>>49386907>company paid for the model>company designed the model>company merchandised the model>company paid for costumes and upgrades>LOL WHY SHOULD THEY KEEP THE MODEL THE STREAMER IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANTYou're all fucking braindead. People who compare vtubing to voice acting are correct - a vtuber is a fucking character, with a backstory and a design completely unrelated to reality. Whoever plays the role is the actor behind the mask, but they're just that - the actor. They're not playing themselves, no matter what Vshojo fags would like you to think, they play the character. Once they graduate, they step down from this role. What happens next is entirely up to the people who created the character - they can retire the character, or they can continue using them. It was simply never attempted before out of respect, but if Hololive wants to, they can re-debut characters like Aloe or Rushia under different actors. It's not like anyone fucking remembers that Aloe exists, so that'll be fine, I wager. The only thing that's stopping them is the aforementioned idea of respect for the retired talent - it would feel somewhat wrong for someone else to take on the iconic role, it's the same thing in anime - voice actors usually play their characters for decades until they die, and only then they are replaced out of sheer necessity.
