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"Hey guys, MasaeAnela here!"
―MasaeAnela's intro in almost every Let's Play video she makes

Shauntelle Kikue (born April 25, 1993), better known as MasaeAnela or Masae for short, is an American Let's Player and Twitch Streamer. She is known for her quirky commentary and cute demeanour, and does most, if not all, of the art on her channel and videos herself. Masae has 129,000 subscribers and 48,951,132 views as of 2023.

Masae started her channel in 2009, after seeing NintendoCapriSun's videos, with a Let's Play of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Since then, Masae has made Let's Plays on several video games, including titles from the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Kirby video game franchises. Among her Let's Plays include Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario RPG, Mario Party 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Banjo-Kazooie, Ōkami and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

In her videos, Masae has an upbeat commentary style is known for her cute demeanour, and she does most, if not all, of the art on her channel and videos herself. In addition to her own content, Masae occasionally appeared alongside other LPers, like Chuggaaconroy and Stephen Georg, and became a recurring guest and co-producer of The Runaway Guys alongside Tom Fawkes. She has also posted videos of fanart from a variety of video game series, including Undertale and DanganRonpa, and has done artwork for her and her friends' Let's Plays.

Masae also regularly streams games on Twitch. The games she has steamed include Stardew Valley, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Celeste, VVVVVV, Monster Hunter: World, Super Mario 64, A Hat in Time, Rimworld, Splatoon, Undertale, Lethal Company, Dark Souls, and Mario Kart 8. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. In October 2016, Masae became a Twitch Partner. As of March 2022, Masae runs a secondary channel called Couple's Couch, where she uploads Twitch VODs of her playing co-op games with her boyfriend, BrettUltimus. As of 2024, Masae has 36k followers on Twitch.

Masae did several collaborations with Emile, on both their channels and also on The Runaway Guys and Stephen Georg's vlogs, from 2014 to 2021. A lot of people thought that Emile and Masae were dating because Emile often made sexual and flirtatious comments about her in videos they did together. Unbeknownst publicly at the time, Masae was uncomfortable at the sexual and flirtatious comments Emile made about her.

Masae stopped talking to Emile sometime after or during June 2021. By the time the Splatoon 2 Let's Play was being uploaded, Masae was no longer friends with Emile and wished to sever any affiliation with him. Instead, the videos featuring her were uploaded without Masae’s consent, perpetuating the idea the two were still friends for almost two years. Assumptions of a falling out between Emile and Masae occurred because of the lack of social media interaction between them in the past year or two.

On January 24, a week after the 2024 Chuggaaconroy Allegations began, Masae said in a Twitter thread that she had not associated with Emile for years and that they are no longer friends, due to her feeling uncomfortable with the way Emile has talked to/about her in the past, that she will not be attending events that Emile will be at unless it is a public space where she is able to avoid him, and that she will not be reciprocating discussion about Emile further in any capacity.

Biography

Early life

Shauntelle Kikue was born on April 25th 1993. In 2006, when she was 13, she wondered why her dad kept sneaking out in the wee hours of the night. Eventually, she realized there was nothing untoward going on. Her father was going out before dawn to line up at local stores in hopes of scoring a Nintendo Wii for her. The console had just been released, and Masae, who had loved and played Zelda since as far back as she could remember (her earliest memories, she says, were of watching her mother play Ocarina of Time), wanted to play The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. A few years later, in 2009, a friend convinced her to start producing Let's Play videos, and after being further inspired to do so by watching NintendoCapriSun's videos, Masae began her Let's Playing career in October of that year, largely to overcome her social anxiety concerning people and talking.

Let's Playing career

MasaeAnela profile picture

One of Masae's profile pictures

Masae started her channel and uploaded her first video on October 17th, 2009. Her first Let's Play was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, recorded with a camcorder pointed at her television. In this Let's Play, she begins hesitantly, apprehension in her voice, not sure why anyone would want to listen. She gained a lot more confidence in herself in future Let's Plays, however, and she's now effusive, excited, and entertaining in her commentary.

Since starting her Let's Playing career, she has made Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Kirby video game franchises. Among her Let's Plays include Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario RPG, Mario Party 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Paper Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Banjo-Kazooie, Ōkami and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

Masae's YouTube profile picture changes depending on what game she is Let's Playing. For example, when she played Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, her profile picture depicted her chibi form wearing clothes similar to the character Adeleine. In her videos, Masae has an upbeat commentary style. She also has incredible determination when playing video games, as demonstrated by her 13-hour Undertale stream or how she spent 15 hours attempting to complete a sidequest in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In 2014, to celebrate her channel's 5th anniversary, Masae decided to do a Let's Play of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, the remake of the game that started her Let's Playing career.

In addition to her own content, Masae occasionally collaborated with other Let's Players, including various associates of The Runaway Guys and Stephen Georg. Masae's channel experienced a rise in popularity after she was featured as a guest on these two channels, with her reaching the milestone of 100,000 subscribers on YouTube on April 28th 2017. Masae has 129,000 subscribers and 48,951,132 views as of 2023. The official Twitter account for Ōkami gave Masae a shout-out after she began her let's-play of that game, and they also gave one to her and FamilyJules for their rendition of the song Reset.

Twitch Streaming career

"Hi! Welcome to my Twitch channel! This is where I'll be playing all sorts of games just for the funsies, and I hope you'll enjoy whatever weird shenanigans happen here! Other things may definitely happen too, this isn't a strict schedule at all! I generally just play whatever I feel like in the moment, so keep an eye out! I might throw some new things into the mix to keep things fresh! Things here are pretty relaxed and honestly these streams are meant as just a little hangout spot! If you're in the mood to chat with some fellow geeks and have fun while watching game derping, then you're in the right place!"
―Masae's Twitch about page[src]
Masae Twitch profile picture

Masae's Twitch profile picture

Masae regularly streams games on Twitch. Masae also regularly streams games on Twitch. The games she has steamed include Stardew Valley, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Celeste, VVVVVV, Monster Hunter: World, Super Mario 64, A Hat in Time, Rimworld, Splatoon, Undertale, Lethal Company, Dark Souls, Monster Hunter Rise, and Mario Kart 8. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. She started practicing speedrunning Super Mario 64 by beating the game with 16 stars. Streams with story are usually uploaded to her stream playlist. In October 2016, Masae became a Twitch Partner. As of 2024, Masae has 36k followers on Twitch.

As of March 2022, Masae runs a secondary channel called Couple's Couch, where she uploads Twitch VODs of her playing co-op games with her boyfriend, fellow streamer BrettUltimus. Masae took a three week break from streaming on January 24th 2024 due to contracting COVID-19, returning on February 5th 2024.[1]

Collaborations with Chuggaaconroy

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Pikmin 3 - Mission 9- Twilight Hollow Remix with MasaeAnela

Masae did several collaborations with Emile on both their channels from 2014 to 2021.

From 2015 to 2019, Masae was a guest feature on six episodes of of Chuggaaconroy's Pikmin 3 Mission Mode series, beginning with Pikmin 3 - Mission 9: Twilight Hollow Remix with MasaeAnela and concluding with Pikmin 3 – Battle Enemies. They played the mission mode stages Twilight Hollow Remix, Beastly Cavern, Forgotten Cove and Clockwork Chasm.

From Pokémon Emerald to Pokémon Black & White, Masae created artwork for Emile's Pokémon Let's Plays, typically for his bios of Legendary Pokémon.

Due to being uncomfortable at the sexual and flirtatious comments Emile had made about her, Masae eventually ended their friendship and any cameo (Splatoon 2, recorded long before their falling out) or interaction/mention (Colosseum Twitch chat) was posted and done without her consent after she had made it clear that she did not want to be associated. By the time she released her statement amid the 2024 Chuggaaconroy Allegations, Masae had not associated with Emile for years. Masae removed the videos of her playing Mario Party with Chuggaaconroy. The videos of them playing Mario Party 2 that were uploaded to Emile’s channel remain however.

Personal life

Masae is good at archery and martial arts. She began her Let's Playing career largely to overcome her social anxiety concerning people and talking. Her Paper Mario LP was put on hold for a while after she contracted an illness from a convention.

When asked the question of how she and Emile met, Masae answered that they first met through Skype calls. A lot of people thought that Emile and Masae were dating because Emile often made sexual and flirtatious comments about her in videos they did together, such as the Super Mario 3D World Runaway Guys Collab LP in which Masae was the guest star. Rumours about their alleged relationship ended when Masae began dating streamer BrettUltimus, and Emile revealed he had a girlfriend from Scotland. Unbeknownst publicly at the time, Masae was uncomfortable at the sexual and flirtatious comments Emile made about her.

Masae stopped talking to Emile sometime after or during June 2021 when she made a post on twitter that Emile commented on and she responded. During this time her channel was under a long hiatus from about May to August 2021. Mostly due to because she was on a vacation. However, someone mentioned she would return by July but did not return until August. In the video that she uploaded when she came back, in the comments she mentions mostly that she was sick but also on a “roller coaster” of a journey and was doing better now. Most likely she delayed her return due to not only being sick but dealing with her own situation with Emile.

By the time the Splatoon 2 Let's Play was being uploaded, Masae was no longer friends with Emile and wished to sever any affiliation with him. Instead, the videos featuring her were uploaded without Masae’s consent, perpetuating the idea the two were still friends for almost two years. Assumptions of a falling out between Emile and Masae occurred because of the lack of social media interaction between them in the past year or two, and Masae not doing the art in Emile's Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Let's Play when she had done it in every game since Pokémon Emerald. Additionally, in the first episode of his redux Paper Mario Let's Play, Emile mentioned "a friend who wished to remain anonymous", which most likely was referring to Masae. At some point Emile had also removed Masae from the "Second Channel and Friends!" section on his channel.

MasaeAnela's statement

Masae's statement

On January 24, a week after the 2024 Chuggaaconroy Allegations began, Masae said in a Twitter thread that she had not associated with Emile for years and that they are no longer friends, and that any cameo (Splatoon 2, recorded long before their falling out) or interaction/mention (Colosseum Twitch chat) was posted and done without her consent after she had made it clear that she did not want to be associated. Masae's statement came after a number of people inquired about Emile to her over MAGfest, and she no longer wanted to quietly tolerate people speaking for her, assuming the wrong things, or incorrectly associating her and Emile as friends/collaborators.

Masae said that she is uncomfortable with the way Emile has talked to/about her in the past, which has been a huge point of distress for her, and combined with the way he’s spoken to/about others (particularly women) in private and public, Masae believes this is concerning and does not want to associate with that behavior. She also said that Emile has "historically been one to push boundaries", and that being faced with a following as large as his was absolutely harrowing for her. Because of this, she thought that establishing her own personal boundaries carried an inherent risk, so for a long time, Masae thought not "rocking the boat" felt like the safer option.

Masae said that she had privately received several apologies from Emile over the years that she believes have rung hollow with his actions. She said that she is tired of hearing it, has no more chances to give, and is exhausted from pretending/politely dodging topics when he is brought up. She also revealed that, for her own comfort and safety, she will not be attending events that Emile will be at unless it is a public space where she is able to avoid him, such as large-scale conventions. She also revealed that she has not seen Emile in years, and has no intention to start again now.

Masae concluded her statement by saying that she holds absolutely no ill will and does not fault those who have unknowingly asked her questions about Emile, either at MAGfest, in private, or in chat/comments, but said that moving forward, she will not be reciprocating discussion about Emile further, in any capacity.[2] Following the release of her statement, Masae took a three week break from streaming due to contracting COVID-19, returning on February 5th 2024.[1]

Trivia

  • At conventions, Masae is identifiable by a Pikachu plush on her head. How it stays on her head is a secret to everybody.

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