>>6639150its just a reasonable narrative to assume
it was the little things that got coco in the end
the goal here now, as i can see it, is to elevate irys as a marketable figure to the EN fanbase, now that the international eyes are on vtubing and hololive in particular
to maximize irys value they will try to devalue the other holos bit by bit until only their core fanbase remains and all the "mayfly fans" (to explain, those fair weather fans who only got baited because of clippers and such) now latch on to a holo member with more marketability
it will start with a little bit, forcing gura, the biggest EN, to "Take a break for family reasons". Over time she will be forced to do more, until the fickle part of her fanbase get fed up and they start looking elsewhere. The other holos will also get this treatment, not just with enforced breaks but with blatant non-support for their endeavors like kiara's been complaining about.
Irys will be their attempt to break into the mainstream as a singer, an actual singer that maybe gets onto billboard and sells millions on itunes and the like