Right now, Iâm feeling intense regret.
Who said theyâre fine with horror games? I didnât sign up for this.
Earlier this noon, Yuuto and I browsed for games at a shop and bought the latest VR game from the R* franchise.
I put on my HMD (head-mounted display) and started recording a video while I played the game.
I also booted the software to record my movements in 3D, which I plan to add to the final edited video.
So far, so good. Special emphasis on so far.
[Ohh, this feels pretty realistic!]
At first, I was still enjoying myself.
The game has high-quality graphics that keeps me engaged.
The zombies havenât shown up yet, so I can fully immerse myself in the virtual world.
[The ground textures look so realisticâ¦]
This latest game is made with serious attention to detail in VR, and apparently, it even supports VR gloves that let you feel like youâre actually holding objects.
They havenât quite figured out how to make your feet feel anything yet, but itâs something to look forward to.
Still, I feel a gun in my hand, even when Iâm not really holding one in real life.
Iâm oozing with excitement.
[Woah, this is so cool! Iâm holding a gun!!! It even feels like Iâm holding a gun!!! Woahhh!!! Though it does feel a little light, so the realistic factor isnât quite there yet.]
And then the moment of destiny arrived.
When my character entered a suspicious alley, there was a zombie there.
Not only could you see realistic internal organs, but the muscle pulsations were also well recreated.
Above all, the voice is repulsive.
Since itâs VR, the sound is recorded in binaural stereo, giving it a 3D effect.
I like horror games, but I hate gore.
In other wordsâ¦
[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Ewewewewew, gross! Donât come over here!!! Die!!! Why?! I already shot you! I shot you so many times!!!]
In reality, Iâm panicking so hard I can barely land a hit on the enemy.
[No, donât come near me! Ahhhhhhhhh! The sound!!! Something just went squish! Donât come! Please!!!! Ahh!!! Out of ammo?! How can this be?! Take that! That! That, that, and that!!! Why wonât you die?! Itâs metal, you know?! Didnât I tell you not to come this way?!]
Itâs useless. I hate gore.
As I experience a panic-induced ammo shortage, I start whacking my enemy with the gun itself.
But mercilessly, the enemy wonât die.
[Ahâ¦]
The enemy comes right in front of me.
[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I HATE YOU, ***!!!!!]
I died while cursing Yuuto, who strongly recommended this game.
Of course, his name will be bleeped out in post-production.
The Game Over screen appeared, and I stood there frozen for a while.
I was in a semi-conscious state for several seconds before finally coming to my senses again.
[â¦Ah, Iâm alive.]
My hands are trembling.
I never thought the zombie would be that gruesome; I found myself shedding genuine tears.
[âIâm good with horror gamesâªâ my butt⦠that was so scaryâ¦]
At the same time, I felt anger rising from within me.
[Iâll definitely beat them. Iâll make them regret scaring me like that!!!]
From then on, I HSâd (headshot) every enemy that appeared.
Whenever a zombie popped up, I would mutter to myself, [Thatâs just CG. Thatâs just CG.]
Before I knew it, I had been playing for three hours, and it was already late, so I decided to stop playing and recording.
âI donât have the energy to cook tonight, so Iâll just make something easyâ¦â
The mental damage was too much for me, so I settled for rice and some frozen side dishes.
After quickly eating, I started editing my video.
I was about to take a bath when I noticed that my favorite VTuber was streaming late at night for the first time in a while, so I decided to watch it in the tub.
âFuwari Ukigumoâs Live Streamâ
On the screen is a person dressed in a white and blue traditional Japanese outfit.
This person is none other than Fuwari Ukigumo, one of the most popular members of the large VTuber agency Imananjiâs 7th wave.
It seems like sheâs doing a zatsudan stream today, and the stream starts with her usual greetings.
âKon-fuwarin, everyone!â
kon-fuwarinnn
good eveningg
ive been waiting
you seem to be in a good mood today
Yeah, Fuwa-chan, did something good happen?
âOhhh, you can telllll?~â
your voice is so high, so I can tell
it felt a little off at first
i couldnât even tellâ¦
no, im sure anyone could
So, what happened?
âHehehe, well, actually, I found a reaaaally cute person todayyy.â
you really like your lolis and shotas, huh, fuwa-chan
What kind of person were they?
loli is the best
nothing beats shotas, duh
Fighting is bad, theyâre both good
âYeahhh, you shouldnât fighttt.â
oops, sorry about that.
im sorry tooâ¦
good
good
Good of you to make up
âSo, thereâs this kid, righttt? And theyâre like, sooo my typeee. Good-looking, cute voice, and a liiiittle bit boyish, toooo. And then, I got to huuuug them, but only because they tripped and were about to falllâ¦â
yikes, saving the person aside, if she were the opposite sex, sheâd be in big trouble
id be stoked
are they an effeminate guy or just boyish?
im curious!
âI honestly couldnât telllll. But if I see them again, I wanna give them a biiiiig olâ hugâ¦â
fuwa-chan is in the clouds again.
speaking of effeminate men, wasnât there a new VTuber whoâs suspected of being one? an indie, if i recall
for real?
Someone knows a lot
weâre listening
âSpill the tea.â
character!!!
sheâs not elongating her words???????
shes already way too invested in thisâ¦
huh? are you sure? but isnt it against VTuber etiquette to name-drop other streamers during your own stream?
âI donât care, just spill the tea already.â
fuwa-chan!!! youre breaking character!!!
snap out of it, fuwa-chan!!!
you shouldnât go any further than this!
eh.. (confused) oh well. i think the VTuberâs name was Yuka Shirahime or something
âYuka Shirahime⦠let me look that up real quick.â
anddd shes already looking it up lol
Well, that escalated quickly
ive never heard of them before, so ill check too
idk them either
âHuh? Isnât her model pretty high-quality?â
dis some high-quality stuff indeed
pretty amazing for an indie. i wonder how much she spent on it
Ohh, her character design is great too.
huh? havenât I seen this art style somewhere before?
âThe artist is Yuru Kakizaki⦠Wait, you mean the Kakizaki-sensei?â
so you know her
ah!!! itâs Kakizaki-sensei!
their art style is good, but they havenât been doing much lately. did they step up their game?
âOhhh, it looks pretty gooood.â
back to normal, are we?
Welcome back fuwa-chan
fuwa-chanâs back
âAnd play.â
[Hey there, onii-chans and onee-chans watching this video for the first time! My name is Yuka Shirahime, and Iâve decided to become a VTuber starting today!]
aw how cute
she has a nice voice
mb I should subscribe to her channel
maybe I should too
âEh-â
whats wrong
hm? did smth happen?
âHuh? Is that even possible?â
?????????
whats going on dattebayo
(blindfolded) i see
fuwa-chanâs back to her unfiltered self again lmao
âUmm⦠this is just a guess, but that kid I said was genderless earlier? â¦Her voice sounds similar⦠Is she faking it a bit? Maybe⦠theyâre the same personâ¦?â
ha?
this isnât a fictional world
thatâs too much of a stretch
would be funny if it were true
âHey, do you guys mind if I watch her archived debut stream right now?â
go ahead
i donât mind!
sâfine.
fuwa-chanâs showing off some mysterious power, lol
After finishing the one-hour-long archived stream and the cooking videos, Fuwari Ukigumo was convinced.
âGuys, Iâm telling you, sheâs definitely the same person I met today. Especially her arms in her cooking videos match perfectly.
In fact, that girl looks way too young for her ageâ¦Seriously? 17? â
are you serious?
truth is stranger than fiction, eh
is she really that baby-faced?
I wanna see tooâ¦
Sameâ¦
âAhem.â
oh?
ah⦠(sensed it
itâs time (for sure
âIâm sorry for suddenly getting carried awaaay. I know this was supposed to be a zatsu streammm⦠Iâm sorry it turned out like thisss.â
issok
dwbi
theres always next time so dw
its not everyday we get to see no-filter fuwa-chan, so it was fun
âItâs getting late, but Iâll work towards a collab with this Yuka, so stay tunedddd.â
Srsly
sheâs locked on her lol
fuwa-chanâs drive is amazing when she finds out someone is a legal loli or shota lol
âWell then, otsu-fuwarinnn!â
otsu-fuwarinnn!
otsu-fuwarin
otsu-fuwarinnnn!!!
otsu-fuwarinn!
===The live stream has ended.===
As a result of Fuwari Ukigumoâs live stream, Yuka Shirahimeâs subscriber count exceeded 1000, but she didnât find out until the following day.
Yuki During that Time
âSchwartz the Glintzâs streams are as informative as alwaysâ¦â
And thatâs how the new character Fuwari Ukigumo was introduced!
What will happen to Yuki-kun, who unfortunately couldnât be there?!