Gen Z grew up with the panopticon, every person has a phone and is waiting to film your worst moment, to accuse you of something and play victim for their own benefit.
This is the least surprising thing in the world.
The otaku scene is honestly just bleak nowadays. Rarely anyone ever express actual passion into the hobby anymore. The algorithm rewards the disingenuine, irony-poisoned who cannot seem to grasp that you should enjoy what you like