On December 31st of 2017 the famous Youtube star, Logan Paul, uploaded a vlog to his Youtube channel of him discovering a dead body. The suicide victim was of a mid-age man who committed suicide hours before Logan discovered him. The suicide also took place not far from Mount Fuji’s parking lot. During Logan Paul’s trip to Japan, himself and a few of his friends decided to visit Mount Fuji, Japan which is nicknamed the “Suicide Forest” due to the high amounts of suicide that take place in the forest. During their trip in Mount Fuji, Logan Paul and his friends started their vlog off with a statement about how there's a chance of them finding a dead body.

Eventually, while in the woods, the camera begins to film a dead body that is hanging by rope from a distance. Logan Paul begins to shout from a distance, asking the body if that’s a joke or not. A Japanese man who is with Logan Paul’s group begins to call the police, while Logan explains that he is in shock and how he never saw a suicide before. Logan explains how suicide is not a joke, and that their are people who care about every member of his “Logang”. Logang refers to the dedicated fan base that fully support Logan Paul.

That controversial part of the video is when Logan films the body of the suicide victim up close. The face is blurred out and you can clearly tell the Logan took time to approach the body in order to film it for views. Logan and his friends than admit that they came to Mount Fuji in order to camp and vlog the forest as a joke. They never expected to actually find a suicide victim’s body. Logan continues to laugh and make jokes about the body, while his friends laugh in the background. Logan also screams and curses about finding the body.

I do not understand why Logan Paul went into the suicide forest expecting to have a fun vlog made for his Logang. How did he not grasp why it’s called the suicide forest? With very quick and easy research, you can discover that hundreds of people go to Mount Fuji to commit suicide each year. Also, Logan’s vlog has the body blurred out, curse words bleeped out, and is edited. While creating the video, he could have realized that he should not include footage of the body or jokes. Logan actually had a great idea to make a vlog about suicide awareness. He could have also explained the history of Mount Fuji in his vlog. Instead, he turned a serious topic into his own joke for his Logang.

Shortly after deleting the video, Logan shared this tweet explaining how he was caught up in the moment, and forgot about his power. Later, he created a video going into more detail about how sorry he is for the vlog. With the video, he has it monetized which means he makes money off of his apology. Currently, Youtube has not punished Logan and his vlog involving Mount Fuji was trending #1 before Logan deleted it. Vine 2, the internet video sharing service that Logan originated from, has blocked him for life. As of now, Logan Paul is taking a break from creating vlogs in order to think about his actions.

Many celebrities and Youtubers have made statements about Logan Paul’s suicide jokes. The majority of celebrities and Youtubers who made comments are against what he did. Some celebrities include Chrissy Teigen, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Posey, Aaron Paul, and Sophie Turner. Youtuber Philip DeFranco shared a wonderful piece explaining the dangers of Logan Paul’s video. Many other Youtubers shared their problem with Youtube not taking any action against Logan Paul. There has been many Change.org campaigns to have Logan Paul’s channel deleted. But, since Logan has 12 million subscribers and is still powerful, it is unlikely that youtube would punish one of their biggest stars.