>>76181134>doesn't speak JapaneseI keep seeing this excuse for half of the EN girls and I always ask; they're in a Japanese company that caters to a Japanese audience and a western audience that likes Japanese culture, why aren't they putting in the effort to learn Japanese? Myth has been around for almost 4 years and Council/Promise for almost 3, plenty of time for the girls that didn't know any Japanese to get to at least conversational level with regular study. Anya did it just fine in a year or so. Even in Advent, the girls must've been planning on joining Hololive for a while, the least they could've done is start learning the language (Nerissa made a effort, I guess).
This goes for the JP girls too. English is the defacto international language and they want to expand into the West, most of them have had 3+ years to learn English, yet only A-chan has made visible progress. They do get a bit of a pass because, as Yagoo said, Westerners want to watch Hololive "as is", ie in Japanese, so the girls don't really have to pander in English, but being able to understand the language would allow them to connect with more of their audience.
All in all, missed opportunities all around. Dedicating ~5 hours of your week to learn a language is a solid investment that almost no girl in Hololive has pursued.
