>>74876498Separating the two is a big gamble for Cover.
On the one hand, they can have the trickle-down audience from Hololive to feed on almost indefinitely, they'd have no more identity than a group of Cover-approved indies.
On the other hand, they can achieve a more unified community that exists only for them and can only grow from their base, their achievements are theirs and their fans can brag about them to outsiders, thus attracting more fans. (That's assuming they don't throw away their efforts to outsider groups and are entertaining enough to attract viewers in the first place...lmao).