My story with Niji KR start with Ruri, Suha, Wiffy, and Yuya, i watch and like them a lot. They are kinda special to me because they are one of earliest Niji that i follow since debut, same case with IN, ID2 & Mananatsu. After that KR1.5 joined but no hype no promotion whatsoever, they dont even appear in YT that much. But after their debut the most fun timeline for me is started.
First Nijisanji day followed by early day of MC World server and various interbranch collab that happen in Nijisanji. Yeah im not joking, back then collab between JP, KR, ID, in and VR do happen. Talking about each other on stream is usual business and they will visit each other stream to chat, sometimes they joined in game and become surprise collab. this sounds normal rn but back then language barrier is reeaalllyy hassle, multiplayer or duo game that you can stream are few and zatsudan requires you to talk a lot in different language so its kinda magical when its happen.
Rainbow doesnt last forever, massive KR graduation comes. I just started to watch kaen as first step to know more about KR1.5 when that happen. Ruri condition during her end of vtuber career also makes me worried. Idk maybe just me but after that i feel that interbranch collab become more rare and rare, but ive seen chiho and gaon become more active in YT.
Gen 2 lead by Nagi debuted and KR gaining new momentum, i guess speaking jp help. After that gen 3 debuted and following previous formula they bring massive boost to Niji KR. I follow Nagi and Roha for a while but have to drop them because i was busy with my wagie life.
My oshi Wiffy graduated after that. Her graduation makes me contemplate a lot about vtuber existence. Probably it hits me harder because i see her as a close friend and sometimes as a partner despite the language barrier. Previously i only seen Ruri as hardworking sweet imouto who you want to cheer on (hey fans comes in various form). Not stopping there, all member of IN and Yuya also graduated. At that point i questioning myself, am i cursed? I know its sound stupid but if half of vtuber who you regularly watch graduated that question will naturally appear for sure. Because of that, I stopped watching Suha or any KR because im too afraid if they graduated because of me and swearing to myself if any member of ID2 or Mananatsu graduated i will quit watching vtuber.
While it might sound rude to bora fans here, her graduation lit some fire that lost within me. Like it or not, your oshi or not, all vtuber will graduate someday. But if they will graduate anyways why not supporting them and have fun with them while you can. Thanks for listening my TEDxTalk. I will silently lurk in Suha chat again and probably I will try to watch Mia.
