I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

"Uehara-san, Sakura-san, hello, I am a new voice actor. Although I have watched a lot of anime before, I never paid much attention to the behind-the-scenes dubbing. It was not until I heard your broadcast that I realized that voice actors are so powerful! They can actually switch between male and female voices without any sense of disobedience. Mr. Uehara, especially your mature voice, I think it is much better than Sakura-san's voice."

"Hey, hey, hey, stop dragging me down!" Sakura Ayane tapped the table lightly, showing obvious dissatisfaction. This action caused the loud and happy laughter of the director to resound inside and outside the recording studio.

“……” When Toru Uehara saw this kind of comment, he didn’t know whether to be happy or angry, but he felt speechless mostly.

"And one last sentence, Uehara-san, don't you want to read it?"

"next."

"Mr. Uehara, if possible, could you please curse me in your female voice? Anything will do!" Sakura Ayane deliberately lowered her voice, as if imitating the image of a otaku uncle.

At this time, the BGM sounded, and the supervisor behind him asked someone to add reverberation to his microphone.

Uehara Toru sighed softly and cursed in his original voice: "Go to hell."

"..."

"Thank you for the treat!!" Sakura Ayane clapped happily, and the atmosphere of the radio program reached its peak again.

"Although Uehara-san didn't completely satisfy your request, at least I completed half of it, so remember to thank me, the listener who claims to want to be Uehara-sama's dog~"

Toru Uehara felt a little tired.

Do I have to do this broadcast?

-

After the recording was over, Toru Uehara immediately wanted to slip away.

If this broadcast hadn't already taken shape, he would have really wanted to tell his agent and quit the job.

Sakura Ayane looked at him as if he was afraid of her and couldn't help laughing again.

Ahhh.

I feel much better.

Is this what friends are supposed to feel like?

Qi, what else do you want me to do to satisfy you?

-

Toru Uehara originally planned to go home and continue to take care of his small yard, but suddenly received an urgent notice from his agent, asking him to go to the office immediately.

It is said that there is great news waiting for him.

Toru Uehara was skeptical about this, because as early as three or four years ago, every time his agent talked about major news, it was mostly trivial matters, either a burst water pipe in his house, a power leak, or a fire.

Oh, fire is a big deal indeed.

From this perspective, the agent is considered an old hand. If he doesn't take care of himself, Uehara Toru feels that he might very likely starve to death on the street one day.

Taking the train back to Chiyoda District, Toru Uehara suddenly remembered what Rena Ueda had just said.

Anyway, the office is very close to her home, so it’s not impossible for her to go there later.

Koshihikari rice is indeed delicious, and it is more to my taste than the "Akita Komachi" and "Love at First Sight" I bought before.

If she gives me a lot, I will teach her a few recipes as a reward.

As a person who considers himself the best cook in the world, Toru Uehara's recipes are definitely worth a lot of money.

As soon as Toru Uehara stepped into the office, he noticed several new voice actors standing respectfully on the side. When they saw him, they immediately bowed and greeted him warmly.

"Good morning, Uehara-san!"

Uehara Toru was stunned for a moment and nodded reluctantly.

When did their firm start to learn from Lan Er?

"Uehara! Come over here!"

The agent was standing on the second floor, waving at him vigorously, signaling him to go upstairs quickly.

The second floor is usually the meeting room and office space, and people usually don’t go there unless there is something important to do.

Toru Uehara blinked and thought to himself: Could this really be a good thing?

……

After reaching the second floor, he found that his agent looked at him anxiously: "I really admire you. Didn't I tell you to come up quickly? Why did you walk slowly?"

It was the first time that Uehara Toru saw him in this state: "Is that a good thing?"

"Nonsense! The Grand Supervisor is here, isn't that a good thing?"

"So you don't know what to do specifically?"

"...Anyway, don't worry about it, just go in first!"

The agent grabbed Toru Uehara's wrist and quickly led him into the meeting room.

As soon as he entered the meeting room, Uehara Toru noticed a middle-aged man wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and with a beard that seemed to have been unkempt for some time, giving him an unkempt impression. However, his eyes were unusually sharp, revealing a vitality and spirit that did not match his age.

Sitting next to the middle-aged man is a middle-aged woman who is dressed simply and looks ordinary. Her temperament is very gentle, giving people a gentle feeling.

However, judging from her expression and movements, she seemed a little uneasy about her surroundings and appeared a little nervous, perhaps not being used to such formal or professional occasions.

"Director Omori, Midorikawa-san, this is Uehara Toru, the voice actor I'm responsible for."

The two of them had been staring at Uehara Toru as soon as he entered the door. However, they never expected that this young man with such outstanding appearance was actually a voice actor?

...Shouldn't I be an actor with these conditions?

"Uehara, this is Mr. Takahiro Omori, a famous animation director in the industry..."

"He has directed "Natsume's Book of Friends", "Hell Girl", and "Durarara! of the Headless Horseman" (whispering)"

"And this is... the original author of Natsume's Book of Friends, Ms. Midorikawa Yuki..."

Uehara Toru had naturally heard of these famous works. He bowed slightly and began to introduce himself with a smile: "Mr. Omori, Ms. Midorikawa, my name is Uehara Toru, please give me your guidance."

"Uehara-san, please take a seat. We came here to confirm something."

Takahiro Omori calmly turned the laptop on the table over, and then the cosmetics advertisement that Toru Uehara had previously dubbed began playing on the screen.

When he heard the third changing voice, a clear and gentle boy's voice, Omori Takahiro paused and asked, "Can you show us this voice now?"

As soon as Uehara Toru sat down, he heard this request. Without any hesitation, he immediately displayed a voice that was exactly the same as the request, as precise as if it had been measured with a ruler, without the slightest deviation.

Ms. Midorikawa, the original author who was sitting next to the director, had a gleam in her eyes when she heard Toru Uehara's voice performance. She nodded unconsciously, her expression revealing satisfaction and approval.

Obviously, Toru Uehara's voice perfectly matched the character image she expected in her mind, and she was very satisfied with Toru Uehara's performance, which was exactly the effect she was looking for.

Takahiro Omori also nodded. He liked people who could demonstrate their abilities quickly. He opened the file in the computer and placed it in front of Toru Uehara again.

"Read the above sentences as well."

Uehara Toru nodded and glanced over.

I noticed the name of this project right away.

"Forest of Fireflies"

Male protagonist (Silver): If I am touched by humans, I will disappear.

Male protagonist (Silver): I'll take you out of the forest.

Male protagonist (Silver): Hotaru, let me tell you my story. I am not a monster, but I am not a human either.

Male protagonist (Silver): Come on, Hotaru, I can finally meet you.

There are only four short lines, without any emotions or instructions marked on them, and everything is left to the voice actor's imagination.

Even how the story actually developed, Toru Uehara had no idea.

But according to basic logical reasoning, Toru Uehara still roughly guessed some of it, so his emotions also had a clear distribution.

The hero is a monster who disappears when he comes into contact with humans.

Then the last line must be that because something unexpected happened and the male protagonist is about to disappear, he will come into contact with the female protagonist.

This Firefly should be the heroine.

Then this story can be characterized as a love story between a human and a demon, with a somewhat aesthetic and sad atmosphere.

Although it sounds like just a few simple dubbings, each sentence contains Toru Uehara's thoughtfulness and personal style.

Moreover, it was an impromptu dubbing on the spot, without any prior preparation.

After listening to Toru Uehara's presentation, the original author behind him seemed a little restless.

Takahiro Omori noticed the original author's reaction and smiled: "Very good, Uehara-san."

"Then, on behalf of the production team of "Firefly Forest", I would like to formally invite you. We sincerely hope that you can serve as the male protagonist of this work and play the role of Gin."

Uehara Toru's eyes widened slightly, and he was obviously surprised by this sudden formal invitation. Before he could react, his agent quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Director Omori, thank you, Ms. Midorikawa. Our Uehara Toru will definitely play this role well!"

and many more……

Main character...?

Is it that simple to determine that I am the main character?

-

Toru Uehara felt that this matter was incredible, or rather, ridiculous.

This was clearly the leading role I had always dreamed of, and I had been thinking about it for so long, but I got it in this way?

So careless?

Director Omori and Ms. Natsukawa had already left, and Toru Uehara was taken back to the office by his agent.

He sat quietly in his chair with a dull look in his eyes, while his agent was so excited that he almost jumped up, shouting "nice" over and over again, full of energy, like a gorilla playing in the park.

"Nice! Nagano, come and applaud!" The agent randomly pulled a colleague to interact.

"oh oh."

"Come on, Uehara, come on!"

Uehara Tetsu looked at his agent who was jumping around in front of him and asked doubtfully, "Are you going to be a prostitute behind my back?"

The agent's mood instantly changed from excitement to indifference, and then to a sneer: "If I could help you get the lead role by doing **, I would have done it a long time ago."

"..."

"..."

"I'm just kidding."

"Me too."

"Oh, Uehara, are you crazy? It's rare that you get the main role, so why not be happy?"

"Although I don't know the specific situation, it seems that you played an important role in the last recording of the commercial. Perhaps the original teacher noticed it by chance while watching TV at home."

"Then there just happened to be a project like this, which allowed her to choose her own voice actor, and then she came to me."

"It sounds like an animated plot."

"Who says it's not?"

"But it's good this way. You finally got the main role. I can feel more at ease and take care of others."

Toru Uehara: "?"

The agent coughed lightly: "You saw those newcomers downstairs, right?"

"I will be responsible for taking care of them from now on."

Toru Uehara blinked, looked at his agent, and said nothing.

The agent scratched his head and said, "The main reason is that the firm has recently introduced more and more new people, and several seniors have resigned, so we can't manage the resource allocation."

"In the past, I only took care of newcomers occasionally, and the rest of my time was spent on you."

"I didn't want to tell you at first, but since there's a happy event today, I just..."

"You're not angry, are you?" The agent looked at Toru Uehara in silence and became a little nervous.

However, Uehara Toru just lowered his head slightly and smiled softly, with a fresh smile on his handsome face. If a camera had captured this scene, it would be a perfect picture that would be suitable for broadcast on TV without any modification.

"Why am I angry?"

"Do your best." Uehara Toru raised his fist, slightly raised it, and pointed it at him.