From VTuber♂ to VTuber♀ - Chapter 30

Day 2 of Observing the Broadcast (Part 1)

“Things seem really different here from our country…”
“Do they?”
Honestly, I hadn’t been very aware of it. Maybe if I’d been a twin from the start, I would’ve noticed it a bit, but since my gender changed so late, it felt like I never really had the chance to sense that difference. Maybe it was better that my body changed without me knowing anything at first, rather than knowing about it all along. If I recall my elementary school days, my main memory of twins is that people treated them rather poorly. They used to tease them, saying stuff like, “So, who’s gonna be the boy and who’s gonna be the girl?” If my gender had changed back then—or even a bit later than that—I might not have been able to cope, in more ways than one.

“In that sense, should we start a stream~”
“What does that even mean…?”
“It means I’m going to bring Summer back to being a V-tuber?”

Saying “Come on, let’s go,” Toya gently tugged my hand, and I reluctantly followed. Just like yesterday, it seemed today he had no plans of leaving me alone. I did wonder if I really had to sit right next to him, but since it wasn’t uncomfortable, I followed along without complaining. …Well, being lifted up into the chair by Toya was a little uncomfortable. Mostly for my dignity.

“Okay, I’m gonna start the stream now.”
“Sure.”

If I’d wanted to, I certainly could have refused. I could have just said I’d watch from a distance. And yet the fact that I didn’t do that—maybe it means there’s still some hesitation left in me. Maybe all the things I thought I’d thrown away are still lurking in a corner of my heart.

—

“KonTomo~ Good evening, everyone~”

Toya-chan is here!

So, is Totomo-chan by your side again today?

Praying for the arrival of Totomo-chan, supreme among the Totomos LOL

Show us Totomo-chan.

Let Totomo-chan do the stream instead of Toya.

“Hey! This is Toya’s stream, you know?! Are you all that desperate to see Totomo-chan? Well… she is here next to me.”

Toya turned his head and gave a bright smile. According to the boss, I was now ‘halfway an official collaborator,’ so it wasn’t really a problem for me to appear on the broadcast, but I personally felt it was a bit of a stretch to call me staff. Isn’t it odd? The only thing is that I happen to be Han Summer, but apparently that alone makes it okay for me to show up on Toya’s broadcast. I worried I might hold him back, so I tried my best to erase my presence, but the more Toya drew attention to me, the less possible that became.

“Totomo-chan, pfft. Want to say hi?”
“…Hello.”

Waaah, Totomo-chan~

Can Totomo-chan just take over as Toya-chan’s spouse at this point?

If it’s come to this, Toya-P should make a new character and give his old one to Totomo-chan, lol.

Weirdly enough, I think Totomo-chan’s voice fits Toya better LOL

wwww

Glad to see you today too, Totomo-chan!

The response wasn’t bad. Actually, it was so good it was almost a problem. The chat quickly brought up my voice, so I snuck a look at Toya. I thought he might be annoyed by it, but he didn’t show any displeasure at all. In fact, the corners of his mouth curled up so softly that, from the side, it looked like he was in a great mood.

“Sorry to disappoint, but Toya is Toya, so that’ll never happen~ And Totomo-chan may be an aspiring streamer, but she’s still just a regular person right now.”

He was right: I was still just an aspiring V-tuber. Anyway, the stream went on without a hitch after that. Yesterday was a Marshmallow Q&A, so today was a gaming stream. It was an indie game with a story-driven format. I’d played it before, so it felt kind of nostalgic.

“Ah, seriously! Where on earth am I supposed to go?!”
“Is it this? Hmm… So, if I use this pen here—nope, doesn’t work!?”
“Ugh, I really hate puzzles. I mean, isn’t this correct? Why won’t it work!?”

…The problem, if any, was that Toya was just really bad at the game. Overall, the progression was pretty standard, but whenever it came to discovering mid-stage gimmicks or solving puzzles, he was catastrophically bad.

Toya-chan, at this rate, we’re all gonna die…

If he’s trying to infuriate the viewers, mission accomplished, lol.

Toya-P, we told you not to do puzzle games! Not puzzle games, not puzzle games, not puzzle games!

I’m grinding my teeth here… Please…

Totomo-chan, given the situation, why not say something that represents all of us Totomos?

O Totomo-chan, our leader, please save us…

wwwwww

Totomo-chan might already be a goner LOL

Naturally, the chat was filled with viewers wailing and moaning. Most people were saying things like “Just quit the game already,” or “We’re sorry, we give up.” At some point, the chat began collectively calling me the ‘leader of the Totomos’ and started begging me to speak on their behalf to Toya. But Toya, totally absorbed in the game, didn’t notice that the chat was in full revolt.

“Is, is this how you do it? This must be right, right?”
“Ah, that’s not how you do it.”
“… …”
“…Oh.”

Blood’s thicker than water, after all. Even though I’ve got this Totomo-chan nickname, I’d intended to stay on Toya’s side. Until he got stuck on the same part for nearly an hour, that is. To be honest, I hadn’t planned on saying anything, but I was so frustrated that it just came out. At first, I’d been thinking, “Well, it’s his first time playing, so it’s fine,” but as time went on, the frustration inside me built up, and I unconsciously blurted out what I did.

wwwwww

Yes, that’s exactly what we wanted to hear!

Toya-chan’s puzzle-solving skills are so bad that they even frustrate Totomo-chan, lol.

This time, Toya-chan is definitely in the wrong… LOL

From now on, Toya should only play FPS games.

LOL

LOL

“Ugh… So, you’re saying you could clear this part, Totomo-chan?!”
“Yeah.”
“Then how about you try it? If you can’t clear it within an hour, you’ll get tickled for five minutes. Deal?”
“… …”

Do we really have to go that far? Toya’s expression was full of confidence, as if he thought, If I couldn’t clear it, there’s no way you can either.

“In return, if I do clear it, you have to do an hour-long singing stream.”
“Deal!”

If there’s a penalty for failing, then there should be a reward for succeeding. Figuring it was the kind of prize that could make both me and the viewers happy, I suggested it, and Toya nodded right away. …He was so confident that I almost felt sorry for him. It seemed he didn’t know I’d already played the game before.

—

[Toya should just turn off the game now—press ‘like’ if you agree!]
[ㅇㄷㄴㅂㅌ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
└ [Seriously, instead of this, just play Eo-hi or something!!!!!!!!!!!]
└ [Info) Toya has Korean blood, so he’s best at competitive games.]
└ [Korean blood (but actually 100% Japanese).]
└ [Toya is mercilessly abusing the Totomos, ugh.]
└ [Right at the start of the new year, Yatogami Toya is really laying down the law for the Totomos!]
└ [We’re all really gonna die here… We’re done for…]
└ [Totomo-chan seems to be next to you, so can you give Toya a smack on the head?]
└ [>> Do it now!]
└ [Seriously, lolol.]
└ [At this rate, we’ll all need dentures while we’re still young…]
└ [Yet we’re all still watching Toya’s stream. Sigh, Totomos…]

[“Ah, that’s not how you do it”—Totomo-chan enters the chat, lol]
[(Video title: “(Totomo-chan saying ‘Ah, that’s not how you do it.’ .MVI) Totomo-chan finally can’t hold back, lol”)]
└ [I can sense a familiar Korean vibe from Totomo-chan, lol.]
└ [We viewers are dying of frustration just watching, but imagine how much worse it is for Totomo-chan sitting right next to him, lol.]
└ [Toya actually made normally-silent Totomo-chan speak up, haha.]
└ [By the way, who is Totomo-chan?]
└ [>> That’s a newbie question.]
└ [>> Kick the newbie out.]
└ [>> If you don’t know Totomo-chan, why are you even watching Toya’s stream?]
└ [>> She’s Toya’s friend. Yeah.]

[Totomo-chan VS Toya.]
[If Totomo-chan can’t clear it within an hour, she gets tickled for five minutes. If she clears it within an hour, Toya does a one-hour singing stream, lol.]
└ [Toya doing a singing stream? I’m in, haha.]
└ [Please, Totomo-chan, win. Please, Totomo-chan, win. Let Totomo-chan win. I beg you.]
└ [If Totomo-chan wins, she’s officially the main star of the forum, no question.]
└ [Why the forum’s main star? -> Because she made Toya do a singing stream.]
└ [>> So true, lol.]
└ [>> Exactly, rofl.]
└ [Info) Toya has done a singing stream only twice so far.]
└ [Both times were under 30 minutes, lol.]
└ [Instead of this game, just play Eo-hi, and instead of Eo-hi, just sing, lol.]
└ [Is Toya really that good at singing?]
└ [>> He’s good.]
└ [>> Those who’ve heard his legendary singing stream know how amazing it is.]
└ [>> Of course only those who’ve heard it would know, haha.]