The accuracy of the comparison is quite the twist. I'll stay silent majority because I seem to enjoy everything you put out. I joined your stream briefly the other day when you talked about the Americanisms vs the far east. If that isn't a topic covered already, it would also make for an interesting read.
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i always knew kurosai was a wordsmith with the bangers he mixes up
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Feedback is very important for creators to grow, it’s clear your passion lies with entertainment, and that’s great many are inspired with your content (myself included) I do wish others could even understand what their saying. Criticism is a needed component in improvement. However it has to be helpful in some way for improvement I guess I don’t even know where I’m going with this I just hope things get better for anyone who reads being modest is nice but humans have breaking points just as water has a boiling point.
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I like ya content. It would require more time than I have rn to analyze everything I just read, but if ya keep making good stuff, I'll keep watching it, cause it's good.
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As someone who can't say to know you very well as I only discovered your content recently, it did always strike me as a bit more than a shitpost channel. Like a lot of the jokes feel weird, like something that only the creator fully understands the context off. I don't know exactly what I'm trying to say here besides my own observations. If I had to hazard a guess it's "Keep up the good work man" because there is something unique and artistic that shines through and it's fascinating
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Hey man, I personally love ur content as it is rn. Keep it up, cuz I know it isn’t just me who loves ur content. Some call ur content shitposts, some just call them anime edits, but at the end of the day, it’s just a form of entertainment that we as the audience enjoys, and you as the creator like to create. ..I hope, so just don’t change anything as of rn. We as the audience will voice our opinions if we see anything wrong, and tell you if we would prefer different content
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I am on my phone this morning, so forgive me. This is incredibly insightful. Introspection is undoubtedly the coolest shit a person can do, and to do so in this way is noble as can be. Sure, it's a bit hyperbolic and maybe even hypocritical to both admit one's idiocy amd lack of control and go "that! That famous author, that's me!" But like, that's what you have to do sometimes to bring the ideas to legibility. Oftentimes, parsing through the, just awful, feelings of self-resentment is significanfly easier with a reference. Maybe because, it's also a sense of comraderie. In any case, I very much enjoy your work. I don't watch your edit streams, but maybe now I will. I believe honesty is the best policy, especially in content creation. MattPat showed us this, himself. He was genuine to the end and look what he built. Sure say what you want to about anecdotes aren't stats, but even as an outlier, it's proven possible at the very least. In my own life, I try my damnedest to be genuine. I'm a salesman, too. Isn't that ironic? All of which to say, we as formless, nameless youtube consumers, watch content for the person who makes the content. It's pretty obviously boring if you try to wear a mask, or god forbid practice outright imitation. Because we're two clicks away from the original source. So do what you want to do, and do it the best you can, if you care to. Because I, and I imagine most others, are here for you. In regards to multiple personalities, I am no psychologist, though I did study it for a couple years. There's a semi common phenomena called "writer's/author's tulpa" which is a kind of other voice that can develop in your head after investing so much in a character. Maybe that's it. But that kind of voice you have conscious control over. But if you are experiencing large gaps in memory at seemingly random intervals, please contact a real doctor. Whew, there's my 2 cents. Good luck out there, man.
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🧙 As the guy who came up with the idea of Frieren, the Owl House, and Encanto I assure you modesty in artwork is rarely fruitful. I love your deranged edits and its creativity, it does it much better than K-Pop with hip-hop. Being lonely at the top, few artistic peers and an unenlightened audience can't stop you from your vision. Just don't feel a need to do it unless you want to, modesty and humility are two different things. Good luck with everything B.
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The edits on this channel are very well done so I imagine the videos take long to make. However the nature of the vids attract a certain audience and let me tell you bro as an 18 y/o anime nerd I love your videos and do not understand the amount of work that actually goes into making some of these videos. You just have to stay in your lane and keep doing what you're doing unless you've lost motivation idk man 🤷♂
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fym you don't got time to read streetcar, that shit paperback thinner than lebrons hairline
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It was very interesting to learn you receive so much unhelpful criticism. Thank you for the time you took to write all this, both for critics and fans. I think you have a lot of talent, whatever places of pain and pleasure it stems from, and you have brought joy to many people. Actually, another creator I enjoy has a video on arrogance and artistry that might be interesting for you, if you ever have a spare half hour. https://youtu.be/KnhN5zmjKTk?si=KYyDc77tmAoPPDes All the best!
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Not gonna lie @kurosai I struggle reading long pieces of writing due to my adhd and other thing I have going on in my head but I tried to read all of it as I do like the content of yours that I watch and I must say the last paragraph about if these were lyrics in a good song that nobody would have a problem with what your tallking about I must agree as most people don’t actually listen to the lyrics properly and understand them all. Apologies for the poor spag in this comment and please do t think I am saying you are a bad person as that is not what I am trying to say I just want to say I like your content as it is like food for my adhd brain and please keep up the good content I find it hilarious. I also know how you feel this was my life in school and college (what Americans call high school as I’m from 🇬🇧
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Kurosai
If you would believe it, I have been modest most of my life but am finally tired of it.
I can't decide whether to be receptive to critics or extremely hostile because most of my critics have almost nothing legitimate to say, which is very painful. Criticism is essential for a creator, and it's needed. So, it is maddening to have someone think they have something important to say when they have given no real thought to their utterance—just childish feelings without a shred of articulation.
With the advent of LLMs, I've started doing more basic research in response to many messages I receive because it's my prerogative to take people as seriously as time allows. The more I continue to do this, as I have been doing this for almost seven years with total strangers, the more frustrating it becomes to be mischaracterized and perceived through a reductionist lens. I give so much time to people because I feel I have taken time from others. I also feel that when people speak to me, they slowly reveal regret for having wasted time in many corners of their lives, which invokes a savior complex in me. This leads to most conversations turning into projects, as I'm not particularly fond of banter unless it's nested within objective-oriented discussion.
The most helpful criticism I've ever received was essentially that my online presence should be less authentic to have broader appeal to become more successful. This came from someone who claimed to value authenticity; different people have suggested this to me more than once. I say this is the most helpful criticism because it makes sense to put on a mask in American-esque spaces to succeed in entertainment. However, I wouldn't enjoy that, not for ethical reasons, but because I don't want to fit the mischaracterizations levied against me. It's my pettiness and fear. I don't want dullards to have the opportunity to be right. It is massively terrifying for an idiot to believe he's right, as it leads to conspiracies and demagoguery. And I greatly despise irrationality in people who are seemingly at the age where it should be under control.
Where does this all come from? About four hours ago, I was DM'd by a guy asking if I had read a play called "A Streetcar Named Desire." He seemed to be comparing me to the author, Tennessee Williams. The questioner aptly noted that I likely wouldn't have time to read the play, so I quickly asked the more scholarly LLM, 'Perplexity,' to summarize the key ideas of the play and explain who the author was. The guy in my DM mentioned how Tennessee Williams "interviewed himself" at the end of the play, which led me to believe there could be some accuracy to the comparison between Williams and me—as I had spent a year creating content designed to self-insert what I would non-clinically refer to as my 'multiple personalities.'
I believe I know the person who DM'd me well enough to suspect that this play was assigned to him for college, as he doesn't strike me as the sort to read American romantic plays from the 20th century. So, I assumed that Williams was just like any other eccentric writer. I was compared to Quentin Tarantino not too long ago, which I still don't entirely understand to this day. But as I went down the Tennessee Williams rabbit hole, it started to become more evident that this comparison was the most accurate one ever pinned on me so far.
Williams is often described as someone who can write for both men and women, which I also attempt occasionally, albeit mostly crudely. It is important to note that this likely comes from his bisexuality, as he described in an interview indirectly. I also experience atypical sexuality, and in some 'landscape of sexual identity,' you're likely to find a larger range of personalities within yourself to put into writing. This reinforces the idea of multiple personalities. But the similarities don't just stop there. The perhaps more obvious similarity most artists share is the dark history we tend to have.
My upbringing was not as crazy as his, but it was unstable, with moments of abuse all the same. Where we would deviate, however, is based on our generation gap. His coping mechanism was sex and alcohol, whereas mine would replace alcohol with gaming. So, when I heard Tennessee Williams say in response to the question, "Why do you do that—why do you drink so much?" Williams replied, "Some days when I don't have this..." as he points to his writings, "I'll have this," he says while lifting a cup of bourbon.
As obvious a response as that was, it was still revelatory to me, and it almost made me break down because my loneliness can only be assuaged by learning about other creators who suffer the way we do. So, I offer myself to others who lean on me the same way a midwife assists in a woman's maturation- a Socratic concept, intellectual midwifery.
So, please stop telling me that I am wasting time on people. Friend or foe, the void must be filled with dialogue, as I have many reasons to believe that my loneliness is infinite, humans are finite, but artistry expands like the universe. I cling to things people say under their breath because I hear that more clearly than what they say aloud. What's unspoken is more artistic than what is put into words. Dialogue is simply a tool to organize ideas that lose most of its content when written. This is why we, as artists, are never satisfied with anything we make. What is yet to be will always be superior to what is now. But there is much talk and I want people to listen... I say reluctantly, fearing words that fall on deaf ears. "I envy silence because I must be loud" - Khada Jhin.
If you would believe it, I have been modest for most of my life but am finally tired of it. I'm not sure I like this decision I've arrived at, but I think I'll relish in madness whenever the opportunity presents itself.
I posted all of this from an article I wrote on X (Twitter) while listening to music with a friend (oco.)
After pasting all of this on YouTube, "If all of this text were lyrics for a song and the beat was good, no one would have a problem with anything that I'm saying."
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