>>66147530It's not quite the same because EN doesn't have the kind of foothold JP has. Pomu was pretty much a pillar of the entire company's western presence. It would be very shortsighted of them to think they can weather this storm just because she isn't as big as Luxiem in terms of numbers. Luxiem, for all their popularity, put very little effort into their content or interactions with the community. They were never going to be the face of the branch. Pomu was THE liver everyone looked to as the "heart" of EN, whenever there was a drama like Luca nuking the Minecraft server or AR Live cancellation it was always Pomu that had to go out there and explain to the fans how they'd get through this and to continue supporting Nijisanji. She's literally the Fubuki "As long as I'm still here you can have faith in the company" character of NijiEN. Even as people shat on the rest of the company it was always Pomu that represented everything good about Niji and always did her best to pushback against rrats and tribalfags. In fact, she was the one who fought management to be able to collab with Hololive and break down the walls of tribalfaggotry. Without her the branch would need some monumental new debuts to revitalize interest. Unless they somehow get Filian or something it's fucking over.
