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Vtubing has the potential for storytelling even if right now it's mostly just variety streaming. Lasting value is sort of a moot point when content is being produced faster than it can physically be watched.

Calling streaming in general low effort is a bit mixed for me. 5 minutes of streaming is far easier than 5 minutes of just about any other form of content, but you don't stream for 5 minutes, you stream for many hours in a row, and that is collectively very high effort. Being entertaining for 2-8 hours in a row, without anyone else to talk to, is really hard, especially day after day. You don't have 8 hours of shit to talk about a day.

I also don't think mangaka are "normal" people. Being a mangaka in general is an inefficient way to make money. It's the kind of job you only do if you are really passionate about it. I wouldn't expect many of them to prioritize higher profit over artistic fulfillment as long as they can still live comfortably.

My first point is something I find a bit interesting because anime is getting closer and closer to the same realm of saturation. It's getting very hard to keep up with an entire season because more and more new anime come out every year. For a lot of people, they feel like theres no time to go back and watch stuff from previous seasons because they are always "behind". This is only going to increase as time goes on and it's interesting to see from my perspective. I think it's really waiting for about twice as much seasonal content to hit critical mass. The point where you can watch only genres you like and still not be able to keep up with all of it. It really changes the way anime is discussed.

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