>>64082226You're serious. Like, really serious?
I'm going to assume you're new here and new to all of this, and I'm feeling generous.
Cover Corp and Niji, (and Square Enix and other companies that vt doesn't care about in the vtuber sphere) is a lot larger than some of even the most obsessed /vt/ people realize, because of the way Japan operates. Everything in Japan is pay to play. It's cheaper than merch overseas to buy up while you're there, but from DAY ONE gura was going to be a cash cow. She was their all singing, all loving, EN feeder. She was popular in Japan from the jump (Cute citypop shark!) and they moved her out there even.
The investment is huge. Licenced merch is literally in every major city in japan inside bandai gatchapon machines within months and every game store is selling her shit.
Tshirts, hats, standees, tokyo game show, comiket, akihabara pop up shops, partnerships with Virtual Market and VRChat, blah blah blah.
You all have NO fucking idea how huge cover and vshojo and niji and those companies are in japan. They are LITERALLY mainstream now and have been for 3 years. Vtubers market everything from commercials and web ads to fucking crepes and ice cream.
you know what, fuck it.
Here, have some OC, pic related. Keep in mind, this is in fucking KYOTO, the city known for "japanese tradition" and antiques and not weeb central like in akihabara where you would expect this shit along with all the maid cafees.
there's WAY more examples in akiba.
99% of /vt/ does not understand how and why gura was pushed even though she has low content output.
It's because the stuff she DOES do is popular, quality over quantity
That's where idolcorp fucked up huge
kyOresu really is destined for more and not being mismanaged.
