Chapter 28

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Chapter 28: Vtuber――Work Ethics (Primary Occupation Part)

Masaki Arima’s morning doesn’t start off early.

He wakes up at 7:30 in the morning. Compared to before, he’s slower by more than an hour.

The first thing on his list when he wakes up is brushing his teeth. He then brews some warm black tea.

Masaki drinks black tea instead of coffee because he has a constitution weak to caffeine. He’s also the type to skip breakfast.

He sits at his desk for work and the first thing he does is to check his email.

“『Are you open for Christmas……? ///』……Seems like something Ringo-san would write…… Is it for a collab?”

Incidentally, many Vtubers are nocturnal creatures so even if he replied at this time, a reply won’t come back. Instead, it would come back sometime starting around three in the afternoon.

After Masaki wrote his reply to the email, he changed into sportswear.

He changed in order to take his morning routine walk.

The reason is that his manager Ootsu said “please be careful of a lack of exercise.” Since his manager took the trouble to warn him, he decided to try it with a positive attitude.

“The morning air feels great……”

The hurdle to go outside is difficult as the winter cold has pervaded the air, but one will get used to it once they start moving. Rather, the heat produced by one’s own body will become comfortable.

He spends thirty minutes walking and then roams around the local area. As he always uses a different route, he learned about buildings and stores in his neighborhood that he never knew of before.

After he returns home, he takes a shower and goes back to his desk.

There’s a stream today in the afternoon so he spends some time creating a thumbnail for that stream.

Then he performs a test for the stream. Although there are many people who wouldn’t care if the Vtuber was careless and streams 5 to 10 minutes late, he still takes his time to carefully prepare.

Masaki thinks that he doesn’t have much appeal as a Vtuber. Part of his popularity is due to Yuugure and Ringo.

That’s why he decided to never be negligent on these little things that anyone can do.

And so, his afternoon stream starts after he ate lunch.

“Today’s stream will be me playing the game『Like a Mouse』! I’ll probably fail several times throughout this but I’d appreciate it if you could kindly teach me how to play.”

RPG games or action games are commonly played for afternoon streams, especially those that don’t end in one day.

Many of those who watch the afternoon streams are college students and mischievous salarymen. Since there are a lot of these types of people who like to watch leisurely, Masaki chose a game that will take time.

“「Crap, the chief found me! It’s just a superchat but gl, Masaki!!」……thanks for the superchat……Did you even need to send that…………?”

The number of people who consistently come to watch the afternoon streams are less than the number of people who come to watch the evening streams so there are more conversations with chat.

Because of that, the amount of viewers that like to come watch the afternoon streams as well are fixed.

“Let’s stop around here. I’ll be having my first drinking stream tonight so please come and watch if you’re interested!! That’s all for now~”

Masaki takes a small break after his two hour afternoon stream and then returns to his work.

This consists mainly of preparations for the evening stream. The rest is time for him to watch other people’s streams.

Collabs with senpais or people from other companies are becoming the main for evening streams.

Until now, Masaki had barely any opportunities to be invited to a collab but, perhaps because of his growing popularity, that amount has increased.

As a result, the amount of collabs with people he was unfamiliar with grew. That’s why, before his streams, he needs to thoroughly understand what kind of person they are.

He writes down the things that could become conversation topics such as 「likes the same manga」or「good at impersonations」, things like that.

Doing that will give him an easier time on expanding the conversations during a collab.

But tonight is a solo stream. At times like this, he sets aside time for his hobbies and even prepares for tomorrow’s stream.

“Oh right. I should buy some alcohol for tonight……but I got some from my viewers recently…………wait, it’s 20% alcohol, that’s definitely impossible……I’ll just get some cans of chu-hi1 from the convenience store.”

Like this, the time flew by as he did things in a laid-back manner.

After he ate dinner, the time was already past 20 o’clock.

“Now then, those who can do so legally, grab your drinks, and for those who aren’t or have work tomorrow, grab some juice. With that, cheers!”

Today is one of the Vtuber specialties, a drinking stream.

It’s exactly what it sounds like. Just drinking, eating snacks, and chatting with the viewers.

“『Masaki, what are you drinking?』ah, this is Horo〇i2. 『Are you bad with alcohol, Masaki?』yeah, I am……it doesn’t make me feel sick or lose my memories but I quickly get hot and my thoughts become muddled, ahaha.”

This is Masaki’s first time drinking on stream.

By the way, a certain fruit Vtuber does a drinking stream once a week. Actually, even during gaming streams, you can hear the sounds “karakara” and “pushu.”3

“Now, what I’m toasting with you all for is that thing I talked about for a while. Yep, I finally quit my job. I thought it was the perfect timing to do this.”

Today’s stream title is 『Quit my job, cheers to this turning point!』.

“Drinking will affect my work after all. For the last two to three years, I rarely did any drinking……『I’ll provide for Masaki-kun!』Yuugure-san, 10k yen superchat……I’m grateful that you’re watching me, but I’m happy even with a normal comment so…………thanks a lot.”

The day ends in a relaxed feeling like this, and Masaki repeats the same lifestyle again.

Saying that may make it sound dull but for Masaki, it’s a very fulfilling daily life.

Chuhai or Chu-Hi is an alcoholic beverage made from shochu, sparkling water, and fruit juice.

Horoyoi is a brand of chu-hi beverages.

Sound of cans being opened and clattering. Ringo is basically speedrunning alcoholism.