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Singaporean YouTuber Sneaky Sushii has apologised in the wake of accusations that he had copied a smaller creator’s content.<\/p>\n
The YouTuber, who has more than 700,000 subscribers, uploaded a video on Aug 30, 2025 titled “This horror film was so real, people reported it to the police”.<\/p>\n
It was Sneaky Sushii’s take about a controversial Japanese horror film alleged to be a snuff film that showed scenes of actual homicide.<\/p>\n
But last Friday (March 13), Denmark-based YouTuber Toni Vesdream said Sneaky Sushii’s video – which had 250,000 views – bore striking similarities to one he had earlier published in March 2025.<\/p>\n
Vesdream, who has 45,000 subscribers, said that when he first came across Sneaky Sushii’s video, it rang a bell as he had also covered the same film before.<\/p>\n
“I remember I spent about three weeks researching it. I had to read part of a book for it, and I even went on Japanese search engines to try to track down articles about it”, said Vesdream in his video last Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vesdream pointed out that in his own video, there was a comedic and “dramatic reenactment” of him pretending to stab a gingerbread man-shaped cake.<\/p>\n
In Sneaky Sushii’s version, a similar scene appeared as a drawing of a dismembered woman.<\/p>\n
Instead of feeling angry, Vesdream said the similarities felt validating and also defended Sneaky Sushii’s work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“First of all, I don’t own the copyright of an idea,” he said, adding that he is speaking out to encourage better crediting practices among creators.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We both reported on the same story, so naturally, we’re going to hit a lot of the same points. But usually, if one particular source is the main inspiration, journalistic etiquette, or just YouTube etiquette, would be to give some sort of credit.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Responding to the backlash, Sneaky Sushii said that credit will be given to any source that he uses in his videos “moving forward”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This was a lapse in judgment on my part, and I sincerely apologise to Toni,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Checks by AsiaOne showed that the video has been removed from his channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vesdream said in his own video that Sneaky Sushii has apologised to him and “committed to properly credit his sources in the future”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“As I said in my video, there are no hard feelings. I appreciate and accept his apology. We all make mistakes, what’s important is to learn from them,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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