>>100676344If the branch is losing money and is in a position to never again turn a profit, closing the branch might help them save some face with the investors, especially if closing the branch will increase the company's overall net revenue. Also keep in mind that shareholders love layoffs, and are keen to invest in companies which lower their operating expenses.
About the worst-case scenario for the EN branch's longevity is if they had negative net revenue for FY2025, and Anycolor just barely misses its FY2025 net revenue forecast, and the company's shortfall is less than the EN branch's shortfall. That's not likely to happen; but if it does happen, the company's earth-scorching of the EN branch will be legendary.
>>100677822EN branch has non-vtuber employees (managers/staff/etc) who need to get paid, even if it's just a skeleton crew of minimum-wage part-timers. And the cost of manufacturing physical goods is still a non-zero expense, even if they cheap out as much as possible by offering the livers nothing more than bog-standard cookie-cutter merch for birthdays and anniversaries.
There's also one-off expenses the company has incurred and has not yet recouped, or has recouped too late for it too matter, or has only partially recouped, or can never recoup. The livers' 3D debuts immediately comes to mind, particularly Aster's 3D debut. And if the Xsoleil 3D debuts have already been recorded, they'll have to eat the cost of Kotoka's showcase, and the cost of removing her from the others' showcases.
Also the lack of convention appearances and sponsorships will do little to help the branch's revenue problem.
>>100679188Honestly it's a miracle the company hasn't fired her for that yet, or even just "stealth" suspended her. They threatened to fire Mika on the spot just for pantomiming a comical effort to steal her play button straight off the wall.
