Master of the Machete Style Manga

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Thursday, 9:00 AM.

Enoshima Voice Actor Agency.

Mio Natsume arrived at the waiting area outside the recording studio half an hour early. She was wearing a pure cotton white long-sleeved T-shirt and casual trousers of the same material, paired with a pair of soft-soled casual shoes. She looked a bit plain, but this was her attire for the recording studio.

After all, it's important to ensure a clean sound when recording; even the sound of clothes rubbing together can affect the recording quality.

She sat quietly on the bench, looking at the script. Today was the official recording day, and her voice would become part of Ah Jian's work, even if it was just a half-minute promotional animation.

Just then, Natsume Mio heard footsteps coming from the entrance passage.

Looking to the side, I saw a smartly dressed woman.

Kaji Keiko's gaze lingered on Natsume Mio, and she said, "Excuse me, are you Natsume Mio-san?"

Natsume Mio immediately stood up, bowed slightly to her, and said, "That's me. May I ask who you are...?"

“Oh, my name is Kaji Keiko.” Kaji Keiko nodded to her and continued, “I’m Sakamoto-sensei’s editor.”

"It's Editor-san!" Natsume Mio's eyes lit up immediately, and she greeted her again, "Editor-san, nice to meet you!"

"Haha, alright, no need to be so polite," Keiko Kaji said with a smile and a wave of her hand.

Keiko Kaji sat down next to Mio Natsume, leaned closer to her, and looked at the script in her hand.

There were only a few lines of dialogue, but the annotations in the script were more numerous than the lines themselves.

“It seems Natsume-san is very well prepared,” Kaji Keiko said.

“Yes, editor, I really value this voice acting.” Natsume Mio said with a very firm look in her eyes.

Mio Natsume took out this week's issue of JUMP from her bag, flipped to the Chainsaw Man page, and said, "I'm a fan of... Ken Sakamoto, this manga is amazing."

She turned to the last few pages of the first chapter, and next to Machima's dialogue, she wrote down her thoughts on the tone and manner of speaking in very small print.

Keiko Kaji was just making small talk, and she didn't expect the voice actors they invited to be so professional, after all, it was just a 30-second promotional video.

It's precisely because she values ​​promoting Sakamoto-sensei's works that, for other projects, she would likely just outsource all the work online to the production company and ignore everything else.

In that situation, even voice actors might collaborate online, recording using ordinary microphones from their homes.

"Seeing how professional Natsume-san is, I feel relieved." Kaji Keiko checked the time and said to Natsume Mio, "It's almost time, haven't they prepared their equipment yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the recording studio opened.

Two serious-looking staff members came out. One of them flipped through the documents in his hand and looked at Natsume Mio, who was sitting in a chair waiting: "You must be the voice actress, right?"

Natsume Mio immediately stood up: "Yes, yes, I am Natsume Mio, who is in charge of the voice acting this time."

"If you're ready, let's go into the recording studio now." He pointed to the heavy soundproof door.

Natsume Mio stepped inside, and Kaji Keiko immediately followed.

"I'm the editor," she said to the person at the door, and then went inside.

She didn't recognize the staff member who came to the door, but once inside the recording studio, she made eye contact with the producer sitting in front of the computer: "Ueno-san, I'm counting on you."

Ueno adjusted his glasses, simply nodded, glanced at Natsume Mio, and then pointed to another door next to the control room: "Voice actress, go in from that side."

This was Mio Natsume's first time participating in a formal recording session, but she had seen what a recording studio was like with her teacher when she was learning vocal music before.

The place she is in now, filled with mixing consoles, monitor speakers, computers, workstations and other equipment, is the control room of the recording studio. There is a large soundproof glass in front of her, and she can see that the lights are already on in the room opposite, which is an absolutely quiet recording studio.

Mio Natsume bowed slightly to everyone present, put her phone and other belongings in her bag, left them on the lounge chair in the control room, and walked into the recording studio with only the printed script in her hand. The walls of the recording studio were covered with uneven, dark gray sound-absorbing panels, and the floor was covered with an extra-thick carpet that felt soft underfoot.

With the heavy soundproof door closed, the whole world seemed to be shut out.

The recording studio was completely silent. As she stepped in front of the microphone, she felt her heart begin to race.

She was even more nervous this time than during the interview, but she didn't show it.

After all, he had practiced these lines countless times, and he could speak them fluently into the microphone based on muscle memory.

As requested by the producer, Mio Natsume recorded several different versions of the entire script, using different emotions and tones.

The video itself is only 30 seconds long, and the dialogue takes up even less time, so Natsume Mio completed the recording in less than half an hour.

As soon as she stepped out of the recording studio, Keiko Kaji pulled her over with a big smile.

"The effect is very good, and it's exactly the image of Machima that I imagined," said Keiko Kaji.

"Thank you, editor!"

"Editor Kaji, we've sent the recording to post-production. We expect to send it to you before the end of tomorrow's workday. After that, it's the production team's job," the producer said to Kaji Keiko.

“Okay, thank you all,” Keiko Kaji said.

Mio Natsume followed Keiko Kaji out of the recording studio. As soon as they reached the corridor outside, they saw several people sitting in the waiting area, discussing something intensely with printed papers. It seemed to be the team that was about to go in to record.

Before she and Keiko Kaji had even turned the corner, the staff from the recording studio came out and called the people waiting outside inside.

Even as soon as I arrived at the elevator, another team rushed over.

It seems this voice acting agency is extremely busy; no wonder the producer had such a serious expression on his face.

Stepping out of the office, it was the best time of day for the morning sun.

With the early spring sunshine on her skin and her exceptionally good mood, Natsume Mio felt incredibly comfortable all over.

Kaji Keiko asked, "Natsume-san, where do you live? Are you still here? Shall I drive you home?"

“Okay!” Natsume Mio agreed immediately, and said with a slight smile, “But my home is in Sumida Ward, won’t it be a long way for you, Editor-san?”

“It’s alright. Natsume-san is our partner now, so this falls within the editor’s scope of work.” Kaji Keiko waved to Natsume Mio and walked towards the parking lot next door.

"In Sumida Ward... can you see the Tokyo Skytree from Natsume-san's house?"

"You can see it from the rooftop terrace."

"I haven't been to the Skytree yet. The only thing I know about it is last year's Detective Conan movie."

"Is it the sniper movie? I watched it too."

"Haha, that's right, but as for the film... I can't really comment on it." Keiko Kaji smiled and said, "The view from Natsume-san's house must be amazing."

"No, not really. The view from the Skytree is indeed great, but the houses in the residential area are built too close together, and the only place to get some fresh air is on the terrace."

After chatting for a few minutes, Keiko Kaji pressed the car key to unlock it, and Mio Natsume sat in the passenger seat.

Mio Natsume turned her head to look at Keiko Kaji, who was starting the car, clutching her bag tightly in her hands.

After hesitating for a while, and with the car already on the street outside, she cautiously asked, with a hint of trepidation, "Editor, do you think 'Chainsaw Man' has a chance to be adapted into an anime in the future?"

(End of this chapter)