The Twitch streamer LetsHugo thought he was safe as he strolled through a well-attended anime convention wearing a mask. But a clever fan had other plans.
What kind of streamer is he? LetsHugo is currently the shooting star of German Twitch. No other German-speaking streamer has gained more new followers this year than the 20-year-old Luxembourger (via Sullygnome).
He first gained attention with his subathons and sellout streams, but it was his participation in major streamer events that finally gave LetsHugo his breakthrough in 2023. Suddenly, the 20-year-old seems to be everywhere:
- he participated in Trymacs’ “NoFood” challenge
- later he went on a camper tour with Papaplatte and in May they were both in Madeira together
- his participation in the big dodgeball tournament ended painfully
Currently, LetsHugo has more than 622,000 followers on Twitch. During his visit to DoKomi, Germany’s largest anime and manga convention, the 20-year-old faced his new level of notoriety.
With subathons and sellout streams, like the ones LetsHugo did, streamers often promise to perform crazy actions when certain goals are reached. It can backfire, as this streamer had to find out:
With Compliments to Success
What was happening at DoKomi? Together with more than 150,000 other anime and manga fans, LetsHugo attended DoKomi last weekend. There, he also met some of his fans, who approached him or handed him a few euros as a “real-life donation”.
Such commotion can quickly become overwhelming when you’re not used to the attention, but fortunately, LetsHugo had an ace up his sleeve. He quickly put on a mask and joked that this would surely make him unrecognizable. That he couldn’t see much either was something he could cope with (via YouTube).
How did that go for the streamer? Apparently, despite his well-thought-out disguise, LetsHugo could not fool a particularly observant fan. The streamer denies the request for a photo, insisting he is not this Hugo.
The fan quickly responds and changes his tactic: “You look good, can I take a photo?” The 20-year-old cannot resist and gives in. You can find the whole interaction on LetsHugo’s YouTube channel.
Twitch colleague Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris is already a bit longer in the game and has significantly more followers than LetsHugo. However, he was also not prepared for the crowds that awaited him at gamescom in August 2022:
German Twitch streamer MontanaBlack is received like a world star at gamescom, even xQc is amazed
