I became a girl group idol for my sister.

Is this the Star of Akihabara?

Are these the girls who weren't considered pretty and whom I looked down on at school?

At that moment, a strange excitement welled up inside me.

"I'm telling you, Uraya-kun, but don't tell anyone!" Perhaps because of the pressure of the secret weighing on her heart, or perhaps because the matter itself was a huge burden, the girl called Hiroko leaned close to Uraya's ear and whispered her secret. "Actually, I'm planning to participate in the Akihabara Star Graduate Student Audition this year."

Although the girl's tone was gentle, just like her usual self, it was also firm, and her expression showed no sign of joking. Pu Shan couldn't help but look at the girl, and looking at her face, his heart raced.

The girl, determined to pursue her dreams, seemed even more attractive to him than usual!

"Go for it, I believe in you, Hiroko!"

Pu Shan smiled with excitement, cheering for the girl. However, when the girl heard his encouragement, she only smiled back, but the smile seemed a little unnatural.

"Actually, I participated in the selection process last time, but I didn't get selected. This time, I plan to try one last time. If I don't succeed, I will try my best to get into university."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Pu Shan with some envy. Looking at his face, which looked like a woman's, and his skin looked very good and tender.

"If I had a face or skin like Urakuyama-kun's, my chances would be much better..."

She spoke softly, sounding very insecure.

Pu Shan didn't know what to say. His face looked like a girl's, his body looked like a girl's, and even his voice sounded rather androgynous, which was usually the most painful thing for him.

But at this moment, this became something that the girl he liked envied.

If only I could help her.

This thought arose in Urayama Minoru's mind.

As the weekend ended, on Monday when he went to school, Minoru Urayama was shocked to see that Hiroko had cut her long hair.

"Looks like you've broken up. Now you have a chance, why don't you give it a try?"

His mischievous friend nudged Urayama Minoru with his elbow, urging him to confess his feelings, but Urayama Minoru had no time to think about such things at the moment.

Hiroko wasn't in a relationship; she was just working hard to become an idol.

Girls with long hair always cherish it, but Hiroko actually cut off her long hair, which represents her determination to face the graduate school selection this time!

There was no smile on her face, and she looked extremely depressed. Seeing this, Urayama felt a pang of heartache. Was there anything he could do?

It should work. It can at least help her build self-confidence, which she is currently feeling insecure about and lacked confidence during the selection process.

If I could be there at the audition, encourage her, and help her relieve her stress, then with Hiroko's talent, being selected would be a relatively easy thing...

But I'm a guy, how am I supposed to get to the audition?

Several ideas flashed through Urayama Minoru's mind, and then a whimsical idea popped into his head.

Urayama Minoru, male, 16 years old, a second-year high school student.

He decides to disguise himself as a girl to infiltrate the Akihabara no Hoshi graduate student selection, and then cheer for the girl he loves on site!

"Great, it's done!"

With the staff saying "Thank you for your hard work," Miyamoto Sei and Nagasu Miyu breathed a sigh of relief. They had just been doing voice acting for the new anime, not only dubbing the spoken lines but also the protagonist's inner thoughts, since this wasn't a manga.

"Thank you for your hard work." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu said to the group from the side. He voiced Uraya Minoru's bad friend, and he also showed a surprised look at Miyamoto Sei's voice acting: "It's really amazing, Miyamoto-san. You can really feel a man's voice in it!"

“I’ve practiced quite a bit, especially in male voice acting, but unfortunately this is my limit.” Miyamoto Se showed a slightly embarrassed expression: “Mr. Matsuoka, on the other hand, is really amazing at voice acting. Maybe we’ll see Mr. Matsuoka voice a lead role in an anime soon.”

"Just call me Matsuoka. I still need to practice more. This is a rare opportunity."

As Matsuoka Yoshitsugu spoke, he tried his best to keep his distance from Miyamoto Sei, and unless absolutely necessary, he made a concerted effort to keep his distance from all women.

Among them, the one who is clearly the furthest away from Miyamoto Sei, Komatsu Mika, and Nagasu Miyu is the one who is the furthest away from them.

Clearly, this is no longer just a matter of gynophobia. There must be other reasons behind deliberately keeping a greater distance from the three of them.

"Why is Matsuoka-kun so far away?" Out of curiosity, Miyamoto Sei asked directly.

He blinked, a gentle smile on his face, and just looked at the other person.

"That's because...because I'm helpless against women!" Matsuoka Yoshitsugu quickly explained, stammering slightly, clearly very nervous: "If anything goes wrong because of me, my personal reasons, I'm truly sorry!"

"No, no, I guessed that Matsuoka-kun is a bit afraid of women, but I feel that the distance between him and me, not just me, but also Miyu-chan and Mika-chan, is much greater."

Miyamoto said with a smile, finding it very amusing to see the other person's tense expression.

"This is because..." After hesitating for a moment, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu said softly, "Because you are idols, and female idols at that. It wouldn't be appropriate to just get close to you casually..."

This reason stunned Miyamoto Sei, but then a flash of inspiration struck him, and he immediately understood what the other party meant.

"Matsuoka-kun means the no-dating rule?"

"Yes, I've heard that if fans see their idol with other people of the opposite sex, it can cause a bad reaction, so it's better to keep a distance."

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu nodded, slightly relieved. His explanation hadn't caused any misunderstanding, and the other party understood the matter well, which made him feel that the pressure he had felt because of the other party's question had suddenly disappeared.

"That's not the case. After all, we're all staff members, and it's natural for staff members to have normal contact with each other. Fans wouldn't make such a fuss, so just relax, Matsuoka-kun!"

Miyamoto smiled and gave a thumbs-up.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu couldn't help but admire the other person. As expected of an idol, he could talk so familiarly even though they had only met for a short time. It's true that idols are very good at social skills!

Meanwhile, Miyu Nagayasu, who had just finished dubbing, huddled to the side, holding a manuscript in her hand, her face slightly flushed.

"Miyu-chan, what's wrong?" Miyamoto asked as she walked over.

"N-nothing, I was just looking at the manuscript!" Miyu Nagayasu quickly replied.

Miyamoto Senami was flustered, but she didn't seem to intend to talk to me, so I didn't ask any more questions. However, I still said, "Tell me if you have any questions!"

"Okay, Nana-chan, don't worry!" Miyu smiled and nodded to Miyamoto Sei. Seeing that the other party was indeed fine, Miyamoto Sei then went to another place with peace of mind.

That's Mika Komatsu, who isn't doing voice acting today.

She was still diligently studying the script, preparing for her next voice-over performance.

Watching Miyamoto Sei leave, Nagasu Miyu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the manuscript again.

Her mind was filled with the scene from the dubbing session.

The plot about Nana-chan liking me felt strange when I watched it last time, and it felt even stranger when I was doing the voice acting today!

When I hear Nana-chan's lines about her inner thoughts, I feel like my heart is about to jump out of my chest!

And am I getting too caught up in it? The nervousness and pressure of planning to participate in the audition one last time, that feeling...

Miyu Nagaan took a deep breath and silently recalled the feeling she had just experienced. She knew that this part of the story overlapped with her own experience when she was auditioning, which made her feel a real sense of empathy when she was dubbing this part.

However, when I heard the character voiced by Nana Miyamoto say that she would support me from behind, I inexplicably felt courage and almost killed off my panic.

As expected, Nana-chan is my strongest support. No, not just support, but the figure standing in front of me, shielding me from everything!

Thank you so much, Nana-chan! You're practically my idol now!

Miyu Nagasu thought to herself silently, a slight smile appearing on her face.

Outside, the few people watching the recording, namely Shinichiro Watanabe and Mai Yoneyama, were discussing the dubbing effect.

"Leaving aside the voice actors, the dubbing of Miyamoto and Eian is superb. Their voices are full of emotion, as if these things really happened." Shinichiro Watanabe said with great emotion, "It's hard to imagine that this is their first real dubbing experience."

"Perhaps it's because they are idols themselves. The plot content may overlap with their experiences, especially for Yong'an. As for Ms. Miyamoto, you can see one thing from her stage performances, movie performances, and voice acting: she is best at bringing emotions into all her actions."

As she spoke, Mai Yoneyama drew a few more strokes on her tablet.

At this point, Mai Yoneyama suddenly asked, "By the way, what about the voice actors for the Akihabara Stars who only appeared once or twice?"

"Of course, these will be dubbed by the idols, it's like a friendly cameo. SKR said they will make arrangements, and they will have a few people who have lines before come to do the dubbing. In order to make sure that the idols can deliver the appropriate performance, Ms. Tenbei said she will arrange some small surprises, and told us to wait."

"Accident?"

“Just secretly film it, recreate the events in the story in real life, and then record the sound.” Shinichiro Watanabe laughed: “As expected of Amagai-sensei, he has incorporated prank techniques into the voice acting. I just wonder if the girls who are discovered to be pranksters will bury the pranksters.”

As Watanabe Shinichiro spoke, he looked at Miyamoto Sei, who was still talking to Komatsu Mika.

"Let's look forward to it and see what kind of voice-over content Amagai-sensei will send. After all, the animation and other tasks will have to be allocated based on the time allotted for the voice-over."

Chapter 54 Miyamoto Sei's New Plan

Inside Risa Amagai's office sat Sakurako Naoki.

"Did the teacher call me here for this prank project?" Naoki Sakurako looked at the document that Amagai Risa handed her, quickly glanced at its contents, and asked with some surprise.

"Have a woman disguised as a man enter the dressing room, then escape while causing chaos, but I'll need to help catch her?"

“Well, just do whatever you want, as long as you don’t know she’s a man,” Tambi Risa said. “In the script, they’re changing clothes in the dressing room, and you’re not there yet, you’re heading over, and at that moment the target walks into the dressing room and causes a commotion, then the target runs away, and you just happen to appear.”

“But we’ll be changing clothes in the locker room, so it’s not good to record it like this, is it?” Naoki Sakurako frowned slightly.

“It won’t be video recorded, just audio,” Risa Tempera said. “This is related to the recording of the first episode of Stardust Girl. You can take a look at the script.”

As she spoke, Risa Amagai handed another document to Sakurako Naoki.

Naoki Sakurako opened it and found that it was the script for the first episode of Miyamoto Nana and others' new anime. In the middle part of the story, there was a scene that was very similar to the prank project they had just talked about, except that this was not a prank, but a real man broke into the changing room.

"So, instead of hiring professional voice actors, they had us, SKR, record it?" Naoki Sakurako asked.

“Yes, that’s exactly it. To achieve the best effect, we can’t let them know beforehand that this is for an anime recording.” Risa Amagai laughed. “So we’ll do it as a prank project, and we can use it as behind-the-scenes footage later, isn’t that great?”

"Nana-chan is playing the male lead? This plot sounds pretty good." Naoki Sakurako looked at the script for the first episode again, her eyes sparkling. "I understand! I'll help with the prank plan as an inside agent!"

Judging from Naoki Sakurako's current state, Amagai Risa knew that she was enjoying herself.