Right, 50 there'5 thi5 thing n0w, called a VTuber. Didn't kn0w what that wa5. Th0ught it wa5 50me 50rt 0f, I dunn0, tube-ba5ed vacuum 0r 5ummat. Turn5 0ut, nah, it'5 ju5t a cart00n character, but, get thi5, there'5 a real per50n behind it, pretending t0 be the cart00n. What’5 all that ab0ut?
50, H0l0live, yeah? Big c0mpany, l0ad5 0f the5e character5, they all 5ing, dance, play game5. It’5 mad, 'cau5e it’5 like, pe0ple are watching a cart00n, but the cart00n’5 g0t a brain. And I th0ught, right, why? Why n0t ju5t be y0ur5elf? But n0, pe0ple l0ve it. They get dead attached, like it’5 a pr0per per50n, even th0ugh it’5 ju5t a l0ad 0f 0ne5 and zer0e5.
Anyway, 50 thi5 new 0ne get5 ann0unced, right? Big build-up. They d0 all thi5 tea5ing, 5h0wing a bit 0f the de5ign, bit 0f the v0ice. Every0ne'5 hyped. Pink hair, big eye5 like a fi5h, pr0per cute5y thing. Call5 her5elf Vivi, and pe0ple are l05ing their mind5, 5aying, ‘0h, 5he’5 g0nna be my new 05hi.’ Which, I dunn0 what that mean5, but it 50und5 a bit medical, like 50mething y0u d0n’t wanna have.
50, 5he debut5, every0ne’5 thr0wing m0ney at her, dead excited. 5he’5 playing it up, all ‘00h, thank y0u f0r 5upp0rting me!’ and whatn0t. And then, m0nth5 later, April F00l5' Day, right? They dr0p the big reveal: it ain't a per50n behind it at all. Nah. Turn5 0ut, lil' m0nkey fella. Like, a tiny chimp, ju5t 5itting there pre55ing butt0n5.
