>>28156209DARK has had holo Mamas and Papas (Ayamy, Pochi, Ui, Nabi, Nacho, and Huke), as well as Kizuna AI (Classic Design, Channel Redesign, China Design, Gamer Design, and originaldonutsteel Design) and Jitomi Monoe on the Vtuber front
behind the scenes spoilers:
the original draft I had for season 3 was a bit longer, and featured more mamas papas (Kuroboshi was supposed to have Huke's role, for example), as well as a couple more retired vtubers in the ABYSS, such as Suzuhara Lulu and Otogibara Era (they were involved with/the reason why the nijifans were there). i still intend to do something with Lulu at some point. i also considered doing a VOCALOID team consisting of Miku/Rin/Ran/Luka, as i think of Vocaloids to be like proto-vtubers in a way. but they were cut for time/conciseness. the abyss arc originally was planned to have a lot more filler, but all of the lore coupled with burnout was a bit much to work through in a short timeframe. foolish of me to aim to do the whole season in one week, lol.