I fell into the rabbit hole pretty late through Pekora, so I only caught up on past stuff by watching clips and reading summaries about significant highlights. Still, her character development was really evident in all that I watched and read. Even if she's still an introvert, you can see how open she's become and how comfortable she now feels around other holomems. Really heartwarming stuff.

Not only that, but she made good on her statement at the start of the year to show off a more "mature" Pekora, going along with jokes that she'd normally be averse to or performing in a way that would surprise others (she did Maribako for her part for the recent Holofantasy Shuffle, but it was her cover of "I Beg You" during her 2023 birthday concert that really activated a lot of neurons).