Vol 1 Chapter 15 – The Angel’s Soprano【Vol 1 – Turning Point】

After that, we spent the afternoon buying hair clips, masks, and sunglasses. I wanted Michi-san to pick out clothes for me at DarkAlice, but she didn’t seem enthusiastic, so I let it go. Though, she did perk up when I mentioned coordinating parent-child outfits.

When we got home, Michi-san immediately sat down at her computer after I said, “I’m back.”

“What are you working on?”

On the screen, an illustrated version of me was being sliced into parts—arms, legs, neck—all separated.

“A lot of viewers are waiting for you, Rin-kun! So I’m rigging this 2D model to move, even if it’s a bit rough for now!”

Michi-san was incredibly multi-talented. I already knew this from watching Micchi-Mama’s streams. She could draw, model, cook, and give advice. The only thing Micchi-Mama never did was sing—she claimed to be tone-deaf.

“Am I debuting already?”

My debut was supposed to happen much later. The plan was to finish perfecting my model first, then debut as the “Akiha Family’s little brother.”

“Mmm… I talked to Kaede-san about it. They said it’s okay to promote your model debut through the Akiha family. In fact, they want us to advertise it.”

“When did you discuss that?!”

I wasn’t upset—just curious.

“While you were changing, Rin-kun!”

I’m probably the only person trying to debut as both a model and a VTuber at the same time.

“Thank you for telling me!”

Since she was going this far, I had to give it my all—both as a VTuber and a model. But if I had to choose one, I’d pick VTuber. Michi-san had already drawn my avatar, after all.

“Oh, right! Micchi-Mama can’t sing, but how about you, Rin-kun?”

She switched tabs on her computer.

“Um… I’m probably tone-deaf too…”

I’d never been to karaoke, and the only songs I knew were choir pieces.

“Just give it a try! Know any songs?”

I decided to go with the one I was best at.

“Like… COSMOS…?”

Michi-san typed the title into the computer.

“Okay, sing!”

She hit play, and a nostalgic instrumental track began. I’d always sung soprano. I could hit alto notes, but they felt too low and uncomfortable.

“Summer grasslands, where the galaxy sings high above…”

Even my best song felt slightly low here. But singing in choir was when I’d felt proudest.

I used my natural voice. My music teacher once said my voice was unusually high. If I switched to falsetto, I could hit insane notes—whistle tones, I think they’re called. I could reach them easily.

By the time I finished, I’d lost myself in the song, oblivious to everything else.

“Tha… that was… you’re way too good…”

When I finally looked, Michi-san was crying.

“Huh?! S-sorry for assaulting your ears!”

People had called my soprano impressive before. Someone even cried once, I think.

“You didn’t ‘assault’ anything! That was the best singing I’ve ever heard! You’d outsell actual idols!”

Turns out I wasn’t half bad. But I could never be an idol for one reason:

“My coordination is… catastrophic.”

Meaning I couldn’t dance. And idols, as far as I knew, had to sing and dance.

“Then be a singer!”

I was shocked. I hadn’t sung in ages, but apparently I hadn’t gotten worse.

“Ahaha, if you say so, Michi-san, maybe I could!”

Still, balancing VTubing and modeling already felt overwhelming.

“You could conquer the world, Rin-kun!”

That felt like an exaggeration, but I kept that thought to myself.

“But I only know choir songs…”

Even if I did singing streams as a VTuber, that’d be a hurdle. Choir songs were designed for groups, too. Could I handle solo pieces?

“No problem! Oh, I recorded that earlier! Can I send it to Ryu-kun?”

Ryu-kun was a composer VTuber from the Akiha family—meaning he used Micchi-Mama’s avatar. His androgynous voice and soft singing made him pretty popular.

“Wait, you recorded it?!”

“Yep! Even if you sucked, your voice is cute! But you’re amazing, so let’s get him to make an original song!”

I never thought my singing had value. But if Michi-san said so, I’d trust her.

“O-okay!”

Maybe I was multi-talented. VTubing, modeling, singing… apparently, I was destined for a “multi-angle career.”

Five minutes after sending the recording to Ryu-kun, he started a livestream titled:
『Composing a Song Because My Soon-to-Be-Born Brother Named Rin Has Me Super Fired Up Creatively』