Singaporean YouTuber Sneaky Sushii apologized after accusations of copying content from a smaller creator. His video, which covered a controversial Japanese horror film, was removed following claims of similarities to a video by Denmark-based YouTuber Toni Vesdream. Vesdream, while noting similarities, emphasized the importance of proper credit and defended Sneaky Sushii's work, focusing on better crediting practices among creators.
Sneaky Sushii's video had over 250,000 views before it was removed from his channel.Singaporean YouTuber Sneaky Sushii has apologised in the wake of accusations that he had copied a smaller creator's content.
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". It was Sneaky Sushii's take about a controversial Japanese horror film alleged to be a snuff film that showed scenes of actual homicide. But last Friday , 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. 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. "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. 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.Instead of feeling angry, Vesdream said the similarities felt validating and also defended Sneaky Sushii's work. "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. "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." Responding to the backlash, Sneaky Sushii said that credit will be given to any source that he uses in his videos "moving forward".Checks by AsiaOne showed that the video has been removed from his channel. Vesdream said in his own video that Sneaky Sushii has apologised to him and "committed to properly credit his sources in the future". "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.
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