>>103705796
unlike the perception for the west however, going indie isn't guaranteed success for a holoJP, the JP nikis adhere more tightly to the box than we do. as usual, we should learn from their wisdom on these matters.

so given that ao is hardly a has-been and more like a never-was, it'd be incredibly dumb to abandon holo when there is nowhere near as good as anything else for getting up her name/brand first. if she was already a very well-known name and got all she could out of holo, aka Aqua, yeah I'd figure she'd have a diehard loyal fanbase who would gladly follow everything she does. that's absolutely not the case with Ao.

what Ao needs IMO is a new model/massive makeover to drop the dude theme and just be a hot tomboy girl. shuba used to be more a tomboy but really took off after she got a makeover to remove the ugly baseball outfit. just get ao out the suit basically.