>>82634973If Vivi's a fan of Selen/Pomu, she's done a terrible job showing it. Given her propensity for lip service and attention-seeking behavior, I'm inclined to think that she claimed to have Pomu and Selen as her oshis because those were the two most popular female talents at the time.
And yes, I know she's /here/ and likely reading this post, if she didn't write it herself. Prove me wrong, and I'll drop every complaint I have about you, Vivi.
>>82635049>they kept swearing that a Niji talent would graduate every month following the doki yabI went to fact-check this, and Niji has lost at least 1 talent every quarter, and always in the middle month of the quarter, since 2022.
>Q1 2024 (April, May, June) - Bonniver graduated in May. 2 JPs announced graduation at that time as well.>Q2 2024 (July, August, September) - Hex graduating in August, and 2 JPs announced graduation, one of who is one of the top talents in the company.Given AnyColor's general investor-driven business strategy, it makes sense from a business standpoint to limit graduations to the middle of the quarter, when there's been plenty of time to deal with cleanup from beginning-of-quarter nonsense, and plenty of time to recover from any new news that shows up before the end of the quarter. I would expect more graduations to be announced in November (which actually tracks with previous graduation announcements, as JP and ID had at least 4 graduation announcements in November 2023).
>Q3/Q4 reports would totally destroy EN once and for all.Financially speaking, that's exactly what happened.
EN is no longer listed as separate in financial reports, outside of where it is legally required to be listed as a separate line item.
Riku has openly stated he is pulling back from the branch. Sure, it's under the guise of restructuring the branch with new management, but given AnyColor's track record with "problematic management practices", the smart money isn't on NijiEN coming back stronger.
Riku, when explicitly asked by investors tired of him dodging the question, stated that they were moving back to domestic focus, which is corporate speak for "I can't make foreign branches work". If you've read the news lately, Tazumi and other management have also been getting publicly questioned by investors, which is a pretty big deal in the JP corpo world, as it establishes a previously-unseen level of distrust.
EN is, for all purposes that matter to those with money, dead. Will the entire branch be merged or shuttered in 2 more weeks? Probably not, as they still make at least $2 and Riku needs every penny he can get, but I wouldn't expect them to grow, and I would expect them to continue to gradually bleed talent that find better offers elsewhere.
It's all about perspective.
