Chapter 4
Chapter 4
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 4
Chapter Title: Since I've Become a Woman, I'm Doing VTuber
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“If you’re that confident, then... I guess we have to test it out, right?”
Taesan said as he eyed the participant in front of him, Miro.
At a glance, she might end up in that infamous “brain freeze” situation people talk about.
But thanks to Miro’s pleasant voice, precise pronunciation, and the way she spoke fluidly without stumbling or hesitating, the viewer reactions were pretty decent.
“The viewers here are all experts in this field themselves.”
-lmao fr
-Heard of the 10,000-hour rule, newbie?
-Even if she’s good, mid-20s max, what’s that compared to 10k hours lol I’ve been reading comics for 30 years
-This is when all the vet fans crawl out
-Ugh, is reading a ton of comics something to brag about?
-Slam Dunk as number one? Already passed ㅇㅇ
-What Slam Dunk lol, go suck on your dentures
Taesan quickly scanned the chat window before setting aside his prepared question sheet and firing off impromptu questions.
“Alright, if you had to pick three comics of your life?”
“Hmm... Tough one... I’d go with Slam Dunk, Dragon Ball, and Bleach.”
-Wow lololol
-Bleach? lol
-First two are solid, but Bleach...
-Didn’t you see the new Bleach stuff that came out?
-Argh, vet fans pls...
-Thousand-Year Blood War wasn’t better?
“Oh... Is there a common thread in why you picked those three?”
“They stirred my heart.”
-Wow lololol
-Romantic, passed
-She knows her stuff fr...
-Modern anime lacks that
“Hmm... ‘Stirred my heart,’ huh? But they’re all kinda older comics. How old are you, if you don’t mind?”
“Oh, I’m an 18-year-old high school girl.”
“What? You’re a student?”
“Ah, no, I don’t go to school.”
“But your application says 21?”
“...”
-lololololololololol
-Ah, protect her lol
-High school girl (doesn’t go to school)
-Didn’t change her tone at all while lying lol
-But how does a 21-year-old know all those comics?
“Anyway, impressive. Not the kinda comics modern high school girls would know, but you boldly call them masterpieces.”
“What did others pick?”
“Well, Inuyasha, Haikyuu? Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen got a lot of mentions.”
-Total girl picks lol
-Girls do watch ’em a bunch ㅇㅇ
“Ah... I see.”
“I see? You’re not disappointed or anything, right?”
At Taesan’s teasing question, Miro let out a low chuckle, ha ha.
Taesan immediately picked up on her not explaining further and pressed on.
“Wow, you really don’t like them? Isn’t picking masterpiece comics a personal freedom?”
“What?? No, I just thought it was enviable.”
“Enviable... In what way?”
“You’ve still got so many comics you haven’t read yet, right? I’d love to hit up a comic cafe with you sometime.”
Taesan let out a hollow laugh at the bold response from her—the youngest among the first-round passers at 21.
‘This one’s gonna make it.’
To Taesan, who had a solid broadcasting career himself, the thicker the face shield on a broadcaster, the better.
In that regard, this VTuber named Miro... felt like she had potential.
And well...
‘Great voice? Speaks coherently too.’
That was it.
Bold, great voice, good talker.
If she’s lucky, she’ll blow up.
With that thought, Taesan wrapped up Miro’s interview and called the next participant.
***
“Phew...”
After finishing the second round interview, the first thing I did was step outside and light up a smoke.
As I ducked into a suitable alley and let the nicotine circulate through my lungs, memories of the interview naturally bubbled up.
“Did I come on too strong?”
Compared to the other participants who had no standout traits or personality, it felt like the best I could do, but I also worried I’d overcooked it.
“Well, what’s done is done.”
I’m not one to dwell on the past. Can’t change it anyway, so why overthink? Just do better next time.
I stubbed out the cigarette and headed back home, plopping down at my computer desk.
Some time had passed since the second round ended, so I checked the communities to see the reactions.
[Miro <— Seems the best one at least ㅇㅇ]
Today’s interviews were total snoozefest but I clipped a few scenes, cool?
-Srsly? Did she even read those comics? Just named famous ones imo ㅇㅇ
-Can’t sing
ㄴ Above average tho, gallery folks just dunking?
ㄴ It’s for idols, above average is baseline no? Hmm...
ㄴ This dude thinks they’re picking idols lol; it’s VTubers right?
ㄴ Don’t you know they scouted name-brand composers for original songs? She’s idol backup level at least ㅇㅇ
“Hmm... They watched it all.”
The comment saying I just named masterpieces without reading them stung a bit, but I couldn’t exactly spoil plots to prove I’d read them, right? More than that, the singing complaints bugged me.
“Fuck... I’m not bad.”
Never heard I couldn’t sing anywhere, these haters.
[Miro but seems kinda old]
Srsly why would modern girls read Slam Dunk Dragon Ball Bleach? lol
Deadass late 20s to 30 imo lol
-She said 21
ㄴ Just write whatever on the form no? Could be lying about age
-Masterpieces transcend eras
ㄴTranscend my ass, ask any girls around you if they read that shit—outside theater Slam Dunk kids, they just know the names?
ㄴAsk if you even have girls around first you virgin
-But voice sounds early-mid 20s
-She claims 18 hmm lol
“Ha...”
Can’t let this slide.
I quickly logged in with a burner account and dropped a comment.
-(Me): World’s wrong if modern kids don’t read these masterpieces you fucks, quit the age whining
I ignored all the notifications piling up after.
I’m a man who doesn’t look back... no, woman now.
Closing the window revealed the desktop.
Default background cluttered with programs and saved files scattered around.
Mostly design stuff—traces unrelated to my current self.
“Too much to delete... right?”
Still, they were files woman Kim Suhyun had painstakingly created and refined over weeks, so I made a folder and dumped them all in.
“Much cleaner now.”
With design files tucked away, only games and messengers remained, and a game caught my eye.
“...LoL?”
A game I’d played now and then at PC bangs in high school and college—seeing it here felt kinda fresh.
Come to think of it, woman Kim Suhyun played this a lot...
Tier was pretty high, Diamond 4 I think.
“Shall we?”
In her memories, she’d always rage when playing this, but why get that heated over a game?
PC bang 5-stacks with friends were fun even in losses, so I fired it up casually.
Picked her main role, ADC, and started a game.
Exactly 4 hours later.
I hurled my mouse across the room.
“Argh, you fucking trash tool bitch!”
Why the hell not? Or more like, why are these players’ mental games so weak?
One thing goes wrong, FF at 15, no. Mid diffing.
Even AFKers.
This Diamond? Top 2% users acting like this?
I did well.
Not originally Diamond tier, but surprisingly I had talent—carried my weight all game.
My record? Loss loss win win loss loss win loss.
4 hours, back to square one.
“Ha... My time.”
Got sucked in and played till dawn. Gotta drop out of school tomorrow...
Felt it in my bones why this game’s called a disease, then quit.
“Gotta hold back from now on.”
With time freed up, time for self-improvement.
Top priority: vocal training.
Still far off, but if I pass the 4th round, they release an original song, right? Can’t trip up then, so I scouted local vocal academies.
Luckily, a well-reviewed one was a 10-min bus from my one-room in downtown, so I booked a consult for tomorrow.
Morning: school for dropout papers. Afternoon: vocal academy consult.
After that...
“What to do?”
Time’ll pass lying around scrolling phone, but since I’m heading out, wanna do something proper...
Mid-brushing while vaguely planning a comic cafe trip, my phone rang.
[Hyejeong]
Seeing the now-familiar name, I picked up, and Hyejeong greeted me cheerfully.
[Not asleep? Whatcha doing?]
“Just brushing to hit the hay.”
[Oh? Got time tomorrow?]
“Evening’s free, why?”
[High school crew meeting for drinks after ages, wanna come? You’ve been quiet in group chat so checking.]
“Group chat?”
Group chat... oh right.
The one woman Kim Suhyun muted with +300 unread?
“...Sure, I’ll go. Where?”
[Stay home if you want... Wait, really coming?]
Her reaction’s always fresh.
How much of a shut-in was woman Kim Suhyun for outings to shock like this?
[What’s up? Kim Suhyun hitting a drinking sesh?]
“That big a deal? Just heading out for errands tomorrow, tagging along.”
[Still, you always skipped, so yay. They’ll love you showing.]
“Yeah, the legendary Pocket Monster’s coming, tell ’em dress nice.”
[Crazy bitch? Being a no-show’s your brag?]
“Rarity’s always a plus any era.”
[Crazy bitch...]
Click—
Call ended, I finished brushing.
Come to think, first drinking with woman Kim Suhyun’s body?
What to wear?
Skirt... still nah, pants then.
“Tch, no clue.”
Figure it tomorrow morning.
Woman Kim Suhyun’s a total clotheshorse anyway, anything’ll look good.
With tomorrow’s schedule set, I drifted off to sleep.