>>6971280Here's my blackpill, Hololive didn't "become" something different, it's more or less the same as it always was (and -that's- the problem rather), it's just that YOU (the viewer) have changed, or rather say gotten used to the format.
The novelty has worn off, and like seeing a magic trick for the first time is exciting but by the third time or so you know what'll come and the honeymoon period is over.
Now don't get me wrong, that doesn't necessarily spell impending doom for the company, as long as they can retain their paypigs who're already too deep into the parasocial swamp, and keep growing the revolving door of newfag audiences for whom "whoa an AMINE GIRL livestreaming gaems?!?!?" is still some fresh experience (and hope that some of them stick around as paypigs while the rest of the masses invariably move on to the next fotm fad), but yeah I can understand how at least older longtime viewers feel some -personal- disillusionment with the medium.
We used to have threads to the tune of "since I discovered vtubers, I stopped watching anime", etc. with the shared sentiment among many people being that current anime is mostly shit and after you've gone through all the classics there's nothing really worth keeping up with season to season, so many people dropped out and vtubers became their new obsession that monopolized their time ("it's like anime, but better, because the anime girl is talking live to me!"). I stopped watching anime too years ago, but yeah right now I kinda feel the same about vtubers too, and I'm probably not alone (most people simply drop out silently).
