>>3176917Miko has the least standard-idol talents, never(?) did ASMR and is the most "one of us" type out of the named, her powerlevel is comiket-visitor levels of gone.
Sometime between now and back then, the internet decided they have enough porn and don't need real women being lewd into a microphone or having hot outfits and not much more, and instead went for goofy comedy women. Miko somehow fucking nailed it with her content inbetween, playing a surprising amount of Kusoge, the VODs of which have sadly been holocausted.
Another thing is collabs, Miko and Mio were the queens of getting the crew together and organizing in the back, and collabs usually do better because the girls interacting seems the most real unless they get suit scripts to follow.
You're well aware of this but Miko's underdog background makes for a good story, it all put together she is a lot of what people think now when they think hololive. Strong friends in Marine and Korone routinely bring in viewers from very strong people as well, although calling her a leech would be fucking stupid.
She also seems to be hololive's testing ground for twitch somehow. The most solid pioneer.