Mio Ookami

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Mio Ookami, who goes by "Ookami Mio," appears in this comedy series as one of the other VTuber personalities whose antics bounce off Watame Tsunomaki's easygoing, music-loving persona. In the world of these short comedic sketches, she is pictured as a dark-haired girl with wolf-like ears who seems to show up unexpectedly, often lurking around shrines in the background of a scene.

Her signature greeting, a cheerful "Hellooowl," plays on both her wolf-themed look and her habit of popping into frame out of nowhere, a small running joke that recurs across the shorts. She is also known for a strong love of video games, a trait that frequently gets folded into the series' gags alongside Watame's own obsessions, like her constant craving for potato chips.

Rather than carrying a traditional backstory, Mio's role in this particular series is built almost entirely around her established online persona as a laid-back, game-loving VTuber who adds a steady, slightly mysterious counterpoint to Watame's brighter, more musical energy. The humor throughout leans on viewers already knowing both of their real-life streaming personalities, using that familiarity to turn a handful of simple character traits, wolf ears, a love of games, and a habit of lurking near shrines, into quick, self-contained comedic moments.

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Watame Did Borderline Nothing Wrong

Supporting Role2022ONA6.90

ComedySlice of Life

Watame Did Borderline Nothing Wrong is a set of tiny animated comedy clips starring Tsunomaki Watame, a VTuber from hololive. A VTuber is an online entertainer who streams and makes videos as an animated character instead of showing their real face. Hololive Production makes the clips, and they appear on Watame's own channel. The first one came out on January 7, 2022, and new ones have kept coming out weekly on Fridays since then. Each clip is very short, around 20 seconds long. Watame is part of hololive's fourth group of Japanese talents, and she made her debut on December 29, 2019. Her character is a sheep girl with curly horns, and her fans are called Watamates. She is best known for her singing. She sings covers, puts out her own songs, and holds a regular singing stream on weekend nights. One of her big dreams is to perform at the Budokan, a famous concert hall in Tokyo. The original designs for this short series are credited to Fuumi and Watao. The joke of the show is in its name. In Japanese, the title is Girigiri Warukunai Watame, which means something like "Watame is just barely not in the wrong." In each clip, Watame looks like she has done something bad or silly. Then the short twists things so that, maybe, it is not really her fault. Often the blame is turned toward someone else, like her fans. Each clip stands alone, so there is no ongoing story to follow, and a viewer can start anywhere. The humor is quick and silly, and it often plays with the fact that Watame is a VTuber. The clips use full 3D computer animation, and they sometimes go to strange places, with things like aliens and giant robots. Other hololive members drop in from time to time. These include Shirakami Fubuki, Nekomata Okayu, Sakura Miko, Oozora Subaru, Shishiro Botan, Ookami Mio, and Omaru Polka, as well as Ninomae Ina'nis and Mori Calliope from hololive's English branch. The early clips were first made in a tall, phone-screen shape. Later, the first 21 were put back out in a wide screen form, joined together into 8 longer videos. There is also a special episode that asks who the best girl is. For fans of hololive, these quick clips are an easy and fun way to enjoy Watame's playful, slightly mischievous side.

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