For the unfamiliar, VTubing is essentially livestreaming, but instead of showing your own face you rely on a digital anime avatar. The origins of VTubing can be largely traced back to Kizuna Ai ...

It’s also known as “happy anime face. ... The emoticon became controversial when a Tumblr user in 2013 said that predators might use “uwu” and similar “cute” internet lingo to get ...

In 2022, it was adapted into an anime, called Chiikawa. Its name means “something small and cute”. This show and its characters have become popular in Japan and other parts of Asia.