This is the absolute distilled truth. Everything else is mumbo jumbo created out of boredom by schizos.
> The truckload of Vtubers who graduated from Nijisanji proved that life after the corpo as an indie is completely viable.
(But being in a corpor first is an unskippable step in the grift.)
> Ame was literally the first test subject.
> She jumped off the boat first, but using a golden parachute with the affiliated talent lifeline.
> Reason: being lazy, wanting to avoid idol activities, constant traveling, and keeping the full paycheck.
> Fauna wanted to start a family, wanted to avoid idol activities, constant traveling, and keeping the full paycheck.
> Gura, wanted to avoid idol activities, constant traveling, and keeping the full paycheck.
Same for each case.
They simply did the math and saw that with an established fan base, the corpo stands in their way, making maximum profit for minimum effort.