>>63154394Niji has big mixed gender off-collab event
Offpako allegations spread fast
Unicorn-ish/gachikoi leave en masse for safer water
.LIVE is kill because of Sio
Hololive climbing at this time, brands itself as idols
Aqua is operating at maximum power at this time
Sankisei cements Hololives status as Rushia and then later Pekora debut and both promise to not collab with guys early on(gens didn't always debut like they currently do, member of the same gen had their debuts separated by weeks and sometimes months)
Hololive booms, especially in SC revenue as gachikoi and unicorns flow in(arguably you could even say that Sankisei, especially Rushia, solidified the existence of the unicorns as we know them in the vtubing sphere, and for this were and sometimes still are referred to as "the cabaret gen" by nijinigs for doing this)
And then the Covid+Coco combo happened and the momentum was unstoppable