It’s been a year since I first entered virtual YouTubers (VTubers) as a whole, and a lot has changed in the landscape since then.

Kiryu Coco, a popular VTuber, was part of the fourth generation of “HoloLive” graduate, also known as the Displaced, on July 1, 2021.

I also joined the Nijisanji branch of VTubers and independent VTubers. Nijisanji is another VTuber company adjacent to HoloLive Production, made up of VTuber groups owned by a company called COVER Corp.

There is something popular about VTuber companies themselves called Independent VTubers, virtual YouTubers who work outside of a company.

Nijisanji had two bands that got their start and are part of their English branch called LazuLight and OBSYDIA.

I watched LazuLight and OBSYDIA between May and July 2021 and they are fun to watch.

A lot hasn’t changed in the VTuber space, but I really felt a change as I got used to everyone there.

I am using a website called “HoloDex” to watch VTubers and it is convenient for you to use it there.

You prefer the VTubers that you watch under the Channels tab and then watch multiple VTubers that you have favorite in the MultiView tab if they are live.

There was one VTuber that I love to watch that reached 3 million YouTube subscribers in July 2021, and his name is Gawr Gura.

Gawr Gura overtook the “first” VTuber called Kizuna Ai who had the most subscribers at that time.

The VTubers make original songs for promotion and there have been a lot of great songs they’ve made that have come out over the past year or so.

A VTuber calls quitting his job as one, whether freelance or part of a company, in a simple word, “graduation”. Think of it like a high school diploma in a way, when you feel like it’s time to move on for a better opportunity somewhere in life.

As a virtual YouTuber leaves a VTuber business, another VTuber comes into the picture who is part of the same business that wows people just by looking at them.

There will always be a good chance that a new virtual YouTuber or a new group of virtual YouTubers comes into the picture.

A VTuber group that is part of HoloLive called HoloLive English Council debuted in August 2021, and they debuted a week or two before Lyrica graduated.

VTubers come and go. You don’t know when they’ll be graduating, and you’ll be upset that one of your faves graduates, whether it’s self-employed or part of a business. If you wait a little while, a new independent virtual YouTuber or a group that is part of the company will come into the picture and you will be wowed by it just like you did with all the other virtual YouTubers.

It’s like a flush and rehearsal process of sorts, you meet an independent VTuber or a bunch of VTubers that are part of a company, get to know them and watch their broadcasts, and then get upset as they go. ‘they graduate.

I love this process because I know things don’t last forever. Even my time at Quo Vadis might end at some point. When one door closes, another door opens. This world will always have opportunities for you, even if it is a form of escape or if you need a new job or another.

A year later, I still love watching virtual YouTubers and being a part of Quo Vadis. Both have kept me sane in these uncertain times of COVID-19.