>>91580470Since we're nearing the end of 2024, let's do a small retrospective on NijiEN:
>January: Pomu graduates; Selen's presentation at Anime Impulse is canceled.>February: Selen Shock; the "Negligible" PR Notice; The Black Stream hit piece and the "Addressing Your (Investors') Concerns" video that lead to many commercial partners (e.g., Hyte) abandoning ship; Kyo Kaneko graduates; Uki's remarks about white people; 39 IQ Daph gets called out for being a lousy loudmouth.>March: Q3 2024 results drop (and they're bad); Nijisanji contracts leak (also bad); Ethyria's presentation at OffKai is canceled; Luca Kaneshiro's leaks (with repercussions still unfolding); Scarle and Aster's impromptu "PET TIER LIST" stream, followed by a seemingly deleted membership stream where Scarle cried with her chat.>April: Nijisanji AR Colors finally releases after years of delays (blamed on "COVID" and other issues), but it’s pretty outdated. Several parts are either edited or butchered due to graduations or terminations, especially for OBSYDIA as Selen couldn’t appear in any form. The 3D quality is also scuffed as fuck.>May: The subreddit /r/Nijisanji is locked, with a massive nuke of posts made from February to April 2024; Raziel Warmonic receives a DMCA notice.>June: Q4 2024 is disastrous despite buybacks; The "NBA" collab flops because purchases required a Japanese address/phone number; NijiEN's and Chronoir's Anime Expo 2024 presentations are canceled just days before the con, angering fans who traveled from afar to see them.>July: Kunai announces an extended hiatus; Ike nukes a die-hard fan out of nowhere out of jealousy toward Vox.>August: Hex graduates; Sajam Slam controversy involving Vivi and Dokibird.>September: Kunai graduates after putting some pressure on her PL account; Q1 2025 results remain poor, even after blending NijiEN’s and JP’s numbers to obscure NijiEN’s ongoing decline.>October: Vivi publicly criticizes management after her graduation announcement.>November: Vivi graduates; Hololive’s stock surpasses Nijisanji’s by a significant margin.>December: Q2 2025 results are middling — better than previous quarters, but still lackluster. Twisty's leaks resurface Aster's scandal.I’m not factoring in events such as livers being called out because they bought food at either Starbucks or McDonald’s, as the Nijisisters are more at fault than the corpo or the livers themselves.
I’m also excluding incidents like the "YAB" YAB, Chronoir’s dangerous drink, and costumers confidential info being leaked from their Japanese web shop, as these are specific to the JP branch.
Additionally, I’m not counting the numerous statements made by former livers on various occasions and at different times.
And, finally, I’m not considering that time Vanta had to address his community’s shitty behavior because not only was he right to do so, but he was also based for this desu.
Let me know if I forgot anything
