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Volume 1: Chapter 156 Dr. Stone's Voice Acting

The day after finishing the voice acting for Demon Slayer, Toru Shimizu went to participate in the voice acting for episode 7 of Dr. Stone.

He also knew someone on the set of "Dr. Stone" because the voice actress for the female lead in the early episodes was Kana Ichinose.

This up-and-coming voice actress, who rose to prominence last year for voicing Ichigo in the national team anime "DARLING in the FRANXX", is on the fast track to fame.

It is foreseeable that, as long as she doesn't pull off any stunts like the Yamata no Orochi or visiting toilets, she will be a strong contender for the lead role in many anime series in the next few years.

Indeed, in the following years, she had many well-known roles, including Sayu the Shaving, Slateta the Mercury Witch, and Fatren the Frilline.

"Good afternoon, Ueda-senpai. It's nice to see you again."

"Shimizu-kun is here too, what a coincidence."

After greeting Reina Ueda, who voices Kanao, whom he had just met on the Demon Slayer set yesterday, Toru Shimizu turned around and spotted Ayumu Murase, whom he was meeting for the first time.

The other person's baby face really made them look like they were only fifteen or sixteen years old. If they weren't 172 cm tall, they would probably be mistaken for a middle school student.

Although she looks young, she is actually a veteran who debuted in 11 and has eight years of experience in the industry.

So Shimizu Toru quickly stepped forward and bowed: "Hello, senior. I am Shimizu Toru, who is in charge of voicing Chrome. Please take care of me today."

"Wow~ I know you, Argonavis, right?" Murase Ayumu replied with a smile, seeming very approachable.

Actually, the two first crossed paths in a certain game with the word "Mijia" in it, but due to the timing of Wendy and Kaede Manba's appearances, they never met in the recording studio.

Speaking of this, yesterday's Demon Slayer episode was like a complete voice cast for Tanjiro, featuring not only Hanae Natsuki (who has become a meme), but also several of Tanjiro's younger siblings. It's like a Harry Potter of Japanese voice acting.

As mentioned before, Dr. Stone has a lot of exaggerated facial expressions, and it was the protagonist Senku Ishigami who started it, with expressions as exaggerated as those in Grand Blue.

The character Crom, voiced by Toru Shimizu, also features a lot of exaggerated facial expressions, requiring him to portray a chuunibyou (delusional) feeling different from his previous roles.

So much so that he didn't quite get the hang of it the first time, and went a bit too far with his immature behavior. The sound supervisor called out to stop him: "Cut! Tone down your emotions and do it again."

"Hi! Thank you for your help, senior."

Letting out a long breath, Shimizu Toru nodded apologetically to Murase Ayumu, who gave him an encouraging look before speaking again in a very strong voice:

"What are we going to do? Even if we puncture it, it will only multiply. There's no other way but to use that move—the ultimate technique! Get someone to help! Krom, it's sorcery!!"

"Hey! What are you afraid of, Silver Wolf? I'm already here!"

After being reminded, Shimizu Toru's attitude was clearly more in line this time: "I saw this guy on the shore just now, how could I not come over immediately?"

"Yo! My name is Krom, and I am the most brilliant—genius sorcerer!"

Animation dubbing can't possibly be recorded in one go for more than twenty minutes. Once this segment is confirmed to be without problems, it is considered to be completed.

Then, for Amber, whose original vision was 11.0 and who could see a small puddle of oil from a kilometer away, the voice actress, Aimi Numakura, began to speak according to the script:

“This saves us the trouble of searching again. Senku, he is the man I was talking about yesterday.”

"Ha~ A sorcerer? My name is Senku, and I'm a scientist."

The voice actor for the protagonist, Senku Ishigami, is Yusuke Kobayashi, whose well-known roles include Subaru Natsuki in *Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-*, Tanukichi Okuma in *Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Meaning Doesn't Exist*, and Arslan in *The Heroic Legend of Arslan*.

Furthermore, in Fire Force, which Shimizu Toru hasn't visited yet, there's also a supporting male character named Arthur Boyle.

In short, the plot of Dr. Stone episode 7 is that Kohaku takes Senku Ishigami back to his village, but they are stopped by the village guards, the brothers Kinrou and Ginrou.

After showing off his soap-bubbling skills, he caught the eye of the village's genius sorcerer, Krom, and the two engaged in a sorcery duel.

Then Krom lost the material warehouse that he had painstakingly built up over many years.

After Kobayashi Yusuke finished gilding the spearhead of the Golden Wolf with cinnabar and gold dust, the story of the group temporarily came to an end.

A scene was inserted showing the deep sisterly bond between Kohaku and her sister, Ruri, a shrine maiden from the village. Reina Ueda voiced Ruri, a girl suffering from pneumonia.

The ending of episode seven features Chrome and Senku Ishigami deciding to create antibiotics to help Ruri recover.

It is remarkable to discover someone like Krom, a genius who, through his own ingenuity, discovered flame reactions and triboelectricity in this world of stone where science has vanished.

Furthermore, he possessed the resolve to test medicine on himself in order to save others. Senku Ishigami immediately decided to tell him the truth about the world and invited him to rebuild civilization together.

After several panels depicting modern civilization, a draft of Chrome with tears streaming down his face appears, and Shimizu Toru, barely managing to hold back his sobs, utters: "Ke, eh ke..."

"Why are you suddenly bursting into tears? Your emotions are so inexplicable!"

"I didn't cry! No, I didn't cry at all!" Shimizu Toru retorted, while the panel showed a tear dripping onto the back of Krom's hand:

"Who is the culprit behind the petrification? If I find him, I will kill him!"

"Don't you feel resentful? Such a remarkable civilization, built up little by little over millions of years by our ancestors! And in an instant, it was wiped out completely! I feel resentful!"

This emotional outburst was arguably the most difficult moment for Shimizu Toru today, but fortunately, his ability to empathize is quite good.

After putting myself in Krom's shoes beforehand, I was able to finish the scene smoothly without getting stuck due to the amount of dialogue.

"Haha, it wasn't erased, you idiot, it's still intact." Kobayashi Yusuke chuckled twice and continued reading from the script.

"where?"

"How could humanity lose so easily? Two million years of human accumulation are all stored in my hands now!"

After pointing to his own head, Senku Ishigami in the scene extends his fist at Chrome: "This is here with you, isn't it?"

"That's right, no doubt about it! Senku, I want to create a kingdom of science with you! And then, we'll defeat Ruri's illness!"

As Chrome stood up in the scene, Shimizu Toru uttered his last line of the day: "Tell me! You just said it, right? There's a scientific way to save Ruri!"

"That's right! We're going to create a scientific panacea—antibiotics!!"

Volume 1: Chapter 157 C96 Comic Convention

After finishing recording Demon Slayer and Dr. Stone, it was the day before Comic Book.

CM, or Comic Marke, is the largest anime convention in Japan and even the world, held at Tokyo Big Sight.

The Summer CM is usually held from the second Friday to Sunday of August, but this year it was postponed by half a month due to Typhoon Rosa (actually, the author got the date wrong).

Unlike previous years when admission was free, C96, as the first commercial of the Reiwa era, has a new look this year, requiring tickets to enter.

Even so, despite the extended event period of one day to a total of four days, as many as 160,000 people still chose to attend.

Compared to previous years, the doujinshi exhibition area was much smaller this year, and the corporate booths were moved to the Qinghai Exhibition Building.

Thanks to the delay of more than half a month, the temperature has dropped several degrees compared to the beginning of the month. Although it is still above 30 degrees, it is at least not as hot as in previous years, to the point of causing heatstroke.

Shimizu Toru is wearing a fox mask similar to the one worn by Tanjiro from Demon Slayer, and is carrying various bags of merchandise, but unfortunately, none of them are his own.

What's scarier than shopping with a girl?

— Shopping with a group of girls!

Fortunately, at that moment, Shimizu Toru's phone rang. It was Jiang calling: "Toru-kun, the booth is all set up, just waiting for you!"

"Nice! I'll be right there!"

After hanging up the phone, Shimizu Toru said with feigned regret, "Lily, I can't stay with you for a while. I'll put your things at the company stall for you."

"No need, we've bought almost everything we needed, let's just go together."

"That's right, that's right~ We're also looking forward to seeing how you interact with the audience."

As Yuhi Lily spoke, she gave him no chance to refuse, and turned to leave with Takamiya Rion and the others, laughing and joking.

Shimizu Toru finally understood what it meant to shoot yourself in the foot. He should have just thrown the thing on the ground instead of being so polite.

Just like Hachiman Kairin after finishing shopping, his arms were covered in bags, and he was practically hanging a few around his neck.

Fortunately, Xi Yang and Lily didn't know that he was from Jing Province in his previous life, otherwise he would definitely have more than a dozen fingers hanging from them.

The girls weren't empty-handed; they were all carrying or holding quite a few things, clearly there to buy supplies.

Granblue Files, which later single-handedly crushed other games and anime, has not yet been released.

The hardest-working character at C96 this year is still Jeanne Alter from FGO, with more doujinshi than the second, third, and fourth place winners combined, truly deserving the title of doujinshi queen.

As a fan of the series "Yūgetsu" (云月), Shimizu Toru originally planned to buy a few copies, but it seems she'll have to wait until tomorrow.

When he was shopping with Xiyang Lily and the others, he saw quite a few Kantai Collection (KanColle) booths. It's no wonder that KanColle is one of the three major cults in the past; it's been so many years and it's still so resilient.

There were quite a few booths for Azur Lane, after all, Azur Lane is quite popular in Japan, especially because they release skins every Lunar New Year.

It once caused a famous meme: "At the University of Tokyo, is the New Year a chilling holiday?"

Upon arriving at Nijisanji's booth, Shimizu Toru had just put everything down when Jiang pulled him in front of a giant doll: "Toru-kun, good luck!"

"Wait! You don't mean you want me to wear it, do you?? We agreed that the staff would wear it, and I was only responsible for voice acting!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang awkwardly touched her nose, trying to gloss over the situation: "If I said I got the time wrong, and that person didn't come today, could you forgive me?"

"...Whether you forgive me or not is God's business; I'll send you to meet God right now—"

Although I always knew the other person was unreliable, after all, if you use the same profile picture for a long time, you will unconsciously start to resemble that picture.

Given that Jiang wasn't very smart to begin with, and she kept using the Ice Fairy avatar, it's not surprising that she became even dumber.

"Waaaa QAQ Stop pinching! My face is going to swell up if you keep pinching it!"

After pinching and kneading Jiang's face for a while to vent her anger, Shimizu Toru finally had to accept her fate: "I'm unlucky to have a manager like you."

This big-headed mascot costume, just like the later popular Narushio Da Sha Chun emoji, is most notable for its large coin-shaped head.

After wearing the Qingshui Tou, I found that it was hot, but the most important thing was that my field of vision was extremely narrow. I could only see a little bit of the outside world through two small holes.

Most importantly, after discovering that it was really him inside the mascot costume, Sunset Lily and the others immediately became interested and gathered around.

"Rion, Rion! Quickly take a picture of us together, I want to keep it as a souvenir!"

Gentian Master said this while making a peace sign next to his forehead, tilting his head and doing a Ciallo~(∠?ω)

"Me too! Me too! Take a picture of me too!" Hu Tao Nuoya, who usually didn't dare to show her face, became bold this time.

Perhaps seeing how big and short-limbed Shimizu Toru is now, and how inconvenient he is to move around, he felt that he wouldn't be bullied.

But she clearly didn't know what it meant to settle scores later. Taking photos was one thing, but she even dared to take a close-up picture of Shimizu Tomo's face: "Hehehe~ So cute."

"Have you guys had enough? I still need to go to the booth and interact with the audience."

Whether he sticks his neck out or not, it's all the same. The sooner he gets through this messy interaction, the sooner he can take off this mascot costume. He has no choice but to be proactive.

After breaking free from the Spider Cave, Shimizu Toru, guided by Jiang, arrived at the exhibition stand feeling dizzy and unsteady.

I don't know which brilliant designer came up with this, but there's a small step on the side of this booth. They're probably hoping he'll trip and fall!

After finally getting on stage, Shimizu Toru realized that that idiot, Satoshi, hadn't even put a microphone on the mascot costume.

How is he supposed to interact with the audience? By shouting with his own voice?

Just as he was thinking this, Shimizu Toru felt something in his hand. Looking down, he realized it was Jiang, who had brought him wheat as a last resort.

He sneered, raised the microphone, and said, "Have you thought about this? By doing this, everyone will know it's me inside."

"Huh!?" Jiang was taken aback when she heard this. Clearly, her clever brain hadn't considered this at all.

Upon learning that the person in the mascot costume was Toru Shimizu herself, a scream immediately erupted from the audience.

A gruff male voice could be heard mixed in: "Tou-kun! Auntie's washing the iron—"

"Thank you for your support, but I'm sorry, I prefer girls who are sweet and soft."

This time, we've really been screwed over by this sauce. I hope no one will try to force their way up to us later.

Where's the security guard? Help!

Volume 1: Chapter 158 Comic Con Performance

After receiving news that Toru Shimizu himself had appeared offline, the number of people in front of the Nijisanji booth was increasing at a visible rate.

Fortunately, the Japanese have a "don't cause trouble" mentality that is truly ingrained in their bones; otherwise, a single fence wouldn't have been enough to stop the surging crowds.

"Everyone, please don't panic. Keep a safe distance from each other to avoid a stampede!"

Shimizu Toru looked down and gestured downwards: "Could the audience in the first few rows please sit down or squat down?"

“Ohhhhh——”

Those who gathered around the booth were all loyal fans of Nijisanji, otherwise they wouldn't have spent money to buy merchandise at the booth, so they cooperated by sitting or squatting down.

Those in the back immediately felt a clear view and no longer needed to squeeze forward, significantly reducing the safety risks.