>>4993096It's just my personal thoughts, but first of all watching a video (regular YouTube) and a stream are very different experiences. The live aspect is big and being there live is a different experience than watching someone edited to be nearly perfect with no improv. The reason I like vtuber streams over regular streams is because a regular streamer can't help themselves from putting their foot in their mouth and blaming the viewers for some random shit or saying something really divisive for no reason. This throws the viewer out of relaxation mode. The vtubers, or at least the ones I watch, are contractually obligated to not do that shit because someone at the top was smart enough to realize people want to chill the fuck out in a stream. In addition to chill out mode vtubers also have fantasy mode. There's an anime right there doing shit. Added bonus I never really found a good way to immerse myself in spoken Japanese until this whole thing started. It's been really helpful for learning.
