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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If I may ask, why was this expected, what's been happening with Hololive? I haven't been following VTubers in a long while so I'm completely out of the loop.

[–] ShadowCat@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gura has basically been inactive for the past 2+(?) years only showing up for the occasional stream

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

She's been super active, just not streaming. She's one of the brand ambassadors in Japan and does a bunch of promo/PR work.

[–] ShadowCat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Oh true, I never really pay attention to that

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Hololive as a whole, no one really knows. There’s been a shift in direction and some talents mentioned disagreements with management and company direction as reasons for graduating/leaving, but no one really knows what it entails, except of course the company growing to be much bigger than any of them ever imagining 4+ years ago.

People (me included) were sort of expecting this for Gura since in recent years she was one of the talents which streamed less in general due to burnout and whatnot, and it’s been clear for a while that, for an introverted person with a good degree of anxiety, being literally the most famous vtuber in the world was taking a toll on her.

I remember talks of “Gura’s about to graduate” since 2 years ago if not more, it’s a wonder that she managed to keep going for so long.