>>88833181Its really hard to say. Gura was still popular before she got into Hololive so she would have still made it regardless. But Cover gave her a lot of opportunities that she otherwise would never have had the opportunity for, if she never applied then she would have been a shitposting loli that hates her fanbase and just wastes away her days drinking until she inevitably retires.
At the same time, Gura leaving would undeniably fuck up HoloEN hard. Even though she's not a streamer, her status as HoloEN's mascot really shouldn't be understated. With 4 million subs, even if the vast majority of those aren't active, that's still a massive chunk of potential merch sales and sponsorship money that Cover could be walking away from. Especially because some of Gura's fans are either unaware or flat out don't care about the other Holos, they only care about Gura.