I became a girl group idol for my sister

Chapter 15: Communication of Emotions

"It seems our photo album is no longer available for sale."

On the way to the voice actor training room, Mika Komatsu said to the two of them.

"We sold more than 20,000 sets. Considering that we took the photos while being part of the selection team, and that we took them when we were not very famous, this sales volume is already very impressive."

Miyamoto Seo said that he was very happy about the fact that the swimsuit photo album sold more than 20,000 sets. He really couldn't even imagine this number at the beginning.

The performers' income was more than 2.4 million yen, and when divided equally, each person's total income was 150,000 yen, which was an excellent supplement to the graduate students' wallets during this period.

With the incredibly high number of performances that graduate students now have, plus single CDs and performances at Shibuya Kodo, graduate students today can be considered to have some assets.

After all, if you calculate it this way, the average income from September to now is almost 300,000 yen per month.

Although it is not stable, the income is definitely not low.

"I usually eat at the theater and at home, so I can save the money. But it's still a bit troublesome to stay at home. If I become a formal member in the future, I will need to rent a house by myself."

Yongan Meixi said softly on the side.

"Are you going to live out?" Miyamoto Se looked at Nagaan Miyu with some confusion.

"Well, because of training, sometimes I have to stay up late, which can easily disturb my family. Training at home can also cause trouble to my family, so it's better to live outside." Yongan Meixi said, showing hesitation: "I actually considered moving to the graduate student dormitory."

"It's not bad to live in the graduate student dormitory, and you're right, it would be a bit troublesome to live with my family." Miyamoto nodded. He now has a deep understanding of this situation.

He now has to take out women's clothes and wash them separately, as they cannot be washed at home. Many things also have to be hidden so that they cannot be seen by his sisters at home. Overall, it is really energy-consuming.

If he didn't have a lot of money on hand and didn't plan to stay for too long, he would have moved out and lived alone a long time ago.

"If you don't mind the trouble, you can come and live with me first. My house is big anyway, and you can move out when you start renting a house." Mika Komatsu suddenly said at this time.

"Eh? Should I stay at your house, Mika-chan? B-But won't it cause you any trouble?"

Yongan Miyu looked at Komatsu Mika, who turned her face away slightly. Miyamoto Sei could see clearly that her cheeks were slightly red.

"What's the problem? There are two bedrooms where I live, you can just use one. There's a separate closet in it anyway, and I don't usually use that room."

"Then I'll talk to my family and see if my parents agree." Yongan Meixi did not reject Komatsu Mika's kindness. She happily held her hand and said, "Thank you, Mika-chan!"

"It's nothing, it's just a piece of cake anyway." Komatsu Mika said, her eyes slightly dodging, which made her see Miyamoto Se who was smiling on the side, and she couldn't help shouting: "What are you laughing at?!"

"Nothing, I just think this world is so beautiful."

Miyamoto Se smiled and decisively changed the subject.

……

The training of voice actors is largely about constantly studying how a character should be dubbed, while practicing changing their own voices.

How does a person speak when he is angry, how does he speak when he is happy, and how the tone of voice changes among people with different personalities in different environments. These are all knowledge and skills that voice actors need to learn and master.

Standing in the front, Miyamoto Se was having a conversation with Komatsu Mika and Nagaan Miyu.

As learning continues to advance, training for multi-person conversations has already begun.

Looking at the performance of the three people at this moment, the teacher couldn't help but nodded secretly.

The three of them have made progress compared to the beginning, but in her opinion, Miyamoto Nana has made the least progress.

Because the other party is someone who has mastered a lot of skills, learning here is simply to integrate her skills and turn those instincts into clear knowledge.

If you want to continue to improve, you need to practice and rely on real work to improve yourself.

As for the other two, even though they only attend classes a limited number of times each week, they have made great progress. It can be seen that these people are working hard on voice actor training even when they are not attending classes.

This also made the teacher feel incredible.

It's obvious that voice actors are not their jobs, but these kids are still working so hard. I heard that the project is an idol-themed animation series. The selling point of this kind of animation series is the voice actor idols, so there shouldn't be too much objection to it.

But these three people just want to study so hard.

Idols' work should be very busy, right? Moreover, among these three people, two are said to be still in school. Is this really possible for humans to handle this?

But then she looked at the other people.

Those are real working students.

In recent times, these people have obviously worked harder, as if they were stimulated by something.

Perhaps they don't want to lose to outsiders in the field of their choice.

She thought silently.

"Okay, take a short break, and continue after ten minutes."

The teacher shouted, asking everyone to take a break.

During the break, some people go to the toilet or some chat.

Of course, there are also those who immerse themselves in research and study.

"So in this case, it would be better to raise the tone a little. After all, the character is under great shock in this scene and it is difficult for him to remain calm as usual."

Miyamoto Se looked at the script and said to Komatsu Mika.

"But isn't this character a very calm one? It should be normal to continue to remain calm in this situation, right?" Mika Komatsu refuted and expressed her opinion.

"I don't know if it's just my illusion, but looking at this work, this character should be the kind of person who forces himself to be calm, but in reality he doesn't appear to be that calm. Sure enough, he would lose control when faced with such a shock."

Miyamoto Se said as he flipped forward and soon came to one of the pages.

"Look at the plot here. This is a record of some of the plots in the original novel. I specifically checked it out. She didn't act as calm as she usually does in front of everyone. It's more like she's the type of person with relatively large emotional fluctuations."

"The part you mentioned is indeed fine according to your understanding. It's just that her profession is an actress, and actors need to work hard to control themselves. But I also think your opinion is fine. To be specific, we still need to look at the entire work and then analyze it."

Komatsu Mika said this and put the script aside.

Yongan Meixi went to the bathroom, so there were only the two of them discussing this.

Ohnishi Saori, who came up, was surprised after hearing the conversation between the two. She quickly asked, "Have you two read the original work?"

"Of course, if you want to understand the character in depth, you must read the original work to understand it." Komatsu Mika said naturally: "This is the basic operation of idols!"

Yes, after all, if you want to establish a character, you must have a comprehensive understanding of this character.

Miyamoto Se thought secretly and nodded.

"Yeah, but I haven't finished it yet. I've only read a few tens of thousands of words. After all, I don't have much time. And because of the changes in the subject, the scripts that need to be dubbed have also changed a lot."

"Then, has Miyu-chan also seen it?" Ōnishi Saori continued to ask, her eyes wide open, as if she was very surprised by this situation.

"Mixi must have read it. She can directly tell the original content in many places." Komatsu Mika spread her hands: "When it comes to memorizing knowledge points, she should be the best among us."

This time, not only Ōnishi Saori, but also a group of people at the scene seemed extremely surprised.

"You guys are working too hard, aren't you?"

"Yeah, this is the first time I've seen someone actually read the original novel for dubbing."

"I heard from my seniors that often the screenwriters would create characters that were not consistent with the original work, so I would often ask the screenwriters about the dubbing of the characters."

In response to everyone's exclamations, Miyamoto Se was thinking about what to say, but at this time, Komatsu Mika spoke.

"Because if you don't try your best, you will fail, and being familiar with the original work is the most basic thing. If you don't read the original work, you won't be able to immerse yourself in the mentality of the voice-over character, right?

"As for whether the screenwriter will make changes that are inconsistent with the original work? Although this situation may occur, as long as the adaptation is not too much, the character's mentality will not change too much. After all, it is still necessary to understand the mentality of the original character."

The tone was relatively calm, but the words were still very harsh. Miyamoto Se looked at Komatsu Mika, who just stood up casually after she finished speaking and walked outside.

"These are just my personal experiences. You can decide for yourself whether they are applicable or not. I'm going to the bathroom first."

Then, Miyamoto Sei was the only one left at the scene, surrounded by voice actor trainees.

The competition in the voice actor industry is fierce. This statement can be heard in many places. You have to keep training and then participate in selections. If you pass, you can become an official voice actor.

But to Miyamoto Sei and others, the performance of these voice actor trainees seemed a bit slack.

Especially when he saw that they were surprised that a group of people like him would actually read the original work, Miyamoto Seo felt even stronger about this.

It is difficult to see so many things from the script alone. If you want to dub well, you must work hard to understand the character you are dubbing from all aspects.

Miyamoto Se thinks so, Komatsu Mika thinks so, and Nagaan Miyu thinks so too.

It's not just dubbing, even in normal singing, for every song and every word, you have to figure out the meaning of the lyrics and what kind of mentality you should have to sing it better.

If you cannot sing a love song with a romantic mindset, then this love song is just a dead song. Even if it is sung beautifully, there will be an awkwardness because the voice lacks sincerity, resulting in a failure to resonate emotionally.

Miyamoto Seo originally thought that he could convey this opinion in a more tactful way, but after Komatsu Mika said that and then disappeared, he felt a little awkward here.

"Well, Mika-chan also thinks this is better, right?" Saori Ōnishi said, wondering whether she could ease the awkward atmosphere on the scene.

At this time, Miyamoto Se spoke.

"When I was learning how to sing, a senior told me that singing is more important than singing well."

He smiled, a very bright smile, as if the awkward atmosphere at the scene had no effect on him.

Looking at this smile, the uncomfortable feeling in my heart seemed to disappear a little.

“The singer’s emotions should be conveyed through the song, so as to infect the listeners.”

Miyamoto Seo recalled what happened when he and Sakagami Minami went to KTV, and what the other party said to him at that time.

“Although we are not in the same profession, I think there are some common skills. For love songs, we need to have experience in love and know what it feels like to be in love. Only in this way can we incorporate real emotions into the lyrics.

“When dubbing a character, one really wants to convey the character’s emotions. The most important thing about the character’s emotions is to understand the original work and know under what circumstances the character would say that kind of words. Only in this way can one incorporate that emotion into language and express it to the audience.

"So, although this will increase the workload, in order to make the final product better, I should still read the original work. At least, read the tens of thousands of words before and after the relevant character's lines."

What Miyamoto said is ambiguous, tens of thousands of words. If it is around 30,000 words, it is almost one-third of the book. After all, a volume of a light novel usually has only about 100,000 words.

Infectious?

Everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Saori Ōnishi couldn't help but recall the feeling she had when she went to watch a performance live. She was completely immersed in the atmosphere of the scene, and felt as if she was being sucked in.

And when watching those dances and listening to those songs, you will feel a surging vitality, as if everything is hopeful, and you want to try hard and move forward courageously.

Is this what infectiousness is?

Skills are important, but isn’t it more important to infect the audience and convey the character’s emotions to them than skills?

It seems that I have some understanding of where the difference lies...

Seeing the awkward atmosphere disappear, Miyamoto Se secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he became somewhat expectant.

What I just said should have some effect. I hope it is of some use to them.

He thought about it, took out his cell phone, looked at it casually, and saw a piece of news.

[SKR girl group member Mimori Saika will participate in the Tokyo Marathon on February 2.]

Chapter 16: Date with Watanabe Hikaru

On February 2, the Tokyo Marathon officially began. On this day, Miyamoto Se arrived at the competition venue very early. She had her own work to do today, not only going to school, but also training and so on.

However, he still skipped the morning class, simply because Sansen Caijia would be here to participate in the competition today.

Even as a working idol, he was not conspicuous among so many people. Sanmori Saika was wearing sportswear and warming up, trying to warm up his body as much as possible.

"Sanmori-senpai, please keep up the good work today!"

Miyamoto Se walked over and shouted to Mimori Saika with a smile.

Seeing Miyamoto Se coming, Mimori Saika couldn't help but laugh.

"Thank you, but don't you have to go to class when you come here?"

"Hehe, it's off." Miyamoto Seo raised his thumb and looked very proud when he said this.

"Did you skip the class? Be careful of being criticized by the teacher."

"It's okay, it's okay. I have good grades, and they usually turn a blind eye to things like this." Miyamoto Se said, indicating the fact that if you are good at studying, you can do whatever you want in school.

"If you want to study well, you have to work harder. This is also your trump card for the future." Perhaps it was a habit, so Sanmori gave Miyamoto Sei a little scolding and asked him to pay more attention to studying.

At this time, other people's voices were heard in the distance.