Please Do Your Debauchery After You Die - Chapter 19

Episode 19: What is a Virtual Streamer?

What exactly is a virtual streamer?

Even in 2025, before my regression, questions comparing virtual streamers and female streamers never ceased.

– Isn’t virtual just about ugly people hiding their faces to broadcast? Honestly, if they were pretty, they would have become female streamers.

That was one of the most representative claims.

To be honest, I somewhat agree.

Even when I occasionally see the “red pill” moments of virtual streamers accidentally being revealed, it’s clear that having a pretty face is a definite advantage, and there’s no reason to hide it.

However, broadcasting isn’t all about looks.

If that were the truth, the streaming community would be filled with female and male streamers who are all from big companies.

But look at reality.

Are there any big company streamers who have outstanding appearances?

Ah, of course, I’m not belittling their looks.

I just want to look at it objectively, objectively.

Outstanding communication skills that surpass others.

Creative planning that produces entertaining content.

Control that excites the viewers.

They had such broadcasting talent that shone even brighter than their appearances.

Virtual streamers also had this.

At one point, their mere existence earned them the title “mercury” with their talented voices.

Many virtual streamers were also good singers.

After all, even from the basic voice, they stand out, so they can’t help but get high evaluations…

But that was as far as it went.

If you look around, there are good voices among female streamers too, and while the singing may vary, dancing is an unbalanced battle.

Is that all?

Famous competitions on Pangea TV are based on offline events.

Star League, Destruction Battle, etc.

The big content is the same.

Yet, virtual streamers are excluded from the mainstream due to the difficulty of revealing the “red pill.”

In this unfavorable streaming community ecosystem, what strengths can virtual streamers possess?

I wouldn’t have known this during that time before my regression, but Seo Min-ah, who regressed from 2025, knows.

It’s the power of technology.

With the advancement of technology, virtual streamers possess infinite possibilities.

Human streamers can create extravagant concert halls and perform, escaping the limitations of space to navigate through game worlds.

d*mn, thinking about it, it all comes down to money.

That’s right. If you throw money to invest in technology, there is nothing impossible for virtual streamers.

Why am I saying this now…?

“The cost for Zero Two will be 500 candies, teacher.”

“No, excuse me. Please give me a discount. This is way too expensive.”

“Ah! This guy doesn’t know the market price. Let me ask you straight. Do you know VRChat?”

“…… I’m a beginner.”

“Oh dear. That’s why you don’t understand the ways of the world. If you go around asking to show Zero Two for 100 candies, you’ll get slapped, you know.”

“……”

– Haha, a 91-year-old getting lectured by a kid born in 2000

– The head of a household works this hard for money ㅠ

– Honestly, until a moment ago it was boring, but now it’s hilarious ㅋㅋ

– Is that Seo-Ah-nim? The moment she appeared, it became suddenly entertaining

[Sayoh has sponsored 500 candies.]

“I’ll sponsor instead. Our Sayoh has diabetes and a slipped disc and is a poor guy, so please take good care of him.”

“Oppa. Why are you standing there with your legs hurting? This is a good spot to see, right? Sit down comfortably.”

“Uh… Okay. So how do I sit?”

“Maybe try pressing the C key? Yes, go there and press that.”

– Donmi’s on

– What the? The transition is insane

– Our streamer is embarrassed regardless of where they are ㅠ

I had Sayoh’s avatar sit a little away from the circular stage.

I checked the angle while doing the steps and filming, and that position captured the screen best. The composition was good.

Huh? Who’s the step?

It’s a VRChat veteran I hired.

They do various jobs in VRChat.

I contracted them to prepare for this audition and decided to work together for two months.

Ah, so now I’m really broke.

I’m at the level of worrying about rent and living expenses.

Still, they definitely have skills and have been very helpful for someone nearly a beginner like me in VRChat.

The map I’m currently on was made by that step.

“Right. In fact, Sae Dalkom’s map was a miss from the start.”

The strength of virtual was, above all, its freedom from space constraints.

The vast world of VRChat.

If I wanted to enhance the immersion felt by the viewers even a little, I shouldn’t have chosen a map set against a large lake under a blue sky.

“I’m going to start.”

“……”

There was a lot of chatter, but today’s broadcast’s highlight could only be Zero Two’s dance.

This place was created because of my slip-up.

“This feels awkward. But… I have to do it, right?”

The unfamiliar world seen through the VR device.

The weight of the sticks in my hands and the trackers attached to my waist and legs felt just as unfamiliar.

But still, every time I finished broadcasting, I would log into VRChat to practice, getting feedback from veteran steps and putting in the effort.

Indeed, money is nice.

If I had tried to get used to it alone, it might have taken me over a month.

To shake off the tension, I gripped the sticks tightly and signaled.

The step, hiding in a dark corner of the map, manipulated the equipment, and soon a familiar song began to play.

The time for proof had come.

***

The greatest charm of internet broadcasting is its live execution.

The freshness of raw content cannot be matched by recorded method.

However, the problem is that there are many variables, and the atmosphere or situation can lead things to unfold in directions different from the original intent.

For Sayoh, the current situation was like that.

The initial plan wasn’t like this.

The idea was to slowly visit broadcasts of the contacted virtual streamers through a tick-tack approach and build the broadcast together.

Then, at an appropriate time, the Pangea TV viewers would collectively access VRChat to showcase the charm of virtual streams they were seeing for the first time.

But the plan slipped right from the beginning.

I tried to show the charm of individual virtual streamers through tick-tack, but there weren’t many streamers who could respond well.

At least the talk with Choi Eun-bin had some flavor, but the rest was below expectations, and seeing the gradually sinking chat room, I had to early deploy Sae Dalkom, whom I thought was the ace.

Huh? What is this?

The trusted axe has struck my foot.

Sae Dalkom, who seemed to be a quite adept streamer while watching unlogged, stiffened up once the tick-tack began.

I quickly sensed it, having ten years of broadcasting experience.

Ah, that’s just a case of a timid person.

There are cases where someone performs well in personal broadcasts but freezes up in collaborations; Sae Dalkom was precisely that type.

The attempt at Zero Two’s dance, which I tried just in case, was also ambiguous to call a success.

The fact that a 3D avatar, not a female streamer, is dancing is inherently fresh and new, yet some viewers felt a rejection of that aspect, and most importantly, there was a clear flaw.

“Certainly lacking in skill. It can’t be helped. Dance was never the main focus to begin with.”

Every day, dancing in reaction to candy sponsorships is something female streamers do, and the Pangea TV viewers had become accustomed to the dance skills of those female streamers.

With mediocre skill, one merely nods along and moves on.

Female streamers aware of their lack of skill either wear more revealing outfits or do seductive appeals to catch eyes, which was not easy for Sae Dalkom.

Given that there were viewers with a rejection towards virtual to begin with, how could she appeal with exposure? It was obvious it would backfire.

“Is today’s content… a failure?”

Sayoh’s tension began to sharply decrease, and at that very moment, cuckoos started flying in.

Sudden intervention from Seo-Ah.

Looking at the heating chat room, Sayoh realized that it was the only opportunity to give the failing content a lifeline.

After that, it was a swift process.

By engaging in tick-tack with Seo-Ah, we created immersion for the viewers and moved to the invited map in VRChat.

And now, I was gazing trembly at the screen.

At Seo-Ah, who was standing on the circular stage.

“……”

With luscious black hair and red eyes.

I hadn’t noticed until just now, engrossed in the content, but Seo-Ah’s avatar was different.

Unlike the slightly wide one of Sae Dalkom, hers was slender, and the shape and position of her eyes were much cleaner.

“I had thought Seo-Ah-nim’s avatar was pretty all this time. But seeing it right after Sae Dalkom’s, it definitely makes a big difference.”

At that moment, the music started.

Simultaneously, the lights in the entire map went out, and darkness filled the screen.

“Uh?”

Just for a moment of bewilderment.

With a pop sound, a beam of light descended from the ceiling over the stage.

Glamorous spotlights sparkled like a club’s lighting.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the extraordinary production.

As the rhythm swayed, I found myself involuntarily bobbing my shoulders.

“Really? Is this for real?”

Sayoh knew.

Zero Two’s dance isn’t as easy as it looks.

Most videos uploaded on YouTube merely cut below and focus on upper body movements, simply shaking the hips left and right with fake imitations.

A proper Zero Two dance requires upper and lower body movements in opposite directions, drawing parabolas in sync with the rhythm.

It doesn’t stop there; additionally, from the front view, one must also see the upper thigh area cross up and down to show flavor, making it challenging unless you have considerable skill.

Huh? Why do I know so much about this?

Don’t ask me. During last year’s year-end awards ceremony, I attempted to prepare for a congratulatory stage and picked it as a candidate, only to give up after ten days due to its high difficulty and switch to another dance.

The choreographer was so enthusiastic that they insisted on teaching the official Zero Two dance instead of an imitation.

Yet surprisingly, the dance Seo-Ah is presenting right now is around 60%… no, almost 70% similar to what the instructor showed as an example back then.

The difference became even more pronounced when compared to Sae Dalkom.

Unlike Sae Dalkom, who primarily moved her upper body, Seo-Ah’s lower body movements were significant, and most importantly, her pelvis thrusting forward gave her movement a three-dimensional feel.

And the bust morphing that was jutting outward… Ahem!

– Oh?

– This is definitely a different level; who is this? A former cheerleader? Or a dance expert?

– Earlier, I had a resistance thinking of a graphic piece dancing, but unexpectedly this person is doing it so well that it’s just funny ㅋㅋ

– Is this really dancing? Nobody is dancing in her stead or is it moving through some program? ㄷㄷ;;

– How is a character moving like this? Seeing the clean dance lines is just absurd

The viewers’ reactions poured in real-time.

Without realizing it, Sayoh began to caress her arms.

Perhaps she never even imagined showcasing such a stage?

Goosebumps rippled across her arms.

“This is amazing; this is really just…”

In that moment, the vision of the dream she had been sketching for a year began to flicker in her mind.

The first virtual idol audition on Pangea TV.

Sayoh’s eyes were filled entirely with Seo-Ah’s image.