Promotional Live Broadcast

“Please familiarize yourselves with the script, you two. The live broadcast will start in a moment.”

Inside the recording studio, Kazakami Ritsu sat behind the seemingly familiar long table, narrowing her eyes at the girl beside her.

Both people behind the long table wore light makeup, and the clothes on their bodies were also special costumes prepared in advance.

Sensing the gaze from her partner, Teraoin Hane, sitting next to her, couldn’t help shrinking her neck.

Producer Kurau stood by the camera not far away, looking at the two sitting side by side with doting eyes.

Now, it was the scene of the promotional live broadcast for My Friend.

‘Don’t be nervous, take a deep breath. To become a popular voice actor, one will always experience this kind of activity.’

Kazakami Ritsu looked down at the script with a full-color cover in her hand, taking several deep breaths in succession.

“Don’t be nervous… it’s fine, it’s just the first live broadcast, there will be many more in the future…”

Beside her, Teraoin Hane, who debuted as a child star and had adapted to camera shooting since childhood, was looking worriedly at her partner who kept muttering to herself.

Usually, Kazakami Ritsu was the one who behaved more naturally in front of others, but at this moment, the situation was reversed.

“Kazakami-san… are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Just a little nervous now, but I’ll adjust soon. Don’t worry.”

Kazakami Ritsu exchanged a low sentence with Teraoin Hane and shifted her focus to the script in her hand.

A so-called live broadcast was a super high-difficulty level even more terrifying than a radio program.

As the host, after roughly memorizing the flow on the script, Kazakami Ritsu let out a long breath.

The process of a live broadcast was completely different from a radio program, but there were also several items that existed in both.

Except for the listener letter segment becoming a segment for answering bullet comments (danmaku) questions, the dubbing mini-theater segment also increased from one scene to three scenes.

Just after Kazakami Ritsu organized her thoughts, Producer Kurau asked.

“Then, if there are no problems, we will officially start recording?”

Hearing this sentence, both Kazakami Ritsu and Teraoin Hane sat up straight, the expressions on their faces unusually serious.

Accompanying the sound of melodious music, Kazakami Ritsu counted silently for a few seconds, speaking exactly when the music faded.

“Good afternoon, welcome everyone to watch the promotional live broadcast of My Friend from Another World. I am Kazakami Ritsu, voicing Shu and serving as the host.”

After speaking the entire opening remarks articulately and without any pause using Shu’s voice…

Teraoin Hane, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately followed up, acting in her true character with Akira’s timid voice.

“W-welcome everyone. I am Teraoin Hane, voicing Akira and responsible for assisting Kazakami’s work.”

After the two finished the opening remarks and self-introductions, Kazakami Ritsu smiled and continued to push the program’s flow.

“Finally, the production of My Friend is fully completed. Congratulations, congratulations. Does Teraoin-san have anything to say about this?”

“Eh, eh? That is, of course, hoping this work can be loved by everyone…”

“A nice thought. Then let’s take a look at the content of the bullet comments first, shall we?”

Seeing Teraoin Hane’s voice getting quieter and quieter, Kazakami Ritsu naturally took over the conversation.

The projection screen behind the two slowly descended. After a brief black screen, the image of real-time bullet comments appeared.

[Wh-what? Is this woman who looks exactly like my wife the Reaper?]

[Teraoin-san’s social account seems to haven’t been active for a long time. Of course, Partner-chan, who has only posted work updates so far, is even more excessive.]

[Wind God (Kazakami)? No! Death God (Shinigami)!]

[Teraoin-san, get away from this woman quickly! Be careful she passes the bad luck of 100% receiving a bento to you!]

‘Truly rude, this generation of netizens.’

After seeing the content of the bullet comments clearly, Kazakami Ritsu almost couldn’t maintain the smile on her face.

Eight out of ten comments were roasting her, and two were praising how good-looking the two of them were.

“It seems the audience has a lot of resentment towards me. I am truly a woman of heavy sins.”

Kazakami Ritsu sighed lightly, a lonely expression appearing on that face possessing extreme aggressiveness.

Teraoin Hane beside her saw that her partner seemed somewhat disappointed, and immediately spoke up to defend her.

“Kazakami-san, doesn’t this precisely prove the audience’s love for you?”

As Teraoin Hane’s words fell, the direction of the bullet comments immediately changed.

[Truly worthy of being Akira; actually defending your ideal self like this?]

[Kazakami, you woman of heavy sins! Look at what you have protected!]

[Correct, we are the believers of the Death God, looking forward to the debut of the next tragic character.]

Kazakami Ritsu twitched her mouth, continuing to push the flow without changing her expression.

“Cough cough, then let’s watch the official version of the trailer together first.”

After saying this, the projection screen behind was divided into two screens, left and right.

“Here… is?”

The black-haired girl in a hospital gown opened her eyes, looking at the desolate and strange world around her with some confusion.

In the next instant, a strange bat-like creature dived down from the sky.

At this moment, a firm voice rang in the girl’s ear.

“What are you standing there stupidly for? Give me your hand! Follow me!”

Looking toward the sound, a figure wearing a black school uniform appeared before her eyes.

Without time to think, listening to the sound of wings breaking through the air approaching from behind, the girl reached out without hesitation and grabbed the hand in front of her.

…

“Are you kidding… I don’t want to go back to that kind of world!”

At the stronghold in the consciousness world, Akira, who learned the truth about this world, lost control of her emotions.

If she could stay here, then what did it matter if she didn’t go back?

However, just as Akira finished speaking, the girl named Shu who saved her life announced the truth of the consciousness world to her.

…

“Shu, I can’t do it…”

Facing the monsters emerging one after another before her eyes, Akira sat helplessly on the ground, covering her face and starting to cry.

The trailer played up to here, and could be considered officially over.

The projection screen returned to the state of playing real-time bullet comments just now, and at this moment, the content of the bullet comments was scrolling rapidly.

[Huh? Could this movie be a BE (Bad Ending)?]

[Shouldn’t be. In works the Death God participates in, apart from her own character, others generally have a HE (Happy Ending).]

[Then I’m relieved. Isn’t it a normal situation for the Death God to return to the Underworld?]

‘So, why on earth do these guys call me the Death God?’

Kazakami Ritsu was puzzled in her heart but still diligently completed her work as a host.

“A wonderful trailer. Teraoin-san, after watching the trailer just now, how do you feel now?”

Teraoin Hane, whose bad memories were triggered by the trailer just now, was silent for a moment before slowly answering.

“Hmm… watching this version alone does make one feel the ending is a bit ominous. But please rest assured, everyone, this work is really a work with a good ending.”