>>25 Personally, I can't say I 'identify' with the 'Denpa' label at all. I think I'd call myself a 'subscriber to a myriad of channels who have all used the word denpa before' and a user of a textboard pertaining to these YouTubers and the (mostly NEET and otaku) culture surrounding them.
My 'YouTube upbringing' has simply been completely different. I hadn't seen a single Digibro video and only knew them as Trixie prior to hearing OsakaSyndrome talk about the old videos they made; I've never been much of a proponent or fan of the 'lofi-vlog,' since every channel I discovered before denpatubers who made videos under that label pissed me off with their complete and total insincerity. At least with Osakasyndrome you get a wink and nod to the camera about the degree of insincerity displayed and he's acknowledged his own prior fabrication, outright admitting to embellishing stories in videos. I can appreciate that. What I do not appreciate are the hundreds of archetypal vlog channels popping up left and right discussing the exact same surface-level 'life sucks' topics over and over again. They're all too fucking neurotypical and they all say the same things.
It's either that, or they're trying to be Dan Hentschel and failing miserably, because nobody else could do Dan Hentschel except for fucking Dan Hentschel. The core Denpatubers I enjoy, though they can be derivative and wear their insomnia analysis inspiration on their sleeves, at least have their own personalities. I can at least tell the difference between them all in places where I would not be able to in your average vlogtuber. Hopefully this makes sense.
Personally, I can't say I 'identify' with the 'Denpa' label at all. I think I'd call myself a 'subscriber to a myriad of channels who have all used the word denpa before' and a user of a textboard pertaining to these YouTubers and the (mostly NEET and otaku) culture surrounding them.
My 'YouTube upbringing' has simply been completely different. I hadn't seen a single Digibro video and only knew them as Trixie prior to hearing OsakaSyndrome talk about the old videos they made; I've never been much of a proponent or fan of the 'lofi-vlog,' since every channel I discovered before denpatubers who made videos under that label pissed me off with their complete and total insincerity. At least with Osakasyndrome you get a wink and nod to the camera about the degree of insincerity displayed and he's acknowledged his own prior fabrication, outright admitting to embellishing stories in videos. I can appreciate that. What I do not appreciate are the hundreds of archetypal vlog channels popping up left and right discussing the exact same surface-level 'life sucks' topics over and over again. They're all too fucking neurotypical and they all say the same things.
It's either that, or they're trying to be Dan Hentschel and failing miserably, because nobody else could do Dan Hentschel except for fucking Dan Hentschel. The core Denpatubers I enjoy, though they can be derivative and wear their insomnia analysis inspiration on their sleeves, at least have their own personalities. I can at least tell the difference between them all in places where I would not be able to in your average vlogtuber. Hopefully this makes sense.