>>60649828>The person remains the same though, if they leave a corp there's no reason fans wouldn't stilll be fansNo you see if they leave, it's just "not the same." They can act the exact same way, have the exact same voice and mannerisms, play the exact same games, do the exact same content and to some "people" there will be this irreconcilable "difference" between the vtuber they loved in Company and this new "other" vtuber.
Because vtubers are "characters," you know. Even though they'll be exactly the same across multiple different identities. Even though kayfabe is little more than set dressing and aesthetic in 99% of cases. It's all just a character, and they changed the character which means I don't like them anymore!!
Seriously.
The number of people I've seen on this board telling me that they can't/won't follow their oshi into the next life for some vague and ill-defined nothing-reason is baffling.
It really is like they care more about the company than the talent.
>>60651852Just because vtubing has idol culture in its DNA doesn't mean we can't evolve and discard the elements that no longer serve a purpose in this environment.
>>60652844>As pointed out ITT, indies also stick to graduations despite not being beholden to any corposYou refuse to see the extremely obvious difference.
Indies only graduate because that's the terminology established by corpos early in the game.
When an indie graduates, they are doing so either because they are being forced to abandon their identity after joining a company, or because they are quitting entirely.
If they are quitting entirely, "graduation" holds no meaningful difference from "quitting" or "retiring." It's only a difference in terminology.
Graduation should be reserved for an actual end of activity. Not "I wanted to leave my company for something else and now they're making me do this tearful goodbye for a last burst of superchat revenue" before starting back up again a couple months later.
>the western scene is way too comfortable with the idea that it's really all about the nakanohito and that the vtubers are just avatarsYes I do enjoy treating these people as people instead of as anime characters. I think that's for the best.
