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Gawr Gura's Graduation

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"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @DocStrangelove2 tweeted, ">Gura announces graduation >she's audibly upset and crying >"reason for this is disagreements with Hololive management." What the hell is going on there?!"
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About

Gawr Gura's Graduation refers to VTuber Gawr Gura announcing her retirement from her role with Hololive on May 1st, 2025. Gawr Gura is one of the most popular creators introduced in the first cohort of English-speaking Hololive VTubers in 2020 and cited "disagreements with management and company direction" as her reason for retirement. Gura's retirement coincided with the April 2025 4chan hack, with many internet users lamenting the loss of their favorite VTuber as well as /vt/, a forum used to discuss VTubers, at the same time.

Origin

On April 15th, 2025, Gawr Gura made a post on X[1] announcing an upcoming YouTube live. The post read, "i have to talk to you about something tonight- 💙," and showed artwork of Gawr Gura looking off to the left.


"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025.

The graduation announcement video went live late on April 15th E.S.T., and gathered over 1.4 million views in six hours. The nearly 8-minute long YouTube[2] video shows Gawr Gura introducing herself, thanking her fans for listening and announcing her graduation from Hololive on May 1st, 2025. She cites her reasons for retirement as being "disagreements with management and company direction."



The official Hololive EN Reddit[6] account made a post addressing Gura's retirement on April 15th, 2025, gathering over 11,000 upvotes in a day.


"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025.

Spread

Several internet users reacted to Gawr Gura's graduation, including X[3] user @FlipsieVT, who posted a photo of computer folders named "memes if graduation," "memes if not," "shark feet" on April 15th, 2025. The post gathered over 1,600 likes in a day.


"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @FlipsieVT posted a photo of computer folders named "memes if graduation," "memes if not," "shark feet."

X[4] user @matcha7th posted a photo of the Twin Towers being attacked on 9/11 with Gawr Gura and Nanashi Mumei edited onto each tower on April 15th, 2025. Nanashi Mumei previously announced her graduation in April 2025. The post gathered over 58,000 likes in a day.


X[4] user @matcha7th posted a photo of the "Twin Towers being attacked on 9/11":https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/events/september-11th-2001-attacks with Gawr Gura and Nanashi Mumei edited onto each tower on April 15th, 2025. Nanashi Mumei previously announced her graduation in April 2025.

Also on April 15th, X[5] user @CuteAndFunnyAlt made a post about how Gawr Gura's retirement coincided with the April 2025 4chan Hack, meaning VTuber fans could not discuss the event on /vt/.


"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @CuteAndFunnyAlt posted a tweet about her retirement and the "April 2025 4chan Hack":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/april-2025-4chan-sharty-hack-and-janitor-email-leak.

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"Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @hadalogic shared a "Breaking News":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-no-bro-characters-reacting-to-sad-breaking-news meme that gathered over 3,000 likes. "Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @veemoid2 tweeted, "4chan getting shut down and gawr gura retiring on the same day is like this to some people." "Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @Post_Rumi posted a GIF of Sonic the Hedgehog saying, "I'm going to kill myself." "Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @crimumin posted a photo of a noose, writing, "wait for me gura, i'm coming with you." "Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @abichungus wrote, "for non holo fans this is like if Goku retired from fighting." "Hololive":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/hololive "VTuber":knowyourmeme.com/memes/vtubers-virtual-influencers "Gawr Gura":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/gawr-gura announced her retirement, also known as "graduation," in April 2025. X user @AyoTaledo posted a tweet joking about Gawr Gura's connection to the LA Dodgers, writing, "The LA Dodgers’ watching their chances of winning the next World Series disappear after the Gawr Gura news hits."

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External References

[1] Twitter / X – gawrgura

[2] YouTube – Gawr Gura

[3] Twitter / X – FlipsieVT

[4]  Twitter / X – matcha7th

[5] Twitter / X – CuteAndFunnyAlt

[6] Reddit – /r/Hololive

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