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[Nico Nico Douga] What would today’s otaku culture be like if this site didn’t exist?

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I thought when I watched Project X.

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YouTube was embraced by Japan much earlier.

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It was just that another video site was trending.

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It was possible to post the MV on YouTube, but it would have been better if we hadn’t.

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It might be a few years late to rent a large venue and have an event like a music event to have some fun.

There’s nothing in particular if you’re asking if there’s something because I was late.

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Did Touhou become popular even without Nico Nico?

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>>5

The popularity of Touhou on Niconico came later.

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>>5

Isn’t the doujin genre earlier?

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Even so, the real boom was during the time of the wind.

I believe it is precisely the boom in Death Man that triggered it.

The concept of doujin became widely known among the population that was previously unaware of it.

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You might find it hard to believe now, but there was a time when the quality was a bit better than YouTube…

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Niconico Douga… What is it doing now…?

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It may not have become the same culture as it is now.

Surprisingly, other sites might have played a role and created a culture similar to what we have now.

I don’t understand.

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The culture of comments flowing along with videos probably emerged somewhere, but the impact of the several years of delay is immeasurable.

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The culture of tags is really easy to use.

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It wasn’t a problem even if I was surprised.

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The erotic dream was not as big as it is now.

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You can’t do homo content on YouTube.

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MMD is not being developed.

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That’s troublesome…

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There are people who have made their way into the world using this, but I don’t think they couldn’t have done it without it.

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YouTube’s search system is…

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This is often said, but it’s common for unrelated videos on Niconico to have tags, resulting in garbage content getting caught up.

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>>27

You can’t be on the same level with that.

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>>27

It’s because that video is bad, so just remove the tags or something.

I don’t really know if it’s truly irrelevant.

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>>19

It’s not just because it’s YouTube; it’s simply that it became infrastructure worldwide and ended up dying as a result of CEO measures.

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>>36

CEO measures!?

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It doesn’t have that much of an impact here.

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A worthless garbage site with no value other than erotic dreams.

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Are they really trying to reduce the number of people with this ranking downgrade?

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It’s like a slum, and honestly, I don’t want to fold it up.

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I think that ultimately, YouTube couldn’t create a trend like ‘Desuman’ because the barrier between video creators and viewers is too high.

Desuman had room for “playing creator” by tagging and posting comments.

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“Indecent dreams did not have human rights as they do now.”

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>>26

It sounds as if it exists right now.

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>>47

Because it’s content that violates human rights…

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I was totally obsessed during the dawn period.

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I have a memory of being really disappointed and canceling my premium subscription, but I forgot why I was disappointed.

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Hatsune Miku has become quite small, so it’s probably over now.

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>>31

I first learned about this from Project X, but there’s a high possibility it wouldn’t have even come into existence without this.

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The idea of finding character traits in MEIKO comes from the feeling of being inspired by “DESMAN”…

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The idea of leaving comments on videos and having fun with it was great, but relying solely on that is definitely impractical given the rise of YouTube now.

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The merits and demerits of popularizing Vocaloid and homo culture.

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>>37

Vocaloid is just a weakling that lost to a lewd dream, you know? (lol)

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>>58

Is the erotic dream with two-digit view counts winning…? Is this a story from another world?

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The Vocaloid fans are so cringy…

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>>107

How many years ago did you come?

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>>58

I’m glad I lost…

Niconico and Inmu will continue to work hard together from now on…

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From the perspective of traditional Japanese music rather than otaku culture, the popularity of Vocaloid and the emergence of new up-and-coming composers have a significant impact.

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In terms of cultural significance, YOUTUBE cannot replace Niconico.

That area is too vast.

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Yonezu may have not become popular and could have sunk.

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Music activities might have been something I kept as a closed hobby… it’s like history.

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Even if it is developed, MMD may not spread explosively…

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Recently, it has been worsened again.

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Achievement: Wrestling

Sin: Lecherous Dream

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>>46

Shin Re N

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I used to enjoy various things in the past, but now I want to perish as soon as possible, taking homos with me.

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If this place didn’t exist, where would I watch gay videos?

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It is believed that the Japanese otaku community has gone to YouTube and TikTok.

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YouTube is a streaming site that has been trending overseas before it became popular in Japan.

They have been poaching popular streamers by throwing money at them and crushing them.

We just couldn’t win against the giant capital… that’s all.

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I still access this place three times a day.

I don’t like it when videos of raw meat show up on YouTube…

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I usually only use the basic My Page, but when I checked the ranking for the first time in a while about three days ago, it had turned into some awkward, hard-to-read UI again, and I was left wondering what this site is trying to achieve.

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YouTube was ahead at first, but it was tough until Google bought it.

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The number of video uploads is on a completely different level that makes comparing them seem ridiculous.

It’s crazy to compare a garbage site that gets into the top 10 with a few thousand views to YouTube.

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“Niconico has been a closed community for better or worse, and thanks to that, there is quite a bit of content that has developed.”

Even if another video site had emerged, the likelihood of a similar culture developing would not have been very high.

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I still think that the culture of comments flowing is quite revolutionary even now.

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Wasn’t there a time when Inmu was also making a fuss about being anonymous? Just like the current Junker vibe?

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If this site didn’t exist, probably only the dream of lust would have disappeared.

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It’s often said that there is no meaning to existence other than Vocaloid, Hentai dreams, and RTA.

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>>65

Include Voiceroid too.

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I think it would be better to forcefully implement a homocaust now and clean things up nicely.

It’s no good because you leave it half-done.

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>>66

I think they try to survive forcefully with mosaics and blurring (that don’t work).

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>>66

When you erase, it increases.

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>>66

It’s the spirit of “when you erase it, it increases.”

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Speaking of which, I suddenly thought that Yanagi Nagi also became famous by singing Vocaloid and debuted while hiding her face, just like Ado.

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If we’re talking about homo teasing, the crime of spreading Abe-san here is big.

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>>70

The fact that “kusomiso” was already established as a joke before Nico Nico is a terrifying content.

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I’m thinking of getting a premium membership because I want to see Zigax with comments.

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>>71

There are various things, but to be honest, there are places where you can enjoy just this.

You don’t have to keep looking back and forth between the screen and your phone like here.

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Gays are trending on TikTok and YouTube and are finding happiness because of it.

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I think many creators are blooming in different directions instead of becoming creators.

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Just supporting Yoasobi is already an achievement worthy of a national honorary award.

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If there hadn’t been those strange people playing with Meiko in the early days, Miku wouldn’t have been born.

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Is the golden blowfly still alive?

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I thought purification would progress now that they are under Sony, but what’s going on?

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A valuable site where you can read blatant hate comments.

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>>80

You should pay more attention to the comments on YouTube.

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>>98

I don’t see it in the videos I’m watching.

I’ll make an effort to broaden my perspective more like you.

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>>108

I’m curious about what kind of videos you’re watching on Desman instead…

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>>121

Let’s teach each other at the count of three.

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In the early days, YouTube was colonizing Nico Nico.

If I could have maintained the momentum from that time.

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Without a doubt, I don’t think Yoasobi has made it into the world.

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Speaking of which, is the layout with some kind of commentator character and comments in the standard L-shaped frame derived from this RTA…?

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Of course, Touhou became well-known through Nico Nico, but even before that, original doujin events were already being held.

Well, since before Niconico, ZUN had been debuting in commercial work with Touhou, so… even without Niconico, it would have hit big sooner or later.

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Since it’s in the same lineup as Vocaloid, it must be here.

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>>87

Audio MAD existed even during the days of FLASH and such.

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>>76

Please go extinct.

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I can’t sleep with my feet facing Hiroyuki.

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I still like the site now because the comments flowing in are fun and lively.

I won’t say much here because there are nameless people who are so consumed with hatred that they’ve gone crazy…

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A site that could, by some chance, help in the downfall of the Chinese Communist Party.

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>>91

You’re such a stinky netouyo, aren’t you?

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The Idolmaster isn’t as popular as it used to be now…

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I wonder what happened with Idolmaster.

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The early days of Nico Nico felt like a playground for otaku, where anything was possible, and all sorts of people gathered there.

At that time, since the genre classification was still insufficient and chaos was rampant, anything that stood out could become the cutting edge of the era.

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>>94

Moreover, whether good or bad, there are no tangible benefits to be gained from posting videos.

Anyway, I guess there were many people motivated to want me to watch the video.

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The bulletin board has just the right amount of narrowness, which is why there are people who settle in.

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Nissin and McDonald’s might have been airing more decent commercials.

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It’s this guy that’s only available in the ZEEKAX Premium edition…

I’m a little hesitant about joining.

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What was popular at first is likely important.

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Yonezu is a prime example, but there are quite a few people in the current Japanese music industry who became famous due to the popularity of Vocaloid.

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>>102

Is Ado and Yoasobi also originating from Desuman?

It seems that many people in the video industry were involved in creating that thing.

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I have the impression that there were many of these in the early days of gaming livestreams.

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>>104

It’s like NicoNico Douga Live or PeerCast.

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>>104

Kiyo and Retoruto are making their debut on Nico Nico, huh?

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>>104

In the first place, game streaming had a somewhat underground feel due to its gray area.

Now that it has been officially allowed, people will be able to earn money in crowded places.

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>>136

If it was allowed, there were issues like the Marime problem, and users were trying to kick others out…

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I still wish that comments would flow in a separate frame.

Why does it overlap on the screen? It’s annoying.

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>>105

Huh…?

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>>105

About half of the significance of being a Nicodesman is because of that, so I guess the Nicodesman itself doesn’t fit anymore.

What are you using it for?

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If you disappear now, immigrants will move and erotic dreams will become popular elsewhere, so please don’t disappear.

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Narto 3 was good, wasn’t it?

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The trend of iM@S Cinderella Girls didn’t really have much to do with video sites, so I’m not sure.

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It is said that it declined due to cyber attacks, but it was already over by the time they lifted the 720p restriction for free members just before that.

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Regardless of the crappy manga, I think I’m grateful that I wouldn’t have come across things like wrestling series or Inmu without Nico Nico.

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It is undeniable that Vocaloid was nurtured by NicoNico.

It doesn’t seem like it would have much impact if it wasn’t there.

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>>117

I think the current state of Japanese music will become completely different.

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>>138

Aren’t you an idiot? (scoffing)

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There was a video from 2008 of people gathering on the street, playing Haruhi without permission, dancing, and inconveniencing the police.

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Wasn’t it the case that without the video of touching Miki’s chest, the Idolmaster would have died in the box?

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Even if I erase the lewd dreams, Takuya, who is almost going down the original route, remains.

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The time has passed when I can still be called a junior high school student.

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There is a possibility that Hyadain did not make the song for Toriko.

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I remember being abruptly awakened by the hourly chime while falling asleep with the page open…

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Don’t turn a blind eye to the current situation where Vocaloid is overwhelming the rankings, even though the older brother who lost to the lewd dream.

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The pioneering of the biim system.

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I want to catch at least a little more of the otaku crowd.

Those who are currently having a great time watching VTubers on Twitter.

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Did you not know that the early days of Vtubers were actually a honeymoon period with Nico Nico?

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>>148

I know.

But now the VTuber fans aren’t watching Niconico, right?

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It’s to the level where it’s questionable if two will even make it into the top 100 overall rankings, considering that the site is already a marginal settlement. This is the current situation of the “Inmu.”

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There are probably big hit songs that I listen to on YouTube, but they are only posted on Nico Nico.

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Stop advertising that crap called Sufesta.

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I realized that the trial’s end would lead to the great migration of the “inmu” ( erotic dream) when it was finished before.

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Without Nico Nico, Mr. Yonezu won’t shed tears listening to Mr. Hirasawa’s “Mother.”

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In the end, the comments that flow by sideways are mostly invisible.

That is separate from the comments of the Death Man; it has a different role.

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>>142

The red text “big fixed up and down” is a super strong weapon.

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YouTube is becoming increasingly inconvenient with the increasing number of lengthy ads.

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If we say it could have been born somewhere else anyway, then we can’t even talk about the hypothetical influence.

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I think it’s unlikely that Miku, whose development history includes the existence of this site, was born elsewhere.

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It’s impressive that they managed to restore the site again after it was completely destroyed the other day.

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I feel like it’s really cheap among the subscription services where you can watch anime.

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>>146

DMM is cheaper.

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It makes me a little sad to think that I didn’t get to meet during the BB collaboration.

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The culture of making fun of homosexuals does not fit with today’s era.

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It will become political, religious, and ethnic, but even that is the original family turning their backs on it…

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Vocaloid fans are irritated and it’s funny.

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Content from the gray zone generally originates from here.

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Well, in the end, it’s fine to just use both Desuman and YouTube, so it doesn’t really matter.

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I’ve gotten used to fast-paced commentary with punchlines from Niconico’s “Inmu” commentary and Voiceroid commentary, so I can’t get used to the speed of V or live voice commentary.

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YAJU&A has 30 million views and it’s shocking.

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I can’t watch homo videos without comments flowing, and if Nico dies, I will die at the same time.

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For now, the custom of blowing up the headquarters feels good.

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It was refreshing to be able to watch dramas and variety shows with comments.

It was deleted all at once immediately.

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I dislike that the defamation and carbohydrate battle that developed here has come this far and caused trouble.

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It would have been terrible without zero.

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Feeling like I’m back 10 years when Vocaloid fans were taunting each other, it’s making me tear up.

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Give back the shogi board…

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I feel like the expiration date for “Inmu” has already passed on Nico Nico.

The early works of BB Theater are from 2011, so it’s been 14 years, which is enough, right?

I just need it to go viral externally.

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