Shark takes a bite out of game journalists
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Vtubers have the opportunity to become the most based thing, or the most cringe thing. It's almost entirely up to how quickly the sjws infest it though. From what I've heard about Kiara, they might already have a foothold sadly.
I think Cover/Hololive, at least, is very adamant about the 'do not discuss politics, religion or other sensitive topics under any circumstances' rule, since they correctly recognize that tons of people (weebs or not) absolutely crave apolitical entertainment in these times and to politicize Vtubing would mean chasing away tons of fans. Kiara might be a SJW in her private life, but from what I've seen she's never brought politics into Vtubing (whether of her own volition or because Cover Corp. is keeping her on a tight leash).
Of course there are some indie Vtubers, or at least V-Tweeters, out there who do get all political. But I would hope that their total lack of success, coupled with Hololive's own booming popularity and especially the popularity of the more based girls (Gura's got the highest # of subscribers out of all Hololive, while Kiara's channel remains in the dust with below 1 million subscribers still), sends the message across to Cover. Their leadership seems to have grown a spine after the Taiwan mess (shutting down Hololive CN and bailing on the mainland altogether rather than getting rid of Coco Kiryu & Akai Haato after apologies proved insufficient), so here's hoping that holds in the future.
The thing about japan is they're very traditional, so they're harder for them to fuck with. As we're seeing with Sony and the like however, they can still get into their companies and take things out from the top down. Keep in mind that Cover has to get permission to play their games, so if the big dogs get too left leaning they're likely to get bullied out of the scene all together. But yes, the West Taiwan situation made me quite happy, and I can honestly say if I can get some good internet among other things I'd be happy to apply for a Holostars EN branch.
The wording of the EN gen 2 recruiting was worrying though, so I remain tentative.