The Villainess VTuber Tears People Apart

Just 30 minutes.

That was the amount of time Ayanokouji Sora was given.

There was a time when VTubers would do their first streams for an hour, but recently, it became more common to only stream for 30 minutes.

After all, the only thing you do in your first stream is introduce yourself. And if you spend an entire hour just introducing yourself, it’s bound to get dull.

So, from 8 to 8:30.

In that short time, Sora had to express herself.

A first stream doesn’t define everything about a VTuber, but no one needs a lengthy explanation to understand how important first impressions are.

*Click.*

The sound of a mouse click.

Then, Ayanokouji Sora’s first words.

“Don’t you gimme your love and passion?”

♬♪♪♩♪♪♩

♪♩♪♬♪♩♬

The guitar sound blasted out loud enough to be deafening.

The intro dragged on a bit. Now that the stream had started, she had an overwhelming desire to hurry and sing the next lyrics.

However, the moment the lyrics left her lips, the thought crossed her mind: this song feels awkward.

Even though she used the Japanese name “Ayanokouji Sora” to appeal to a global audience, Sora was, after all, Korean.

She had studied foreign languages to some extent, but since she was born Korean, she couldn’t master the perfect pronunciation of a native speaker. As a result, this song was certainly not perfect.

Still, she had worked hard.

How much had she practiced for this day?

Humans can’t live without thinking about anything, but in the moment of singing, she felt her mind go completely blank.

All she wanted was to sing well in that moment, and if something wasn’t good enough, she only wished she could do it better next time.

So, it didn’t matter if it wasn’t perfect.

By the time she reached the second verse, she didn’t even feel the gaze of the viewers anymore.

And by the time she sang the final line, she thought, the song was shorter than I expected.

In just about 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

She had spent more than a tenth of her allotted time solely on singing.

When the clock hit 8:04, the music faded, and only Sora’s clear voice echoed through the stream.

“The moon that was floating in the night sky, resembling a jellyfish, exploded.”

8:05.

The next song began.

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【Virtual VTuber Gallery】

[Live Broadcast] Ah something, Sora sings well

Her voice is nice

[Comments]

– At least remember her name, lol

– Her last name is a bit long, though

– Was her name Aoi Sora?

ㄴ Lol

ㄴ Lol…

ㄴ You crazy idiot, hahaha

ㄴ It might be Aoi Sora?

ㄴ [Goodbye, Con]

– She’s my wife

ㄴ It’s been only 30 minutes since her debut, what, lol

– Who is Aoi Sora?

ㄴ You don’t know Aoi Sora..?

ㄴ Is this a generational gap..?

ㄴ Are you in middle school? I’m jealous…

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“Hmm…”

Sora, staring at her phone, couldn’t help but make a subtle expression. ‘Some weird meme is forming….’

It was absurd, but it’s inevitable for VTubers to get teased. Even strange memes can help spread word in the community.

‘Looks like the first stream went well?’

She sang two songs at the start, one in the middle, and two at the end.

In the short span of 30 minutes, she had sung a total of five songs.

Although that left a bit less time to introduce her profile, she managed to say everything she wanted. It seemed like her character traits were conveyed fairly well, too.

‘Considering the future, this was a stream I had to do at least once.’

There was a thing called a “song relay event” that some companies held. A large-scale event where 10 to 20 VTubers would take turns singing for 30 minutes each.

The key was how to arrange a few songs within those 30 minutes, and if she thought of this first stream as a bit of practice, then it was definitely a beneficial experience.

She felt she’d do well even if EYEAI held a “song relay event” tomorrow.

Or maybe she could even host a “song relay event” under the name Ayanokouji Sora, attracting lots of attention.

‘I’m not sure if I can beat Aurora, but I’ll definitely surpass the other two.’

It was at that moment Sora made her resolution.

[『I feel so bored I want to die.』]

A low voice came from Chel’s stream.

[The reactions are good. Thank you.]

[Now, let’s take the next line. ‘Mimori is extremely tempting. If you summon her in a free draw, you won’t be able to calm down your arousal’…? Did Kisame ever say something like that?]

[A line you shouldn’t shout out loud, but a good one nonetheless. I’ll do both.]

[There seem to be a lot of lines for male characters. After this, I’ll take lines for female characters.]

[『Kuhuhuh. Mimori is extremely tempting. If you summon her in a free draw, you won’t be able to calm down your arousal….』]

Chel, actually doing it.

Her voice was unusually sly.

…Wait, why was someone who usually said nothing suddenly so talkative?

‘And what’s with that voice…?’

How could she change her voice so easily…?

[Wow, she’s good at impressions….]

Inagika exclaimed in admiration on Discord.

[Right?]

[Honestly, I always wondered why Chel was chosen as a 6th Gen.]

[Uh, yeah… That couldn’t be helped.]

[I thought the same thing…]

[Now I can see why.]

[Well, Chel’s voice has always been good….]

[B-But being able to do male voices too is really impressive….]

“……”

As Laura and Inagika had that conversation, Sora kept opening and closing her mouth, unable to say anything.

‘…Why is everyone just calmly admiring her? Am I the only one feeling the urgency…?’

She had sung five songs and gotten a decent response, but Chel was effortlessly spitting out provocative lines with voice impressions.

‘Shortest time to becoming irrelevant.’

‘Less than 10 minutes to mediocrity.’

Words like that flashed through her mind.

‘No, no…! Doing good impressions is impressive, but it’s not as impactful as singing…right…?’

Sora began to worry.

So, she kept refreshing the page, constantly checking the real-time subscriber counts for both herself and Chel.

Thanks to the power of her songs, Sora’s subscriber count was still higher than Chel’s.

Relieved for now, she couldn’t help but tremble at the thought that it could flip at any moment. …She was envious of Inagika, who was just innocently admiring her peers.

No, no way.

Inagika must also be feeling anxious inside. No one wants to be the worst among their peers.

Saying it out loud would only ruin her image. That’s why she’s pretending to admire them.

Surely, she’s only pretending to be impressed because she doesn’t want to show any weakness.

Sora convinced herself of that.

[Oh, it’s already this late….]

[Then I’ll get going to prepare for my stream…!]

At 8:50, Inagika left the voice channel to prepare for her broadcast.

Ten minutes later, Chel entered the voice channel, just as Inagika left. Of course, Chel remained silent in the voice chat.

Instead, Inagika’s stream began,

[Ah, hello! I’m Inagika, an elf who’s been living in the forest….]

[I-I’m sorry to start my first stream like this, but I’m going to pull some gacha…!]

“……??”

Inagika’s stream screen switched to a game.

[Can you all see the screen…? Oh, you can? That’s a relief….]

[Today, Zhang Geumhui is in the pickup banner. Isn’t Zhang Geumhui so pretty? Ever since I started this game, I’ve been waiting for her banner.]

[And her pickup coincides with my debut day? It’s like fate, so I thought I should pull and hope for some luck…!]

[I-I’ve played a lot of subculture games, but silver hair always gives off a noble feeling, doesn’t it? And her skin is so pale and holy. But with twin-tails, she’s cute too, so I really wanted her. I just had to get her, make her mine…!]

[So I’m going for full constellations!]

Click.

Chachachachachachachang…!

[I did a 10-pull…! Ah, she didn’t come out….]

[Well, it’s not like you expect a 10-pull to work… Gacha games are all about hitting pity. If you get her before the pity, you’re lucky….]

[The real issue is whether you hit soft pity or not.]

[Ah, soft pity miss…! It’s fine. It just means I’ll have to spend more money….]

[Was my reaction a bit weak…? But I’m already determined to max her constellations, and whether it costs a little more or less, it doesn’t make much of a difference, right?]

“………….”

‘…What’s with her?’

Why was she speaking so fluently all of a sudden?

And spending over 1 million won on her first stream… Her eyes looked a bit off too; it was honestly a little scary….

‘…There’s no one here who’s easy to deal with.’

Sora frantically hit the refresh button.

Even though Inagika showed a glimpse of madness, Sora still had more subscribers than her.

Was it because she went first? Or because her strategy of singing worked well… Well, let’s just think it was because of the songs.

Anyway, for now, she was safe.

Sora wanted to believe that.

[Looks like it’s about time for my stream.]

Laura said.

Sora felt like crying.