Riamu Yumemi

About

Riamu Yumemi is a character from the mobile game THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls.

Origin

Riamu was added to the Cinderella Girls in 2019 as part of the game's 7th anniversary. She is portrayed as a follower of the Menhera subculture and, on top of being an idol herself, as an idol otaku with poor self-esteem.^[1]

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Controversy

In February 2020, an update to Cinderella GIrls included story dialogue in which Riamu refers to the character Yukumu Sajo as a "loli". This was considered controversial by iDOLM@STER fans.

On February 2nd, 2020, some began tweeting about the controversy, adding their thoughts on the character's usage of the term. Twitter^[3] user @PastelChum tweeted, "The whole internet loves Depression Riamu, a depressed idol that exists as the living embodiment of a 4chan shitpost! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the idol said 'loli is justice.'" The tweet received more than 280 likes in one week (shown below, left). Twitter^[4] user @CINDERELLAGlRLS tweeted, "people just finding out about the 'riamu called yukimi a loli' thing and turned a blind eye to like. the 1838383 things she’s done that idoltwt would cancel someone for." The post received more than 200 likes in less than one week (shown below, center). Twitter^[5] user @Dauragon posted a defense of the character, believing that offending people is the purpose of the character. The post received more than 760 likes and 195 retweets in less than one week (shown below, right).

Related Memes

I Don't Wanna Be Bread/Being Bread is Fine Actually

I Don't Wanna Be Bread/Being Bread is Fine Actually is a meme based on edited fetish art of Riamu being turned into bread. While not original to Riamu, the Riamu version, which was first posted on November 26, 2019 by Twitter user @psychoorbevel, has spawned several parodies.^[2]

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