Where would you be in life if you hadn’t found your oshi? Would things be better or worse?
>>107951509hard to say. i made big changes to my life because of her, that were both positive and negative. i now resent her, but for a while she was the reason i started to "live" for the first time in about a decade. but you should never have your happiness rely on some internet woman that in reality, does not care about you in any meaningful way.
>>107951671Damn, who was your oshi? I’m glad she motivated you to make some positive changes at least, even if it didn’t end well. If you were active in her community, even if she was big, she probably noticed and cared about you more than you think.
Internet women have not changed my life except to make me waste stupid amounts of time on /vt/ instead of oding something else.
>>107951671same desu
>>107951509I don't have an oshi and never have.
>>107951509i'd be richer.
>>107951509That's a bit of a red flag.
>>107951509Serial oshi swapper here. I stopped watching 2 of my former oshis but I don't see myself getting tired of Gigi or Raora.
>>107951509same place i am now, wasting away in a dark room unable to find a job just watching something else to kill time.
>>107951509Made positive changes, worked on myself, got inspired to try things I always felt were futile. All in all it's been great, and I didn't even need to go full retard and get parasocial.
>>107953566Same. It's a costly hobby.
Umamusume had more of an immediate impact on me. Got me into going to the gym. My oshi kept me out of depression even though I have to be a vod watcher 99% of the time because her streams start the same time as my job does.
>>107951509My oshi is a rebound after a sad break-up. I don't regret the four years spent supporting since it has brought me lot of comfort and laughs, but I do think I would be way stabler person if I didn't let myself fall for a stranger when I was at my lowest.
>>107951671I don't resent her but I have regrets. I woke up for a while and had a lot of neat experiences because of her, but I'm going back to sleep.
To me from 8 years ago:It doesn't get better.
>>107951509To me 8 years ago: Do not watch vtubers you will be forever alone
>>107951509I'd be slightly richer and slightly less misogynistic
if anything i wish i found her sooner. dont even wanna imagine if i never did. probably still be 50 lbs overweight. wouldnt have picked up the new hobby she inspired me to try. all the wonderful interaction we've shared, like it never happened. all that dopamine unreleased. probably conceited to say but, all the laughter and happiness she'd not have received from me. now if only i could have discovered her four years ago instead of just two.
>>107951509Same place I am now. Goonin.
>>107951509I lost a lot of weight and started travelling to concerts and conventions and made a big social circle of online and irl friends thanks to hololive and i became a fan of hololive because of my oshi (gura).when she went on hiatus the first time it was really painful for me, like basically ripping off a part of my soul, but overall things are a lot better now and I got to keep all the benefits and growth and have a more measured relationship with vtubers including saba herself, who i still like but am not waiting around pining for. was a rough ~1 year though back in mid-2022-mid 2023
>>107951509Probably buried under a different hobby with slightly more money in the bank, so not too different
i leveled up my misogyny
>>107951509I feel everything would be exactly the same, a bit more money but with nothing to look forward to in life, if anything she has made me want to do more with my life
>>107951509I found an oshi on November last year, so I don't know, probably nothing, except I would have been 350 dollars richer instead of buying her birthday merch.
>>107961912I moderated my misogyny but developed misandry.
i wish i had never found her, I felt super close to her and sacrificed tons of time and effort to draw her only to get dumped for an oiler. if I hadn't met her. I wouldnt have become obsessed with drawing and would have just made something that was actually productive and wouldnt now have her living in my head rent free
>>107951509Better, this hobby is a bad thing overall
Got motivated to learn Japanese and though that found my wife. I'll never forget that moment of realization that I love this new person more than my oshi. It was very cathartic. I would probably be still living in my parent's home if it wasn't for my oshi.
>>107951671same except she's never done anything untoward or violated my trust in any way, i have never had so much respect for a woman ever
>>107954410This, but employed.
>>107951509Things would be better, I learned jap but I only use it to read untranslated doujins
I would just be a little more depressed m
I'd be lonelier I guess? I got into this hobby mainly due to WFH and also all my former friends got into relationships/moved away and none of them go online. So it was just me staring at screens 12h a day chained to a desk. Having vtubers around makes it more enjoyable.Unfortunately I've been living this way for so long now I don't see it changing anytime soon. And I'm not sure I want it to change anyway considering most people I've met lately.
>>107951509Probably worse. the motivation to see her on stage finally motivated me to do a vacation in japan instead of just sitting at home playing gameswhich motivated me to go for a promotion at work so i would have an easier time saving money for next years trip to japan
I'd be the exact same, except I'd be watching more anime instead of streams.
>>107951509I would probably be a depressed and withdrawn loner.A lot of good has come into my life after she took up residence in my heart.
>>107951509I'd still be stuck in the manosphere and mgtow shitI'm already married and have a kid now thanks to my oshi
>>107966877what did your future wife say when she saw your oshi-shrine?
>>107951509I would not have found my wife without my oshi, because I would've never started vtubing and met her. I would not have learned any of the skills I have now. I would not have been as socially competent as I am now.Still never learned to play TF2 though.
