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Catch anything,
Ichigo Saitou-san?
Tch. Not you again.
I'm no agency president anymore.
What's the problem?
You saw Ai as a daughter, and now her daughter's coming to see you.
I know you're delighted deep down.
I'm telling you to leave me alone.
You're not getting away.
After all, you were the one closest to Mom,
which means you're the one closest to the truth.
I'm not letting you get away until I find out who killed her.
Tell me who my father is.
Like I keep saying, I don't know.
If I knew, I would've killed him myself.
Then give me the contact details of everyone who was involved with her!
Hell no!
I know you'd just go pester every one of them!
Even the bottom-feeders of sixteen years ago will be big shots now.
If you go and get on their bad side, who d'you think'll face the brunt of it?
You know it's Miyako who's running Strawberry Productions now.
I'm starting to become a big name myself, okay?
Yeah, right. Compared to other underground idols, maybe.
You're so unknown that if you got caught underage drinking,
not even the sleaziest tabloids would bother covering it.
Then will you introduce me once I'm more popular?
If I become a big enough name that they want to see me,
you'll introduce us, right?
Sure.
Remember that. It's a promise.
Okay, now teach me how to promote myself.
Use your own brain for once.
You used my idea last time, too.
Oh, right! I did what you said, and I landed the reporter gig!
On Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible?!
Way to go! That show has a lot of industry eyeballs on it!
If you make your mark, you'll land more gigs...
What?
You know, I trust your skills. You once ran a talent agency.
B-Komachi went from a no-name idol group to almost performing at the Tokyo Dome.
And I don't think it was just Mom who took them there.
Tell me. What do I have to do to become a bigger name?
You won't get anywhere if you don't perform when called upon.
Make your character stand out on the show.
Ruby here, reporting from the scene!
I'm coming to you live today!
Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible!!
Aqua Hoshino
Oosako
Yagi
Yay! Are you seeing this, bro?
Take a look at Aqua, for example.
Stop putting my sister on the show.
I see enough of her at home already.
Aqua Hoshino
Oosako
Yagi
He's playing up his toxic, cool-guy character.
Whenever anybody says something stupid,
put him on the spot, and he'll cut them down to size.
Emcee Sawa
If the others are aware of that, they'll make sure those lines go to him.
Having a clearly defined character is vital in variety talk shows.
My character...
Would that be "cute, clever, and considerate"?
Try "dumb, disrespectful, and defiant."
Lean into that more.
Make everything you say and do seem stupid.
Put your all into playing the clown.
Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible!!
Performer Survey
What do you believe this show needs most right now?
Tell us about something fun that happened in your life recently.
The surveys they do can play a big role in that.
Don't even think about writing something run-of-the-mill.
It's okay to embellish a bit.
Just make sure you give them some absurdly stupid anecdotes.
Ruby, you look like you've got it all figured out.
Have you made any silly mistakes lately?
There it is.
Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible!!
"Silly mistakes"? Not at all.
Oh...
I did almost set my home on fire the other day.
Huh? How'd you manage that?
I heard my friend got into making soap, and I wanted to give it a shot, too.
So I tried to boil hand soap in a pot.
Girl, you got issues.
It burned like crazy, and the fire alarm went off!
The whole apartment was filled with smoke!
Yeah, well, I'm not surprised! Why'd you think that was a good idea?!
I mean, hand soap is basically soap dissolved in water.
I figured if I boiled off the water, I'd have soap.
Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible!!
Okay, you must be stupid.
Aqua Hoshino
Oosako
Yagi
Mizuno
Please don't try this at home.
Who, me?
Isn't that about the time you put detergent in the pot instead of oil?
You embellished that so much, it became a totally different story.
Are you dumb? Are you?
I'm not, okay?!
Aqua's sharp tongue might come in handy right now.
Dig Deep! Chase the Impawsible!!
Do you think I'm stupid too, Onii-chan?
Obviously.
The fact that we share the same genes makes it hard to sleep at night.
You meanie!
Okay, yeah, she's way too good at this.
Somebody's telling her what to do.
I see. So Ruby-chan can play that kind of character.
I can pitch ideas that make better use of it.
There's one more important thing.
Be nice to assistant directors.
They'll be directors in the future.
If you wanna make it big, you need to be calculating.
Yoshizumi-san!
Another scorcher today, huh, Yoshizumi-san?
Have some tea, Yoshizumi-san!
Oy Ocha
How do you spend your days off, Yoshizumi-san?
Ruby-chan's really been buttering me up lately.
But why? Why would a rookie idol new to TV butter up an AD?
Could it be... I'm her type?
She's into my gloomy, immoral look?!
Are you getting enough sleep, Yoshizumi-san?
You always look so worn out that it's worrying.
Huh? Uh, do I?
Is it true that ADs line up chairs and nap every chance they get?
Oh, uh, it might've been true in the old days.
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But these days, just like in other companies,
we get yelled at by HR if we do overtime.
The rules have gotten a lot stricter.
Huh?
Really doesn't look like it to me.
Well, this team has a lot of old-fashioned industry vets.
Yoshizumi!
I told you to finish the captions for the report segment by the top of the hour!
I upped them just now!
Took you long enough! You know I'm the one who has to edit that!
I'm sorry!
And how're we on perms for covering restaurants that turn down all media?
They all turned us down!
You fool!
Getting them to agree is your job!
If you can't do that, then quit!
It's guys like you who drag the rest of us down!
Do you get that?!
I'm sorry... I'm sorry!
Oh, that'll be Director Urushibara from the production company.
"Production company"?
The station's creative teams can't do everything,
so production staff from external companies often help out with shows.
Urushibara's a director from one of those.
Are directors important?
You really don't know anything, huh?
Variety talk shows like this usually divide the work among four teams or units.
Variety Show Staff Responsibilities Writers -> Pitch ideas, write scripts Researchers -> Do background research \h\h\h\h(mostly interns) Creative Director -> Manages overall creative for the show Producer -> Person in charge / Manages budget \h\h\h\h/ QCs final product Assistant Producer -> Handles casting and \h\h\h\hprovides misc. support Unit Directors -> Produce and edit episodes \h\h\h\hthey're in charge of Chief Assistant Directors -> Manage schedule Assistant Directors -> Errand boys
Several units work under the producer and creative director.
A director leads his unit, and ADs help him out.
Huh... I thought the same team made the show every time.
Director Urushibara used to work for a flagship TV station,
but he got himself in trouble and wound up fired.
I hear he moved to his current production company after that.
Ah.
Even now, one of his ADs had to go on break,
leaving just one to handle all the duties.
I see.
I'm surprised you're asking about the crew.
What brought this on?
I just thought I should be a good professional, is all.
Shouldn't you be happy about that, Onii-chan?
I guess you're right.
An AD's job is very simple.
We do everything we're told to do.
We go location scouting, research stories and topics,
get onlookers to leave,
pretend to be cameramen,
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get forced to help the directors out,
arrange for extras, on-site lunches, and transportation,
make copies, make coffee, and carry stuff.
If they tell us to, we even clean bathrooms.
Even when I get home,
I do overtime in secret.
The youth don't watch much TV these days.
Production budgets are less than half of what they used to be,
and though we have fewer staff,
shooting three or four episodes in a row is the new standard.
Yoshizumi, we've confirmed the next Digging Deep segment.
We'll be covering cosplayers.
Right... Summer Comiket is coming up.
You know that anime that's all the rage right now?
Tokyo Gray? Tokyo Clone?
You mean Tokyo Blade?
Yeah, that.
If we get people to cosplay that, it'll look good.
What about copyright?
If we're making people cosplay it for us, we'll probably need to get permission.
Yeah, I'll talk to the anime department for us.
It'll be fine. Tokyo Blade streams on the site's anime channel anyway.
Okay, I'll put together a list of cosplayers who accept media interviews.
Just so you know, regular cosplayers won't cut it.
Our show streams online, so use that advantage.
Nobody wants to see amateurs droning on about their love for the franchise.
Hit up cosplayers who show skin online to rack up membership income,
or ones who make money by selling their own DVDs.
Get me people we can get some spicy details from.
All these cosplayers are thirsty for validation.
This'll get their names out there.
Just go around sending DMs on Twitter, and we'll get ten on board in no time.
Ten...?
I'm terribly sorry!
I'm part of a Blue Summer group cosplay for this year's Summer Comiket.
I won't be cosplaying Tokyo Blade...
I won't be cosplaying Tokyo Blade.
Our circle is a purely hobbyist cosplay group, and many of our members are working adults who don't want to appear on TV...
Our circle is a purely hobbyist cosplay group,
and many of our members are working adults who don't want to appear on TV.
I shop my photos like crazy. I don't look like this IRL lmao.
I'll have to pass this time >_<
I shop my photos like crazy. I don't look like this IRL, lmao.
I'll have to pass this time! >_<
"Get ten on board in no time"? Are you kidding me?
The cosplay community is full of people who wouldn't touch TV with a ten-foot pole.
And Summer Comiket is next week...
I don't think I'm gonna get any sleep tonight, either.
That's one gloomy face.
What's the matter? Did you get stuck with another tough job?
Is there anything I can help with?
Oh, uh...
Well...
You wouldn't happen to cosplay, would you, Ruby-chan?
I should've brought an umbrella.
Aqua-kun.
What's this? You came to pick me up?
I mean, it's raining.
And you told me you were filming close to my place, so I thought why not.
Oho? Mmm?
What?
Nothing.
Under one umbrella, 'ella, 'ella.
Wait, I brought one for you.
Don't want it!
Sheesh.
I knew...
I knew that Aqua-kun was attracted to Kana-chan.
I realized it ages ago.
The reason he decided to go out with me and not her
is probably not very nice to think about, so I try not to.
And honestly, I don't really care that much.
Because he's really good to me, and that's all that matters.
He's always thinking of me, and he never leaves me on read.
On rainy days, he comes to pick me up with an umbrella.
He's being a great boyfriend.
Personally, that's all I really need.
Wishing for more would just be greedy.
I hear he hasn't met Kana-chan in ages, and he's even gone no-contact with her.
It's so overkill that it shows how much she's on his mind, which annoys me a bit.
But I can see it as part of his process for sorting out his feelings.
It tells me how genuine he's trying to be with me,
so I can live with it.
Kurokawa
What time do you start tomorrow?
I have to be at the Fuchu studio at 9 AM.
Oh, that's pretty early.
Take a bath and go straight to bed tonight.
I will. Thanks, Aqua-kun.
Bye.
I was supposed to be a fake girlfriend from a reality show.
But Aqua-kun the liar is doing his best not to lie to me now.
That makes me happy.
I don't hate the idea of gradually turning lies to truth.
But...
If he cheats on me with some other girl,
he's a dead man.
I know you're a chick magnet and you like it, okay?
Pout... pout...
I've got my eyes on you!
Me? Appear as a cosplayer?
Dig Deep's doing a story on cosplayers,
but they're having a hard time getting people to appear.
You said you were interested in the show, so I thought I'd ask.
Listen 'ere...
Sure, I do wear costumes for mag shoots at times,
but I do it as a pin-up model.
I've never worn costumes at events'n stuff.
Profilin' me as a cosplayer feels like a lie, no?
A lie, huh?
I guess so.
But hey.
It's still a TV job, you know? Wouldn't turning it down be a waste?
You've got an established character, and I think you'd shine onscreen!
I hear Dig Deep has a great writing team and has lots of industry eyeballs on it!
If this goes well, it might land you more gigs!
Well, you've got a point there.
Of course, it's only if you wanna do it.
I'll be there as the cosplay reporter,
and I just think it'd be cool to work with you.
Lemme check with my manager.
Sure!
I have been stuck doing pin-up shoots and not branchin' out much lately.
So this is a good opportunity.
But cosplay's a fragile world that depends on rightsholders turnin' a blind eye.
No Pairing Shots
It's got a lot of community rules and etiquette to follow.
No Low-Angle Shots
No Street
Photography
Plug Gun Muzzles
No Long Props
Skin-Colored Tights
Required
No Unedited Photos
No Uploading
to Social Media
This might get messy if I ain't careful.
I always thought Ruby hated fake-y stuff like this more than anybody.
I hope the dirty business world hasn't started to change her.
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Today Thank you so much for getting in touch! However, I don't have a Tokyo Blade costume ready for this year's Summer Comiket, and I'm not especially keen on appearing on TV right now, either. I'm afraid I'll have to turn you down this time. I'm very sorry!
Another rejection.
There's gotta be someone good out there.
Nii-chan, do you have a Type-C cable?
Hopefully one that's Thunderbolt certified.
Yeah.
What's it for?
I wanna see if I can make my 3D model move using VR.
Huh?
Mimi, I need your help.
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What?!
N-No way! I'm not going on TV!
I-I only cosplay at home, and I edit my pics a lot!
Please! Your cosplay account's got a bunch of followers!
I think the director will be fine with it!
Wha?!
Besides, did you forget what I do?
My voice would give me away!
Mimi Yoshizumi, my little sister, is a cosplayer and VTuber.
VTubers are people who use 3DCG or Live2D technology
to sync their motion-tracked bodies to virtual avatars,
which they then use to stream online.
Major VTuber agencies have gone on to cross 200 billion in market cap.
Valuation Measures Market Cap: Shares Issued: Dividend Yield (Projected): Dividend Per Share (Projected): Price to Earnings Ratio (Projected):
\h 205,472,000,000 yen 65,630,400 1.85% 65.00 yen 34.40
They're making waves in the metaverse market, too.
It's a glamorous industry at a glance...
but the movement has reached maturity.
There are over 10,000 VTubers at the moment.
The market is clearly saturated.
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Mimi's VTuber name is Suzune Komimi. She has over 300K subscribers.
I got worried about my sister, who was a shut-in doing cosplay streams,
so I told her to give VTubing, which was just getting popular back then, a shot.
Three years have passed with me acting as her manager,
and now she does gaming streams pretty much every day.
I know your old cosplay account is still active!
Nekomimi
Good Morning China Dress <3
Nekomimi
I'll make this another purr-fect day <3
You upload home cosplay pics every now and then!
How do you know that?!
How could I not? I'm your big brother.
You even cosplayed Tsurugi, right?
I've seen how much you bitch about me on here,
but if you go on the show, I'll forget about all of it.
Th-That's so unfair.
How's it going? Did you get enough cosplayers?
Uh, somehow.
Minami Kotobuki-san's agency gave us the go-ahead, too.
We'll be okay, I think.
Yeah? Glad to hear it.
Who'll I be cosplaying as on the day?
A Tokyo Blade side character.
Oh, wow!
Getting perms for that must've been a hassle.
I guess?
I don't handle that stuff, though.
My brother was saying...
Tokyo Blade is notoriously hard to get perms for.
Abiko-sensei, the creator, is really difficult to please,
so her editor turns down most requests.
Huh... Really?
I'd better check, just in case.
Here's a list of the cosplayers we'll be interviewing tomorrow.
Ooh.
This one's cute.
Oh, she's from Kureha's agency. No wonder she's stacked.
I like this one, too.
Yoshizumi? She has the same last name as you.
So, uh... I just want to confirm one last time.
Are we good to go with the Tokyo Blade cosplays tomorrow?
Do we have the green light?
Actually, I dunno.
Huh?
Hang on a sec.
Urushibara here. Sorry for calling out of the blue.
It's about the Tokyo Blade perms we talked about.
Right.
Oh, is that so? Got it!
Yes, we'll be okay. Goodbye.
Yeah, we didn't get perms.
H-Hey, that changes everything!
I've asked all the cosplayers to wear Tokyo Blade costumes!
Just have them wear something else!
At the last second?
And I told you I'd ask for perms but to have a backup plan just in case!
He never said that!
Anyway, contact the cosplayers.
Have them wear original or free-to-use costumes.
Ask them to make it like Tokyo Blade but slightly different.
Okay?
What the heck? Bit late for that, don't you think?
We don't have a choice.
I'm sending apologies left and right now...
What do we do about Ruby-chan's costume?!
There's no way we can make a new costume now, okay?
But I can't put a cast member in just any costume!
Oh, for crying out loud.
I have some free-size costumes! Use those!
How tall is she?
Sorry! You're a lifesaver!
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