Channel Update / Plans For 2024 

good for you ryan. we all wanna see you thrive.

Ryan real talk. I'm not blowing smoke up your a**. I'm not exaggerating when I say this but you are genuinely my favorite manga/anime RU-vidr. There are a lot of reasons why but the main ones are: I think you are a genuine dude. Which is rare especially nowadays in our "let's get famous off one stupid tik Tok video" world. You have good taste in this medium and an eye for what's actually good. Others again either just like something to bandwagon/for the clicks or don't truly understand the depth of a product or lack of and overrate lol. I could go on and this is getting long. I hope you read this and I want you to know I wish you the best always and I'll be here during the highs and lows. We are blessed to have you here doing this. Thank you and keep up the great work!

A Berserk retrospective would be fun.

really sucks that all the october horror videos tanked so hard. hope all your plans work out

Any real Ryan fan will go and watch all of the recent videos asap! Get the views up before he has to stop!!!

The algorithm can be quite demoralizing. Especially when it starts to downrank your channel. It's difficult to find a balance between making something the algorithm will approve of and something that you actually want to create.

I will always support you man love how genuine you are man

Love your stuff, Ryan! Looking forward to 2024. Things are getting exciting!!

Will be here no matter what

Ryan, you are one of the most self-aware and balanced creators I’ve had the privilege to watch on this platform. While I think I speak for those of us who have watched for years when I say your discussions of “the business RU-vid” have never sounded like whining, the fact you consider the things you talked about in that section of this video (especially in this day and culture) is a fantastic example. The same with your discussing your goals and vision! Amazing to see! Thank you for what you do. Your content is a wonderful little retreat in my day, and I imagine also for so many others. Excited to see how these changes go! You got this!

Been watching for a bit over a year now, and I think this is all pretty well thought out and smart. Glad you’re actively working to help the channel be more successful, and hope next year is better as a result

I hear you, glad you making hard decisions, I'll miss the Chainsaw man reviews 😭 and the classic horror reviews

Let's go for 2024 baby🔥🔥🔥

Looking forward to 2024

Good luck in 2024 Ryan! I initially subscribed for the Berserk content but stayed for your genuine personality 😊

Your berserk rant pulled 99k

Came for berserk. But have been staying for kenshin coverage! Barely anyone ekse is even talking about it

BERSERK! BERSERK! BERSERK! Glad you’re doing good man!

Damn can't believe it's almost 2024

Always here to listen to my boy Ryan talk about literally anything

I cant waito see what you make the future

The YT algorithm is an inescapable reality of being a content creator on the platform. Seeing as this is your full-time occupation, I don't blame you at all for focusing on what's working and curtailing what doesn't. I'm just happy to hear you're doing well and that YT and the community is helping you to keep on doing what you love. You'll always be my go to for Berserk and Vinland Saga. Looking forward to your long format Berserk content. May you have a prosperous 2024 not only financially but also within yourself as a human being.

they ain't believe in us zodd did!

I agree with Ryan here, he puts so much time and effort into his videos (I.e., the Horror monthly) and those videos bombed despite the entire fricking month is literally Halloween. People are the worst on RU-vid when it comes to content viewing (and the algorithm doesn’t help it either). But guess what? The algorithm threw Ryan a bone when he reviewed Godzilla Minus One. I honestly am support and a friend of Ryan to make sure every video he releases that I like it & comment to support the algorithm to be on his side. The only conundrum or influence I wish everybody had were to do the same turn, I admit that I don’t watch every video like his Chainsaw Man or anything that I don’t read. It’s quite a struggle and Ryan makes it this far in 2023 with 100K subs. So don’t ever give up man!

Its great to see you are putting all your ducks in a row in order to have your channel excel. All of us RealLife Ryan fans will be looking forward to all the new videos and updates to this channel!

Good stuff Ryan. You're a good man and working hard. Happy and inspired to hear you have plans and are always thinking about what you can do to improve your situation. I'm going to try harder now too!! I know you don't need any manga recommendation and this video pretty much said they were taking a bit of a back seat...but I think there is some potential channel growth in more Baki manga content! 3 main reasons, 1. You already love it and are somewhat versed in it. 2. There is a HUGE crossover of young male fans of Berserk which is already a big part of this channel. The algorithm boosts that shit hard and I've seen Baki content taking off big time. 3. It is on a break until January but is coming back with a hyped up fight in a hyped up arc that I could really genuinely see blowing up on RU-vid/socials. He pretty much took the fan favorite character and is giving him his own arc. It's been a slow build since the end of the last arc setting it up but it is definitely going to pop off and brought in a TON new Baki fans. Sorry for the Baki rant, I swear I'm not just a fan trying to get you to talk about it (you already do) but genuinely think that it is content that could perform well from a numbers stand point!

You was cookin at the end lmaooo

Do what you gotta do Ryan. It never hurts to produce mainstream reviews for manga & anime too.

We fuxxing love u bro

Proud of all you've accomplished so far! I'll definitely miss your weekly Kenshin reviews, but excited to see what you have planned in 2024!

You were my first Ryan….. My first berserk channel.😂

We need another BANGer like "Why Guts clapped" Keep going short king 👑

The algorithm banging your ass cuh. I like that you review new movies.

Ryan rants makes me feel heard tbh like I’m a human and the rants are reminding me

based goals in life brother i pray for your success

Hey Ryan. Big fan, just some points from my point of view I.e a scrub that only has viewing experience rather than creation. It seem that long format videos seem to do better for the particular types of media you cover. People who watch the topics are ones who are genuinely curious in something new (searching for why you should watch/read ___) or analysis from a genuine fan who understands the particular nuances of a series (watching to see an opinion - does it match and/or could they get a different perspective), therefore enough detail and the right amount of opinion seems to be a vague recipe for success. For me a manga review rather than a particular episode/chapter, reviewing the manga entirely or up to certain arc is cool. Considering you like so many different types of content maybe a ‘Ryans monthly or quarterly collection’ would be cool filled with your recommendations from new media being released or some past media being revisited that you are enjoying and why - this type video could be helped by be broken up by some skits over a story being told in intervals which would help with you film making aspirations maybe as well as another way of communicating updates straight to audience that maybe don’t watch the streams but would like the odd update from ya. I dunno but I feel like I’m here for the real Bryan as much as I am for the topics covered keep it going champ, preciate all the work you do. Sounds cliche but your vids can lift spirits when it is needed most

Everything sounds reasonable to me. I might not comment much, but I'll always follow your Channel and I'm cheering on you!

Hope things will go well for you man, good luck. Ill always be here to support

Love your stuff Ryan, hope next year the algorithm is kinder to you. I'll be here to watch

im looking forward to the new content! Your honesty is appreciated

This video has 600 views and 200 likes, says how much the viewers like Ryan. I really hope you get more attention from the algorithm next year.

You’ll always have my support my friend, you being Ryan is why we are here brother.

Hey I for one am along for the ride seeing where this channel goes & what this channel does as you build it towards your goals/dreams

Been watching your videos for a couple years and really hoping you keep uploading real talk videos, good luck with everything next year :)

Good luck to your future endeavors dude 👍🏼.

found ur channel bc of the berserk content, i stayed bc of u bro 💪🏽

Nice to hear your focusing on the channels future, great to have quality RU-vidrs planning to hang around long term. I look forward to more content 😎🤙

Удачи! Good luck! בהצלחה! がんばれ! No,really,dude, we’re all here for you; since I found your channel my life became genuinely better-so keep the good work.

I respect those goals Ryan, and I support whatever you do moving forward with this channel. I will miss the chainsawman Tuesday reviews but I am looking forward for whatever you do next, I’d love to see you cover invincible(I just started reading it). I mostly enjoy your chapter reviews and anime episode reviews for berserk, Vinland saga and chainsawman, but I’d watch anything if its from you! Oh, and as soon as I catch up to berserk, I’m binging your berserk playlist

Best of luck Ryan! I really enjoy your channel and wish you all the best for 2024

Thank you for all the years, good luck in 2024

i hope you channle will grow even bigger good luck bro

Sorry to hear about the horror movie reviews tanking, absolutely loved those! Wishing you the best of luck for 2024 Ryan and I'm excited to see what's in store for the channel.

Im glad your choosing the quality over quantity route. Longer content seems to be the trend nowadays

Your analysis is a strong suit so maybe you do a hidden gem introductions. Using a genre and make a list.

I am watching a lot of horror franchises right now starting with Terminator (i consider the first two and parts of Salvation to be horror anyways) and your restrospectives have made me want to start watching the Alien series, i have not seen any of them yet but I have seen the Predator films. I would like to be more frequent on streams next year. You know honestly some of my short meme videos did very well, even though i'm not monetised, you could maybe do a meme-monday thing? i'm here for the journey and wish you luck in 2024, you've got this

Exciting to see channel grow! Been here since around under 20k subs. Sad to see october tanked as i enjoy those videos. As well as the opm weekly chapters. Glad to see the retrospec have been successful. Easily my second favorite content. If i had to make a suggestion maybe change the weekly chapter and episode videos into yt shorts. Make them a quick announcement that theres a new episode or chapter and give your quick thoughts?

i think opening newchannels for diffrent audience could be better, like how darkviperau does, I like for example rambles/vents, and the manga stuff

But I loved all the content you’re cutting. But I get it! I’m here for the ride brother!

I don't usually comment on anything but i just want to say how much i enjoy your channel man! You're an inspiration and i love all your content. I understand these new decisions your making are necessary but i just want to say how much i loved your horror reviews, and walking dead reviews. Keep up the good work and i wish you the best in 2024!

Feel like I’ve been watching you forever! Love your channel. Keep up the great work dude.

I already commented but Ryan is legit real asf Completely understand the changes bro Gonna be here to support best I can

Lovecraft and 40k continentmight be good. If you're into either of those. also anything by Mignola would be fucking awesome, not enough youtubers talk about Hellboy or BPRD comics a lot.

I'll miss the individual chapter reviews but absolutely get the reason. Since you mentioned that you want to read manga casually for your own enjoyment, here are my recommendations: 1: Call of the Night by Kotoyama. A manga about a boy who is out of touch with his emotions and especially with the emotion of love. It also has hot babes and vampires in it. 2: Happiness by Shuzo Oshimi. A young boy gets assaulted by a vampire and turns into one. He slowly loses control of himself and desperately tries to cling to his humanity. The story is dark and has panels that are genuinely horrifying. 3: Black Lagoon by Rei Hiroe. A normal businessman gets thrown into a world of criminals and his heart slowly becomes darker the longer he is surrounded by the underworld. It also has lots of gun action and hot babes in it, particularly a Latina who is basically the Terminator. The anime also has one of the best dubs of all time. 4: Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu. This is a wholesome manga with little action. A country girl moves to Tokyo to go to highschool. She goes on a journey of self-discovery, has to adjust to her new life, and find the balance between her social life and studying to achieve her dream.

I will show my support

Maybe make some “top 10” videos for different types of categories in anime/movies/berserk etc. or like best/greatest/worst/craziest moments or characters or whatever

I could listen to you talk about literally anything. Your perspective on stuff is valued to a lot of people and I wish you luck on literally whatever you do.

I got into berserk because of the metal band "Brand of Sacrifice" and have continued to love it because of your videos. thank you very much!

im suscribed to like 20 or so channels but THIS one, your channel Ryan, is the only channel that make me feel that i have a connection with, being to several live streams that really do cement that feeling, i just love your content in general bro, keep it up.

Long form videos are tough for me as a mom so that's a big part of why I haven't watched the retrospectives (SORRY!) The ones I can watch, usually get watched in several sittings. I don't know how that affects the algorithm for you but I'd be interested to find out. Love the chapter reviews for berserk and I do love the Webcam real chat style videos. I'm probably not your target demographic for the most part so i understand how you have to make changes to appeal to your target demographic. I'll still support you regardless, though, my friend! Here's to great success in 2024 and beyond :) Also, pom poko review when? I need a video about raccoon balls.

I respect Ryan putting all of his wishes out into the universe and grinding toward his successful future. Get that sexy goth gf dude!

You definitely want to evolve your content. It is well know within the RU-vid anime community that pure anime content is not sustainable long-term. Most people only watch anime content about the series they like or dislike. Same for movies and other media content.

Been here for over 3 years now and came here from Masked Man and been awesome following what you gotta say and see what you do not to mention you as a person is always what I love most about people I stay with here on YT. So it's gonna be real interesting to see what's going down in 2024 and what you come up with also 200K Gang Gang.

Im going to watch everything I can❤❤❤

I understand your frustration, especially when you see other people doing well with similar things. But if you ever do a collab I think that would be good for your channel, I'm no where as big as you but I would love to debate you casually on berserk or something like that. You did call out the new wave of berserk fans lol all love though bro hope you find great success in 2024 . also the alien retrospective is going to be fire I can't wait for that.

I didn't know you where interested in making movies. it's nice to hear that.

2024: u will finish dorohedoro

Damn I love your chainsaw man chapter reviews but I understand you gotta do what u gotta do. Plus it’ll give me something to look forward to when a great chapter does drop. Hope YT treats you great next year🔥🔥🔥

You have a catalog of content that you should be very proud of. I think you’ve already left your mark as far as being an underrated, consistent, and insightful presence on the RU-vid anime/manga/movie sphere.

Hopefully you’ll get to 200k soon, quicker than 5 years haha. I’m starting a channel soon, it’s a manga/anime figure unboxing channel, probably 60% figures & 40% manga. I already have 25 figure videos ready to go. The way I’ll do it is review one volume of a manga & then the next day drop a video with figures of that manga. Every video will have 2-4 scale figures. I have over 40 figures sitting in boxes waiting to unbox.

I would welcome more content on Butthole Sunning

Awesome and honorable words, I'll be here to watch for years to come.

I need Ryan rants

on a seperate note if you want a series thats going to be huge in 2024 DANDADAN is getting an anime next year and the studio whos doing it is science saru.

Hey ryan, i loved this video and its got me excited for what youre gonna do with the channel. I had an idea but Im no content creator so i dont really know, but I think you should consider switching the livestreams from youtube to twitch. You can still do the same things like watch videos or just talk but then people can sub for $5 a month. That way you could tap into more audiences because alot of people mainly watch twitch. Also that way you could completely separate the image of you in the chair being tied to your youtube channel, rather than the main videos you create being the poster.

I'm really looking forward to the future of your channe . As for the kind of content I really liked, I really liked your lore related videos in Berserk (monster Manuel). Not sure if you want to move away from that content, but I thought those were pretty interesting. Maybe long form versions of that?

As someone who knows you on a person level I just want to say I'm really proud of well you've done and it's been really cool watching your channel grow! Keep it up Ryan I know you're going to keep getting bigger and better because I know you've got the drive and creativity!

We NEED your rants, At least I have no problem with it whatsoever.

I'm gonna be missing the individual movie reviews, I personnally enjoyed them a lot! It's unfortunate but understandable that you'll be dropping them, the algorithm's a b*tch.. I'm not going anywhere tho:D Hail from Finland and all the best for the year 2024!!

I'll be there no matter what.

its crazy you didn't give up during those first 5 years, very impressive

I’m sad that the anime episode reviews are going away they were a nice companion to the episodes themselves, but I understand keep struggling man we all enjoy what you put out

From what I’ve heard they used a guy in a suit and sets made with models then layered them w/CGI. Either way still it’s better than anything Hollywood has released the past few years.

I’m Really anti-social and the lives are god send fr because it’s not tooo much

You’re a goat Ryan💪🏾💪🏾

I hope the best for you I’ll continue to support I’m excited to see everything you do next year but the movie review news is a bummer though but I understand

I enjoyed those movie and horror vids , I’m sorry to hear those vids were hurting your channel but I understand

2024 will be Ryan era

i love hearing your thoughts and opinions on anything Ryan, as long as you’re passionate about something i will watch it i also loved hearing your weekly speculation on the chainsaw man reviews they were always something to look forward to. i hope you can still share your thoughts someway even if only on the streams or something

Hey Ryan, I've only been watching for around half a year and I have a few things that I personally would love to see from you and from your channel. I love the invincible series and think it'd be a great addition to the channel, but I'm not sure that just covering the comics would be a good venue. It's not to say you couldn't bring any new thoughts or takes to the comics, it's just that there's already lots of pretty large videos and channels that have covered essentially all of the comics and I don't see your reviews ever cutting into that market easily. Making direct breakdowns/thoughts on episodes as they come out is definitely an option that may perform well, but I think possibly a newer take and something you could find a new niche with would be doing a direct comparison to the comics and show as it comes out. The show follows the over arching plot very closely but as a viewer of noth there are a lot of differences in pacing and a LOT of added character moments. I think speaking about the differences between the show and the comics, possibly from the lense of how the show is an evolved version of the comic story based on the 15 year gap between the comic and show debuting, as well as how Robert Kirkman himself has used the show to change the early story of the show to better set up what comes later in the comics. (For example focusing more on monster girl and Rudy early on with the foresight that they're bigger characters later in the comics). Another totally separate idea that could be something to try is doing live streams on your first read through of new chapters of the big manga featured on your channel (berserk, one punch man, Vineland, etc.) Now obviously this could slightly detract from your personal reading experience, having to react and interact with the stream, but it could be an extra reason for more casual channel viewers to sometimes watch the livestream, as well as essentially giving you two separate streams of revenue and viewership for the same pice of media. The livestreams you do now are pretty niche and personal and the manga chapter reviews are pretty broad and more about the chapter than your personality, which is great! Because again it gives you a wider total audience. I think trying the live first read trhough of a new chapter would be goo self advertising too. At the end of each review there's a super easy tag of "if you like what you heard hear and you'd like to experience my thoughts and give yours, I do live readings each time a new chapter drops" (except... yknow catchier). I know this was very long I hope you took the time and can get something from my suggestions even if you don't specifically do either!! If you're here thank you for reading!