r/VtuberDrama

I'm sure a lot of you know who Mel Nekomata is and for those who don't, she's a Vtuber who has a history of farting or taking a s**t on-stream, scamming her viewers for donations, deleting her content, and then rebranding with a new alias and then rinse and repeat. Last year, she used a model named "Aery Viridis" that ripped off Airi Viridis of V-Dere, and I was a fan of her for a while because I had no idea who Mel was at the time. She streamed for a couple months and then she nuked her content in July due to claiming that she was upset about being a failure, so I set up a campaign to get her back into streaming, but then a few users confirmed she was a fraud all along, and when I learned the truth about her, I was devastated to hear that the Vtuber I felt sorry for was a longtime manipulator who's had a history of doing very obscene things in her older streams. Plus, I had no idea who Mel Nekomata was until then.

As some of you may remember, I made a post asking if what those users said about her was true, and then she used one of her alt. accounts to threaten me with legal action against me if I didn't delete those posts I made about her, though I thankfully didn't give in to her demands. Shortly after the whole Aery Viridis debacle on this site, Mel continued to emo post on Twitter, rebranded with a new Vtuber persona and then a regular user that isn't a Vtuber, and then deleted all of her accounts afterwards. In October of last year, Airi Viridis (the real Airi, not Mel Aery) made a PSA warning her fans that Mel copied her name and appearance and reassured them that she's *not* Mel nor has she ever interacted with her or taken part in her deceptive practices, so I subbed to Airi to recover from being manipulated by Mel.

However, as of early 2026, Mel Nekomata hasn't made any returns or reincarnations since then. Maybe she's finally outgrown her history of scamming people and has finally moved on from that to spend her time with her boyfriend she kep talking about on Twitter. Either that, or more people, including established Vtubers, arr aware of her now and is worried she'll be instantly recognized if she comes back at all. I still, however, wonder if she's returned with a new name yet, because it's been about a year since she was on the web and has been radio silent after deleting her accounts.

For those who do know if she *has* returned yet, leave a link to her hypothetical new channel or screenshots of her channel in the comment section, if you can, because something like shouldn't fade into obscurity and more people ought to be aware of her actions.

He used the term absolutely correctly. Someone stronger preying on the weak. The term doesn't have to be sexual or even illegal. Yes it could be targetting underage, but only sometimes. I've seen it used more often not describing that.

IMO: the only thing Mujin did wrong in his now-deleted video was apparently doxxing the group chat (for one frame).

Regardless, I unsubscribed from him knowing now he is such a pushover that cannot even defend his own words but would rather wait and then parrot what the general consensus is. He's lost all of his credibility.

Hope this helps

I can't believe it took so long but she just kept being a shitty person and she's finally getting some justice slowly but real justice, accidentally forgot to say i was talking about vexmlk

I didn't really see the drama after the first exposed other than the response confirming it, but I've seen people being mad at the woman who wrote the doccument, Mujin and even Bao for some reason?

I don't understand the response to this drama…

Here's what I know so far; Sykunno cheated on his girlfriend with Mal. Mal, to start, did not know Sykunno was in a relationship. Sykunno was not only talking to Mal but a couple of other girls and eventually these girls would come to speak with each other and inform Sykunno's actual girlfriend by getting in contact with Bao? Bao later subtweeted about Sykunno's creeping on smaller content creators. Later Mal would go to Mujin and Mujin made a video in which he called Sykunno a predator. I saw that people were upset by the use of the word predator which did confuse me.

I don't understand people being upset about the word "predator" because according to Dictionary..com predator is defined in this way:

"A predator person is an individual who manipulates, exploits, or harms others to fulfill their own desires, power cravings, or s*xual urges. They **often** target vulnerable people using grooming tactics—such as charm, lying, and creating artificial intimacy—to gain trust before exploiting them"

I get that people on the internet have come to understand the term as being exclusive to groomers so it makes sense that the use of that particular word could be confusing due to the association but the word is not being used incorrectly here. Sykunno did actively lie to get into a girl's pants and that is listed as a predatory behavior point blank. I think that this fact isn't being taken very seriously. Consent under false pretenses isn't actually consent; I understand that we as a society don't usually take infidelity very seriously, it tends to be treated more like a "fact of life" although I believe that view needs to change because it is definitely reprehensible to bring a non-consenting party into something as unethical as an affair. I think confining the word "predator" in such a way actively strips the word of its meaning and removes weight from predatory behaviors that don't involve minors.

Veering away from that topic, I believe that a non-consenting affair partner is undoubtedly a victim and has a right to claim so. Even if Mal says "I mean we can still be FWB" after confrontating Sykunno it doesn't change Mal's victim status as consent cannot be retroactively gained. She, still, was not aware of the other partner and that made her an unwilling party. Same goes for any other girl he has done this to. It doesn't mean Mal is particularly "in the right" but I want to hammer in this point about the importance of consent. I am concerned that people will end up giving Sykunno a pass and that's very sad so I'd like to encourage thinking with some level of nuance even if you dislike the person who spoke out.

I will also add that I've seen many people uplifting Powdur when this topic is discussed. I won't lie, I think Powdur is a grifter but she has a right to talk about her own experience with Sykunno. I think the main issue is that her statement was basically-

“I knew the guy was flirting with me, it was pretty obvious. It was likely he'd be talking to more than one person so I didn't go for it. He isn't a predator and you're not a victim because it's clear, you have a brain”

It's heavily paraphrased but I want to give the gist of it. The original post is here -> https://www.reddit.com/r/VtuberDrama/s/nUslUmSXVA

I think the reason Powdur ruffled so many feathers is because it actively downplayed the issue of lying to gain sexual favors but also blamed people who fell for his lying instead of focusing on the issue of being dishonest in the first place. She has a right to her opinion but I don't understand people pointing to this post as one of her successes when it doesn't really state anything particularly useful. It is pretty much just her opinion on the situation and there is nothing wrong with that although she does use it to downplay the betrayal the other women who actually involved themselves with Sykunno were feeling.

I don't think Sykunno is an evil pedo but he is a predator by definition and he did manipulate the women he slept with as well as his actual girlfriend. I think it is safe to say that he is an **abuser** and I know some people will absolutely disagree, you have a right to your opinion but I believe that infidelity is a form of emotional abuse and doing it more than once proves disinterest in the emotional well being of your partner. If you're habitually cheating you are required to intentionally betray their trust more than once and that is going to scar the victim and make normal relationships difficult to maintain in the future. I think that's also not talked about enough when the topic is brought up.

In general I think Sykunno is a bad person, I don't think he is a victim and I'm concerned upon seeing some users portray him as one. I want to be sure everyone knows this guy's actions are severe and his girlfriend is very much a victim too. I do think that she deserved a heads up before this was made public because it puts her in the spotlight in a way that is almost totally negative. She didn't deserve to be pulled into the limelight like that but I also believe this needed to be public because bringing non-consenting women into an affair is disgusting and girls need to be aware that he will lie/omit information if he can.