I live my life in Tokyo

Chapter 37 Your sister role is very strange

The job of a voice actor is a little different from what he imagined.

In his imagination, the voice actors read out their lines according to the script with passion and expression, and the planners will measure the quality of the voice actors' lines. If they do not meet the desired standards, they need to start over, which is similar to the director shouting "NG".

Sakakibara Kaede looked at the rough manuscripts displayed on the monitor. The stickmen were moving and talking on the screen, and he thought to himself, "So this is how voice actors work."

Before starting work, all the actors and voice actors involved in the dubbing work signed a confidentiality agreement. This is basic practice.

When the young man was at home many times before, he spoke in what Makoto Shinkai-sensei called a slightly clear, youthful-sounding, yet sometimes mature voice.

Just like actors can play different types of people, voice actors can voice different types of people. . . For Sakakibara, this is not much different from acting.

"I woke up in the morning and found myself crying for no apparent reason."

"Sometimes, it happens all the time."

Asakura Toru smiled softly and read the manuscript in a low voice. Her voice was ethereal... It was a voice that Sakakibara Kaede had never heard before, a voice that belonged to Asakura Toru.

Now it seems that although he knows that Toru Asakura has shot many commercials, he still doesn't have the time to sit down and watch all of her commercials one by one.

People always play various roles according to instructions or personal wishes. Asakura Toru has shot so many commercials, how many different types of her are there?

Asakura Toru noticed the gaze, and his blue eyes seemed to be filled with warm water as he smiled at him faintly.

She is indeed very charismatic. Sakakibara Kaede withdrew his gaze. He naturally did not forget that Asakura Toru is a genius, but geniuses also need to work hard. No one can master the voice specified by Mr. Shinkai Makoto the first time. I wonder how many times she has practiced privately?

It makes people feel like being soaked in warm water all over the body, moistening everything silently.

It seems that in real life, Toru Asakura is also like a warm spring, which has gently wrapped his whole body and immersed him in the clear water.

No, this description is a bit strange, boiling a frog in warm water. He saw the planner in charge of the sound made a gesture to him and focused his eyes on his script.

"I have had dreams, but I can never remember them."

"Only——"

"I've been looking for something, or someone."

"That day, when the comet streaked across the sky... it was as if—"

"It's so beautiful that it's unparalleled."

Sakakibara Kaede and Asakura Toru looked at each other and saw some emotions in each other's eyes. However, the screen in front of them was not the black and white stick figures or the sketched scenery, but the dreamy, blue and purple night sky.

"It's so beautiful."

"It is indeed incomparably beautiful."

They stood up and walked to the planner. They had just spoken into the microphone with earmuffs on, so it was common sense that they could not hear their own voices - this was very similar to when an actor finished filming a scene, they all needed to go to the director and planner to ask how the clip was and whether it passed.

"Listen for yourself."

The planner nodded to the staff in charge of the equipment, and the speakers began to play the ethereal female voice of Toru Asakura.

The young man's voice still carries a hint of boyishness as always. In order to experiment with the role of a high school student, he deliberately emphasized the childishness in his voice.

When the two people's last words rang out at the same time, Kaede Sakakibara couldn't help but get goose bumps on his arms.

The harmony of these sounds really made him feel good.

"Asakura-kun's voice should be more down-to-earth... Well, I want an ordinary woman with a slightly girlish voice, not an otherworldly fairy... Do you understand my metaphor?" the planner nodded.

"Ah... I see." Asakura Toru nodded.

"There's nothing that needs to be modified about Sakakibara-kun. The magnetism and youthfulness in his voice are just right."

The planner gave Sakakibara Kaede a thumbs up, then nodded slightly, "Asakura-kun, Sakakibara-kun, please give me more guidance in the future."

"Ye Lu died bitterly——"

The first day's work was just the most basic sound audition. For such a grand project, it was extremely time-consuming not only to make up for the mistakes that needed to be made up, so the first few days were used to fine-tune the voices and find the feeling of the voices. This was not only to allow the actors to adapt to the job as quickly as possible, but also for the voice actors who had been working for quite a while to find the feeling of the characters through repeated revisions.

This was the first time that Sakakibara Kaede worked with Asakura Toru. It was rather novel for him, as he had worked with them before with his friends. For example, Mai Sakurajima and Madoka Higuchi were old acquaintances, and although Chizuru Ichinose only joined a year ago, the two of them saw each other frequently in work situations outside of the office.

Asakura Toru's state at work made Sakakibara Kaede slightly dazed. She looked very serious, her lips moved slightly, and she put her thumb in front of her lips as if she was a little hesitant.

"Well..."

"Tou-san, do you need my help?"

"Ah... not at the moment." Asakura Toru seemed very happy to hear Sakakibara Kaede's question, and she smiled generously, "But... after I get the hang of it, I can act opposite you." "Okay."

Sakakibara nodded and focused his attention on his script. He also wanted to try to find and perfectly replicate the voice he used when practicing the script just now - he didn't pay attention to his own voice when he was speaking. Although his voice could not be as flexible as the voice actor's, it had its own charm.

He is not so arrogant as to think that he can do well in the voice actor industry even if he enters it. This also requires God's blessing. Now it seems that he is okay as a singer, but it is a bit difficult for him to speak with different types of voices with emotion.

"Senior Feng."

"Chizuru-san." Sakakibara looked up and found Chizuru Ichinose sitting next to him with a script in hand. "How do you feel about the voice, Chizuru-san?"

"Mr. Planner said the voice should be more childish, but the country accent is well practiced."

Chizuru Ichinose pushed her glasses and smiled bitterly, but she was more excited. She was very dedicated to this special, hard-earned job. She looked at Kaede Sakakibara eagerly, her red lips moved slightly, "Senior Kaede, can you help me find the feeling?"

"of course can."

"Okay, um..."

Ichinose Chizuru began to brew her emotions, and after a while she said softly, "Onii-chan."

Sakakibara Kaede almost couldn't hold back her laughter after hearing the sudden words "Onii-chan" and she just laughed out loud.

"Why are you smiling!" Chizuru Ichinose patted the sofa and said coquettishly with a red face.

"No, because I'm not mentally prepared for your sudden call of Onii-chan."

"This... there's nothing we can do about it."

Chizuru Ichinose is now well-versed in the work of the Tucao, and has a bit of a self-destructive attribute, so Kaede Sakakibara thinks it is very interesting to tease her... It's like teasing a cat.

Of course he wasn't teasing Chocolate and Vanilla. These two cats ran onto his bed every day and let him rub their stomachs with his face. They were so docile that they almost shouted, "Change into cat-eared maids!"

"Who made me take my sister's job?" Ichinose Chizuru said in a low voice, and then glared at Sakakibara Kaede who was still laughing, "Okay, stop laughing and practice with me."

"Row."

Sakakibara Kaede made an OK gesture, allowing Chizuru Ichinose to continue to play freely. She had wanted to find the shadow of a father figure in Sakakibara Kaede, and then she unknowingly had a feeling of being a couple... She hoped that people around her would not notice it this time.

Chizuru Ichinose kept hypnotizing herself in her heart, treating Kaede-san as her brother, and her most intimate onii-chan, not as a lover.

She herself didn't even realize it, but her voice had a bit of a coquettish tone that she would normally be embarrassed to say.

Sakakibara Kaede scratched his head. He didn’t have a sister before, but now he has two stepsisters. Naturally, he has some understanding of their speech patterns. . . They may act like a spoiled child, but they won’t cling to her like Chizuru Ichinose does—what kind of two-dimensional sister role is this? ! Although they dubbed a two-dimensional movie, Chizuru Ichinose is not dubbing a sister in a harem anime.

"I feel... Chizuru-san, the way you talk still feels a bit like a couple, a bit like a sister who is very obsessed with her brother."

Kaede Sakakibara pulled his arm away, but couldn't pull it out of Chizuru Ichinose's arms immediately, and he couldn't help coughing.

Ichinose Chizuru's face turned visibly red. She noticed Kaede-senpai's slightly embarrassed gaze and Tou-san's whistling expression as if he was enjoying the show, and she covered her head in despair again.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

"Humph."

Sakakibara Kaede coughed twice softly to stop Chizuru Ichinose from constantly banging her head against the script in her hand. Seeing the slightly naive look of Chizuru beside him, he smiled in a good mood.

"Well...Senior Feng bullied me."

Chizuru Ichinose looked at Kaede Sakakibara with tears in her eyes, as if to say, "I'm angry, please comfort me."

Sakakibara raised her eyebrows and pointed at Chizuru Ichinose's face. "You look a bit like a younger sister now. The relationship between brothers and sisters is not always harmonious. The brother-obsessed sister you played does exist in real life, but it is more common in the two-dimensional world. Besides, the character you voiced in the movie doesn't have a brother, but a sister."

"The relationship between sisters is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but it's more about the company of family... I think you can have a good chat with Tou-san, um, like Shinkai Makoto said, you can understand each other more deeply."

Asakura Toru raised his hand and interjected, "When we go to Osaka for work, I can room with Chizuru-san."

Sakakibara Kaede sat in the middle, with the two girls on her left and right. "By the way, are you two friends on Line? We can talk about this topic on Line as well."

Chizuru Ichinose nodded. Not to mention adding each other as friends, they were even in the same group.

A group called the Strategy Group looks like a fixed team for a game at first glance... and that's not wrong.

In the Ultimate Fantasy Sakakibara Kaede Desperate Battle, although the team is still a little short of a full complement, the five people in the fixed team all hope that no more people will come, and there is no problem for the five of them to take turns to fight.

Is this the stinky little group?

Now that summer vacation is approaching, Sakakibara Kaede just wants to finish his last homework at school and enjoy his vacation with peace of mind.

This trip to Osaka was half work and half vacation, just like when he went to the beach to film a reality show last year - after finishing the report before the summer vacation, he wanted to check out what tourist attractions there were in Osaka.

The first day of auditioning ended before nightfall. After the three said goodbye to the senior actors and voice actors, Chizuru Ichinose entered the nearby subway station. Her heart was full of hope. This summer was a good opportunity to devote herself to work and get closer to Senior Kaede. This time, she must find a chance to tell him her feelings.

"Hmm... Chizuru-san has entered the subway station."

"Let's go home too."

Sakakibara Kaede handed the helmet to Asakura Toru, and Asakura Toru pursed his lips, indicating that he wanted the helmet that Sakakibara Kaede had always worn.

The young man was puzzled.

Asakura Toru took the helmet that Sakakibara Kaede had been wearing, his lips slightly curled up, and he breathed slowly. He felt like he was being held in the arms of a young man. This feeling was really good.

With his arms tightly clasped together along the way, Sakakibara Kaede felt like his lungs were about to be squeezed out.

No, sister, if you think I'm driving too fast, can you please say something? You're making it very difficult for me to drive.

After coughing continuously, Sakakibara Kaede and Asakura Toru successfully returned home before dinner. Asakura Toru opened the door with the room card key and started changing his shoes and taking off his socks at the entrance.

Kaede Sakakibara found a pair of guest slippers placed in front of the entrance. Needless to say, these must have been prepared by Higuchi Madoka for her.

"I'm back. How was your work today?"

Higuchi Madoka came in front of the two of them wearing her home clothes and an apron. She reached out to take, no, she almost snatched the schoolbag that Sakakibara Kaede was carrying on her shoulder. "Dinner is almost ready. Wash your hands and watch some TV to rest."

“Oh…oh oh.”

Sakakibara Kaede was a little distracted by the very casual and skillful tone of Higuchi Madoka, but since Higuchi Madoka has been his friend for such a long time, it doesn't matter if her tone is a little casual.

"Hmm... Higuchi, you're biased."

Asakura Toru pouted. She felt that Higuchi had never shown such concern for her when she came back. He just let her sit on the sofa and play with her cell phone like a child.

"Illusion?"

"Higuchi, you have bad intentions."

Sakakibara Kaede changed into a pair of slippers and started washing his hands and face. Although Higuchi Madoka said he could rest, he still looked around the kitchen to see if there was anything he could do.

When getting along with Higuchi Madoka, he needs to be the one who takes the initiative.

"Huh... You want help? Okay, don't cause me any trouble." Higuchi Madoka frowned and complained. She pulled Sakakibara Kaede's hand and said, "Don't go to see Asakura. Help me load the plates. By the way, tell me what you did at work today."

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Chapter 38 Sleeping Beauty

Leaving Tokyo and living in another city for a while? This idea only occurred to me during my senior year of high school.

Instead of living aimlessly in a big city like Tokyo, it is better to go to nearby cities or towns. Although they are not as big as Tokyo, the relationships between people are much closer.

After all, I've played too many galgames, and I hope to meet shrine girls, ninjas, young swordsmen, and foreigners after moving to the countryside.

But now Sakakibara Kaede feels that Tokyo is great. He occupies his own piece of land. He has already become friends with many people living in this city. He suddenly feels reluctant to leave.

The young man was sitting in the living room. Although his eyes were fixed on the illustrated handouts on the computer, his mind was already wandering.

There is a smell of aromatherapy in the living room of Asakura Toru and Higuchi Enka's house. Sakakibara Kaede usually only lights mosquito coils at home. He has never experienced such high-end things as aromatherapy. Now he just feels that he has no worldly desires and just wants to lie on the bed and sleep.

I wonder if Senior Yuki will still be around when he goes near Osaka. We can probably have dinner together or something like that then.

An email popped up and brought him back to reality. He moved his mouse and clicked to view it. He found that it was an official work email notification from Toho Co., Ltd., which included the work date and location. The final location was decided, which was slightly different from what Mr. Makoto Shinkai expected, but it was still near Osaka.

Kyoto?

Sakakibara Kaede didn't have much impression of Kyoto. The only thing he knew was that Kyoto had many scenic spots and historical sites, and it was a good tourist spot for a rest.

"Feng-san, I don't understand this."

Higuchi Yuanxiang pulled a chair next to him and moved her computer over.

"Group work?"