Is Yuko really similar to Gura? From what I've read here, Yuko went full parasocial and degenarate, while the "worst" thing Gura has done was that one awkward maid roleplaying. I've said this before, but I feel like Gura is way too inactive outside stream to foster an actual parasocial relationship.
I'll admit bias from point 0, but I've never thought Gura was particularly parasocial at all. The leading causes of her being so or alleged gfe were silly or zoomer spelling members posts, one "master" maid post leading to as you said the valentines date as your maid which consisted of her accidentally almost poisoning you with food you were allergic to and breaking some plates from all I really recall. I legitimately don't remember her asmr streams though tbh. It certaintly didn't end naked covered in lotion humping a plush doll she's ADMITTED to using for "stress relief" and getting piss on though soooo..
Edit: I started this before your edit, but it doesn't change much. A number of Sharks member posts are just her geeking out, or thanking people. The one before that was just a picture of her 3D at Fes with "Thank you for believing in me" on it. Well technically it was a member stream, but yeah. Before that the last few was an unarchived karaoke, and a buncha dorking about Dance and Song practice.
They're both energetic, make some snarky to yabai jokes, they're internet savy (With this whole thing happening, sort of a question of how different this is between them), they're both playing kusogaki punk ass characters that are both Loli in design. Maybe I didn't watch enough Yuko but they never felt similar to me in who they are though, they just have a bunch of traits that overlap.
Yuko didn't START super parasocial as far as I know, she just decided to head first dive into it. As opposed to say, Eien Riifu who's sort of made the para/coomer baiting a more immediate thing. Some might disagree but Gura never felt like she was a hard baiter into anything parasocial to me, she just unfortunately has a big ass section of schizoid coomer social retards that came with the rapid growth and sub size. (But then she's like Pippa to me. I legit find thinking of them as anything but MAYBE a sister at most fairly creepy) If someone wants to argue otherwise then feel free to give it a listen, maybe they have or saw some stuff differently from me.
Good point. I had forgotten the extent to which she had taken some of the horny-on-main stuff she had been doing (partially because EIEN has been like "hold my beer"). When you frame it that way I can agree that some of this backlash becomes all the more inevitable. That said, whether she was doing it or not, these people should have still known better.
Oh typically yes, but these aren't normal people is all. Like I'm sure some coomers or parasocials can function normally, but I absolutely doubt they're anything but a minority. Reasonable people wouldn't care. That's just the sad issue with these things. I certainly wouldn't find this to be a reason to try shitting up someone's life nor agree with attempts to do so. Mentally ill people just don't tend to have normal thoughts or processes and have a habit of taking things too far.
Arguably there's something to be said with Riifu doing it how she did. It was kind of 0-100 but she's pretty up front about what it is as far as I know. She plays her role, the audience plays their, and then everyone goes home when they're done, hopefully to clean up lol.
Someone a bit more familiar with her would have to correct me if that's wrong. I swear someone here said she was pretty up front about not taking her rules and attitudes to other peoples streams.
Calli's stream isnt sponsored, is just a regular stream, Bettel is the only Holo so far to be sponsored, so that prolly why he could show them, Hakka also has an sponsored stream later this week so it's seems to be and StarsEN only deal.
Glad to have a correction then. Interesting. I guess that would make sense then. At least in so much as Japanese company tism' does. Like I find the whole thing silly of course but it would explain the difference.