The Ontology of the VTuber: Post Hoc Subjectivity, Observer Contracts, and Selectable Environments of Existence

This record contains the English and Japanese versions of the same conceptual essay. The paper defines the VTuber as a phenomenon of post hoc subjectivity established through symbolic representation, observer contracts, and selectable environments of existence. The Japanese file is included as a parallel-language version of the same work, not as a separate publication. 本レコードには、同一論文の英語版および日本語版を収録している。日本語版は別論文ではなく、同一内容の並行言語版として含まれている。