>>43995879Pommers had a truckload of good will behind her, management was backing her, she kept herself relevant by constantly calling into Finana and Elira's streams, and Lazulight fans were the kind of highly invested nerds the latter-day waves have done their best to drive away out of insecure spite.
Zaion is hated by management, the core of the NijiEN fanbase is now fans of the males who view the girls as accesories at best and an annoyance to be squashed at worst, and the kind of high-investment fan who'd stick to Zaion through this has either been driven out completely or already has an oshi from the earlier waves.
I don't know man, it's grim. I'll be there if she comes back, but logically it makes little sense for her not to go back to being indie unless Anycolor is threatening her with something like a noncompete or contract fines if she quits early.
