How often, if even ever, is a vtuber actually younger than their character?
Would've been more amusing if the Ato had been a loli-ish character, to further contrast between OL playing loli and HS playing Onee-san.
They can be decent, but there really isn't that "aaah" feeling you get from drinking actual beer.
But between non-alcoholic and low alcoholic beer, I'd any day pick low-alcoholic. Stuff with just 1-2% tastes plain wrong, which well it is. Since it is just watered down beer usually.
Yeah, I don't think any vtubers usually start off with an off-collab, unless they already are friends IRL or part of the same agency etc.
A doujinshi/mangaka vtuber should definitely draw something based on themselves. Whether it be based on their character lore or just an autobiographical piece, though the latter would come with some risks.
i'm not a huge drinker to where i don't think i've ever gotten fully buzzed, i don't mind strawberry margaritas over 'canned' /6 pack of drinks and other 'fruity girly drinks' but probably better to like mix it with a soda at the end since the last 30% is just the alcohol taste instead of the flavor (one time i had a vodka cocktail that tasted like drain cleaner or so lol). Tho i imagine if you got popular enough, maybe you can be like "I miss xx brand, it's not sold in my city anymore :c" and then the company sending them a free case for promo or so lol
I know ppl in jdramas order oolong high balls a lot as well, i wonder if there's any health that'd balance it out but usually i imagine stuff probably wouldn't be 50/50 in the amount , though i hear japanese beer is a bit light depending on the brand (i've had a bit of plum wine and it was alright but i used to just put a bit of it in ice cream lol so probably not that probably would skew things)
and yeah, at the very least, considering they aren't part of a 'company' i'd think even in a country as 'safe' as japan ppl would be hesitant to do a meetup (esp since a lot of ppl wanna hide their face since there are plenty of japanese 'vloggers' that don't hide their face), or at least like a voice call/face time for a bit versus like living in the same area too (I wouldn't be surprised if someone with a flexible voice range did choose an older chara b/c they thought it was cool. Tho be interesting to see some retired 'gramps' chara also become one , like a 'dandy butler' style thing too lol. But other than playing younger, i imagine some stick to their real age b/c other than roleplaying in chara, some would just not try to do a 'unique' personality so they don't accidentally mix up facts like "Oh i got up at 3PM today" "don't you have school?" or so versus "I'm a literal demon who just wants to stream games").
and yeah i'm pretty sure there have been some at least one shots or promo art in manga style to advertise for themselves, I remember hearing the Deer Nokotan? manga had a vtuber connection? IDK if the actual chara is a vtuber since i haven't read it, or it was created by a vtuber versus a popular/famous vtuber being casted for the main chara or so
tho stuff like Vtuber Confucius is amusing for what it is