Tokyo Girlfriend Illustrated Book

As early as when Hojo Kyosuke took his subordinates to eat and drink in Otaru, Glass's life in Minato City was equally colorful.

The purpose of this kind of interest class held by a voice actor agency is not to make a profit, but to promote the agency and find potential newcomers.

On the first day of the interest class, the person in charge simply screened out some people who were just looking for fun based on their interests and distinctive voices, and refunded the registration fee. The content of the lectures were only some anecdotes and attempts in the voice actor industry. Teachers from the voice actor training center would come to teach part-time the next day.

Glass, who woke up before the alarm clock, rubbed her eyes in confusion. Or maybe she fell asleep before she even had time to set the alarm clock?

Last night, it seemed that I fell asleep while talking to Kyosuke-kun on the phone last night? The girl's brown eyes suddenly opened wide.

Ah, how could this be possible! Niazi's little face bulged, and he was angry that he wasted the opportunity to call Kyousuke-kun.

Really, there are obviously so many things I want to say to Kyousuke-kun, Glass, Glass, stop being so snooty, or you will turn into a pig!

The girl straightened up, stretched out her little hands from the cuffs of her pink pajamas, and patted her face vigorously.

Why? But what about hearing aids? Did he take it off while sleepwalking?

He took out his cell phone and looked at it. It was almost eight o'clock. Glass quickly opened the quilt and prepared to go to the bathroom to wash up.

"Hey, Glass, good morning." Yuzuru said with a smile as he was preparing breakfast with his grandmother in the kitchen.

"Grandma, Yuzuru, good morning."

Seeing that he was indeed the last one to get up, Jiazi blushed a little, said hello in a hurry and ran into the bathroom. Although she hasn't put on the hearing aid yet, she can easily understand what her sister is saying just from the shape of her mouth.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Glass took out his hearing aid and adjusted it carefully in the mirror.

Back in the room, considering that he was still going to the interest class today, Glass chose something similar to the school uniform, a dark blue pleated skirt and a white shirt, with a khaki knitted jacket on top, and finally tied his hair into a bun. High ponytail.

"Will Glass still go to the hobby class today?"

At the dinner table, Grandma Nishimiya asked with a smile.

"Well, we have a great teacher here today!" Glass said excitedly after eating a large spoonful of cereal soaked in hot milk, and then looked at his sister with interest:

"Yuzuru, do you want to come with me? It will be fun!"

"I'll forget it, I'm not interested in that. Today I'm going to take pictures with my grandma in the park, and grandma will be my model." Nishimiya Yuzuru said with a smile.

"Is that so? Then I'll come find you after the hobby class ends today!"

"Would you like to show us what you learned today? I was looking forward to it yesterday, but my sister kicked me out just to talk to Kyousuke on the phone. Yuzuru, I'm so sad." Nishimiya Yuzuru put down his spoon. , said exaggeratedly with his hands in front of his chest.

"How can there be..." Jiazi's fair little face turned red for a moment, and he quickly lowered his head and ate the cereal with big mouthfuls.

Watching the interaction between the two granddaughters, Nishimiya's face was filled with a happy smile.

"I'm full. I'll leave it to Yuzuru to wash the dishes. I'll be responsible for it tomorrow." Because it was getting late, Glass had to go out as soon as possible.

"Yeah, leave it to me. You have to study hard today, Glass."

Yuzuru raised his hand and said loudly, and the grandmother on the side also smiled and said goodbye to Glass.

"Yuzuru, I asked your mother about her voice acting yesterday. Can she really be a voice actress?" Grandma asked hesitantly.

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? As long as my sister is happy now, it will be fine." Yuzuru lowered her head and continued eating cereal. She knew why her grandmother would ask this.

After knowing that Glass has the intention to become a voice actor, even grandma will learn about this new thing that is completely unfamiliar to her. How could Yuzuru not learn more about it.

Although voice actors are people who use their voices to perform, it doesn't sound like they have anything to do with hearing. However, Yuzuru searched the Internet and didn't see any hearing-impaired people becoming voice actors in their world.

but……

"Kyosuke-nii will find a way, just like he always has." Yuzuru whispered, his voice seemed to be drowned under the cereal. She knew her thoughts were selfish, but if it was Kyosuke-nii, he would definitely make Glass's dream come true!

Nishimiya didn't say anything after hearing this. It was still early and there was still a long, long time before Glass could think about the future. Having something to fight for at such an age can also exercise the granddaughter.

It is worth mentioning that there is no subway in Pramon City. Even in Tokyo, there seems to be a subway wherever you go, but not every city is Tokyo. Fortunately, the location of the interest class was only two blocks away from Glass's house, and Glass arrived at the place in less than ten minutes.

The interest class and the voice actor training center share an office building, and perhaps in order to attract students to sign up for their training center, the office deliberately placed the interest class classrooms on the floor above the training center.

"Miss Ishikura, Miss Kawai, good morning." As soon as he entered the hall, Glass bowed and greeted Miss Asami Ishikura at the front desk, and then walked to the stairs on the right.

"Nishimiya-san, good morning to you too, try your best to study today." Asami Ishikura said with a smile.

After seeing that Glass had disappeared from sight, Kawai Kanna whispered: "The voice is really nice. I wonder if you will join our firm directly?"

"It shouldn't be possible, after all..." Asami Ishikura raised her hand and touched her ears.

"Yes, it seems that I still have severe hearing impairment. It is a miracle that I can have the language ability I have now. I don't know how much hard work I have put in."

"well."

As the front desk, they passively and actively learn a lot of gossip every day, and talking about these is also one of their daily pastimes.

Opening the door and seeing that the teacher hadn't come yet, Glass patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly ran to his seat and sat down, then said hello to the new friend he met yesterday.

"Kuno-san, Ikuta-san...good morning." Most of the classmates in the class are older than Glass, many are high school students, and some are already working adults.

"Good morning, Glass, did you oversleep today?" Kuno Otome waved and put her things on the table closer.

"I slept a little late last night."

Glass smiled sheepishly and took out a notebook from his bag and placed it on the table. It wasn't a notebook for writing, that notebook had been collected by her when she started learning to speak from Kyosuke-kun. At that time, Kyosuke-kun looked very angry when he saw himself writing in that book, and told himself to keep talking. If he couldn't speak once, he would say it twice. He would try his best to understand it no matter what.

Although it was just over a year ago, looking back it feels like half a lifetime has passed.

Smiling slightly, Glass began to chat with the big sisters around him. Some of them really plan to go to a voice actor training center after high school, and some want to try different possibilities in the future after work. Listening to their stories, Glass can always get a lot of inspiration.

Like my future, although because of Kyousuke-kun's compliment, I came up with the idea of ​​becoming a voice actor to help Kyousuke-kun turn his comics into animation. But the girl was also very worried about whether she could become a voice actor and whether she could perform Kyosuke-kun's characters well.

Fortunately, the person in charge of the hobby class yesterday seemed to praise me for my excellent voice and my potential to become a voice actor.

The front door of the classroom opened and a middle-aged woman who looked friendly walked in. The students knew that this was probably the teacher the person in charge had mentioned yesterday, and they all shut up.

The woman walked to the center of the classroom, bowed slightly, and then said:

"I am Shuko Kikuchi from BandY Voice Actor Agency, and I will teach you today."

Glass noticed that Miss Kuno Otome next to her was a little unusually excited. Although she was curious as to why, she still straightened her waist and sat upright, her brown eyes full of curiosity. I desperately want to know from this great teacher how I should go about my career as a voice actor.

Teacher Yoshiko Kikuchi did not rush to start today's main topic, but wrote on the whiteboard next to her. They were the names of some anime and movies, and Glass only recognized some of them.

"That's amazing." Glass finally understood why Ms. Kuno beside him was so excited. It turned out that this teacher was an active voice actor and had several representative works.

"As you can see, I can be considered your senior on the road of voice acting, so I can give you some opinions for your reference. But it is just a reference. After all, there are many seniors in the industry who were not optimistic at the beginning. Suddenly, Fire. Football is round and anything is possible."

Kikuchi Yoshiko ended with a line from a football anime she had dubbed, and smiled kindly at the students below.

"Kikuchi-sensei is so gentle." Kuno Otome said

Glass could tell that this senior really liked Teacher Kikuchi, because her hand on her lap under the table was shaking because she clenched her fist too tightly.

"Well, yes, it would be great if I could enter the same office as Mr. Kikuchi." Glass said longingly.

"Um!"

"Then let's start the part that everyone is most looking forward to." With another gentle smile, Kikuchi Shuko sat on the chair in the front right of the classroom.

Don't be nervous, Glass, you can definitely do it, just like you usually practice! Kyousuke-kun said that you imitate exactly the same Saitama in his mind!

He clenched his little hands and put them on the table. Glass's insteps were straightened and he took a slow, deep breath.

"Nishimiya Glass-kun."

"Here!" Glass, who was trying to build himself up mentally, didn't expect that he would be the first to be called out. He was frightened and stood up and replied loudly.

"Haha, relax. If you are so nervous now, what will you do when you become an official voice actor and attend the audition in the future." Kikuchi Shuko joked with a smile.

The students in the audience all laughed softly after hearing this. Only Glass, who stood up and walked out from the side of the desk, felt that his feet were no longer his own. The last time this happened was at the elementary school graduation ceremony.

Audition? what is that? Are there more people looking at me than now? The villain in the girl's heart trembled, grabbing the other villain's collar and shaking it wildly.

"Hello, teacher, I am Nishimiya Glass." He folded his hands in front of him and bowed, Glass said in a calm voice.

Kikuchi Yoshiko looked at the girl in front of her. The list in her hand was the preliminary ranking given by the person in charge yesterday based on simple timbre and appearance conditions, so Nishimiya Glass was ranked first. Because the voice actor industry has become idolized in recent years, she immediately looked at the girl's face.

Well, she is a very cute girl, and she should be able to take the cute route...

Wait, are those on her ears? Before she could continue to observe her whole body, the flesh-colored hearing aids on both ears of the girl in front of her instantly grabbed all her attention. Have hearing problems? this……

Without having time to think about it, seeing the anxious and waiting look of the girl in front of her, Kikuchi Yoshiko smiled gently, randomly picked out a piece of paper with classic lines written on it from the files on the table beside her, handed it to Nishimiya Glass, and asked the other party to go first. After getting familiar with it, he turned around and spoke to the classmates below:

"Theoretically speaking, voice acting is a profession with no threshold. As long as you can speak normally, you have the possibility of becoming a voice actor." At this point, she turned her head and nodded to Glass, her smile full of tenderness.

Glass didn't expect to be encouraged by such a powerful teacher. He was immediately moved and his little mouth curled up. There was a thin layer of mist in his big eyes, and he quickly looked at the manuscript paper in his hand.

"That classmate." Seeing a classmate raise his hand, Kikuchi Shuko nodded.

"Then how do we judge whether we are suitable to be voice actors?"

"As for this, there is no unified standard in the industry. Of course, I won't tell you that as long as you have a dream, it will be fine. From my personal experience, the main thing is whether you have the ability to learn the language."

"Are you studying English or something?"

"Haha, no, to be honest, I can only say simple hello in English until now." Kikuchi Shuko smiled. Basically, she will be asked to be the first day of every interest class office. Teacher, not only because of her own reputation, but also because of her extraordinary approachability.

"The language learning ability I'm talking about is purely based on pronunciation. For example, although the pronunciation of the classmate just now is basically the same as that of standard neon language, when he said the word 'English', his intonation A little too heavy. If you can quickly correct it after I point it out to you, it means that you have a strong ability to learn languages. Then in my opinion, you can work harder on the road of voice acting. "

"Thank you, Teacher Kikuchi, I understand."

Although Glass here wanted to work hard to read the lines, his attention was involuntarily attracted by Kikuchi Yoshiko's voice.

Language learning ability? Thinking of how he could go from saying something that no one else could understand to now being exactly the same as ordinary people, Glass felt that his ability in this area must be quite powerful. But immediately, this little girl with little self-confidence immediately denied it. If it weren't for Kyousuke-kun, I would still be the idiot who only speaks "Nishimiya Hoshito". Even if I have the ability to learn, it's all thanks to Kyousuke-kun's development!

"Nishimiya-san, are you ready?"

The sudden sound interrupted the girl's thoughts, causing her to panic instantly. Her eyes suddenly turned into beady eyes, and the paper in her hand was crumpled by her.

"That's a little bit bad."

"Haha, it doesn't matter, let's just start like this. You must know that after you officially start working, you may be asked by the on-site director to change your lines during dubbing. Now, think of it as an early experience of the workplace." Kikuchi Shuko said.

"Yes!" Glass immediately tensed up his body and entered a fighting state.

Until she returned to her seat, the girl had not come back to her senses, and she had no memory of what she had just done.

"Oh, I must have behaved very badly." The girl lay on the table and whimpered softly, like a kitten that had been hungry for an hour.

"How could it be! I was stunned down there, Glass, you are just like the professional voice actors I saw on the show, your performance couldn't be better!" Kuno Otome patted the shoulder of the cute little girl next to her.

There was another classmate performing on the stage at the moment, so no one noticed what they were saying in a low voice.

"Thank you, Kuno-san." Although he still felt that his performance was poor, Glass expressed his gratitude immediately, then sat up straight and watched the classmates on the stage perform.

The teacher's advice to the students will not be made on the spot. If that were the case, it would not be called advice or execution. Could he just tell you "give up" in front of the whole class? If this is the case, it would be too cruel. This is not propaganda but an invitation to hatred.

In the next class, the students will go to the empty classroom next to them in the order of the previous class to listen to the advice given by Kikuchi Yoshiko.

Of course, the first one is glass.

What kind of comments and suggestions will you get? Although Kuno-senpai just said that he is likely to be directly selected and signed by the agency, the girl herself has no confidence and just hopes to get a good evaluation.

Knocked on the door, and after receiving a response, Glass opened the door anxiously.

"Hello, Kikuchi-sensei."

"Well, come and sit here, Nishimiya-san."

The classroom was a small ladder classroom. Kikuchi Shuko was sitting in the first row and pointed to the seat next to her.

"May I ask, Nishimiya-san, how is your hearing?"

The first words from the teacher's mouth made me feel like I was falling into the abyss. What I was most worried about finally happened.

Glass, whose whole heart suddenly became cold, tried hard to maintain a smile on his face: "Due to congenital reasons, I have hearing impairment."

Kikuchi Yoshiko had a deep sense of regret on her face, but she still asked with a hint of luck: "Is it mild or not?"

"It's serious." Glass whispered.

Listening to the other party's gentle voice, which was as transparent as glass, Kikuchi Shuko's heart was filled with regret.

"Nishimiya-kun, I originally wanted to suggest that the agency sign you, but now I have to apologize to you."

If you can't even hear your own voice clearly, how can you ensure that what you say can move people's hearts through the screen? Although I have a hearing aid, but...

"It doesn't matter, I understand." Glass shook his head slightly. He had thought of this kind of thing from the beginning, right?

Seeing the persistence on the girl's face, out of good intentions, Kikuchi Shuko continued:

"If you like animation, voice acting is not the only way. You can also engage in work such as original animation, supervision, and production."

Neon: The main reason why young people now yearn for the voice acting industry is their love for animation, so she said this.

"Yeah, that's not the case." Glass shook his little head.

Why do you want to become a voice actor? It's because Kyousuke-kun said that her voice actor is consistent with the character in her imagination, it's because she wants to help Kyousuke-kun complete the animation of his work, and it's because she wants to repay Kyousuke-kun's constant concern.

"I already understand what you mean. Thank you for your kindness." He stood up and bowed, and then exited the classroom.

Leaning against the wall of the corridor, the girl placed her right hand on her chest and held it tightly, her big eyes shining like stars. The fleshy little face is still cute, but full of perseverance.

She is not the crybaby she was when she was a child. If she cries, Kyosuke-kun will be sad. Glass has become very strong! We must continue to work hard next time!

"How about that? Does Mr. Kikuchi want to sign you into the office?"

As soon as Glass returned to the classroom, the enthusiastic Kuno-senpai couldn't wait to ask. Some people next to him also paid attention here, and everyone was obviously very curious.

"No, he just gave me some suggestions about the future." Glass said.

"Huh? I thought that you would be able to do it, Glass. You can reach this level without professional training. If you learn systematically, you will definitely be more powerful." Kuno said strangely.

"Yeah, I still need to work harder."

"Is it because of this?" Kuno lowered his voice and pointed to his ear in a very subtle way.

"Um."

"It's such a pity. I thought I was going to have a voice actor friend. But there's nothing I can do about it, after all..." I don't know what kind of experience Kuno Otome, who claims to have been chasing her dreams since graduating from high school, has. He doesn't have the subtlety of Neon people. After only knowing him for a day, it's like he and Glass have become friends who talk about everything. He talks very carelessly.

"It doesn't matter, I will become a voice actor."

There is a bright smile on the girl's face, and there is no trace of haze in the very transparent voice. Just listening to it can make people think of the boundless blue sky, and it seems to make people forget all their worries.

"Aww, Ni-chan, you are so cute!"

Facing Kuno-senpai who suddenly hugged him while crying, Glass already raised his hands and was at a loss.

"Let's all work hard together and move towards becoming a voice actor!" A firm voice said.

Although, I really want Kyosuke-kun to hug me...

Once again, I reiterate that this book has a happy ending. There is a knife, but it is definitely not cruel. It is a rational discussion.