It’s been almost two months since hololive debuted its 4th English generation, Justice. Now that I’ve gotten to watch them for a bit, I wanted to give some general impressions and other thoughts.

Justice consists of the warrior singer Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame, the violin-playing automaton Cecilia Immergreen, the gamer gremlin Gigi Murin, and the artist panther Raora Panthera. Their backstory involves a mission to pursue the fugitives of the 3rd generation (Advent), but all of them are just using that as a pretense to get closer to their “targets” and become actual friends. It’s a fun way to add some flavor that makes it easy to both incorporate and ignore their own lore.

One of the biggest changes with the 4th generation is that most of them are European-coded, and they’re generally present during Europe-friendly hours. Elizabeth comes from Great Exardia and has a very British accent. Cecilia is from Immerheim and is natively fluent in German. Raora hails from the Romance Empire, where the local tongue is Italian. The only exception is Gigi from Freesia (which is so full of Freedom), but she streams at the same general time as the others. 

There’s long been a lull in the day because hololive focuses on North American and Asian viewers in terms of timing, with only Takanashi Kiara and Kaela Kovalskia around during prime CET hours. Having new girls help fill that void creates opportunities to gain and keep new fans. Also it lets more people feel both the joys of being near the same time zone as your favorite and the agony of that not being the case.

Something I find notable about Justice is that they’re the first English generation where none of them possess strong Japanese skills. Myth has Kiara and to a lesser extent Calli, Promise has IRyS and Bae (with Kronii putting in work), and Advent has the twins FuwaMoco. This is not a knock on any of the 4th Gen girls or any other hololive member. Rather, I think the fact that Cover Corp didn’t feel the need to include at least one person fluent in Japanese is a sign of how much more global hololive has become. Might we reach a point where we have hololive talent who knows neither English nor Japanese?

Currently, I think I like Raora best. Her food tangents are very enjoyable, her voice is very soothing, and the fact that she so readily draws fanart of herself means that she and her fans can appreciate her design together. The other three have their merits too. Elizabeth has an uncanny talent for voice impersonation that she uses in delightfully devious ways. Cecilia has a dry and absurd sense of humor that sneaks up on you. Gigi’s wit and ability to banter are both top tier, and I learn a lot every time I watch her.

I’m curious to see how they’ll be a year later, or whenever they receive their 3D models. 

(Actually, I just want to see Raora’s hand talking in all its glory.)