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In the end, the final Mini-Theater segment of the program concluded amidst the playful fighting of the two.
This radio program, lasting about 20 minutes, also announced its conclusion.
After receiving instructions from the producer, Umemiya Hiro, as the host, began the wrap-up work.
“Ah, it’s already this time. Happy times always pass very quickly…”
“Yeah, it feels like only a few minutes passed, yet it’s already almost over?”
Kazakami Ritsu, who wanted to get off work and slack off immediately, nodded and added a sentence in a regretful tone.
Umemiya Hiro picked up the ad script and read through a long string of advertisements without pausing, under Kazakami Ritsu’s shocked gaze.
Finally, she took a deep breath and switched back to Destiny’s tone.
“Thank you all for listening to our program this time, and please continue to support the anime and merchandise. So then, I am Umemiya Hiro, voicing Destiny.”
Kazakami Ritsu, who also switched her voice, exchanged a look with the senior beside her and picked up with a smile.
“I am Kazakami Ritsu, voicing Meihime. So then…”
“See you in the new episode next week!”
“Hey! Senior, I’ve already died! Where would I have screen time next week?”
“Eh? Is that so? It doesn’t matter; Meihime will always live in our hearts!”
Amidst laughter and joy, the recording work ended perfectly.
When the two smiled and spoke the final dialogue, the photographer holding the camera responsible for shooting the cover silently recorded this heartwarming scene.
Just as Kazakami Ritsu stood up from her seat, feeling light after work, her temporary partner Umemiya Hiro leaned over with a smile.
“Junior, are you free later?”
Kazakami Ritsu revealed a vigilant expression and took half a step back, her face written with resistance to overtime work.
Seeing her react so strongly, Umemiya Hiro smiled, clenched her fist, and waved it threateningly in front of Kazakami Ritsu.
“My next role is a shrine maiden. If you have nothing to do later, how about accompanying me for a stroll?”
“Hah?”
“Senior, even if you want to gather material, you should go to a more famous shrine, right?”
Looking at the eaves of the old building emerging from the shade of the trees not far away, Kazakami Ritsu felt that this senior was quite unreliable.
“Stop complaining. This is the closest shrine to the recording studio.”
Listening to Kazakami Ritsu’s complaint, Umemiya Hiro retorted and looked at the building in the distance that seemed to have a long history.
Who would have thought that such a small shrine existed in Shibuya Park, known as a dating sanctuary?
Approaching the old building, Umemiya Hiro took out her phone like a tourist and started taking pictures.
The two walked along the path paved with small crushed stones, and soon a stone torii gate, about two stories high and appearing quite severely corroded, appeared before their eyes.
In Japanese mythology, the torii gate generally represents the entrance to the domain of the gods, reminding travelers that they are about to step into the divine realm.
After Umemiya Hiro finished taking pictures, the two passed through the torii gate together and continued forward, walking into the somewhat desolate courtyard.
In the courtyard, an older woman wearing everyday clothes was sweeping the fallen leaves with a broom.
Seeing the two, the woman stopped sweeping the leaves.
“Welcome. Are you two here to visit our shrine?”
Umemiya Hiro bowed to the woman before beginning to explain her purpose.
“Hello, actually it’s like this…”
While Umemiya Hiro was negotiating with the woman, Kazakami Ritsu had already walked outside the main hall.
Japan claims to have eight million gods. With so many gods, she wondered to what extent the division of divine power in their hands had involuted.
After obtaining the information she was interested in, Umemiya Hiro dragged Kazakami Ritsu into the hall to make an offering and pray.
Kazakami Ritsu, who was inexplicably dragged into paying 500 yen for incense money, had a drooping face, radiating resentment from head to toe.
After leaving the unknown small shrine, Umemiya Hiro sat on a park bench and began to consolidate today’s harvest.
“Hmm… The work content and precautions for shrine maidens have been collected. Afterward, I have to collect some related myths…”
Listening to Umemiya Hiro’s muttering, Kazakami Ritsu felt a trace of interest in the shrine maiden role she mentioned.
She didn’t expect this industry senior to be so dedicated to every one of her roles. But was it necessary for a voice actor to understand these things?
“Senior, why do you want to know these things? Is it because of interest?”
Thinking this, Kazakami Ritsu asked casually.
Sorting out her chaotic thoughts, Umemiya Hiro shook her head with a bitter smile.
“Of course not. No matter what role I voice, I want to substitute myself into it in reality. This makes it easier for me to find the most suitable voice for them.”
Kazakami Ritsu was stunned. She didn’t expect this senior-san, who performed with ease during recording, to have such a side.
Seeming to see Kazakami Ritsu’s lack of understanding, Umemiya Hiro revealed a somewhat distressed expression.
“Don’t look at how easy my dubbing seems. Actually, for every character I voice, I spend a lot of effort to ponder and personally immerse myself in order to perform like I do now.”
Umemiya Hiro leaned back against the chair, looking up at the clear blue sky overhead.
She gazed at the floating clouds in the sky, her tone resentful.
“However, ever since I met you, I feel slightly unwilling. Why is there someone like you with such outstanding natural vocal talent?”
Kazakami Ritsu, sitting on the other side of the bench, didn’t speak. She just followed her gaze, staring blankly at the white clouds in the sky.
‘Is the voice acting circle… really that hard to survive in?’
Thinking this, Kazakami Ritsu turned her head slightly to look at the senior who debuted a year earlier than herself.
Seeming to sense her gaze, Umemiya Hiro made a face at Kazakami Ritsu.
“I’m considered to be doing pretty well among the voice actors who debuted in the same period. I’m much better off than those who completely act as background boards and are still voicing non-important characters to this day.”
Speaking to this point, Umemiya Hiro seemed to think of something, and a triumphant smile appeared on her face.
She nudged Kazakami Ritsu with her elbow, her expression full of schadenfreude.
“Thinking about how you have such a huge vocal advantage but can only voice unimportant characters due to seniority issues makes me super happy!”
Kazakami Ritsu listened to Umemiya Hiro’s words with black lines over her head. Where did this unwarranted desire to win come from?
‘Meihime is my first role, true, but my second role is a movie lead!’
To avoid being bullied in the workplace by the fierce senior in the future, Kazakami Ritsu silently swallowed this sentence back.
Umemiya Hiro thought she had won a great victory, finally avenging being teased by her junior in the radio program just now.
“Alright, I’m heading back too. Oh right, let’s exchange contact information?”
“What for… I might not necessarily have time to accompany you for on-site material gathering like today.”
Although Kazakami Ritsu said this, her body still honestly took out her phone.
After the two exchanged contact information, Umemiya Hiro pulled Kazakami Ritsu into a small group.
Looking at the small group named “Female Lead Alliance” on the screen with only 3 members, Kazakami Ritsu fell into deep thought.
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