The third day since I caught COVID.
I wanted to continue my Superchat reading stream, but my voice finally gave out.
It makes sense, considering how my throat had been hurting.
I didn't notice it while talking with Mane-chan, but I guess it was too much strain.
The good news is, through some kind of equivalent exchange, my body feels better.
Did I sacrifice my voice to recover my body?
What am I, an alchemist?
As soon as I confirmed my voice wasn't working, I got on Discord.
I immediately sent messages to two V-Live members.
When you can't speak, there's only one type of stream to do!
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【壺おじ】ひのか声担当の方と指示厨担当の方に来てもらった！【ｖライブ/周防火の火】
[Pot Game] I invited someone to be Hinoka's voice and someone to give instructions! [V-Live/Suo Hinoka]
So today's plan is the pot game.
However, it's completely different from the usual pot game.
When I started the stream, instead of the usual broadcast screen, a black screen appeared.
White text in kaishu font appeared on the black screen.
Kaishu is like the Korean gungseo font.
"Hinoka, whose COVID has worsened, has lost her voice."
"Since the promised Superchat reading stream is now impossible,"
"She has invited a voice actor and an instruction giver to play the pot game."
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- Konmoe!
- What kind of plan is this?
- Eh? Voice actor?
- If you're sick, take a rest! Why are you
streaming again after just one day?
- Who are they?
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The listeners are still confused.
Leaving them puzzled, the screen changed.
With the pot game intro screen in the background, three VTubers appeared.
Their roles were listed below each of them.
[Instruction Giver]
- Sister Ere
[Voice Actor]
- Hitotsui Kazuha
[Radio-Controlled]
- Suo Hinoka
That's right.
Today's stream is what's called a "radio-controlled" concept.
Today I can't speak.
Instead, Senior Kazuha, who came as my voice actor, will become me and do the broadcast.
So what does Senior Sister do?
Just backseat gaming... no, she's the instruction giver.
In other words, she's in charge of filling the audio.
Usually, this kind of concept needs at least one person in this role.
Anyway, the three of us are doing this radio-controlled concept!
I'm bringing a concept that will become popular around 2023, three years early!
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- Hinoka came up with a strange concept
- This should be fun
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Senior Kazuha greeted everyone in my place.
"Minya, konmwe~ Did you all have a gweat day today!?"
"Ughhhhh!!!"
From the start, Senior Kazuha's irritating pronunciation was on full display.
At least pretend to imitate my voice a little!
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- Bringing Kazuha as the voice actor lolw
- Kazuhaawww
- lol
- She's not even trying to imitate youwwww
- Konmwe~www
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As you might have guessed by now, the radio-controlled concept is one where the controlled person suffers.
It's a brutal concept where you have to endure the irresponsible pleasure of the voice actor.
Why did I come up with this concept myself?
......Huh.
Why did I?
When I woke up with no voice this morning, I just naturally thought I had to do this.
[Can't speak → Do a radio-controlled broadcast.]
That's an automatic reflex, right?
I mean, a radio-controlled concept would be fun anyway?
And given the nature of the stream, it's most entertaining when you genuinely can't speak?
Since losing your voice doesn't happen often, if I miss this chance...
.
.
.
Eh?
But thinking about it, I'm an idol?
Not a comedian?
So I don't need to create entertainment even from losing my voice?
Eh,
Why did I plan this again?
Reality suddenly hit me.
Wait?
I didn't need to do a radio-controlled concept just because I lost my voice?
"Gokigen'yo! It's Sister~! I was called to be the instruction giver~"
Sister also finished her greeting.
Eh.
I realized a shocking fact.
...I didn't need to create a concept that sends myself to hell just because I lost my voice.
But I've already invited two seniors, the broadcast has started,
and once a stream begins, it can't end until it's over.
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"Ughhhhh!!!!"
The old man in the pot tumbled down.
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- Eh?
- Please get past the tree
- Oh right, Hinoka can't play games
- I forgot because she's only been playing Minecraft lately
- Arggghhhh!!
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Come to think of it, I didn't need to choose the pot game either.
I mindlessly chose it because [Radio-controlled concept = pot game!], but isn't the pot game the original bad game that inspired all the terrible games that came after?
"Kuhuhuk, Hinoka's gaming skills are hetakuso~"
"Isn't it about time we stawt stwipping Nyamu?"
Shut up!
What do my seniors know!
I'm playing the pot game for the first time anyway!
It's already been 10 minutes since the game started.
But I still can't get past the first tree.
At this rate, I can't even estimate how long it will take to clear the game.
"Maybe it's better to just ignore the game screen now"
"Mm-hmm! The wadio-contwolled pewson should do hew best!"
Eventually, Sister and Senior Kazuha started talking, ignoring the game screen.
"Come to think of it, Hinoka is a middle school student, right?"
"Yeah! Hinyoka is in middle... Eh, what was Hinyoka's first-person pronoun again?"
"Eh, Hinoka? You forgot your own first-person pronoun? How can you not know that!"
Senior Kazuha asked about my first-person pronoun while answering Sister's question.
Senior Kazuha's own first-person pronoun is "Kaza."
She's a VTuber who uses what's commonly called third-person speech.
So even now as my voice actor, she was using third-person speech like she usually does, calling me "Hinyoka,"
but then realized that wasn't my first-person pronoun and asked.
The listeners answered Senior Kazuha's question.
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- lol
- If you're invited as the voice actor, you should
know the first-person pronounwww
- This body
- The first-person is "this body."
- lololol
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That's not it!
What do you mean "this body"!
Since when has my first-person pronoun been "this body"!
It's just the normal "watashi"!
Senior Sister reads the listeners' chat and relays it.
"They say it's 'this body.' This body."
"Ehh... This body is indeed a middle school student! Cuwwently in 2nd yeaw! Second yeaw of middle school!"
It's not "this body"!
"Graaaaargh!!"
I finally had a fit watching Senior Kazuha change my first-person pronoun to "this body."
There's no way I would use such a chuunibyou-like first-person pronoun as "this body"!!
"Eh? She's having a fit! She's having a fit! Hinoka is having a fit! Kuhehe, what's going on?"
Senior Sister laughed as she watched me having a fit.
Senior Kazuha answered without batting an eye.
"Yeah, this body has chuunibyou. Sometimes has fits."
"Oh, she sometimes has fits?"
"Yeah, because of the chuunibyou."
No!
I'm not having a fit because of chuunibyou!
I mean, I don't have chuunibyou in the first place!
Swoosh, swoosh.
The pot old man in the game screen swings his pickaxe around.
The pickaxe cuts through the air as if venting frustration.
But it didn't reach my two seniors.
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- She does have chuunibyou though
- The fact that her first-person being "this body"
isn't RP is lol
- Can you beat it today?
- Kazuhawww
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"Ehh. So that's what chuunibyou is like. By the way, will Hinoka's chuunibyou be cured when she becomes a third-year?"
"Nope, won't be cuwed."
"Won't be cured?"
"Won't be cuwed. Nevew be cuwed."
"Oh, never cured? So Hinoka will have chuunibyou for life?"
"Yeah. If the chuunibyou is cuwed, the stweams would end."
What?
Don't be ridiculous.
There's no way I'd quit streaming if my chuunibyou was cured!
I don't even have chuunibyou now!
"Ah, ahaha. So if the chuunibyou is cured, the streams would end."
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- lol
- Then she can stream forever
- lol
- lol
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"Eh, hahaha. 'Then she can stream forever.'"
"Yeah. This body will stweam fowevew."
"Grrrr!"
What do you mean "stream forever"!
Shut up!
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The stream continued for about an hour after that.
During that time, I was completely K.O.'d.
Yeah.
I somehow endured the chuunibyou attacks, but I collapsed when they said "Hinoka would die without Tsuna. Tsuna-mamang."
Half-truths mixed with slander are always more powerful than complete lies.
After continuing the concept for about an hour,
it seemed like Sister and Senior Kazuha were running out of things to say.
This kind of radio-controlled concept is essentially a feat of strength for the voice actor and instruction giver.
So it's not good to stream for too long.
In other words, it was time to end the stream...
...but.
"Hey hey hey hey! Hinoka!!!! Stop falling!!! W-what, are you back at the starting point again?"
See, Senior Sister!
It's the starting village!
"Yeahhh......"
"Eh? Eh? We've been streaming for an hour, why haven't we made any progress? Eh? Wasn't this concept supposed to only torture the radio-controlled person? Why do I have to suffer too!"
Senior Sister finally exploded at my catastrophic gaming skills.
Senior Kazuha was speechless, and I just sat there in despair, watching the pot old man who had fallen back to the starting point.
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- There's no way she'll clear it by 9 o'clock
anyway, so let's just end it here
- It was plenty fun already
- Hinokaww
- The radio-controlled person is the biggest problem
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The listeners seemed to have given up on seeing me clear the game.
If it were another member, they might have wanted to see the game cleared even if it took all night, but I can only stream until 9 o'clock anyway.
The listeners know that, so they've cleanly given up.
At that moment, something strange happened on the stream screen.