Hololive has announced that Vtuber Laplus Darkness will be taking a break due to her mental health. Every a tweet From the company’s official Twitter account, she and Hololive’s management team agreed to allow her to pause her activities and focus on recovering. It is unknown how long her hiatus will last. The agency also apologizes for any concerns and inconveniences.
Following the announcement made just over a week after her one-year anniversary, Laplus posted a tweet saying that she hopes to get well soon so she can be happy again. She asked everyone to wait for her return, saying that she would definitely come back. You can see the tweet (in Japanese) below:
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楽しい こと とかし て 面白い もの 見 見 て
元気 に なっ たら 約束 し た 配信 も たい から
s https://t.co/Or7AjwGhUg— ・ダークネス🛸💜 (@LaplusDarknesss) December 5, 2022
Laplus Darkness is not the first Hololive Vtuber to take a break for mental health purposes. Previously, both Akai Haato and Murasaki Shion halted their Vtuber activities at least in part because of mental health concerns. Haato took a three-week mental break in April 2021, while Shion took a physical and mental break in June of the same year. Shion says that besides the worse problems with her throat, the announcement by fellow Hololive VTuber Kiryu Coco’s Graduation Ceremony is taxing her emotionally.
Laplus Darkness’ mental health hiatus begins December 5, 2022. Although she said she would definitely return, she did not say when that would happen.
