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On September 2, entrepreneur Hiroyuki gave his take during a YouTube livestream on the backlash facing the education-themed YouTube channel “wakatte.TV.” In an August 28 video, the group interviewed students at Fukushima University, and a cast member reportedly mocked a student who was presenting research on radioactivity, sparking criticism and a wave of protest calls to the university. Hiroyuki criticized the outrage-marketing approach, saying “it’s become a case of whoever does it first wins,” and reports noted he had voiced similar concerns two years earlier. On 5channel, reactions to his comment ranged widely — some pointed out the contradiction with Hiroyuki’s own style of commentary, others discussed Fukushima University’s actual admission difficulty, and still others raised concerns about the discriminatory undertones of the backlash.
“It’s become a case of whoever does it first wins” — Hiroyuki shares his take on the education-themed YouTuber embroiled in controversy over mocking Fukushima University… a warning he’d already sounded two years ago
On September 2, entrepreneur Hiroshi Nishimura (49), known as “Hiroyuki,” went live on his YouTube channel and shared his views on the controversy surrounding the education-themed YouTube channel “wakatte.TV,” which has been stirring up public reaction.
In a video posted on August 28, the channel interviewed students at Fukushima University, and cast member Fumin Takada (30) responded to a student who had introduced her research on radioactivity by…
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What people said
for the malicious ones
Hiroyuki's always going on about how everyone else is stupid, but for some reason he treats this crew like his sworn enemy and clearly can't stand them.
I wonder why.
He kept picking fights with them relentlessly on Abema two years ago too.
then using your fancy education to look down on people with less —
that's a job that's fundamentally backwards, when you think about it
than to be like the guy who ran wild slandering people anonymously on 2channel and just ignored the lawsuits and ran away
They're making this knowing full well it could come back on their own family too, right?
Don't want to be feeding Abema's numbers
Not that I watch it anyway
Well, if you're mocking the people who actually bullied you, fine. But if you mock anyone regardless of who they are, your mindset isn't any different from the bullies.
>Hiroyuki shot back, "But you're just a high school graduate, right?"
Yep, Hiroyuki wins this one
If you mocked someone's education who's a technical-college grad working at Toyota, I think even they'd be floored.
It's impressive Hiroyuki can say that straight to someone's face
LOL
There must be a ton of reports piling up already
＞isn't that great' — that'd be totally fine
But people like that
don't go around flaunting their education in the first place,
and there's no way they'd 'stoop to becoming a YouTuber' lol
What bottom-tier ('F-rank') school is this
Same as the Oishinbo controversy (the manga infamous for its Fukushima radiation storyline)
can't something be done about this trend where it doesn't matter if you're a nuisance YouTuber or whatever — as long as you rack up views or impressions, that's treated as justice…
Not sure if that's the reason, but apparently Fukushima University is getting flooded with protest calls? Something about not suppressing free speech, or so they say.
>凸電 (totsu-den)
What's that?
Background and key points of this topic
“wakatte.TV” is a YouTube channel known for a format in which its cast provoke guests by bringing up educational background, and what caused trouble this time was that a cast member mocked a Fukushima University student’s presentation on radioactivity research. In the past, the manga “Oishinbo” sparked controversy over its depiction of harmful rumors about Fukushima, and the thread noted concern that this incident could go beyond simple mockery over education and feed into prejudice against Fukushima. Meanwhile, Hiroyuki himself is known for having dropped out of university, and when a clip circulated of him shooting back “But you’re just a high school graduate, right?” at a debate opponent, the thread took it as ironic given how central educational background is to this whole affair. The debate over whether it’s acceptable to monetize controversy through outrage has long accompanied discussions of “nuisance YouTubers,” and Hiroyuki’s comments here are an extension of that ongoing debate.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geisokuho+) thread “Hiroyuki: “It’s become a case of whoever does it first wins” — his take on the education-themed YouTuber embroiled in controversy over mocking Fukushima University… a warning he’d already sounded two years ago.”
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