>>96651659They were indeed leading for a bit. The Luxiem honeymoon period helped the branch a lot.
But the fruits of victory tumbled into the suits' mouths too quickly, and they went all-in on trying to make that honeymoon period last in perpetuity, even to the detriment of the other waves. And they are reluctant to change course on their support of Luxiem, because changing course now would mean admitting that they made a mistake in assuming that the debut buff would never wear off.
>>96652199There's more to it than just the raw number of vtubers. Kuzuha alone has more than 3x the watch hours than the entirety of Niji EN, despite being outnumbered 31-1. And yes I know Aster and Twisty have been oublietted for three months, and Petra is a full time uni student; but do you really think those three would have any significant impact on the branch's overall watch hours?
