>>305975492020 being literally a perfect storm convinced me that this is true.
Every single thing that happened to Hololive in 2020, except for the Holocaust, fucking catapulted it into a level of success unheard of in the world and unbeaten by anything since, including all of it's competition and Hololive itself being unable to eclipse it's own 2020 success levels.
Every single fucking thing that happened, both good and bad, led to a massive streak of success that is fucking insane.
Worldwide pandemic? Set the stage.
Miko getting sick for months on end? Ended up becoming a hype-building machine that went supernova right around the time EN was at a peak, meaning a massive event that could draw on a huge audience.
Korone playing Doom? Right at the time Animal Crossing/Doom shitposting was at it's peak, so everyone was primed for "cute thing associated with DOOM," meaning it was perfect for her.
Korone and Banjo, already covered.
Gen 5 debuts? happened right at the time the international spotlight was on Hololive with the memes, so it drew a huge audience.
Aloe's abrupt exit? Made all these tourists suddenly care a hell of a lot more about seeing the girls succeed, thus sticking around long-term.
EN? You fucking know how that went.
Coco/Haachama suspension? Did exactly the same thing the Aloe shit did, but on a MASSIVELY larger level.
CN being shitcanned and Cover leaving China? Right before the massive new legislation in China that made streaming there a question of "are you willing to give your government IDs over to potential antis who run Bilibili," meaning they avoided a MASSIVE issue, because you KNOW one Coco anti would've been able to leak every single one of their State IDs the instant they could. Before you call that far-fetched, they had to cancel collabs with big fucking companies because Chinese antis in key positions fucked them over there, it could've happened in Bilibili, too.
Every single thing, good and bad, helped Hololive and hurt their opponents.
