NOVEL NEXT Chapter 54
[Izumi Kainoh☆Star’s Flow @KainoIzumi · 3 minutes ago]
I can’t trust people anymore.
I hate everyone.
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[Virtual On-Tuber Minor Gallery]
[Title: The Last Good Thing That Cat Did]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
For the first time, Mei-chan wrote something that wasn’t about the schedule, haha.
[Recommended: 37 / Not Recommended: 4]
ㅇㅇ: So she was a loyal retainer in another sense, haha.
Oya-Bung
: Now that I think about it, it really is the first time.
Mei-chan Love: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Rebirth Opposite is Resurrection: Isn’t it crazy how Mei-chan says she hates everyone?
└ㅇㅇ: Beep beep, totally normal.
ㅇㅇ: A perfect example of how the Izutomos are mostly abusers.
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[Title: Today’s Men’s Izumi Stream End]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
Seems like this was the Izutomos’ fault…
[Recommended: 43 / Not Recommended: 5]
ㅇㅇ: That shotgun sound is so crisp!
ㅇㅇ: It’s Mei-chan’s fault… It’s Mei-chan’s fault… It’s Mei-chan’s fault…
Doodukri Online
: The way she’s about to cry is hilarious.
ㅇㅇ: Izumi-san is currently targeting the broadcast!
└ㅇㅇ: Woahhh!!
└Shark-Indeed: Crazy bastard, haha!
Mei-chan Love: Such a delicate Mei-chan.
└Mei-chan Love: I really need to marry and cherish her.
└ㅇㅇ: Did you check the opinion of the subject involved?
ㅇㅇ: The reason Mei-chan is a disaster.
└ㅇㅇ: She’s adorably disastrous.
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[Title: Honestly, what did Mei-chan do wrong?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
Did she ruin the RP from day one or create some Yeo-sang or something?
Did she just say she wanted to take a two-week break after only two days of streaming?
Other members are chatting often, but did she keep her mouth shut and just sit there?
Did she even point out the senior’s RP?
Did she say that the Earth would only be peaceful when all humans disappear?
Did she call Izutomos friendless otakus?
Did she sexually harass Ayaka during the group collab?
Did she publicly slam Star’s Flow as a trash company on official broadcasts?
Did she compare her looks to her older sister’s and make fun of it?
Did she ever invite Suzuha to the stream without any preparation?
Did she try to skip a horror game collab stream because she didn’t want to play?
Did she out loud mock Suzuha for being short during the broadcast?
Did she shift her mistakes onto the Izutomos?
Did she laugh at a senior’s mistake during a collab?
Did she go MIA for a week after the collab review stream without a word?
Did she always say she’s the eighth star and then not cover Natsune’s anniversary stream at all?
After a long time, did she just turn off the stream talking about Natsune?
Did she turn off the men’s stream by being satisfied after just five minutes?
Did she lose a bet against Yukari and refuse to acknowledge it until the end?
Did she deceive the viewers with a fateful gacha trick?
Did she openly bully Suzuha about her height during a stream for an hour?
Did she bring up fighting with Suzuha out loud on stream?
Did she complain during the Izutomo stream that they didn’t let her win?
Did she then lament to others, making the clueless people misunderstand?
What the hell did Mei-chan do wrong to deserve all this ranting?
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Mei-chan Love: Don’t slander our Mei-chan, you pieces of shit!
ㅇㅇ: Truth within lies… lies within truth…
Maker: Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down!
ㅇㅇ: Is this real?
└ㅇㅇ: Then would it be fake?
└ㅇㅇ: These two are a set.
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Argo: You know so much about the tiniest things; aren’t you just part of the Izutomo abuse faction?
└ㅇㅇ: Calling her Mei-chan also shows the abundance of abusers among the Izutomos, haha.
Shark-Indeed: Isn’t she in her third month of streaming now?
└Shark-Indeed: From what’s written, it seems like she’s been streaming for over a year.
ㅇㅇ: Even useless stuff is all written down, lol.
└ㅇㅇ: Is this overreaction or admiration-level stuff?
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[Title: Why Izumi is the Gallery Owner]
[Author: ㅇㅇ]
Burung1: Skipping the Judo pic, this one’s actually cute.
Burung2: For real.
Burung3: I have to subscribe.
Burung4: I need to sign up for membership.
.
.
.
.
.
Burugallery: He should really be the gallery owner.
And so, Izumi became the gallery owner.
[Recommended: 39 / Not Recommended: 18]
ㅇㅇ: I’m scared.
ㅇㅇ: Judo, log in.
This is an ornitophobic situation: Is she running a different gallery all on her own?
ㅇㅇ: The reason Mei-chan is a disaster.
└ㅇㅇ: Adorably disastrous.
★
Something went wrong.
After the men’s stream ended, I reached that conclusion.
What’s the foundation of TS internet broadcasting?
Needless to say, it’s when the viewers love and cherish the broadcaster without reason, also known as “Nadeynadey”, right?
No matter how much I’m a VTuber who doesn’t show my face, isn’t it natural for the Izutomos to cherish me even during men’s?
I’m an incredibly beautiful girl, and even as a regular internet broadcaster, I could attract fans significantly!
So why do I always have to deal with this nonsense?
I can’t take it anymore.
The owner of my stream isn’t the Izutomos, it’s me.
Yeah. It’s time to set the rules straight.
But how should I enforce that?
“Hmmm.”
Let’s think.
Should I simply stop streaming?
That won’t work.
I’ve already had a two-week hiatus in the beginning and went MIA for a week without a word.
In that situation, not streaming for no reason would definitely be a massive Yeo-sang.
More importantly, I represent an organization called Star’s Flow.
I can’t do anything that would negatively affect the company’s image.
So, how about I make a painfully boring broadcast?
Typically, boring games aren’t enjoyable for viewers either.
But if it’s my stream, the Izutomos would have no choice but to watch.
“That’s out too.”
If there’s a problem, it’s that my personality gets bored quickly if I’m not enjoying myself.
If watching is boring, why would I have fun playing the game?
Moreover, if I go down that route, my subscribers would decrease rapidly.
“…”
Wait, is this showing that I have no options?
In other words, I’m destined to keep enduring this role in the broadcast?
I really don’t want that…
Then there’s no choice but to pull out a trump card.
[Izumi Kainoh: Help me, Kogaemon….]
★
[So what Izumi wants right now is to change the atmosphere of the broadcast a bit, and she wants some guidance on it, right?]
[Yes. I think Hikari-senpai could tell me that better than I can.]
“Ah, um, y-yeah…. That’s right.”
How strange.
I clearly DM’d Koga for help, but why am I on the line with Kurokami-senpai?
Of course, I get Koga’s reasoning.
Kurokami-senpai, who’s in a similar situation to mine, could offer me more reliable advice.
But isn’t it enough to communicate that through chat?
Having a casual conversation with two people at the same time outside of a stream…
Am I going to throw up here?
[Hmm, it’s true that I’m in a somewhat similar situation to Izumi-chan. There are a lot of butlers that deliberately try to ruin my RP. But is that really bad?]
[Isn’t it bad? Forcing the VTuber’s RP to collapse and creating disturbances in the broadcast…]
Kurokami-senpai’s question was answered by Koga-chan instead of me.
And hearing that answer, the senpai continued by saying that’s not the meaning behind it.
[Of course, if they’re doing it with malicious intent, then Suzuha-chan’s words are right. But both Izumi-chan and I have fans who enjoy us and are just playing around. The broadcast of a VTuber, or more accurately, an internet broadcast, has a certain pattern to it, as you both know.]
Speaking of simple rules, Kurokami-senpai continued.
[For example, if my choice disrupts the game’s progress, the butlers would say I lack the talent of a villainous noblewoman. If there’s a situation A from me, the butlers respond with B. The same goes for Izumi-chan. If she attempts something, the Izutomos interfere. That’s how the viewers gain amusement.]
Of course, I already knew what the senpai was talking about.
[That back-and-forth pattern gives stability to a broadcast, and people who find joy in it gather more and more. Even if the RP touches on that pattern, ultimately, what’s most important for us broadcasters is having fun, right? I think that part of Izumi-chan’s broadcast provides that enjoyment, so I wonder if there’s really a need to change that pattern or atmosphere.]
But that’s not what I wanted at all.
[…What does Izumi think? I personally think Hikari-senpai’s words are right.]
How should I respond?
Is it right to simply nod my head?
“I-I….”
No. I can’t do that.
That would mean betraying the two people who came to me with goodwill to fulfill my request.
“I-I’m sorry, actually…”
In the end, I apologized to them and told the truth.
★
[…So you just wanted compliments from the Izutomos without any reason, and since they weren’t doing that, you wanted to find a way to scold them?]
“Y-Yes…”
How embarrassing.
If I were to look in a mirror right now, would I not see my face flushed redder than a persimmon?
[… Sometimes, I don’t know what Izumi is thinking.]
Liar.
…But I didn’t expect this serious conversation to spiral out like this.
How could I think Koga-chan would ask Kurokami-senpai for help?
[Well, if something like this happened during men’s, I can understand being angry, but still, that’s a bit much…]
“F-For the record, I am reflecting…”
I had just wanted to get praised by those around me like I did in the TS internet broadcast, but why did it turn out like this?
The world is tormenting me…
[Sorry, senpai. I should have realized beforehand that Izumi would be like this and properly talked to her in advance…].
[No, it’s okay. I was glad that we could have a conversation like this.]
[Hurry and apologize to Hikari-senpai, Izumi.]
“I-I’m sorry….”
In the end, I was scolded for two hours.
[If you’re going to have a conversation about topics like this in the future, tell me the intention clearly from the beginning. And if you’re going to talk about what happened in men’s like that in your chat, people who don’t know anything could misunderstand.]
After that, I got another hour-long scolding during a private call with Koga-chan.
…But no matter how I think about it, I still believe that the Izutomos who didn’t praise me from the start are the worst.
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[Izumi Kainoh☆Star’s Flow @KainoIzumi · 7 minutes ago]
I hate the Izutomos.