Line #134 WebAnimation/KizunaAI


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:ღ I want to connect with you ღ]]
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4	->''"Hi there, VirtualYouTuber Kizuna Ai here!"''
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6	Kizuna AI is the name of a "VirtualYouTuber" (in actuality, ''[[TropeNamers the]]'' Virtual [=YouTuber=] who coined the term) featured in ''A.I.Channel'', and created in UsefulNotes/MikuMikuDance. Her videos primarily consist of LetsPlays and vlogging, which later expanded into singing {{cover version}}s and original songs.
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8	Initially gaining modest fame through her WebVideo blogs, her popularity increased significantly after a LetsPlay video of her playing ''VideoGame/Inside2016'' was shared on the anime-focused Website/{{Facebook}} page IGON.
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10	You can visit her regular [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4YaOt1yT-ZeyB0OmxHgolA here]], her LetsPlay gaming channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFwe3COkDrbNsbMyGNCsDg here]], and her Twitter [[https://twitter.com/aichan_nel here]]. Ai-chan's former "clone" co-host, Love-chan, has her own channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYm8zALd2uHqyy6C1tb4_zA here.]][[labelnote:*]] There was originally an additional 'clone', Aipii, and the channel was called "Love-pii-channel", but Aipii left in July 2020.[[/labelnote]] There's also an official Mandarin {{spinoff}}, commonly called Ai-ge, created for her large number of Chinese fans, whose non-PRC channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCArUdy5xj0i0cTuhPHRVMpw here.]]
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12	On December 4th, 2021, Ai-chan announced that she will go on indefinite hiatus after her hello,world2022 concert on February 26th, 2022.
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14	An anime titled ''Anime/KizunaNoAllele'' aired in April 2023 about her and her influence (highly fictionalized!).
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16	[[folder:Titles Kizuna Ai has played on her gaming channel]]
17	* ''VideoGame/AmongUs''
18	* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}''
19	* ''VideoGame/AzurLane''
20	* ''VideoGame/{{Calling}}''
21	* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''
22	* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''
23	* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''
24	* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding''
25	* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''
26	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' (Demo)
27	* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''
28	* ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}''
29	* ''VideoGame/EpicSeven''
30	* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''
31	* ''VideoGame/FallGuys''
32	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
33	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''
34	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted''
35	* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''
36	* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''
37	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
38	* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}''
39	* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd''
40	* ''VideoGame/IAmBread''
41	* ''VideoGame/Inside2016''
42	* ''VideoGame/{{LIMBO}}''
43	* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares''
44	* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmaresII''
45	* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival''
46	* ''VideoGame/MarioKart8 Deluxe''
47	* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''
48	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld''
49	* ''VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares''
50	* ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds''
51	* ''VideoGame/{{PT}}''
52	* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo [=eSports=]''
53	* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''
54	* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7''
55	* ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}''
56	* ''VideoGame/{{Sdorica}}''
57	* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice''
58	* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}''
59	* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''
60	* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''
61	* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}} 99''
62	* ''VideoGame/UltimateChickenHorse''
63	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks''
64	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships''
65	[[/folder]]
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67	!!Kizuna Ai provides examples of:
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69	* AffectionateParody: Of [[LetsPlay gaming streamers]] and "Website/{{YouTube}} personalities" in general. The star is supposedly a sapient AI rendered as a [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] anime girl, but otherwise it's similar to other solo internet-channels.
70	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Despite Ai-chan's very feminine appearance and mannerisms, her gender identity seems to change constantly -- sometimes male, sometimes female, sometimes neither.
71	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up3W6vwnqWE&t=6m2s Part 1 of an interview with PANORA VR]], the interviewer notes that her profile does not list her gender, and Ai-chan doesn't give a straight answer when asked about it, suggesting that it would be based on individual interpretation.
72	** In the Website/{{Akinator}} video, she chooses "I don't know" when asked about her gender. On the second try, she tells him she's "probably" a girl.
73	** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU3iGpwKxKc Ai-chan's Fitness Test]], she uses female stats for comparison.
74	** In one of her videos with Noripi, she says she has the appearance of a girl, but with the mind of a man (see CovertPervert, below).
75	** In her ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YE-1UvhKKc videos]], however, when she expresses displeasure at the male protagonist (for reasons [[{{Jerkass}} unrelated]] to his gender), she talks about how she wishes she could play as a girl in that game and also states that although she doesn't have a gender, if she got a physical form, she'd want to be a girl.
76	* AnimationBump:
77	** It's subtle, but Ai-chan's animation has improved since 2016. You can ''really'' see it in her stage performance models and to a lesser extent in her Gamer model, but even her standard model is better than it once was. The most obvious example is when she reenacted her first video 4+ years after the fact. It starts with the original footage, then the glass breaks to reveal 2021 Ai-chan moving at a butter-smooth [=60FPS=] and far more accurate mouth movement.
78	** Inverted with Love-chan and Aipii. Their unique models are 2D and noticeably lower quality. Maybe for the best since Love-chan is primarily a livestreamer and most of her videos run over an hour.
79	* ArtEvolution: She later redesigned her model for her "A.I. Games" LetsPlay channel with a new outfit, a new haircut, as well as [[AnimationBump more fluid animations and facial expressions]]. However, her "A.I. Channel" WebVideo channel still uses her initial model.
80	* ArtificialIntelligence: She claims to be this -- "Ai" is a common Japanese name and, in this case, an unsubtle PunnyName. See below.
81	* AsHerself:
82	** In the ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' collab, all the splash art of her playable versions only had "Kizuna Ai" under voice actress.
83	** She is credited as herself in the second season of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'', where she appears as a guide in an [[ShowWithinAShow in-series]] DatingSim.
84	* AtomicFBomb: A stack animal game [[SoreLoser shows]] that she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQHeCJi8zW8 doesn't take failure well]].
85	* BeautifulTears: She deliberately invokes this according to an answer she gave (at super processing speed) to a question asking why the end-of-video channel ident has a picture of her crying. She thinks it's [[{{Moe}} cuter if she cries]].
86	* BigOMG: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ssZ1KdueTU&t=4m26s Drops this]] when she incorrectly spells "ours" as "awrs" in her ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}'' video.
87	* BitingTheHandkerchief: She's doing this in the thumbnail for one of her ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' videos to express fear and/or frustration, although [[CoversAlwaysLie she does not bite any handkerchiefs in the video itself]].
88	* CallBack: She would reference the memetic "[[ClusterFBomb Fuck you!]]" scene from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'' when she does say the phrase again, intentionally or not. Kizuna discusses it in a playthrough video of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'' when she compared both games. In her sixth ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' playthrough video, she says the phrase again.
89	* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: In one of her earliest videos, Ai-chan truthfully pointed out that, since her visible form is a collection of textured polygons that merely ''resemble'' an outfit and they're not grafted on top of an underlying base, she's technically ''always'' naked. This earned her a month's suspension from Youtube for "Indecency". She was NOT happy about it.
90	* CatchPhrase: A few.
91	** Her trademark intro, "Hai-domo, Virtual [[=YouTuber=]/Gamer] Kizuna Ai desu!" (The "Hai-Domo" part often gets quoted by itself because it [[PerfectlyCromulentWord isn't a real word]], probably a blend of "Hi" and the similar Japanese word "Domo".)
92	** She also drops a "Tensai ka?" ("Am I a genius?") often.
93	* CharacterCelebrityEndorsement: Some of the LetsPlay videos, usually the mobile games, are paid advertisements (note the "includes paid promotion" disclaimer in the bottom-left corner of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZotrPL3Qlk this video]]).
94	* ClusterFBomb: While done out of nervousness and being grossed out instead of anger, she finds herself imitating [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 Ethan]]'s own Cluster F Bomb once the worms start appearing in a certain narrow hallway.
95	-->'''Clancy:''' "Fuck you!"\
96	'''Kizuna Ai:''' "Fuck you! Fuck you fuck you! ''[{{beat}}]'' FUUUCK YOU! [[NoJustNoReaction Mo owatta yo!]]" [[labelnote:translation]]It's over! (as in, "I don't want to do this! Screw this!")[[/labelnote]]
97	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently. For example, she thinks ''VideoGame/Inside2016'' is about gathering magical pinecones and treats ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' as a house-building simulator where she keeps getting interrupted by combat.
98	* ContemplateOurNavels:
99	** After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v3F3luBMEM getting infected by a virus]], she tries to go on with the skit but loses interest and spends most of the rest of the video mulling over her own existence. Incidentally, this video eventually led to the creation of "Black AI" as a separate character.
100	** Something similar happened during the "Kizuna AI's Everyday" series. She started out by showing viewers that clones of herself handled much of the work, but it rapidly devolved into Ai-chan questioning what makes her her and testing out crazy hypotheses.
101	* CovertPervert: Normally appearing innocent, Ai-chan has shown that she can be incredibly perverted when other girls are involved. This is especially noticeable when she had Tsubasa as a guest and on several games that had cute girls you can obtain in your team.
102	* CoverVersion: She sings cover versions for a lot of songs, which she posts on her main channel.
103	* {{Crossover}}:
104	** She has made collaborated videos with other [=YouTube=] personalities such as WebVideo/TheAnimeMan, and fellow [=VTuber=] WebAnimation/KaguyaLuna.
105	** ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH7SWNQ_RnQ has one with her]], where Ai herself shows up as four different unit types along with Kizuna Ai-themed furniture.
106	** She is available as a permanent DLC character in ''VideoGame/CytusII'' with her songs and an original story set in the game's [[CrapsackWorld dark cyberpunk world.]]
107	** She was also playable for a limited time in ''VideoGame/EpicSeven''.
108	** She appears in an episode of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'', an animated web series, credited AsHerself.
109	** One of ''VideoGame/TsuguNoHi''[='=]s installments, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtejadV40d8 "Ai's Death Throes"]], is themed around her and her works.
110	* CutenessOverload: Sums up most of her reactions while playing ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go Pikachu]]''. The video has to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3j0cLOYhoo&t=730s fast-forward through]] the several minutes she spent in the "Play with Pikachu" minigame.
111	* DeathMontage: Her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtPE80TjMd4 playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' starts with a short one, with Ai screaming after every death.
112	* EliteFour: Has a set of "Four Heavenly Kings" composed of Virtual [=YouTubers=] who hit it big shortly after she [[TropeCodifier proved the formula]] -- [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLhUvJ_wO9hOvv_yYENu4fQ Shiro]], [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYtONm441rBogWK_xPH9HA Mirai Akari]], [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt8tmsv8kL9Nc1sxvCo9j4Q Nekomasu]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQYADFw7xEJ9oZSM5ZbqyBw Kaguya Luna]].
113	* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: Very often, especially on her gaming channel. The English subtitles will simply state "Ai-chan noises".
114	* TheFakeCutie: {{Lampshaded}}. Ai-chan claims that because she's cute, she's free to be a greedy {{Jerkass}} and people will only [[LovableRogue love her more for it]]. She's not wrong, considering the overwhelmingly positive reactions she gets when she acts smug and/or chews out the comments section.
115	* {{Fangirl}}:
116	** Clearly qualifies as one for ''Anime/LoveLive'', and Nico Yazawa in particular, after she spent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3H9RxiHo48 a solid 15 minutes]] (and presumably [[AllegedlyFreeGame a lot of offscreen time and money]]) ChewingTheScenery while [[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival trying to get an UR Nico card]]. [[spoiler:She [[ShaggyDogStory doesn't get one]], though she does get an UR Maki and [[YuriFan approves of their fan-ship]].]]
117	** She also mentions once that she wants to marry [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]].
118	** Ai takes a moment in the middle of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_GFTDpUno&t=103 a rant-filled episode]] to talk about how much she loves the videos of fellow virtual [=YouTuber=] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQYADFw7xEJ9oZSM5ZbqyBw Kaguya Luna]].
119	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Playing ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'' has really given her a bit of a potty mouth since she happily repeats every single "fuck" slung about by the cast (mostly Ethan) with it being clear that she doesn't exactly know what she's saying. She counts for this trope since she was barely a year old at the time anyway.
120	* GenkiGirl: She has an enthusiastic personality and is full of energy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v3F3luBMEM&t=36s Except on the rare occasion she isn't.]]
121	* GilliganCut: A frequent source of her humor, particularly in videos where she does something physical, is how she claims that as an AI she can't get tired, thirsty, hungry, etc. Cue her going out of breath minutes later.
122	* GratuitousEnglish: Generally, she gets progressively better in this field as she sometimes speaks and reads English words in her gaming videos. Some clips on her main channel even show her learning the language but would come out as {{Engrish}} instead.
123	** Mispronounces some English words in her ''Quick, Draw!'' video.
124	** She randomly spouts English words and phrases ''all over the place'' in the beginning of Part 1 of her ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' playthrough after Phone Guy begins talking.
125	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Gratuitous Korean in [[https://twitter.com/aichan_nel/status/828577924181745665 this Twitter post]], where she asks if her name in Korean is "아이" (also pronounced "ai"), which literally means "child".
126	* GuestFighter: She has been featured as a playable unit in some of the mobile games she has [[{{Crossover}} collaborated with]].
127	* HaremSeeker: She admits that she'd want a doting harem during her ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' playthrough instead of just a girlfriend.
128	* HiddenDepths: Ai has shown great vocal talent as she's shown her ability to sing several times, covering songs from her favorite idols to anime and Vocaloid songs.
129	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Ai's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-MErCNOMQ two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-MErCNOMQ clones]] were eventually given hairclips and nicknames to differentiate them from the original. In some videos, they'll also wear different costumes to further differentiate themselves. This part of their character design later got carried over to [[https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1271774558366789633 Love-chan]] and [[https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1271774695348506625 Ai-pii]][='=]s new models despite looking nothing like each other or Ai herself.
130	* IMeantToDoThat: Sometimes, Ai will claim she got stuck or made a mistake on purpose.
131	* InCharacterLetsPlay: Kizuna AI is portrayed by a real (human) voice actress whose identity is known (see the subpages) and has streamed games as herself, but Ai-chan's LP's are ''always'' in-character.
132	** This also applies to Love-chan and Ai-ge, whose identities aren't known.
133	* {{Kayfabe}}:
134	** Ai-chan is a Super-Sharp Artificial Intelligence (read: barely competent hunk-o-junk) who only exists within the confines of the internet. Of course everyone knows it's really Nozomi Kasuga (or Kasuga plus a body-actor) and other voice actresses using some mid-range motion-capture software, but fans have from the start willingly suspended their disbelief to accept that Kizuna AI is what she says she is. Ai-chan herself '''''never''''' breaks character.
135	** This has also allowed the various voice actresses to remain anonymous… except Kasuga, who was forced by circumstance (refer to the [[YMMV/KizunaAI YMMV page]]) to admit she originated Ai-chan's voice …although by the time she did so in April 2020 it was an open secret. However, the voice actresses for Love-chan, Aipii, and Ai-ge are still unknown.
136	* KickTheDog: Despite [[ShipperOnDeck wanting Sayori and the protagonist to date]] during her ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' playthrough, she rejected her LoveConfession while knowing Sayori's [[spoiler:[[StepfordSmiler highly depressed]]]] [[ItAmusedMe just to see what would happen]]. She admits it was pretty horrible and that you shouldn't do it yourself.
137	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: [[invoked]] Constantly refers to herself as a "super-intelligent AI" and talks up her excellence… when in fact she fails at nearly everything she tries. Sometimes, [[NeverMyFault she blames the games or rival AI for her own mistakes]]. She's also lampshaded her constant failures at least once.
138	-->"But then, not succeeding is cuter, right?"
139	* LampshadeHanging: Kizuna Ai seems to be aware of the common tropes in video games, as she even discusses them during her Let's Plays when the game shows signs of the obvious examples. This especially happens when she plays a Survival Horror title.
140	-->''(after noticing a room filled with ammunition and weapon upgrade parts in '''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''')'' "When there's a lot of items on the ground means [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity there's probably something big]]."
141	* {{Malaproper}}: Tends to mispronounce "[[ThisCannotBe bakana]]" as "banana".
142	* MotorMouth: Did this in one of her (now-unlisted) livestreams as she kept trying to read and reply with the chat.
143	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction after [[DatingSim rejecting]] a character in ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''.
144	* OrwellianRetcon: Since it's possible to change the titles of Youtube videos, A.I. Channel has edited the title of every video featuring the "clones" between June 2019 and April 2020. Videos with Love-chan are now preceded with ［＃］ and videos with Aipii have ［＊］. Videos with both of them [[CaptainObvious have both notations]]. This includes all uploads from before they got their symbols and names. Ai-ge doesn't get this treatment because she had a different character design from the beginning.
145	* PerpetualPoverty:
146	** Beginning from video #25, Ai-chan complains about her lack of money. We see [[TheGamblingAddict the reason why]], more or less 60 videos later… [[BribingYourWayToVictory Bribing Her Way to Victory.]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqiw2_CaGdU ORBPOWER]]" !!! [-[[NeverLendToAFriend Poor donators…]]-]
147	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3H9RxiHo48 That video]] is especially awful, where she [[spoiler:shows dozens of gachapon-gained Ultra Rares on ''[[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival Love Live]]'' and spends more than a hundred dollars chaining [[SadistShow summoning after summoning]] to get a Nico card]]…
148	* PrecisionFStrike: From her ''Resident Evil 7'' LetsPlay, she shouts "Kuso!" ("Shit!") when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVSB0OrB4Q&t=893 Jack rams Ethan with a car]], which results in a Game Over.
149	* PunnyName: The creators had a field day with this trope.
150	** "Ai" is a common name or part of a name for Japanese girls. It also happens to be the abbreviation for "Artificial Intelligence". The likely kanji for her name -- 「愛」 ''ai'', meaning "love" -- is the reason why one of Ai-chan's clones was named "Love-chan" (officially 'Loveちゃん', also 'らぶちゃん') by fans.
151	** The eventual Twitter handle she chose, [=@aichan_nel=], is a combination of Ai-chan and ([=YouTube=]) channel.
152	* RecursiveReality: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwgmjn-8mE Superhot]]'' video uses VR mode. [[ShapedLikeItself Virtual virtual reality.]]
153	* SchmuckBait: One video is titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS7y2MkOk8g "DON'T WATCH!!"]]. If you watch it anyway, she [[LampshadeHanging scolds you for ignoring the warning]] but then starts acting flirtatious, moves close to the camera, and [[spoiler:hits you with a ScreamerPrank]].
154	* ScreamerPrank: The end result of the SchmuckBait video, [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS7y2MkOk8g "DON'T WATCH!!"]]]]
155	* ScrewYourself:
156	** Most of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UwRDBOcRmo the ad for her first figurine]] consists of her rambling excitedly about its cuteness, with particular focus on the [[ZettaiRyouiki exposed thighs]].
157	** The short series linked in YouWakeUpInARoom has a three-way version of this under the spoiled segment.
158	* ShipTease: [[invoked]] Her interactions with Kaguya Luna on Website/{{Twitter}} can get very affectionate. Some of Ai's videos will bring up "Tsuki-chan"[[note]] (''tsuki'' is the Japanese word for "moon", i.e. "Luna", whose name uses the moon kanji)[[/note]] for no particular reason, while Luna has made videos to congratulate "Boss" on her milestones. Culminated in an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VuD4HVYFEg April]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx7RkgTKOGs Fool's]] collaboration in which the two [[FreakyFridayFlip switched]] [[TheOtherDarrin performers]] and each [[ButHeSoundsHandsome talked up how much they love the other]]. Possibly an AscendedMeme coming from fanart which paired the two together.
159	* ShipperOnDeck:
160	** Approves of the fan shipping between [[Franchise/LoveLive Maki and Nico]].
161	** In the first ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' video, Ai-chan instantly pointed out "they belong together" the moment Sayori appeared.
162	* SignatureHeadgear: Her pink ribbon headband, which she calls "pyoko-pyoko".
163	* StunnedSilence: Quite common when she doesn't expect the loud jumpscares in some horror game playthroughs, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDYGjz5DDzQ&t=129s this moment]] in her ''Home Security'' video where she gets shocked for 15 seconds straight.
164	* StylisticSuck: Her arms and hands tend to clip through her torso and hair all the time, but she's an AI with a computer-animated avatar, so any errors make sense in-universe.
165	* SympathyForTheDevil: She seems to feel genuinely bad for [[spoiler:deleting Monika]] in ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' and spends the next minute or so mumbling sad apologies.
166	* ThroughHisStomach: Once, Ai-chan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXOCqNWz4Q made]] a video on ''Note 8-chan'', a game where the titular character's walking and jumping are controlled with the microphone. She tries themes, one being Sexy Voice… Cue her saying various food names. ''[[BeyondTheImpossible It somehow works on 8-chan]]'', to the [[DullSurprise utter confusion of Ai-chan]] who reacts with a giant "!?" in silence.
167	-->Natto~.\
168	''(8-chan moves a single pixel)''\
169	O...ku...ra.\
170	''(8-chan [[GameBreakingBug gets stuck]] in a perpetual [[VisualInnuendo jumping animation]])''
171	* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: As a "VirtualCelebrity", she can't eat or drink anything, but if forced to choose a favorite food or drink, she would go for milk.
172	* TranquilFury: Lampshaded by the subtitles in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9ayAaz1C0&t=225s her playthrough]] of ''I Am Egg'' when it occurs.
173	-->''"Gone silent out of pure anger"''
174	* TranslationTrainWreck:
175	** When playing ''Quick, Draw!'', she messed up several prompts, some due to [[JapaneseRanguage L/R confusion]], some due to {{Engrish}}, but some mistranslations are utterly bizarre, such as thinking both "suitcase" ''and'' "trombone" meant "sweet corn". Then she thought "van" meant "ban" and, having just come off of an account suspension from [=YouTube=], drew ''herself''.
176	--->''[sees "bird"]'' "Bee… ru… doh… Bildo!" [-(J-slang for "building")-] "If I say it's 'building', then it's 'building'."\
177	"I don't think I can be friends with this AI."
178	** She tries to show her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ssZ1KdueTU mastery of English]] in ''VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}'', and gets many translations correct, but also makes many bizarre mistakes. In one case, she translates "kare wa anata wo aishiteimasu" ("he loves you") into "thre is you foling love." Other examples include "No I am no't wain" and "The cheese it yours turtles."[[labelnote:*]] Ai-chan ''says'' "is" aloud during the prompt but selects "it" by mistake and doesn't realize until after submission. No one can explain the last-second inclusion of "turtles".[[/labelnote]]
179	** This sometimes happens in video titles, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNFGzMRZSB4 "The matter that the love of my kittens is very heavy."]]
180	* {{Troll}}: [[invoked]] What do you expect from a child of the internet? This is a big part of Ai-chan's personality when it comes to interacting with viewers. In addition to the "DON'T WATCH!" video linked above, she'll sometimes use [[CoversAlwaysLie deceptive thumbnails]] or otherwise screw with her fans and their expectations.
181	* TropeCodifier: The first big "VirtualYouTuber", responsible for [[TropeNamers coining the name]] and much of the format. Numerous other Virtual [=YouTubers=] who came after Ai-chan now follow her forms of content, namely making WebVideo vlogs, LetsPlay gaming videos, and singing. Her "AI living in {{Cyberspace}}" persona also led to many of her imitators making at least token gestures to being AmbiguouslyHuman and[=/=]or TrappedInAnotherWorld.
182	* UglyCute: [[invoked]] Has a propensity for this in her playthrough of ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]'' -- Ai-chan routinely calls cockroaches "gokiburi-tan" affectionately [[labelnote:translation]](where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "gokiburi" is "cockroach"]] and "-tan" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics#Tan a more diminutive form]] of an already-diminutive [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Japanese honorific]] -- WebOriginal/OSTan is a good example)[[/labelnote]]. She also calls a ''bloody fetus crying in a sink'' cute "because it's wriggly"... then promptly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the absurdity of that statement and wonders if the game is making her go crazy.
183	* VagueAge: Doesn't know how old she is, but estimates that she is physically 16.
184	** She ''does'', however, know when she was created – exactly five months before her debut, so she will often give her age as a single digit. For obvious reasons, she gives no age on social media.
185	* VaporWear: In a whole-outfit sense. In her soda bath video, she mentions her clothes are simply a hologram and that she's essentially always naked.
186	* VerbalBackspace: During her ''VideoGame/Inside2016'' playthrough, she describes herself as a "Useless AI", but shortly after she clarifies that the "useless" part is just a character trait she's currently acting out.
187	* VirtualYoutuber: The TropeMaker and TropeNamer, as she's widely considered to be the first modern example and she coined the term "Virtual Youtuber" by using as part of her usual greeting. Fittingly, her videos focus on Let's Plays and vlogging.
188	* WhiteVoidRoom: Where she seemingly lives. During her very first VR game, she spent a lot of time marveling at the scenery before actually starting her climb
189	** In her ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' playthrough, she gets jealous that Mario gets to live in such a beautiful world while she's "stuck in this white space".
190	* YouDontLookLikeYou: After Ai-pii and Love-chan branched off from the main channel to have their own individual channels, their avatars also received entirely new designs distinct from the original Kizuna Ai avatars.
191	* YouWakeUpInARoom: A short series of videos (summarized [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MzFl_s-LZ0 here]]) starts off with this premise, with a FeaturelessProtagonist waking up in Ai's virtual space alongside the original Ai and Ai-pii. The protagonist wastes no time in [[TwinThreesomeFantasy flirting with both of them]] on an individual basis. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, it turns out the "featureless protagonist" is actually Love-chan. The other two break up with her for playing with their feelings and [[ScrewYourself hook up with each other instead]].]]

Context WebAnimation / KizunaAI