Chapter 2: If you hear the word Arutema, you'll want to carry a weapon on your back first
Chapter 2: If you hear the word Arutema, you'll want to carry a weapon on your back first
And so the season passed.
Believe it or not, I’m a second year student starting today.
In this one year, so many different things……didn’t happen.
That’s right, just like everyone guessed. Once again, just like every year, while thinking I should do something one way or the other, I spent the entire first year doing nothing.
Friends? None.
Lover? Haha.
On the day of the entrance ceremony, the karaoke that the majority of the class participated in already decided the groups. I was unable to find a suitable group from the moment I didn’t participate in the event. On the other hand, I don’t have the courage to join the inkya1 group at the end of the classroom, forcing me to live an unsteady loner life.
But, that ends today.
It’s an established theory that when you move up a year, the classes will change and friendships will be semi-resetted.
I have to make a recovery here, otherwise, the rest of my two years in the most youthful period of life will be stained gray for sure.
「Alright, congratulations on moving up a year. Just thinking that I have to also see your faces for two more years makes me cry」
Our first year homeroom teacher, a bearded middle-aged old man, came into the classroom while saying that.
「Well, I’m sure everyone knows but in our school, the classes stay the same for all three years」
Eh.
I’ve never heard of this though.
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『Konkirin~. I’m Arutema Vtuber, Kinomiya Kirin』
There’s a beautiful girl on the other side of the screen.
It’s not the figure of a real person, but something called Live 2D which animates an illustration.
Currently 2018, otaku culture has changed their focus to a new stage due to Vtubers.
『Today, we will be holding a monetization celebration stream. Pachipachi』
：¥500 Congratulations on monetization!
：¥10,000 Take this! Superchat!
：¥250 First superchat
『Waa waa, thank you so much for the superchats! Even though I wanted to read all of your names, what should I do? It’s too fast and I can’t catch up』
：¥1,000 Throw more! Faster–
：¥500 Nice going with the wild 1000!
：¥2,525 I’ve been watching you since your first stream. I think Kirin-chan can continue to grow so please keep at it!
：¥50000
『Thank you so much, thank you so much! Wha, uwa!? A silent 50,000 yen!? Are you sure!?』
Superchats are flowing in by the second.
With that skyrocketing momentum, it’s easy to imagine that the comment section will be filled with the colors of the rainbow in 10 minutes.
Even with this many donations, the amount of money given to Livers2 is decent and only ranges from 20-30%. At worst, it’s fixed. Thinking about it gives me an indescribable feeling. The world sure is cruel.
While listening to Kirin-chan’s stream in the background, I’m working on a lot of pointless tasks. It’s especially appealing when you focus on the voice from the earphone and your hand stops moving.
Even so, to think that our school didn’t change classes.
Certainly, there was no paper posted with our names and I did have a sense of discomfort but I thought perhaps, they might announce the change after assembling the former class.
I didn’t expect for there to be no class change……
For my classmates, no class change is something to be happy about as they don’t have to be separated from their friends. But for a loner like me, it's more like “It’d be better if you guys split apart!” kind of feeling.
Separate and reset your friendships! And then get along with me!
Well, what’s done is done.
The important thing is how to act from here on out.
As expected, I’m also beginning to realize how terrible my dull youth lifestyle is.
Although I was able to smoothly converse in my former life, just a few years of no decent conversations has caused me to be unable to talk or let out any words.
I would always start with an 「Ahh–」「Umm」 「Err」 or some kind of short pause before speaking. Simply put, I’ve degenerated into a komyushou.
This is bad.
Far from life on easy mode, it’s more miserable than my previous life.
How long has it been since I’ve last talked while looking someone in the eye……
Anyhow, I’ll refine my talk skill by using Kobayashi-kun as my partner.
But he’s someone popular who is always surrounded by boys and girls. Rather than incurring some weird grudge by talking to him this late in the game, hanging out with the otaku group at the end of the class may be better.
But you know–, although I’m like this, I am a girl–. I’m bragging but my appearance is truly that of a beautiful girl. Don’t otakus love quiet girls with big breasts and long black hair? In that case, I would become something like a circle crusher. Kaah~I’m troubled! It’s not like I want to destroy their community~.
『With that, I have one final announcement! Next week on Saturday, 21 o’clock, I will be having my first off-collab with Sera Matsuri of the same generation! We will also have a sleepover so look forward to it!』
：Oooooh！Matsuri-chan and Kirin-chan’s sleepover collab!?
：MatsuKiri TeeTee3
：¥5,000 I’ve taken paid time off next weekend
：¥1,000 This will definitely be a godly stream
：¥20,000 Thank you…Vtuber and Arutema thank you…and MatsuKiri thank you…
『And! Furthermore! There’s another important announcement! Drumroll please! Arutema is recruiting members for the second generation! The only important thing is that you want to be a Vtuber! That’s all! I’ll be waiting for everyone’s applications–』
：It’s here━━━━(゜∀゜)━━━━!!”
：Ha? Seriously? Ha? Will I be able to meet Kirin-chan?
：Calm down you guys lol even if you join Arutema, it doesn’t mean you can meet Kirin-chan lol
：Kirin-senpai…?
：Kirin-chan-senpai, sounds nice……
：The official site crashed though?
『Ah, sorry about the crash! I think there will be a more detailed explanation later again on the official Twitter so wait a bit okay? Well with that said, bye byeee』
：¥500 Bye byeee
：¥250 Bye byeee
：¥280 Bye byeee!!
THIS
IS
IT.
Inkya means the asocial, introverted, or gloomy type of character
Livers as in livestreamers
TeeTee is Vtuber slang for precious and usually used when Vtubers are being affectionate with each other