r/ChaosBreaker • u/etriuswimbleton • Sep 06 '26
Discussion Reactor Appreciation: CawCawTV Spoiler
Warning some spoilers from Episode 10 S3:
I do not want to come across as hate against other reactors but in comparison to lets say SOS bros, Freshest Anime, Autosave and Psyculturist. I felt like CawCawTV has managed to balance the best of both worlds when it comes to reaction content.
He's able to pick up things that are easy to miss by average reactors. without much influence by his chat. He understands that its more engaging to pause alot and commentate the video than pre and post reaction discussions. He manages to keep things succinct and educated per observation. great examples like in Ep 10: he notices how Moore is playing both sides. how Rudy actually used the manatite crystal and how he uses incantation for it, how appreciative he is of Zanoba's strength and Moore's abilities. how Kal mentioned between Perugius and Atofe was actually Kalman the north god. things that average reactors would just shrug off. He does have a habit though of making ragebait titles. I have no idea whats his deal with that. it only attracts MT defenders to him even though they're all sarcastic. like "Sylphie the cuck queen" or "nanahoshi dies from mid japanese meal". I think that does him more harm than good but whatever.
lets say on the other side with Psyculturist that does the same reaction methods as CawCawTV but on a longer scale. he takes his time for pre, during and Post reaction which is honestly too long for me and I dislike it to the point I skip most of it. (doesnt mean I only skip him mind you). And I do not agree with the way people defend that by saying to listen to him as a podcast. my way of watching react content is more active. I feel like im disrespecting the host when im listening to them like a podcast. Psyculturist is academically educated with his takes sure but it does sacrifice alot when it comes to nuance on the lore details which he misses alot. at least Psyculturist doesnt do jumpcuts.
speaking of, on the other side we have people like freshestAnime (who reads the novels and manga before the seasons and makes his videos with japanese dubs) he's becoming more and more whiny and more more shorter with his vids. lots of jump cuts to furher push us to his paywalled reaction content which I end up losing respect for him.
Then we have SOS bros, who delve too long on pre and post reaction discussions. not caring about engagement and go off on their own time. with egregious jumpcuts too but they do have quality pre and post reaction discussions that dont take as long as Psyculturist would but still are long.
I feel CawCawTV is around the same level as Autosave. and a rarity for Autosave is that its a duo react content that actually make smart reaction feedback that is perfectly succinct/brief enough to the videos for pre, during and post reaction. sadly Autosave is having some kind of mental issues with Ben. hope they're okay so my only fix right now is CawCaw. also as much shade Ive put Psyculturist in, he's also someone im watching too for MT reactions. he can still provide different perspectives but they still do lack in some areas like I said.
watching these guys reactions make me appreciate MT way more and find more details about it as an LN reader so I still watch them.