The recent controversy involving VTuber Sinder has taken the internet world by storm, and the accusations made by the VTuber artist Nanoless has caught a lot of attention. Essentially, Nanoless has publicly released a Google document about the termination of work, wherein Sinder and her manager REDACTED are accused of manipulating, using and dragging them into drama. Additionally, the duo has also been accused of sabotaging, slandering and spreading lies.
Nanoless’ statement was posted on April 26, 2025, and the past couple of days have seen several new developments. The following section provides a detailed overview of what has happened.
Nanoless accuses VTuber Sinder and REDACTED
Nanoless’ document has put VTuber Sinder and REDACTED in negative limelight, and there have been serious accusations made about them. The document started off with the allegations that they slandered other creators, and screenshots of Nanoless with REDACTED suggested the same. The exact statement read:
“I will start with screenshots showing them speaking ill of other creators & spreading rumors while manipulating me that it’s all in our best interest. In addition to spreading ill rumors they also complain and accuse Bao of giving “their” editor too much work, resulting in the editor not having any time for new clients which will be important later on. The screenshots below show them showing their affection & appreciation immediately followed by spreading rumors & lies to make other clients appear problematic to manipulate any future decisions regarding commissions.”
The document additionally adds that REDACTED spoke ill about VTubers like Shylily, who has now reacted to this situation.
Moving on, the other accusations from Nanoless talk about exclusivity and how Sinder and REDACTED compensated them for not working with content creators that they blacklisted. Nanoless stated this about the same:
“They mentioned wanting an exclusivity contract, but they didn’t want to pay for exclusivity, but rather when a creator from their blacklist comes asking for a commission, they would guarantee me model work for Sinder only and if anyone asked me for commissions, they’d commission me instead to compensate for not working with other creators. This felt very strange given that one of the accusations they made was overworking their editor yet their “solution” to me working with other creators was for them to essentially overwork me to keep me from working on other projects.”
There are a lot of other screenshots supporting this, and Nanoless further added:
“The messages below show that their primary concern is that the more non Sinder models I make, the less “valuable” my existing models become. It’s hard to say how much this messed with my mind as an artist that by working with other people I’m somehow making my existing models less special.”
The official document can be located by navigating to Nanolesses’ X handle.
REDACTED is Sinder’s boyfriend: Vampeaches reveals
The developers following the post from Nanoless resulted in Sinder making the announcement that REDACTED wouldn’t manage her ahead, and the ties have been cut. To the same, Vampeaches revealed that REDACTED is actually Sinder’s boyfriend. Vampeaches’ tweet read:
I remember playing Phasmophobia with you and hearing RED chat away next to you before you first debuted like 4 years ago. You told me he was your boyfriend. Then before we met for Twitchcon you switched up and said ‘just so you know my manager is coming with me on this trip’ as if I didn’t know who he was. It’s even ickier to read this tweet knowing he is your significant other and that you’re probably going to try and avoid taking responsibility for hurting people who trusted you as friends by nuking the RED side of this duo.
Sinder issues an open apology
After all of this, Sinder released her side of the story and issued an apology. In the same, she confirmed REDACTED was dating her, and a lot of things, including the allegations made by Nanoless. Some key statements from the apology are:
“Redacted has been my co-content creator since I began making content, managing all aspects of what I do, and being a major part of why I’m here. We have also been in a relationship since the start of my endeavors. It’s no secret that many vtubers choose to keep their public and personal lives separate, and I’m no different. As of yesterday he is no longer working with me, and I have not extensively discussed any of this with him. Where our personal situation goes from here will be figured out between us privately. I never intended to mention us publicly, but given that the claims are out there, I want everyone to know I’m taking this seriously. After years of working on everything together, his hyper business oriented outlook warped my view of what it is I should be doing, and what should be important to me as I navigate this career path. I have a terrible work life balance as it is, and being around projects and streams all day every day made me lose sight of the point. It took all of this happening for me to realize this behavior isn’t normal or healthy, and it’s not an outlook I want to have. This doesn’t absolve me of the things I’ve willingly done wrong and went along with, or the way I’ve treated people who were fully undeserving.”
“In regards to Nanoless, for the majority of the time working with her, Red was the one almost solely doing the communication about new plans and negotiations through his private DMs. Nano had a project server we were all a part of where the actual art and models were worked on, but the conversations were focused around the work itself. I was not fully aware of the extent of Red’s manipulation over Nano’s commission decisions, and I should’ve been more diligent in my oversight.”
This has received a lot of attention on the internet, with some sympathizing with Sinder, while others flaming her. The aforementioned apology can be found at the VTuber’s official X handle.
