>>80803462It really depends. Can you stand grinding for years for the slight chance of getting noticed? All the vtubers we talk about are quite literally the 0.1% who made it to the top the rest are 1views, 2views, and low 3views. Are you extremely funny compared to everyone around you, have a beautiful voice, rigged models and did art for multiple top vtubers, fulfilled a new niche using AI, a networking God, have great physical comedy skills, can arrange collabs and think up exciting events, or stream longer than everyone else? Sometimes it takes more than one of these qualities and some luck to stand out from your thousands of competitors. Even if you make it to the top can you stay there? Can you deal with people digging up and analyzing every aspect of your life? Everything you do and who you talk to will be placed under a microscope. Maybe certain people will hate the content you make and will anti you at every opportunity, or dramatubers will make videos with hundreds of thousands of views criticizing you. Perhaps you'll get stuck in a popular black corpo that holds your career hostage and you're forced to pretend to be friends with people you hate. Are you prepared for all the behind the scenes work? Can you befriend and maintain your relationships with other extremely busy popular vtubers, or will you have a nasty and possibly public falling out? A mix of talent, luck, hard work, social awareness, and mental fortitude are needed if you want to survive long-term as a big content creator. And whether you stay an indie or go corpo, you'll constantly have to be aware of your audience and the content they want. And in many cases what your audience wants might not align with your personal values or what you actually enjoy. Can you constantly maintain a fake persona for hours on end to keep your viewers happy, or will you go mask off and hope your audience keeps watching?
