>>1081448372025 had 7 graduations (Fauna, Chloe, Mumei, Gura, Shion, Ao, and Kanata) which is currently the worst year in the history of Hololive. Cover is being absurdly incompetent with how they are handling contract disputes but I do think management has financial motivations to keep things more stable in 2026. Cover is focused on merch character branding so they can't afford to have a Nijisanji level graduation rate.
>>108145173Hololive sales are declining even in Japan but the combination of recession, inflation, and tariffs is going to hurt the EN market. There is a good chance that 2026 will be worse than 2025 (in terms of EN merch sales) but they can't really do anything about the overall economy.
>>108145213>Ina graduation.Cover wouldn't give EN talents a sololive if they were graduating only a few months later.
