Vol 1 Chapter 48 – Pre‑Show Live【Vol 1 – Turning Point】

The subscriber surge has finally calmed down—“only” about ten million new subs in two months. Still, ten million in two months is absurd. I’m scared my sense of normal has gone numb. One month of growth alone outstripped the total subs of the second‑place VTuber channel. That’s clearly crazy.

Part of me thinks the biggest recent news is that the album is finished.

Thanks to me, KidsMonMo has stayed in short supply, and now clockchild’s new release keeps selling out too. Some fans have kids; some kids are fans themselves. Since my main weapon is singing, it seems everyone can enjoy it no matter their age.

Because of that, I’ve been asked to model the autumn line. Once Summer Market is over, the shoot is next.

And Summer Market is tomorrow.

“No, no, no—looks like we’re all numb here, myself included, but… the scariest thing is definitely the subscriber count, right?!”

I’m streaming a quick reminder live, and the announcement part just ended.

Gin: Ah—when you think about it, that’s over one shar a month…

A “shar” is Shar Galeo, the VTuber in second place for subscribers—a shark girl from the English sphere. On my channel it’s become a unit of measure. One shar equals four million subs, already insane for a VTuber.

And I, a solo indie VTuber with fifteen times that? What even am I…

Michi Mama: Of course! It’s Rin‑kun!
Mike: Superchat ¥1,000: If it’s Rin‑chan, of course. Best singer on Earth with an unbelievably cute voice.
Alen: Superchat ¥1,000: He’ll be the world’s best guitarist soon… and violinist, too.
Oshio: Musicians can’t help but rate this channel top tier.
Chai ga sukii!: I want to start a band with every single subscriber here someday.
Betoben: What venue could hold that many people?!
Pain: Tokyo Dome?
Elsa: Honestly, sounds doable to me.
Roze: Rin‑chan’s skill is way too high!
Dedede: Bet we hit a hundred million?

The chat is already impossible to keep up with. Reading them all is out of the question.

Overseas viewers who know Japanese leave comments and song requests; others drop by just to listen. Because of that, live viewership sits around 800 thousand—sometimes even hits a million.

The wildest part is that I make plenty even without Superchats.

Naturally, Superchats still hover around one million yen per stream. With the rule of ten thousand yen max for greetings and one thousand for everything else—that’s nuts.

My monthly income easily breaks ten million yen. After reporting revenue and paying royalties to Mitsu‑san and Ryu‑san, about five million ends up mine every month.

“Well, anyway—can I pick the first song?”

Lately my problems are too many chats to catch and the time it takes before I can start singing.

The chat floods with a storm of “Of course!” in response.

“Okay then, listen up… Thank you.”

I thought long and hard, but in the end this was the only title.

“Gray days suddenly started to change. In my sterile life of nothingness, a wind began to roar!”

I wonder if they’ll get it… The wind is all of you viewers. This song is for everyone. Clip it, cover it—bring it on.

Better yet, sing along. Let’s make it a chorus—this song belongs to all of us.

“Thank you, I’ll say it a thousand times! Even if my voice cracks from shouting, it’s not enough! Thanking the wind is weird, right? But I have to! I don’t care if it’s strange!”

I know everyone tells me they like me—that they care. So I’m going to force my thanks on you out of sheer ego. Any complaints about “liking you is our choice” are ignored. I’m just grateful on my own terms.

“Just… thank you! I’m just so happy!”

Did it reach them? I always worry. My songs have never failed to reach before, yet I worry.

But the comment section is an explosion of praise.

Gin: Huh? Isn’t he singing this for us?
Dedede: For real!? Analyze the lyrics—“wind” is totally us!
Rina@Gal: I’m crying…
Roze: Amazing—beautiful.
HatsuBread: Ah! He turned Superchat off!
Ryu: O‑o‑oi! Let me throw moneyyyyyy! I wanna praise this perfect song!
Mike: OH!!! MY!!! GOD!!!!!!!!!!
Alen: Why is Superchat off!!???

Yep—I set Superchat to off before singing. Because…

“I’ve got enough money! Just the ad revenue lets me live fine! So from now on, these streams are purely for my fans! I still wanna say thanks a ton, so I’ll keep streaming!”

I really do have enough. I can live and repay Mitsu‑san plenty. So Superchat is permanently disabled. Even so, with these views, I’ll still earn plenty…

The comments are a storm of booing, but everyone knows it’s not serious. Anyone could tell.

“Alright, Summer Market is tomorrow! Everyone, please buy the album!”

Plus there’s a bonus item for sale—but that stays secret until the day.