Couldn't agree more. There's a reason some of the more sexually explicit ones in content play it for laughs. When Coco was streaming she probably had the largest breasts of any model, but very often was joking about them and sex in general. Marine makes erotic references all the time, but I really feel it's more comedic than anything else. Same with Kiara. Fauna's got a whole mommy thing but it's played more for supporting and caring for people than anything sexual. I find it funny when I see art of some of the girls on some...non-seiso websites that it feels almost obligatory, like you were saying with brony stuff. Obviously some people are genuinely into it, but some of it just looks like normal art that they felt obligated to make erotic because that's how they're "supposed" to interact with female characters they like. Outside Hololive, look at how Melody has done better as a regular streamer when she started as a chaterbate streamer. Cute girls having fun and being entertaining can be wonderful amusement.
Yeah, another good example is Yuzuki Choco, also Hololive. She has a very sexualized design and character, she does erotic ASMRs and I'm pretty sure the thumbnail she uses for those is actual cropped R34 art of herself giving a guy a handjob.
She is the most sexually explicit Hololive member, she doesn't play it for jokes and she's been around for years... and she's one of the least popular members out of all of them.
It becomes even more apparent if you compare her to Nakiri Ayame, who debuted at the same time as Choco as they're both part of the 2nd generation. She is one of the least sexually explicit members, and instead she is famous for just how damn adorable she is, even compared to the many other cutesy Hololive members. She giggles a lot, makes cute noises and then giggles at her own noises. Even the other members tell stories of how cute she is irl.
She is also infamous for how rarely and inconsistently she actually streams. Looking at her YT channel, Ayame has only done 7 streams over the past 2 months. In that same period of time, Choco has done 45.
Choco has 850,000 subscribers. Ayame has 1,250,000.
Hololive fans aren't in it to jack off to anime tiddies. Choco literally does hentai moans when she gets shot in Apex (and she's pretty good at doing those tbh), but that stuff just doesn't get the big viewer numbers. The most viewed of the weekly Hologra episodes (I'm pretty sure) is the one where Ayame says "Yo dayo." That's what it's really about.
bringing up hologra, even though Choco is allowed be be more mature there as on her own channel, it's usually to highlight the contrast between her adultness and the other girls' seisoness. Not even always sexual, like the one where Watame tries to drink coffee and keeps spitting it out on Subaru. Then they use A-chan for a more relaxed maturity. Or I guess there's also the Matsuri line, where no one can say something worse than Matsuri has already said, and they need to end the stream if they do. Noel also dips into some sexual content, but she stopped her last stream cause she saw the joke going too far.
Couldn't agree more. There's a reason some of the more sexually explicit ones in content play it for laughs. When Coco was streaming she probably had the largest breasts of any model, but very often was joking about them and sex in general. Marine makes erotic references all the time, but I really feel it's more comedic than anything else. Same with Kiara. Fauna's got a whole mommy thing but it's played more for supporting and caring for people than anything sexual. I find it funny when I see art of some of the girls on some...non-seiso websites that it feels almost obligatory, like you were saying with brony stuff. Obviously some people are genuinely into it, but some of it just looks like normal art that they felt obligated to make erotic because that's how they're "supposed" to interact with female characters they like. Outside Hololive, look at how Melody has done better as a regular streamer when she started as a chaterbate streamer. Cute girls having fun and being entertaining can be wonderful amusement.
Yeah, another good example is Yuzuki Choco, also Hololive. She has a very sexualized design and character, she does erotic ASMRs and I'm pretty sure the thumbnail she uses for those is actual cropped R34 art of herself giving a guy a handjob.
She is the most sexually explicit Hololive member, she doesn't play it for jokes and she's been around for years... and she's one of the least popular members out of all of them.
It becomes even more apparent if you compare her to Nakiri Ayame, who debuted at the same time as Choco as they're both part of the 2nd generation. She is one of the least sexually explicit members, and instead she is famous for just how damn adorable she is, even compared to the many other cutesy Hololive members. She giggles a lot, makes cute noises and then giggles at her own noises. Even the other members tell stories of how cute she is irl.
She is also infamous for how rarely and inconsistently she actually streams. Looking at her YT channel, Ayame has only done 7 streams over the past 2 months. In that same period of time, Choco has done 45.
Choco has 850,000 subscribers. Ayame has 1,250,000.
Hololive fans aren't in it to jack off to anime tiddies. Choco literally does hentai moans when she gets shot in Apex (and she's pretty good at doing those tbh), but that stuff just doesn't get the big viewer numbers. The most viewed of the weekly Hologra episodes (I'm pretty sure) is the one where Ayame says "Yo dayo." That's what it's really about.
bringing up hologra, even though Choco is allowed be be more mature there as on her own channel, it's usually to highlight the contrast between her adultness and the other girls' seisoness. Not even always sexual, like the one where Watame tries to drink coffee and keeps spitting it out on Subaru. Then they use A-chan for a more relaxed maturity. Or I guess there's also the Matsuri line, where no one can say something worse than Matsuri has already said, and they need to end the stream if they do. Noel also dips into some sexual content, but she stopped her last stream cause she saw the joke going too far.