"I see, the supporting voice actors ran away midway, and the final chorus is left with only one vocal track, completely impossible to sing?"
"That's right..."
"And the reason?"
Indignantly slamming her maid hair accessory onto the table, Yoshihara Aina was full of murderous intent, her small face clearly showing the indignation of being ready to fight at any moment.
"Those people! Do they have any professional ethics at all!"
"They said their schedules clashed, it looks like the studio temporarily assigned them extra work."
Patting Aina's shoulder and gently comforting her to sit down, Mizuki Kaya was very open-minded about this and didn't hold too much resentment towards the voice actors who broke their promise.
After all, she also started from the bottom; she had experienced being pulled out of bed by her manager for continuous overtime for half a month while sleeping soundly in the middle of the night.
The other three supporting voice actors were just rookies with minor fame. If they didn't obey the arrangement and work overtime, they would lose their jobs, so their choice was perfectly normal...
"So, Yuu, can you help me find any voice actor friends you know in Izu? The kind who can arrive within two hours!"
"Voice actors are fine, but two hours..."
He was already frantically sending messages, his phone was almost smoking from being rubbed!
When an older acquaintance runs into trouble, Miyazawa Yuu is not a wooden puppet without feelings, so he would naturally give his utmost support!
However, the conditions right now were simply too demanding. Finding a voice actor who could sing the theme song of the 'Lalako' anime within two hours, this seemed unrealistic no matter how you looked at it!
[I can sing it, but I'm in Tokyo, sorry, little brother Yuu...]
[I'm in Izu, but it takes at least four hours to drive to Aomi Girls' University, ready to leave at any time.]
[Are you serious, you bastard?! I'm the voice actor who voices the villain, how could I possibly sing the Lalako theme song!!!]
"...That's how it is, the fastest one will take four hours."
Showing the constantly flashing Line screen to everyone, Miyazawa Yuu turned his head away, feeling slightly discouraged, unable to bear seeing Kaya-nee's disappointed expression.
However, what Mizuki Kaya focused on most when facing the self-reproaching young man was not the terrible situation, but the constantly flashing red dot in the upper right corner... it seemed a bit too much!
"Um, Yuu?"
"I'm sorry, Kaya-nee..."
"No, no, no, I can actually change the last theme song to a different song, it's just that..."
Tilting her head, Mizuki Kaya spoke with a hint of jealousy: "Do you have connections with so many girls at the same time? I thought I was your favorite voice actor!"
"Hiss... that's true, even if he's sociable, this number is just too astonishing..."
Nodding madly in strong agreement, Kitahara Iori's eyes reflected the Line avatars of various beautiful girls, and he reached out and fiercely scrolled up the contact list page.
Swoosh—Swoosh—Swoosh—
He didn't reach the end for a full half a minute. The expressions of the beautiful girls changed from surprise to numbness, and then to disgust, like looking at unrecyclable trash.
"Scumbag!"
"Normal socializing is fine, but having so many close friends at the same time is indeed too much."
"Yuu~ how many of them do you still contact frequently?"
"Well..."
His pupils dilated in shock. He never expected that the matter would instantly turn from problem-solving into a criticism session against himself. Miyazawa Yuu looked up guiltily, hesitating for a long time, trying to muddle through.
"Eheh?"
Pop!
The sound of a pen cap being removed rang out. Five seconds later, with [Counter-Guilty] on his head, Miyazawa Yuu shook his head seriously and delivered the final conclusion.
"I'm very sorry, the Lalako anime is a children's anime, there are too few people who can sing the theme song..."
"And there are many Lalako series, right?"
Kitahara Iori crossed his arms, held up a finger, and immediately raised a second question— "So which series' theme song is it? Even true fans can't possibly remember all the theme songs, right?"
"That's true, the one I'm supposed to sing this time is the relatively obscure Dissolving Love · Lalako series, it's normal that not many voice actors can sing it."
All in all, she was still a bit disappointed, but seeing that everyone's mood was affected by her, Mizuki Kaya waved her hand apologetically and smiled reassuringly: "It's okay, it's just a friendly performance, nothing major will go wrong."
"We can only hope so..."
A black line of disappointment slid down her head. Yoshihara Aina regretted that she didn't like watching Lalako and couldn't help Mizuki-san.
"But if a hater catches a mistake..."
"Yes, I hope nothing goes wrong. (I believe! This is love~ The magical heart that melts, hehe! (Super whispered))"
"???"
Yoshihara Aina was mid-sentence when a very familiar melody suddenly sounded in her ear, making her eyes turn into dots instantly.
Following the source of the sound, she saw Miyazawa Yuu completely unaware, tapping his foot to the beat, and the rhythm he was humming quietly seemed to be the theme song of Dissolving Love · Lalako!
And it wasn't just him!
"I like it~ I love it the most~☆ Magic melts into the taste of love... (Super whispered)"
Suddenly turning her head and staring wide-eyed at Iori, Yoshihara Aina's eyes grew more and more horrified— Wait a minute, didn't they say this was a super obscure anime song?
Why were these two people singing it so skillfully, and it looked like they had completely mastered it!
"Um... wait."
"Hmm? What's wrong, Aina?"
"What were you guys singing just now? I mean, what Yuu and Iori were humming just now."
"Ah, you mean that song~"
Looking at Aina as if she were an idiot, Miyazawa Yuu reminded her calmly: "It's Lalako's theme song, isn't that common sense?"
"Exactly, exactly!"
"Common sense, my foot! That's common sense in your star system, right! Don't exclude normal people who can't sing anime songs from common sense!"
So angry that her eyes started twitching unconsciously, Yoshihara Aina twitched her mouth and changed the way she phrased it, facing the two innocent-looking guys.
"The number one song on the trending hot list these past few days— can you sing Deep Blue?"
"Huh? Never heard of it."
Answering honestly, Miyazawa Yuu sighed and turned his head, helpless about Aina starting to make a fuss again.
I mean, after spending so much time with a guy like Kohei, it's perfectly normal to be able to sing a few theme songs from children's anime, okay!
After all, every time he takes off his last pair of panties, that guy sings it super loudly standing on the table, and after a while, the seniors in the Pab Club can more or less belt out a couple of lines.
"Yosh, then how about Monster? The hottest theme song from an all-ages anime!"
"Shiranai (I don't know)~"
"That's weird, right!"
Seeing Aina driven to speechlessness and slamming the table loudly, Kotobuki Chisa lovingly hugged her away from the table, and seriously nodded slightly, agreeing quietly.
"Indeed, they haven't heard popular songs, don't know about all-ages anime, yet they can sing theme songs from children's anime..."
"Hmm..."
The characteristics mentioned above are fine individually, of course, but when put together, even Miyazawa Yuu noticed a strong sense of inconsistency!
He frantically searched his brain for a moment, trying to find favorable evidence to refute.
But the more he did this, the guiltier he felt, and eventually, even cold sweat started seeping from his forehead.
Because he couldn't find any! Besides the Lalako series, he really didn't seem to know any other songs!
"Uh... Iori? You can sing other songs, right!?"
"We spend all our time together during breaks, you bastard! Have you ever seen me listen to music!"
"In that case..."
Lost and curling up in a corner hugging his knees, a dark cloud floated above Miyazawa Yuu's head, constantly raining cold water onto his face.
"I am a useless person who can only sing theme songs from children's anime, feel free to mock me!"
"No one is mocking you!"
"That's right! Yuu, cheer up quickly. Iori, stop paralyzing yourself with sweet wine! You won't get drunk from this thirty-degree alcohol!"
Dragging the two guys with no highlights in their eyes back, Iida Kanako and Kamiya Kiyoko were exhausted to the point of nearly breaking down; these two were as heavy as stones!
"Saa, one last question!"
Taking several deep breaths to gather her qi, Yoshihara Aina barely managed to suppress her anger, poking her small head out between Yuu and Iori, her eyes full of suspicion as she asked: "You two, you wouldn't happen to also be able to do voice mimicry, would you?"
"Regarding that, Kohei found it quite useful last time he used it..."
"Because it might be used to prank those scumbags, I studied it for a few days and found it to be quite simple, so I completely mastered it."
"So amazing..."
They can do voice mimicry, they can sing. These two guys seem useless, but in some aspects, they seem overly useful!
Covering their mouths in surprise, the girls, including Mizuki Kaya, instantly had their eyes light up— weren't these exactly the talents they needed!
"Hold on a minute, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Yuu, I have a not-so-mature idea~"
"Gulp!"
Staring at Mizuki Kaya's hands frantically twisting between her thighs, Miyazawa Yuu felt that a huge murderous intent was hidden behind the benefit, but...
"The favor you owe me..."
"Yes! I understand! Please feel free to order me around!"
Just as expected. Under the brilliant sunlight, tears gradually blurred his eyes.