The more I look into the world of V-tubers, the more sad I feel for them. There is so much drama and untold abuse from management and even other Vtubers that I wonder why anyone would bother at all. It's also weird how so many Vtubers have some kind of depression and I just wonder, wouldn't being a Vtuber make that worse? I just don't get it.
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As I think most Vtubers, or how it originated in Japan, think of this as the same case scenario of those of idols. They have little to no personal life, so much drama and abuse from their management team that it's suffocating.
Now, I do not follow vtubers whatsoever because... I just dislike their style of, my opinion, forced comedy or just cringiness of it, the life they have is... Saddening. And the stories/ things I've read where some Vtubers are free from that sort of management and living a happier life when droppnig their old sona for a new one, and being themselves is crazy common.
Its no different from show business really. There are dark sides to a lot of things and since vtubers are a hot topic its getting a lot of focus especially since the media latches to anything that is of a negative nature whether there is something going on or the person making the allegations is actually the one going overboard. I've seen streamers get very ugly and play victim so easily and it isn't until the moment they are finally exposed that is when people cancel them but more often than not the public will side against the company bus because they are protected and more likely to be the culprit because they are driven by profit. The world of V-Tubers is rough more so now. Its heavily saturated, fans can get ugly and haters harass, being independent is a tough entry unless you're leaving a company where you have a reputation already, and its a competitive landscape. Make it big and even then it can be mentally damaging. The world of online streaming is a warzone.