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>Why even join Niji if they knew it was shady as hell?
They didn't.
Hell, back in 2020, Niji had a better rep than Holo due to people just not knowing about them and Holo having that huge taiwan and coco scandal.
People pointed to Niji as a company that already had those growing pains and was more mature about things. And since Niji barely had any mindshare, they just took that as face value.
People who failed to join Holo generally ran to Niji as a second try. (iirc Finana was in the final round of auditions for Myth, Pomu was rejected due to lack of streaming experience, etc)
I really wouldn't be surprised if the only person who specifically wanted to be in NijiEN without applying to Holo first was Selen herself due to not wanting to be singing focused.