>>79563181Anon japan invented vtubing and you can see vtuber merch and branding on regular food products in most major retailer stores and convenience stores. The market is fucking huge over there. Kuzuha has also been around before Hololive even existed.
Everyone knows holoEN has been botted to hell since Advent's debut. If they really were getting Gura numbers through botting and those stats were not culled, you would see them have 500k+ views per VOD. They don't have those numbers which means botted views do not count towards watch hours.