You know what? Fuckit, I wasn't going to post this but Nolan's being a sped again.
Okay, cool. Let's go over the facts.
- She's streamed 11 times on her channel in the last 4 months. One of which was a pre-recorded 3D show.
- Her communication during this absence has been terrible. I don't care what her reason is, there's no reason to have it be this bad when you have literal paid people to handle that for you (managers). Shit, look at how Haachama has been handling it.
- Total radio silence for nearly a month leading up
- Birthday announced by a Hololive Tweet, not a Gura Tweet
- No birthday countdown, no totsumachi, virtually no other talents interacting with her birthday
And during the beginning of her stream, she herself kept saying she made no plans, and was fumbling by just going over a fan project and some basic emojis. Until that point, anyone had every right to be totally cynical about what was going on.
And as others have said, this birthday celebration felt practically phoned in. Was there stuff to show off? Sure, but a lot of it was pre-made shit and one basic karaoke song of a City Pop song. Oooo, there's a crowd pleaser. And then she basically announced her merch and fucked off.
Gura's 'presence' added basically nothing to the stream. Most of the memorable stuff was either made by others or pre-recorded.
I like Gura too, not as much as the Chumbud Defense Force, but this was a disappointment overall to me. I'm glad some of her work is paying off, but until the communication aspect of this all is fixed it's gonna be hard for me not to be totally cynical.
Oh, also,
Ayame has streamed more than her. So there's that.