>>8185107I do feel part of why nijiID has the culture it does is because of taka, riksa and rai existing so early on.
nijien hasnt got any males to play off of from their own branch and while they do play with the niji id guys, thats more so happenstance then intentional.
having a male be part of the wave dynamic especially early on in a branchs life helps keep the waves from being a girlsclubs, which has a limited amount of dynamics, just look at holoEN, all the girls are pretty distant from each other despite knowing each other for a year.
Imagine if ID wave 1 had nara instead of taka, zea probably would be the same as she is now since nara and her hit it off well in this timeline but i feel like hana wouldnt be able to function much since she literally melts with any girl interacting with her which could've resulted in hana becoming even more timid.
hana in general just shows how having a guy around is a boon since she never just joins into one of the other girls calls unannounced, having someone she can just mess around with helps her confidence in being herself.
In the end i get the feeling EN will end up being a mix of JP and ID's cultures, the groups will be small but strong like JP but they'll over all be comfortable with the general branch even if they dont interact much publicly like ID
