Since I Became a Woman, I’ll Do Cosplay - Chapter 37

Min Hayoon assumed the worst-case scenario was the online communities.

Whether it’s a female-dominated or male-dominated community, once a topic gets picked up and becomes a hot issue, people tend to spend money as a form of resistance against the opposing side.

Well, you could say that if you can gather money that way, it’s all good…

But there’s a saying that it’s more important not to have one enemy than ten friends.

She didn’t want to create people who had ill will towards her, so she hoped that the funding wasn’t a result of some controversy in the community.

‘No gender conflicts. Damn it…’

In 2020.

If she got caught up in something wrong at this time, she might get reported and get kicked off the funding site.

Min Hayoon hoped that the large number of supporters had gathered out of pure goodwill, and fortunately, her expectation was correct. It wasn’t a gender conflict.

It’s not a gender conflict…

“No, what…”

It seemed to be true that it became a hot topic in the community.

Especially in the small-time streamer community.

“Ha, haha…”

Should she be happy about this?

Min Hayoon had a troubled expression.

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It’s been over 15 days since the funding for Cosplay Holic began.

It’s a situation where 20 million won was raised in an instant, but in fact, the initial funding increase for Cosplay Holic was somewhat insignificant.

When Min Hayoon mentioned it a lot on the broadcast at the beginning of the funding, about 3 million won was accumulated in three days… but after that, only about 2 million won was added in a week.

Then are you saying that 15 million won was funded in the remaining 5 days?

You might ask…

Surprisingly, that’s correct.

5 days. That’s the time it took for Cosplay Holic to accumulate 15 million won in funding.

-There’s a small-time streamer I’m supporting, and she’s releasing a game.

-Ah, her drawings are really hot.

-Wow, she’s releasing a game with these illustrations?

The beginning of this glorious move was, of course, the consistent posts that Woo Seo-jin uploaded to the small-time streamer gallery.

As Woo Seo-jin consistently mentioned it, whether they liked it or not, the users of the small-time streamer gallery had to constantly encounter Min Hayoon’s viral marketing, and as a result.

-Wow, this girl’s drawings are really hot.

-I play Girls’ Frontline, and she has a lot of hot pics on Pixiv.

If you go to her Patreon, there are uncensored versions, additional pics, and a ton of other stuff. It’s super worth it.

Since the absolute majority of the Hearthstone gallery users were men, they started to recognize and remember Min Hayoon as a ‘small-time streamer who draws hot pics’.

-I bought this. Get ready.

-Let’s go make a girlfriend~

-I tried the demo too, and I’m really looking forward to it.

And some of those who often received favors from the small-time streamer who draws hot pics naturally started to flow into the Cosplay Holic funding page.

As the purchase certifications accumulated one by one, and the users active in the Hearthstone gallery mentioned it little by little in other otaku galleries they were active in, it seemed like Woo Seo-jin’s viral marketing was about to see the light of day.

“Huh? What? Why is it going up so suddenly?”

Woo Seo-jin, who was checking the funding window of Cosplay Holic, which was steadily increasing as usual, was astonished.

It had been a day.

He only took a break from looking at the trend of the funding amount for a day, and now, on the 11th day of the funding.

“No, why is this…?”

For some reason, the funding amount had exceeded 13 million won.

Just yesterday, it was only at the 7 million won mark, with a gentle growth curve…

Why suddenly?

Woo Seo-jin had an expression of incomprehension for a moment.

“Could it be…!”

As if he had realized something.

He immediately headed to the small-time streamer gallery.

Clearly, the growth rate of Cosplay Holic was stable.

However, apart from being stable, it lacked explosiveness.

That was obvious.

Min Hayoon was originally a small-time streamer, she didn’t show her face on broadcasts, and she didn’t even have a character avatar.

To the Hearthstone gallery users, Min Hayoon was nothing more than a vending machine that drew hot pics.

No matter how much Woo Seo-jin did viral marketing, due to the nature of Min Hayoon’s broadcast, it was difficult for an explosive response to occur.

No, he judged that it would be difficult.

He didn’t think that so many people would be interested in a streamer who just drew pictures.

But he was wrong.

-I found another picture of our noona.

-Pictures are being dug up from Girls’ Frontline gallery, Chan, web, and all sorts of places.

This is a gold mine.

-Agh. Just do a face reveal!

The users who had fallen in love with the illustrations Min Hayoon drew started to become interested in Min Hayoon herself, the person who drew them, and finally reached the point of finding Min Hayoon’s ‘red pill’.

The photos of Min Hayoon’s cosplay, densely parked in the Hearthstone gallery’s top posts, proved it.

-Ah, I can’t resist a cosplay book with that face.

-I bought it too. It comes with various goods, so it’s good value for money.

-Hey, it’s 400,000 won for this composition? That’s cheap.

The situation Woo Seo-jin feared the most happened.

The thirsty guys started to flock.

“Th, th, these crazy bastards…!”

This is a case that even Woo Seo-jin hadn’t thought of.

He thought that due to the nature of Min Hayoon’s broadcast, there would be a limit to the number of people who would flow in even if he did viral marketing, and that only a few of the people who saw his posts would buy the game…

He was just going to help with the sales a little…

-Ah, what dance should I ask her to do when she turns on the cam?

-I want to ask her to sing too, her voice will probably be amazing.

“Our broadcast is not that kind of broadcast!”

Unfortunately, it was too late to turn back.

In a situation where there are so many community users like these days, there are bound to be many people who are curious about the streamer’s real appearance, and because the viral marketing was too obvious, it subtly accumulated negative feelings.

Of course, the negative feelings towards Min Hayoon quickly turned into positive feelings when her real appearance cosplaying as HK-M4 was revealed.

-…But it’s a bit disappointing that her chest is small.

-She looks a bit young.

-You have to be careful with your words.

-But well, we can find out her age by going to her broadcast now, right?

-That’s true.

“Th, th, this…”

Unlike Min Hayoon, for Woo Seo-jin, it was a total disaster.

He just wanted to do some viral marketing so that Min Hayoon could make some money.

He was going to make her focus only on game development and drawing broadcasts, without caring about a face reveal.

“I’m screwed…”

If these thirsty guys come flocking in…

If she turns on the cam after receiving a donation with overwhelming firepower…!

Literally, Min Hayoon might get corrupted as a female cam model and never come back.

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Woo Seo-jin screamed at the snowball he started rolling, but Min Hayoon, who grasped the situation late, immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.

“I don’t think this is a problem caused by some coordinate being targeted.

It’s clear that her face was exposed, leading to the viral marketing.

And that’s the problem.

“Ha, damn, they know I’m pretty…”

Min Hayoon was very well aware of the overwhelming power of her appearance.

A woman with a perfect appearance created by the power of the status window.

She has the unique attribute of being an active high school girl, and the main content of her broadcast is drawing hot pics.

Once the viral marketing starts, there’s no way new viewers won’t come in.

Woo Seo-jin thought that the influx of viewers would be limited due to the nature of Min Hayoon’s broadcast, but regardless of the nature of the broadcast, the power of the three letters ‘high school girl’ in this field is impossible to measure.

“No wonder there were chats asking about my age and face these days…”

Moreover, Min Hayoon is not someone who is particularly resistant to turning on the cam.

Well, her biggest concern is having her private life exposed…

“Since I’ve already been taking cosplay photos, my face has already been exposed a lot.”

If they give me a lot of money, wouldn’t it be okay to turn on the cam?

“Hmm…”

But wouldn’t it look too cheap if I revealed my face just because my name got around in the community?

No, that’s not right.

The issue of a face reveal, which was a trivial conversation topic on the broadcast.

If she mentions it just because it’s being talked about in the community, it’s not worth it.

If it’s like this, if the community asks her to dance, she’ll dance, and if they ask her to sing, she’ll sing, and they’ll try to shake her like crazy.

In that case…

“Let’s see…”

It’s right to go with the orthodox method.

She’s going to train them.

The thirsty guys who came to see the female cam model Min Hayoon, and the hardcore otaku who came to see Min Hayoon’s drawing broadcast.

She’ll train them all and use them as money boxes.

In a situation where she doesn’t know where and how the status window will pressure her, the more money boxes, the better.

“Ah, here it is. A selfie taken at AGC.”

Grinning.

Min Hayoon, smiling mischievously, moved a photo to her computer.

“Where, shall we see the firepower of the thirsty guys who funded 20 million won in 15 days?”

Min Hayoon, who indirectly tasted the firepower of the thirsty guys through the funding page, had long been blinded by the smell of money.