>>50432817EN VTubers are not entertaining or funny, hence there is only one way to justify watching them, and that's pretending they're e-hostesses.
Western audiences are also extremely selfish, and see the relationship between the oshi and their fan as transactional - just like the rest of their misbegotten lives.
> I pay her, she should pander to me!And if they "feel" they're not getting their money's worth, they'll start sperging out like irate "customers".
In Japan, a fan always puts their oshi above themselves in all but one scenario -
> lying to their fansA fan-oshi relationship is one of absolute trust. There IS a somewhat transactional element to it, but instead of it being a materialistic exchange, it's more of a voluntary donation out of passion for what they give us freely.
A transaction has limits. Freely given passion doesn't.
This is also why all the best chuuba fangames were made by fans of JP chuubas.
