RealLifeRyan

Ryan, better known online as RealLifeRyan, is an American anime YouTuber who is most well known for his reviews of manga, particularly the series Berserk.
== History ==
Ryan created his first channel during the early stages of YouTube where he uploaded comedy sketch videos. Later, he created a movie review channel that, according to him, reached around 350 subscribers before he gave up on it. His current channel originally existed for vlogs and life updates, hence the channel name, before eventually becoming his main channel.
In late 2019, he reached his first 1000 subscribers. The following year, his channel experienced a massive surge in views and many of his most popular videos are from that year and 2021.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3CBDPVj1OQ
==Content==
Ryan makes videos about various topics that interest him, mostly manga and animehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxiFaB2w4dkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AUmWzcueIs&t=436s, films and TV showshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOOOq5g6Tls (particularly horror films)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viVVxgJSdKM&t=13510shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_3Ivtwo-i4&t=494s, fitness, and videos about life and mental health. Most of his videos consist of reviews, both of media that has recently come out and stories that are multiple decades old, in which case he also talks about the legacy that those movies/shows/manga have left behind. Ryan also makes retrospectives of various horror franchises like Halloweenhttps://youtu.be/2L3CcsqTdRM?si=EY5csYvm-6Fvnkzh and Evil Deadhttps://youtu.be/8_3Ivtwo-i4?si=JHDvC2peuMJ2ZDe6, which are several hours long. 
He also does livestreams, usually twice a week, where he either answers questions from his community or plays video games. He is also very open about his sexual preferences and occasionally talks about them in great detail. 
Ryan made many short films in his youth with his friends. Those short films are available for his YouTube channel members. Filmmaking is generally a passion of his. 
==Personal life==
Ryan used to get bullied in school for being short and being interested in anime. Rurouni Kenshin was the first manga he bought physical volumes of. The series played a great role in changing his outlook on life and he loves it to this day. While he acknowledges the gravity of the crime the author committed, he separates the art from the artist. 
Ryan moved to Colorado but was forced to move back in with his parents due to financial troubles. His father passed away from a stroke before Ryan was able to achieve something he could be proud of. This motivated Ryan to turn his life around. He worked various retail jobs (which he despised) and, together with his YouTube income, managed to buy a house in 2021. The house is located in the same town his mother lives in and he has since been relying solely on his YouTube income.
==Trivia==
*Ryan has a cat which he adopted from the streets and named Dracula.
*Dracula has occasional cameos in his videos and livestreams.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qqtvxl_b8
*Ryan suffers from depression and has given advice on how to handle it on multiple occasions.
*Ryan is interested in conspiracy theories.
*He hit a deadlift PR of 300 IBS in 2022.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFmthucHnc
**In 2023, Ryan hit a new PR of 335 IBS. https://twitter.com/RealLifeRyan_/status/1712868402195230929
*Ryan's two main goals in life are to direct his own movie and have a family.
*He would like to move somewhere into the woods or mountains where he can grow food and live away from society.
*He is a huge fan of the Godzilla franchise.
*Ryan identifies with Chucky from the Child's Play franchise because they are both angry short gingers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLjhdXAYZe4&t=107s
*His favorite manga is Berserk, closely followed by Rurouni Kenshin.
*Ryan is very fond of goth girls and Latinas (and both combined).
*He is very attracted to the Berserk character Morda.
*He hates milk with a passion.
*Ryan said that he never wants to make content about Star Wars since he doesn't want to deal with the toxic fandom.
== References==
Category:Anime YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2014