Ito Life Argues for a More Easygoing Internet in a 3½-Hour Talk Stream

INDEPENDENT — Ito Life told viewers that the internet would be a better place if people were more easygoing, during a *zatsudan*, or chat stream, that ran about three and a half hours on Wednesday night. “Wouldn’t it be fine to just be easygoing?” he said, summing up his answer to a viewer who asked about online backlash.

He said he has been online since the 1990s, and that social media today will find fault with almost anything, even a photo of a bowl of ramen. Anyone who posts, he said, should be ready for the occasional troublemaker, and if they accept that, there is no reason to stop. He added that he is not perfect either, and that demanding perfection from others helps neither side. He said he does not worry about whichever streamers happen to be in a controversy, and that anyone bothered by a person’s behavior can simply move away from them.

“Wouldn’t it be fine to just be easygoing?” — Ito Life, answering a question about online backlash

Other messages drew other advice. He said he is happiest alone and thinks people who are satisfied with their own lives seldom end up fighting. To a viewer who keeps replaying old mistakes, he said he does not dwell on them because he would rather spend the time drawing. He also gave a recipe for komatsuna stir-fried with garlic and chili and seasoned with chicken-soup stock, with yuba or fried tofu added, and a barley risotto of chicken, onion, celery and carrot in tomato sauce, topped with cheese, for a viewer with a jaw disorder. He named manga of ten volumes or fewer when asked for recommendations, among them *Hyper Inflation* and *Nami yo Kiitekure*.

Asked for sightseeing tips for Kamata in Tokyo, he said the area is mostly about food and drink, and described a yakiniku restaurant with a drink bar and a coffee shop nearby that he visits himself. Viewers sent 70 Super Chats over the stream, and chat filled with messages throughout.

He closed by saying he had meant to talk about xiaolongbao and would save it for next time. He said free-talk streams like this one come around about once a week, usually starting near 10 p.m.