>>54775461Better fundamentals and a bit of luck with the algorithm. Simple, easily recognizable design, reputation as Council’s best singer, wants to please her audience to an almost obsessive degree. Has both a Girl Next Door appeal to be relatable but enough weirdness to distinguish herself. Has more of a knack for doing numbers-friendly things despite panicking when she sees how much she gets. Homo collabs themselves aren’t the cause, but they’re a good demonstration of how they handle things differently. Mumei went full autist mode and made a performance out of not talking to her collab partners, while it’s difficult to see how Kronii could have handled it worse. Also, Hoomans have a reputation for being friendly, if a bit autistic, cult LARPers, whereas Kronies are notorious for being schizos.
>>54775710Mumei in general seems to disproportionately benefit from new eyes looking at EN. With Advent in particular, Mumei streamed right after the announcement, being able to take advantage of the hype that way, and was active with them on Twitter when the stream ended, whereas there was a stretch where most of the Kronii/Advent content was joking about Nerissa taking her place.
