I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

I am a voice actor, not your emotional support Author: Tiantian Fantasy Dish

Introduction:

Voice actor Toru Uehara has been in the industry for five years but still hasn't won a leading role.

I thought the road of voice actors would be full of ups and downs.

Until he accidentally heard the secret of a popular female voice actor.

Mizuno Inori, who is extremely popular and has a wide range of friends in the circle, is a black-bellied person and wants to make a deal with him.

Sakura Ayane, who is also at the top of the circle and hates men, insists that he pretend to be her boyfriend.

The girl from the band, Sister Jing Serina, who appeared out of nowhere, became his younger brother.

The number of young girls around me is increasing, but my career is also rising.

A year later, Toru Uehara returned home and looked at the girls who had completely taken over his room.

Finally I couldn't bear it anymore.

"I am not your emotional support!"

"Find out whose house this is!"

Faced with his protest, the girls paid no attention to it. Instead, they showed off their skills and came even closer.

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The daily love life of voice actors and the crying girls band.

Volume 1: Chapter 1: The Secret of a Popular Female Voice Actor

“Thank you all for your hard work in the new year!”

"cheers!"

With the crisp sound of wine glasses clinking, the voice actors, agents, producers, and leaders present began tonight's celebratory dinner.

While everyone was toasting.

Sitting in the corner, drinking alone, Toru Uehara looked a little melancholy.

How many times?

The main character was defeated.

Since going to Beijing at the age of 18 and making his official debut as a voice actor at the age of 19.

This year is the fifth year.

From newcomers to seniors, he has witnessed many newcomers who entered the industry later than him getting the leading roles.

However, he gained nothing.

There are quite a few supporting roles, but they are all the type that are ranked at the back and can never make it to the first tier.

This also resulted in him being unpopular and unrecognizable as a voice actor.

"Uehara-kun, are you okay?" The manager sat beside him and comforted him, "Life is not always as it seems. We don't have to pursue the main role. You are already capable enough."

Uehara Toru rolled his eyes: "If you can't comfort others, don't comfort them."

The agent was used to his aggressive tone and shrugged helplessly: "It's mainly because you spend too much time preparing for a role. Who else can take half a month off to immerse themselves in the experience for a role like you do?"

"If you were willing to put in the effort to prepare for a few more roles and cast a wider net, you might have gotten the main role a long time ago."

"That doesn't suit me. What I want is a sense of reality. Without that sense of reality, I can't perform that kind of performance."

Toru Uehara is indeed a weirdo. Every time he prepares for a role, it takes him at least half a month, and sometimes even two months, from the time he receives the audition. This is so that he can completely simulate the character and personally experience the life that the character has gone through.

To this end, he has done almost everything, including mechanic, sushi chef, taxi driver, and all kinds of miscellaneous part-time jobs.

If the character he voices is a rock singer, he will really take the time to understand rock and learn various instruments such as guitar.

While experiencing it, he also mastered a lot of skills, but his starting point was just to match the role well.

Do you think he is weird?

But also because of this, when he is well prepared, he always passes the audition on the first try.

The last time he dubbed a homeless man, even the most picky sound monitor in the industry could not find any fault with him when he heard the homeless man's voice-over. He almost asked him if he had the experience of sleeping under an overpass for a year.

You know what, I really slept with him.

But there is a drawback to this.

After all, voice actors dub animations, and there are many animations where the protagonists have super powers, not to mention the popularity of animations with different world themes in recent years. If he was really given an audition, his agent would be afraid that he might really go to another world.

Faced with this weird artist of his own, he has no words to express his suffering!

"I'll give you another chance to play the leading role. If you win, you should stay at home and read the script and the original work. Don't do anything else. Don't turn off your phone and stay in seclusion so that I can't find you. Got it?"

The agent looked at Uehara Toru and gave him a serious warning.

Uehara Toru said nothing and continued drinking.

The agent was helpless and turned to look towards the center of the party, where there were a dozen veteran voice actors and newcomers.

But the most shining one among them is Miss Mizuno Nori, who won four leading roles within one year of her debut and won the annual New Female Voice Actor Award.

At the tender age of 19, she made a peak start right after her debut. Not only does she have excellent dubbing skills, but her image is also undoubtedly that of a stunningly beautiful girl.

She has delicate, smooth white skin, long black hair, small and delicate facial features, lively eyes, and shallow dimples when she smiles.

Most importantly, she can also get full marks in dealing with people.

Although I am not old enough to drink, I can still hold a glass of juice and toast to producers, leaders and seniors everywhere.

Usually, he is very well-behaved and gives everyone various small gifts. He is a super star who is loved by everyone and flowers bloom wherever he goes. There is no fault to be found in him.

"Hey, Uehara-kun, I don't ask you to be as smooth as Miss Mizuno, but sometimes you should be more sociable and participate in more group activities with everyone."

Uehara Toru said in a calm voice: "If I have that time, I might as well experience the role and study it carefully."

"Besides, did you know that being smooth-talking is actually a derogatory word?"

"You, you..." The agent was speechless.

Having said that, Toru Uehara has never been impolite when facing his seniors, producers, and sound supervisors.

It's just that he won't deliberately deepen the connection in private.

However, because many people had seen him doing some strange things before, including sleeping on the street, everyone in the office assumed that he was a weirdo.

It's an unspoken consensus that weirdos are hard to get along with.

But Toru Uehara doesn't care. He can survive without socializing. He just wants to do his career well and realize his dreams.

"Um, Senior Uehara, can I offer you a drink?" A female voice with a softness and a slight graininess sounded, like the feeling of being rubbed by window screen, very special.

The owner of the voice is the superstar Inori Mizuno mentioned earlier.

Mizuno Inori toasted from one end to the other, even to Uehara Toru's corner.

If you do it, you have to do it perfectly.

Toru Uehara was stunned for a moment, then nodded and raised his glass to clink with hers.

"Thank you, Uehara-senpai!~"

"I've heard of Uehara-senpai before, but due to my busy work, I never had the chance to meet him at the office..."

Faced with such courtesy, Toru Uehara was too lazy to even smile.

"Actually, I'm very interested in Uehara-senpai's experiential dubbing method!"

"Experience dubbing?"

"Yes, this is the name everyone gave to your dubbing method. To be honest, your efforts are really admirable. If I have the chance, I really want to ask you for advice~"

The agent didn't expect that a busy person like Mizuno Ino would actually go out of his way to get to know Uehara Toru. He smiled and agreed, "That's no problem. He has plenty of time. We can communicate more when the time comes."

However, Uehara Tetsu didn't care about the atmosphere. He looked at Mizuno Inori's sweet smile and frowned slightly: "I don't have that much time. Besides, there's no need to teach this thing. If you're interested, just try it yourself."

The agent almost fainted on the spot.

Mizuno Inori was also feeling a little embarrassed, and when she was about to make amends, she heard Uehara Toru speak again.

"I've also seen the works you dubbed. You have a great style and it suits the role. Everyone has different methods, but they are all the most suitable for themselves. You don't need to learn from me."

"If there's anyone to learn, it should be me who should learn from you." When he said this, a hint of loneliness flashed in Uehara Toru's eyes.

Mizuno Qi was stunned. It was the first time she heard such straightforward self-expression in such a public occasion.

Everyone is right, this Uehara-senpai... is indeed very special.

Mizuno Qi smiled again and said, "Senior, you are too modest. I will definitely ask for your advice when I have the chance."

After Mizuno Inori left, the agent felt a little sad when he saw Uehara Toru sitting down again.

He has been with Hara Toru for five years.

He actually knew very well that Toru Uehara was essentially an extremely arrogant person, so he had his own standards and absolute requirements for everything he did.

He is more stubborn than anyone else until his demands are met.

"Uehara, just continue to be yourself. I will do my best to help you get the main role. If you can't get it, it will be my dereliction of duty!"

The agent slapped Uehara Toru on the back with a look of self-admiration.

Toru Uehara looked at his wet pants and fell silent.

"..."

"thank you."

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After the celebration banquet, Toru Uehara helped his drunken agent into a taxi and listened to him yelling about winning the Best Voice Actor of the Year Award and getting a hundred leading roles, which were all nonsense and drunken talk.

Uehara Toru shook his head and ignored him. He just looked at the driver and said, "When you drop me off at his door later, remember to ring the doorbell for him."

After giving detailed instructions and watching the vehicle leave, he turned and left.

Voice Actor Awards...

Although I really want to get it, it is still too far away from me.

For now, let’s focus on how to get the main role.

Walking along the brightly lit streets, Uehara Toru could see many izakayas where he had worked part-time.

Just for a job as a waiter with only one line of dialogue, he worked honestly in the izakaya for a month.

Now think about it, isn’t it a bit silly?

The efficiency is low and the dubbing is not that impressive.

Now 24 years old, Toru Uehara is no longer as absolutely confident or even arrogant as he was a few years ago.

After all, as a voice actor, he has trouble even supporting himself. If he didn't have so many skills, he could earn money part-time.

Now I may not even be able to pay the rent.

Self-doubt, denial, and unprecedented negative emotions weighed on Toru Uehara's heart.

Before he knew it, he had returned to the voice actor's office.

At this time, the lights in the office had been turned off and it seemed that no one was there.

Toru Uehara thought about it and felt that he should take a few copies of the old scripts back to take a good look at them and study new ideas for dubbing.

People cannot always be obsessed with the past, they need to change.

When I walked to the front door and was about to take out the key to open it, I found that the door was not locked.

He was a little surprised, but didn't have time to think too much, so he prepared to go upstairs to his agent's office to look for something.

Walking along the pitch-black corridor, he soon heard some strange noises.

Sounds like someone is kicking the wall?

thief?