VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream Volume 3 (eBook)
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-8702-7 (ISBN)
Live-On is packed full of crazy VTubers, but with Awayuki Kokorone's popularity skyrocketing after her legendary streaming accident, she finally gets the chance to collaborate with her hero, the company's only first-gen member: Hareru Asagiri. And it's not just any collab-Hareru, who normally never agrees to take center stage, is holding a solo concert, and she wants Awayuki to sing a surprise duet with her at the end! But as the snow-themed VTuber, also known as the total drunkard Shuwa-chan, devotes herself to practicing, she also has to tackle her first-ever sponsored stream and the birth of a new so-called 'Boss'! Will her sanity hold out until the concert?
Live-On is packed full of crazy VTubers, but with Awayuki Kokorone's popularity skyrocketing after her legendary streaming accident, she finally gets the chance to collaborate with her hero, the company's only first-gen member: Hareru Asagiri. And it's not just any collab-Hareru, who normally never agrees to take center stage, is holding a solo concert, and she wants Awayuki to sing a surprise duet with her at the end! But as the snow-themed VTuber, also known as the total drunkard Shuwa-chan, devotes herself to practicing, she also has to tackle her first-ever sponsored stream and the birth of a new so-called "e;Boss"e;! Will her sanity hold out until the concert?
Idle Talk: Suzuki and Hareru
“Hinata-san, here you are.”
“Oh, hey, it’s Suzuking! I’m surprised you found me.”
The Live-On offices had several small rooms they used for meetings and conferences. Hinata Mogami—also known as Hareru Asagiri—sat in one of them at a laptop.
“I thought I saw you come this way,” explained Suzuki. “I just went on break, so I came to check. May I join you?”
“Sure, go right ahead!”
Suzuki sat across from Hareru.
“That’s nice,” continued Hareru. “And I have a reward for you for finding me.” She rummaged around in the bag next to her and came out with something, which she held out to Suzuki.
“...What is this?”
“Mushiking cards. Why?”
“I mean, I can see that...” Suzuki’s expression grew troubled as she looked at the stack of cards, topped with a strangely shining illustration of a rhinoceros beetle.
“Don’t worry,” said Hareru. “It’s the full set!”
“That’s amazing. What I don’t understand is why you even have them on you, or why you’re giving them to me.”
“Huh...? Wait, you don’t like Mushiking...?”
“Why are you looking at me in disbelief? It’s Mushiking! The Mushiking. Are you a little kid from ten years ago, or what? You’d have to be a serious Mushiking lover to not be weirded out by this present.”
“Oh, wait, I get it!”
“I’m glad you do.”
“You’re more of a Dinosaur King person! It’s okay—I have those too!”
“How many dimensions does that bag even have in it?”
Hareru handed her a stack of cards with dinosaur illustrations on them this time. She looked a little guilty, though. “Sorry, Suzuking...” she said. “I know you’re more into Dinosaur King, but I’m actually missing Shantungosaurus. It’s the only one, though...”
“You can apologize all you want, but that doesn’t mean I have any clue what a Shantungosaurus even is. Also, I’m not ‘more of a Dinosaur King person’ anyway.”
“Wait... Suzuking... My whole life has been a lie...”
“If you think those two things are everything, you might want to rethink your life.”
“But Mushiking and Dinosaur King are both awesome!”
“Right, I mean, I get it, but unfortunately, neither of those things are even in the same ballpark as what my demands are as a consumer.”
“...Oh! I’m sorry, Suzuking! I finally realized what you want! You want Suzuking, don’t you?”
“Huh? Wait... What?” said Suzuki, her head tilting to the side, confused by what Hareru said.
Hareru looked at her, just as mystified. “Huh? You don’t want that either?”
“Umm, I just don’t know exactly what you mean... Suzuking is me, isn’t it? What do you mean by me wanting myself?”
“No, I meant Suzumushiking. You know, like a bell cricket. I just abbreviated it.”
“Could you not go so far off course when you’re already off course? You can’t draw in customers by putting out variations of suzumushi. I get beetles and dinosaurs, but no matter how hard you try, a suzumushi is never going to be anything more than a suzumushi.”
“Oh, but I have that too.” For a third time, Hareru rummaged through her bag, then held out a stack of cards with exquisitely illustrated bell crickets on them.
“Are you serious?! Wait, this is amazing!”
Seeing Suzuki yelp in surprise finally put a satisfied grin on Hareru’s face. “I actually made these myself, just for you!”
“My entire life has been a lie.”
“Don’t I know it!”
After that brief tomfoolery, a more serious mood began to grow between them. In general, Hareru Asagiri had a habit of cutting in with nonsensical remarks nobody knew what to do with right at the beginning of conversations. Suzuki herself struggled with this, but she was sharp enough to realize that Hareru was doing it to de-stress her.
“What were you doing here?” asked Suzuki.
“Prepping for the concert,” answered Hareru. “There’s a boatload of stuff to do.”
“Oh, I see. I wanted to thank you again for agreeing to have the concert at all.”
“Ah ha ha! Suzuking, you were the most stubborn at trying to persuade me, you know.”
“...I’m insistent about what I think, not stubborn. I’m sure all of the other people who work here felt the same way I did.”
“I’m happy to hear that, but I guess, well, that makes it a little embarrassing for me to show my face in front of everyone.”
“Really? Why’s that?”
“I mean, when I said yes to the concert, I explained why I did, right?”
“Ah, I see.” The workday after accepting the concert proposal, Hareru had explained to her colleagues why she’d finally said yes.
“Pretty hard to go out there after saying all that stuff, you know? That’s why I’m in here doing my work all by my lonesome.”
“I’m sure everyone would welcome you warmly.”
“And I wouldn’t be able to stand the heat!”
Suzuki did, in fact, watch warmly over the bashful Hareru. Hareru Asagiri was both the first generation of Live-On and the main pillar of support for the company, which she’d supported with that small body of hers until they’d hit it big in the VTuber industry. Suzuki looked up to her a lot.
But Suzuki had to get back to work soon, so to wrap things up, she tried asking something she’d been helplessly curious about. “...Why Yuki-san, anyway?”
“Ahh... Are you referring to the surprise?”
“Yes.”
“Well... I guess I can tell you, Suzuking. You are Shuwacchi’s manager, so I’m sure you’re super curious. But don’t tell her, okay? When I first saw her popularity explode... That was the first time I’d ever felt like I could set down some of the burden I have as Live-On’s first generation.”
“......”
“It’s like you just said when we were joking around. It turned into a really good chance for me to reevaluate myself.”
“I see... Thank you for answering.” That was the last thing Suzuki had wanted to ask. She got up to leave and walked to the door.
And then she turned back to Hareru and looked at her. Finally, with a smile, she said the thing she’d wanted to say the most.
“You’ve done an amazing job, Hinata-san.”
“...Thanks.” Hareru looked a little surprised at first, but quickly returned the smile. “I’m still young, but I’m talented. It’ll be easy to move up in the world. And you’ll be in charge of managing Live-On.”
“Right............ In any case, I’ll just be going now.”
After studying each other for what felt like both a moment and an eternity, Suzuki left the room.
A Lesson With Hareru-Senpai
“Sweet! I think we’ve got a good grip on things now.”
“Thank you!”
Right now, I was in a certain recording studio in the capital, getting a little private singing lesson from Hareru-senpai. Suzuki-san had told me the other day that the original song I’d be singing with Hareru-senpai at her solo concert was finally complete. Today was for practicing that really, really important song.
We literally took the entire day so that she could teach me to sing it until my legs literally gave out—though we took regular breaks, of course. Naturally, just singing wouldn’t be enough. This would be Hareru-senpai’s big moment on stage, and a lot of people would be paying money to come see her. I had to sing in such a way that I brought out one hundred percent of the song’s quality.
Throughout the day, she’d taught me every last little emotion in everything from the harmony parts to the lyrics—or, at least, as much as time allowed. That was why I felt like I now had a proper understanding of the song’s meaning while singing it.
“But I gotta hand it to you, Shuwacchi,” she said. “You’ve got some pipes on you. For real—it’s genius-level talent. I can really feel the reassuring strength in my heart whenever you sing the less poetic lyrics.”
“Well, thank you. I can’t say I’m nearly as good as you on the technical side of singing, though.”
“The most important thing is to make sure your singing hits a person right in the heart. All the technical skills are just supporting that. Oh, but don’t take that to mean I’m admitting defeat! I’m pretty confident in my own singing!”
“I know that. Although I don’t think I lost here either.”
“Heh heh heh. Wouldn’t be fun otherwise!”
I’d only figured it out today, but apparently ever since my karaoke off-collab with Shion-senpai and Sei-sama, Hareru-senpai had seen me as a singing rival, and occasionally she would throw the usual “you won’t beat me at singing” my way.
I mean, she was literally the greatest. Funny, popular, great at singing, and cute!
And, as you could probably tell from how I responded to her comment just now, I’d since found confidence in my own singing. I was sober at the moment, but after learning how it felt to sing so comfortably with a StroZero in my hands, I could just...
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.1.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream | VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream |
| Illustrationen | Siokazunoko |
| Übersetzer | Alice Prowse |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Schlagworte | business • cute girls • ecchi • female protagonist • Light Novel • Slice of Life • zero to hero |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7183-8702-4 / 1718387024 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7183-8702-7 / 9781718387027 |
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