>>43040575>right place at the right timeActually Hololive was in the ABSOLUTE WRONG PLACE when they started. Think about it
1st. Sora as a solo act and company mascot, modeled on Kizuna AI and Hatsune Miko, didn't really pan out and if COVER had persisted on that they would have failed miserably.
2nd. First two gens with Aki, Choco, Mel, Haachama being absolute coomerbait with their ASMR (to the point all of them got demonetized) could have killed the company if Aqua, Fubuki and Matsuri somehow didn't get noticed for their memetic qualities
3rd. Solo projects like "Sakura Miko Project", AZKi and Suisei on Innonaka failed MISERABLY and could easily have killed the company as well
But somehow the fast moving industry was met with a fast adapting ensemble of girls and every single one of those, plus their third and fourth gens shifted the focus to "standup comedians" and then "song and dance idols" and succeeded.