Tokyo Sound

"Brother, you gave me such a big surprise, I have to thank you. If I go up and drink until next year, the big studio may not pay attention to me, so I must reward you." The agent said solemnly.

"No no no."

"Just one little thing, just one."

"Don't talk about this, don't talk about this."

"Just one."

"Shall we go to Hokkaido to seek financial freedom?"

"Tsk, why do you always want to go out and freeze? It's so far away, and you don't have any acquaintances here. If you want to accomplish anything these days, you still need a backer. Who can you rely on when you go out in the ice and snow?" Kashiwa Ippei asked.

"I," Yin Ze said slowly, sitting up and exuding the confidence of an emperor.

"You are indeed good at dreaming." Kashiwa Ippei said frankly.

"When I first came to Tokyo, I was alone and weak, but now it's different. Yoji Shinkawa in Kansai, Yoshihiko Yoshimoto and Kageo Minaha in Shinjuku, and Seiki Soejima in Kanagawa all follow each other and recommend each other's accounts." Yin Ze counted on his fingers and said, "In the future, PC games will be very popular, followed by mobile games. In East Asia, there is a great demand for art resources. I'm going to set up a small studio first, build up my reputation, and then run a physical training class to teach technology and guarantee employment."

"Guaranteed employment? Which factory can you arrange for them to work in?" Kashiwa Ippei wondered.

"My small outsourcing studio." Yin Ze said naturally, "Their tuition fees are the start-up capital of my small outsourcing studio. By then, we will have enough staff, and the tuition fees can also be used to pay their salaries."

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This is too capitalistic.

"Once we have more people, we will be a big studio. Then we can go the R&D route and specialize in pay-to-win card-drawing games! This is very promising. In fact, brother Yoshimoto Akihiko has already told me whether I have the dominance to surpass all Japanese art in the world. They are also very ambitious. They have already thought of the name of the company, CyGames [Note: Japanese game company, its main works include Granblue Fantasy, Princess Connect, Uma Musume, etc.], making cards and fantasy-themed games. The anthropomorphic ships I made before were pretty good, and they are thinking whether the racehorses can also be anthropomorphic..."

"This is a simple and meaningless name. It sounds like it has no future. And it anthropomorphizes a racehorse. A ship is fine, it's just a block of iron. Racehorses have stallions and mares, and many famous horses are male. You want to anthropomorphize a female? Are you crazy? Hardcore racehorse fans will be disgusted, and otakus won't like it either."

Kashiwa Ippei curled his lips in disdain.

"As for mobile games, with the performance of mobile phones, do you dare to challenge computers and consoles? Besides, even if it is a handheld game, don't we still have PSP [Note: PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console launched by Sony in 2004]? How can it be your turn? Okay, I don't have time to fantasize with you, so let's just work honestly. I won't mention the live broadcast, which you are best at. I found a new anime for you, and you will play the main role. You should prepare for the audition as soon as possible, and stop daydreaming."

"I have low desires and I'm alone. Earning enough to make a living is enough to comfort me. Living a carefree life is the most important thing. But you, always thinking about crossing the class barrier. Alas, even if I give you the opportunity, it's useless." Yin Ze shook his head slowly, as if he really felt sorry.

"Hmph, here's the information." Kashiwa Ippei handed over the document and walked away humming a tune. He didn't take this nonsense seriously at all, just treating it as another casual chat to pass the time.

Maybe Brother Kashiwa Jing is destined to have a hard life.

Yin Ze was impressed by his agent's courage to not accept charity, while looking at the content of this audition.

Comic-adapted animation.

——"Sanka Reiya" [Note: It is based on the TV animation "Sanka Reiya"]

Chapter 2 Just Met You

The atmosphere in the Uchida family today remains as stable as usual.

After hurriedly finishing her lunch, the mother put the still warm food into an insulated box, changed her clothes, and went out to deliver the food to her father who was busy in the store.

Uchida Maaya took over the housekeeping baton, cleaning the dishes, and the sound of water running in the sink continued. However, Uchida Yuuma, whose cleaning ability always failed to meet the requirements of his sister, was only qualified to wipe the table with a rag.

The comedian on TV was doing his best to tease his partner, trying to amuse the audience and bring laughter to the world. The program team also inserted the sound effects of laughter in the later stage. But the little brother at the bottom of the family was not interested. He wiped the grease spots on the table slowly.

"Are you going out this afternoon?" asked Uchida Yuma with a yawn.

"Yes, there is an audition." Uchida Maaya said without turning her head.

"Is it an important role?"

"…The heroine."

"Not bad, have you finally made it?" Uchida Yuma was a little surprised.

"You're just qualified to compete, but it's not confirmed yet. There's a high probability that you'll be eliminated. Let's try other roles instead." Uchida Maaya said while washing dishes skillfully.

"It's better to have some confidence in life. You've prepared well. I've seen you staying in your room studying your lines these days, and you were even mumbling to yourself while eating. You'll definitely win this time." Uchida Yuma said lazily.

"This little bit of effort is nothing compared to other practitioners. I've only been in the industry for a short time. This is nothing compared to waiting. There are many people who have waited for five or six years and still haven't gotten a leading role." Uchida Maaya said calmly.

"You get what you work for in this industry, right? You can only eat rice porridge for several years in a row? This is too miserable, isn't it?" Uchida Yuma muttered, "Your agency is considered a big one, but there are only about a hundred registered voice actors, which is obviously not a lot of people. But is the competition so fierce?"

"What do you think?" Uchida Mare snorted, with a hint of pride in her voice, "My job is not that simple, don't think that just being able to talk is enough."

"Sister, I think your personality may not be clear yet and lacks personal characteristics." Uchida Yuma frowned. "Brand management is a profound subject. Nowadays, it is not just business that determines success or failure. Marketing is also very important. The male classmate you abducted home, your colleague. He is now doing very well and has several leading roles. Even the supporting roles are full of topics and popularity. There are countless ghost animal secondary creations about him on N station. Once the market will actively help you market, it means you have become successful."

"It's as if you're talking about him relying on crooked means. That's because he's good enough. He's met the needs of several crews in a row and is a well-deserved top-notch figure." Uchida Maaya said unhappily.

"Haha, if I hadn't followed his account, listened to the radio, and watched his live broadcast, I would have believed it." Uchida Yuma showed a cold and arrogant smile, "An honest man? First of all, he doesn't look honest. He gets along well with his assistant, talks nonsense in the live broadcast, and has a lot of tricks. He doesn't look like a pragmatic person, but a precise calculator."

"Are you still following him?" Uchida Maaya didn't turn around, but there was a hint of weirdness in her tone.

"I may know him better than you do, sister." Uchida Yuma said seriously, "As the saying goes, Lu Bu among men, Red Hare among horses, the staff in the industry specializes in stabbing Takizawa Satoru..."

"What a disrespectful description. Where did you see it?"

"When the account was recommended and commented on, he even replied with a 'hehe' and a smiling emoticon. He didn't care at all and seemed very generous. A person who dares to entertain himself must not be an ordinary person. Shamelessness, good looks, hypocritical smiles, and resistance to suffering are all necessary qualities for an evil tyrant." Uchida Yuma shook his head slowly.

"You've only met someone a few times, and you've already made a characterization. You're just like those otakus who watched a few interview programs with their idols and then thought they knew them so well that they were their confidant and soul mate. You're superficial and ignorant." Uchida Maaya sneered.

"Oh, that's it." Uchida Yuma raised his eyebrows, stopped wiping the table, put his hands on his waist and asked, "Then in your opinion, what kind of person should he be?"

"At first he was kind and docile, then gradually he became executive, his thinking and vision were very broad, he was casual most of the time, not a person who cared about trivial matters... Occasionally he would be in a daze, and there was a sense of nostalgia for the past in his eyes when he looked into the distance." Uchida Maaya added as she thought.

"Oh, is that so?" Uchida Yuuma nodded slowly, "You are a very careful observer."

"Oh what? Why are you asking these questions out of the blue?" Uchida Maaya sorted the washed dishes into categories and rubbed her wet hands on her scarf to dry them.

"Do you think I can be a voice actor?" Uchida Yuma thought for a long time and sighed.

"——?" Uchida Maaya finally turned around, a little surprised, "What happened suddenly?"

"You know the situation at home. I owed a lot of debts to relatives in the past few years. Although I paid them off, my savings have bottomed out. If I get sick or something serious in the future, I will have to stop working again. I thought, I won't go to college. I'll just go out and work." Uchida Yuma had a clear mind, "Don't rush to teach me a lesson. If I were academically strong enough, of course I would strive for a third-year degree in science and have a bright future. The problem is that my grades are mediocre. Even if I study, it will be useless. In the end, I will still find a job to punch in. Secondly, my classmate's family runs a folk theater troupe, and he has also been to the Bunraku Theater. He saw that I looked good, so he pulled me in to be a soldier. Now I have passed the test and can do some work behind the scenes and play the faceless man. There are many middle-aged and elderly audiences in Osaka. The money is low but surprisingly stable. Finally, I want to learn an extra skill in my spare time. Voice acting is quite suitable for me."

"Are you sure? Have you thought it through?" Uchida Maaya said seriously, "Have you discussed this with your parents?"

"Why should they object to this?" Uchida Yuma said nonchalantly, "My son is ambitious and hardworking, and he never asked for capital. 24K is just a good thing. Look at my third aunt's young and inexperienced cousin, who asked his family for 200 million yen to start a business, but ended up being deceived by a pyramid scheme and taken to the mountains and forests..."

"Instead of going to college and working in a theater company, talk to your parents when you have some free time. As for voice actors... I have to remind you that this is not an easy road. There are many people who are relying on their passion to persevere. Half-baked people will never succeed." Uchida Maaya emphasized.

"My goal is not that lofty. I just want to work hard to master one more skill. Not to mention participating in popular works, I can make independent games in the summer and winter fan club, and do narration in the children's programs of the theater troupe... I can always stick to these things. It's still a small role, but they are in different but actually interconnected fields. When added together, it's very impressive." Uchida Yuma said naturally.

"Let's get through the training center first." Uchida Maaya was still a little pessimistic, but she still said, "Just go to the Japanese Broadcasting Institute where I study. There are very few classes a week, so you will slowly calm down, and you will have time to do your own things."

"You want to emphasize the high threshold and low ceiling of this industry." Uchida Yuuma thought about it and scratched his head, "You said that you must have a passion. Sister, then why did you decide to become a voice actor? Although you also play games, you never let go of Final Fantasy when you were a child, and you even COSed as Suzumiya Natsuhi when you were in school... But is it just because you like it? At the beginning, you also worried about whether to continue your studies or enter the society, right? At that time, I remember you also tried to experience being a bus tour guide. You struggled for a while, and only made up your mind at the last minute."

"When I had to make an important choice, I just leaned towards the side I liked more..." Uchida Maaya was silent for a few seconds.

She is indeed a person who has a hard time making up her mind. Ordinary people naturally suffer from the so-called three-minute enthusiasm syndrome.

When I was in middle school, I was interested in ancient culture and wanted to become a maiko. I was thinking about dropping out of school and going to Kyoto. I was very determined, and I felt like those people in news stories who worked alone, overcame difficulties and obstacles, and finally achieved success. But I later forgot about it.

I still remember that day.

In January, the senior high school students had basically determined their future development trajectories, including entrance exams, internships... She was also thinking about the future in the lonely and gray winter.

Due to her love for performing arts and the influence of many excellent works she had seen in her childhood, she followed her inner voice and went to a voice actor training school to experience a trial reading.

Then accidentally, I saw someone.

Passing by, the fleeting light, the boat going in the opposite direction, the flowers on the shore, and him whom I met by chance.

What happens when the frost and snow in January encounter the midsummer in July?

Of course, this is just a small opportunity, a fuse and a spark.

There were many people gathered there, and they were very different, including people of the same age, married women with children, and energetic boys and girls from lower grades. But the common point was that everyone was very nice, and although there was a gap of identity and age, they could talk about everything and train for the same future.

If this is such an innocent job, then it wouldn't be a bad thing to invest the long future into it.

"Sister?" Uchida Yuma called out, "You're back to your senses."

"Find a way to fix dinner yourself. I'll be leaving soon." Uchida Maaya came out of her memories, glanced at her younger brother, and prepared to pack up and go to the audition.

"There's one more thing." Uchida Yuuma looked like he had just remembered it.

"what?"

"you like him?"

The air was quiet, and blood relatives with similar faces looked at each other across the dinner table. Floating dust could be vaguely seen in the clear sunlight.

"…Who are you talking about?" Uchida Maaya couldn't wrap her mind around it for a moment.

"When it comes to love, you need to be resolute and decisive, and cut the Gordian knot. It is most taboo to be indecisive. Eternal waiting is wrong. Good times will pass, and everything in life has a shelf life." Uchida Yuma said seriously, "The most important thing is to avoid linking your feelings for others with your ideal future. Because human hearts cannot stand the test of time."

"Are you preaching to me?" Uchida Mare was stunned for a few seconds, then her face turned stern. "How old are you? You look so mysterious. Don't forget, when you were in the first year of junior high school and you were chasing after your deskmate, it was me who helped you with the plan. Even the small gift was an advance of my pocket money. Now that you've grown stronger, are you teasing your sister?"

"Why didn't you continue to ask, who is the 'he' I'm talking about?" Uchida Yuma was unmoved, and just sighed like a strategist who knew everything.

This evasive manner of speaking was very annoying. Uchida Maaya glanced at the time on the clock, suppressed the urge to teach the kid a lesson, and said something like "I'll teach you a lesson when I come back", quickly tidied herself up, and went out without stopping.

Uchida Yuma listened to the door slam shut, looked at the empty living room, shook his head silently, and went to wash the rag.

……

The most important thing in life is to discover and know yourself.

Maaya Uchida feels that she has not yet done these two things very well.

The swaying wristbands in the tram carriage are just like my mood at the moment, swaying and unstable.

She exhaled lightly, and her heartbeat uncontrollably accelerated as she approached the audition location. Uchida Maaya blamed her brother for causing trouble in her heart. If she performed poorly and missed the role, she would have to sever her relationship with him for at least three months.

In fact, there are not so many just right things in the world. It is just a coincidence that we meet, so we say it is just right. When the time is right and the mood blooms, just right will be sublimated into fate.

You just happened to pass by and I just happened to see you.

Walk on the walking trail.

The boy was walking towards me, his white short-sleeved shirt was there, shining in the sunlight.

"What a coincidence, you're here for the audition too?" Yin Ze saw him from afar, raised his handsome eyebrows, stretched out his hand, and high-fived through the air.

"Yes."

This scene seems familiar.

Uchida Maaya paused for a few seconds before smiling back and holding out her hand.

They were far apart, but it seemed as if they had touched each other and made a crisp sound.

Chapter 3 Dark Middle-Aged Man

"Takizawa Satoru @9527yyds: I have had a special feeling for zombies since I was a child, and even dreamed of a love story with a zombie girl. Naturally, my family collected a lot of zombie-related items. One day, my cat died unfortunately, but God gave it a ray of hope. I found the resurrection technique in the ancient book "Preparation for the World". During the preparation of the technique, I met a girl in the ruins of a sparsely populated hotel. She is a living being with a delicate face like a doll and a youthful body. Although she has little interest in living people, she also accepted her help and worked together to make resurrection medicine... But no one expected that something strange would happen. The girl also had an accident. She was supposed to die, but she was resurrected by drinking the experimental resurrection medicine-although it was incomplete. That's right, with cold skin, dilated pupils, and blood that no longer flows, she continued to move as a corpse, becoming a living dead, a zombie. At this moment, I was completely in love. There is not enough space, but, you know, I have a date with zombies."

"Takizawa Satoru @9527yyds: Zombies! Born from the resentment and foul air of heaven and earth, they are immortal and indestructible. They are abandoned by the three realms of heaven, earth and man and are outside the six paths of sentient beings. They are wandering without support and displaced. At that time, the world was flooded with paper wives, and the amorous ones divorced once a quarter. The coming storm called out the best of the beautiful girl zombies, the white-skinned and beautiful zombie king Sanhua Reiki..."

"Takizawa Satoru @9527yyds: A love story struggling between life and death ~ A journey of struggle, confrontation, and life span with tears and laughter. Adapted from a popular manga, with a stunning cast and a thrilling plot, it is not to be missed. Let's find out where your world is. The manga-adapted animation "Sanka Reihime" is now on air!"

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"This? A TV series promotion? Is this true?"

"Shit, after typing so many words I thought he was exposing his obscure hobby, but it turns out to be a promotion. Why didn't he just forward and copy it this time?"

"You actually sent two messages in a row just for work. You've changed. You've become so strange."

"Two versions? Such a grand event? Perhaps I have joined the production committee and invested money?"

"I checked the official website and it seems the heroine is a new voice actress, also from IM (the official photo is a bit pretty)"

"Alas, you reserved all your dedication and kindness for your colleagues. You are so realistic and a man who has forgotten his roots. I suggest that Osawa's employees should not cooperate with him in the future."

"You've @ed me so many times, have you changed? It's just a new soup but the same medicine. I don't even have the face to reply..."

"The visual is pretty good, the PV is also OK, the official animation is worth looking forward to."

"Thanks for the recommendation. I have already bought two truckloads of BDs. My kids said they tasted great. I got both the cassette and the disc, so nothing was wasted. I will come back to patronize you next time."

"Hello, I heard that you are good at mathematics. I have been studying the Navier-Stokes equations recently. I hope we can discuss a little bit."

“What do you think of the Bagaudae movement in 284 AD?” Reply → “The author is very cool and rarely interacts. Also, what kind of machine is the Bagaudae? I’ve never heard of it.” Reply → “It was a struggle by the oppressed and the desperate to break away from the Roman Empire! You fake fan who doesn’t study hard!”

"I've read the comics, they have a unique style and atmosphere, it's pretty good."

“Why was the picture of the summer beach series broken? Since you found it, why don’t you write down the model’s name!”

"Great tweeter, please clear up my confusion. Wearing a skirt will keep you cool in the hot summer, so will I catch a cold if I wear ten skirts?"

“This voice actor’s comment section is the most complicated I’ve ever seen…”