I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

Sakura Ayane stood in front of the microphone on the other side holding a script. In Uehara Toru's impression, she is usually not serious, even a little frivolous, but at this moment, she also showed mature acting skills that matched the role.

After all, she is the winner of the annual female voice actor award and reached the peak of her career right after her debut. She is indeed very talented...

Ok?

Sakura Ayane bit her tongue and said, "Sorry, Supervisor, please do it again."

"..."

"Sakura-san, I think your tone just now was a bit too exaggerated. Please adjust your mood a little bit."

"Ok."

"Sakura-san, let's go back to the line just now. Can you recite it more naturally but with a little bit of nervousness?"

"Ok."

"Sakura-san..."

During the entire recording process, Toru Uehara was never asked to do it again (NG) once.

In contrast, the situation of Sakura Ayane was somewhat different. From the beginning to the end of the recording, Uehara Toru counted and found that she was called NG 48 times in total.

Toru Uehara was puzzled: No, how on earth did you become the Female Voice Actor of the Year last year?

Sakura Ayane seemed to notice his gaze, turned around and gave him a faint smile, then quickly returned to dubbing.

The work was finally finished, which took a total of three hours, two of which were spent on guiding and correcting Sakura Ayane's dubbing. As for Uehara Toru, whose resume is not good, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a little Karami senior, but he once again won unanimous praise from everyone in this performance.

In particular, the original author, Ms. Midorikawa, was very fond of the clear and gentle boyish voice of Toru Uehara. She thought that his performance did not need to be repeated, but she also hoped that he could record a few more lines, as if she wanted to enjoy his voice.

However, although Sakura Ayane had many NGs, she always maintained a good mentality and did not feel embarrassed or have any other negative emotions.

Regardless, she completed this first version of the dubbing with a positive attitude.

"You two have worked hard. We will stop here for today. After we buy the tickets, book the hotel, and confirm the time, we will inform you of the specific time to go to Kumamoto later."

Toru Uehara nodded and expressed his gratitude to the supervisor and the original author.

The same goes for Sakura Ayane.

……

After the two walked out of the recording studio together, Uehara Toru couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you prepare well?"

Sakura Ayane blinked. "How is that possible? I must have prepared. Ah, are you saying that because there were so many NGs, you think I didn't prepare seriously?"

"Prejudice, prejudice, Uehara-senpai, this industry allows NGs."

"There are only a very few people like you who can do it in one go. Hmm... I think Matsuoka-senpai can do it."

Hearing these words, Toru Uehara felt that they were more pleasant to the ear than any other compliment.

Is it the same as Matsuoka-senpai?

Yes, this is indeed the direction I am working towards.

"Ah——" Sakura Ayane couldn't help but cover her arm.

"Senior, your expression right now is a bit disgusting, are you that kind of person?"

"I like men..."

Uehara Toru let out a breath.

I want to curse.

It's really impossible to communicate with this woman.

-

Please give me some monthly tickets. I will see if I can get into the top ten of the new book in the last few days.

If you don't have any, you can also give me a recommendation ticket (? ? ?? )

Volume 1: Chapter 59 You are really a nobody (two in one)

"Shh, it hurts!" Nina was sitting on the steps of Tamagawa Park, holding Toru Uehara's guitar in her arms, and learning step by step from a guitar beginner's instructional video.

But now, her fingers had turned slightly red, and the pain forced her to stop and rest for a while.

"C major and G major are pretty easy, but why is D major suddenly so difficult? And how can I make the string change smooth?"

The girl's tone revealed a hint of distress, but she had already made up her mind not to ask for help from others easily before she succeeded. She mainly wanted to give Uehara Toru a big surprise when she finally succeeded.

In a blink of an eye, she has been in Kawasaki for a month. From the initial nervousness and discomfort, to now completely finding her home and what she wants to do, the days ahead have suddenly become full of hope and she has something to look forward to every day.

Moreover, she feels that she has received more positive feedback here than she has in her home for more than a decade. In the past, her family had very strict discipline, such as having dinner at home, not using mobile phones in the living room, and having a family meeting every week.

All those rules and regulations made Rencai feel that she was not living like herself anymore, which was why she was completely devastated by what happened at school afterwards.

Thinking of her family, Nina couldn't help but take out her cell phone and take a look at the message her sister Ryoune sent her.

[How have you been lately? ]

【fine. 】

【real or fake? 】

[Didn’t I send you the photos of me working part-time and my test scores?]

[Hmm...Okay, then when do you plan to come back? ]

【No reply! 】

This is the end of the conversation.

Rencai's mood was complicated. She felt a little uncomfortable, with a hint of regret and an indescribable pain.

She looked up and gazed at the clouds in the sky, and found that there seemed to be a trace in the clouds, like a scar between the white clouds. She stared for a while before realizing that it was the contrail left by the plane.

"Kumamoto..." She whispered to herself. Perhaps her thoughts had already drifted to the distant Kumamoto along with the airplane cloud.

-

During the two-hour flight, Toru Uehara felt quite comfortable sitting next to Director Omori.

The other person was very nice, and I talked to him a lot about the behind-the-scenes stories of animation production and why I suddenly thought of going to Kumamoto for a field trip this time.

It turns out that this is not just for the experience, but also for the purpose of shooting some behind-the-scenes content in conjunction with the Blu-ray discs released later in the animation. These behind-the-scenes content will be included in the BD disc as added value, which will attract more fans to buy and support it.

This is indeed a classic business strategy to increase the attractiveness and value of a product through bundling.

After listening to this, Toru Uehara expressed his understanding.

After talking about work matters, it was time for small talk.

"Uehara-san, did you really spend five years experiencing all kinds of life?"

"Yeah, it's true."

"Well, have you ever experienced that kind of work?"

"what?"

"It's the one from Kabuki."

Uehara Toru was a little embarrassed: "Well, no."

"Really? That's a shame. I was thinking that if you are more familiar with this, we could play together in the future."

“…Sorry, Supervisor, I’m not involved in this.”

"Huh? You're not going to tell me that you've never been in a relationship or anything like that?"

Uehara Toru: “I haven’t talked about it. I’m not interested at the moment.”

"Well... that's fine. It's also good to focus more on your career while you're still young. However, I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't hang yourself on a tree. Also, remember that women are two completely different creatures before and after dating. Marriage is something you should consider carefully."

Listening to Director Omori's heartfelt expression, Toru Uehara just nodded but did not respond.

marry……

If he wants to get married, he must find a partner with highly similar living habits, and both parties must be able to respect each other's independence and not interfere with each other's lives. He will never accept a relationship with too strong control.

However, it's all too early.

Toru Uehara looked out the window. The clouds below the wing gradually became thinner and the outline of the island became clearer and clearer. He realized that the plane was about to land.

Tokyo - Kumamoto.

Arrivals.

-

After getting off the plane, Toru Uehara didn't bring much luggage, so he only took one bag, which contained clothes for the next two days, the comic book "Firefly Forest", the script, pencils and a mobile phone. That was about it.

Director Omori is similar, he doesn't pay much attention to these details.

But the situation of Sakura Ayane was different. She seemed to really treat this job as a trip. She carried a large suitcase and walked beside Mr. Midorikawa, asking enthusiastically if there were any particularly famous specialties in Kumamoto City, or anything fun and worth buying.

Teacher Midorikawa is a native of Kumamoto Prefecture and is very familiar with the area. She also got inspiration for her work "Natsume's Book of Friends" here.

"Let's go to the hotel to put our luggage first, and then we'll set off directly to Kamishiromi Kumanoza Shrine later."

"After we finish our visit, we'll go eat. We'll start filming on the way, but you two just need to relax and be natural."

"Okay, I understand~" Sakura Ayane looked at Uehara Toru with a smile, a little expectant as to whether he would do something under the camera effect, or would it be no different from usual?

Uehara Toru nodded, not caring at all.

When getting on the car, Uehara Toru looked at Sakura and Midorikawa behind him. As expected, he walked forward and came to Sakura: "Let me help you put your luggage on the car."

"Hmm... Thank you, Uehara-senpai..."

Just as Sakura thought, as expected, all men would pretend to be gentlemen in front of the camera. Normally, if other people did this to her, she would find it greasy, but now that Toru Uehara was doing this, she just found it interesting.

However, Uehara Toru looked at her strangely and said, "I'm not talking to you."

"...?"

"Mr. Midorikawa, let me help you."

"Hmm? Thank you, thank you Uehara-san."

"fine."

Sakura Ayane just watched Uehara Toru put Midorikawa-sensei's large suitcase into the trunk of the car, but seemed to completely ignore her own luggage.

Her eyes were wide open, her expression was both surprised and a little funny. This scene was captured by the photographer who came to pick her up at the airport. He silently adjusted the lens and recorded Sakura Ayane's facial expression.

They didn't get along from the start. These are the voice actors of the male and female protagonists in The Secret World of Hotaru no Mori.

The filming team suddenly realized that this unexpected interaction would most likely become a sweet moment that fans of the two voice actors would talk about in the future.

They have to shoot harder.

……

The hotel they booked was a standard Japanese inn, with traditional tatami-style rooms that required them to lay out their own bedding. Due to limited funds, they did not have the luxury of having each person stay in a single room.

Therefore, Toru Uehara will share a room with Director Omori tonight.

Sakura Ayane lives with Mr. Midorikawa.

However, the room was spacious and there was nothing to complain about. It was also a nice treat to chat and take a bath in the room at night.

"Uehara-san, you should be able to drink, right?"

"can."

"Okay, then I'll go buy some snacks later and we'll talk while we eat." Director Omori patted Toru Uehara's shoulder with a smile. He was gradually beginning to like this young man.

Uehara Toru is easier to get along with than he thought, and he is also good at responding to conversations. He is not the kind of dull person. It may be just because he sets too high standards for himself and is unwilling to compromise in certain aspects that he has not been well-known for so many years.

Such young people have great potential and can be trained and guided.

Toru Uehara smiled and nodded. As soon as he went out, he saw Sakura Ayane. Her outfit was obviously different from before. She had changed into a more casual outfit.

He looked at it carefully and realized that it seemed to be the light pink skirt that the heroine of "The Firefly Forest" wore when she was a child, but the material was not ordinary, and it seemed more like it was specially customized with high-end fabrics.

Sakura Ayane chuckled and turned around in a circle, and asked, "How is it, senior? ~"

"Cos?"

"Right, but why aren't you wearing silver clothes? I thought you had to use the experience method. It's not professional at all."