Chapter 316. [Tracking Studio]

“Uh, uuh… hic”

“Oh, Oh… well, you’re doing okay?”

“Yeah…”

Angu Ogu comforts me with kind words as I hang my head.

I grumble while taking off my clothes.

“They said I seemed unmotivated, but it’s not like I skipped practice or anything.”

“That person is quite strict, you know. But I was surprised. After we greeted the other VTubers and came to the booth, a Spartan lesson started for some reason, and Iroha was half in tears.”

“D-don’t say that!”

A scolding as an adult really hit hard.

Especially since I never heard such things when I was monotonously reading lines due to the cheat! It’s unfair!

“I think what Iroha-chan lacks is~ that! Atmosphere!”

“No, even I can read the room better than Ah-nee?”

“Probably, Ah-nee means lung capacity.”

“Yes, that’s it!”

“Even if you say that…”

Say it to this body, not me.

“Not growing at all…” is more what I want to say!

“By the way… just to confirm… who were the VTubers that came?”

“Oh, it was a VTuber group from another company. They were recording for an international event too.”

“Oh, I see~?”

“It was our first time meeting directly, but they were really nice kids. We had collaborated with them before…”

“Ah, you don’t need to say more!”

“Geez. Do you want to know or not?”

“I want to know, but I don’t want to know!”

“So, both? What a troublesome personality, as usual.”

“By the way~”

Ah-nee opened her mouth.

“Why are you two changing at the corner~?”

Angu Ogu and I both jumped in surprise.

We hadn’t even danced yet, but sweat was dripping from our foreheads.

We were in the middle of changing in the dressing room.

We finished the song recording, so now it’s time for dance recording.

“W-w-what do you mean!?”

“N-n-nothing! Ah-nee, you’re imagining things!”

“Really~?”

Angu Oou stood in front of me, blocking Ah-nee’s view of my bare skin.

I hurriedly tried to cover it up.

“Y-yeah! We don’t want to keep you waiting, so let’s hurry up and change!”

I quickly put on the motion capture suit, hiding behind Angu Ogu.

Later, markers for tracking would be placed on various joints, but for now, it was just a full-body black tights suit.

So, unless you’re into [full-body tights], please imagine beautiful girls sweating in T-shirts and shorts.

Actually, lessons are like that, so it’s not entirely fiction!

“Hmm. I still feel like you two are hiding something~”

Avoiding Ah-nee’s gaze, we quickly headed to the tracking studio.

***

“Wow, it’s my first time here, but this studio is impressive~. Studio, big! Amazing!”

As soon as we entered the tracking studio, Ah-nee exclaimed.

Seeing that, the dance instructor laughed, “Haha!”

«Anego-san is energetic! But your agency’s studio is even better. I heard a new building was built recently?»

«Oh, that. I’ve been there a few times for recording, but it’s too big to feel comfortable.»

«You guys even signed the walls of the building, right? So, it’s really amazing?»

«Oh? Iroha hasn’t been there yet?»

«No. I avoid it because I might run into my favorite VTuber.»

«Yeah, that could happen.»

«Right? The new studio has 200 cameras, each costing 9 million yen, right? So… that’s 2 billion yen just for the cameras! As expected of the top agency.»

Thanks to that, they can 3D-track many people at once with high precision and move around in a large space.

Expanding the possibilities of VTubers… they can take all our superchats for that!

«Okay, Anego-san, stand there. Don’t move.»

“Ah-nee, if you don’t stay still, the position alignment will never finish. We still have our turn.”

The staff attached markers and other equipment to Ah-nee’s suit and guided her to the center of the shooting area surrounded by cameras.

She was taking a T-pose but was restless.

«Okay, you’re good. Next, we’ll align the joints…»

Ah-nee followed the instructed movements in order, adjusting the range of motion for the joints.

It looked almost like she was doing exercises.

Next was Angu Ogu, and finally me… each of us did the same thing in turn.

Finally, we were ready.

“I’m not good at this. It’s always so troublesome! I wish we could do it without this.”

“I kind of understand that feeling.”

However, a few VTubers are said to have ‘people inside them’.

For those, such work becomes even more crucial due to height differences between the avatar and the person.

Of course… VTubers usually don’t have anyone inside!

They’re just being filmed by cameras!

Anyway, this field and technology are still developing.

It will grow more and more from here.

«Okay, everyone, line up. Let’s confirm the positions and choreography. One-two, one-two!»

So, the dance recording began.