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The other person turned their face away, not even glancing at Higashino Hibiki.

Higashino ignored her and went into the recording studio.

"Teacher Akino." Tetsuro Araki stood up and shook hands with Hibiki Higashino. "Thank you for your hard work, teacher."

"It's ok."

With 20 minutes to go before the start time, several people had not yet arrived, and Higashino waited patiently.

"I'm sorry to have wasted your time." Araki Tetsuro sat down next to Higashino Hibiki, trying to calm him down.

If the original author has objections, his supervisory work becomes difficult.

If it's a small-time cartoonist, it's fine; they can handle it.

But this is Akino Mirai, a character that Jump has to treat with great respect.

“Director Araki, you don’t need to worry about me too much,” Hibiki Higashino said with a smile.

"By the way," he asked, "what role did Mei Higashino play off-screen?"

"Higashino-kun?" Tetsuro Araki thought for a moment, "It's Sayaka Miki."

Mei Higashino has been working in the voice acting industry for a long time, voicing many works and playing leading roles in quite a few.

Tetsuro Araki knows her very well.

"May I ask, is Higashino-kun a student of Tori Akino-sensei?"

He remembered that Tori Akino's future surname would also be Higashino.

"She is my good-for-nothing sister."

……

outside the house.

"Senior, what you just did..."

Riko, who works at the same company as Mei Higashino, is... I don't know what to say about her.

The other party was a senior, and as a junior, she could only respectfully listen to his teachings and dared not question him.

However, Mei Higashino just performed terribly.

They were so arrogant in front of the original author.

"Pear Jam, shut up," said Mei Higashino.

She was extremely flustered, never expecting that her brother would actually care about animation production this time.

I've never seen him participate in the voice actor recruitment for "Slam Dunk" or "Death Note" before.

Now that the comic is finished, get some rest. Don't wander around and scare her, you awful brother.

"They probably didn't see me."

She looked around.

There are countless voice actors who want to join the Madoka Magica project.

There were undoubtedly dozens of adorable girls at the scene.

Mei Higashino relaxed. "Riko, Riko, did Tori Akino-sensei see me just now?"

She even turned her face away, believing that the person wouldn't notice her.

“I saw it,” Pear said. “The teacher paused deliberately in front of you, but you, senpai…”

He wasn't given any face at all.

"Ruined."

She's been keeping a secret all along—her identity as Tori Akino Mirai's younger sister. Maybe she should just keep it!

……

"Sister?" Madoka Magica producer Yoshimi Asari looked at Hibiki Higashino. "You're quite surprised."

"Does Asari-san know my sister?" Hibiki Higashino asked.

“Ms. Higashino was the voice actress for the female lead in Sakura Wars. I know her well because she’s a very hardworking person.” Asari Yoshimi still couldn’t believe it. “She’s actually Akino-sensei’s sister.”

Even I, a former business partner, was unaware of this.

If she had known earlier that Higashino Mei was Torino Mirai's younger sister, she would have treated her differently.

"Let me be frank, Ms. Higashino's early voice acting career was full of ups and downs. If everyone knew she was your sister..."

"Because my sister genuinely loves being a voice actress," Hibiki Higashino said. "So she doesn't want to rely on me and wants to experience the hardships of this path firsthand."

"She's truly remarkable," Yoshimi Asari remarked.

Very few people think this way.

Even fewer people can remain true to themselves when they encounter setbacks.

"I am Toriakino Mirai's younger sister."

If you make a statement to an animation team like this, securing the role is practically guaranteed.

Compared to this, the effort and hard work to improve one's abilities seem too arduous and laughable.

……

The recruitment of voice actors has officially begun.

One by one, the roles were confirmed.

Araki Tetsuro looked at the voice actor list, puzzled.

The younger sister of Teacher Tori Akino suddenly came because of Sayaka Miki.

This character was not popular with readers and had very low popularity because of his awkwardness in the early stages.

Sayaka's character design and portrayal are too realistic, too close to the three-dimensional world, which to some extent takes away the fun of the two-dimensional paper doll beautiful girl.

Homura Akemi and Madoka Kaname are the two best characters in "Madoka Magica".

"Why not choose them?"

When Mei Higashino entered the recording studio, she first bowed and greeted everyone.

"Tori...Tori Akino-sensei, thank you for your hard work."

Higashino Hibiki couldn't help but chuckle.

"Please get up," Tetsuro Araki said quickly.

This left Mei Higashino in despair.

In the past, supervisors would coldly tell me to start as soon as possible and not waste time.

But today, he was so gentle!

She looked up and found that everyone in the recording studio, whether they were the supervisor, the producer, or the chief animation director, was smiling and looking at her in a friendly manner.

"Ms. Higashino, please begin," said Yoshimi Asari.

"Yes." Mei Higashino took a deep breath, cleared her mind, and focused her attention on the script.

She entered the recording studio, and Hibiki Higashino, through the glass, saw her wholeheartedly performing the voice acting.

"They were arguing... Did Xiaoyuan think it was just arguing yesterday?"

"That was a real, hard-fought battle."

"So you want us to talk? Don't talk nonsense! She's the kind of person who would use humans as bait just to get the Seed of Lamentation!"

These passages are a conversation between Sayaka and Madoka after Sayaka and Kyoko's first battle.

From Madoka's perspective, this is just a contradiction among magical girls; from Sayaka's perspective, it's already a desperate battle.

Sayaka's obsession, as well as the differences between ordinary people and magical girls, are all reflected in the story.

The characters' emotions also change, making for a good dialogue.

Hibiki Higashino whispered to Tetsuro Araki, "I haven't seen this side of Mei before."

He was smiling, oblivious to everyone around him.

"She's very happy."

"Where is the happiness?" Tetsuro Araki didn't understand.

Mei Higashino was clearly embracing the character of Sayaka Miki; her brows were furrowed and her expression was serious as she spoke these words.

“You wouldn’t understand,” Hibiki Higashino said.

Higashino Hibiki is very familiar with Higashino Mei. Even though Higashino Mei looks unhappy now, she is actually very satisfied inside.

I'm very happy.

"What do you think?" Hibiki Higashino asked him.

"Let's wait a little longer," Tetsuro Araki said.

The last few lines are what Sayaka says before her Soul Gem becomes completely tainted. This character's personality and the intensity of her lines are different from before.

It depends on the voice actor's understanding of the character's personality.

Chapter 360 Higashino Hibiki is troubled...

After Mei Higashino's performance, Higashino asked Tetsuro Araki, "How was it?"

Araki Tetsuro stroked his chin, deep in thought, "It's definitely very good. Ms. Higashino has a great understanding and appreciation of the character Sayaka."

Yoshimi Asari quickly said, "Then let's do it this way, with Ms. Higashino voicing Sayaka Miki."

Hibiki Higashino remained silent, while Tetsuro Araki nodded in agreement.

That's how it's decided.

At Tetsuro Araki's prompting, Mei Higashino tiptoed out of the recording studio.

"Congratulations, Ms. Higashino."