A virtual YouTuber is a YouTuber who is not necessarily human and is typically represented as a cute anime girl.

“virtual YouTuber is basically um just that a YouTuber uh that is not necessarily uh human necessarily I guess necessarily a fictional fical they 3 I mean I'm certainly real as far as I can tell right but essentially um I'm I guess what many people say is a cute anime girl right”

Joey believes that vtubers represent a unique form of entertainment that cannot be found elsewhere and he enjoys them despite initially having no interest in the medium.

“I don't know what it is about the algorithm but I feel like like if you if you just watch one you're lost yeah they they kind of did it in a genius way because almost all of the Hol Live members they almost always collab with one another as well on different streams”

Connor expresses skepticism regarding the business practices and contractual fairness of vtuber agencies like Hololive.

“I would be genuinely surprised if they're getting if the Creator is getting 30% or or more if they were getting more than 20% I would probably call [ __ ] right I think they're getting anywhere between 20 and 10% again this is just speculation”

Garnt views the vtuber phenomenon as a new genre of content that occupies a unique gray area between a real-life streamer and a fictional anime character.

“there's just something about vtubers that they're not you don't see them as like real life streamers even though there's a someone there's someone behind the Avatar right so there is someone operating it but it's it's not you don't view them as that person but you don't also view them as a complete ”