Chapter 92: It’s easy, Otakus who watch VTubers!

The White Day event had ended, and with it, all the school events were over.

Now, only one thing remained.

The spring break before becoming a second-year student.

It felt surreal that it had already been a year since I entered high school. It felt like the fastest year of school life I had experienced so far.

The reason for this was undoubtedly because I joined StarsFlow and started as a VTuber.

When I think about it, up until the summer vacation before I properly started my VTuber activities, my life was just the same as before.

But once I began broadcasting, conversing with the members and Izutomo, I slowly started to change.

If I were to express it, I’d say I’ve grown.

In other words, even though the new school year would bring new encounters, I’m no longer trembling with fear.

Who am I?

I’m Arcana Shooter En’Yoku, who cleared all the STs with my attitude, with 182k subscribers as a VTuber.

Come, new second-year classmates.

I, who have grown, will not fear you…!

“Then, see you all in two weeks!”

I wanted to say this, but our high school keeps the same class from first year all the way to third year, so even if the

school year changes, the class doesn’t.

I’m really glad I don’t have to deal with new social circles…

What? You think that if the class changes, I might be able to make new friends?

That’s such a foolish thought.

In the first place, just because the class changes doesn’t mean everyone is a stranger.

In the end, some of the people will be from my old class, and the rest will be new classmates.

That’s actually the worst for me.

It means I’ll have to re-establish my position in the class.

I’m not close to the classmates I had before, and I don’t know the new ones, so I won’t be able to do anything.

Without any friends, I’ll naturally end up isolated in the class.

If I were isolated from the start, I’d just go on living as usual, but if the situation progresses like this, it’s just going to be painful for me.

A top student in the social hierarchy of the class might call for a bonding event, and I would naturally be excluded, growing more isolated…

I really don’t want to go through those awful events from the first year again.

How do I know?

Could it be different?

No way. It’s been like that all through middle school.

Did I regret trying to debut in high school?

But if the class doesn’t change, I won’t have to go through those useless events again, and I can just continue being by myself.

How great is that?

Our school is the best!

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[[Membership Exclusive] Looking for people to chat with #KainoIzumi #StarsFlow]

“So, um, I’ve got a question…”

I never really thought about it like this before.

But now, with spring break coming and second year starting, I couldn’t help but be curious.

“What happens to my RP if I graduate…?”

• Graduate?
• What do you mean?

“No, I mean… not graduation, but… high school graduation…”

I tried to explain, but the chat quickly turned into chaos.

I should’ve explained properly from the start.

In the VTuber industry, “graduation” is a word that viewers don’t want to hear from VTubers carelessly. I forgot that, so it’s my fault.

• I don’t want graduation.

Seeing how the Izutomo were so attached to me, it felt a bit nice…

But this made it difficult to continue the conversation, so I had to calm everyone down.

“E-everyone…! It’s not about graduation…! It’s about my high school…!”

• High school graduation?

“Yeah. I’m in second year now… unless I repeat, I’ll be graduating in two years…”

Actually, this wasn’t something I needed to bring up.

It’s directly related to my RP, so it might be uncomfortable for some people to hear.

Well, that’s why I made this a membership-only broadcast.

• Doesn’t really matter, right?
• That’s what Virtual is for.

“Yeah, I guess so.”

And like they said, it didn’t really matter.

After all, in the VTuber world, it’s common for someone’s age to stay frozen.

For example, there are idol VTubers who have been 18 for over four years, and even VTubers whose age is in decimal points.

More importantly, there have been plenty of VTubers like me who’ve had a high school student concept, but it’s an

unspoken rule not to point out things like that.

But I couldn’t hold back, as I had always wondered about this part since I was a viewer.

“So, um… how about… from third year, I’ll have the setting where I keep failing and repeating grades…”

So, I decided to give myself a legitimate setting.

• Isn’t that too extreme? ᄏᄏ

“…Yeah, I guess that’s a bit much.”

In the first place, I’m quite smart.

It wouldn’t be a problem to apply to a private high school with a high standard deviation, and I got pretty good

grades in the third semester exams.

For someone like me to have the setting of continuously failing and repeating grades from third year…

Now that I think about it, it’s kind of strange.

Above all, my setting is that I, the incarnation of water, am casually attending high school, so graduating later

wouldn’t be a problem at all.

Once I thought of that, I decided it didn’t really matter what happened.

“Hmm… I’ll just think about this again later… maybe I should read some MyCarons?”

I’d mostly been focusing on ST plays recently, so I hadn’t read MyCarons in quite a while.

It’d be nice to read MyCarons and chat for a bit.

“Okay then, I’ll turn it back on soon, so see you later. Bye-bye, everyone…”

• Byezumi!
• Byezumi!

[[Chit-chat] I’m gonna read MyCarons like crazy! #KainoIzumi#StarsFlow]

When did it happen?

When did the pressure of doing casual chit-chat broadcasts disappear?

Of course, I still get tired and exhausted quickly while chit-chatting, but it’s not like I’m scared or want to avoid it anymore.

That’s definitely a proud sign that I’ve grown.

In other words.

[HiZumi!]

[Hmm. It’s been almost 8 months since we met, isn’t it about time we sign the marriage certificate?]

Being able to smoothly pass through this MyCarons is a sign of my growth.

“Marriage certificate… signing… I’m still a current JK (high school girl), so if someone like you, an otaku old man,

says that, it would be, like, a crime… so just forget it.”

• A crime? That’s too harsh ᄏᄏ
• Love knows no age.

“No, no, it’s definitely a problem… Age is more important than you think…”

In the first place, me marrying a guy? No matter how I think about it, it seems impossible.

The Earth would be destroyed before something like that happens.

Well, even if the Earth is destroyed, that would still be an impossible story.

“Okay, then let’s move on to the next…”

[HiZumi!]

[Are you thinking about playing ‘Dawn’ again? This time, we even added heart rate monitoring.]

“W-would I do that?!”

• Instant answer ᄏᄏ
• I also want to see Mei-chan cry again after a long time.

“I’m absolutely not doing it.”

If I had to name the worst game of my life, even including my past life, I would confidently say Dawn Never Breaks without hesitation.

It’s not a game; it’s a tool for torture.

Gross.

“Well, if my subscribers hit 500 billion, maybe I’ll think about it…”

• A firm resolve not to do it (ᄆ)
• Saying you’d think about it instead of flat-out doing it is just evil.
• Even if everyone in the world subscribed, it still wouldn’t happen, right? ᄏᄏ

“To make me play that game, you’d need to be prepared for that level of commitment…”

Of course, fulfilling the needs of my fans is important, but I also have the right to choose.

And I would never choose that game on my own.

But still, in the chat, there were messages asking if I would play it just once more.

For the abusive fans, Dawn was an irreplaceable tool that could make me cry.

At times like this, ignoring them might be a good option, but I know a much better method now, having gotten used to broadcasting.

Instead of responding to them directly, I could throw out a new topic using Dawn as a stepping stone.

A topic that the fans would die for.

“Oh, right. Speaking of games, it reminds me… Do you remember when I did an off-collaboration with Ko? Because

of that, Ko found out my home address. Then, on White Day, Ko came over to my house and was waiting outside.”

• Did Mei-chan give you something for Valentine’s Day?
• Wow!

Success.

At that thought, the corners of my mouth naturally lifted, but I tried my best to suppress my laughter and continued.

“No, we didn’t give anything for Valentine’s Day. But I mentioned that I got friendship chocolates at school, right? So

I made macarons myself. And knowing that, Ko came over to my house and took the macarons.”

Actually, this story was supposed to be for this weekend’s collaboration with the Pure White Sea, but I ended up

telling it here.

“And I got homemade brownies from Ko too…”

• Suzuiizu teehee
• How did it taste?
• I want to try Mei-chan’s macarons too!

“It was really good. Ko’s pretty skilled in that department. My macarons were a mess though. Hehe…”

But thanks to that, my plan was a complete success.

The conversation about Dawn completely vanished from the chat.

“Even so, I didn’t expect Ko to come all the way to my house. Does Ko like me that much…?”

The viewers who watch VTubers usually enjoy yuri content, being otaku and all.

Of course, they know it’s not genuine and is just business, but they still love these types of episodes.

Even the fact that we exchanged homemade cookies is something they would enjoy.

It’s a total yuri fantasy, so they’d be even more into it.

I get it; it’s easy, otaku!