>>8465022People forget that basically half of JP is the product of cronyism and sometimes straight up actual nepotism. This is nothing new, Cover's always operated this way. The real bitter pill to swallow is realising that Hololive, as a viewer experience, only benefits from this kind of shit. There's a reason people love PekoMiko or OkaKoro shit. You're always going to have stronger and far more natural chemistry with friends you've had for a long time than people you only met a few months ago, at best. Even if they are a subpar streamer by themself, which none of these girls really seem to be, there's no doubt that once the collab ban is lifted they'll be able to provide some kind of entertainment just by bouncing off their friend who got them in in the first place.
This is the exact same principle behind why every vtuber feels the need to drag their mum, dad and dog on stream. Their family isn't naturally entertaining, but as long as the vtuber is entertaining their guests become entertaining by proxy.
