I mean, the people controlling those characters are real. You can interact with them and are genuine people.
You can compare it to characters in a tv show. People talk about Water White as if they are real. And the actor playing that character is real.
The lust has more to do with the weebs lusting after anything that looks anime. But the majority of vtubers aren’t even anime girls. For the vtuber it is also more to do with privacy and not having to look presentable every time they want to stream.
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I mean, the people controlling those characters are real. You can interact with them and are genuine people.
You can compare it to characters in a tv show. People talk about Water White as if they are real. And the actor playing that character is real.
The lust has more to do with the weebs lusting after anything that looks anime. But the majority of vtubers aren’t even anime girls. For the vtuber it is also more to do with privacy and not having to look presentable every time they want to stream.