Otaku Culture

VTuber Legend’s protagonist was “desecrated” in the anime

VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream (VTuber Nanda ga Haishin Kiri Wasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta) once again sparks debate on social media with its latest chapter of the anime, since, according to internet users, the image of Awayuki KokoroneThe protagonist of this story was corrupted with “H” arts, which sparked conversations among fans of this series about whether having this type of art done on a character was a good thing or not.

Awayuki KokoroneVTuber Legend's protagonist was demoted in the anime according to netizens

Recently, chapter 5 of the VTuber Legendin which we have a scene where Awayuki Kokorone She is showing an “h” illustration of herself, which interestingly is also censored with an image of herself. Mashiro Irodor tells Awayuki that this image is too much. “ecchi” that if he had presented it to the public they would probably have “fucked up” because it is very strong.

On the Twitter/X platform the user @CeoofRomcom He shared the clip of this scene and as a description of this publication he added “What must it feel like to be an artist and create a character that is then desecrated in every possible way on social media?” comments where followers of this account shared their point of view on this.

One of the most popular comments within the fandom of VTuber Legend was “I think at this point you already know you created it as an artist when they already made rule 34 for your character” “I would be proud, it would mean that something I believe became popular enough to have rule 34”, so as you can see, a lot of people think that a character having this type of art is actually a positive thing for the franchise, as it reflects the popularity of the story and the characters that make it up.

Someone commented that fanarts are real and are not something that was invented only within the world of VTuber Legendsince they are available on the franchise's website for those curious who want to look for them, since some people have expressed that they would like to see the image shown in the episode in detail. Another person made a funny comparison saying that other artists,. Like those of Blue FileThey are already used to this type of situation and even make jokes about it.

There were other types of comments that were not completely related to this event in VTuber Legend, one person said “I really like how they show the world of Vtubers, their lives and the way people treat them and this is something that happens a lot in the anime world, they show what reality is like”. certain entertainment and sports industries, among others. It is precisely one of the reasons why anime has so many followers around the world, because of the realism that is often found in its stories.

In most cases, fans of the world of VTubers This didn't seem like a bad thing to them, on the contrary, they said it was something common within this fandom. And as I mentioned above, if this type of situation didn't occur, on the contrary, it would be strange or it would mean that the story isn't that popular and that's why it hasn't been able to make this type of art where the characters in the series are realized. What do you think of this situation that the fandom of VTuber Legend? Do you also think that this is a very common situation among followers of VTubers?