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Chapter 64. [Rules Of The World]
Then we traveled to many countries.
It suddenly sounds emo, but I just replaced the backgrounds.
Then we did gestures specific to each country to the main camera.
In short, this was a photo session.
Gestures differ greatly from country to country, such as hailing a taxi in Germany.
For example, the guts pose means “fuck you,” the okay sign means “for fucks,” the back piece means “fuck you,” and so on. …… The back piece means wait? “fuck you!”.
“I asked them to make me do some difficult movements, not just the normal finger movements. For example, ‘Good luck!'”
I showed them how to cross their index and middle fingers. It’s what we call a finger cross in English. Since it could not be reproduced by ordinary tracking, I had them prepare a special motion for me.
Angu Ogu squeezed her hands together and said, saying “I’m going to do my best!”
She gave a thumbs-up and said, “Leave it to me.”
“Next is this. No good.”
She waved her index finger with a “tch tch tch”.
Angu Ogu made a “no!” and an X with both hands.
In response, Ah-nee rolled over and cried like a baby.
“You’re making a lot of money, aren’t you?”
I rub my fingers together as if counting money.
Angu Ogu made a circle with his fingers and said, “Weh heh heh heh.
Ah-nee made a [¥] mark with both of her eyes.
>Iroha and Ogu’s gestures are reversed, aren’t they? ww
>I think she and Iroha have too high a resolution for each other’s country www
>Anego wwww!
And so, at the end of the trip, we came to…
* * *
Japan. Cherry blossoms and temples are in the background.
This is the end of the journey.
“Thank you for coming to my [3D unveiling & Birthday festival] stream today. I’ll give this to you all at the end. Please listen.”
>I don’t believe she’s going to sing.
>It’s a song about Iroha?
>This is so rare!
My singing has been coveted by viewers for a long time.
That’s why I have been practicing secretly since then, going to voice lessons.
“Music, start!”
The music? I took a deep breath.
I took a deep breath.
“Kanjizai-bosatsu, gyoujin-hanya-hara-mita-ji, shouken go-unka-ukau, doitsu-saikyaku-aku ・・・・ aaaaah!”
Pacone, Angguogu smacked me on the head.
The music, or rather the sound of the wooden fish, stopped.
>Sutra reading!!!
>Return our expectations! www
>That’s not Japanese-style rap?
“Ogu may not know this, but this is traditional Japanese music that has been around for a long time.”
“It’s sutra.”
“I was reading it out loud, it’s written in a Chinese style, but I thought it would match my multi-lingual abilities.”
Sutra.
“Oh, and there are other languages like Magadha and Pali…”
“Sutra.”
“It’s sutra.”
I gave up.
Angu Ogu sniffed as if to say, “Told you so.”.
“Damn, I forgot that Ogu is an expert on Japanese culture. I could have fooled her if she was the only one!”
“Too bad! I’m sorry!”
“Wait? Wait, aren’t you both assuming I don’t know the sutras? I know that much, nee!”
But, aside from Ah-nee, I did my best.
I did my best.
But no matter how much I went to voice training, my bar reading didn’t improve.
I guess it’s just my ability. I decided to let it go and came up with an idea.
Then, why not make it something close to sticky reading from the beginning?
That worked surprisingly well.
Well, some sects have the practice of reading sutras with a song-like rhythm, called Shomyo, and that’s what I tried at first.
I tried that at first, but it wasn’t possible.
I couldn’t do that.
“I can’t sing well. No matter how I try.”
I cringed in place.
The truth is, I didn’t give up. I just gave up. I knew I couldn’t do it.
“It’s true, Iroha is tone deaf. But!”
“You’re not alone, Iroha! We’re here!”
“Both of us.”
Angu Ogu and Ah-nee’s hands reach out to me.
I grabbed each of their hands and stood up.
“Let’s sing! Together!”
“Yes!”
The music began to play, and the video switched to…
***
“So you heard our original song…”
“You guys, it was great,ne!”
“It’s a great song!”
>It was great! (U.S.)
>The skit up to this point was a stepping stone for this…?
>Iroha-chan’s stick reading was cute www
The chat was a big hit.
I’m glad to hear that. This was the part I was most worried about.
After all, I haven’t fixed my stick reading.
But if I can’t do it myself, I can ask others to help me.
I could ask other people to follow what I couldn’t do.
Besides, VTubers are not only evaluated on how well they sing.
I heard comments about “Zuko” every time I sang my part, but that was okay.
“Well then, everyone, thank you for watching today. I had a lot of fun today.”
“Wait a minute!”
Just as he was about to close, Ah-nee stopped me.
What’s wrong? What happened? I checked the script, but I knew this was the end.
“Ogu, come on!”
As soon as she gave the signal, the image on the screen went dark.
And then the one who appeared on the stage was…
<<Happy Birthday~♪ Happy Birthday~♪ Happy Birthday~ Iroha~>>
“Happy Birthday to you~♪”<<Happy Birthday~♪>>
It was a birthday cake.
Angu Ogu was standing in the studio with a real cake.
The stream screen also showed a tracked cake object.
All I could do was stare open-mouthed.
This wasn’t in the pre-rehearsal!
“It’s not too sweet.”
“What?”
I know that because.
Oh, so everyone was in on it.
I laughed and said, “You’ve got one over on me.”
I turned to the birthday cake and took a deep breath.
***
A few days later.
I was lying on my desk in my junior high school classroom.
Burnout? My body felt tired.
So during recess, I was lounging around with earphones in, unusually, and not watching a stream.
“…………… Hmm?”
I feel some gaze. They’re whispering to me.
I listen carefully and see what it’s about.
Iroha is more than a genius. She’s a monster.
“Nngh!”
Uh-huh?
Did I do something …….?