Every week somebody asks me some version of the same question. Where did that reaction go? Why haven’t you started this show? Why aren’t you covering the one everybody’s talking about?
Fair questions. So let me pull the curtain back a little on how the channel actually runs, because it’s not as simple as “Rock didn’t feel like it.”
Copyright strikes are a real part of the job
I’ll start with the one that hits the hardest.
Rimuru ain’t want that SMOKE got his hands full right now
“FORTITUDE!!!” – Granville(needless to say it’s a joke. I love the show, but I have been getting my ass kicked by copyrights literally every other day 😭😭😂.
Thank you Rimuru SAMA 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽) https://t.co/hE70YkIRMm— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) September 22, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2102379150451339770
That’s a joke. I love the show. But I really have been getting my butt kicked by copyright claims every other day. And when it gets to strikes, it changes what I can post.
Hey, did YT take down your "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim" videos or you guys did?
@yaboyrocklee— Danku (@dankupokgai) October 12, 2026
Post by @dankupokgai (Danku): https://x.com/dankupokgai/status/2109650729765863637
My reply:
@dankupokgai I got hit with like three copyright strikes and two of them won’t go away for 90 days so I gotta play it safe
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) October 12, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2109685234941751614
When you get hit with three strikes and two of them won’t go away for 90 days, you play it safe. That means pulling videos, pausing series, and holding off on shows that are known to be strike-heavy. It’s not me abandoning y’all mid-season. It’s me protecting the channel so there’s still a channel to watch.
Same story with Umamusume: Cinderella Gray:
@yaboyrocklee You guys cooked.
Upload second course of cinderella gray, onegai 🙏— Miki Miki 🇦🇷 💀 🍄 (comms open 5/7) 🔞 (@Miki_Mikicomms) September 23, 2026
Post by @Miki_Mikicomms (Miki Miki 🇦🇷 💀 🍄 (comms open 5/7) 🔞): https://x.com/Miki_Mikicomms/status/2102909951580499973
My reply:
@Miki_Mikicomms They were striking channels. That’s why we didn’t start
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) September 24, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2102913728811331603
If rights holders are actively striking channels for a show, I’m not starting it just to lose the whole series and take a hit on top of it.
The business doesn’t clock out
There was a big debate on my timeline about creators vs. 9-to-5s, and I got into it. My position: my success came from the attributes I built at my 9-to-5, applied to my own business.
The problem always remains that y’all creatives assume these “9-5s” are unimportant jobs. When you are successful in an hourly/salaried position, it requires the same obsessiveness, long hours, etc. Everyone isn’t flipping burgers. Some “9-5s” are life or death. https://t.co/vVdT7s48JL
— Freiza’s Defense Lawyer (@aleahhhhxoxo) September 26, 2026
Post by @aleahhhhxoxo (Freiza’s Defense Lawyer): https://x.com/aleahhhhxoxo/status/2103903817716674729
My reply:
You seem to assume that the man was assuming 9-5s are not important.
It made up a lot of other assumptions to create your argument.
When I read the original tweet, he’s only describing a criterion needed to be successful as a content creator.
There’s nothing in the wording that minimizes a 9-to-5 job or implies that you don’t need the same attributes to be successful at the 9-to-5.
Speaking for myself, my success comes from the attributes I acquired from my 9-to-5 job, being applied for myself and my own business.
I think most of us would agree that if you can’t be successful at a 9-to-5 job, you couldn’t be successful as a content creator anyways, because most successful content traders treat their content as a 9-to-5.
I don’t record because I feel like it or edit because I feel like it. I follow the schedule and apply myself over the 40 hours a week.
So, your point is solid, but it’s founded on an assumption and taking words out of the context they were said.
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) September 26, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2103922777904300505
I don’t record because I feel like it or edit because I feel like it. I follow a schedule and put in the 40 hours like any job. The difference is the hours don’t end cleanly.
@yaboyrocklee @aleahhhhxoxo The specific wording you said didn’t exist in the statement is “my brain literally can’t shut that side off like I did when I came home from a 9-5”
It can insinuate a separate level of obsessiveness you have to have to be successful toward one end.
— 𝑙𝑒𝑢.ᐟ (@leuartz) September 26, 2026
Post by @leuartz (𝑙𝑒𝑢.ᐟ): https://x.com/leuartz/status/2103964704674603155
My reply:
“His brain literally can’t shut that side off like he did when he came home from a 9 to 5”
You can insinuate and assume anything you’d like
But he’s talking about his specific brain and how it function when you had a 9 to 5
Speaking for myself, as you know, we got copyright strikes at 3 o’clock in the morning 5 o’clock in the morning 8 PM 11 PM the nonstop business.
There’s no issues if you take what he’s saying at face value.
You are reading into phrasing and creating narrative
I don’t think you’re insinuation is unreasonable but when you read a clarification like mine, I think you’re gonna at least pause and say oh yeah, he’s speaking about his specific experience perhaps
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) September 27, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2104258663804256448
We get copyright strikes at 3 a.m., 5 a.m., 8 p.m., 11 p.m. It’s nonstop. That’s not me saying my job is harder than yours. That’s just what this job is.
Why I passed on Dragon Ball Super: Beerus (for now)
People don’t always realize what reacting does to your attention.
I got mixed feelings about covering Dragon Ball Super: Beerus.
I assumed it was basically the same thing we already saw — the movie, then Super. I already watched Beerus fight Goku. My memory’s mixed on what they redid, but I figured I’d seen the fight.
Then I was reading a friend’s tweet and it sounded like there’s material that wasn’t in the animated versions before.
I don’t know how much of that is true.
But it has to be fresh enough for me to want to react to it.
And this ain’t even about watching as a fan.
If I’m watching on my own time, I can pay attention to the fights and if something’s boring… get up, wash dishes, fast forward, go on my phone.
When you’re reacting, you gotta sit through everything. The boring parts. The stuff you already seen. And we have long recording days.
So I’m scared of hitting low points, feeling tired and drained, and still having more shows to record. Or it’s the last show of the day and somebody falls asleep and that makes a bad video.
I’d rather react to stuff that keeps my mind engaged the whole time.
Right now I’m watching The Pit. I recently watched Dark. Demons of the Realm. Current Slime. Current Re:Zero.
I don’t have to try to stay awake. I don’t need coffee. Those shows are stimulating start to finish.
If the show is stimulating, I’m good.
If it’s mostly a remake of something I already lived through… that’s a different conversation.
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) September 20, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2101664310825017811
If I’m watching on my own time and something gets boring, I can get up, wash dishes, fast-forward, go on my phone. When I’m reacting, I have to sit through everything: the boring parts, the stuff I’ve already seen, all of it. And we have long recording days.
So if a show is mostly a remake of something I already lived through, I worry about hitting a low point, being drained, and still having more shows to record. Worst case, it’s the last show of the day, somebody falls asleep, and that’s a bad video for y’all.
The shows that work for me are stimulating start to finish. The Pit. Dark. Current Slime. Current Re:Zero. I don’t need coffee for those. That’s the bar.
Why some great shows don’t get covered
This one’s honest, and maybe not what you want to hear.
@yaboyrocklee definitely worth a reaction, amazing show. Wish more reactors would stop sleeping on it
— ChaoticCEO (@TheCeoOfAnime) October 2, 2026
Post by @TheCeoOfAnime (ChaoticCEO): https://x.com/TheCeoOfAnime/status/2106090955585835041
My reply:
@TheCeoOfAnime Speaking for myself, it’s also because the streets sleep on it.
I don’t see much traction on it compared to some other shows on the channels that cover it.
I end just watching shows on my own and saving those slots for things people support channels the most for.
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) October 2, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2106096179423682995
The streets sleep on some shows. If I don’t see traction compared to other shows on channels that cover it, I end up watching it on my own and saving those slots for what people support the channel most for. Slots are limited. Recording time is limited. Y’all vote with your views, and I listen.
So if you want a show on the channel, show up for it. Comment, share and watch the first episodes. That’s how a show earns its slot.
The Highlights channel is for you
Since I know you guys don’t have time to watch every single reaction, we’re gonna put some of our more interesting discussion clips on the Ya Boy Rock Lee Highlights channel.
They’re worth checking out, so go ahead and subscribe to that, please. It lets me know that you guys wanna see more discussions and highlights from your favorite shows, especially if you don’t have time to watch all the reactions.
— Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur (@yaboyrocklee) October 5, 2026
Post by @yaboyrocklee (Yaboyrocklee | Content Creator & Entrepreneur): https://x.com/yaboyrocklee/status/2107090346119147829
I know you don’t have time to watch every full reaction. So we’re putting our more interesting discussion clips on the Yaboyrocklee Highlights channel. If you want the conversations without the full watch, subscribe there. It tells me you want more of the discussion side, and that shapes what we make.
Bottom line
When a video disappears or a show never starts, there’s usually a strike, a schedule, or a slot decision behind it. Not a lack of love for the show. Thanks for riding with us through all of it.
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