>>3543739The problem with Coco is that her fanbase got mindbroken by Chinese trolls. She was never popular here, for her overtly crass behaviour, terrible singing, and endless Reddit pandering. She wouldn't be out of place in V-Shojo, in my opinion, and I was never a fan of hers.
But then she got attacked back in October, and the narrative flipped completely. Naturally, people wanted to defend her from quite frankly terrible bullying, so everyone started supporting practically all her endeavours. Eventually, though, tatsunoko became so obsessed with protecting their oshi that we got to the point where you literally can't say anything negative about her, or you will be swarmed by them and eaten alive. Her entire fanbase became a huge hugbox for her. So she doesn't even try new things anymore, she just streams games and discusses Reddit memes with other Holos (who don't seem to give much of a shit about those, but they roll with it anyway because it makes Coco happy).
Coco always worked twice as hard as others because she knew she doesn't have the same level of appeal as others. Her voice is terrible, she can't sing, she's not good at video games, she can't draw, she's not a very interesting person. But she was a hard worker with a lot of unique ideas, and that made her as popular as she is. Remember how many projects she was always launching, from ARK to Asacoco to English lessons, etc.? However, thanks to her asshurt fanbase, she doesn't have to try nowadays, they will do their best to defend her regardless. So she doesn't try.
