I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

"Eh?"

Sumire Uesaka was a little surprised, and a blush suddenly appeared on her pretty face.

"Thank you, thank you teacher."

"You're welcome."

The strange woman who had just ordered a cake for Uehara Toru was so angry when she saw this scene that her teeth were about to break.

This is what it means when a dog licks until he has nothing left.

Sumire Uesaka put her sun hat down and looked at Toru Uehara nervously.

"You have already registered for school, right?"

"Yes, I have been attending classes for a few days."

"Okay, is there anything you don't understand? About the basic exercises."

Uesaka Sumire shook her head: "It feels quite simple..."

Uehara Toru was stunned: "Well... let's change the place, go to a nearby park, and you can show it to me on the spot."

"Okay, teacher, then this cake..."

"Do you want to eat? Eat if you want."

“I don’t really like mousse cake…”

"Let's go then."

Toru Uehara stood up and ignored the resentful look in the strange woman's eyes. He walked forward and paid his bill.

Then he walked out of the cafe with Sumire Uesaka.

-

Under the lush shade of the trees, the sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, casting mottled light and shadows, as if it were a golden net woven by nature.

Toru Uehara and Sumire Uesaka sat at the two ends of a bench, enjoying the breeze and preparing for the voice actor teaching that was about to begin.

"Okay, let's get started."

"Tokyo Patent Office."

"Rice and eggs come out of wheat."

"李も桃も桃のうち..." Sumire Uesaka was reciting those familiar tongue twisters fluently, her pronunciation was accurate and quick.

Then, she clearly pronounced each sound in the 50-sound chart one by one, and her pronunciation was indeed precise and well-controlled.

After listening to this, Uehara Toru nodded and said, "Have you practiced at home before?"

"No... I just started learning it these past few days... Is it okay?"

"Very good. There's no need to talk about the basics. Let's jump directly to the second part." Toru Uehara stood up and looked at the adults and children who were playing frisbees with their dogs on the lawn of the park not far away.

"When you have learned to a certain level, the school will ask you to take an exam regularly, which mainly tests your acting skills, lines, and broadcasting."

"Broadcasting is not difficult as long as you can master tongue twisters and speed reading skills."

"The most important thing is your acting skills. There will be an item in the exam called one-minute acting. It will basically give you one sentence or a few words and ask you to perform from scratch."

“Watch them and use your own imagination to imagine what they would say and how to communicate with the dog, and dub it directly in real time.”

"Eh, now?"

Uehara Toru said as if it was a matter of course: "What else?"

Sumire Uesaka opened her lips slightly and was about to speak when she noticed a family of three passing by. They were looking at Toru Uehara and her with curiosity.

Are these two actors? Or celebrities?

They wondered to themselves: Did we accidentally walk into the filming set of a movie or TV series?

At the same time, the little girl in the family, holding hands with her parents, also stared at Toru Uehara and Sumire Uesaka, and finally stopped, as if she was attracted by the seemingly extraordinary man and woman in front of her, and stood there.

"Teacher, I can't do this..."

"Now is a great opportunity to exercise your courage and put aside your shame," Uehara Toru said firmly, "This is one of the required courses to become a voice actor."

He continued, "During the exam, you will be in a 30-square-meter exam room with more than 20 other people. Everyone has to show their acting skills. If you can't overcome your nervousness now, you won't be able to do it in the future."

As he spoke, Toru Uehara looked past the curious little girl and towards the dog running happily in the distance.

He started dubbing the dog right in front of everyone.

"Wang, wang!"

In full view of the public, a well-dressed handsome man was dubbing a dog. The contrast of this scene was so shocking that even the couple passing by seemed a little shocked.

A blush appeared on Sumire Uesaka's cheeks, and she muttered to herself: What kind of shameful play is this? Why did it suddenly become like this?

However, when she turned her gaze to Uehara Toru, she found that he was giving her an encouraging look.

Teacher, are you being a little too radical?

I have to say that Toru Uehara's ventriloquism is really good, and his imitation of dog's voice is also first-rate.

Sumire Uesaka hesitated for a while, but finally decided to go for it.

Her eyes fell on a child not far away, where a puppy was hugging a child tightly. The puppy licked the child's cheek enthusiastically, and she couldn't help but laugh softly: "Don't do that, don't lick my face~"

Sumire Uesaka made a very natural shota voice.

She is indeed extremely talented!

Toru Uehara also made licking and breathing sounds.

The couple who witnessed this scene changed their expressions and quickly pulled their children away.

It turned out that this was not a TV drama shooting scene, but a perverted show!

These two people are dressed so formally, I didn't expect them to be like this...

Go away, go away! Don’t teach our children bad things!

After Sumire Uesaka finished dubbing, her cheeks flushed deeply. She felt unprecedented shame, so much so that she was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to do.

Especially the looks from the family of three just now, seemed to add another layer of unbearable pressure on her heart.

My image...

However, Toru Uehara remained calm and didn't take this matter to heart at all.

"Not bad, but the age of that kid is about six or seven years old, so his voice should be younger. The voice you used is closer to twelve or thirteen years old."

The benefits of Toru Uehara's experience accumulated over the past five years are reflected here.

Precisely because he has rich experience and has come into contact with all kinds of people, he has a basic understanding of people of different identities and ages.

The dubbing work is to further develop and expand on this basic understanding, to carry out secondary creation of the characters and give them a richer and more three-dimensional personality.

"Teacher, I feel a little bit..."

"thirsty?"

"I'll buy you a bottle of water, just wait."

Sumire Uesaka wanted to say something but stopped herself. She stared at Toru Uehara's back and could only sit down in silence.

"Mr. Uehara... is really a special person..."

Last time was the same, I started dubbing right away in a store with so many people.

How did he manage to completely abandon his sense of shame?

And he maintained a calm and composed expression throughout the whole process?

I can only say that the teacher is worthy of being a teacher.

Sumire Uesaka sat quietly on the bench, trying to enjoy a moment of peace.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew by, gently lifting the hem of her skirt. She hurriedly reached out to hold it down to prevent herself from exposing herself.

However, just as she was busy adjusting her skirt, a stronger gust of wind blew up her sun hat, which flew in the air and finally fell to the sunny ground.

She quickly stood up and held up her skirt to pick it up.

Just as she was about to touch the hat, a playful wind blew the hat up again, making it float farther away like a light butterfly.

Sumire Uesaka's cheeks puffed up slightly, revealing a hint of displeasure. She quickened her pace and finally caught up with the floating hat.

When she picked up her hat and looked up, she unexpectedly found Toru Uehara standing next to the vending machine, surrounded by two male patrolmen, and the situation seemed a little tense.

"Eh?"

Uehara Toru looked at the two patrolmen with an unhappy expression: "I've already told you, I'm not a pervert."

"But we just received a report that you were barking like a dog in public..."

The patrolman originally thought it was a big deal, like a homeless man harassing a woman, but when he came over and saw that it was such a handsome guy, he immediately realized it was a misunderstanding.

But for the time being, we still have to fulfill our responsibilities and find out what the situation is.

"Barking like a dog doesn't count as disrupting social order, right?" Uehara Toru frowned.

"what?"

"Forehead……"

Hearing this, Sumire Uesaka finally couldn't help it. She hugged her sun hat and let out a clear and pleasant laugh, like a light bell echoing in the air.

The two patrolmen were stunned when they saw the girl in the white dress, and then they heard Uehara Toru say calmly: "You can ask her, she can prove that I am not a pervert."

Sumire Uesaka smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes. When the patrolman approached, she explained to him incoherently: "I, we were just dubbing... No, we were not doing anything weird..."

"Dubbing?"

The patrolman looked at Toru Uehara behind him, and then looked at the innocent-looking girl in front of him. At once, they had many thoughts in their mind.

For example, the rich woman's steel wool and the rest are just the owner's tasks.

The two patrolmen looked at each other and shook their heads.

The world is really going downhill, young people nowadays.

"Well, we don't care what you are dubbing, but this kind of abnormal behavior should be avoided as little as possible in public. It will teach children bad lessons."

"Well, I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."

Sumire Uesaka watched them leave, thinking that even if she jumped into Tokyo Bay, she would not be able to clear herself of suspicion.

But, how can it be so funny, Mr. Uehara...

After watching the patrolman leave, Toru Uehara walked up to her and handed her the water.

"When I came to the park to practice by myself before, there were no problems. People would just think I was mentally ill, but when I brought someone with me, the effect was different."

"Tsk."

"Teacher, have you been like this before?" Sumire Uesaka asked with a smile.

"Yes, isn't it a basic requirement to overcome shame and be able to dub anytime and anywhere?" Toru Uehara unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip himself.

Sumire Uesaka looked at him and felt nervous at first, fearing that he would suddenly frown and scold her. After all, that was her previous impression of him: he was not a person with a good temper.

But after today's contact, I feel that I can feel relieved from now on.

"We've rested enough, let's continue."

"However, don't dub the animals. Just observe the crowd normally and guess what kind of personality they have and what they are saying at the moment. Accumulating more of this kind of material will be very helpful for your impromptu acting skills later."

Uesaka Sumire hesitated: "Do you want to continue?"

Uehara Toru: "Your mother asked me to be your teacher for this purpose."

……

The day passed quietly, and Sumire Uesaka and Toru Uehara walked together on the busy street.

She followed Toru Uehara's guidelines, practicing imagination and dubbing as she walked.

At first, Sumire Uesaka felt nervous and uneasy, worried that others would notice her practicing.

But as time went on, she gradually adapted to this way of practice and began to immerse herself in it naturally.

As the afterglow of the setting sun spread over the earth, Sumire Uesaka's cell phone rang at the right time. The melody was a classic Soviet song from World War II - "Katyusha".