>>13547110If the industry is going to survive in the long-term, it will have to a adjust to a world that has moved past COVID. The largest growth the vtubing industry has experienced happened while people were cooped up at home during the global lockdowns; now that people are returning to their daily routines it will take a fresh gimmick or a considerable amount of effort to retain audiences that will drop vtubing simply because they no longer have the time. Also, I think the real risk is to side branches (EN, ID, KR, etc). The vtubing industry in Japan seems to be holding steady from my perspective