Chapter 126
Chapter 126
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 126
Chapter Title: VTuber with Zero Talent for Dancing
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Preparing for a motion capture stream normally takes anywhere from thirty minutes on average to as much as an hour.
You have to squeeze into tight clothes, so it can't be helped.
However, the tech I have isn't regular motion capture—it's Myriad Motion Capture.
One click, and I'm ready to stream in a single minute.
...That said, I didn't jump straight into the Myriad Motion Capture stream.
Before kicking off the real deal, I told my devotees I'd need about thirty minutes of prep time.
Starting a Myriad Motion Capture stream without any prep would expose the Omnia Archive's over-the-top tech to the whole world.
After killing about thirty minutes...
I finally launched the Myriad Motion Capture stream.
Live Chat - This is it! This is it! This is it! This is it!
- Jia working hard to win back her devotees' hearts
- Hey, using the word "god" gets you banned.
- "God" is banned in this stream ㅇㅇ;
- Kyaa, Sacred Pouch didn't get nerfed this time
- This is me! This is the stream!
- Dae Jia
- Super Dae Jia
- Pig Jia
- Looks like only certain parts are pig-like... guess I can't say that?
My devotees' reactions couldn't have been better.
Thank goodness. I was starting to worry I'd really hit rock bottom.
They'd just pulled off a surprise WWE protest demanding actual watchable content.
...Hmm.
I had declared I'd dance with Myriad Motion Capture on...
But now that it was time to actually do it, I felt incredibly embarrassed.
What can I say?
It felt too perfectly VTuber-esque.
All the stream content I'd done up to now had been rough and spicy, lacking that soft, sweet VTuber fluff.
In short, I'd never run a wholesome, feel-good stream.
Half-cam streams were the exception.
No matter my intentions, half-cam had ended up as peak wholesome broth anyway.
Even that was only because of a promise I had to keep—I never did anything weird with half-cam on.
On the other hand...
Dance streams felt blatantly wholesome.
Especially a female VTuber learning dances—they're perfect for boiling up that fluff and reeling in casual viewers.
Take me: if I were watching Ayase's stream and heard another VTuber doing full-tracking dances, I'd dip out for a bit.
[Yyang donated 1,000 won.] Breaking news mega breaking) Jia speed 10,000 breakthrough!!!! [FromVergal donated 1,000 won.] You just peaked in life [Umgeunjin donated 3,000 won.] Let's see how well you dance. Look at that.
Rumors must've already spread on the forums—viewers were piling in fast.
Damn it.
I'd only decided to dance to win back my devotees' hearts, not to drag in casuals.
Being a "female" VTuber was clearly the root of all evil.
If I'd been a "male" VTuber, declaring a dance stream wouldn't have pulled randos.
...Ah, of course, as a male VTuber, my stream would've tanked ages ago.
I might not have even hit 2,000 followers before getting the axe.
The surviving male VTubers are all monsters, and I don't have that level of streaming talent.
Anyway, the die was cast.
Live Chat - Boing! lol
- Pffffffft!
- Wow, bust morphing is insane
- Sacred Pouch ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
- Hasn't even moved yet lolololol
- This fanatic lady's been standing stock-still for 5 mins staring blankly—what's she even looking at
- These bastards are at the point of imagining the stream now
- So when's the dance? When's the dance? When's the dance?
- Zzzzzzt... Zzt... Rat-a-tat-tat...
- Gonna burn us all up at this rate, you witch!
Had I stalled too long?
The devotees started pressuring me: dance now or not at all.
Sigh.
Can't back out now.
I let out a sigh and began picking a dance to practice.
"What should I do? Any song requests?"
Live Chat - Taking requests?
- Can you handle it?
- No way she can.
- Motorcycle dance, gotta do it
- Gonna go wild?
- Go wildllllll!
- Heh heh heh heh
- (>ω[) Firing prep! (]*ω[*) Firing prep! (]ω<*) Firing prep!
"I'll ignore any weird dances."
Of course, I'm a total dance illiterate.
Never danced in my life.
Sure, I've watched Ayase's dance streams a few times...
But her dances are all straight-up cute or sexy appeal.
I want something non-cringe, not reaction bait.
The moment I asked for recommendations, donations came flooding in like bombs.
But nothing appealed.
Motorcycle, Cocaine, Zero Two, Beep-Beep, etc.
My devotees' impure intentions were crystal clear.
Sigh, told you no.
"No tame male idol dances?"
Live Chat - Ah
- What male dances ffs
- Root dance is a bit...
[StripAndTapDance donated 3,000 won.]
Host looking down too hard on male idol dances?
- Fr lol
- Male idol dances look shit? Lol
- Aren't male dances harder?
- Host looks like she's already twisting her whole body somehow—too late ㅇㅇ;
- Fact: with those mega tits, everything looks slutty lol
Kicked by manager.
Live Chat - Gasp
- Someone just died in front of me...
- Called it
- Crime of speaking facts = death penalty, bang bang bang.
- Patriotism martyr ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I ignored the incoming chat as best I could and started comparing the recommended dances to male idol ones.
Male idol dances looked brutally hard, just like chat said—even these were on the easier side.
Meanwhile...
The recommended dances.
You know, those sexy, busty big-sis short-form dances.
They were total freebies.
No, "freebie" is too generous.
Hard to even call it dancing.
Just vaguely shaking your body.
Even a total noob could follow along easy.
Difficulty-wise, short-form trends were the way to go, but...
I had a visceral aversion.
How could I do that?
Way too cringy.
"Fine, no more recommendations. Going with male idol dance."
Live Chat - Ugh
- Then why take recs ffs
- Classic donation farming time
- Gimme my 1k back you biiitch
- Total scam
- Fr mega scam
"Shut up, I'll give it a shot."
Male idol difficulty be damned.
I just couldn't stomach trendy girl dances.
I could always bail mid-lesson, so let's try.
I picked a decently difficult male idol track, loaded up a YouTube dance tutorial, and started following along.
Wiggle wiggle.
Twitch twitch.
Following the tutorial was surprisingly fun.
Maybe I had a natural gift for dance after all.
Chat must be in paradise, right?
I snuck a peek at chat.
Live Chat - ?
- ??
- ???
- ?????
- Slandering her? Slandering her? Slandering her?
- Biiitch is this dancing?
- No bust morphing... not even good...
- Peak scam fr
- Total snoozefest
Hooks were flying everywhere.
Uh...
"I'm... following pretty well, right?"
Live Chat - No not at all.
- You're the biggest simp but even you can't defend this ㅇㅇ;
- Fr dancing like a nightmare lololol
- Classic no-talent body?
- Look at those tangled feet lolololol
- Not hot, not good, jack of all trades master of none.
- Change the song biiitch
- Myriad Motion Capture quality is nuts tho lol
- Every single joint perfectly tracked fr insane
- Pls just change song...
Not great reactions.
Guess my talent delusion was just me.
Now I was pissed.
Fine, I'd master this male idol dance perfectly and earn their respect.
I started dancing more intensely, more boldly.
Live Chat - O
- O...
- This is kinda good
- Heh heh heh heh
- It's shaking it's shaking
- Why so hot? Why so hot? Why so hot? Why so hot?
- Not a lewd dance but looks so slutty
- Talent for making any dance look sexy ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
- Pig Jia
Devotees were finally warming up positively.
That's when it happened.
The song hit the highlight, steps got complex.
"GyaAAAAAHH!"
Thud.
Feet tangled, I went down spectacularly.
Live Chat - Wtf lololololol
- Price of self-sabotage lolololol
- Kyaa natural cushion saved her
- Plop—divine.
- Natural airbag performance certified
- Jia's shrine with her giggling at the stream rec
- Screenshot sharp!
- Told you do an easy dance lololol
The price of a total newbie eyeing high-diff male idol dances.
Not blasphemy's price—hubris.
Didn't hurt, but embarrassing as hell after such a flop.
But I couldn't quit here.
I kept twisting my body to nail the brutal highlight moves.
"Urk...!"
Some things just wouldn't work.
Steps tangled again, down I went.
Even more spectacular this time.
Live Chat - Whoa white
- No panties lololololololol
- This is getting paused lolololololol
- (>ω<*) (>ω<*) (>ω<*) (>ω<*) (>ω<*)
- Hnnnggg... cult leader's eyes naaaah
- Another grace of Reflecting Myriad Stars.
- Myriad Stars, thank you. Myriad Stars, thank you. Myriad Stars, thank you. Myriad Stars, thank you.
- Did it on purpose did it on purpose did it on purpose did it on purpose
Skirt flipped up completely—total disgrace.
Fuck.
Should've skipped the bravado and done a trendy short-form dance.
After slamming into the male idol wall and getting manners beat into me...
"...Guess I'll just quietly go do the motorcycle dance."
Victory to defeat.