First things first:
o7 to Pomu, you were a real one, even if I didn't watch you.
And as someone who doesn't give her attention, this graduation was very sudden and out of left-field. I always took Pomu to be a cornerstone of NijiEN, like all of Lazulight (Fiana debatable; she will be the last of her gen remaining because she's just too distracted by shitty Chinese gacha games to notice the black around her).
I heard about Pomu talking about being frustrated and fed up with management here and there, but every corpo talent vents about management every now and then. That's nothing special. Kiara does it all the time, but I still feel like she's far away from graduating anytime soon. And I honestly assumed the same about Pomu, especially how much of a Nijisanji fan she apparently was even before joining the company. This is her dream-company, after all. And she is EN Daisenpai, she has been there from the very beginning, back when NijiEN was nothing more than an experiment and management probably didn't yet know how to handle them. Surely it must have gotten better over the years. Right? Right???
Wow, when everyone thought Selen will graduate first, Pomu is the least expected one to be graduated, cause she got 3D etc.
Please don't tell me the reason Pomu did not attend Orange chicken concert was because Kurosanji decided to fuck with Pomu 3D model
It is.
Kiara invited Pomu for her 3D Live, but Pomu couldn't join in because she didn't have a working 3D model (still doesn't).
But I don't think Niji didn't work on fixing her 3D because of her graduation. I remember some members (probably JP) getting 3.0 touch up weeks before their graduation. So her 3D being in limbo is just general management incompetence.
Btw, did she say when exactly she handed in her letter to management? IIRC Mika said she did so at the beginning of the year, yet she was only allowed to graduate at the very end. Management set the date for her.
Mysta as well handed his letter months before his announcement and graduation. So I wonder for how long Pomu has been basically dead already.
Wait a minute Pomu is close to Kiara as well. Did she talked with Pomu and felt sad and posted this?
100% that's about Pomus graduation.
That's when she was told through DMs most likely.
Also, Kiara will be on vacation when Pomu graduates, and when she will come back it will be too late and all will be over. At least she will be able to cry into Nerissa's huge tits.
I am sure Kiara is frustrated and sad that's she can't squeeze in a last farewell collab with Pomu and that Pomu and Kiara will never be able to shine on stage in 3D together.
Some reactions to the news I saw:
and:
Nah this girl is broken man
Oof.
Its just sad and cruel. Having the father die young to illness (do we know what it was?) and then not even being able to be there for him because of work and get closure can mess up a person good.
Kiara had a bunch of complaints about management all year that would be impossible to list all in one post and I don't remember most of them, anyway.
Nah, I disagree on that front. 2021 was a much worse year for Kiara. 2022 looked better, especially as a viewer. It looked even better than 2023 imo. Using "Kiara complained about management" and "had women moments" as a benchmark if she's happy or not is a rubbish tier benchmark. She is, self admittedly, a person prone to nagging and complaining as well as ranting and general women moments. If "Kiara complained about management" is the criteria, 2023 must have been her worst year yet. Also, Kiara loops her complaints a lot, for the past 2 years It's always been about lack of studio time and 3D or about music support.
The last half of 2023 was really rough on her, probably the most unhappy she's been in a good while. And it wasn't all Hololive Management, she got fucked over by her Tax lady hard and went broke for a bit. It must have been a terrible time. But, as she said last stream, most of her worries have by now been dealt with. She looks with optimism into the future. Especially as a girl who easily slips into doomposting, claiming that you have hope and look forward to the future means a lot.