 Dear 2023, it's it's that time of the year again where I get to speak pretty candidly to you guys And I'm pretty excited about this one again. I usually do these pretty uncut I'm going to probably take some questions from the Q&A that I posted on the community post two days ago So that might be a little bit more cut up But this beginning section where I'm kind of just talking about everything will remain relatively uncut hopefully because Like I said, I like to keep it pretty candid because this is the time of the year where I get to really self-reflect and Guess let you guys in on more personal stuff in terms of aside from what I usually do Which is anime reactions and everything else on the main channel the non-reaction channel So I'm excited for this one But happy new year to all of you if you knew the channel I do one of these every year you can go back and see dear 2021 and dear 2022 and see all the Stuff I talked about in those because it's pretty daunting I go back usually every year and listen to them and it's pretty daunting Hearing my perspective on everything at the time and how much it changes over time This time last year. I wrote them down So what I like to also take this trip down memory lane one year ago today We're still doing board so art rest in peace I don't remember what episode we're on but we were finishing up Jiu Jitsu Kaisen Which I cannot believe that was one year ago. This feels like several years ago Demon Slayer season 2 was still kind of starting I think it was on like episode 3 and I was just about to start dragon balls the abridged hunter hunter and one piece and At the time that I'm recording this I'm about to after this go watch the I think the sixth to last episode of hunter hunter So kind of kind of sad that that journey is kind of coming to an end But on the flip side of things one piece I think I'm at 300 or so something like that So I've kind of just started to dent one piece after a year Which it goes to be expected with the sheer monstrosity that that show is and of course We finished the Dragon Ball Z abridged up a couple months ago, but across the board just Fantastic shows that I've just been so into I mean guys. I have I have a one-piece Theory wall. I mean how far have we fallen as individuals? That this is my life now So just to kind of go back again this year has been very high highs very low lows I went through a really tough long-term breakup that again I don't really usually talk about my personal life But this is usually the one time of the year that I kind of just get a little bit out there You guys get like a little peek of me But I guess I'm more candid usually on my twitch were I just kind of like I give general updates on my life Every now and then but yeah, I went through a really hard long-term breakup Which I think I went I learned a lot as a person and I had a lot of own self-reflecting to do Through that and while it was really difficult again, like I said, I had some really high highs To juxtapose can I use juxtapose there with that? I really did get out of my comfort zone this year to say the least I usually don't like taking trip ever since I started doing YouTube full-time. I've been hesitant to like take trips and stuff because I Don't like to think of myself as a workaholic by any means but anytime. I'm not working. I'm very very stressed out Maybe I'm a workaholic. I don't know either way I don't like taking trips because anytime. I'm not working anytime. I'm spending just you know hanging out I feel kind of stressed That I'm not doing anything for the YouTube channel for the patreon, etc And I think I've kind of Given myself a little bit more leeway in terms of this year I went to Buffalo to visit my friend Willie went to San Diego for twitch con went to Las Vegas for What's the fight tournament called either way wins in Las Vegas for the first first time Vegas is awesome by the way And went to Houston for anime Matsuri the convention, which was absolutely amazing as well So I took four. I mean Houston. I live in Texas. So it's not that far But like I took four pretty big cool trips this year not out of the country or anything But still like flying all across the United States and getting to see more people getting to meet new people It's just it's it really has been fantastic And like I said, it was those very high peaks and very low lows that made this year what it was for me I hope the I hope it's been relatively the same for you guys. I hope you guys have had your high moments To match those low moments and even though not every year is gonna have really cool crazy Highlights, you know, it's something to look forward to for the next year. I know personally 2021 was definitely more lows than highs 2020 I think was a really high year for me whenever I first was able to move out and start doing content creation full-time and now I'm going on I guess this would be my third year doing content creation full-time and That's another piece of Something I kind of wanted to talk about was the last I'd say two to three months and again, I'm gonna get pretty candid here The Reaction channel is always gonna be with the reaction channel, right? Like it succeeds based on what I'm watching where I'm where I'm at in the show Like it's just kind of how it is like the views will go up and down. It's to be expected As for the main channel, I call it the main channel. It's the non reaction channel It's just because the reaction channel is strictly just everything reactions and then the main channel is just literally everything else it's not to say that I should know be is like an afterthought if anything I should know be there are much more hours and editing and Stuff gone into that Then Jack the bus But again realistically so the last probably Three or four months have been some of the lowest in a long long time for Jack the bus for the Jack the bus channel and Despite that Surprisingly the past four or five months I've been more inspired than I feel like I've ever been in terms of the jack the bus channel while the lose the the the views and the subs are at at a Multi-year low. I feel like mentally. I'm like at a multi-year high and I don't know if it's just She or ignorance in my brain or if it's just the optimist in me, but Doing what I do and kind of bringing myself back down to earth every time a video flops I'm just like, all right go on the next. We just just keep creating And I haven't had that feeling in a long time I knew views and stuff would drop after I finished Kakarot and although I still do Dragon Ball Z content the Kakarot series the attack on Titan series those are both very successful series and It's hard to follow up on a channel With that kind of views and just do like sporadic videos because long-running series are gonna do better If they're successful because people are gonna come back back back back. It's harder to get these standalone videos to succeed So I knew that going into it But usually it still hurts really bad when videos just constantly flop constantly flop and that's what I've experienced a lot lately Is this videos flopping flopping flopping for months on end? and Again, I'm optimistic, but I'm still realistic like it does get me down sometimes whenever you know you put tens hours of Tens of tens and tens and maybe sometimes a hundred hours into planning a video editing a video like having a bit You know, there are some videos that just there's so much planning and and thought that goes behind it You could say it takes a hundred hours That it hurts whenever it fails. It's just how it is. I mean, that's just life But I've shocked myself more than I feel like I'm rambling. I never know if I'm rambling I've shocked myself more than I ever could have thought of this year with how positive I've Maintained my mental in terms of videos. I don't know if this is a fleeting feeling I don't know if this is how long this is gonna last Maybe it'll last until videos start really popping off, but even then I Don't feel like videos have to pop off for me to feel happy anymore. I don't think it ever did It was still a cool feeling and it is still a really cool feeling whenever videos start spiking and it gets a million views or whatever And I'm still working for that. I'm still grinding for that. I'm still trying to plan videos that I'm like, okay I think this could do really well. I think I think The I think they would really like watching this, you know, I mean It's just a balance. It's it's the same balance as work life social I still haven't exactly figured out the social balance of life I think I'm slowly starting to figure out the work life balance a little bit more year by year, maybe a tiny bit like Micro percentages But I can definitely definitely see some positive changes Now I didn't set a view or sub count goal Last year and I don't think I will this year. I think that in 2021. I said like specific number goals I'm like Jack that is like psychotic. I mean, it's cool to set number goals for yourself But like I was like so analytical and I still am but not to that It was bad. Um, I would like to set somewhat of goals for the channels at the very least though I should know be this year. I would like to go all 365 days and not miss an upload I think it's very doable. I think sometimes I get my own head In terms of working ahead I Probably uploaded like 320 days of the year this year I'm still feeling pretty gassed up, you know Like I feel like I'm not really running on empty hitting the end of the year So I think it's very doable Jack the bus on the other hand is a lot harder to keep up with because Whenever I'm recording editing all that stuff the reaction channel and I'm like I do all this I'm like, okay now time to start planning for the main channel. It's like It's like, okay. I'm a little tired But that's why I've been trying to get better and better about delegating I mean shout out the people that have edited for me or are currently editing for me lay foxy Willy who's killing it now That has no time to edit for me honestly Chad Scoundress a bunch of people have had a for me either come and gone over the years have one million percent been lifesavers in terms of being, you know Realistic with me like back and forth and helping me delegate because I'm still bad at it and still trying to get used to it I've always been that way I've always wanted to be the most hands-on and no like don't don't help me like I can do this But I can't always realistically do it by myself And I think I've gone better at that So yeah Overall, I wanted to kind of cap off this section with just a thank you for being patient with me Thank you for all the all the love on the channel. I know people are still really enjoying one piece Sad hunter hunters coming to an end. We'll talk about next series here in a sec and Yeah, if you're overwatching on the non-reaction channel the main channel, I appreciate you for supporting over there as well I know it's not for I know the reaction channel isn't for everyone I know the main channel isn't for everyone, but either way I appreciate you. So thank you for being here So that kind of sort of wraps up my my super personal section But we're also I made a community post where I said you guys can ask me any questions and I will sort of go through some of them Not all of them, of course I think I posted it like when I'm recording this I posted it like Seven hours ago and there's already a hundred ninety three Realistically, that's not gonna happen So we'll go through some of them some of the most liked and whatnot And I'll give you guys a little bit of more insight into specific questions But I'll also respond to some comments on this video if you'd like If there are any more specific about just this year in general or my life Nothing much has changed. Honestly still living in this fantastic place Still got Charlie my cat with me cheering me along still thinking about getting a second cat I'm not 100% sure though. I don't know But yeah, just Still enjoying the hell out of what I do so I appreciate you guys for getting me to this point So without further ado, let's get to some questions Acid who is regularly in the twitch chat shout out acid by the way come to the twitch streams They're they're sick. They're fun. You can ask me these questions there I said that the only question I have is what are some of the theories you have at the moment for one piece? It could be any idea you have about the show just legitimately curious theories I have at the moment for one piece man It's tough because so at this point, I've only posted up to them leaving water seven and headed to any slobby on YouTube and A couple days ago. I finished any slobby like I I was I'm so addicted to one piece It's actually disgusting in terms of theories. I don't think I have any insane theories It teased up black beard really hard at the end of any slobby. I would love to have one for you I don't know one piece is such an unpredictable crazy world if I come out I don't want to just throw any out there because I don't really have any on the noggin I'm gonna make a video about the wall piece. That's what I've deemed it And I will I will genuinely like sit down and like look at it and come up with some really really tight knit theories Because I think I could based off the fact that I have a workspace over there for it So I'm sorry. I don't have any concrete answers But it keeps me guessing man, and I love the hell out of it Charlotte said who's your favorite straw hat and loving your one piece reactions. I appreciate it Probably Sanji. I'm not gonna lie again. I've finished any slobby Frankie is uh, I I could see Frankie climbing the ranks I'm not even gonna lie Luffy's tough because he's kind of the captain the main character So it's hard to kind of place him and then chopper kind of gets like an honorable mention Maximus said is there anything I could do to support you other than twitch and patreon because honestly I can't get up to your content. I don't want you to stop any time soon I maximus you listen if you're watching the youtube videos on the regular that is like by far more than enough Support than I need I appreciate all the support on twitch and patreon either way But don't worry about me. I just appreciate you and glad you're enjoying everything. I'm making manual Manuel So I just gotta know what would you rate hunter hunter on a scale from 1 to 10 as a follow up Would you place in your personal top 10 favorite anime much love bro piece piece? I'm really glad you tagged on the piece piece, and I usually don't like rating shows before I finished them It would definitely be in top 10 favorite for sure CQ zero said what changes have you made in your day-to-day life that you would say has made your life better Slash easier professionally in the last 12 months schedule routine etc same question But worse very good question one of the main changes I've actually made is I started meal prepping a lot more this year and meal prepping has saved me so much time hassle energy Money especially and I think that's one of the best changes that I made by far in terms of worse my sleep schedule I am never ever ever in control my sleep schedule whether I'd like to think so or not. I have never controlled it I don't know if I ever will hopefully by the time 2020 the end of 2023 Jack is seeing this over your sleep schedules Doing okay. It's it's okay right now, but just it gets so out of whack so easily Okay, so I'll take adi for this question whether series you're planning to watch as a completing hunter hunter You said you're gonna react to spy family in a video. I loved your reaction game videos this year You are awesome. Shout out you adi so the spy family thing I do need to watch five family eventually next up This is like not concrete, but it kind of is concrete after hunter hunter I'm gonna split both dragon ball super and mob psycho 100 I've been wanting to start mob psycho 100 for a bit because as a live You know one punch man is my favorite anime of all time. It's number one for me number two number one It kind of goes back and forth, but mob psycho 100 and dragon ball super are gonna be split and after that you can check my analyst It's just analysts comm slash ish no be it shows all the stuff that I'm planning on watching eventually Oh, my rocks. So do you watch anime off-camera if yes, which ones also I love the content I did like kind of before I started reaction channel a little bit into but not really anymore I mostly just binge hell's kitchen and master chef. My goodness gracious Gordon Ramsay is just captivating Zino said if you have a time machine which anime you're gonna tell yourself not to watch in the past if any or the One anime you tell yourself to watch immediately. So in terms of this question I don't think you should ever regret watching something or like even just like anything in life You shouldn't ever live with regret whether or not It's like a really detrimental choice or not not detrimental would be watching an anime and wasting a little bit of time Or a really detrimental choice. I feel like living to regret is just kind of a waste of time So none I would never tell myself to go back in the lot pass and not watch because it's just part of the Experience is watching stuff. You're not gonna like and finding out whether you like it or not one anime You tell yourself to watch immediately. I wish I had started one piece sooner. I really do There's so much content I want to make on it and then I can't because it's so long It would be really hard to make content on the show whenever you're a fifth of the way through and everybody Else was caught up. So I wish I'd be a little bit further through one piece But either way. I'm enjoying the journey through it. Joseph said hi jack your reaction dbc battle gods and freezing It would be on youtube. Yes, it will be I'm really loving your content Especially the dragon ball videos. Happy new year. Happy new year. Joseph. Hope it's a good one, man Oscar Garcia said which anime do you think it has the best soundtrack like stuff you listen to even when the series or season ends That's not also a really good question. I'm still not super. Uh, I don't think very cultured in terms of anime I've seen a decent amount but still not a lot in comparison to some other people some off the top on my head I think the hunter hunter that one theme you guys know exactly which one I'm talking about that one lives written free in my head Mha has some really good ones attack on titan has some really good soundtracks I would say attack on titan mha and uh in hunter hunter again That sounds kind of basic But those are the three that kind of come off the top of my head Naruto has some really good intros as well Double b said when did you get into anime where you hesitant about watching it for the first time? Absolutely I thought it was I thought it was silly and goofy like a lot of people that kind of like the stigma surrounds it are Affected by I watched I watched the first episode of my hero academia and I thought it was I thought it was so dumb And I dropped it and I was like, I'm never watching anime again And then like a couple months later my friend got me to start one punch man And that's why I kind of say one punch man is my favorite of all time Is because one punch man was sort of my gateway drug I watched the first episode one punch man. I was like I get it and then I finished one punch man I was like, all right, what do I watch next? Zuri Frazier said can we start posting a board on youtube and patreon again the recent anime arc and Skosuke and Kodark coming up as good content I am starting to try to post the sasuke arc and the kodark once it does come back I'm uh, I'm sort of planning it for the schedule So we'll see how it goes and focus says how long are you planning to keep making youtube content? As long as you guys will let me until the day I die honestly I just uh, I feel like there's just some things that you feel like you were meant to do And I'm just saying I was just meant to make youtube videos But whatever path I go down in life, whatever I end up doing in the future, whatever I go on to do Hopefully great things I hope that youtube and just this community is a part of it at the end of it all Which anime in 2023 are you most excited for? So it's claw lauli. I'm so sorry if I butchered that Uh jujutsu kaisen season 2 coming back. I'm very excited for JJK Riley bear hugger says who's your favorite villain in one piece so far So again, I finished any slobby, but I think crocodile is still my favorite villain His design is just so so sick man and that laugh Uzumaki Nagato said how are you favorite type of music a rap by far The top five is Kendrick logic ski doom and probably juice world gaming s said pel smash or pel like the falcon from from one piece Rusty said do you play hockey? No, man? I wish I did though, but I I love watching the stars play neoparmar said What are you proud of but never have an excuse to talk about that's a great question I actually am really proud of the youtube channels I have built But I never like bringing them up even whenever people ask It's just mostly like the older generation like what do you do for a living? I'm like, oh, I I do youtube I'm a youtuber and like I'm super proud of that, but it's kind of confusing to explain You know what? I mean, so it I never wanted to come off as like braggadocious So that's why I never bring it up in general. I'm never just like, oh, yeah I do youtube by the way people usually have to like pull the information out of me But I'm so very proud of everything I've done I I really am and all the work because I especially know the work that's gone into it Lance said what is based also tips on becoming a streamer Perhaps a roadmap on what to get and do as a starter I mean in terms of what to do as a starter You just have to start making stuff you love I started check the bus because I liked making fun call of duty videos and whatnot and that has slowly evolved over time You're never gonna make your channel and it's gonna turn into exactly what you want right away It's kind of like a baby that you have to watch grow up. Same for ish nobie I think the editing and the way I ran ish nobie back whenever I started Naruto Shippuden is not exactly in any remote way How I would do it now But again, it's just kind of like a learning process But you just got to post videos that you really truly like and enjoy making Just do it consistently, you know, I mean scared pancake 78 says do you think the one pieces nami and robin oiled up twerking on luffy? Okay, I gotta I gotta shut this down. No, but seriously guys. That's it for me. I don't want this video to go on too long I did want to answer some of your questions. I hope I got some of the important ones But yeah, if there's one takeaway from this video, I think this was a year of learning I should have like a sort of like a word that I fit in that to describe every year every year is a year of learning But this one especially has felt a very different in comparison to the past for you And I'm glad I have these sort of bookmarks to see where I'm at in terms of my headspace and everything with youtube and all that every single year But yeah, I just want to thank you guys for being here, especially if you made it to the end of this video I know not everybody is that intrigued by me as a person and just wants to see me yell or cry to animate Which that's totally fine. But seriously. Thank you. We'll be back to it tomorrow with just regular uploads again I'm going to try to upload every single day of the year. We will see how it goes But stay safe have a fantastic new year's day and as always I'll catch you guys in the next one Peace peace