Only Mr. Generosity would give us a cookie shaped like his face.

Thank goodness you said crawfish. I grew up in the PNW and called them crawdads and my partner from Louisiana almost had an aneurysm the first time I said "crawdaddy" outloud in front of them.

Me too! I was mostly reflecting on knowing all of the Vtubers in the photo lol

Good on you for shining the spotlight on small indie creators!

Earthsiege was the one mostly on Earth.

Starsiege was the one mostly in the Stars.

There’s clearly a lot of nuance, but I still think it’s worth discussion - with a lot of empathy, and minimal speculation - but there is a lot to say about the structure of of Vtuber idol corporations - the good, the bad, and the ugly.

But when that many people leave in such a short time, it’s a stretch of the imagination that there isn’t a common thread. Some members, like Nanashi Mumei, have cited poor health - most recently Gura has talked a lot about struggling with her fame.

Remaining members have explained that’s a catch-all, which makes sense - say too little and speculation reigns, say too much and you threaten retiring members anonymity, the reputation of others in the company, and even more pointed parasocial attacks.

But it is worth discussing that 7 members have graduated in the past… 6 months, 3 of them JP, 4 of them EN, and many of them citing ‘issues with the direction of the company’.

There are countless other bits and bobs that feed into this, and maybe I’ll start writing about it more, but the point is this: I couldn’t talk about WHY any member graduates without speculating, and doing so baselessly would stand to only sow additional confusion or give a platform to rage.

This occurred early with Kiryu Coco when she was showing off viewership by country and managed to upset some people because she showed a map that contained Taiwan as a country.