Chapter 352
352 – [OVA] Virtuber Kim Yu-Seong
Virtual YouTuber.
That history began in 2016, about 10 years ago.
Since the first virtual YouTuber was born with the words ‘Let there be light,’ many virtual YouTubers have risen and fallen in this industry.
In the end, now, 10 years later, the industry has completely become a red ocean.
As is the case in any industry, when supply begins to outstrip demand, competition increases and concepts become excessive.
Moreover, in the case of male vertubers, who are less in demand than female vertubers, there were usually two options.
You can capture the hearts of female viewers by putting on a cool show, or you can become a clown by putting on a comedy show.
In this situation, the choice I made as a latecomer was to become a clown.
This is because the barrier to entry for viewers seemed to be lower here.
Fortunately, this positioning worked quite well, and now, two years after starting my life as an individual vertuber, I have established myself as a vertuber with 300,000 subscribers.
Considering that he was a latecomer, and a male vertuber, it could be said to be a truly remarkable performance.
If we want to grow bigger than this at this point, we’ll have to borrow the power of a large company.
***
“Companda! How are you, students? A mysterious masked fighter! Pandaman has appeared!”
As soon as the real-time live started and I shouted that, viewers’ chats flooded into the chat window.
[Conpanda! So what are you doing today?]
[Conpanda! Are you doing the Ring Health exercise you did last time?]
[No cam room today?]
[Show me how to crush a coin with your fingers!]
I quickly scanned the chats coming up in real-time and selected the ones worth replying to.
“Today, I plan to continue the ring health I finished last time. Today, I plan to run all the way to the boss.”
[Yes? Are you saying you will beat Ring Health until the end?]
[Isn’t that about half of the remaining amount? Is that possible?]
[Don’t overdo it. And then I just get tired for no reason.]
Immediately afterwards, warm chats from viewers who were concerned about my body came up…
From noble mtl dot come
[Do you believe that? Do you believe that? Do you believe that?]
[I think I’ll do it for a while anyway and then suddenly quit because I have a job]
[Balloon Muscle Man www Lloyd, how much did you put in? Ww]
It was a collaboration between and malicious viewers.
However, I am also not in my second year of internet broadcasting.
Since I’m not someone with a low ignition point to the point where I’m barely scratched by chatting like this, I just laughed it off and moved on.
“Hey, last time something really happened suddenly.”
As I said that, I casually put on the Ring Health straps on my shoulders and legs.
[Master, I believe you will show us your human physique again today.]
[So when will it be certified that it is not a rider?]
[Romusae, please leave.]
I took a quick glance at the chat that was going down quickly, and instead of responding, I chose to ignore it and start playing Ring Health.
“Okay then, let’s work hard today with the goal of reaching the Ring Health ending!”
***
Masked fighting virtual YouTuber ‘Pandaman’
This confusing combination of characters is my sign as a virtuber.
A man who is an expert in various martial arts who used to practice in the mountains comes down to the secular world to save his disciples and is active under the concept of putting on a panda mask and broadcasting on the Internet.
It is often said that RP (role-playing) is important for vertubers, but for convenience, I set the character itself to a setting that is not much different from my original self.
The games I mainly play are fighting, FPS, or games where physical skills are important.
In general, it is difficult to do 3D broadcasting that requires full tracking equipment unless you are a large corporate YouTuber, but I use my characteristics as a masked YouTuber to dress up as a pandaman myself and occasionally do cam broadcasts.
In the first place, if there isn’t a big difference between the character and the live action, it’s not really a violation of RP.
At first, I was just a small individual vertuber, but it was my first 3D broadcast that suddenly led to my rapid growth.
A muscular monster that looks like it came straight out of a cartoon puts on a panda mask and shows off his power, so it would have been hard not to get aggro.
Of course, as the publicity effect was great, all kinds of evil people came in as a side effect, but now we have managed to get used to it.
[No, is it true that I maxed out my exercise load and ran for over 3 hours without even gasping for breath?]
[Your physical strength is crazy. If you have a suspiciously good voice and good body, but you also have a good-looking face, aren’t you a complete fraud?]
[Are you stupid? If he was handsome, he would have shown his face with his face on the air. It makes a lot more money that way.]
[Well.]
[This is a chat where you will soon be muscle busted by Panda Man.]
[If your anger exceeds the threshold, your hair may rise to the sky.]
[There really are people in the world who do ring health for 3 hours non-stop.]
“I don’t do muscle busters. I don’t.”
Even today, I press down on the ring-shaped controller while responding to all the muscle characters that appear without fail.
If I apply too much force, it might break again, so I pressed down as gently as possible to kill the monster, and the final boss, the Hellchang Dragon, finally appeared.
Hehe, it’s quite surprising that you finally followed me all the way here.』
A hellchang dragon that speaks like a stereotypical third-rate villain and poses like a bodybuilder.
But it didn’t take long for that relaxed expression to distort.
『Kaaak!』
A huge body collapsing with the final blow.
Eventually, the long adventure ended with the Hellchang dragon disappearing and the world became peaceful.
“Thank you for your hard work. Ring Health is finally coming to an end.”
[Thank you for your hard work.]
[Thank you for your hard work.]
“I feel like reading the chat, but I feel like I’ve been on the air for too long today, so I’m going to end it. I’ll post the next broadcast schedule on a separate bulletin board.”
When I said that and typed the concluding comment, greetings like [Otsupanda!] Started popping up in the chat window.
If you turn it off right away, it won’t be good, so give viewers enough time to chat and then end the broadcast.
When I took off the headset I had been wearing and checked the time, it was almost 9 PM.
‘Then I see you didn’t eat dinner.’
Ring Health broadcasted non-stop from 5 PM until 9 PM, so there was no time to eat separately.
As I was feeling hungry later, I put away all the equipment used in today’s broadcast, opened the door, and came out.
Inside a quiet house.
Since I had a separate studio with a soundproof booth for broadcasting, there was no way I could feel the presence of others.
I scratched my stomach and opened the refrigerator in the kitchen, but all that was inside was bottled water.
‘Well, I usually eat when I go home.’
Since it was annoying, I thought about ordering pizza through Uber Eats, but when I checked my phone just in case, there was a message.
[Yuseong-ah, when the broadcast is over, do you want to go home together? I’m at the office right now for work.]
This is Ayase’s message.
I thought it was a good idea and asked her right away.
[What about dinner?]
Then the answer came back immediately.
[I haven’t eaten it yet.]
‘It was good.’
I immediately asked Ayase as she clenched her fists at her unexpected good news.
[Then do you want to eat something outside and come in? I haven’t had dinner yet either.]
[Good.]
After receiving Ayase’s reply, I immediately took my motorcycle keys and left the studio.
***
“Ayase!”
“Yuseong!”
When I rode my motorcycle to the front of the company, Ayase, dressed in gym clothes, was waiting in front of the company’s main gate.
As I stopped the motorcycle on the shoulder, I saw Ayase approaching and she took out the spare helmet she had put in the motorcycle storage compartment and asked.
“Why are you staying up late at work today?”
Then Ayase, who readily took over her helmet, answered with a wry smile.
“There’s a big live performance coming up soon. I’m here for dance practice.”
“Has that season already arrived?”
“Summer usually has a lot of events.”
While saying that, Ayase, who was sitting behind me, poked her head out from behind and asked.
“So where are you going?”
I asked, turning the motorcycle handlebar.
“Is there anything you want to eat?”
“Hmm, meat?”
“If it’s meat, there’s a good place around here. Let’s go there.”
When I said that and pulled the motorcycle’s clutch, Ayase screamed! And she hurriedly grabbed his waist.
Buaaang!
Perhaps because it was late, I raced at a high speed through Chiyoda Ward, where there was almost no traffic.
The quickly passing wind cooled the midsummer heat, so I felt like I could live without an air conditioner.
After driving for about 10 minutes, we arrived at a famous yakiniku restaurant in Chiyoda Ward.
As this place mainly caters to office workers, it was crowded with people even late at night, but we went into the room to avoid the commotion.
“Then, please call me again when you decide on your order.”
Tak!
As the waitress who guided us to the room closed the door and left, Ayase looked around with a slightly shocked expression and asked.
“Isn’t this a very expensive place?”
“It’s expensive.”
“I don’t mind going to a cheaper store.”
“You can’t go out again now.” Just eat quietly.”
I said that and forced Ayase to sit down, and she poured water into the cup in front of her.
“It’s soon Minazuki Luna’s 10th debut anniversary, right? That’s why I’m buying it for you to commemorate the occasion.”
When I handed over the menu with a suitable excuse, Ayase finally opened the menu with a reluctant expression.
Now, what should we order?
I opened the extra menu and quenched her appetite.
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