The 10 year old Japanese Youtuber that refuses to go to school

Utapon, a 10-year-old Japanese YouTuber who has refused school attendance for about two years, campaigns against compulsory education, claiming school turns children into suffering robots without parental right to compel them, drawing substantial online backlash alongside morning news coverage.

Utapon's YouTube channel maintains around 96,955 subscribers, individual video views reaching 88,000, nearly 20 million overall views, and high dislike rates of at least 4,000 per video that fail to curb channel expansion.

Daniel relates to resisting school, having previously thrown tantrums, cried, and regarded schooling as an unhelpful waste of time; Daniel favors creative YouTube work over conventional corporate employment and monitors Utapon's channel despite its low-quality content.

Utapon's controversial presence paradoxically encourages attendance among other students, including a junior high viewer who resumed school after a two-year absence during Golden Week to avoid emulating Utapon.

Utapon's anti-compulsory education stance, channel metrics, and media criticism.

Daniel's personal history of school aversion and evaluation of YouTube versus salaryman career paths.

The motivating deterrent effect of Utapon's videos on other truant students.

A junior high student decided during Golden Week to return to classes following a two-year absence after viewing Utapon's video.

Whether Daniel would compel his own son to attend school or prohibit him from pursuing YouTube in an analogous situation.