I live my life in Tokyo

"Oh? Tell me more about it." Takeuchi Megumi made a gesture of invitation.

"Everything has multiple sides, and so do people." Mai Sakurajima's tone slowed down, and it was obvious that this was the conclusion she reached after careful consideration. "To give the simplest example, the mental state at work or school is completely different from the mental state at home. At work or school, people usually show their best and most perfect selves, making themselves outgoing, getting along well with classmates and colleagues, getting along well with each other, and being good at socializing. When people get home, they usually take off the masks they wear outside and reveal their truest selves."

"The idea of ​​showing the best version of yourself is beautiful and is what most of us are doing. It's the same as putting on light makeup before going out. It's an affirmation and respect for oneself."

"When you are at home, you are alone, without the interference of external pressure. This is the time when your true feelings can be revealed. Whether you fall asleep on the bed or listen to music to relax, this is a way to vent stress."

Sakurajima Mai had a smile on her lips, and her indigo eyes were warm and gentle.

"I think many people are like this. For example, in school there is a skill called reading the atmosphere, which means saying what you want to say according to the atmosphere. This is also a kind of disguise. This phenomenon is normal. The social interaction between people is like a tie, which requires two true hearts and two masks."

"What a profound statement... Just like the after-work party, you have to drink even though you don't drink much, right?" Ueda also stroked his chin and smiled bitterly, "Sakurajima-kun's way of thinking is so realistic."

“After all, I sometimes feel that way, too.”

"Eh? Is Sakurajima-kun like this too? I thought Sakurajima-kun was an angel no matter outside or at home." Takeuchi Megumi, who was quite familiar with her, made a joke, causing laughter from the audience.

"That's too much." Mai Sakurajima's tone revealed a hint of helplessness, "Even I get so tired that I want to fall asleep sometimes."

"Sleeping is human nature, okay?"

"What do you think, Sakakibara-san? As my good partner, you must have some understanding of Nishida Orange, right?" Sakurajima Mai turned her face to the boy, tapping her chin with her finger, looking cute and silly, "I really want to hear Sakakibara-san's understanding of Nishida Orange's role."

The boy sneered and said, "She is just an ordinary girl."

"Oh?" Ueda also raised his lips, "What do you think, Sakakibara-kun?"

"Well, Nishida Orange is a popular student in the class." Sakakibara Feng put away the coldness in the corners of his mouth and explained in a calm voice, "I also met a classmate like this when I was in high school. At that time, I admired her very much, but I also became cynical and doubted life. Is it true that some people are born to be popular?"

"Thinking about life in a cynical way? Sakakibara-san, are you?" Kashima Yu interrupted the conversation, "Can't you tell during filming?"

The boy smiled carelessly, "Don't think that I work hard on the set, worry about auditions at the agency, and practice my understanding of the role at home, but people like me also have troubles."

Sakurajima Mai and Higuchi Madoka's faces suddenly turned strange, and they were a little stunned.

No, you can’t laugh, you have to hold it in.

"Expand and tell me."

The boy's wild and uninhibited smile gradually disappeared. "I admire such a person, not because of her popularity, but because of the many efforts she made to be popular."

"For example, when discussing cosmetics with girls, the student must spend time researching the latest hot information. Another example is to understand the atmosphere and speak. The student needs to simulate different scenes at home and speak perfectly according to his or her personality." Sakakibara crossed his fingers on his thighs. "Maybe many students have natural affinity or high emotional intelligence and don't need to think twice, but there are also many students who rack their brains to get along well with their classmates. The latter needs to spend a lot of time and experience to catch up with the former, so I admire the latter."

Ueda and Takeuchi Megumi nodded at the same time. Ueda scratched his head and said, "That's a profound insight, Sakakibara-san. So what type of classmate do you think Nishida Orange is?"

"Well, it's hard for me to say." Sakakibara Kaede kept the secret. Just as he was about to say it, Sakurajima Mai stepped on him. Then he realized that he almost revealed his secret.

Thinking of this, the boy's face turned calm again and his eyes looked straight at the ceiling.

Sakurajima Mai followed up and added what the boy was thinking, "Like I said before, people have many sides, and Nishida Orange just magnified the different sides. She is a perfect student in school, with excellent academic performance, and she is humorous and friendly to her classmates. She always has a faint smile on her face. Is this the real her?"

Takeuchi Megumi pretended to understand something, "Could it be that the real Nishida Orange is actually a bad girl?"

Mai Sakurajima winked at the audience and said, "Well, let's keep this suspense until the latest episode this Friday."

"Oh, that's too much. He kept me in suspense and then ran away." Takeuchi Megumi said aggrievedly.

"The protagonists of Japanese TV dramas change in the early, middle and late stages of the plot, as if watching a person's growth, and this growth is also the truth they want to tell us." Ueda also concluded, "I believe that the characters played by the four actors here are all like this. The latest episode this Friday is about the growth of Nishida Orange, so let's wait and see."

Oshima Hideo came to the back of the last row of the studio audience, holding a sign in his hand that read, "Commercial time, five-minute break."

Takeuchi Megumi glanced at her watch and saw that it was the hour. She immediately smiled and said to the audience, "Mina-san, let's take a five-minute break and continue the interview in five minutes."

"Hi~"

Those who came to the scene were all experienced people, and they took out their drinks and mobile phones to relax.

This is true for the audience in the audience and the guests on the stage.

"Here, water." Sakurajima Mai handed the water to the boy sitting next to her. Her indigo eyes turned to the boy's face and said, "You are not nervous, are you?"

"Oh, how is that possible? From now on, I will answer the questions one by one and be amazing." The boy thanked and took the water, but his words were domineering and unbridled.

The two hosts discussed the script for a while, and then waited quietly for the commercial break to end.

Not long after, Oshima Hideo reappeared holding a sign and the commercial break was over.

Ueda immediately cleared his throat and looked at the man whose eyes had been blank since he drank water, and kindly reminded him, "Sakakibara-kun, is Sakakibara-kun here?"

The man was awakened by the gentle call. He put his hands under his chin and showed the usual Asian smile of the male protagonist of Galgame, which was really amazing with the teardrop mole.

Of course he didn't know that some fans in the audience already wanted to turn him into a female galgame.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about the inseparable red thread between Kitahara Hiroshi and Nishida Orange." Sakakibara Kaede sighed and coughed and added, "By now, everyone can see what kind of person Kitahara Hiroshi is, right?"

"bookworm!"

"cold."

“Low EQ!”

"Hey, are you serious about saying that he has low emotional intelligence?" Sakakibara Feng complained with a frown on his face. He patted his forehead belatedly and said, "Well, what this viewer said does make sense. Kitahara Hiroshi's attitude towards Nishida Orange in the drama is really hard to describe."

"That's right." Sakurajima Mai silently added beside him, "I said so many lines, and you just answered with an "oh". This is too much."

"No, no, no, this has nothing to do with the lines, right? And don't you think that my emotional actions are hard to act?" The boy spread his hands innocently, "Sakurajima-senpai, you said it's hard to challenge the half-asleep state, and you didn't praise me much at the shooting site?"

"If I don't praise you, I'm afraid you'll just float to the sky." Sakurajima Mai stuck out her tongue and turned to look at the two hosts. "Even though that's what I said, we all think Sakakibara-san's acting is very realistic, especially the scene when he was trying hard to hold on despite feeling sleepy during class."

Yu Kashima and Madoka Higuchi nodded at the same time in agreement with Mai Sakurajima's words. Although they did not pay attention to the boy's behavior at the time, when they reviewed the video afterwards, they emotionally observed the boy's every move.

Both the bloodshot eyes and the crooked notes feel real.

More real than *real.

Seeing that Kaede Sakakibara was interacting with the audience and motivating several other actors, Oshima Hide's eyes, who was working behind the scenes, lit up. Just now, both Kashima Yu and Higuchi Madoka were expressing themselves and needed the host to interrupt and liven up the atmosphere. Sakurajima Mai was much better and introduced her character in one word with the host.

But this young man, this skillful interaction with the audience is too skillful. Oshima Hide's mouth curled up coldly, his eyes widened, to be able to create such a show effect, this person is not a simple character.

"There's nothing wrong with what the audience just said. Kitahara Hiroshi is just a nerd. He has a very low presence in school. If it weren't for Nishida Cheng looking for him to chat from time to time, his classmates might have forgotten his existence."

"However, such ordinary people also have dreams."

Takeuchi Megumi tapped her chin and smiled, "Sakakibara-kun, you must be talking about the opening of the first episode. I was shocked by the beauty of this scene. An ordinary high school student actually had such a beautiful dream. Kitahara Hiroshi who said that was so handsome. I was a little fascinated by him."

"I want to shine brighter than anyone else. It sounds like a rather childish line, but the effect is surprisingly good, especially under that starry sky."

"What was difficult during the filming was Kitahara Hiroshi's every move." Sakakibara Kaede talked about it. "Although his movements and action trajectories were clearly written in the script, it still took some effort to capture this feeling."

Sakurajima Mai chimed in again, "I can prove this. I was a little surprised at how quickly Sakakibara-san got into the role. On the day of the official filming at Toyosaki Academy, his acting skills mimicking lack of sleep really surprised me. Is he really a new actor?"

The man cleared his throat. Ahem. This is called real-life substitution.

Oshima Hide stared at the figures of Sakakibara Kaede and Sakurajima Mai sitting on the sofa, gave instructions, and the camera lens was once again firmly aimed at the two of them.

Ueda nodded slightly and took out the third question card. "Well, let's start with Sakakibara-kun, who is very quick at getting into the role. What is the connection between the character you play and yourself in real life?"

"Kitahara Hiro is who I used to be." The man said something shocking, but he didn't pay any attention to it and continued, "Looking back, I was also a boy chasing dreams..."

"I was once like Kitahara Hiroshi. His dream was within reach, but I was dreaming unrealistic dreams. As expected, I was defeated by reality in the end. Kitahara Hiroshi has the tenacious spirit to turn things around. I am looking forward to seeing what Kitahara Hiroshi will look like in the future."

The smile on Sakakibara Kaede's face looked lonely.

Ueda almost spit out a mouthful of water because he couldn't finish it. "Thinking back to the past, Sakakibara-kun, you are only a senior this year, right? Did you have the same great ideals as Kitahara Hiroshi when you were in junior high school?"

"I think it was when I was a kid. At that time, I wanted to be an astronaut." The man laughed. "Come to think of it, I wanted to be some cool professions in my mind at that time, such as firefighter and policeman. My dream changed as I got older, or was forced to change, and gradually became a lawyer and doctor."

"It's too realistic. I want to cry." Ueda also nodded in agreement, pretending to wipe away tears, and looked at Takeuchi Megumi sideways, "I wanted to be a police officer when I was a child. What did Takeuchi-san want to be when he was a child?"

"I want to be a nurse and a teacher. When I went to the hospital, I thought the nurses were so cool. As for teachers... maybe it was because the teachers in kindergarten were so kind and patient to us."

"Compared to my dream, the dream of becoming an astronaut is indeed more shining." Ueda's rather depressed speech made the audience laugh again.

Sakurajima Mai pondered for a moment, "When I was a kid, I wanted to be a female teacher. What about you, Kashima-chan and Higuchi-chan?"

"I want to be an ordinary person." Higuchi Madoka said this as a matter of course, something that would not surprise anyone.

"I want to be... Prince Charming."

"Eh? Well. If it's Kashima-kun, this dream wouldn't be surprising." Hearing the audience start to boo, Takeuchi Megumi also started to applaud.

"I agree. This dream is too far-fetched." Ueda also chimed in.

Mutual promotion session

Title: "I am a Socially Averse Person with High Sensitivity Max"

Introduction: [2022 Recast the Glory of Light Japan] In the world of light manga and anime in Japan,

What would happen if you had a physique that could attract the opposite sex 100% of the time?

Just ask,

How can a high school boy who has social phobia and will fall head over heels in love with a woman whenever he touches her be conquered?

Shinji Kitade, who had never had any contact with anyone since he was a child, came into contact with the "all-round queen" Kasumigaoka Utaha by chance.

That is, from this day on,

The passionate and free-spirited "Eri", the mature and considerate "Kato Megumi", the gentle and virtuous "Hiratsuka Shizuka", the quirky "Yuigahama"...

What? Even my younger sister Sagiri, who I grew up with, wants to be close to me?

"Teacher Jing...you can't do this..."

"Sagiri-sister... calm down..."

"Senior? I...I asked you to stop them, not stop me!"

If being reversed is a crime, then Shinji Kitade might have been sentenced to "life imprisonment" by these girls who kept walking into his dark life.

People are alive,

Is it just to be pushed back?

Chapter 37 A Man with Connotation

"Well, next... is the last question! This question is related to the work you will take in the future!"

Ueda also clicked his tongue and pointed his finger straight forward, "What type of role do you hope to receive in the next script?"

"This question is thought-provoking," said Takeuchi Megumi, clapping her hands. "We can see the actor's ideas for the future from this answer. Maybe there are investors and clients among the audience. If they think the actor's answer is good, then won't they let him be the lead actor next?"

"This... Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?" Ueda also raised his hand, "Can I answer this question?"

"No, no, no, Ueda-san, you are not an actor, are you?" Takeuchi Megumi complained with a helpless look.

Izakaya in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Iida Kei drank the draft beer in his hand and let out a sigh of relief.

It has been a long time since I felt like drinking alone instead of accompanying my boss. All the ups and downs that happened in the Nice office in the past seemed like the past gone with the wind, gradually disappearing with the aftereffects of alcohol.

People come and go, and from time to time, women dressed fashionably and wearing light makeup pass by in a hurry. The women sitting in the izakaya have smiling faces, with love for the company and admiration for the boss written all over their faces. With masks on their faces, they can only swallow their troubles along with the wine.

Kei Iida looked out the window. The night in Tokyo remained the same. Dead branches swayed in the cold wind, occasionally rolling up a few gray leaves that had long lost their life. People were doing their jobs, fulfilling their duties and obligations step by step in different positions.

There is a constant flow of traffic on the road and the evening rush hour is coming.

The pub was noisy, and a hilarious variety show was playing on TV. He squinted his eyes and found that the prank show had ended at some point, and was replaced by a talk show Tonight 007 that was broadcast during dinner time.

The office workers who were drinking and working all day turned their eyes to the screen, looking at the idols whose youthfulness seemed to shine through the screen. They shifted the focus from the dull company topics to commenting on the TV programs.

Naturally, Mai Sakurajima attracted most people's attention.

She was the kind of person whose mere presence commanded attention.

"Ah~ Sakurajima-san is so nice. I remember she was still a junior high school student back then. I didn't expect she's so cute now."

"She's about the same age as my daughter, ah..."

"Sakurajima-chan is already in high school, and I'm still a single dog."

The sighs of several office workers escaping from reality fell into Iida Kei's ears. Hearing the last sentence, his hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and he pursed his lips with sympathy, "Boss, another bottle!"

He squinted at the young man on TV who was answering questions with a faint smile, recalled the boy's usual words and deeds, and begged him in his heart not to play a prank on him on the spot.

Now he is like Zhuge Kongming sitting in the central army, looking helplessly at the extremely confident Ma Su on TV. After all, he doesn't even have the power to kill him.

The more he thought about it, the more miserable he became. Iida Kei picked up the wine glass, and the bitter wine went down his throat with a painful sound. "Tun tun tun——"

"Kitahara Hiroshi is an ordinary person." On the TV, the boy illuminated by the lights crossed his fingers on his legs, his profile calm, "Just like me, he is an ordinary person."

"Oh? Sakakibara-kun, do you think you are an ordinary person?" Ueda would of course not miss the opportunity to make such a complaint and asked further.