>>52113276That wasn't the case last year. It was the case for the first three waves especially where success wasn't guaranteed, but Luxiem basically got to 100k within 2 weeks or less. Noctyx took longer at about 3-4 weeks, but Iluna was basically handed 200k+ subs on debut because there was that much excitement surrounding it and the sisters were still happy.
It just seemed that with Yugo being terminated, the AR fes being cancelled, the growing number of "breaks" and the never ending drama, the branch is just stagnant and killed all its momentum. Male fans got tired of dealing with all the shipping shit and having their oshis being reduced to accessories, a large portion of female fans seemed to left once they weren't being pandered to anymore and realizing that the guys only use them for money and to inflate their subcounts, its hard to tell who is happy watching NijiEN nowadays.
>>52115275Sadly, it was. He acted more seiso later on, but it basically fucked up his image.
