>>14247936True enough, but she needed numbers to impress them enough to let her join, especially with her own character. And as she has said several times, Meika picking up Comet for a showcase at the first V-Kohaku was very important, I think she may have even doubled her subscribers as a result. There probably were other smaller events when somebody shilled her and she found the strength to continue from that.
https://youtu.be/S4tMrb-4-q0?t=12512 