>1st and 2nd gen collab with males often
>3rd gen doesn't collab with males for various reasons
>Rushia is already milking gachis and doesn't want to rustle them
>NoeFure were low-key misandrist even before they started lezzing out
>pre-HEY MOONA arc Pekora is a loner in general
>Marine is too horny and males avoid her afraid of yabs
>4th gen just ended their 1 month collab ban
>too busy collabbing with other Holos to collab with males
>suddenly two big unicorn-shedding events
>.LIVE shits itself in Sio aftermath and announces graduations
>Niji dodgeball happens
>3rd gen catches fleeing unicorns from both and grows immensely
>4th does too to a lesser extent
>Cover makes a company decision decides to push everyone in the idol direction
>most Holos drop male collabs
>some time passes
>Aloe happens
>Cover notices how many people were defending her on the EN side
>EN debuts
>more and more westerners flow into the space
>some voices against segregation are heard
>amplified by "REEEEE TOXIC JAPANESE IDOL CULTURE REEEEE" SJW types
>Cover decides to do nothing for now
>some time passes again
>NijiEN announces males
>Cover decides to test the waters with HoloEN/StarJP collabs
>NijiEN debut males
>the males are quickly getting numbers
>Announces open auditions for both males and females
>HoloEN/StarJP collabs intensify
>Subaru has a survey asking her fans if they're gachis
>Cover makes a company decision decides to push away from the idol direction, starting with EN
>shills on /vt/(none needed for reddit) try to push this as normal and those against it as wrong
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>more prodding to try and gauge potential losses on deunicornification like Subaru's poll
>it becomes somewhat clear who won't lose much from male collabs
>ENstars debut
>most Holos, including JPs, end up interacting or at least mentioning them
>JP gachis notice this
>they're very vocal, ranging from worry to anger
>issue becomes too big to ignore for JP Holos
>non-gachi milkers speak up in favour of relaxing rules
>this causes gachis to start leaving
>gachi milkers have to make a choice between three options
>rebrand as non-gachi milker and lose all of them; stay in the company while trying to stop bleeding gachis; or quit and try to milk gachis as indie
>someone will inevitably pick the third option
>first HoloJP/StarEN collab happens
>this accelerates gachi bleedout for option two holdovers
>more graduations follow
>the "one big family" illusion breaks
>having lost both "one big family" fans and gachis, HoloJP profits and mindshare plummet
>Cover focuses even more on EN because thers didn't
>westerner pandering intensifies
>Hololive becomes a shadow of former self
