>>52929624She was already big before she got into any controversy, the controversy didn't make her bigger it only limited what she could do, stopped her from being able to collab with her EN kouhais, other holos, do other fun shit she was doing so far.
And in the process it killed an entire branch, the side business many of her company mates had and blacklisted everyone from several games.
Now you can argue this was not bad, your mileage may vary. Some people hate the chinese games like azur lane or muse dash, some think the CN branch was a ticking time bomb anyway and getting rid of it was for the best. Even if some girls like Aqua lost a big part of their audience, live shows in china and had to distance from their own friends who were doing well in China.
But this was still not a total damage. It was only a side foreign market for her and Cover.
America is Phase Connect's main market and fucking with trannies there is like fucking with the CCP in China.
There would be no legend or company left if things escalated beyond a manageable crisis.
Maybe in 3 or 6 years if the pendulum starts swinging harder and society is more divided and there's an actual benefit to siding against them but for now it's still business suicide to pick a fight with them.
