Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber - Chapter 15

When Miro clenched her fist and cheered.

The community also automatically heated up.

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[Miro passed, amazing! Hahaha]

(Miro’s default avatar picture)

-What?? Miro didn’t pass?

-Don’t be ridiculous haha

-From today, this gallery is ruled by Miro

-This really happened

-It was strange that she wasn’t passing since she always had the highest viewer count.

-What, Miro got selected over Harbin?

-Who’s Harbin? Haha

-He’s the guy who raps.

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[From today, this person is the gallery owner]

(Miro cheering after passing the audition gif)

-Pretty face

-Nice voice

-Great at singing

-Just… audition G.O.A.T

-Stop talking nonsense

-How can you tell if her face is pretty when she broadcasts with a screen up? Are you clairvoyant?

-Does that voice sound like it belongs to someone unattractive?

(You’re thinking the fact, lol)

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[Miro swearing thinking she was out]

(A clip of Miro quietly mumbling as the fifth contestant was announced)

-Oh shit, this one got picked…

-I got so aroused seeing her desperately begging to be chosen after playing bot games, thinking she would surely be picked.

-What’s a bot game?

-She was playing LoL bot games until the contestants were announced.

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[Okay guys, we used this toy for a long time]

(Miro’s default avatar picture)

-Shall we look for a new toy now?

-Guys?

-Is the gallery owner a toy? Bring the stick.

-This guy’s not in his right mind, is he?

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[Fuck, I hate that Miro got picked…]

Other contestants bring new games and content to keep viewers, sing all the time, and try so hard.

What did Miro do?

She just streamed whenever she felt like it, chatted a bit, and she passed the audition…

Fuck… If I were a girl with a nice voice, I wouldn’t have to go to do my job properly the next day…

-This guy’s for real

-If you’re jealous, be born as a girl, haha

-Even if you’re born as a girl, you need a voice like Miro’s, haha

-Don’t try to understand, just accept it, you moron. What can you do about it?

-That’s too harsh.

-So what? Miro is an audition winner and you’re a construction worker, deal with it. Haha

-So deep…

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Even after the announcement of the winners, the community continued to buzz with excitement.

Miro, after finishing her broadcast, was invited to a Discord channel.

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After the announcement of all the winners and the late-night end of each broadcast, the company organized a meeting for the winners to talk.

At the same time, a Discord channel that would be used continuously was created.

[Celestial Project Season 1]

Does this mean there will be a second or third season?

Or maybe it was just added to make it look impressive.

“Ah, ah, hello?”

When I entered the chat room, feeling a bit late as everyone else had already joined, the other successful candidates greeted me warmly.

“Miro is here.”

“Oh! Welcome!”

“Nice to meet you!”

“Hello!”

“Welcome.”

The emotions I felt upon hearing the first greetings were somewhat complicated.

Have I been too influenced by female Kim Suhyun?

To be honest, the lively atmosphere was a bit overwhelming.

“Haha… Nice to meet you.”

So, when I answered a bit awkwardly, the women on the other side of the chat burst into laughter.

“What? Was this your image? Hahaha!”

A very hearty woman’s voice.

So, was it Mylee?

I understand she was already somewhat active in broadcasting.

She boldly created a new Dwitch account and applied for the audition with a new avatar and got accepted.

“You’re very shy, aren’t you?!”

This high-pitched voice is… Maho.

She has been uploading J-pop cover videos on YouTube for quite some time, and her speaking style has a somewhat Japanese anime vibe. I thought she only used that tone on broadcasts, but does she use it in real life too? No way, she must be considering this call as an extension of work.

She’s quite a professional.

“Are you really 21 years old, Miro?”

This voice… was it Haru?

A young voice that seems to have a bit of a niche following.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Wow… can you call me ‘unnie’ just once?”

Unnie…?

It’s a title that neither male Kim Suhyun nor even female Kim Suhyun have heard much…

Well, we’ll be working together as a group from now on, so I should at least be able to do that.

“Haru unnie?”

“Wow… wow… it’s kind of strange.”

“In what way?”

“Being an only child, I haven’t had much occasion to be called ‘unnie’.”

“Aha… I also feel awkward since I don’t have much reason to be called that except by my cousins.”

It’s not just the title; the whole situation feels awkward.

Could they talk without involving me?

“Oh? Then call me ‘unnie’ too!”

“Me too, I want to hear Miro call me ‘unnie’.”

“Me too.”

That was Maho, Mylee, and Roa, respectively.

Am I the youngest?

Well… at 21, I guess I’m usually the youngest in most social settings…

“Alright, shall we create our group chat first?”

It was Anna, presumably the oldest, who rescued me from the awkward situation.

She laughed softly and suggested moving on to another topic.

“A group chat? Sounds good!”

“Then, can everyone share their phone numbers?”

But a group chat?

I thought of my profile picture.

A photo taken outside a convenience store, holding a beer in one hand.

I personally think it’s a very pretty picture, but I decided to change my profile.

Well… if they see it now, I won’t get the reaction of, ‘Huh? Miro, are you this pretty?’ when we meet later, right?

After a brief consideration of what photo to use, I saved a random image of a female character from a popular animation and set it as my profile picture.

Too nerdy?

Not at all… a beauty like me having an anime profile picture is a charming contrast.

They might contact high school classmates or college friends they barely remember.

‘Suhyun, did you watch that? I watched it too, and it was fun,’ they might say.

Although it’s a conceited thought, if they saw my chat with tons of unread messages, they would stop saying such things.

After quickly changing my profile picture and leaving my phone number in the Discord channel, Anna saved all the contacts and created a group chat.

[Anna Rinne invited Kim Suhyun, Kim Ahrin, Ma Hohyun, Lee Yuri, and Han Nari.]

They’re all using their real names…

Anna Rinne must be Anna, and Ma Hohyun must be Maho, right? The rest are a bit confusing.

“Alright, is everyone here? Can you leave your nicknames in the chat? As you can see, I’m Anna.”

(Lee Yuri): I’m Mylee

(Han Nari): I’m Haru.

(Kim Ahrin): I’m Roa.

(Me): I’m Miro.

(Ma Hohyun): I’m Maho. Anna, you got your nickname from your real name too, huh?

I carefully memorized the nicknames and names, checking them twice. Except for Mile, most of the nicknames were quite similar to the real names, so it wasn’t difficult to remember.

“Can’t we do this via voice?”

“But if we send it in the group chat, it feels like there’s a trace of the conversation, right?”

“I see…”

Listening to the conversations of the other members through the headset, I checked each profile picture.

First, Anna had a big picture of a white cat, so she must be raising a cat.

Mile’s profile picture was a photo booth picture taken with a friend.

Haru’s profile picture was a photo taken during a trip with friends.

Roa seemed to like cooking, as her profile picture was a dish that looked like she had made it.

What’s going on? Why does everyone seem so normal?

Even Maho, who frequently does J-pop covers and has a local vibe in her speech, had a normal profile picture of a dog, pretending to be an ordinary person.

Only I had a profile picture showing the upper body of a female character.

“Oh? Miro, have you watched Oshi no Ko?”

Then, seeing my profile picture, Maho spoke to me in her usual high-pitched voice.

“Ah, yes… I enjoyed it, so I put it up.”

“Oh? I know that too. My viewers were talking about it. How is it?”

After answering Maho’s question, Mile spoke to me this time.

“Uh… Among the recent ones, I think it’s the best.”

“Oh… Miro, aren’t you quite picky when it comes to manga or anime?”

How does she know that? Did she watch my broadcast?

“Have you watched my broadcast?”

“Of course! I think everyone has watched it.”

I was momentarily flustered by Mylee’s words. Even though I have a high number of viewers, I haven’t been broadcasting for that long, so it would have been hard for other participants who have been broadcasting for a long time to watch mine because their time overlap with mine.

“Huh? Why?”

“Well… when we do ego searching on the community, your name always comes up.”

“Ah…”

It was Anna who answered my question.

So Anna also looks up her own name.

“I also saw the community. They call you the galju? What does that mean?”

“Galju? What’s that?”

“Galju means the person the community members like the most, I think.” Ah,

That was Haru, Roa, and Mylee, speaking in turn.

Everyone must have seen me in the community and decided to check out the broadcast.

Sigh… I’m a bit embarrassed.

Well… I also do ego-searching, so I wonder if there’s any broadcaster who doesn’t do it. Especially if we’re participating in an audition like this, we need to check the reactions.

“That’s right, that’s right!”

While I was feeling embarrassed alone, Maho suddenly clapped her hands and exclaimed as if she had remembered something.

“Miro, you know that song you uploaded? It was really good! I’ve listened to a lot of other covers of that song, but I liked yours the best!”

“Oh, right. I came to see you again after listening to that song.”

First, Maho, then Anna said in turn.

Praise from a Japanese utaiter cover YouTuber and a former musical actress…

It was enough to make my shoulders rise a little, as I haven’t received many compliments on my singing.

“Haha… you guys sing well too. I just practiced that song over and over.”

“Indeed, it shows that you understand the song well.”

Understanding the song? My vocal teacher also said that was important, and Anna mentioned it too.

“Really?”

“Yes, that’s right. By the way, what criteria did you use to choose the song?”

“It was a song that I liked? That I used to like.” That…

“You could feel your affection for the song.” Somehow…

Anna, a former musical actress who could be called an expert in songs, continued her praise.

It seemed like she was quite impressed by my song… Shouldn’t I sing it once since she’s praising it so much?

“Oh… was it that good? Should I sing it here once?”

So, in a way, it was only natural for me to bring this up here.

If you learned it, you should show it off, right? Even if I say I will sing more songs when I have more practice for the broadcast, I can sing one song that I learned over the past few weeks for people who will become my colleagues.

“Huh? Really?”

“If you do that, it would be great!”

Seeing the other members smiling brightly, I cleared my throat.

Yes, everyone here can sing a bit, but I should try to set the mood from the beginning.

I’m confident in this song.

I adjusted the microphone settings, set the echo, and played the MR that I had downloaded to use at the vocal academy while recalling the theories I had learned in my head.

I even pushed the chair back and stood up.

From the tips of my toes to the top of my head, singing uses the whole body as resonance.

I straightened my back and tightened my abdomen.

I slowly inhaled halfway and waited for the timing.

I’ve already sung this song close to a hundred times.

I can match the timing perfectly.

As the intro of the song ended, I confidently started singing.

As expected, the efforts I had made didn’t betray me.

“Wow!!”

“Amazing!”

“What? It’s even better hearing it live!”

For the first time in my life, I successfully finished the song amidst the heartfelt cheers of people other than my vocal teacher.

“Oh, I can’t just sit and listen to this? Maho’s going next.”

“Next, I’ll sing!” Then

Our first meeting with the audition winners, which I was a bit worried about, ended very late at night in a very good atmosphere.