Crossover Anime: I'm Kasumigaoka Utaha's Brother

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"Of course!"

Isuzu keenly noticed the momentary pause in her words. She took a deep breath and silently closed her eyes—she couldn't exclude Tiramisu alone, so she could only hope that "he won't tell anyone."

“Alright, I’ll distribute the complete ‘Your Name’ light novel to everyone shortly. After you’ve read it, you can submit your thoughts on the ‘festival’ to me.” Isuzu nodded slightly, then turned her gaze to Latifa: “Lady Latifa, is there anything else you’d like to say?”

Latifa slowly shook her head, her eyes gazing into the distance—from Red Maple City, one could vaguely see the entire Gan Hui Amusement Park: "Let Isuzu handle these matters. If I were to do it, I'm afraid I'd make a complete mess of things."

After a slight pause, Latifa smiled and bowed to the crowd below the stage—a gesture that, in everyone's memory, had only been seen once before, during the most critical moment at Gan Hui Paradise.

"Lady Latifa! What are you doing?"

"Why are you bowing, Lady Latifa (Good Lady)!"

"You are the one who led us forward! Lady Latifa, please don't bow to us so casually!"

A noisy discussion arose from below the stage, and the crowd's reaction was immediately relayed to Latifa. She raised her head and returned a smile that made people want to feel sorry for her.

"Everyone, our Gan Hui Amusement Park is what it is today because of Teacher Baili's help. Therefore, I hope everyone can repay Teacher Baili with the utmost enthusiasm... Please! This time!"

"Hooray! Don't worry, Lady Latifa!"

"It's just a small celebration, isn't it? Let's make it something that will shock the whole world!"

"Wow! Were we asked by Lady Latifa? We're so full of energy again!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Quickly hand over the light novel plot to us! I'll definitely come up with the best ideas!"

Chapter 0231 Kato Megumi's First Voice Acting Experience! (First Update)

The news about the animated film "Your Name" released by [Huaxia] Studio has sparked widespread discussion around the world. This time, not only people who follow anime and manga, but also many working professionals who don't read light novels or watch anime have started to pay attention to the real-time updates of this news.

These people often share one characteristic: "Huh? Light novels? Anime? Aren't those things only kids watch? We don't even have enough time to make money, how can we waste time on this?"

If people who love anime heard this, they might even get into a fight over it—of course, their opinions have changed after watching "5 Centimeters Per Second".

The story told in "5 Centimeters Per Second" may not be a philosophy of life, but it is far beyond the comprehension of children (those who do not understand love). Based on this alone, it cannot be called a "children's story".

【5 Centimeters Per Second】not only changed their views on the world of anime and manga, but also made them exclaim "very touching, very good" while starting to pay attention to the studio and the teachers' activities - and they learned about the news of the scheduled release of the animated film 【Your Name】!

However, the outside world, which was constantly brewing excitement, was unaware of what was happening inside Studio 390. At this moment, they were gathered outside the recording studio, each with a different expression on their face, their eyes fixed on the two people inside—after a short period of practice, Baili Xiao and Kato Megumi were finally starting their first "voice acting experience"!

"Hey, can Ahui really capture the feeling that Mitsuha needs in her voice acting?"

Eriri stood with her knees together and her feet slightly apart, holding a glass of ice-cold lemonade and taking a deep gulp, her eyes filled with undisguised resentment.

In her opinion, Kato Megumi's choice of Miyamizu Mitsuha as the voice actress could be described as "pre-determined." Bai Lixiao didn't even ask for other people's opinions, but simply said, "Everyone has their own things to do, so I won't bother you." Regardless of what others thought, Eriri was not convinced by this reason!

(If you had just told me, I would have made time for voice acting training no matter how busy or tired I was, but... you made Ahui the only candidate, ugh (aeej)...)

Various thoughts popped into Eriri's mind. She sucked hard on the straw in her mouth again, but the taste of lemonade irritated her throat, and she coughed violently.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Huh? How could you be so careless?" Hashima Izumi reached out and patted Eriri's back repeatedly. After seeing that the latter's expression had eased a little, a look of "admiration" appeared on his face: "Although I don't know if Kei-nee can perfectly voice Miyamizu Mitsuha, ever since she received the voice acting task from Hyakusei-sensei, Kei-nee has been working very hard to find the feeling."

"Under what circumstances and to what tone Miyamizu Mitsuha should speak, I spend a lot of time figuring out each sentence..."

"Perhaps Sister Hui doesn't express much emotion in her speech, but she is trying to change that. From what I've seen, apart from grocery shopping and cooking, she spends all her time on training."

"I admit that Hui-jie isn't as professional as those voice actors. It will probably take her quite a long time to figure out 'how to voice Mitsuha Miyamizu,' but..."

The radiance on Hashima Shirai's face grew increasingly dazzling, so much so that Eriri unconsciously squinted.

"But Hui-nee's efforts far surpass those of others!" With a continued upward curve of her lips, Hashima Izumi clenched her right fist tightly, her tone full of "firmness": "Therefore, Hui-nee is definitely the best choice for 'Miyamizu Mitsuha's voice acting'!"

"Uh... um." Eriri awkwardly turned her face away—she felt ashamed of the slight jealousy she had felt at the beginning, simply because "why didn't you choose me"...

Her gaze fell on Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was intently listening to the recording studio with headphones on, occasionally making notes on her script—points she thought were areas for improvement in Kato Megumi's voice acting. She would explain these points to Kato Megumi after the audition...

(As expected, there's still so much I need to learn... I'm still quite far from being as good as Kasumigaoka Utaha...)

The focus shifts to the recording studio.

Kato Megumi took a deep breath, her eyes scanning the script again and again—she had read the scenes and dialogues countless times before, to the point that she could recite them by heart.

Even so, she still read every single word of the first dialogue with utmost focus, and then... unexpectedly, her cheeks flushed slightly.

The dialogue script in his hand describes how, at the beginning, Taki Tachibana finds himself transported into a girl's body and does things like "rubbing her breasts" and "looking at her underwear," which he claims are "verifying the reality of the dream" but are actually acts of "perverting"!

Since the body used is that of the female protagonist "Mitsuha Miyamizu", the dialogue is naturally performed by Miyamizu's voice actress, Megumi Kato!

Original artwork: [Mitsuha Miyamizu clutches her chest with both hands, rubs it, and frowns.]

"Hmm?" Kato Megumi made a slight, questioning nasal sound, then emphasized it again: "Hmm?!"

Original artwork: [Mitsuha Miyamizu lowers her head, her hands moving continuously, unconsciously answering her sister's question at the door.]

"I'm thinking, this feels so real... Hey? Sister?"

Seeing the original artwork being projected, in which the character she voiced kept making "perverted" gestures, Kato Megumi's slightly rosy complexion became even more pronounced.

(Don't panic because of Baili Jun's ambiguous smile. You've practiced so many times, you can definitely do it!)

Silently encouraging herself, Kato Megumi ignored the faint smile on Baili Xiao's face not far away and focused all her attention on the script.

The original artwork was changed again, freezing on the image of Mitsuha Miyamizu standing in front of a mirror wearing lingerie.

"Huh? Huh?! Huh?!!!"

Chapter 0232 Idiot Honoka! (First Update)

Two hours later.

"Hoo..." Kato Megumi exhaled, feeling slightly dizzy, and took a half step back.

A warm hand pressed against her back, stopping her from retreating any further. Baili Xiao tilted her head and looked into her eyes, her gaze filled with worry: "Are you alright?"

"I never imagined that simple speaking (voice acting) would be so difficult. I underestimated it before." Kato Megumi shook her head and smiled. She didn't know much about anime and manga and originally thought that voice acting wouldn't be too tiring. But after her first attempt, she found that it was completely different from what she had imagined.

“Every industry has its own difficulties...but thanks to your hard work, this dubbing was a great success.”

Bai Lixiao straightened Kato Megumi's body—ordinary people are prone to "oxygen deprivation" after "heartfelt" dubbing—and looked towards Kasumigaoka Utaha outside the window, where the latter was smiling and giving the two of them a thumbs up.

"Very good, for a first-time voice actor."

As she flipped through the dialogue script in her hand, Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded gently: "Although there are still some areas that need improvement, Megumi has indeed captured the feeling that Miyamizu Mitsuha should have in the novel. At least... it has reached a level that satisfies me."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Baili Xiao, the meaning of which was self-evident—I, the original author, am satisfied, so, where is the planner, you?

"Do you still need to say it?"

Bai Lixiao shrugged helplessly—after all, he wasn't a professional voice actor, so he naturally couldn't tell whether it was "suitable" or not.

However, having seen the animated film "Your Name" in the previous world, he knew clearly that... compared to the voice acting of "Mitsuba Miyamizu" in his previous life, Kato Megumi's voice acting at this time was slightly inferior, but not far off.

It's not impossible to even surpass the level of our predecessors!

"Clap clap!" With a crisp clapping sound, Akane Akasaka put down her long, slender legs, which were tightly wrapped in black stockings, and stood up: "That concludes the first audition. We have enough time for Hyakusato-kun and Ame. I hope we can achieve an even better dubbing effect next time... The next one will be the final version, right?"

Standing next to her, Machida Sonoko scrolled through her phone, checking the "[Your Name] Release Plan": "The original animation is over 85% complete. Excluding submission and agreed-upon deadlines, the final deadline for voice acting is the end of September. Hyakuri-kun, can you finish it?"

Baili Xiao did not give a direct answer. Instead, he turned his gaze to Kato Megumi, who took a deep breath and clenched her fair hands behind her back into fists.

"I will work hard!"

...

"Hey? What did everyone do today?"

Dressed in cool sportswear with a half-damp towel around her neck, Nico Yazawa walked into the living room. The scene that had appeared in her mind, "everyone was busy with their own things, while Teacher Hyakusei was giving guidance to everyone," did not happen. Instead, what came into view was a uniquely desolate scene.

Scattered on the table were A4 sheets of paper covered in dense text; laptops were at various angles, some open, some closed; and countless water glasses held varying amounts of drinks and juices...

Everything seemed like "everyone was working one minute and then suddenly vanished the next second!"

"Could it be... that those superpower fans finally couldn't resist their desires and raided the studio?!"

Nico Yazawa took a step back in alarm, covering her mouth with her right hand in a delicate gesture, her pupils contracting sharply as she looked at the person beside her—only to be met with a gradually enlarging middle finger knuckle.

"Boom!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch...!"

Nishikino Maki tapped Nicole's forehead hard with her knuckles, ignoring the latter's groans and screams of pain as she clutched her forehead. She sighed softly, "I really don't understand what you're doing! Today's the audition day, are you still half asleep?"

(A sound check?)

While rubbing the spot where she had just been hit with her fingers, Nicole pondered the news about the "audience" in her mind. Her final conclusion was—"What the hell? Did they mention it?"—but... of course, she wouldn't show it.

"Ha, aha, I, of course I know, I was just testing whether you remembered..."

The words she forced herself to say did not receive a response from Nishikino Maki—to the latter, whether Nico was "taking a real test or a fake test" was irrelevant.

Ignoring Nico's increasingly twitching lips, Nishikino Maki walked to the self-service beverage machine, took out a dozen or so bottles of mineral water, put them in a bag, and handed them to Nico: "Let's go, the next phase of training is about to begin."

"Huh? Oh! Oh oh!... Hey? Why do I have to carry everything?!"

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My gaze shifted to the dance studio.

Umi Sonoda stretched her back by the window—to prevent her body, which had been heated up from training, from cooling down due to the air conditioning—while Honoka and Kotori wiped the sweat from their foreheads and chatted with lighthearted laughter.

"Hey, 'Your Name' is coming out soon! I can't wait to see the movie version of 'Your Name'!"

Honoka's eyes shone, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, forming the shape of "a cat's lips".

"Are you that excited? Xiaoguo must have already read all the light novels, right? You know the plot and everything, so it won't be interesting anymore, will it?"

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Minami Kotori, standing to the side, tilted her head with a wry smile, her smooth, flaxen hair falling to her shoulders as she moved—although she could freely flip through the plot of the second (final) volume of the novel in the studio, she had never done so before.

In her mind, the obsession that "animated films must be watched without knowing the plot in order to maintain the initial feeling" is deeply ingrained, to the point that "if anyone is discussing the plot of 'Your Name' Volume 2 during meals, she will silently put on her headphones to distract herself!"

That's why she was a little puzzled—why did Honoka seem even more excited about the upcoming plot after knowing what would happen next?

"Um..." Honoka froze, her breath catching in her throat for a second. Then she gave an awkward smile, fiddling with the orange hair near her earlobe and looking around, avoiding eye contact with Minami Kotori.

"Well...you know, I'm not a very good student...so, after reading just the second volume of the light novel, I can't even imagine what's going to happen in it...and I read it several days ago, so I've almost completely forgotten it..."

Honoka didn't lower her voice; her volume was loud enough for everyone in the dance studio to hear.

At this moment, whether it's Yue Zhengling instructing Koizumi Hanayo on singing techniques, Hoshizora Rin sitting attentively listening to her, or Tojo Nozomi and Ayase Eli discussing something in hushed tones...

Everyone paused, their eyes simultaneously turning to Honoka!