For me it's Watame, her fluffy and kind personality really hooked me and seeing how precious she is in 3D made me want to support her.
Fauna. She's funny, she's a memer like there is no other. She also has that onee-san aura around her... I watch her every night to sleep, her voice is really soothing.
Mumei. I share quite a few of her personality quirks, and of all the fantastic singing voices in Hololive, Mumei more than anyone else has the ability to make me just stop what I'm doing and listen.
On the JP side the one I follow most is Towa for similar reasons (holy shit her voice!), so you could imagine my excitement when Mumei sang Palette for the Connect the World concert.
I could definitely imagine your excitement since I went crazy when Fauna sang Watame's sweet night, sweet time
I mean, Gura and Kronii forever. Something about both of them, the humour and timing of jokes just hits me perfectly. But ever since Gura got busy with holsummer and fell off streaming a bit (which is fine! Still love her) I started catching up on Fauna and Ina streams because they're very relaxed and easy to listen to. Agent FaunaSeven has been a wonderful experience as I catch up, especially.
Bae and Fauna, probably because their streams times are the most convenient for me tbh. Not that I don't have reasons to love them but I'm pretty sure I could find something to love about any holomem I could consistently watch, and that just happens to be these two.
It's Ina for me. I watched all of EN's debut and her dopey chill streams always put me in a better mood. I watch most of EN though.
Subaru. I really love her voice and she's just precious. I like the fact that she sounds kinda like Goku 💀
Gura for when she is streaming. Otherwise, I'm a sapling for the max comfiness.
But honestly I can find something good about each and every talent. Even the JP ones that I just know from translated clips. Cover really has a knack for selecting their vtubers.
Towa, she's kind of goofy but I love it. Her voice is really good too, I especially like her metal songs.
On the EN side it was Sana… she sounded like someone I knew when I was younger and it was super comforting just listening to her talk.
After her graduation I hooked into Fauna. I’m not into ASMR, but her gaming streams are so good (she’s kind of like a Hololive Northern Lion if that makes sense). She’s so quick witted and so engaging.
On JP side it’s probably Haachama. I live in her back catalog though, watching old vods. The more I think about it, the harder it gets for me to pick. I have an unusual fondness for Roboco, Towa, Subaru, Nenechi, Botan… I’ll always make time to watch Luna play the electone… I don’t know. I like them all a lot.
The ID girls are great too, I love Kaela, but she’s so much of a time sink. Kobo’s collabs are hysterical.
For the boys it’s Izuru, Astel and Vesper. I loved Fuma debut era, his original rap verses were amazing and the Shanti cover was great, but I feel like his hasn’t leaned into it even though it’s clearly a standout skill.
I've been watching Northernlion since 2014 so when I heard that Fauna is also an avid watcher of him I knew that I would enjoy her streams.
I've tried to focus on some of the other talents but at the end of the day, it's always senchou
Korone is love, Korone is life.
She’s an absolute genius at creating comedy out of the most random things, and she’s also very sweet when she wants to. Plus Okakoro is pure insulin.
Not sure. I want to say Mumei at the moment, but I've found that for a lot of members I tend to have a harder time keeping up when they stream less.
I started watching Gura and while I love her music, it became just about the only content she does now, with the game streams few and far between for the past few months.
Ame similarly watched a lot of her game streams, but lately it's been a lot of Karaoke and tech streams.
Kindof like Mumei with a balance of the two, in that she has really good singing streams, and her zatsu's are creative mainly for her random RP quirks. It was entertaining seeing her take the moom and rolling with it to the point the original meme doesn't even come up anymore, and also getting everyone to go along with her "Kyu" phase.
I think the main issue is just I don't know what happens when the busy becomes busy, because then I have a lot of time that becomes difficult to fill, and for the most part it makes me fill it with vtubers I really enjoy watching, but couldn't say Oshi.
I've been watching a lot of Fauna recently, who shares time slots with Ame, but I also don't listen to ASMR at all.
So kindof all over the place at the moment. And I still love all of the people i've talked about and watch their streams all the time. Just hard to find one to call OshiI guess.
I feel like I have one for each branch.
Mumei for EN because she's just so funny and an incredible singer.
Zeta for ID because she's just wild.
Koyori for JP because she has an endless amount of determination
Rui-nee! Super comphy and mature, she's super relatable for me. Seems like a perfect individual, but her occasional pon and moments of weakness makes her even more endearing. Her recent song Baka bakka (or Fools fools fools) is great so make sure to check it out!
I'm a MASSIVE fan of IRyS! The way she's like a princess that was locked up in a tower with the only view of the outside world through anime and Manga has made the utmost unpredictable girl I've ever seen. She's a joy to watch while I work and her streams are long enough I could finish around the same time she does! (Either that or she just keeps going, the mad lass)
I also love how brave and persistent she is in horror games. And that she pays attention to the logs and other stuff that really completes the atmosphere. So her streams never feel like a cheap gimmick for easy screams. If anything, her YabaiRys "gimmick" is primarily what keeps you on your toes because you have no idea what comes out of that girl's mouth next!
To top all of this is the healthy relationship with Bae. To me, it makes me less worried about others being too parasocial about her like the other talents, because she's got her wife that we all root for.
Also, Till the End of Me is an absolutely amazing song!
I've been starting to watch Bae a lot more recently. I like the vibes during a lot of streams.