"How Is She Still Malding??"

Voice actor Karina, who voices the character Paimon in the video game Genshin Impact, has become embroiled in a controversy that Asmongold calls "so freaking ridiculous" that he initially deleted his first attempt at covering it. The situation involves accusations, deflections, and a claim that a video of her own outburst was actually AI-generated.

The Original Crash-Out Video

The episode begins with Asmongold revisiting a TikTok video Karina made where she "crashed out" — angrily venting at YouTubers and critics who comment on the voice acting industry. In that video, she called critics "idiots" who "fall for their shit" and declared that "nobody else's opinion that is super fucking wrong anyway matters." Asmongold finds this particularly amusing because of the contrast between her aggressive tone and the fact that she voices Paimon, a high-pitched fairy-like character in Genshin Impact.

Asmongold explains that he previously covered this video and presented a theory about what triggered it. He believed the outburst was not about the Jake Takanashi controversy (as some assumed) but rather about videos he himself made roughly a month earlier, or a short by YouTuber Darko's 88. The timing suggested she was reacting to criticism of the voice acting industry's union disputes and the threat of AI replacement.

The AI Accusation Deflection