>>101601290Having the word "holo" in their name is a curse.
If hololive embraces them, it destroys Hololive. So hololive doesn't embrace them, so they're pariahs and rejects, which dries up female viewer vaginas like the fucking Sahara.
They needed to have zero connection to Hololive in any form whatsoever. Social proof is everything, and female rejection kills off all hope of getting a female fanbase. Girls look at Holos ignoring these dudes and think "what the fuck is wrong with them, why would I want to watch them? they're undesirable to high-status women"