Picking up from last time, in this post I’m going to talk about how I started to get more interested in vtubers after initially dipping my toes.

Since my introduction to vtubers was a compilation of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet clips, I decided to check out some streams of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet. A natural starting point was to watch some of the vtubers in the compilation I had watched. One hurdle was that streams tend to be pretty long, usually several hours. That’s a big reason why I don’t really watch streamers. An hour or two is about the longest I’ll watch a stream in a single sitting.

To avoid getting bogged down four to five hour long streams while first finding a vtuber I like, I made an effort to skip around streams a lot. Looking back, I should have first checked out more clips instead. But I watched parts of around six or seven Scarlet/Violet streams. While still not used to the anime characters in the corner, I did enjoy the exaggerated personalities.

The heightened mannerisms, reactions, etc. are probably a big reason why I watch vtubers instead of regular streamers. Rather than feeling like I’m watching someone play a video game, it feels more like watching a performer up on stage. That difference in framing makes such a huge difference.

For part 3, I’ll talk a bit more in detail about the specific vtubers I first watched.