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

Volume 1: Chapter 132 The Performance is Underway

My sorrow is made of water—a giant wave that chills me to the bone.

"Where is my sun? Where is it? To dry up this blue expanse?"

After the song was finished, Shimizu Toru interacted with Luo Tianyi for a couple of lines according to the pre-set script, and then Luo Tianyi's performance in the first half ended. In the second half, there was also the first time she shared the stage with Hatsune Miku.

"Hello everyone from the University of Tokyo, I'm Toru Hanyu—"

Ohhhhh!!

There are quite a few DDs among the audience. Among the hardcore anime and manga fans, the overlap between Moe Moe and Vocaloid fans is surprisingly high, since they are essentially the same group of people.

Inside the motion capture shed, a PC sits in front of Shimizu Toru to replace his eyes; otherwise, how could he interact with the device?

"There are so many people here today, and many viewers watching the live stream. Good evening everyone, let's have a fun-filled night together!"

"So next up is the second song of the day, and also the first song of my kind that everyone will hear from you—"

Before the words were even finished, the audience had already shouted out the answer: "Welcome to serve!!"

"Hyouka~ Correct answer. Now, those who can sing, please join in and let's celebrate tonight!"

The song "Willing to Do My Best" is quite suitable for interacting with the audience, especially the dance part in the chorus.

Even people who don't speak Japanese can chime in when Shimizu Toru extends the microphone to the audience.

"Okay~ I'd be happy to help, I'm at your service anytime!"

"Yes, sir! I understand. I'm ready to serve you at any time."

After singing "I'm Willing to Serve," Lily and the others, who were also dressed in motion capture suits, entered the motion capture shed.

Thanks to the weekly cover song submissions, everyone successfully reached the Silver Shield level. Even Machida Chima, whose live streaming frequency has decreased significantly, passed the 3D transformation last week.

Originally, Eutpe was only supposed to have one song, but Uncle later cut a few minutes of 2233's interlude time to squeeze out time for one song.

Shimizu Toru initially thought that her uncle was just trying to gain more attention, until she saw 2233's 3D image just before the performance started.

To be honest, it's even more cringe-worthy than Luo Tianyi's. It's like she taught herself modeling for three months. And none of her songs are memorable.

So it's because they didn't want to embarrass themselves too much. The modeler responsible for creating the 2233 mascot is probably going to lose their job.

In order to bring the greatest freshness to the audience, Eutpe did not choose to cover his previous songs for his two songs.

Considering that the higher the popularity, the better, the first song was a trump card, and just like the original timeline's scum fox, he chose "secret se".

—That is, the ending theme of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, which is the only Japanese song that many people who don't know Japanese can sing.

The first to speak was Chima Machida, after all, her voice was the most youthful and had the feel of the original singer: "This summer with you, the dreams of the future, the dreams we made together, will never be forgotten."

Next up was Lily in the Sunset. Her singing voice was much higher than her speaking voice, making her sound less flattering: "Ten years from now, in August, please believe that we will definitely meet again."

Then came Shimizu Toru, who, as a male member, had the third highest voice in the group, which was outrageous: "Let's create the most beautiful memories together~"

Although "Bird's Poem" is known as the national anthem of the anime world, it is not actually sung very widely at Tokyo University, since the main audience is currently the post-90s generation.

AIR is a game from the year 2000, and it was adapted into an anime in 2005. Back then, everyone was glued to their TVs watching Ultraman Tiga every day.

Most of the otaku from the Key trilogy have only seen the tearjerker masterpiece CLANNAD, so the popularity of Dango Daikazoku is much wider than that of Tori no Uta.

This song, Secret Se, is one that almost everyone has heard. I wouldn't say I can sing the whole song, but I can usually sing along to a few lines of the chorus.

"Until the very end, you sincerely said 'thank you,' but I already knew it all along."

Saying goodbye with tears in your eyes and a forced smile is so difficult. Let's create the most beautiful memories together~ Let's create the most beautiful memories together~

As the background music ended, Yuhi Lily and the others waved to the audience in broken Chinese, their voices still full of cherry blossom flavor.

"Fighting, huh? I'm Lily in the Sunset Years, and I'm happy to admit it's fighting!"

"I love Green Fairy~ Xiao Long Bao, so delicious!" This person spoke with perfect pronunciation, and it was all genuine emotion.

"I'm a dog, I'm not a dog!"

Knowing that the students at Tokyo University call themselves "dog-dog bed" (a play on words, implying they are like dogs), I specifically sought out Shimizu Toru to learn this phrase beforehand, but unfortunately it didn't have any effect.

When it was Longdanzun's turn, before she could even speak, some unfilial sons below had already started calling her "Mom." It seems they are all future junior students of Wa.

"Hi~ I'm Mommy~ Yoshi yoshi~ Everyone is a good child."

"Good evening~ I'm Chima Machida, hope everyone has fun~"

After chatting for two minutes about their impressions of Shanghai, the group began the second song.

"Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, I want to see you~ I want to see you right now~"

"It's okay, don't cry anymore. I'm the wind, and I'm right here beside you."

"Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, I want to see you, I want to see you right now~"

"Thank you. I've always liked you the most. I'm a star, and I will always watch over you and protect you."

That's right, Eutpe's second song is "Sakura Sakura I Want to See You," a song that every student at Tokyo University knows.

Just then, the Dragon Clan became incredibly popular. Although Jiang Nan was already in his twilight years and his fate was uncertain, thanks to the promotion of the comic, the book became even more popular.

Therefore, as soon as they started speaking, the comments section was filled with things like "Sakura is the best" and "We are all little monsters".

After the second song ended, Lily and the others waved goodbye to the audience, saying, "Bye-bye~ Have fun~", leaving only Shimizu to sing the last song of the day, "Like a God".

After more than a month of development, this song has become incredibly popular, second only to "Willing to Serve" among all his songs.

The main reason is that after the song was released, so many people covered it that it became like the entire V-circle was covering KING, turning it into a whole team-building event.

"Spoilers about love are like farewells; spoilers about life are like death."

"What's so profound about that? It looks cool, doesn't it? Dancing with words like those... My apologies!"

As a vocalist, Shimizu Toru sang this song with great energy, and like 96Neko, he used several different vocal styles.

The contrast between the low and high notes creates a great entertainment value, making him incredibly cool.

Volume 1: Chapter 133 Taking Everyone to Experience Nightlife

After the first half ended, Shimizu Toru asked Yuhi Lily and the others for their opinions: whether to stay and watch Hatsune Miku and the Kagamine twins, or to go eat first.

Bilibili actually provided boxed lunches, but the group that had agreed to go to the night market didn't pick them up.

In the end, the group unanimously decided to stay and continue watching the performance. It didn't matter if they were a little hungrier, because a Hatsune Miku holographic concert wasn't something they could see anytime.

Even in Japan, tickets are hard to get, since there are even more Hatsune Miku fans there.

The group didn't leave the convention center until the three-hour VR session ended, when they went to find something to eat.

Thankfully, this is Shanghai. If this were in a province known for its internal strife, let alone late-night snacks, even the streetlights would be turned off, since everyone in Jiangsu knows that there is no nightlife.

When it comes to late-night snacks, barbecue and crayfish are definitely the top choices. If this were in Northeast China or Shandong, Qingshui Tou might actually take them out for barbecue.

However, the barbecue south of the Yangtze River is really not good enough, mainly because it is expensive, the portions are small, and there is no guarantee what kind of meat the lamb and beef are.

With everyone's sensitive stomachs in mind, Shimizu Toru finally took them out for seafood, as he hadn't had seafood in a long time.

The restaurant I found was one I remembered from watching a food documentary; it's called Gongfu Seafood Noodle Restaurant.

Although it's called a noodle shop, most customers come for the fresh and affordable seafood. At around 200 yuan per person in Shanghai, it's considered good value for money.

The only downside is that the food is served a bit slowly, taking about twenty minutes to arrive at the table. However, this also proves that the ingredients are all freshly slaughtered.

"Hello, do you have watermelon juice?" After ordering, Shimizu Toru wanted to give everyone a taste of the University of Tokyo's signature drinks.

"Yes, would you like a pot or a cup?"

"Let's use a pot, there are many of us, one pot might not be enough."

After we sat down at the table, the waiter brought out the watermelon juice first, in a 1.5L square pitcher.

"Huh? This... could it be watermelon juice?!" Green Fairy was a little incredulous when she saw the whole pot was red.

"Try it and you'll see. Remember to drink less, or you won't have room for seafood."

The watermelons grown at Qingshui Tou's house are grown strictly according to the standard of one watermelon per vine, so the yield is not enough for everyone to eat to their heart's content.

Only Tokyo University would make watermelon juice from fresh melons; in Japan and South Korea, it's sold by the slice.

Luckily, he reminded them in advance, otherwise Green Fairy and the others might have really had the chance to drink watermelon juice to their hearts' content.

Even so, before the seafood arrived, they insisted on having another pot of water, which meant that each of them had drunk two 250ml bottles of beverage.

Fortunately, this stuff is digested quickly, and it's all expelled after a trip to the toilet; otherwise, I would have been able to enjoy it while watching the clear water.

"I never thought I'd be able to drink watermelon juice all I want! I have to tweet about it!"

"Because the watermelons at the University of Tokyo are very cheap. If you don't care about the variety, there are plenty of watermelons that cost 20 yen per kilogram."

Upon hearing Shimizu Toru's words, Midori-sen, who was tweeting, was immediately stunned: "Twenty yen? Does that mean you can buy one for two hundred yen??"

"Pretty much, but the expensive ones are also very expensive, some costing over 100 yen per kilogram, especially the small yellow-fleshed ones."

With the atomization of households, the large watermelons that used to weigh ten or twenty kilograms each have gradually disappeared from the market.

Small watermelons weighing five pounds each are more in line with the current social reality, avoiding the situation where buying a watermelon means having to eat it for several days.

"100 yen a pound isn't expensive, is it? It costs 300 or 400 yen in Tokyo, and it's not even this sweet."

Just then, the dishes they ordered finally arrived, and Green Fairy's attention shifted to the various seafood.

"There's no sashimi, everything is cooked. The University of Tokyo really seems to be against eating raw food."

"It's not boiled, it's mostly steamed to preserve the freshness to the greatest extent. Most people really can't get used to sashimi."

At most, when eating salmon that I'm unsure if it's rainbow trout, I'll choose to eat it as sashimi.

—Actually, both are types of salmon, but the problem is that the former is nearly half the price of Atlantic salmon, which is generally used to refer to salmon. To put it bluntly, unscrupulous merchants are deceiving consumers by passing off inferior products as superior ones.

As for raw marinated food, it goes without saying that most people can't accept it, and besides, there's nowhere to eat it outside of Chaoshan.

"Mmm~ This shrimp is so delicious, the meat is so bouncy and springy!"

After peeling a boiled white shrimp, dipping it in the sauce on the side of the plate, and putting it in her mouth, Rion Takamiya's eyes lit up.

"This fish is delicious too, the meat is so tender and fresh, Green Fairy, you should try it."

"Tou, why are you eating oysters all the time? Save me a couple!"

Having recently consumed quite a bit of Shimizu, she rolled her eyes in annoyance upon hearing Lily's words: "You know perfectly well what I mean."

"Speaking of tomorrow, Toru, what are you planning to take Mito-san and Higuchi-senpai to eat?"

Tsukino Mito and Higuchi Kaede did not perform today, but instead participated in tomorrow's offline gathering.

Shimizu Toru also ousted a certain Hammer to become the MC for this segment, responsible for conducting online talks with Kagura Mea, Inuyama-san, and others who were unable to come to Shanghai.

"It's all arranged. Let's take them to eat mutton first. You two probably haven't eaten mutton much before, have you?"

In Japan, sheep are only raised in small numbers in Hokkaido. The average Japanese person consumes 51.3 kilograms of meat, excluding seafood.

The largest portion of the diet consisted of pork, at 30.5 kg per person, followed by poultry at 12.4 kg, beef at 3.1 kg, and mutton at 1.7 kg.

So the idea that Japanese people eat beef every day is actually a stereotype; they only eat a little over six pounds a year.

The 1.7KG of mutton is per person, and as we all know, per person is a figure of some importance. In reality, many Japanese people have never even eaten mutton.

"Lamb? I heard it has a strong flavor, is it really delicious?"

"Whether it has a gamey taste or not mainly depends on the origin of the sheep and how it is raised. When I have the chance, I'll take you to the eastern and northwestern provinces to eat Tan sheep."

In Shanghai, there is a custom of eating mutton during the hottest days of summer (the "Dog Days"), which is to eat mutton on the day of the Great Heat, just before the start of the hottest period of summer, based on the idea of ​​using poison to fight poison.

Although it's still a while before the start of the hottest period of summer, they're just too hungry to resist.

"Remember to get up early tomorrow, otherwise you'll have to wait in line. Locals usually start waiting at 3 a.m."

"Three o'clock!? You'd better give me a break. I absolutely cannot get up before the sun is up in the sky!" Green Fairy felt a chill run down her spine at the thought of having to get up before dawn.

"By six o'clock at the latest, otherwise we won't take care of you and you can go eat something delicious by yourself."

"Well, I'll try to go to bed early tonight. You guys can't eat alone!"

"Hey hey~ Hurry up and eat, after we finish we'll take you to the top floor of the Financial Building to see the night view and show you what a near-future city looks like."

Volume 1: Chapter 134 The Moon Rabbit, Higuchi Kaede