>>6283027The anon says it mockingly.
But just think about it. I started looking up numbers myself. How many applied for the audition, which was opened until 29 January 2021? By the time of gen 5 audition (start of 2020), the ratio was 1:1200 (provided by Subaru) so at least 6000 applied for gen 5. That was before the big pandemic boom. When vsinger audition happened, we were long past that. HoloEN awakened the global market, and Gura blew the lid open with nearly 2 million subscribers, becoming the biggest hololive and 2nd only to Kizuna Ai. So not only the number of applicants increased, but also their quality.
Yet, Irys was literally the first choice, beating the other thousands that applied. When we look at the one on top, we forget the 9999 that failed, not knowing how hard it was. That's literally a bigger achievement than anything most vtubers can boast of in their lifetime. The reward for winning the hunger games is that she now has the cushiest job in the industry with the whole rabbit hole's attention. And she is probably the only holo to debut with her own animation MV ready. They are betting a lot on her.
