>>37497823They were the first gen of the EN branch, so the people that applied were ones who didn't care and had the mentality that if they had to toss it away at a moments notice or if it wasn't successful they could.
- Mori was a nobody musician
- Kiara was a nobody idol
- Ina was an artist with maybe 2 notable drawings to her name
- Ame was a ~200CCV streamer
- Gura was the biggest of the group but has said she wanted the structure she knew the company would bring.
Lots of them have used their names here to boost roommate accounts, so they're still harboring those mentalities, ready to leave if they ever feel too inconvenienced.
They also hit a massive boost at a weird time for the world and see that boost as THEIR successes, not just happenstance.
I guarantee if they were Gen 2 instead of 1 or debuted around when Gen 2 did, they'd be on par with where Gen 2 currently is; none of them would be close to 1M, let alone where they all are now.