Not surprising but sad nonetheless. I can only wish the boys luck in whatever they’re going to do next and perseverance to those who decided to stay - hopefully it’ll work out for them.

“Rigged” is right, since it’s usually tracking rather than just animations. I only took a quick peek for now but he does indeed look promising. Thanks!

I actually thought it was a new release as well but decided to double check and noticed an announcement video from 8 months ago. Keeping up with everything ain’t easy, that’s for sure.

Strongest idol lives! I’m glad she’s getting better and that they’re approaching this responsibly. Slow and steady and all that.

Speaking of resuming activities, here’s the freshly released MV for “Doll”, the song she released last year. It’s dope!

It’s unfortunate but not too surprising. I’ve seen people talk that “it makes sense because they don’t bring enough money” and it’s like… yeah? You give them very little support as a company and then pikachu face when they don’t explode.

Funny how Nijisanji (and I hate to use them as a positive example) managed to figure it out and has no problem having both male and female talents but when it comes to Cover, guys are pretty much siloed into their own little corner and left to fend for themselves.

Sure, it’s not all Cover’s fault but I really think they dropped the ball on this one.

I’m curious if this will lead to any graduations or if everyone will stick around for now. I heard EN was already pretty much treated this way and I’ve seen Roberu talking that he’ll keep doing his thing but being pretty much indie while still paying the corpo tax and playing by their rules sounds like a pain.

Whatever happens, I sincerely wish them all the best. It’s a crappy situation, no matter how you slice it.

Some info we’ve got so far:

• Created by QualiArts, company behind IDOLY PRIDE and Gakuen Idolmaster.
• Simultaneous JP and Global release.
• 50 talents, everyone currently active minus FlowGlow and Justice.
• 150 songs on launch, 2 per talent. Will include both originals and covers.
• Hard and extremely hard difficulties.
• Auto mode for those not interested/unable to play rhythm games.
• Custom chart (beat map) editor, option to share your creations with other players.
• Talent card gacha.
• Paid skins.
• Option to play with MV or 3D Live background.
• Story mode (will include some talents who graduated during development).
• Skill tree for talents.
• No release date as of now.

An extremely catchy song, lovely Madoka inspired art style for the MV - it’s great!

Not a cult by the way.

Hmm, makes sense. Still better than being left with nothing.

Thanks for clarification!

Do we know if it’s a similar scheme idol Corp used some time ago, i.e. income sharing for x amount of time? Or did they have to fork the money outright?

I’m not really familiar with the company outside their name but the IP hand-over is always a win these situations. Good for them!

On a more positive note, Niko is returning tomorrow at 18:30 JST (source tweet, rough MTL).

Not that surprising since keeping up with everyone is kind of impossible at this point. I just wish catching up on news didn’t involve sudden sadness like this. It’s surprisingly rare all things considered but still.

Yeah, she posted about it a few days ago. Her cat was breathing weirdly so she took it to a vet but they weren’t able to save it. She took it pretty hard and said she’ll be talking to her manager, presumably to take a break from activities for a bit.

It has been a rough time for multiple holo members seems like. We had Nene feeling down, Haachama breakdown, Miko being attacked and dealing with her own stuff, Niko losing her cat. That’s just off the top of my head, I might be forgetting someone.

I’m just glad Cover learned from past situations and seem to have things under control (as much as they can as an employer, anyway). I don’t think they’d be able to deal with this a few years ago.

I hope she’ll be able to recover properly this time as the last time she took a break wasn’t exactly easy for her. Regardless of how this goes and how long it takes, her health is the important part.

Here’s Ao-kun’s Shiny Smily Story, freshly released on the official Hololive channel.

Also, the rest of ReGLOSS released a new cover song as a farewell gift. They managed to record and finish it in 5 days so it doesn’t seem like they knew for long either.

Good luck to Ao, hopefully she can recover without the holo obligations hanging at the back of her mind.

Sounds like a pretty good deal. Many things mentioned here are basic but important knowledge, useful in any workplace - it’s a pretty responsible way to handle new hires, doubly so for graduates. Things like this make me thing Cover is trying hard to build for a long run, which is nice.

While I hate corporate environment, I wish I had access to training like this in any of the jobs I had to be a part of. It would definitely make things easier for my mental health and approach to professional world.

Good for her! Did she finally managed to nab Agent 47? She deserves a happy Tapir family of her own.

It’s always nice to hear some good news in this sphere, especially with all the fires going on recently.

Indeed. Been at it for about a year now.

No 3D Nimi as of yet. There might be an official 3D debut before the concert but there’s nothing concrete planned at the moment (unless something changed since her announcement stream).