>>63799450...I was there.
I was there in the trenches, hearing about their stories from the limited amount of translators we had back then.
Miyabi used to re-tale the stories of the first few months. How the rejection was across the board, the support was minimal, and how the hate got to them all. Affecting their mental health, their drive to even continue with it all. It's only because of Shinove and Yagoo that the boys were able to keep their chins up, as they pepped talked them, cheered them on, and even played games with them, proving that they're with them 100 percent of the way.
Miyabi once told that he was shocked that his numbers ever went above 100 viewers at times. It was a massive achievement back then. The ones who survived those days are the ones who have been through the toughest of times. It's a kind of hate mongering that no one in Hololive except the boys have experienced. They're MVP's to have soldiered on in those days. Things are much, MUCH, better these days, believe it or not.