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- Jul 9, 2020
Weirdly enough, it's been really similar in my case. I haven't really watched the first gen at first, if anything it honestly felt disappointing in the sense of "damn, can't believe they're just following the idol approach", but I've been really starting to warm up to them recently. Still not really a fan of Finana, but Elira and Pomu have definitely been growing on me once they started trying things out, whether Elira's karaoke or Pomu's edginess for Minecraft and the date stream. As far as 2nd gen goes, Petra's still not really in my interest, but her piano's definitely comfy. Rosemi turned out completely different than she seemed to be, but she's still probably the comfiest watch. Selen's been pretty consistently great though; that explosive personality is the exact thing Niji needed, and it's part of what's getting me to watch someone play a BR I normally couldn't give less of a shit about.What surprised me is how much more I started enjoying the first gen people once the second gen came along. Not sure if it was me slowly warming up or something else. But I watch Niji more than Hololive at this point and I barely watched them at all before 2nd gen debut.
I haven't watched anyone that's in the 3rd wave, so it'll be interesting to see how that goes, especially once they start settling in and really showcasing themselves. Either way, Nijisanjification isn't stopping any time soon; guessing they want EN to catch up in member size to the other branches, JP would probably be going too far. Complete shot in the dark here, but I'm guessing they're gonna step on the brakes either after wave 4 (the guys), or after a mixed gender wave 5.
Apparently when it's friends rather than family, it's cronyism, the more you know. It does seem like they're aiming for candidates with pre-established chemistry of sorts, whether between each other or with already existing members. It's gonna make wave 4 pretty interesting, considering that you would probably need one yakuza's hand to count the amount of male Vtubers (who aren't already known for other things, ex. Takahata or Merryweather) popular in the West. KamiyaJuu does have the numbers, but that's pretty much primarily Philippines.What was the word again? Nepotism? Lol
Also, if the name ChibaNyan (the guy producing wave 3's debut song) sounds familiar for some reason, he's the guy that made that one Gibara mix.
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