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The Hololive Alternative media project and elements are unique in that the manga stories and games take established Vtubers and incorporate parts of their personality or lore into totally new stories and experiences. They don’t require any knowledge of the performers to enjoy and are completely standalone. The manga Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia is one of the best examples, with its second volume now available, and its latest entry is especially fun due to the focus it gives to Ayame Nakiri.
Editor’s Note: There will be some spoilers for the Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia Hololive manga below.
Okay, so as a quick refresher, Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia is primarily a manga about the Hololive Vtubers Fubuki Shirakami and Mio Ookami. In the series, they are kami who protect people from Stigma and purify them when they are overwhelmed by that power and transform. The first volume highlights what that kind of work involves before getting into a larger and more critical situation involving missing children from the village of Miyako. The two headed to a mansion to search from them, but heard a youkai took them. This leads them to Oeyama Temple in search of answers. But that also means an encounter with a character based on fellow Hololive Vtuber Ayame Nakiri.
Now, we did first see Ayame at the end of the first volume of the Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia manga, as she confronted the other two Hololive members Fubuki and Mio. At the time, we got a hint as to her possible reflexes and the units she could call upon as her minions. But with the first chapter of this second volume, her character is even better established in this offshoot. We see her deftly handle a fight against both kami at once, and it’s only when they start teaming up more efficiently that they catch her off-guard. However, once they do, the realize Ayame isn’t and was never an enemy.
The children were in danger of a possible abduction and Stigma-related situation. Ayame recognized this before either kami or people in the town’s community. She then took all the children in and hid them away at her temple to protect them. She cared for them so much, and them in return, that they even referred to her as an older sister. (Meanwhile, Fubuki and Mio are just “Fubuki-chan” and “Mio-chan.” And once the situation’s cleared up and Ayame is aware they are kami, she’s just as welcoming to them. Even the oni living at the Oeyama sanctuary were all healing the children Ayame brought there from the art used on them by the person affected by Stigma.
Then, the rest of the Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia manga keeps up with the idea that Ayame matters as much as Fubuki and Mio in this situation. Because of her nature as a youkai, she has insight into the current situation. Likewise, it’s because of her that we know more about the portal situation, at least a bit. She play a critical part in the confrontation too, showing her skills further.
The attention paid to Ayame Nakiri really helps establish her as a stand-out individual in the Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia manga, so she fits in with the other characters based on Hololive Vtubers. It also feels necessary, given the way Fubuki Shirakami and Mio Ookami were properly introduced in the first volume. Seeing as how the events make her seem like a recurring character who will become important in the ongoing efforts to deal with Stigma in Yamato, I really appreciated the characterization and development surrounding this additional heroine.
Volumes 1 and 2 of Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia are available now via Square Enix, which covers up through chapter 18. The most recent chapter is 31, which appeared in August 2025.
