>>70971507"They" are the vtubers in question talking about filing their taxes; what other source can you trust? And again you have to understand it needs to be challenged.
>>70971386 said it best where it's a company claiming they're contractors even when effectively they're not, to avoid having to pay taxes or have them apply to employee standards. You have the right idea in saying
>just because it's written down in a contract doesn't mean its legally enforcablebut "enforcable" is the keyword here.
If nobody from Hololive or Nijisanji strikes back claiming that they're not 個人事業主 and the 労働契約法 and 労働基準法 should apply to them as they're effectively employees, then the glass shield their respective companies have protecting them will never shatter. It is an unchallenged legal loophole.