>>107354165>As previously communicated, the character in question was created using existing fashion items to promote diversity in avatar expression, and at no point during the creation process was it intended to depict a specific individual. We would like to reiterate that there was no intention to represent any particular person.>At the same time, we acknowledge that the circumstances make it difficult to dismiss the resemblance as a mere coincidence.Cover if you went through the trouble of releasing a second explanation about the HoloEarth character that was literally named Kozo Iizuka please don't treat your fans like absolute idiots. The character name was the same, he had the same clothing, and he referred to a mechanical accident in his dialogue. Those were not coincidences and saying that he was meant to "represent a manager in the farming industry" is such a childish lie that it's almost funny. If anything being unable to be honest about something that was quickly fixed gives fans every reason to believe that Hololive is feeding them lies about the recent graduations
>As for non-essential NPCs, we introduced a policy of not assigning character names to them to prevent potential risks in NPC implementations.Translation: We have so little trust in the HoloEarth development team we decided that we better not let them name NPCs in the future.
