Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

Seeing this, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

I think this kind of simple life, as if always on the battlefield, may be one of the reasons why the United States can become the world's hegemon..."

In a rather messy dressing room, Megumi Akiyama, who was taking a break from the busy schedule, was typing on her mobile phone at a very fast speed, sending emails to her high school classmates on the other side of the ocean, expressing her impressions of this trip to Los Angeles.

When Akiyama Megumi finally sent the email, a voice urging her also sounded from outside the dressing room door.

"...Miss Akiyama!! Are you ready? How long will it take?"

"... Hurry up! I'll come out after changing clothes!"

Qiu Shanhui hurriedly stuffed the phone into the bag, sat down in front of the dressing table, and hurriedly changed clothes.

Muscle undergarment, white clothes, scarlet hakama, corset, foot bag, clogs.

Biting the headband, she gathered her long black hair and tied it behind her head with both hands, and a pretty little witch suddenly appeared in the mirror.

It's just that his face is a little haggard, and there are faint dark circles around his eyes.

Therefore, Akiyama Megumi clenched his small fists and made a "hard work" gesture.

"...It's already the last day! Work hard today too!"

She took a deep breath, then turned and walked out the door of the dressing room,

A burst of noisy sound waves rushed over.

Looking around, countless large and small booths filled the huge indoor space of the entire gymnasium.There are crowds of people of all kinds everywhere, as well as various colorful promotional posters, exaggerated and exotic costumes, various humanoid puppets, and deafening dynamic music.

——This is Megumi Akiyama's part-time job in Los Angeles, the shrine maiden theme area at the comic exhibition...

"... No wonder the main hall of the shrine is so kind, and let me manage a shrine directly! It turned out to be a toy shrine at the manga exhibition!"

—— Hui Hui language.

Chapter 4, I am a Miko at the Manga Exhibition

"...the place of peace is far away, and the fire of farewell marks the end.

Please don't come at dawn, before you get out of the confusion.

Embracing the boundless sky, echoing a peaceful and eternal melody.

Like the blooming flowers, it is soaked in gentle colors.

The soul-suppressing sound sounded in the distance, and now it has fallen into a deep sleep.

The waning moon will be complete again, repeating goodbye and parting..."

Amidst the ethereal and ethereal "Song of the Town", accompanied by the soft ringing of Kagura bells, Akiyama Hui wore a golden crown, a flower hairpin, a red and white priestess costume, and a "crane and pine tree pattern" embroidered on her head. Chihaya", on the simple wooden stage, gracefully and slowly dancing Kagura dance.

——Kagura Dance This dance is an ancient tradition of Shintoism.

As the name suggests, it is a dance to please the gods.

Therefore, only professional maidens born in shrines are eligible to jump, and part-time working maidens are not eligible to participate.

However, in several recent popular anime, there are famous scenes where heroines or female partners wear shrine maiden costumes and dance Kagura dances.

Of course, the organizer of this Los Angeles Comic Con, which is following the trend, wants to add this Kagura Dance program to the comic exhibition, and in the gymnasium where the comic exhibition is held, a decent toy shrine set was built. ——A Japanese-style Kagura-den (pavilion-like stage) is included.

But it is not easy to find a witch who is really knowledgeable among the people.

I want to find some people who learn to dance and watch the video to imitate...

There's always that slightly unauthentic feel to it.

Moreover, if a layman does not understand the etiquette and rituals of Shintoism, it is easy to make some low-level mistakes.

Now that the Internet is so developed, if a serious person finds out a bunch of bugs, and then posts on the Internet to publicize and ridicule...

That would be embarrassing and throw it to the United States. I am afraid that it will be ridiculed both online and offline, making people unable to step down.

Therefore, the organizers of the comic exhibition found the main hall of the shrine in Japan through the personal connections of the sponsors behind them, and asked for help.

It is requested to send a young, beautiful and skilled professional maiden by name, preferably a female high school student commonly seen in anime works, with a full set of belongings to preside over the shrine.

——I am spreading the shrine maiden culture that is the "quintessence" of Japan!

Don't you hope that after the witch culture becomes popular overseas, there will be more foreign tourists who come to the shrine to pay homage in the future?

Obviously, this reasoning is completely correct, but let the professional maidens of those big shrines go to the manga exhibition to hang out with a group of otaku playing COS...

Even if there is a little remuneration that can be paid, and they can also go to the United States to have fun, but in their eyes, it still seems a bit too embarrassing.

They are genuine clergymen, how can they fall to the same status as those paper people who are licked by the fat house prpr?

Although Japan is well-known as a big animation country, those otaku who love animation, as well as practitioners in the animation and game industry, still face serious discrimination in society.

Even if it is not regarded as low-level or the like, it is generally regarded as a not-so-dignified profession.

People like Prime Minister Aso who boast that they only read manga since childhood are relatively rare in Japanese society.

So, let’s leave it to those small shrines that are on the verge of bankruptcy to play cosplay at the comic exhibition!Anyway, the poor have no right to be picky!

Which small shrine that eats relief has a poor high school student maiden?First check to see if there is any need for poverty alleviation in the Fukushima disaster area...

——As a result, Megumi Akiyama from the Akiyama Shrine in Fukushima Prefecture was honorably selected and became a representative of the quintessence of Japan. Guests, dancing and entertaining people with Kagura bells.

Under the spotlight, although somewhat nervous, she still tried her best to dance as perfectly as possible, while ignoring the various noises of the audience below:

"...Awesome! Miss Miko is the tallest!"

"...Well, it looks like that, but what role is she in COS?"

"...What role is COS? A witch is a witch! What's the difference?"

"...In different anime games, every Miko character is not the same!

You see, her clothes don’t show her armpits, which means she’s not in COS Hakurei Reimu; she doesn’t have a longbow behind her back, which means she’s not in COS Kikyo... Uh, I see, Kikyo is over there! "

"...Come on, the little witch on the stage is doing Kagura dance! Who can carry a bow while dancing?"

"...It's so beautiful! It's almost the same as the scene in "Your Name"! But why is there only one witch jumping on it?"

"...Maybe there is only one shrine maiden here who can dance Kagura dance?"

……

Fortunately, the traditional Kagura dance is generally not long. After just five or six minutes, Megumi Akiyama ended the dance.

Next, she posed for photos with many tourists with a smile on her face, and secretly knocked out the salty pig's hands of a few customers.

——Come on, she's still underage, okay?

If it is a beautiful big sister who comes to touch, then touch it if you touch it.

Why do you greasy and fat people dare to mess around?

Is it true that the anti-wolf device and pepper spray cans hidden on her body are not lethal?

Next, Hui Akiyama, who dismissed a wave of guests, turned around and sat down on a stone bench, drinking orange juice while wiping sweat and panting.

——Although it is the coldest winter of the year, she feels really tired, and her body is so weak that she is constantly sweating.

What's more, the sunshine in Los Angeles is year-round, even in winter, making it difficult to distinguish the boundaries of the four seasons.

In just a few days, apart from presiding over the gods and dancing kagura dances, Akiyama Megumi also needs to direct a few working maidens (assistant maidens) and helpers who are purely amateurs to build the shrine in the correct way and layout. Arrange the furnishings.

In addition, it is also her job as a god to organize the employees and volunteers of the comic exhibition to carry the mikoshi noisily in the procession.

Since this is the United States, Megumi Akiyama has to talk to local volunteers and American customers in English, which is really painful.

——Even if she learned English for two lifetimes before and after time travel, Akiyama Megumi's English level is still only acceptable in written language, and her spoken English is still not good enough.

As we all know, the English of Chinese students is basically dumb English, and the English of Japanese is only understood by Japanese themselves...

So, she was really tired these days.

Especially on the first day of the comic exhibition, the toy shrine at the exhibition site held a New Year festival. Although this is the United States, there are many Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles. In addition, I was curious after watching Japanese anime and came to Los Angeles to find new experiences. White & Black & Asian Citizens...

As a result, in the middle of the night on December 12, the crowds who entered the temporary shrine at the manga exhibition site were really crowded.

Megumi Akiyama, who was standing under the vermilion torii gate and greeted the guests with a broom, laughed so hard that his face almost froze.

What's even more tragic is that on New Year's Day the next day, that is, early yesterday morning, the temporary shrine at the comic exhibition site had to continue to open.

Fortunately, Megumi Akiyama only worked part-time in Los Angeles for a few days this time, otherwise she would really be in danger of dying from overwork.

but……

Being able to preside over a decent shrine and command so many workers is really a sense of accomplishment!

Thinking of this, Megumi Akiyama couldn't help but look around at this temporary toy shrine in the exhibition hall of the comic exhibition.

Speaking of which, this temporary shrine is even more magnificent than the authentic Akiyama Shrine in her house!

Although it is located in the gymnasium, the land of the entire toy shrine is at least as big as a basketball court.

And the layout is completely in accordance with the normal shrine, the tall vermilion torii gate, the hand water house flowing with clear water, the offering box, the worship hall, the Kagura hall (where Megumi danced just now), the main hall, and the social office (snack shop) Everything is available.

Painted with bright colors and gold paint, silver paint, carved beams and painted buildings, beautiful.

A circle of green potted plants was placed outside to act as the "guardian forest" of the shrine.

Among the low green potted plants, there is even a six-meter-high retired Christmas tree, which stands out from the crowd!

——The shrine at the manga show opened on New Year’s Day, and it’s only a few days before Christmas. Just find a Christmas tree that’s ready to be removed, take off the lights and decorations on the crown, and tie a bee chain to the trunk Rope, it transformed into a shrine's [Sacred Tree].

Although for the convenience of quick assembly and disassembly, the stone slabs for laying the approach, the decorative stone lanterns and the cypress dog (a variant of the stone lion), etc. are not carved with heavy real stones, but imitations of polystyrene foam.Hand water house is also a fish tank...

But at least it looks gorgeous.

——This is Los Angeles, and next to it is Hollywood, the home of movies. All kinds of film and television props are easy to get.

Hey, I really wish I had such a luxurious shrine in Los Angeles!

Although the law and order here is poor, the weather is hot, and the scorching sun in the desert climate can make people dizzy even in winter...but the more people, the more money!

Not to mention, prices in Los Angeles are also cheaper than in Japan.

Looking at the surging heads in the exhibition hall, listening to the pleasant sound of coins being thrown into the offering box, the eyes of the poor witch Megumi Akiyama were full of envy.

Well, the pupils are almost turning into "$" signs for dollars!

But while the Shinja's hardware is great, the software is a mess.

First of all, serious shrines must have lottery fortune-telling, but the technical work of unraveling lottery for people is not good enough for even the full-time shrine maiden Megumi Akiyama.

Some of the volunteers know how to play tarot divination, but this is too different from the Japanese style of lottery, and there is no time for training in a hurry.

Therefore, the organizers of the comic exhibition had no choice but to imitate the [Dendian Palace] in Arashiyama, Kyoto, and set up a coin-operated automatic lottery machine.

As long as the guest puts in a coin, a magic lottery with the shape of a light bulb will pop out (refer to the party emblem of Turkey's ruling AKP), and then press a button to hear the commentary.

But the problem is, although for the convenience of international tourists, this automatic lottery machine designed and manufactured for Japanese shrines really has the function of English commentary, but the coin slot is designed for the size of Japanese yen coins, and no one has considered that someone will directly vote in it. Dollars go in.

So, next to the coin-operated automatic lottery machine, there was a young Korean student worker who was wearing a red dress, a white wig and dog ears, with his arms folded and a serious COS Inuyasha face. He was not responsible for opening the lottery. Only responsible for changing customers' dollar bills into yen coins...

Looking at the handsome but unlucky face of the Korean brother, anyone will have the illusion that they are seriously in debt.

Well, this is really Inuyasha—who thinks that such a naughty dog ​​like Inuyasha can have a cheerful personality that can talk and laugh?

Secondly, it is the working maiden of this shrine... That dress is really called a group of demons dancing wildly!

Looking at the young Latin American [-]-line model with a long bow and a cold face cos Kikyo, a Vietnamese female singer who is wearing a red bow cos Hakurei Reimu in a priestess costume with exposed armpits, and a chimney on her head , the black girl of the bridge and turret cos ship girl,

There is also an Ainu-style indigo-patterned robe on the outside of the maiden costume, and a high-quality plastic imitation bronze mirror hanging around the neck. The cos bear witch is a little Indian girl from Yusuku Town... Akiyama Hui couldn't help it for a while Headache.

Well, why hang a copper mirror with a high imitation of plastic?Of course, because a real copper mirror of that size is too heavy and too expensive, and the neck can't bear it!

Although most of the witches in anime are dressed in fancy dress, their red and white costumes also have different styles.

Some have hollowed out shoulders to expose the underarms, some have gold thread embroidery to embroider complex patterns, some have painted landscape flower and bird patterns on white clothes, some have imitated sailor suits and added square scarves and bow ties, and some have added Western-style patterns to skirts and cuffs. Lacey...

However, the red and white maiden costumes in traditional Japanese shrines are still simple.

However, after all, this place is a two-dimensional art exhibition, and it would be abnormal if the maiden costume is not gorgeous and different.

Those mentioned above are actually not too far-fetched, after all, there is more or less the appearance of a priestess costume, the most outrageous is the COS "Sword Maker Maiden" - it is just the blue color of the Japanese-style girl sailor uniform. The pattern and the blue skirt are changed to red!Changing the color is the witch costume?

Are witches so useless?

Of course, no matter what exotic costumes these working witches wear, whether they work hard is the most important thing.