// Glossary
Emotional Investment / Empathy
6 topics
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Is It Natural to Mourn the 'Death' of a Character?
Projecting one's own feelings onto another's (whether real or fictional) emotions or situation. With VTubers, strong identification easily occurs through avatar and voice.
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What Moves Us When We Are Moved by Fictional Romance?
Overlaying one's emotions onto fictional characters or events and feeling as if they were one's own. Heightens immersion in the story.
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Why Do We Feel Attached to Leftover Materials We Can't Throw Away?
Projecting emotions or meaning onto inanimate objects. The phenomenon of feeling that 'memories from that time' are packed into leftover materials.
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Are Emotions Toward Characters the Same as Emotions Toward Real People?
Overlaying one's emotions onto fictional characters and feeling as if they truly exist. A core experience in fujoshi culture.
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Is the Emotion Toward One's 'Oshi' Friendship, Love, or Something Else?
Overlaying one's own inner emotions and experiences onto characters or stories. The core mechanism of a fujoshi's 'oshi love.'
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Is Immersion in Fiction an Escape from Reality or a Form of Richness?
Overlaying one's emotions onto fictional characters or relationships and feeling as if they were one's own.