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

Volume 1: Chapter 146 The Rainbow Armor Tournament Begins

The day before the main stage of the Rainbow League begins, which is August 9th.

Urged on by Shimizu Tomo and with generous additional payment, the artist finally submitted the artwork.

After the lyrics were properly set up and the timing was correct, the song was released on YouTube under the title "Lilac - Dedicated to Director Yuzuru".

Meanwhile, the music video recorded by Sony Music was also released on YouTube along with his solo version—and of course, Bilibili was not forgotten either.

As soon as the song was released, the Discord group that was specially created for Rainbow Armor became incredibly lively.

[Kuzuha: Original support song!? ? Wait, wait, wait (＃`O′) Can you even do this?]

[Tenkai Tsukasa: The rules don't explicitly say it's forbidden, but this kind of support method is probably not something that ordinary people can easily replicate, right?]

[Saki Sasagi: Damn it (〃＞皿＜) The main tournament hasn't even started yet, and I already feel like we've completely lost.]

[Higuchi Kaede: Tsk~ Why didn't I think of that? Even if we can't make an original, a cover song would be nice too.]

[Ye: There's no time to spare. The main competition only lasts three days, unless you make your PV into a single image.]

[Lize: I've learned something! I definitely need to make a support song next year too]

[Shiina Yuika: The song is really good, and both versions have their own unique features, but I still prefer the duet version.]

[Toru Hanyu: I understand, I understand, it's like hating the house because of its crows.]

[Toru Hanyu: I've always wanted to see that expression on your face, that jealous look.jpg]

[Shiina Yuika: You bastard! Just you wait, I'll beat you 11-0 tomorrow!]

[Toru Hanyu: 11-0 is 11-0. I'm just here to make up the numbers anyway. It doesn't matter if I get eliminated in the first round.]

Even after playing Pro Evolution Soccer for almost a month, Toru Shimizu still doesn't quite understand the rules of baseball.

There are so many rules, such as stolen bases, hits, and blockades. It's no wonder that this thing can't be promoted in other countries except the United States and Japan.

Games like football and basketball are easy to understand. When the ball goes in, it's a point, and fouls are at most offside, handball, three-second violation, traveling, etc. Ordinary people can understand them.

As for ice hockey? Isn't ice hockey for watching fights?

Not to mention that as a game, Powerball has various influencing factors such as attribute values, skills, and character personalities.

Just like Uma Musume Pretty Derby, it's essentially a character development game where you have to improve your character's rating and attributes through various methods.

If it weren't for the reincarnation system in this game, Shimizu Toru might not even have made it past the prefectural tournament.

—Reincarnation refers to drawing a character card of a professional baseball player. Usually, you start with over a hundred stars and more impressive initial skills. In the game, they are called monsters.

The next day marked the start of the main tournament. Shimizu Toru was lucky; his first opponent was Lizawa.

The Ye and Kuzunoha duo, a double black pair, are definitely strong contenders for the championship, with the highest-rated team members.

Shiina Yuika is as lucky as ever, with amazing card draws during her development stage and incredible shots during matches, earning her the nickname "Psychic Baseball".

Like Shimizu Toru, Lize was a newbie to the game for the first time. The two easy targets met in the first round, giving off a feeling of Su Chao Diaozhou VS Azhen.

Since the main competition only allows for strategic deployment and cannot be conducted in real-time like during the development stage, it relies more on character attributes and luck.

In terms of character attributes, the two are about the same, both barely achieving an A grade in school over three years and almost failing to qualify for Koshien in major competitions.

Of course, winning the Koshien championship in the training mode doesn't necessarily mean it will be strong in actual matches. Bean Cat won the championship in its second year in 25, but it was still getting crushed in practice matches.

Because the training mode is manually controllable, it allows for various methods of stealing points and forcibly taking points through monsters.

In the main tournament, since the game can only be played by AI, and AI usually plays a very defensive game, it is difficult to win by using these two methods.

"OK~ After nearly a month of training, we've finally reached the main competition stage. Do the two coaches have anything to say to each other?"

After giving a brief opening speech, MC Tenkaiji started stirring things up, trying to get the two of them to exchange trash talk.

"Hey, I will never lose! Today I will definitely avenge the defeat at the Mahjong Soul Cup!"

Hearing Liz's somewhat hesitant yet forceful words, Shimizu Toru simply smiled faintly: "Mahjong Soul Cup? What Mahjong Soul Cup? I've completely forgotten about it."

"U uso! Ahhh, how could you not remember! That's too much!!"

When it comes to manipulating people's mentality, Shimizu Toru, who has been surfing the Chinese internet for many years, is clearly superior.

Unfortunately, after the game started, Lizard's ace pitcher Ange quickly helped her childhood friend save face by striking out Shimizu Toru.

In other words, the offensive pitcher threw three pitches, and the defensive batter swung and missed all three times.

Now it was Shimizu Toru's turn to break down: "Pfft! Strikeout right off the bat? I specifically washed my face before the broadcast, how could my luck be so bad?"

"Hahaha, this is what happens when you bully me in the Mahjong Soul Cup!" Upon seeing this, Lizard burst into a rude and uncouth laugh.

"The Mahjong Soul Cup? What about memories that don't exist? I don't understand a word you're saying!"

"Damn it! I'm going to beat you awake today, and I'll keep doing it until you remember!"

Upon hearing this, Tenkai couldn't help but retort, "What kind of 8 o'clock soap opera scene is this?"

Fortunately, Shimizu Toru's luck improved considerably later on. Although he didn't hit a home run, he still managed to score several runs.

That's more like it. No child cries every day, and no gambler loses every day.

After a fierce battle of wits, Shimizu Toru won the day thanks to the exceptional performance of the monsters he had summoned.

Liz is temporarily placed in the loser's bracket, waiting for the others to finish their first round before playing the second round against the other three who also lost.

"Damn it (〃＞皿＜)! I'm so unwilling to accept this—you absolutely cannot lose before I fight my way out of the loser's bracket! I still want to get my revenge myself!"

Seeing that Liz was still making harsh remarks even in this state, Shimizu Toru was a bit like Louis XVI, wondering: "Do you really hate me that much? I even treated you to dinner to apologize."

"An apology is an apology, but the humiliation you caused me will not disappear! I will definitely get my revenge!"

—Then, the next day, Shimizu Toru drew Shiina Yuika and was directly eliminated by the opponent's short-lived strategy.

Since there is no chance of revival in the second round, Shimizu Toru's first, and possibly last, Rainbow Armor result ended in the second round.

Afterwards, Lize expressed strong dissatisfaction on Twitter, which could probably be considered a form of Lize abuse.

Volume 1: Chapter 147 Heading to Hokkaido for a Live Performance

On August 6, Typhoon Rosa, the tenth typhoon of the year, was officially formed with an intensity of tropical storm (level 9) and international designation 1910.

In the following days, Rosa intensified to a severe typhoon (Category 14) and then weakened to a severe tropical storm (Category 10) before finally making landfall on the southwestern coast of Shikoku Island on the morning of the 15th at a speed of 28 m/s.

The typhoon then crossed the Seto Inland Sea and landed again in Hiroshima, a place once filled with familiar faces, in the afternoon, resulting in 2 deaths, 49 injuries, and more than 7,000 people being displaced.

Since Shikoku Island is more than 600 kilometers away from Tokyo, Toru Shimizu did not feel that the typhoon had much of an impact on him. If he had to say something, the temperature did drop a few degrees because of the rain.

But the expected storm that turned his vegetable garden into a complete mess didn't happen.

The first live performance by the Argonavis band, scheduled for the day after tomorrow, did not have much impact, because the first performance was to be held in Hakodate, and by the time Rosa arrived in Hokkaido, the cyclone had already dissipated into a temperate cyclone.

—1st is an abbreviation of the ordinal number first, and the same applies to 3rd. However, it is usually followed by th. Those who frequently watch BanG Dream! Live should be familiar with it.

Incidentally, on August 8th last week, another batch of new members from Nijisanji officially debuted.

They are the eternally newcomer, Amamiya Kokoro; the little panda, Ratna Portia; and Ellie Conniefa, whom you may not be familiar with.

The group's name is Bao Sanjia. Under their first tweet after their debut, Shimizu Toru replied with the comment: "Be careful of swords and knives!"

Then this phrase went viral and became a hot meme within a week, and from then on, "sword and knife" became synonymous with "luoli fetish."

Shimizu Toru actually really wanted to collaborate with Amiya, but unfortunately, Amiya has only been around for a short time and hasn't even entered the Rainbow Suit yet. Being too proactive might scare people away.

Speaking of Rainbow Suit, X Albiot, known as Shrimp Warrior, entered MC for the first time yesterday and started his mentor-student relationship with Arlus.

—Shrimp Warrior seems to be only eighteen this year, a year younger than Shimizu Toru. Finally, there's a boy in the club who's younger than him.

Green Fairy, along with Daihui and Takamiya Rion, are also preparing to restart Rainbow Paradise, and Rainbow Paradise is clearly about to become lively again.

After several days of elimination rounds, the final match of Rainbow League will be decided between Shiina Yuika and Ye Shi, but this has little to do with Shimizu Toru, who was eliminated in the second round.

It's a pity that he only got over 60,000 likes. If he had made it to the finals, how many more followers would he have gained?

Given the immense success of Rainbow Armor, it's obvious that this project will become a staple of Nijisanji's summer programming every year.

However, Shimizu Toru did not come away empty-handed. At this year's Koshien tournament, the brass band of Osaka Toin High School, a favorite to win the championship, played two of his songs as a cheering performance.

These are "Lilac," which was released not long ago, and "Willing to Serve," which has been around for almost half a year. Due to the popularity of Koshien, "Lilac," which was originally only a small hit within the industry, has also broken into the mainstream.

Qingshui Tou's follower growth rate had already slowed down, but now her channel's followers are starting to surge again at a rate of over 800 per day. It seems that when the time is right, everything works in her favor.

"By the way, are you guys really not planning to come with me to Hakodate to see my first live concert?"

Shimizu Toru held several front-row tickets in his hand and said with a helpless expression, "It's a pity that I specifically asked someone for these tickets, but now I can only give them away to others."

"Let's skip it. We already had a lot of fun in Shanghai. How about Noah goes with you?"

Although the temperature dropped a few degrees in the past two days due to the typhoon, Hokkaido is generally not very hot in summer because of its high latitude.

However, Yuhi Lily, Takamiya Rion, and Rindou Mikoto unanimously decided to stay home as much as possible.

As for live?

Anyway, Shimizu Toru will come to Tokyo to hold the event someday, so there's no need to go all the way to Sapporo in Hakodate to see it.

"Huh? Me? Me?" Nutsuya, who hadn't expected to be called out, asked with a bewildered look.

"Last time we all went to Shanghai together, and we left you at home. This time, it's your turn to go and enjoy some time alone with me. Isn't that a good idea?"

Hearing what Lily of the Sunset said, Noah Kurumi was clearly tempted: "Two, a world for two?"

"How about I give the extra tickets to Hinano and the others? You haven't seen them in a while, have you? This is a good opportunity for them to get together."

"Okay, okay! I'll go ask them right away if they have time to go out and have fun together!"

Shimizu Toru asked for four tickets in total, originally planning to bring Yuhi Lily and the others along, but now Tachibana Hinano and the others got them.

Before long, Hu Tao Noa had discussed it with them: "Hinano, Mimi, and Lisa are free, but the others have already made arrangements."

"No problem, let's meet at the airport tomorrow, and go watch the horse races together after the live show, okay?"

Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 1 aired last April. Although it didn't make much of a splash and couldn't compare to the incredible Blu-ray sales of Season 2, it still indicated that the project had officially started.

It wasn't until the mobile game and the second season were released that this cross-platform project, similar to BanG Dream!, officially became a nationally popular IP.

Unfortunately, the male lead in the first two seasons is the same person, so it's unlikely that the voice actor can be changed without changing the character—after all, it's quite rare for the student council to have such a unilateral decision.

Given that the main attraction is the unique characters of the horse girls, Shimizu Toru's only real competitors are probably the trainers of Twin Turbine and Poetic Drama from the second season.

But that role didn't have many scenes, and two years later he would still be in the prime of his career as a newcomer. There were plenty of production teams looking to save money who would ask him to play lead roles, so there was no need for him to take on a supporting role just for the sake of the Uma Musume IP.

As for taking the opportunity to get in touch with the voice actresses of the female characters?

He doesn't plan to find a partner within the voice acting industry, so why would he want to get in touch with them?

"Noah, remember to remind them to pack a jacket in their luggage. The average temperature in Hokkaido is in the twenties, but it can drop to around ten degrees at night."

Like the Tohoku region, Hokkaido is a popular summer resort, making it a very pleasant place to live in the summer.

—Of course, this excludes the extreme climate of 25 years ago when the three northeastern provinces frequently reached 35 degrees Celsius, and it was so hot that people had to queue up to install air conditioners.

"It's so cool here! Great, I can finally go shopping!"

Despite being a homebody, Nutto Noah still has the natural desire to shop, but the summer heat forces her to suppress her desires.

Now that I have the chance to go to Hokkaido, I'm definitely going to go on a shopping spree to make up for all the shopping I missed!

—Revenge shopping is not the same as revenge spending, because girls can also shop all day without buying anything.

Volume 1: Chapter 148 Tachibana Hinano's First Tweet

The next day, Shimizu Toru and Kurumi Noa met up with Tachibana Hinano, Usagi Mimi, and Eri Lisa at Haneda Airport.

"Tou-kun, it's been a long time~ This is Lisa-chan, the young lady of VSPO."

Upon meeting, Hinano smiled and pulled out Lisa, who was trying to hide behind him.

"Hello, nice to meet you. I am Toru Hanyu. You can call me Toru-kun, just like they do."

Shimizu Toru waved his hand as a greeting; he didn't really like shaking hands, feeling it was too businesslike.

"Toh, Toh-kun, hello. Thank you for inviting me to come along." Lisa's voice sounded very dignified, and she really did have the air of a young lady from a wealthy family.

Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, Usagi Mimi clicked her tongue and said, "Tsk, what are you pretending to be cute for? You're even using your business voice now."

"Hey (＃`O′)! As a teammate, you shouldn't sabotage things like this!"