https://note.com/ppoch/n/n816eaad71dd8#hOQnRInteresting article about how an old nijifan felt about the "current" (Dec 2020) Nijisanji.
There are lessons to be learned for both NijiEN (same mistake) as well as how homobegging is destroying the EN box.
> The nijisanji of today cannot be pushed as a "box".> Some will say "of course it can't, it's impossible for anyone to watch every single stream from every liver!" but this is not an issue of that level of practicality.> The problem is that we don't feel any appeal or enjoyment from the content put out by Nijisanji, or for the "Nijisanji", and we have zero expectations for its future."Nijisanji has a new announcement!"
Scenario 1 : "New debuts!"
> Collabs with other livers, Apex, Minecraft> "No matter how many people are added from now, we cannot expect the box to change."(Man couldn't predict Salome, but even she has become just a part of the nijiblob now.)
Scenario 2 : "New IRL Niji event!"
> In the fan's heads, it's just an announcement of reduced streaming frequency.> Sometimes some livers collapse from doing too much work.Scenario 3 : "New tournament!"
> Livers who prioritize their work outside of niji and have no interest in making the tournament itself more exciting.> The usual faces who participate out of habit but are not motivated to go beyond the usual.> More and more livers that no one knows or gives a shit about.Scenario 4 : "We will challenge ourselves in this new field!"
> There are too many livers that are not given enough support.> Please do something about your main content first...> One hundred members seems far too many to fit into a single group.> Even among the many groups that sell people as a "box" for example, AKB has 48 members + trainees + SKE etc. and they work while divided into various teams.> Even in a school, there may be 30 students in a class, and in a company, there may be 8 to 10 coworkers in a department at most.> Even among such a small number of people, there will be lazy people, people with bad behavior, and people with insufficient ability.> As you know, Nijisanji has become a group that is “wheat mixed with chaff”.> The disparity in the abilities and awareness between the increased number of livers is so wide that the management is unable to manage it.> And it has become difficult to reconcile various feelings among fans, which I believe is causing various harmful effects.> Then, I suppose we should give up on "box pushing".> "Just have individual oshis", "Just have one oshi" etc.> I think the people reading this will nod their heads, saying, "Yeah, that sounds fine."> However, the current 100-member Nijisanji does not allow that.> It is very annoying to see the desire of the collaboration-driven livers who want to force people to "push the box" and the management who want to make a profit by "pushing the group".> A world where more and more livers are waiting for food with their mouths open rather than trying to catch their own prey.> Livers who can't make it on their own relying solely on relationships and try nake their live easier by grabbing numbers from other livers.> Official programs, or management-driven policies to promote artists and units.> Contrary to the mindset of "it's hard to push a box, so let's push a single fan.", Nijisanji actively encourages its fans to share the same fan base.> Management also sell livers as a set for deals etc., so the reality is that the philosophy of "if you don't like it, just don't watch it" does not work.> This policy naturally bleeds into the fanbase as well.> "Let's watch this because it's Nijisanji! Let's subscribe!"> "All Nijisanji are family and friends!"> "Today, this liver is doing an event, so let's watch it together!"> “We should accept collabs with any liver!”> "I like this liver! You're a Nijifan right? You should like them too!"> “I will make an official group with this liver and hold an event, so please support us!”> The fanbase was full of conversations like these.> Even if a fan like me (who wants a "watch who you want" mentality) is born, that voice is a bad stance for Nijisanji, so I have to keep my mouth shut.> One thing I can say now is : If my oshi is no longer streaming, or if they want to collaborate with an unpleasant liver, I will just stop watching Nijisanji.> No matter whoever collabs with with popular livers, I can't look at it positively in a situation where the magic of "box pushing" has been broken.> Perspectives change a lot when the "magic" of the "box" is broken. 