So, something that really didn't sit well with me at the time of the
Gen 3 graduations was the other talents' responses. They put out a
video (
PreserveTube archive) where they played defence for the company's management, with Namiji making a passive-aggressive comment toward those graduating on Twitter and Nene backing her up (screenshots from the
tablet stalker in the Gen 3 thread):
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Nami commenting on Kawaii drama wasn't unprecedented at the time, as she'd also done a stream following Neena Makurano's termination, where she'd also defended the management:
PreserveTube archive
Now, there's two possible takeaways from this: one, that Kawaii's management pressure the talents to cover for them, and/or two, that there's a mean girl clique among the talents who rush to pounce on anyone who's not in the inner circle the moment the management give them the go-ahead. I couldn't tell you how much is column A and how much is column B; personally I'm inclined to believe both are at least somewhat true, though I have no hard evidence for that so take it as you will.