The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 7: Radio Gauntlet

Last time our heroines once again found themselves in quite the pickle courtesy of Chika’s sexy lawyer mom being overprotective and not thinking rationally.

Before judgment day came Yumiko invited Chika to hang out on a not date to help calm their nerves…until they spotted Mekuru nearby. After a reminder of her bitchiness the girls were about to part ways when Chika shared her worries over the upcoming challenge. Like Yumiko last episode the fear of possibly losing her dream job took ahold of her and she couldn’t stop shaking. Yumiko briefly thought (Now you know how it feels) but immediately regretted it after Chika thanked her for hanging out with her. Yumiko repented for her wicked thoughts by assuring Chika they’d find a way to overcome the challenge.

The next day our heroines joined Otome at a meet and greet. The first one in a while for them. Despite Otome being there to chase away self-entitled ass clowns from lashing out at YumiChi Yumiko worried how other fans would react. She again wondered if their new worked shoot personas was the right call as it became tough to pull that off at the event. Suddenly a mystery girl approached them and to Yumiko’s surprise she went hardcore fangirl not only for Otome but Chika and herself too.

During her fangirling for Chika our clever gyaru sensed something familiar about her. This after the fangirl said she missed “Yasumi Utatane”. Yumiko detected a familiar bitch under the disguise.

It was Mekuru all along. They “convinced” her to meet them after the event to discuss the situation. Basically Mekuru’s a huge fangirl of our heroines (and Otome) and at some point became a seiyuu because of them. However, after the big stream where they denounced their old personas this felt like a betrayal to her. She used the careers of herself and fellow voice actors “becoming harder” as an excuse to bitch at them for taking away the characters she loved. I’ve seen and heard enough about celebrity worship to understand how this mentality works. I still think Mekuru’s behavior up till now sucked and I still don’t like her but I kind of get where she came from. To her credit at least she’s aware she’s a bitch.

After hearing what Mekuru had to say the girls decided to add a twist to the challenge. They basically told everyone the truth about it, not mentioning sexy mom of course, about why they’re doing it and that their careers were on the line. Finally on the big day the girls, with mom as the referee, were greeted by a gauntlet of YasuYuhi fans.

At first Yumiko felt overwhelmed by the intense stares but Chika remembered her gyaru partner showing her support in the past and wanted to repay the sexy babe. Yumiko’s pumped up and we’re treated to Chika’s tsundere catchphrase that by now we knew translated to “Stop making me fall deeper in love with you!”

It was a tough challenge. The support was strong but there were some self-entitled dickweeds ready to follow in the footsteps of the shit stain “fanboy” who harassed Chika. Maybe they wouldn’t stoop as low as he did but them wanting to lash out at our heroines for “betraying” them was obvious. Thankfully the real fans who wanted to see them continue kicking ass for years to come outnumbered the weenies. In the end they survived the challenge.

After the ED we joined Mekuru listening to the Radio Rivals Show. it looked like our heroines came to a compromise. They’d keep their worked shoot personas but would revert to Yuhi and Yasumi from time to time. Sounds reasonable. Wrestlers do it all the time.

Good stuff as always.