>>12824543This kind of thing is littered all over both HoloJP and NijiJP too. Seemingly unconnected people coming together and becoming real close in front of an audience gets the audience invested. It even happens between the companies.
>>12824950This happened to me with Mori. God her early content was so rough I couldn't even appreciate her occasional dorkiness. But she's embraced the job and her peers and is now a lot more comfortable and engaging to both the audience and the other members in collabs.
>>12825064Not that much honestly, she was doing pretty well before she met Towa since she was already known as one of the best female apex chuubas. I think the main thing becoming close with Towa did was raise her ceiling a bit. You'll see real shit happen once they can travel and meet in person finally.
>>12825213She said she got sick again from what I remember.
>>12825482And the thing is, you don't even have to be that much different. Just a different flavour of a similar thing is often enough. However the more important thing is being able to package and display that difference to the audience and that is often the more difficult part. It doesn't matter how different you are if nobody 'gets' it.