Bottom-tier voice actress wants to become a big star on VTuber.

The Shield Hero? I know that all too well.

It pioneered the genre of isekai (another world) light novels where the protagonist is constantly being slapped and beaten, without ever having a moment of triumph or revenge.

For someone like Shimizu Toru, who only reads web novels from Tokyo University and is used to stories that involve killing entire families at the drop of a hat, just looking at this stuff makes her blood pressure feel too low.

Seeing Shimizu Toru nod, Sakazaki Daisuke continued, "Although this anime is scheduled to premiere in January, it is still in production because it is a half-year series."

Japanese animation, apart from those exclusively sponsored by Netflix, is basically produced and broadcast simultaneously, and the same goes for tokusatsu dramas.

Therefore, if any situation leads to a complete delay, the only option is to postpone the release by one week. If you're not afraid of being criticized by the audience, you can also cut some material and make a summary episode.

ARTSVION, as one of the biggest powerhouses in the voice acting industry, has seen many talented voice actors move to other companies due to the sexual harassment scandal involving its acting chairman in 07—such as Yui Horie, whom he had met before.

To be honest, the voice actors currently employed by our company are far less famous than those of our wholly-owned subsidiary I'm Enterprise and IM's subsidiary VIMS.

But as the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, so the company certainly doesn't lack resources; it's just that there hasn't been a suitable new face of the company yet.

It wasn't until Shimizu Toru, with her stunningly beautiful face, was exceptionally hired by the current president, who has always insisted on an idol-oriented approach, that the vast resources at her disposal finally found an outlet.

In other words, the higher-ups were worried that pushing him too hard and that putting him in a leading role right away would affect his public image.

—After all, the previous chairman had been involved in the alleged sexual harassment of a 16-year-old girl. Although Johnny Kitagawa's scandal hasn't been exposed yet, who can blame him when Shimizu Toru is so good-looking?

Even Okita Souji, who only had less than ten lines, made it onto the trending list, sparking considerable discussion.

If you were to force a male lead to be Toru Shimizu, even in a low-budget production with limited funds, the general public would spontaneously start speculating about conspiracy theories.

It's fine as it is now. Let's get some exposure by playing minor roles. Next quarter, we can get a major role. And the quarter after that, it wouldn't be too much to ask for a third or fourth male lead, right?

So, before Shimizu Toru even had class today, he received a role in The Rising of the Shield Hero. He still didn't have many lines, but at least it was a role that could be written into his resume, a character with a name and a surname.

For newcomers who have just debuted, even getting a spot as a background character like classmate A or passerby B requires praying to the gods.

So the saying "it's good to have a big tree to lean on" is indeed a wise saying.

For Shimizu Toru, the portion taken by the company is still a bit painful, but at least they're not just sucking his blood without doing any work.

It's better than MSN, which only gives content creators 500 yuan for each commercial project they take on, even though they can't write copy, edit, shoot, or do post-production properly.

"Don't forget to attend the recording session for 'Kono Oto Tomare!' tomorrow. 'The Shield Hero' recording is next Wednesday the 20th."

Shimizu Toru had just finished class when Sakazaki Daisuke waited outside the classroom and gave him a reminder.

"Why don't you just talk about this on Line, or even just call me? I'm already attracting enough attention!"

Noticing the envious and jealous looks from her classmates, Shimizu Toru almost lost her icy persona.

"Hahaha, I did it on purpose! As a king destined to dominate a generation, you wouldn't actually want to have friends, would you?"

Just like the Japanese media that readily give people nicknames like "Empire's Fierce Tiger" or "Destruction Dragon," most locals are actually quite chuunibyou (a Japanese term for people with delusions of grandeur) in their daily lives, especially in the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) industry, such as the voice acting circle.

Upon hearing Daisuke Sakazaki's words, Toru Shimizu could only sigh and silently distance himself from the guy to avoid being infected.

ε=('ο｀*))) Sigh, I'm tired, let's destroy it.

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I currently have 198 blades (a unit of currency), looks like I'll have to add another chapter tonight.

I'm thinking of trying to climb the click charts tomorrow, though I probably won't succeed since the subject matter is too restrictive.

Volume 1: Chapter 33 First B-Limit

On the afternoon of the 16th, Bilibili officially announced a piece of news.

Five VTubers from Nijisanji have officially joined bilibili starting today, and the previous upload groups have also been officially recognized.

The five are Midori, Shizuka, Honma Himawari, Shiina Yuika, and Hanyu Toru.

Furthermore, from 7 PM to 9 PM, Toru Hanyu will host his first Bilibili exclusive stream, featuring a "Marshmallow Talk" session—which involves collecting questions from viewers and providing answers.

Shimizu Tomo originally thought that there should be no favoritism. Since she started a song replay on YouTube, she should also start a song replay on Bilibili to give back to her fans.

Since it's on Bilibili, I don't have to worry about copyright disputes. I can sing whatever I want, even Disney songs are fine.

But isn't it because my throat condition doesn't allow it?

Then we had to settle for a casual talk show instead. Luckily, his previous live streams were all about games, and this was the first time he'd done a casual talk show, so it had some sentimental value.

In order to improve his throat condition for the evening's live broadcast, he specially bought a box of throat lozenges in the afternoon, and also drank a lot of seawater.

Kuzuha invited him to play League of Legends together, but he didn't agree, otherwise, various situations might have led to him having to shout.

There's no way around it, LOL is just that kind of game; it unconsciously lowers people's manners, makes them swear constantly, become irritable, and even mentally unstable.

However, he needed to find something to kill time in the afternoon, so he played Stardew Valley for several hours.

There's no way to farm in real life right now; my apartment doesn't even have a balcony where I can grow strawberries. I can only indulge in the fantasy in the game.

Once the money arrives next month, Shimizu Tou will definitely move into the villa with its own small garden as soon as possible, and then turn the garden into an orchard and a vegetable garden.

As for the upscale apartments that Japanese locals prefer to live in, such as the tower in MyGO where vegetarians live long-term, they are definitely not cost-effective.

Two years' rent could probably buy a detached house like the one owned by a pink-haired, flat-chested high school girl, with an annual rent of hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

Detached houses, to put it bluntly, are wooden houses. They are cold in winter and hot in summer, and not very earthquake-resistant. Their only advantage is that if the house collapses, it is not easy to kill people.

And yet some people are still bragging about it, saying that the neon houses were specially built with wood for earthquakes and for the safety of the people.

Even a fool would know that a house made of reinforced concrete is definitely safer than a wooden one. You don't even need to run during a small earthquake, and you'll die quickly during a big one.

Unlike those earthquake victims who are still without water and electricity two years after the disaster, or the 74-year-old truck driver who fell into a sewer three months ago and whose life is more painful than death, we don't have to live like them.

After dinner, I took a bath, and at 7 p.m. sharp, Qingshui Tou started his first broadcast on Bilibili.

In an instant, the entire live stream room was flooded with a dense barrage of comments. Luckily, he had adjusted the transparency beforehand, otherwise his computer would have crashed.

"Good evening, brothers! This is your Toru-nii, Yuzuru Toru. I'm finally able to stream on Bilibili today! Congratulations!"

Over the past week, Shimizu Toru has answered many questions from Chongguo DD during his live streams, so everyone knows that his Chinese is indeed at a native speaker level.

It wasn't for publicity; I didn't force myself to sing that line during the initial release.

Even so, many people were still quite surprised, since besides accent, there is another criterion for judging whether Chinese is good or not, namely whether the grammar is localized enough.

Like the later Neon Cat Cat, whose president, Mizuki Momo, speaks Chinese with almost no accent, but people still unanimously believe that Shizuru is the chosen one.

Although the latter's Chinese accent was slightly heavy, his grammatical logic was exactly the same as that of the students from Tokyo University, and he could recite all kinds of Chinese classics off the cuff.

At this point, Shimizu Toru's opening remarks ended with the phrase "Congratulations!", which is standard Chinese grammar; only someone who truly understands Chinese would say it that way.

"Could you guys slow down the comments? I can't even see them anymore—Damn it! I just asked you to slow down, I didn't mean to ask for Super Score!"

Before the words were even finished, a rainbow rained down in the previously few SC live stream rooms, with people donating money without leaving any comments.

"No! Boss, are you out of your mind? Why don't you keep this money for yourselves? If you transfer it to me, Bilibili will take half of it first. You might as well use it to have a hot pot meal or go to a restaurant."

Although Nijisanji has a partnership with Bilibili, they were unable to get Shimizu Toru and others to become contracted streamers, so the revenue split remained 50/50 instead of 70/30.

With Bilibili's revenue, transferring it back to Japan would incur another tax deduction and be complicated by the procedures. It's better to keep the money and commission Chinese artists like Hamster Lady to draw new clothes for me.

As a result, Shimizu Toru not only failed to persuade everyone, but also aroused their rebellious mentality. Some people have started to confront the governor and smash the small TV.

Out of professional courtesy, he had to read out the person's ID first: "Thanks to the governor of 'Remnants of Skyfire', and for the hundred mini-TVs. Thank you for your support, sir. Please consume rationally!"

"Thank you, Admiral of Hot Pot Flavored... Turkey Flavored Rice Crackers. Tsk, that was close, I almost fell for it."

"Thank you so much to 'Stealing Sakurajima Mai's Stockings to Make Tea' SC, ugh—stop sending gifts, please stop! How am I supposed to read the cotton candy verses if you guys keep going like this? Just thanking them for the gifts will take two hours."

With a toothache on her face, Shimizu Toru had no choice but to ignore the SCs that hadn't left any comments and read the ones that had, as if she were reading a marshmallow.

"Thanks to 'Jianghu Rencheng Bige' for the SC, 'Want to know if Tou-ge will release an original Chinese song?' Yes, he will. He's been very interested in Vocaloid lately. He'll probably release one song with Hatsune Miku first, and then one with Tianyi."

After all, some songs are too over-the-top if released directly. It's better to release them on Vocaloid first, and then submit them as the original vocal version yourself, and there won't be any problems.

Although Shimizu Toru doesn't use voicebanks, he has excellent tuning skills, but there are still quite a few producers who can't write lyrics or compose music. Finding someone to collaborate with is not a problem.

For example, the P known as the first Akabane is someone who makes a living solely through his skills. There are many similar Ps who are only responsible for training.

Perhaps because Chinese video creators value realism and consider excessive digital effects as a sign of poor skill, Japanese video creators seem less concerned about this aspect.

Instead, they try to preserve the mechanical feel of the voicebank. Even though Hatsune Miku's voicebank has been updated to V4, many people still hear the same sound as when it was first released.

"Thanks to 'Yakumo-ya no Youmu' for the SC, 'Want to know which domestic singers Tohru-nii likes?' Quite a few, Zhou, Wang, Tao, and Lin go without saying."

"I also really like Wu Bai, Phoenix Legend, Zhou Chuanxiong, Angela Chang, and other singers with a traditional Chinese style, such as He Tu, Yin Lin, and Lao Yao."

At this point, Shimizu Toru suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I've always really liked Wu Bai's 'Tears Bridge,' and I've been thinking of rearranging it. Would you like to hear it?"

That's right, he was referring to the AI ​​version featuring David Tao. This version became a viral sensation online, partly because David Tao's voice and mannerisms were indeed quite vulgar.

The original uploader's rearrangement is at least half the credit, giving it a completely different feel from the original.

Before the AI ​​voice library is released, I have to hurry up and snatch it up first, so I can use it as my first submission after joining Bilibili.

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I got a writing slump, so the extra chapter will have to be moved to tomorrow. If I don't go to sleep soon, I'll have to stay up all night again.

Volume 1: Chapter 34 - Achievement of 1,000 Ships Completed!

During the live stream on Bilibili, Shimizu Toru seemed much more relaxed and spoke more casually.

Besides still considering myself a student of Tokyo University, the overly strict environment on YouTube is also one of the main reasons.

That crappy place that nobody knows what outrageous reason might cause it to be criticized, if I had a choice, I really wouldn't want to stay there.

On Bilibili, he is fully aware of all the sensitive points for Chinese people and firmly stands on their side.

Even if it might be spread to the internet and provoke hostility from right-wing elements in Japan, the bottom line must never be shaken.

This is the first time that Chinese fans have encountered a foreign V who speaks such good Chinese and is so knowledgeable about internet memes. It feels like they've always lived in China.

Whether it's their favorite celebrities, the anime they watched as children, or the games they usually play, they're all exactly the same, giving the impression that they're both riding the same wave.

"Thank you, Captain 'Holo-sensei'. Welcome aboard! By the way, is that really Holo-sensei herself?"

Before Shimizu Toru's question could be answered, someone else joined the ship: "Welcome 'Bottle-kun 152' aboard! Are you anime content creators having a team-building event here?"

"Thanks to the 'Ga_Paradise' admiral, wait, you guys really came for team building? Did Fanshi come or not?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Fan Gege boarded the ship. After taking a deep breath of the cold noodles, Qing Shui Tou couldn't help but wonder if her uncle's big hand was inside.

"Did you really go willingly? If you were threatened, blink twice?"

[Pan-style: I saw the screenshot Holo posted in the group. Why is your Chinese so standard, sir?]

"Because I live in the west exit north of Ikebukuro! It's impossible to get around without Chinese, so I've gotten used to it by speaking it a lot."

Shimizu Toru felt that living in Ikebukuro was a more reasonable explanation than fabricating a Chinese identity, which could be exposed.

It is well known that the fastest way to learn a foreign language is to move to the country where it is spoken. If you only learn by studying and never speak, you will at best be a mute in the foreign language.

Since his character is a Tokyo University exchange student, isn't it perfectly natural for him to live in Ikebukuro? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

After thanking everyone for their SCs, gifts, and shipboards for almost an hour, Shimizu Toru saw a new SC with a small amount of money and a message congratulating him on reaching the 1,000-ship milestone. He was taken aback.

"Is this already a thousand ships? Do you guys get your money from thin air? Or are you offering free shipboarding and SC services today?"

According to the original development plan, only Kagura Mea achieved the feat of having a thousand ships throughout the entire year of 19, making the reputation of the French fleet of a thousand men unparalleled.

The stand-up comment feature, also known as the SC feature, was not officially launched until October of this year.

Clearly, Bilibili, in order to take advantage of the sudden rise of Shimizu Tomokazu in the VTuber world, is aggressively extracting money from users' pockets, sacrificing the hairlines of many programmers.

"Wait—I didn't say SC was free today! Don't make any more impulsive purchases!"

The rainbow rain, which had finally subsided a bit, started falling again because of a single sentence from Qingshui Tou. Many Chinese V accounts that were drawn in by the hype wanted nothing more than to tear him to pieces and take his place.

They play the victim in their live streams every day but don't even have a hundred ships. This guy has several governors and a four-figure number of captains, yet he still keeps making excuses!

Are VTubers really that popular overseas? They can't all be as dedicated and have the same high level of professionalism as Korean cosplayers, can they?

To be honest, it's true!

At least Shimizu Toru intends to manage her Bilibili account properly. Even if she doesn't reach the level of Arisu Dosho, who streams on Bilibili every day after being targeted by YouTube, she should at least stream twice a week.

She also does song-based episodes and interactive games, and covers a Chinese song every week, uploading it separately to Bilibili instead of YouTube. No one can say she doesn't pamper her fans.

"Thanks to SC for 'Yukikaze will protect everyone,' 'Want to know what Toru-nii thinks about the situation in the Middle East?' Well, all I can say is who's stirring up trouble, and who's responsible for the fact that peace hasn't truly arrived yet? Everyone knows what I mean."

Although Israel has not yet bombed Gaza, the anthropomorphic things it has done over the years have gradually come into the public eye, and people have suddenly come to understand the mustache.