>>42761704It wasn't one thing, but a series of issues.
>LazulightGenerally fine. Biggest problem is that Finana is sorta just there, but she causes no issues.
>ObsydiaPetra basically killed any kind of unity this wave had and set a precedent for not giving too much of a shit, and interactions had been one of the best things NijiEN had going until then, as well as high effort.
>EthyriaA whole host of issues. 3thyria basically excluded Nina until recently. The branch only became more fragmented, and after Luxiem's debut, Ethyria started to think about itself as the "forgotten" wave. Reimu and Millie, who you would have expected to thrive due to their resume, ended up being the runts of the wave.
>LuxiemTo keep things short, they got too big too fast. Vox, Ike and Mysta were perfectly decent picks. Luca, despite not being much to talk about, is mostly fine, and would have been a much better vtuber if he had had to work for what he's got. Shu is there to fill a spot.
>NoctyxIronically, here things were starting to get better. Yugo, however, was a complete fuck up from the very start.
>IlunaThis was the real nail in the coffin. Too many people, and too many of them had no idea what the fuck they were doing there. Some have improved since then, they're not completely bad, but the problem is still there.
>XsoleilUntil recently was doing quite well. In many ways it was a second Noctyx, a return to form, with people who were generally experienced and had their shit together. But nowadays something retarded happens in NijiEN every week. Even if they had been they had been the best wave in the world, they still debuted next to the first graduation in the branch's history.
