Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber

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The third round of auditions has now passed a fair amount of time and is entering its final stages.

And my broadcast has… turned rather bizarre.

[Thank you, Miro the Master of Gyeong-won Baduk Board, for the 20,000 won donation!]

What are you up to today?

“Thank you for the 10,000 won, Gyeong-ba-dwi! Today’s plan is settled!”

– Now I’m just being bold, lol.

– Are you even running the broadcast properly?

– The other room… for 20,000 won… they were singing… two songs… tsk, tsk…

– Why isn’t this person singing?

– Oh, Miro doesn’t do that singing stuff~

So to put it simply… the atmosphere of the broadcast has gotten pretty chaotic.

The person who just donated, Gyeong-won Baduk Board, surprisingly accounted for over 50% of my entire room’s donations; he’s the so-called chairman.

At some point, malicious trolls from the community started invading my room, and they have just stuck here like glue.

If you watch the broadcasts of other audition participants, no matter what happens, viewers tend to defend the broadcasters and create a supportive atmosphere, but in my room… something feels off.

While the number of viewers places me in the top one or two among the participants, the quality is quite poor.

If it were martial arts, it would be like a demon using the Absorbing Energy Technique: sure, he has tons of energy, but when you look closer, there’s no real substance.

“By the way, do you have any plans to change your nickname, chairman?”

I know it’s not great for a broadcaster to address a viewer personally like this, but in my eyes, this chairman is part of the strange atmosphere of the broadcast too.

Having the biggest donations come from someone like him might just influence others to follow suit, right?

[Thank you, Gyeong-won Baduk Board, for the 30,000 won donation!]

Are you perhaps dissatisfied with my nickname?

30,000 won? That’s a bit steep, isn’t it?

With that amount, you could have three hearty meals a day.

That’s nearly three hours of minimum wage.

If I were another small-time broadcaster, I would have already bowed my head, but I’m different.

I manipulated the keyboard to make the avatar on my broadcast screen turn red.

“B-but… if you keep this up, I might have to ban you…”

I issued a warning while leaving an escape route to treat it as a joke. If I didn’t use this method, the chances of some community post saying “Vtuber who thinks viewer donations are a joke” would be quite high.

Ah, this is a personal experience.

It happened a few days ago.

– Huh

– What?

– Ah

– Uh

– Gasp

[Thank you, Gyeong-won Baduk Board, for the 50,000 won donation!]

Really?

50,000 won? Ha…

This is a battle of wills.

I could just accept the 50,000 won with a smile, but doing so may cause me to lose control of the broadcast.

I manipulated the keyboard to display a frown on my avatar’s face.

“Grumble!!”

And then I displayed the list of viewers on the broadcast screen, right-clicked the chairman’s ID, and forcefully removed him.

– Wow, lololol

– Look at that, haha.

– 50,000 won is nothing, right?

– Make it happen!

– Banning is a bit much;;

As expected, the chat erupted in a frenzy.

However, I didn’t see this as a big problem.

Honestly, from a viewer’s perspective, how would it feel to see someone donate tens of thousands of won and then get banned?

They were just reacting wildly to see my response.

The way to address this situation is simple. Just say whatever comes to mind and redirect their attention elsewhere.

“The weight of my beliefs is like the sky, so don’t even think of buying it with gold.”

– Is it another poem?

– Wrong!

– What are you talking about?

– Your voice does sound like a game script…

These days, I whip up quotes from martial arts novels and blurt them out as they come to mind.

I recently started reading martial arts novels. Given my situation as an audition participant, I had only been going out to the convenience store or vocal academy, so I ended up developing this hobby while lounging around at home.

I started with the famous martial arts novels that I knew of, thanks to Kim Soo-hyun, and they turned out to be quite entertaining.

Anyway, as I babble on like this…

[Thank you, OOO, for the 1,000 won donation!]

So, what are we doing today?

There’s always at least one person who wants to guide the broadcast.

“Oh right. Let’s decide what we’ll do today.”

As I responded to such a person, the events of earlier naturally faded away.

Phew… Am I becoming too much of a broadcasting genius?

– Are we playing a public game?

– Let’s finish that World Cup we started.

– Don’t you play games like LoL?

– Let’s check out some new Steam releases.

– Let’s just do Just Chatting.

Leaning back against the chair, I read the chat, pondering what we should do today.

“Should we just do Just Chatting?”

Just Chatting.

It’s an abbreviation for ‘Just Chatting,’ meaning broadcasting to chat with viewers freely.

Simply sitting and reading the chat and donations while sharing my thoughts is something that seasoned broadcasters with a decent amount of viewers can easily pull off.

Of course, if I let my guard down and slip up my words, I could fall into chaos, but I think the chances of that happening are low.

Moreover, my broadcast has a rapid chat speed relative to the number of viewers, constantly providing me with new discussion topics.

– Yup

– Not gaming? This is really easy mode;

– Aang, so cute, lol.

– What are we doing today?

– Come on, create some proper content.

Well, some in the chat might complain, but that’s just… think of it like elementary school kids teasing a girl they like.

“What did I do today? I just got up and turned on the broadcast right now!”

– 0-gun, lololol

– Miro, we seem to have similar lifestyles.

– I’m a current home security guard, and that’s about right, lol.

[Thank you, OOO, for the 1,000 won donation!]

Why did you wake up so late?

“Thank you for the 1,000 won. I was watching anime until dawn. You know the one you recommended yesterday.”

Since I often talk about cartoons, there’s a list of recommendations viewers have given me.

I said I’d pick one of those to watch, and after seeing it before bed yesterday, to be honest, I only made it to episode three before turning it off.

Sure, it was provocative, but to be frank, it was… kind of boring.

– Ah, lolololol

– You watched that?

– ?? What did you see?

– How was it?

“I won’t say too much just in case the original author or the anime creators might end up watching my broadcast.”

– But why did you trash other shows?

– Now of all times?

– You totally bashed that isekai-birthing anime yesterday!

Yesterday?

I recalled the events of yesterday.

I had unknowingly started watching anime bingo, and most of the titles written there were ones Kim Soo-hyun had seen, prompting me to evaluate them lightly.

“But I didn’t say anything wrong yesterday, did I?”

– Huh

– Ah

– What?

“But recent Japanese manga… is not… tsk, back in my day, I used to agonize over what to rent at the rental shop, but nowadays, nothing really catches my eye.”

[Thank you, OOO, for the 1,000 won donation!]

So, do you have any anime recommendations?

“Thank you for the 1,000 won~ Recommendations? I prefer reading manga over anime, but can I suggest a manga?”

[Thank you, OOO, for the 1,000 won donation!]

Manga recommendations work too.

“But I don’t know what you’ve seen and what you haven’t—have you all seen One Piece?”

– You have to see One Piece.

– There are so many, it’s hard to keep up.

– Isn’t that not suitable?

– I only watched the beginning.

[Thank you, OOO, for the 1,000 won donation!]

But how long do I have to keep answering while spending a thousand won? Is this a donation trap?

“Caught you red-handed.”

I said that and opened the notepad.

– Wow, this is crafty, lol.

– How devious!

– Is this how you draw in the money?

“Let’s have a cool Miro’s Manga Recommendations Show today, so you all just take note of everything I recommend and watch them all.”

I actually had a bit of pride in my manga knowledge.

How should I put it? It’s an inexplicable pride that I watched the classics that today’s kids don’t even touch in the manga cafe.

Moreover, since gaining the memory of Kim Soo-hyun, I’ve become more knowledgeable about recent animations, which has only amplified that pride.

The works I thought were masterpieces that Kim Soo-hyun praised would, by my standards, only be considered good enough.

I wrote down the manga titles on my notepad without hesitation.

[Slam Dunk]

“If you haven’t seen this, just turn off the broadcast right now and go read it at a manga cafe.”

– I’ve seen the movie version.

– Ugh, it smells of dentures.

– Slam Dunk is a must-see.

– It’s a masterpiece.

– Where does that stinky smell come from?

– So, are you better at sports than Ohtani?

– The movie version was indeed fun.

I let out a deep sigh inside as I observed the chat reacting vigorously.

How are today’s kids managing to survive in this harsh society?

Where on earth are they learning the perseverance and passion that school doesn’t teach?

“Tsk, where is this school lunch smell coming from…? A generation that disregards Slam Dunk has arrived.”

But even if I told them to watch, I doubt they’d be the kind of viewers who take my advice, so I just clicked my tongue and let it go.

[Thank you, Miho the Eraser Thief, for the 1,000 won donation!]

Did you watch K-On? Back in the day…

“K-On? I haven’t seen it.”

I’ve heard it’s a masterpiece, but neither Kim Soo-hyun (male) nor Kim Soo-hyun (female) have seen it.

And even now, I don’t particularly feel like watching it.

– ??

– ?

– Were you so high and mighty about it?

– Ah, you little…!

“What… isn’t it just Botchi the Rock? It seems fun, but it could be a bit excessive?”

– No way.

– That’s true.

– Let the dentures out, lol.

“Botchi the Rock is a must-see!”

[Thank you, Miho the Eraser Thief, for the 1,000 won donation!]

I thought you were a true fan, but it seems you’re just a surface level enthusiast. Have you not seen K-On either?

“No way you guys are such audacious speakers? Okay, I’ll watch it before bed later.”

Feeling the vibe that continuing to discuss K-On would result in a “not a true fan” label, I instinctively shut the topic down.

Of course, I have no intention of actually watching it.

“Alright then, have you all seen the next manga?”

[Dragon Ball]

I wrote down exactly four characters on the notepad and looked at the chat.

“Raise your hand if you haven’t watched it.”

– Huh

– I’ve seen Dragon Ball.

– Hand.

– Is there anyone who hasn’t seen it?

– Dragon Ball truly has the smell of dentures.

– Even with just two words on the notepad, the stench reaches here.

Seeing my childhood masterpiece, which ignited my heart, being treated like an antiquated relic, I felt a boiling resentment building within me.

“Gul!!”

That day, my broadcast ended with me endlessly explaining the story of Dragon Ball.

***

The next morning.

I frowned as I read a message that came through on my phone.

[Hello, Miro, this is Lee Ha-yeon, person in charge of the Celestial Realm Project.

It’s not a big deal, but…]

In summary, the message was a very polite request to meet up for a discussion regarding the audition-related matters.