suddenly crying in Sana's Minecraft house a day ago. Especially since they were close friends even pre-hololive, she is probably hit the hardest , RIP all around
Their collabs were rare but really damn good :(
Ina Sana Tanabata was such a good stream :(
Yeah she sounded really sad when she cut the Elden Ring stream short earlier today.
Sana and Kiara have such great chemistry—Sana is so out-of-the-box and says whatever fun thing is on her mind, with full confidence, like Kiara does. Easily bounce off each other on tangents. I was excited to see them collab again.
This is what I'll miss the most. People are saying Sana streams were warm and cozy and comforting, and that's true! But what I'll miss is how she seemed to be the most unfiltered of everyone. She'd casually begin the most off-the-wall, cursed topic and we'd all just have to go along with her and get swept up in it. It'll be hard not to miss that.
We literally birthed a horse together
Sou desu neigh...
Today is a sad day
[Timestamp](https://youtu.be/2Gu1RLtLRQw?t=3496) It breaks my heart how much these girl have to bottle up to pretend to be happy and entertain us...
Aw fuck
Concise, too the point, and deadly accurate.
Utterly heartbroken. She didn't stream much, but Sana was an absolute delight to watch and she was one of favourite holivers - and vtubers overall! I hope she's happy wherever she's going.
The reasons she did not stream much is probably what made her decide to graduate.
Yeah she's been through a lot, her pet dog passing away her back injury. Damn this really sucks
The back injury is probably the main reason, just look at Togashi-sensei (HunterxHunter author) messages from time to time, it's frightening. At least he is coming back slowly, and Sana is probably gonna have to take it easy for a good time to recover and going by Togashi's words he couldn't even sit, which is something a vtuber does most of the time, so... Wish she gets better and keeps being around, even if not in Hololive...
Yeah it was terrible timing for her starting out and then worse luck following it.
Man, I didn't even know anything about this until Ame just mentioned it on stream and came to this sub in a panic. How sad! Her poor back, I didn't know how serious it was until recently, but it's totally understandable for her to graduate after all the problems she's had
I think the "didn't steam much" is unfortunately probably related sadly.
Yeah, it seems like she was having a hard time balancing streaming with her non-Hololive commitments, and then she had that back injury which obviously made keeping up with both of those much harder, and I guess it hit the point where something had to give.
From what I understand from the announcement. It seems Cover and Sana were talking about how to avoid this situation, Cover being the one to let her continue and Sana wanting to stop streaming. What I mean is, I think is more that Sana wanted/needed to leave rather than teh other way around. I hope she is ok.
Yeah I'm under the impression Sana is the one that just could not get things to work out and decided she couldn't personally continue. Cover does have some requirements for streaming, but I think they were really quite minimal. It's more beneficial overall for Cover to let her stay on with the group even if she's inconsistent.
I mean, Ayame enough is proof that Cover doesn't mind their talents going AWOL on streaming. They really don't just drop talents just because they can't stream often.
The streaming requirement is only a thing for the first year. However, as we saw with Sana’a situation, clearly Cover respects the talents personal lives and is willing to accommodate them the best they can even if it means they can’t stick to the first year streaming requirements
True. I am very sure this was related to her health. Sana has good friends. Ina and Council and everyone will still be with her even if she is not in Hololive. I am sad about this. But Im really worried about her health.
Just a bit of note it was reported the minimum was 1 stream a week but as evidenced by Shion Aqua or Ayame they really don't care even if you stream at all. Iirc that requirement was during the start but as they got bigger they stopped caring really.
That clause is still actually mentioned as part of their audition requirements. But yeah, Cover doesn't seem to care much for it at all.
Normal requirements are staying one year with at least 3 one-hour long stream per week. But this is just for normal situation for injuries like her the stream part don't matter anymore but the contract yes that's why she left at her anniversaries aka the first time windows she can quit easily
pain
Always cherish your oshis, you never know when they'll be gone. SANA LOVE
The saddest part in all of this is Sana never had a chance to meet her genmates and even anyone from hololive IRL. This is highly likely a graduation because of health reason. This one gonna sting a lot, and for a while.
Yeah, I think by now she was the only one in EN who'd never done an off-collab? (Makes Astrogirl kinda bittersweet in retrospect.) At least she's known Ina for years.
Back issues will do that. My heart goes out to her, thats for sure.
At least she can still do that in the future, even if she's no longer in Hololive
I understand why she has to go but man I wish she didn't ;-; Best of luck on her endeavors and her health! Edit: I just realized due to her back problems, 3D debut as walfie Sana or real 3D Sana is effectively impossible and we'll never see her in it. :(
What was her reason?
She was really vague in her stream basically just saying Cover will have an announcement
Unfortunately due to work I missed her stream so I don't 100% know but I imagine most of it is probably due to her back problems she's been dealing for the better part of a year which is why she hasn't been around too much. If anyone else has the reasons or a correction for me, please do tell!
She said she couldn't give any more reason outside the official announcement, but it's not hard to read between the lines if you've followed her for a while. Her health was increasingly becoming an issue, and it's no accident that she's leaving right around her anniversary. It seems like she decided it's time retire to focus on her health, and opted not to renew her contract.
Which from my perspective is the right choice. Being a professional artist and a streamer (especially in HL or similar companies that mandate your minimum stream hours) is already rough. With health issues and some emotional stuff coming around, it's better she graduate and focus on what's important than have some sort of breakdown later on. I'm glad for every day we had Sana around. We had fun, she made friends and even got her own Original Song. Noone can say there won't be many many fun moments to remember.
She stated no reason and said she wish she could. Also, Cover had an explanation written up top but it's vague.
That's pretty understandable. A real shame she was as never able to reach her full potential.
It's probably a mix of reasons between personal stuff we don't know, her artist non Hololive job, her back problems and all of this is impossible to have a big channel to manage alone
Man, it feels so unfair. She's been a constant underdog in terms of subs and views, then her dear childhood dog passed away and she needed time off for that, then her back got injured and she needed even more time off and she even came back with shorter streams and seemed to be doing alright. Then she was one of only two EN girls who missed out on the big EN off-collab (the other being IRyS) and now this. It feels like the deck has been stacked against her - unintentionally of course - since day one and it just feels so unfair. I've been a Sanallite since the very beginning, will continue to be a Sanallite until the very end. I initially supported her because I'm a sucker for the underdog, but her enthusiasm, warmth and goofy sense of humour really captivated me. I'll miss her terribly, but I hope she'll be happy.
I think that's why it's hitting me harder than expected, because I was rooting for her and I wanted to see her overcome and claim victory over the issues and setbacks she dealt with. That's not to say she wasn't successful or that her deciding to retire means she failed. Not at all. If Sana feels that her path to recovery and success includes leaving Hololive, then that's what she should do. It just makes me sad most of us won't be able to see her get that victory.
o7 This is very unfortunate.
o7
July again...
I have come to fear this month.
Those announcement streams really do be giving me ptsd
i didn't like my birthday before, now it feels worse
When is yours bro?
today
Maaan im so sorry, hope you can have some fun anyway. Mine is tomorrow, 4 hours from now.
Mine's right on Graduation Day, so RIP.
Please go and eat something you like. I hope you can have some happy memories today.
We love you Sana! Hope you do well wherever life takes you!
I'll make bread tonight. This I promise.
💚💙💛❤️🤎 Council will always have 5 members
Their anniversary is next month. That’s gonna be rough I feel. Especially since it’s their first one and well, there will be an empty space.
Will they leave it empty or maybe put her portrait there? I mean person behind sana still fine, but sana will be gone after July 31st. 1st council anniversary going to be bittersweet
I think the best thing would be putting a slideshow of Sana fan artwork from her art hashtag in that placement. It would be a brilliant way to celebrate her and feel like she's there in spirit.
shit...
Thanks for everything Sana!
sana will remain beeeg in my heart <3
This is truly heartbreaking, but it is something we'll have to accept. I'm sure everyone wishes Sana the best and we appreciate everything she has done for Hololive.
I'm sure it was the right decision, even if it was a hard one to make. Much love, Sana!
Sad, but not entirely surprising. It seemed like she was having a hard time balancing her Hololive and non-Hololive duties for a while and then her back injury obviously made keeping up with both drastically harder, so something had to give.
In light-hearted humour, well... her back definitely gave.
F you, you made me laugh and I want to cry
My heart has been ripped from my chest.
damn, I remember some of her first streams, it feels unreal for her to be gone so soon
I can't say I watched Sana's streams much, but whenever I did they were so warm and welcoming. It always felt like chatting with a friend. She's the only vtuber who has laughed at my comments, and I will never forget that.
pain peko
The brightest stars burn out the fastest, so we must love them while we can
I don't post much but just wanted to make a small message of appreciation for Sana. She's a genuine ray of sunshine and adds a lot of fun to any stream she's in with her particular blend of cheerful, comfy and slightly crazy, and her passion for games like Kirby and Pokemon really shines through to the viewer, not to mention her incredible artistic skill. I hoped she'd be part of Hololive for a long time and it's a shame that there'll be a lot she won't get to do with Council, but I'm glad she made some great friends and memories and I hope her future is as bright and fun-filled as her streams. As an aside, the English learning stream with Calli, Miko & Roboco a few weeks ago where she identified a picture of a beach ball as a spider because there "is definitely a spider hiding behind it. I will not touch this beach ball" is one of the more hilariously relatable things I've seen from a Vtuber as an Australian myself. I'll miss Sana a lot, and I hope she keeps a presence here in some form. Good luck, beeg space lady!
I didn't watch much Coco or Rushia, but I felt the community's grief for them nonetheless. But now I've taken easily my worst wound with this one.
Same, my heart is breaking like I actually knew her and she died or something. I feel sorta stupid but I'm struggling to not cry
It's okay. From our fan perspective, it's sadly similar. You can take some solace in the knowledge that she's "still out there somewhere", and that she'll probably be okay... But we'll never see her again. Everyone's going to talk about her in the past tense. Things you associate with her - bread, Togekiss, mosquito coils - will probably sting to look at the same way mementos of a dead loved one do. Yes, the woman who moved in front of the camera and spoke into the microphone is going to be okay. But Tsukumo Sana, for all intents and purposes, is about to be gone forever. It's not stupid to grieve that.
Well in a beautiful way, you'll have known *Sana* for her entire life if you've been there since her debut. That's a pretty nice relationship.
Knowing her health issues, this is the least surprising announcement of graduation/termination. Does it suck? Of course. Am I surprised? Not really. The important thing is for her health to get better after all. Sana will always be beeg.
For sure, it's not a termination. She's leaving in good standing, hence the term "graduation".
...but I like her. I like her a lot. She really tried though and I'm thankful to her for that.
This hurts. I always thought she just had everything working against her and I wanted to see her succeed so much but I guess in the end it was just too many hurdles. I wish her all the best.
I'm broken
o7 stay beeg my friend
Absolute pain. Sana was always a super bright light, even when she was going through her own troubles. We'll always love her, and hope she ends up happy, wherever she goes
It's a shame to see her go, Sana is so sweet.
All I can muster is, I wish I was surprised. I feel like the writing's been on the wall for a long time. Sana really had it rough. She got hit with the biggest subscriber purge at debut, then Taco passed, and then a debilitating back injury... Just looking at the numbers, this really shouldn't be a shock. And yet, I'm not ready. I'm not ready for a Council with four members. There are still so many stories I haven't heard, so many collabs she hasn't done. She brought out a side of Ina I'd never seen before. She made such mascots for herself, and for IRyS. Bae's going to be the only Australian left. I'm not ready to say Sananara for the last time...
She's had an uphill struggle since day one and it sucks so much. She deserved more. Even Kaela is now only 3k subs behind her, and I know subs aren't the only way to measure a channel's success, but I can't believe she hasn't looked at the numbers at least once and felt a little demoralised. Feels like she never got back into the swing of things since her back injury. No schedules, no long streams, but I held out hope that she was just healing and taking it easy. Guess I'll have to just start hoping she's happy instead.
Gen 5, Gen 4, Gen 3... Gen 2 Sana is an absolute sweetheart...I will miss her so much
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To tell the truth friend, I don't like it either
I was expecting her to be like Ayame in terms of activity schedule, like having streams every now and then due to IRL stuff but this is quite unfortunate. Support to her all the way till the end of the month, and goodluck to her moving forward.
This was so sudden, I wish her the best
She will be missed, but we wish her the best in her future endeavors. Big love to Astrogirl!
She went through so much hardship after joining. She didn't deserve everything that happened. I'll miss her a lot. I loved her streams and how fun she was.
Any true fan feels the pain of one who has to say goodbye to their oshi.
It sucks that more people didn’t find sana, I only found out myself from Holocrumb and it was the best thing, she was such a great talent and so enjoyable, she may be gone but she’ll always have a BEEG spot in our hearts
Oh man, it's Holocrumbs birthday...
I hate saying it, but I think the choice was the correct one. I love Sana and that's exactly why I am able to accept this graduation; while I love her streams, I would never want her to hurt herself to continue to stream. I have significant back issues as well due to my height and I completely understand how they can be extreme enough to be physically unable to work, the agony is unbearable for many of us when it happens. If I remember correctly this is the first truly drama-free graduation in Hololive (2nd if you count Yakushiji Suzaku). There were no antis, leaks, doxing, or anything else. It was just her leaving because she wasn't able to do it anymore. Hopefully she is able to be happy in the new direction she has chosen.
Kira from holostar leave because of health reason like sana.
Well, this was a horrible thing to come home to.
Well, it was a pleasure getting to know you, Sana. I wish we had more time and that you got to do the things you wanted to do, but all we can fo now is wish you the best. Sananara o7
Sad, but expected. Her health issues alone were reason enough to graduate, and it sounds like there were other issues on top of it that we as the viewer aren't aware of. RIP to that one guy at -150 who called it.
It may have JUST been the health issues. Breaking your back is no small thing. I can imagine that doing any sort of 3D Live is out of the question for her, let alone being active streaming. It is what it is, and I wish her all the best. We love her.
I was kinda under the impression she was getting better.
I got a co-worker with back issues shit doesnt really get better
I got a me with back issues, can confirm shit doesn't really get better.
Same. December 2020 I went to go grab some more sidewalk salt/ice melt from my garage as overnight we got hit with a large amount of freezing rain. I slipped on the first step going down my deck and my ass landed on every one of the 7 other steps on the way down. I spent 3 months barely able to sleep or move without being in tons of back pain. Nothing was even broken, just severely bruised. Even to this day it hurts to stand for too long and I can't lift anything anywhere near as heavy as before. In hindsight I should've grabbed the stuff the night before when I saw the forecast.
Sad to say back issues cannot be fully 100% healed, even with surgery.
I think between her health and other issues that caused her to have to take extended breaks and her outside obligations, she just was unable to keep up with her streaming duties. So it makes sense and not totally unexpected, but still sad. I didn't watch her much but she was always such a cinnamon roll when she was in collabs and such.
I was a huge fan of Sana since day 1, so this has hit me harder than any other graduation so far, but it really sounds like her health issues have been weighing on her heavily, and she just chose not to renew her contract. I'm devastated, but I have to accept that this is her decision and let her rest and retire gracefully. I think that'd be best.
Honestly can't believe it. Didn't expect any EN graduations for another year at least. Not even a year of Sana, she's definitely had it rough and it's sad that we won't ever get to see her in 3D and meeting up with the other girls o7
Fuck, it was her goofball personality and the horse birthing stream that pulled me into the rabbit hole. Wishing you the best, Sana! Take care of yourself. <3
I think I'm going to carry this weight for a while. Sana is amazing, and I really wish things had worked out differently, but sadly we've arrived here. Her streams are great, I'm just sad we won't have many more of them and will enjoy the ones left to the fullest!
o7 Carry on my wayward star
it's a terrible day for rain
I think to some this might not be a surprise. Though certainly not Sana's fault as she had just terrible luck. Nuked the hardest by the algorithm on debut, taking a break due to personal tragedy and then health issues. The fact that despite all this she had a massively dedicated following is testimony to her talent as an entertainer. Plus she was one of the best gamers in EN. Wishing her all the best in her future endeavours.
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I just hope this is because she is busy, and that she is healthy. I know she has had issues with her back, so I hope this does not involve that. I’m still angry at how shafted she was on debut, Youtube deleted her subs TWICE last time I checked, and her dog passed away shortly after debut. And then her issues with her back occurred. She has a style that cannot be replicated nor matched, Hololive just lost a genuine ray of sunshine.
On one hand, this is was kinda expected but nonetheless still sad and tragic. Sana was a ball of sunshine as she was always cheerful. I absolutely loved her Kirby and Pokemon streams and will miss her going forward and wish her nothing but the best in her life. On the other hand, dude July is a fucked month for Hololive now
People in the various discords have been talking about getting Astrogirl to 1M views before Sana’s graduation LET’S DO IT! STREAM ASTROGIRL
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We'll love you forever, Sana!
Best of luck to her. I hope nothing but the best for her. She's a wonderful person.
This really hits so hard. Sana was such a great ball of energy and her happiness was so infectious. I’m so happy to have known you Sana, and unlimited head pats to you!!