/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>54319736
>#1
Kiara disagrees with you. Just stream good times, because your audience can feel when you start burning out.
>#4 and #5
These can be summed up as "you are the one with the power, don't use to feed the troll and complain afterwards"
>#7
Pic related. As cynical as you may think it is, vtubers are, in the end, part of the service industry. And as mentioned before, this job can make you Scrooge McDuck as long as you play the part.

>>50928496
>why canadians who hate anime, idols, vtubers, the internet decided to become vtubers
Money, why else?

>>50928396
That certainly is a reach, but yeah, something like that. I mean, Ai, being as broken as she was, defined it perfectly.
Before the termination announcement, everyone (and I do mean EVERYONE) was convinced that even if she would take a temporary hit, Rushia would keep on being as big as she was.
It's not so much about being caught but about trying to keep the kayfabe even through yabs.

>>47915852
I've always said that, anon, it's just tourists who think otherwise.
Not really, though, it's about the entertainment business in general, not just aidorus.

>>47642277
Nah, as Ai says, the idol is an ideal. A true idol has to and can successfully keep her own fleshiness separate from the ideal.

>>47350931
the dialogue is comedy gold considering the mangaka collabed with vtubers before

>>47215509
Oh, is this a new tactic from the sisters? Pose as "I really hate nijifags, however"?
Of course Oshi no Ko is shallow about "idol" stuff, its focus is on the more broad entertainment stuff, and even then, it's pretty shallow.

>>46118622
>If you're gonna tell them outright that you've been going out with another guy
I think this is the important part.

>>43088482
>>43088712
It's actually true, tho. The first arc did showcase idols.

>>41604472
Oh, I completely agree that Asian girls are master manipulators and that there is essentially no such thing as actual love/affection within such a context. Basically any Confucian country (JP/KR/CN, and even a good portion of SEA is the same. Boys are raised to "be smart/successful" and in exchange you get an attractive/high status wife. Ultimately, it makes sense from a sociological/evolutionary perspective, but it feels rather cold when you actually get into it.

To be fair, the very act of targetting an idol (even a virtual one) is destined to fail (pic related). She can put on an act on stage, but there can never be a genuine relationship beneath that. You can never know her just based on her streams and virtual persona.

Yet, when push comes to shove, perhaps a "relatable" streamer oshi is the best we can do? I have literally seen Asian parents groom their daughters to start watching anime/playing LoL/WoW as a support in order to specifically target a rich nerdy guy that is on his way to Harvard Law etc.

Ultimately what it comes down to is: "Western" materialist culture via Instagram/Tiktok is cancer, but the "traditional Asian" mindset can be just as toxic, just in another way. Yes, you can work hard, be successful, and marry a "traditional" nice girl via her parents, but you are literally setting yourself up for a marriage of convenience with no shared interests/affection. In the end, a significant portion of such marriages end up in a pseudo-divorced sexless "stay for the kids" mindset to "bring honor to family".

Yet...even after knowing all of this, you can't deny the fantasy escapism of the idea of dating your oshi.

Oh, to be that silly white knight that saves Mio from a cruel life of grad school, to be the ultimate Chad that BTFO's her ex-NYC paralegal wannabe? Truly a wish fulfillment story befitting an isekai....and when life becomes boring and dull enough, perhaps such a grand saga might be worth playing out (no matter how utterly stupid it is in practice)?

>>40204675
I like how retards like >>40205124 have an opinion.
It's a hack manga by a hack author, but Aka actually managed to capture the idol industry in the first arc. See pic related and >>40201426
Sadly, his hack ways started showing after that.

>>39166512
Well duh if they don't stream for you on christmas and new years it's time to drop them.

>>38699692
They do need to, but not for the reasons you think.

>>37582273
About idols, even if you see them as pic related, then Mori also fails at that since she can't keep any act for long.

>>37216110
Oshi no Ko.