I checked out the Unseen Japan TL and wow they are definitely milking Uzeki-chan to the maximum effect in adding new followers. Give them credit for flying a false flag, and then following it up to their own benefit.
They really took a beating on TV. Sukkiri actually didn't like them or agree with them at all! If they had, they would have taken a video interview and played it on TV, not just putting up a blue outline image. To them, Unseen Japan was just another character.
I'd say about 50%+ of their timeline now is Uzeki-chan-related tweets. It's not obsession, but just following up on what is best for their brand. That's the point, this is all a move to get more followers for the UJ brand.
There is a niche, perhaps, for the UJ brand. Kind of the post-Debito millennial town crier for left-leaning genderless college kids who brings their imported ideology and enforces it on Japan. Kind of a cultural Greta in a way.
In a very strange way, I hope UJ is more successful next time, so that they blossom into the authoritarian stinkbomb they are destined to become, and are totally laughed at by Japan.
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