>>1533999>>1534103>>1534448>>1534483Rather than straight up vocal fry or "roastie", many Western women just tend to speak at lower pitch than what fits their voice due to social/cultural influences. Natural speaking pitch is the most comfortable pitch around which you talk, and most people have no idea where theirs is and girls in particular will tend to push lower (though some girls will push way too high in the opposite direction). Part of basic acting, singing, and voice acting training is finding your comfortable singing/speaking ranges so it's no wonder that Japanese Vtubers who have VA training sound more pleasant than random Western Vtubers who don't bother with that. Ame is an example of someone who used to speak lower than her natural speaking pitch prior to debut. Though funny enough, she's been actually pushing her voice a little too high since about a month or two ago and her debut era voice is probably the closest to her natural speaking pitch (regardless of whether her inflection is exaggerated to be more cutesy). It's hard to find more vtuber examples since most have started in the past year or so, but Valkyrae is an example of a female streamer who used to "push" lower and Link from Good Mythical Morning is a male streamer who used to "push" higher. Just compare Valkyrae's "Meet Valkyrae" and and Link's first Mythical Monday episodes to recent videos and you'll see they found their natural speaking pitches and sound a lot more pleasant now.
