To everyone /here/ because of the Rushia drama

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To everyone /here/ because of the Rushia drama Anonymous Sat Feb 12 03:51:44 2022 No.18207059 [Reply] [Original]

A lot of people are visiting this board right now for the first time because they heard that the /vt/ board on 4chan is blowing up over the rumor of Hololive talent Uruha Rushia having a boyfriend, the utaite singer Mafumafu. (You) may be one of those people, and if you are, you probably need to be educated a little more on the situation before voicing an opinion

The number of people, whether on /vt/, Twitter, or Japanese fan communities who are actually mad at/harassing Rushia is fairly low. Even Rushia's highest-paying fandead (has donated over $34k in superchats to her) has calmed down and will continue to support his oshi. Many fandeads were sad but very few are *angry*. I say "were" because as of now, Mafumafu (and connected JP dramatuber Korekore) are denying that he and Rushia are actually dating and are just friends, though Rushia is/was apparently romantically interested in Mafumafu. You can choose to accept this statement or not accept it; I don't care.

What makes Rushia distinct not only from most vtubers, but from almost all of Hololive, is that she has actively courted a gachikoi/GFE fanbase in a way that blurs the lines between fantasy (the character of Uruha Rushia) and the real person ("roommate" in /vt/ slang). She constantly keeps tags on fandeads on Twitter and berates them for watching other girls, for switching oshis, or even for getting real-life girlfriends. Even if this is an act, it's an incredibly lucrative one, given that she's the most superchatted vtuber of all time. If Rushia is in a romantic relationship, then you have to admit that engaging in this kind of behavior is a bit weird. If you were Rushia's boyfriend, would you not be a little uncomfortable with it? And no, she's not obligated to do this--plenty of Hololive members, if not a majority, don't pander to gachikoi at all, or do it to a limited and "safe" extent (i.e. occasional ASMR streams). By all means, she has the right as an adult to have her personal life, to date, to be sexually active, but it's hard to deny that she bears at least some of the blame for actively choosing to cultivate this sort of fanbase. Have whatever opinion you want about this whole situation but hopefully at least have some thoughtful nuance to it.

And that's not getting into Mafumafu, who actively does the same sort of thing (including the same kind of engagement ring merchandise) but for female fans.

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