I wasn't intending to write a post. But I had to.
The time has finally come.
Gawr Gura, one of the OG hololive English -Myth- ladies, has finally decided to graduate and cease her activities as Gawr Gura.
And now, Myth is down to just the three: 🐙💀🐔
Recalling the last big anniversary collaboration from back then is bittersweet. Gura isn't exactly the first on my list to watch from Myth (it's Ina!), but she is still a big face of hololive English.
She's big enough that she has her own Wikipedia page for notability.
And it is because of that that she has finally decided to go.
Sometimes, being that big does one no favours.
As many have noted across the 'net, this marks a distinct break of the early era of hololive English from the new one, where jank is replaced with much better production and management, where off-line idol activities of dancing and singing are given a much higher weightage when compared to before, where the dreams seem more geared towards something more traditional than the frontier of what a purely digital/virtual environment can bring.
Do I feel sad? Yes.
Do I feel bad? No.
She's been at it for nearly five years... five years! In five years, one can get promoted from junior to senior role in the land of software engineering. In entertainment circles, five years is effectively F-O-R-E-V-E-R, and that's not even counting the acclerated rate that Internet entertainers feel with the hyper-competitive nature of the unfettered access to the global audience/market.
I hope she finds what she is looking for after leaving.
Bye bye stinky---we'll miss you.
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