>>28711118It's a meritocracy. The girls who were already good inclined off the male waves' success, the girls who'd taken the gig as a paypig meal ticket reclined and either shaped the fuck up (Rosemi) or sank to the bottom (Finana). It works so well that even chicks like Reimu went from 300 viewers to 900-1k. If fucking Reimu can get a 233% increase in viewers by riding the success of newer waves, then it's pretty clear that the livers who are at the bottom aren't being hurt numbers-wise by anybody but themselves.
The model has its caveats don't get me wrong. There's nothing in NijiEN that's quite like hard-working mid-performers like Akirose getting 3D lives and big merch, which sucks if your oshi is middle of the pack, but on the other hand if your oshi is doing good you get a guarantee that her money isn't going to paying for Sana-tier deadbeats at the bottom.
