>>29947045Unironically kind of similar to what happened with Salome, bunch of coincidences which resulted in a big thing. She wasn't even that memorable from her debut up until the Mario Kart tournament where she kind of performed well. Then ARK Ragnarok arc happened and she together with the other 3 CAMP members became infamous for clocking the most hours into the game.
During this time a relative of Aqua died so she was absent for around 3 weeks, keep in mind that in this timeframe Aqua was the highest CCV holder of all the Holo. Naturally box viewers flowed into Pekora who kept streaming from the golden time and continued to Miko who kept doing all-nighters until Asacoco. Shortly after the Ragnarok arc came the Aberration arc, but eventually Pekora pulled out because of backseaters. Not long after this the Holocaust happened, and the genre of 'Vtuber' started getting ground in the West. In this period Aqua, the top hitter started shifting into idol route and took months off to prepare for her Sololive, while Pekora and Korone capitalized on it heavily by playing games which are popular in the West.
The reason why Pekora is able to keep her numbers high even now as opposed to Korone who tumbled down a bit is because Pekora has a consistent schedule. Consistency helps strengthening your floor, while to raise your ceiling you need memorable events. The 'war criminal' and 'eekum bokum' raised both their ceilings, but Pekora is the only one who streams consistently enough to convert those tourists into her floor.
Fuck now I realized it's actually been 2 and half years since SSS...
