>>43827560the truth is, Cover mostly treats Hololive Idol Project as means of advertising their corpo, rather than the "main thing"
they don't really need full-timers, just people who can make strong impressions for the brand, which in turn leads to sponsorship opportunities
it's not an exaggeration to say that for the most part the girls' role is that of a mascot rather than full-blown entertainers
that perception only started to shift around Gen 3 due to most of them being semi-experienced full-time streamers compared to Gens 1/2 which were mostly minor VAs/VA candidates and highschoolers
