>>2041957You only need to take a look at any American media organisation (or organisation in general) to realise that it's better to err on the side of caution in these matters. Frankly, I feel the exact same as you. I don't particularly dislike Vshojo or anything, but they are undoubtedly a vulnerability, if not right this minute, then in the future. They also have a fuckton of baggage that, for no other reason than they are polarizing, makes them not worth it. Hololive's audience don't want polarizing elements in. It is the constant refrain from even the masses that they watch Hololive specifically to escape these things.
Collabing with Vshojo is the first incline in a slippery slope that nobody wants Hololive to touch with a 10 foot pole. The desire to "protect" the Hololive experience from outside forces is strong within the community, and, again, for good reason. It's not that it's a certainty, it's just a possibility, and denying that the possibility after what we've seen in the last decade is the height of naivete.
>There has been multiple times now where collabing with outside parties has been heralded as the end-timesJapanese third parties are a whole different beast to the west. They don't completely crush their hobbies into unrecognizable pulps over there.
