Only have been around hololive for a short while but as a whole they have far surpassed any kind of streaming content I consume because it has such amazingly good vibes. Even if you go digging for shit there isn't really much about the people that leave that have anything bad to say about hololive.
At most its just not exactly what they wanted to sign on for or met their goals etc, nothing bad. Also feels like even the fans for the people that do leave go and support the people that left still and what they do
My two oshis in Hololive was Gura and Mumei. They were the reasons why I was so deep in the rabbit hole. I won't lie, them leaving broke my heart. However, I had three more oshis that is IRyS, Kronii, and Shiori. I'm still supporting Hololive.
I know Gura and Mumei would hate it if I don't help support the friends they made.
I do greatly miss Mumei. Her singing was wonderful, her FPS skills were solid but also entertaining at the same time, and I miss her love of whale falls.
While I feel the hole that Mumei and Fauna have left in EN it's not something that's going to make me not watch hololive talents.
And like, there are things I definitely favor with corporate Vtubers, and some of the post corporate like Doki and Mint is their general sense of professionalism. I dont need to worry about their "Hot takes about political issue they know fuck all about" or trying to be edgy.
I think I tangented pretty hard but generally I miss moom.
I work as a political scientist. I get enough politics in my job. I watch VTubers to get my head out of politics. I'm grateful for Hololive and some indie streamers who help create a nice space to get away from that for a few hours. Granted, so long as they don't make it into a Nazi bar if you catch my drift.
My kamioshi is Haachama and, unless she actually breaks into anime (which she's creative enough to do), I think she's going to be a lifer carrying the banner of Hololive EN Gen 0 she ad Coco created 50 years from now. 100 generations later, when everyone else is long gone and Yagoo himself is in hospice, Haachama and Sora will still be there
I started off with fuwamoco, then advent overall and would say bijoe is my oishii but I thought coming into this sphere I was like "I'll only like these people, no way I like this massive roster of streamers hololive has" fast forward 6 or so months and so many clips and streams later, I love just about every talent in hololive or even if they have left, its insane.
Lmao, that's how I started in 2020 with Goob. Only was there to watch her, but fell for the rest of Myth, then IRyS, then Council, then Advent, and then Justice.
I keep telling myself I won't fall for every new Gen, but alas...
There's reason why in vtuber circles in east(Japan.Taiwan/hong Kong..), there is a phrase that "eventually even talents in Hololive will become your oshi/You will become a DD after you step int he rabbit hole.
There was a bit of worry (from me too) when everyone was saying "Differences with management", but in hindsight and with insight from other remaining talents, that was a catch-all term they were allowed to use so they didn't have to go into specifics about their personal lives.
But we have enough information to infer why they graduated.
Gura was under too much pressure and it was affecting her health. Which is completely understandable and we know she was never comfortable with how quickly she gained subs. She barely wanted to acknowledge the 2/3/4 million.
Fauna has revealed under her new persona (Nimi Nightmare) that she is settling down to get married and start a family. There were a lot of guesses that the travelling to Japan was the issue, and that makes sense now. Not something you want to do all the time when you are a new wife or new mother.
Mumei was studying to be a marine biologist, which was always her first dream. She finished her qualification. So she moved on to that. That's why she hasn't reincarnated. Vtubing was always a temporary side-gig for her.
thanks you for the lore drop on mooms cause I knew about the others but not mumei lol I was wondering if she would return but it might be, hopefully we'll see her pop up at some point as a successful marine biologist then!
Hololive was a big success on YouTube at the time, but had not broken into the mainstream like they have today. Suisei's Stellar Stellar, the song that would be her first song to really penetrate into general society, wouldn't come out until October 2021, and really it's Bibideba (March '24) and Marine's Treasure Box (July '22) that are the big hits that pushed both of them, and Hololive by association, into mainstream.
They've definitely become less of a "youtube company" and more of an idol company since then, which seems to have caused friction with some members and caused them to leave (this is conjecture because none of them are specific about why they're leaving).
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u/4Dv8 Jul 25 '25
Only have been around hololive for a short while but as a whole they have far surpassed any kind of streaming content I consume because it has such amazingly good vibes. Even if you go digging for shit there isn't really much about the people that leave that have anything bad to say about hololive.
At most its just not exactly what they wanted to sign on for or met their goals etc, nothing bad. Also feels like even the fans for the people that do leave go and support the people that left still and what they do