>>4777962no, she streams all the time when she doesn't feel like it. it's part of why her manager forces her to put out a weekly schedule. cause if she didn't, the gura probably would stream half as much (that's how depression works)
she just ramps up into it; working her self into entertainment mode. Usually has fun at the end, but if the stream barely makes it to 2 hours and she tries to pad it out with superchats you know she's just not feeling it.
Last night she just wanted to hang out with the membershrimp. she said it herself, she was feeling lonely and stressed because of the deadlines coming up and the work she had to get done. so rather then a superchat reading she just wanted to hang out, do some singing and goof around with her shrimps.
Gura likes singing; to her it's fun. it's not a job to entertain people (like it is for Mori); she genuenly just likes singing and goofing off.
I know gura takes a lot of shit for "low energy/effort" but gura's goal in joining hololive was never to be the biggest vtuber in the world. the way she talks about gardening you know she'd be happy with life without vtubing. she did it so she could hang out with friends (being the blue cat was lonely). She doesn't put in a lot of effort because subs aren't her goal, she's just an awkward nerd with crippling social anxiety who wants friends; and the sad thing is, her sub count definately makes it hard for her to simply hang out as friends.
Hell its the reason why she doesn't hang out with watson as much as she used to. Watson felt sufficated, was afraid she'd be forever known as gura's friend, worse that her subs wouldn't really be for her but because people were fans of gura. Unlike gura who just wants someone to hang out with, Watson actually wants a career as a vtuber. There is nothing wrong with this, and frankly, though i don't really like watson, I can respect her decision because it's very true, something like she feared could have happened.
But it's still sad for Gura.
As for Gura's lack of collabs with JP, she's legit terrified of the language barrier. It's part of why she's put in such an effort to learn Japanese (which has been working, her skill with the language is MUCH better then what it used to be). Personally I think she's too worried to mess up the collab for the JP member which is why she's strictly done collabs with EN members. (I thought it was interesting when chat brought up meme-review with coco, she responded she never even thought about it, and didn't know what the process was to make it happen; maybe she's not a fan, or doesn't watch it? not sure what to make of that one).