>>90629558Riku and Selen
The whole Selen termination drama was fabricated months in advance, all in order to eventually topple Hololive.
Insider knowledge let Riku know that Holos are really unhappy with management, so he and Selen concocted a plan to slowly crumble the entire company.
By terminating Selen in the most black corpo way and making sure the news of her debut were spread far and wide, they guaranteed it would have been a major success and send major ripples throughout the industry.
>Major corpos going indie can be successful, you get to keep your fans AND no longer have to pay a cut to the corpoAnd it worked. Selen's graduation changed the way graduations are treated now, PL or reincarnation talk isn't a taboo anymore, you WILL get it showed down your throat minutes after the graduation announcement goes up.
Sure, Riku took a momentary hit to his corpo, but he is a mastermind of playing the long game. Even if some of his own chuubas get caught up in thinking they can make it as an indie after leaving him, he can afford the loss. They're just one body in a sea of vtubers he has at his disposal. Hololive doesn't have that luxury.
And now we are slowly seeing the fruits of their labour. Holo girls were apprehensive at first, but the seed was planted, and due to the management being none the wiser to Riku's plan and not changing their ways to better accomodate them, the tower of cards is starting to collapse.
In the end, Riku and his strongest soldier, Selen, won the war.
