When I watch sevenASMR on YT, I get this weird daydream of a rom com college anime of this girl who is working very hard to for a degree to be some academically intense job, like a doctor or psychologist or lawyer or something, and so she watches a lot of ASMR at night to help her relax and sleep. But her favorite ASMRtist is this masked man. She has seen all his videos multiple times, follows him on Spotify, he always does her favorite triggers exactly the right way and it calms and comforts her a lot. But his identity is a secret, no one knows he does ASMR irl or who he is online.
Cut to this guy in the same school as the young woman, doing a lot of the same courses to a similar job as her, and he is the masked ASMRtist. He makes the asmr to calm and relax himself, and make a little extra income to pay his way through school to achieve his dream job. The ASMR is a hobby, but a fun one, and his comment section is so kind and friendly, but one user always comments on every video of his and he looks forward to their comments the most because they seem so joyous and relieved and usually remark on something new he tried that they liked that he was insecure about testing out for the asmr, etc. And of course this commenter is the aforementioned girl.
Eventually maybe they work on a project or the same topic of research paper or something together in class and maybe they have to whisper in the library and suddenly it hits her. She knows that voice! That exact whisper cadence has lulled her to sleep and made her feel safe so many times before. She observes him more and, yes, the way he fidgets with his pencil is the exact tapping pattern of her favorite ASMRtist... could it be...?
And yeah idk. ASMR can be inherently a little intimate but also detached, but favorites happen all the time, we get familiar with someone's style, and its a thing that brings relaxation and comfort. So it would be a fun setup for like a romantic comedy anime I feel!