Judging by the first week only, how do you think it's all gonna go
>>108446254all the things that made 2025 terrible are still there and show no signs of improving. but I remain cautiously optimistic
>>108446254The Miko drama has made reconsider the time, energy, and money I invest into this hobby. I don't hate the talents or company, but I feel like the company just lacks the will or ability to truly protect their talents from targeted mob harassment. I really do not believe they have the ability to litigate against every random one-off throw away twitter/youtube account trashing their talents. No matter what people say about Japanese libel laws, it just feels like a flood of antis at any moment can swarm your oshi and Cover is helpless to really do anything.With that said I just feel this hobby is full of too many shitty people who find enjoyment in tearing other people down. I don't know if these are just haters, fans of other holo talents, fans of other companies, or just fans of trolling. But their existence in the space and the lack of a way to keep them away from my entertainment source makes me want to divest from watching vtubers. It's like trying to find a way to store food in a rat warren. It's not a matter of "if" retards will harass my oshi, it's a matter of when. For now I will trim down my oshis to focus on supporting Miko, interacting with her socials, collecting her goods, and building good memories. My plans are to walk away from this hobby whenever she does. I'm open to change, but I don't think this landscape will truly change for the better.I hope you are having a better 2026.
>>108446958Just watch pekora and pekora only. She gets the protection of the company, unlike coco and the others.
EN will get even worse. Cecilia is already dropping off and she was the only CGDCT new hire who streamed.
>>108446254If Kanata graduated, No one safe anymore. Something very serious may explode from inside.
>>108446958Small thing :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKo29OzkLzQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsO8t2FnMIBoth these clips aren't even that long ago, maybe it helps cheer you up a little. I'm hoping for a better 2026 too. I'm sure you understand why.
>>108446254>Haato fired by the end of February >Korone gone after Fes >Ina gone sometime this year tooHololive... grows stronger. >:3
>>108448833For every holo gone, Pekora gets +10k ccv bots. Soon she will be streaming with 100k ccv.
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>>108446489This, there's also this rrat about the true meaning of kanata's graduation that makes you think, the new NDA that states talents cannot talk to each other about their own projects or they risk getting fired has been burning many holes out, thanks to Mel leaking many collabs to kotoka, nijisanji could rush similar events to holo but they were a failure, thanks to that the new nda was made, it was always to blame the talents, but now that Kanata didn't even tell her best friend in holo about her graduation AND YET THE GRADUATION WAS LEAKED, only proves that someone in upper management is the leaker and he was so confident kanata already told the girls about her graduation that he felt comfortable enough to leak that shit, when Kanata said "I hope my sacrifice helps" she didn't mean it about the workload but the stupid nda that keep screwing talents over
>>108448908when does pekora go indie and tell cover to suck her big bunny balls
>>108448163I'm not in that faction camp. I personally think the antis are just fans of niji who try to instigate, bait, false flag, etc. Harassing Miko out of Hololive only benefits Pekora for 30 seconds before a whole campaign of being a management pet starts against her. In the end, only other corpos benefit as Cover falls apart from the inside. Holo vs holo only has that singular outcome.>>108448724I'm okay, I get it. I'm not sad as much as "I'm over it". I can spend time on other things where there isn't some seething retard in the background plotting to ruin my fun. And the irony is that the more you support them, the more they grow, and the bigger the target on them becomes. Look at this board, /vt/ grew and now it's just a dramabait shithole. It's not enough that people enjoy vtubers for themselves, they have to seethe about other vtubers and look for ways to tear them down.
>>108449216Kanata dies for Hololive sin, save us all.
>>108446958>t I feel like the company just lacks the will or ability to truly protect their talents from targeted mob harassment.That's just japanese culture in general tbhdesu, they get really autistic about who does what wrong/when they did wrong, and if they are or not allowed to defend themselves. It's annoying but it is what is I guess >I don't know if these are just haters, fans of other holo talents, fans of other companies, or just fans of trollingOn the JP side it's a mixture of Nijinigs and Vtuber antis I feel like late 2021 up to mid 2025 being relatively "clam" made a lot of people forget just how vile, conniving, and generally organized those shitters can be when it comes taking a minor infraction and astroturfing it into a large outpour of "outrage" It's understandably frustrating cuz they know these companies will likely winding having to capitulate, and (you) and me know if the company showed any backbone these fake outrage campaigns would completely unravel because a few shitters on burn accounts on twitter doesn't amount to anything in reality
>>108449216Based tenshi
>>108449216Interesting give us more detail about this pls.
>>108449216>AND YET THE GRADUATION WAS LEAKEDWhen did that happen
>>108451275when they put together this new rrat
>>108446254If we just go by week 1 and extrapolate from that, Dokibird is going to build fucking Fortnite.
>>108451275Late June in 4chan and earlier in JP sukikira site.
>>108449220Pekora's (the character) biggest, most unrivaled fan, is Pekora herself and she doesn't want another life that isn't being Pekora, so only a major event that would make ANYONE quit any sort of job would be needed
>hololive expecting big things from their gacha game expecting 1-2 graduations one being haachamaanother twitch take over eventEN5 being a dud (for me)its going to be a boring year but they will still be top dog >nijisanjihonestly dont even care what they do at this point the brand is completely uninteresting >phaseclara graduationphasecon shitshow no new gens for an entire year phases year will be chaotic and full of failure with random sparks of success but it will survive >Bravei honestly see brave losing more branches, it has started to realize those failing EN corpos it bought in 2024 were failing for a reason>indies the backstabbing and google dockys will ramp up as the indie scene gets more competitive, it will become so toxic by 2027 corpos will see a second golden age as people flee the indie scene
>>108449216I kneel
>>108446254I feel like if the alleged economic crash does happen later this year (wether it happens through the AI bubble bursting or the orange faggot doing another stupid thing), it'll wipe away a fuck ton of 2view indies and small corpos like a sandstorm.For Hololive though, If this new gacha game and Holoearth doesn't manage to take off, things are certain to go messy.
>>108448833It can't burn down fast enough. It’s time for a reset.
>>108449216Which rrat?
>>108446489so, it's been a few hours, things are looking pretty terrible, 2026 could end up much worse than 2025
>>108454914> begin with Miko drama fiasco. Yes
>>108446254Well, I guess?
>>108446254very bad
>>108446958Same. This shit is just retarded and nips are just chinks who make more entertaining media. Cover has let Miko get dragged for years and now that antis have a small morsel of something they can latch onto, they are going for her throat. Cover let it come to this and when she eventually leaves because daily nonstop harassment is too much to handle, so do I.
>>108458164Why would Cover want to lose Miko?
>>108460489I dunno you tell me. You've got leakers spreading slander about her, channels and accounts dedicated to slandering her and none of it gets dealt with. Meanwhile some dude drew art of Pekora getting fucked and got hit with a 1.5 million yen request from Cover.
>>108446958This shit is depressing to read.Alexa, nuke Japan.
>>108446254AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>108460545>Meanwhile some dude drew art of Pekora getting fucked and got hit with a 1.5 million yen request from Cover.Source?
>>108460670https://x.com/rakukakikun/status/2008407452895854898
>>108460670Nta but here you go. It was about xmas chicken.https://x.com/i/status/1925570557577162938
>>108446958Cover is in this baffling position where they're first on the scene to punish but dead fucking last to protect. They're running things completely backwards and it's no surprise people are dropping like flies. If the company is not only going to pile on restrictions but not be a safe harbor from the pitfalls that come with being an indie, what's even the point? The benefit of being in a corpo over indie is partly because the company should offer greater legal and harassment protection.
>>108446958it's human nature to scrutinize the actions of others more so if they're famousretards here have been calling people who do that nijisisters or phaseniggers. But if everyone is a phaseniji, no one is
>>108460694>>108460711Holy ! Cold Chicken !
>>108460711>pekora has a tradition to make the fans themselves have chicken on the Christmas stream so they could I guess project themselves being a part of pekora's christmas? In any case, it was all good until she canceled one of those streams and out comes a series of artworks insinuating that she was cucking her fanbase while spending time with a partner, which ended up leading to blacked ntr artworkthat's fucking funny, bet the Cover employee who pushed for litigation ate his KFC cold as well lmao
>>108446958>find enjoyment in tearing other people downHow else are you supposed to enjoy vtubers?
>>108460741>this baffling position where they're first on the scene to punish but dead fucking last to protectWas thinking about this, they should have managers within the company who are their champions. But Kanata was thinking of specifically hiring someone for this role independently and was rebuffed?
>>108446958>controversy yuribaiting chuuba who needs to be the center of everything with tons of numberfag vibes>with an insane rabid fanbaseyeah, things will never change for her
>>108460931I'm not gonna knock you for being yourself, I'm just simpy going to walk away from it all.I understand fucking with someone when they're a douche and hurt other people or fucking with faceless corporations by shit talking their products. But dogpiling someone who's just trying to entertain their circle of fans while also making themselves vulnerable by being live in front of anonymous people, it's too much for me. I can understand criticism and feedback, but I can't condone harassment, rumors, name-calling, etc. The intent is to cause harm be it mentally, financially, or reputationally. I'm out.
>>108446254I think 2026 is going to be better than 2027, so enjoy it
>>108461059>I'm not gonna knock you for being yourselfI am. He and people like him are subhumans.
>>108446254Good bc I think Phase Con will be a success
>>108446254>NijisanjiEN will continue to become less relevant, more graduations, more lopsided Male to Female liver ratio
>>108446254half of hololive will get pregnant.I'm the father.
>>108461959Why only half? Did your balls run out?
>>108446254a lot of third worlders are gonna flee their country
>>108460952But enough about pekwhora.
>>108446254More Indies will try to do what IronMouse is doing and try to get into the popular Twitch inner circle. They'll start nudging towards doing more IRL/3D stuff before going full Fleshie so they can have more collabs with the people at the top. Also expect an increase in them talking about current events, trying to grift off the Asmond/Hasan numbers or get in good graces with Hasan so they can climb the ladder faster.
>>108460937Everything falling apart after A-chan left.
>>108446254Unrelated but I love Polka so much bros...
