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------------------ "Something I did spontaneously" Few talks about his 3D reveal stream ------------------

――To start it off, please introduce yourself to the readers.

Arurandeisu: Holostars 1st gen, the energetic Italian man Arurandeisu. I mainly stream games and especially one where my listeners could participate in it.

――The recent 3D reveal stream is paced so nicely that we didn't realize it was only an hour. Although we think it must've taken you a lot of time to come up with everything, what was it like for you during the preparation itself?

Arurandeisu: Since the reveal dates were already decided way earlier, there's a long period of time where I had to pretend I haven't got anything prepared in front of my listeners even though I am working on it...

In regards to the content, rather than coming up with one however, I normally asked myself "What I wanted to do" as I watched others' 3D reveal streams and looked up various information. Between those times, sometimes I thought "Ah, I want to do this!" and it eventually piled up, that's how I came up with a lot of ideas in the end.

――During the looking-back stream, you said there are times when you have to redo some parts around 2~3 times too, right?

Arurandeisu: I felt satisfied at first, but when I looked back to it there are some parts that made me go "Somehow this feels a bit off" and such, I have a knack for sensing stuff like that you see. There's the screenshot time as well where we ended up putting out a lot of things at once. I thought that "Everyone can just take any screenshots in a timing they desired", so I just let it be (laughs)

――What are your thoughts during the live stream?

Arurandeisu: I came up with a lot of segments but somehow I felt like it moves much faster than I thought. I did everything while thinking about what to do for this scene, the next one and so on. In the end, I don't really have enough time to think about myself in particular.

――At the last part during the interlude of "What a Pastaful World ~Beautighetti World~", the part when you said "Right now, Arurandeisu is having the most fun!" leaves quite an impactful feeling to us. What drove you to blurt that out?

Arurandeisu: That's because I felt relieved that everything is going smoothly without a big blunder, "I don't want it to end but I'm glad it's going fine until the end."-that kind of feeling. Also because unlike the normal stream, I don't have time to look at the live comments so I wanted to say something like "Everyone must've been having fun now, so it'll be fine, at least I also enjoyed this one hour as much as they do." as well.

It's something I didn't plan to say at first so it was rather spontaneous. Now that I think about it, I said it on the right timing I guess (laughs)

------------------ After tackling the "Blue Axolotl", I began to understand the joy in playing Minecraft ------------------

――Normally you often have a good amount of planned streams, how did you come up with that one in the first place?

Arurandeisu: I often take memos on anything that seems interesting. Then after looking through it again to give me a clear image on how it would be, then I proceed into streaming it.

Recently, fake-horror segments are quite nice from what I’ve seen. It’s something I've always wanted to do back then but since it requires a lot of listener's participation, I have to measure the scope of this plan while seeing the amount of watchers so I can do it at the right time. Since Youtube started having their "shorts" feature recently, I thought now is truly the perfect time.

――During this summer, there were lots of Minecraft-related streams from what we've seen. Especially the Blue Axolotl search that took a lot of time, it was quite the spectacle when it was finally born.

Arurandeisu: We can practically do anything in Minecraft so in a way it's actually much harder to come up with a particular goal, so it’s harder to get hooked into it.

So when talking about that, "Streaming with the goal of hatching the rare creature Blue Axolotl" is a rather easy-to-understand goal. Though it’s already proven how hard it is to hatch them out... (laughs). In-between this, I manage to understand how Minecraft works and enjoyed it even more, like the so-called "Reckless Minecraft" where we played in hardcore mode as we try to defeat ender dragon, then creating equipment for the other Holostars members to help out in creating a comfy village life in "Temma-village expansion plan" as well.

――Not only streaming games, you've also started doing DJ-ing and DAW streams as well. Is there a particular thing that makes you pick up new things?

Arurandeisu: In the first place, I’d like to challenge myself with new things so I also have a pretty wide range of interests. For instruments, I could play electric guitar, bass and piano but all of these are things that would eventually bore you out once you managed to play them, so in the end you might go "Well I got to level 30 in here so might as well move on to something else" instead. So you're becoming more eager to try out other things.

As for DJ stuff it was something that stems from Holostars' previous event “Our Own Kickoff Party 2021", where I managed to talk with someone there who also worked as a DJ. I managed to gain a lot of knowledge out of it so I think I was quite lucky there, the more you dig it becomes more fun you know!

------------------ The reason for "Focusing in Holostars" ------------------

――Recently you’ve started streaming 2-3 times a day, and it seems it has affected your lifestyle pace rather nicely.

Arurandeisu: From last year until december-ish, I've been working a lot along with my streaming activities, so I could only stream during night-time at most. By the time I managed to focus myself on Holostars, I was able to make use of most of my time efficiently.

――We thought the decision was already decided way before but, what made you finally take the leap?

Arurandeisu: To be honest, back before I joined Holostars, I had quite the silly dream... I wanted to be a hero.

I admired Kamen Rider from long ago, but thinking realistically there's no such thing in the real world. Then I began to think what kind of possible "Hero" I could be, "As long as I'm alive, I'd like it if everyone that is involved with me in a way will be able to become happy, so there will be less amount of sadness around us". For me, that's the most I could be as a Hero.

Ever since I joined Holostars and started streaming, I often see comments that convey how much they enjoyed what I'm doing and some who have sent me letters or replies saying "Aran's stream has made me feel more positive!".

I started to think "If I stayed here, I think I'll be able to make everyone happy." And after a year has passed, that thought has become much more real and stronger. I gained even more support from everyone so as a result, I started thinking that I wanted to do a lot more. In the end I came up with a decision to "Steel up my own resolution!"

――So that's how it all started...!

Arurandeisu: I've been living my life doing what I love, so that's how I ended up doing live-streaming, which happens to give a lot of people happiness. That kind of win-win like relationship is what makes it good. Live-streaming is truly the best!

――To see "How far I’ve come to reach my dream" it looks like the listener's reaction has become the deciding factor itself it seems.

Arurandeisu: Or more like it is the only factor since I cannot see how they look nor how they react. So be it through Illustrations, clipped video, replies or even comments about interesting parts they liked, all of these are a form of support that manages to find its place to me. It's also thanks to all those reactions that I manage to get even more energy.

------------------ Now is the right time to get to know Arurandeisu and Holostars! ------------------

――Are there new things that you'd like to challenge someday?

Arurandeisu: I've always liked moving my body around from the start so honestly I wanted to try almost anything that I could reach. Since it's much easier to show my expression now, I thought getting into variety show-like things might be good too. Also it might be impossible but I'd like to do "A week off in an uninhabited island." challenge as well...

――It is quite hard in a lot of ways, but we'd also love to see that kind of content!

Arurandeisu: And since I grew up surrounded by games and manga culture, appearing in one of these works is also part of my dream itself. There's one occasion where I appeared in the extra pages of a manga called "Sabageppanashi". It was a series I really liked and had been reading for a long time so I was really happy about it and it became a lasting memory. I also like to appear in online or television shows one day as well.

――Moving forward, this time it’s a question from Aragami Oga-san who appeared in our previous interview. "If you were allowed to have a rent with no limit, what kind of place would you like to live in?"

Arurandeisu: The place I live in right now is quite narrow to be honest, almost like there's only enough for a streaming space. So for starters I'd like to have more rooms, from the streaming room, bedroom, and living room all on its own. Also since I like collecting goods from any games I've cleared, it would be nice if I could have a space to display them all.

I like the idea of having an underground basement too, also it's definitely better to have a bigger bathroom. The current bathroom I had is quite small so I often use the shower instead so I could use up the hot water. That's why having a bigger bathroom and adding a sauna place or a stone sauna is definitely a must. A 2-storey building with 1 basement would be good, also if it comes with a parking lot that would be even nicer too.

――Oga-san who gave you this question is part of the same gen with Kageyama Shien who previously appeared here as well, and both of them made an appearance during your 3D reveal stream. From Arurandeisu's viewpoint who is part of the 1st gen and as their senior, what does the existence of these two mean to you?

Arurandeisu: This applies to everyone in Holostars of course but for us, there isn't really a border between senior-junior in here. That's why rather than a junior, it's more appropriate to call them as a friend that I could rely on. In a sense, everyone also started acting like that to each other as well.

Shien-kun is a mafia boss so in a way, he's a guy you could count on. He's quite sensitive to his surroundings so he definitely becomes the type that will give you a helping hand. The one time he's been really helpful is whenever everyone wants to eat, he would always take the initiative to look up a good place. That one was really a big help (laughs).

I often talked with Oga-kun because we had a lot of things we both like in common. That guy knew a lot of manga and various subcultures so we could talk about many things. Oga-kun also often becomes the one who started the conversation while we were gathering in the waiting room.

――That's quite an unexpected part you won't see often on live streams! That aside, what kind of question would Arurandeisu-san ask the next person?

Arurandeisu: I'd like to ask them "If you could make one of your dreams come true, which one would it be?"

――Understood. Lastly, please let us know if you'd like to drop any kind of messages or announcement

Arurandeisu: Whether it's me or Holostars as a whole, if you start watching us now it will definitely feel like seeing our growth. It also doesn't have to be me, because among all the 9 people in Holostars, each of them is a person full of different quirks and personalities. With this kind of group I'm sure you'll be able to find someone that you will like.

――So, now is truly the right time in your opinion.