Fortunately, the market hadn't completely abandoned them. Their previous collaboration had still drawn a fair number of fans for the two of them. At least those who had converted to solo fans wouldn't give up, those who didn't ship them in real life wouldn't give up, some of the CP fans who hadn't given up hope would remain, and pure casual fans who didn't get involved in shipping drama wouldn't leave either.
The deepest reason why the two of them were still salvageable was chemistry.
Chemistry was a metaphysical mystery; whenever the two stood together, they simply looked right for each other, and that mattered more than a lot of hard work.
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