>So it seems that Nene's discussion stream with Pekora was a quasi-venting stream (which is not a surprise for those who even just casually watch Nene), in which she effectively asked for advice from Pekora, who is unironically a mature and professional senpai. And Pekora did excellently, including giving Nene some very good advice that she probably will listen to.
>In any case, I think it's been a while, but at the end of the stream Nene hit Pekora with a "what do you think about the current Hololive", and they talked about it for 10-ish minutes, during which Pekora brought up three interesting things.
>Firstly, she brought up a slightly different perspective, in that she thinks the current Hololive has a lot of rules and one has to confirm everything and it's certainly tough, but it's not so much that the earlier Hololive was more lenient or understanding or anything like that, but rather that there were actually pretty much no rules back then, and Cover is a big company now and so there are rules now, and it is not possible to "go back", whatever that might mean.
>Secondly, she acknowledged/emphasized that both talents and management are more or less in it together, and specifically that the recent-ish string of graduations hit not just the talents but the management hard too, and the mood of the entire company is darker than before. And she saw more clearly now how both talents and management have been trying harder to meet in the middle, at least generally speaking.
>And thirdly but definitely not least, Pekora brought up the aspect that Cover is ultimately a company, with everything that entails. Specifically relevant to the talents, what is perhaps most important for them to pay attention to is "interpersonal relationships", or rather "ningenkankei", which is a Japanese term with a whole lot of connotations.
>More concretely, from the talents' perspectives, it's less so about "management" as a nebulous entity, and more so about specific managers and staffs. For one example that even viewers can be aware of, the whole system of having newbie managers "trained" by working their way up from easier to harder-to-work-with talents is effectively extra duty for the talents too. And more generally, talents do have to care a lot about interpersonal relationships, particularly with the managers/staffs, and this is both just what working for any company is like and also unquestionably a mental weight.
>So, all in all, I guess Pekora did sense what Nene really wanted to talk about, and she approached all the questions from a professional perspective. Personally I think her answers were all quite insightful, and also she struck a balance between acknowledging Nene's (currently probably more on the negative side) opinions of Hololive while also explaining things from a bird's-eye view, which is very impressive.
