Not sure why people are so fixated on the "disagreement with management" part when she gave a much clearer reason in the fact that she can't handle the stress load.
I think that brings up the uncomfortable idea that being a Vtuber is ultimately too stressful and demanding. Most Vtubers retire after a few years, don't they?
I will still keep singing "Wake me up when September ends"; There will always be a spot in our hearts reserved for you. I love you shark, we all do. Please take care of yourself.
I think that brings up the uncomfortable idea that being a Vtuber is ultimately too stressful and demanding. Most Vtubers retire after a few years, don't they?
5 years is already a long time in Vtubing circle IMO. Anyone who goes beyond that number (and is still thriving, even) is in a league of its own.
People just want to point fingers and blame someone, it was the same with Shion and Mumei, people ignoring them mentioning health issues and going straight into "Company = Evil"
Some just forget that in Japan had an actual "Black Company" exist that they way they treat employees is as worse than treating slaves. But regardless, people nowdays don't know how bad things this people work for. Especially that being a voice actor is not something an "easy work money"
I think that brings up the uncomfortable idea that being a Vtuber is ultimately too stressful and demanding. Most Vtubers retire after a few years, don't they?
that goes beyond Vtubers, and applies to pretty much all content creating in general. Staying on the content creation grind is stressful and burnout is extremely common even among successful entertainers.
Most of the food shown doesn't seem so bad and makes me want to try it.
I think it's a joke on how Italian Chefs are very judgemental on foreign chefs trying to make Italian or Italian-inspired dishes because they're cooking it differently or use different ingredients like the Italian-American dish Spaghetti and Meatball is considered non-Italian since meatballs are never eaten with Spaghetti, the meatballs are too big and they using non-Italian cheese.
Most of the food shown doesn't seem so bad and makes me want to try it.
I think it's a joke on how Italian Chefs are very judgemental on foreign chefs trying to make Italian or Italian-inspired dishes because they're cooking it differently or use different ingredients like the Italian-American dish Spaghetti and Meatball is considered non-Italian since meatballs are never eaten with Spaghetti, the meatballs are too big and they using non-Italian cheese.
Arguably, I find only the hawaii pizza to be good (when done with actual ham and pineapple instead of cheap canned fruit and luncheon meat).
But aside from what is good/tasty and what is not, the joke here is that Italian food is so popular worldwide it saw multiple changes, and some of them are made with cheap replacements. Spaghetti? Use ketchup and meat surrogate, then pretend it's still Italian. Ice Cafe Americano? Cool name for espresso with cold water. Korean carbonara? a blob of noodles with milk and pieces of chicken breast on top. It has nothing to do with original food, yet pretends to be it for higher appeal. Think of it in terms of one's cultural identity and bootlegged brands.
Bottom line is that it's a normal phenomenon, but also can be upsetting to see your culture being marketed that way.
Going by mtl, the artist commentary seems to suggest the artist started off drawing GFL2 but changed it when it looked more like Nitori. Assuming the mtl was accurate enough.
We don't even know the exact reason she is leaving. Blaming the company, although they most likely have something to do, is useless.
There is a reason anger is one of the stages of grief. Looking to blame something to vent your frustration on a situation beyond one's control is natural. In this case the easiest target is the company, but even if there were zero targets to vent on people would still vent their anger on someone or something else no matter how deserving of it they are.
Watch, Gura and Ame where in Transit department worker mode since 2022. There is nothing wrong with filling the account and running away, on the other hand, we would only find truths in the next years.
If she stays retired or returns to do a weekly work. Then something wasn't working with the corpo, if she returns and falls on the same patron... it falls on the worker, and that it is.
Towa said it before, the "disagreements with management and the direction of the company" is to prevent a Nijisanji fallout like event, they will never go into details about why they are leaving. Unless some massive bombshell comes out clearly indicating that Cover is indeed a black company, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt; Calli said it best, some people are happy with the changes, others aren't, it's impossible to make everyone happy.
As Gura said, all of the attention made her physically sick, she didn't want to be the face of Vtubing; she had too much talent and didn't have the ego or mentality to coast on it. Gura said she is very shy and a massive introvert, it must have taken so much out of her to put herself in front of so many people every stream and to sing on stage, her popularity exploded far beyond what anyone could have imagined and she wasn't ready for it.
As much as it pains me to see her go, I just want her to have the best life she can get; I'm really going to miss her amazing singing and her adorable antics.
From what she said, she was feeling a lot of pressure, WTF is this about "they treated her badly", just let's hope the person behind the mask has a happy life. Even returning to vtubing seems unlikely, she just wants to do gardening.
