Chapter 3

When I write with my mind empty, the pen flows strangely. I wonder why that is.

It’s mysterious.

It was listed at 55th place in the daily rankings!

Thank you so much!

I’ll do my best to update as soon as possible!

“Hmm, what should I do......”

I am currently very troubled.

Yes, I need to shoot the self-introduction video.

Originally, I was planning to use a male avatar, so I had to rewrite all the scripts for that.

The name I had in mind also had to be completely scrapped.

Well, this 3D model is incredibly cute, so that’s good, and I want to promote this girl more.

I want to promote Yuru-sensei’s art more...... Well, I’ve been promoting it on Piyotter, but it was just a mob account with no recognition.

But there’s something more important than that...... It is——

“No, but the gender issue is still a problem...... Should I try to create a voice?”

I muttered to myself while thinking in my room.

“Hmm, it’s a difficult issue for the person involved, so I’ll let someone watch the video and get feedback on the voice.”

Maybe it’s better to show it secretly to a friend?

“Next, the name, I need to rethink it.

Since the hair is white, I want to include ‘white’ in the name.

I also want to include ‘hime’ from my last name, which might make it sound like a fitting name.”

After thinking for a long time, I came up with this name.

Shirahime Yuka

First, the character designer is named Yuru, so I wanted to make the name sound similar to make it easier for people to think of it as Yuru-sensei’s character.

I included ‘white’ to reflect the hair color, and since I associate the word ‘hime’ with pink, I felt that including it would make the name a perfect reflection of the hair color.

I don’t know what others will think, though.

With that, the next step is the character’s direction and personality.

Given her appearance, she seems more suited to a younger sister character, so it feels natural for her to call viewers ‘big brother’ or ‘big sister.’

For the way she speaks, I’ll have a friend in my class watch the video and give me feedback.

My friend is also into the Vtuber world, so I’m sure they’ll give me good advice.

With that, I revised the script and put on the motion tracking device to shoot the video.

Honestly, wearing this device and moving around is hot, so I turned on the air conditioner.

Even though it’s just the beginning of July, wearing long sleeves is definitely too hot.

With that, I pressed the record button and started the recording.

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The next day, the break was over, and I headed to school.

As usual, I entered the classroom, and since it was before homeroom, I decided to show the video to a friend who was sitting at their desk.

"Good morning, Yusho, I have a Vtuber video I want you to see. Can you watch it?"

His name is Sasaki Yusho.

We’ve been friends since elementary school, what you might call a ‘rotten bond.’

But he’s a very reliable friend who helps me when I’m in trouble.

"Ah, Yuki, good morning. So, what’s this video?"

"It’s this one. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay, leave it to me."

So, I showed Yusho the video I had shot.

On the screen, the virtual girl I was inside was moving and talking.

"This video is for all the big brothers and big sisters watching! Hi, I’m Shirahime Yuka, and I’m starting my Vtuber activities today!"

"Hey, Yuki, isn’t this girl super cute?"

"Yeah, yeah."

While watching the video, Yusho spoke to me, and I couldn’t help but agree that this girl was incredibly cute.

If I weren’t the one inside, I could have said it was cute straightforwardly, but now I have a complicated feeling.

"And this video, as the title suggests, is my self-introduction! Please watch until the end, big brother!"

"Whoa!"

Yusho suddenly clutched his chest and started to suffer.

"What? Yusho, what’s wrong!? Are you okay!?"

"This big brother is no good, my heart is pounding, I might die."

That much?

"Eh, eh...?"

"Let me give you my initial impression of the opening. This girl will become popular, this voice and character design are definitely strong."

The voice is a bit different from my natural one to avoid being recognized as male, but is it that good? I can’t really tell from my own perspective.

"First, my name, as I mentioned earlier, is Shirahime Yuka, 17 years old! I’m serious!"

"Next, my hobbies are games and singing. Due to copyright issues, I’ll probably sing VOCALOID songs with permission or folk songs, so please bear with me!"

"And I plan to stream mainly on weekends, so I’d be happy if you could come and play if you’re free, okay?"

"My first stream is next week on July 11th, starting at 6 PM, so please look forward to it!"

"Regarding video uploads, I plan to post about three videos a week! Unlike streams, the videos will feature my reactions to trending topics or easy-to-video games, so I hope you’ll watch them!"

Yusho had been silent since the self-introduction started.

"How was it? Did you feel any weirdness?"

"I’m going to support her."

"Huh?"

"Man, I might have fallen in love with a Vtuber for real."

Oh no, if this continues, Yusho will fall in unrequited love.

"Hey, Yusho?"

"‘What is this girl!!! She’s so cute!!!’"

"Eh? What?"

My phone was drawing attention from the girls in the class.

The video from earlier was playing, and this is the bad one.

"‘Let’s search for Shirahime Yuka’"

Wait!!! There’s no channel yet!!! I’ll be exposed!!! God, help me!!!

"I’ll search too."

Yusho started searching too.

But it won’t come up.

Because it hasn’t been announced yet.

"‘Huh? She doesn’t exist?’"

"Hey, Yuki."

"‘Hey, Hime-kun?’"

"Y-Yes!?"

"‘How did you get this girl’s video?’"

Ah, it’s no use.

There’s no way a homeroom bell will conveniently ring.

"......Excuse me."

"‘Huh? What did you say?’"

"I’m the Vtuber!!!"

"‘Huh?’"

"I haven’t even made a channel yet, but I was planning to debut with this video if Yusho’s reaction was good!"

"Really? Are you serious? Are you a company Vtuber?"

"No, I’m an individual."

"Really? How did you get such a powerful model?"

"I paid 500,000 yen......"

I answered with a distant look.

"Spending 500,000 yen to do this, Hime-kun, you’re really serious...... I’ll support you!"

"Me too, me too! Go, Hime-kun!"

"Being able to do a lolicon voice, a boy...... hehe."

The three girls in my class, Katsuki, Amane, and Hanazono, gave me words of encouragement.

Wait, did Hanazono say something strange?

"Did someone just say something strange?"

"I think it’s just your imagination."

"I’ll send a Super Chat! I’ll support Hime-kun!"

Katsuki seems to have thought the same thing as me, but Hanazono denied it, so maybe it’s just my imagination?

And Amane, what are you saying so casually!?

"Yuki, you’re amazing...... If there’s anything I can do, let me know, okay?"

Yusho said this, and it was very encouraging.

"We’ll help too if there’s anything we can do!!"

As a result of showing the video to Yusho, the girls in the class and Yusho became fans right away.

Hmm? Wasn’t the issue with the way I spoke resolved?

Well, maybe that was for the best?

If you could bookmark or rate this, it would boost my motivation, so I’d appreciate it!

By the way, the protagonist is called Yuki or Yuki-kun by the boys in the class.

And Hime-kun or Yuki-kun by the girls.