Thank god for Tempus, this is the kind of dudes shitposting with avatars I wanted from male VTubers from the beginning.
It really is. I couldn't say exactly why none of the Niji guys really amused me. I don't necessarily dislike or think any are bad but Tempus REALLY just hits that "homies" vibe. I'm way more invested in them than I expected. Axel's the only one who's a bit meh to me, but he's still got good moments and in the group works well. He was killin me during this courtroom shit though. Guy blindsided me with the "Okay but I'm stupid so what does that mean?" stuff.
Though Lia has also been able to get a way with a lot, so maybe it's opening up for Phase overall with Pippa being sort of trial run.
I imagine the guy realized after a while that being something different was actually working out pretty well.
Rrat mode, but at the start maybe he was too worried about the audience being cultivated, and arguably even about the attention they were getting from "unsavory places." After nothing happened though, maybe it looked like the talents and their fans could (more or less) behave themselves with both sides being happy having a good time.
Presuming that, and with them getting proper support/help (Pretty sure every PC girl has hyped up Muumi) things probably just rolled well enough that he didn't need the leash paranoia.
At this point the biggest danger seems to be letting these girls get alchohol. Except Tenma, she has her shit together enough that she just gets goofy drunk, not "TMI stories" Lia drunk or "I'm gonna stream in the dark with my phone cam on" Rie drunk.
Preface context in case it's needed: Rie randomly did some stream after getting hammered with a somewhat gibberish title. Thing was only a few minutes long of her rambling in the dark thinking you couldn't see shit, but you could see some movement and such. Granted I was tired and maybe half blind, pretty sure it wasn't her model or anything. Nothing really happened and I have no clue if anyone grabbed it up.
Lia had a major sad girl confession about feeling like she doesn't do enough/well/isn't a "leading" character.
Yeah she does this once in a while sadly. Girl has a massive case of imposter syndrome, and I think some legit other issues alongside it. I like her, but she needs some support to keep her mental. After the drunk stream and her lack of streaming much after it, I sort of figured things got in her head and wasn't susprised by the break.
Hell I actually typed up my own guess that either her and/or Sakan basically decided she needed a break, and it wasn't a suspension like some people kept rrating. But I deleted it since it was mostly just an assumption lol