Plants Need Soil to Grow / What Did You Poke Me With?

Shuya breathed a sigh of relief... These women are really troublesome.

Compared to them, Shibasaki Kazuha, who hadn't come over, instantly gained a lot of goodwill towards him.

P. S. 1: The time hasn't come to resolve Rena's problem yet, and the Quintuplets haven't even appeared.

P. S. 2: Speaking of which, I was so excited when I saw the site was shutting down for maintenance yesterday. I thought I could finally get away with not working until the 14th...

Section 571.531 Plants must have soil to grow.

When Shibasaki Kazuha walked past him into the recording studio, Shuya gave him a warm and sincere smile.

"...?"

Shibasaki tilted her head, puzzled. After a few seconds of hesitation, she whispered, "Congratulations."

"Thanks."

Shuya gave a gentle smile.

"..."

Shibasaki Kazuha couldn't take it anymore; her face flushed slightly, and she hurriedly walked into the recording studio.

"?"

Shuya, suddenly felt uneasy. He turned his head and received a glare from Hyakka and a knowing look from Haruno.

He said, "You seem to have misunderstood something?"

"Really? Whatever, whatever makes you happy."

Hyakka turned her head away from him and walked into the recording studio on her own.

Haruno chuckled at him, about to speak, but Shuya stopped her. "Alright, you don't need to say anything, I don't care."

"You know what I mean anyway."

Haruno winked at him and followed Hyakka inside.

Shuya shook his head helplessly and turned to deal with another person.

Hanazawa Sakura laughed heartily, even squinting her eyes with joy.

Shuya stopped her before she could repeat the same old joke, "You don't need to cook red bean rice tonight, thank you."

"..."

Hanazawa Sakura looked disappointed and aggrieved.

"It's time, hurry up and go in."

Shuya put his hands on Hanazawa Sakura's shoulders and pushed her into the recording studio.

Then she thought, "Oh ho ho ho ho, is Shu-chan shy?"

No.

Shuya answered decisively, urging her to sit in the middle seat.

The voice acting for IS has officially begun.

As with the previous audition and dubbing processes, we completed an episode with very few takes.

After finishing the dubbing in the morning, it was lunchtime.

No guests visited today, Shuya need to entertain anyone.

After finishing their deluxe bento boxes, he, Haruno, and Hyakka idly chatted and gossiped in the dining hall.

While idly scrolling through her phone, Hyakka saw some news and said, "Hmm, as expected... people are lining up to buy your album again."

I knew it.

As Shuya predicted, many people took advantage of today's day off to buy his album.

Starting now, around noon, long queues have gradually formed at major music and video stores.

"That's great."

Hyakka was very envious. "I wish my new song could sell like this too."

Shuya said, "I think that might be a bit difficult..."

"I know! Can't I even fantasize a little?"

Hyakka glared at him intently.

"Yes, of course."

Shuya went along with her suggestion.

Hyakka clenched her little fist. "Hmph, we absolutely have to promote tonight's live broadcast!"

"Wow, so you have the same plan as me. After all, it's our own family's live broadcast."

Shuya couldn't help but smile.

Haruno chimed in, "Hey, you two are really on the same wavelength! Go and start dating!"

What did you say?

Shuya was speechless.

Hyakka skillfully ignored Haruno and said, "This has nothing to do with whether it's my own live broadcast or not. Even if I participate in other people's live broadcasts or radio shows, I'll still promote it. As long as it's not too excessive, people will be understanding."

This is indeed very common; even promoting one's new song in unrelated anime broadcasts is a basic practice, and everyone accepts it.

If it's acceptable to advertise on someone else's turf, then it's even more normal to broadcast on your own turf.

Haruno shook the paper cup, and said with a touch of emotion, "Time really flies, it's almost June already, IS should be airing soon."

"The day when the industry is poisoned is not far off."

Shuya shook his head.

"Poisoning... is that really the case?"

Hyakka rested her head on her hand, her tone nonchalant:

"This animation just exposed the audience's true level of understanding. If IS really becomes a huge hit and the industry follows suit, I don't think we should blame the industry, but rather the audience. The claim that it's 'poisoning' the audience is actually quite unreasonable."

"Without soil, plants cannot grow... that's right."

A summary by Hyakka.

Haruno nodded repeatedly, saying, "In other words, this year's audience is all trash."

"That's right! You're really knowledgeable, Haruno!"

Hyakka facing the Haruno a thumbs-up gesture.

Haruno winked at her.

Shuya looked at the two of them laughing and joking, and said helplessly, "You guys really... stop saying such things."

Honestly, why are you speaking such blunt truths?

However, as far as he knows, the industry doesn't pay much attention to the IS animation series at the moment, and some magazine editors are waiting for it to fail so they can kick it while it's down.

They felt that this was just another frenzy of criticizing Inoue Hikoo.

IS's publicity has been lukewarm, without any particular effort being put into it.

The story synopsis and the explosive promotional video were released, but they only generated a minor response.

As is well known, Inoue Hikoo's animations are all very beautiful, and there's not much to criticize about that.

The problem is that he likes to feed o.

(Although Inoue Hikoo insists this is art, and some people agree, the general public sees it as pornography.)

Back in the day, Hikari-chan's legendary, god-level ending, which always topped the list of terrible endings, was still incredibly solid in that episode, except for the plot.

Therefore, while IS's PV was indeed amazing, people quickly calmed down after the initial high.

If this were a PV released by another company, IS would most likely become an instant hit, generating endless anticipation... However, this is an anime by Inoue Hikoo.

The audience was like a little girl walking alone at night and encountering a muscular man, filled with wariness.

In short, at this stage, apart from die-hard fans, no one dares to praise it; they all just say they're watching and waiting.

However, regardless of the circumstances, ISIS still has a large audience.

One group of people wanted to see it explode, and another group wanted to see it explode.

To find out the results, just wait another week; IS will premiere next Friday night.

This news was announced a few days ago, but unfortunately, the buzz was all focused on Shuya's album and it didn't generate much discussion.

While Shuya was thinking about IS, Haruno brought up another matter:

"By the way, did you guys know? The firm's hiring situation has finally made progress."

"What? I've never heard of this!"

Shuya, puzzled.

It's normal that you don't know; you weren't involved in management.

Haruno Dao.

Shuya asked curiously, "How did you know that?"

"Maeda told me that."

Haruno a matter of course.

Hyakka asked in confusion, "Did Ms. Maeda come today?"

She and Shuya looked around, but indeed saw no one.

"You left before you arrived."

Haruno subtly mocked them for being late today.

"Ugh! I wasn't even late!"

Hyakka pouted and retorted defiantly.

Shuya stepped in to smooth things over. "So? Is it a man or a woman?"

Haruno replied, "It's a woman, and not a newcomer. She's an agent from Voice Enterprise, and I heard she's a friend of Ms. Maeda."

"Poaching?"

Haruno said, "That's right. According to Maeda, when our agency initially posted the job openings, the president asked Ms. Maeda to ask among her acquaintances if anyone was interested in working here, and it seems that someone has responded."

The original text stated that the album release date was Friday the 28th (which has been revised to the 27th), but later it became Thursday. It also seems to have mentioned that the day was the 30th (I couldn't find where it was mentioned, so I'm not sure if it was mentioned at all, but it can't be revised).

Both sides were wrong, doge.

The correct date is actually Thursday the 27th. This is a correction.

But I know you guys definitely didn't notice the problem, doge.

Section 572, page 532: What was used to stamp it?

Hyakka unconsciously curled her hair. "Isn't this pretty good? We don't have to train new people from scratch."

"I think it doesn't matter whether you train them or not, the main thing is whether they are suitable for you."

Moreover, Shuya knew what his mother was thinking; she valued character more than talent.