>>11730173Mousey told him to change the subject because what he said was very true. It just doesn't apply to Hololive only, it also applies to any popular corporation. Nijisanji, Vshoujo, insert your favorite company here. The brand name makes people want to watch you. For every 1 stand out talented individual there are 7 more mediocre people merely finding success via their branding or hanging on the coattails of someone else.
This is an observation anyone can make regardless of how deep their knowledge of vtubing is anyway, as long as you're able to observe the massive hype that debuts get before even opening their mouth or stating what they're going to stream. A mere image getting subscribers over the brand.
Is it a bad thing? Depends. It's a testament to the success of the brand. You can also see how indies almost never have the same success as corpo vtubers have, and the ones that do, got there via expansive networking or providing something essential to a side of vtubing like Shibuya Hal and his Apex tournaments, which funnily enough also boosted some whos into relevancy,
