[Dwitch Gallery]
A community where people gossip about all kinds of streamers who broadcast on Dwitch.
Within this community, Miro was fairly well known.
The Celestial Project run by The Six—a company already somewhat famous in the internet broadcasting industry—had gained attention thanks to mentions by various streamers. On top of that, the controversy surrounding Taesan only amplified the spotlight.
Around that time, some community users who had drifted into Miro's stream began uploading short clips of her broadcasts to the gallery. As a result, other users ended up seeing Miro's clips popping up in the trending posts several times a day.
Most of those clips were edits highlighting remarks that could spark even minor controversy. But with those clips appearing nonstop, gallery users—who spent all day doing nothing but watching streams and browsing the gallery—would check out Miro's channel, then end up sticking around. By now, within this community, Miro had far more name recognition than the other contestants.
***
[Can Miro even pass at this rate? lol]
She's got a lot of viewers, sure, but aren't they all just gallery kids?
Her stream feels lazy as hell—shouldn't the contestants who actually try hard be the ones passing?
If The Six has any sense, they won't pick Miro
This dude's trait: never watched a Miro stream
ㄴ From what I see posted here, she doesn't do anything though?
ㄴ Why would Miro need content? lol her voice is the content
ㄴ Fr, just leave it on in the background and time flies
So who else do you watch then?
ㄴ I watch Anna and Roa
ㄴ You watch other contestants? This guy's wild lol
ㄴ What's wrong with that?
***
[What are the pass criteria for the Celestial Project?]
Do they just pick whoever The Six likes?
Yeah, they say they decide based on viewer response + internal meetings
ㄴ So basically they pick whoever the fuck they want
ㄴ It's their audition, dumbass lol
***
[Why would Miro fail?]
Is there any contestant with more viewers than her right now?
Aside from Anna's karaoke streams, is there anyone else? lol
Mile beats her sometimes in viewer count
ㄴ That's past-life buff lol
But isn't like half the audience from this gallery?
ㄴ Are they not people? lmaooo
ㄴ Fact: they are
***
[They're picking idols—why would Miro be chosen?]
Has Miro ever even done a singing stream?
If an idol can't sing, is that really an idol? lol
Miro can't sing?
ㄴ Yeah, she's just average—hard carried by her voice
ㄴ This guy's Miro slander goes crazy lol
***
While arguments about Miro were raging back and forth,
one particular post climbed to the top of the trending list.
***
[If Miro gets eliminated, won't she quit streaming?]
Isn't she one of the few actual amateurs among the contestants?
The others either have past lives or trained professionally in singing—they feel way more serious about being VTubers
Miro's the only one who streams like she doesn't give a shit, so if she fails, she might just quit tbh
Yeah let her quit~ I'll just watch Anna~ Miro has no past life?
ㄴ Yeah, nothing's ever come out
Fuck… who do I watch while doing dailies then…
[People keep saying Miro Miro but this audition is just this guy]
(Video of a character with brown hair and a newsboy cap singing)
(Video of a musical actress stepping forward and singing)
It's Anna.
So does Miro sing better than Anna?
Is she prettier than Anna?
"Good as background noise"?
Anna's singing streams are way better for that lol
Anna-ham's on another level That musical actress is Anna?
ㄴ Yeah, looks like she quit musical theater to apply?
ㄴ Why though?
ㄴ idk
Anna-ham is legit, yeah You guys actually watch stuff like that? yikes, weebs Miro's voice is better though
[Pure entertainment-wise, isn't Haru the best?]
(A GIF of a girl character with white hair and red eyes shaking her head)
She's just a straight-up clown, yeah…
Feels kind of forced with her though Out of the audition contestants, she's at least watchable
***
[Ah fuck lol this place is basically a weeb gallery now]
These guys pretending they're not into it while watching the entire audition
Audition or not, can't these otaku assholes make their own gallery and get out?
fr lol Honestly, it's kinda watchable though
As the topic that started with whether Miro would pass the audition morphed into a full-blown "who's better" cup among the contestants, the community gradually went up in flames.
"What the hell?"
And Miro—who had been ego-searching her own name and ended up witnessing the entire process—shook her head, thinking once again that communities were not something anyone should get too deep into, and started preparing her stream.
***
The third round of the audition would end tomorrow.
It had only been a few short weeks, but it still felt fairly packed and worthwhile.
[Nangjungjichu (nickname) Miro (name) stream ON]
"Nice to see you."
hi hi What's with the stream title? You've fully become a no-effort streamer
"What's 'nickname' supposed to mean?"
"Ah, a nickname is proof that you've made a name for yourself in the martial world."
What are you even saying? Starting off like this is kinda rough
*[CraftsmanMiro님 donated 10,000 won!]
But aren't nicknames something other people give you?
Seeing the donation from the chairman—who'd changed his username after being banned last time—I tilted my head.
The pink-haired avatar, which moved along with the angle of my head, was pretty cute.
"Thanks for the 10,000 won. Do nicknames have to be given by others? I haven't been in the martial arts world long, so I didn't know."
I did know, actually.
But so what? I'm Nangjungjichu Miro.
How would we know that? Who even reads martial arts these days? Martial arts webtoons are pretty fun though
"You don't read wuxia? Ah… I guess you're all fantasy-only people."
True What? I don't even read fantasy
"I'd like to give you an analogy, but I can't think of a good one."
You don't have to Just run the stream already
"Can't run it if there's nothing to run."
? You didn't prepare anything again? She really just coasts every time This woman is just… this woman, yeah Didn't expect anything anyway
*[ㅇㅇ님 donated 1,000 won!]
Prepare something, at least
"I'm doing this because I want to show you my unfiltered charm. If I prepare something, that's like… makeup, right? I'm greeting you barefaced."
Woman, put on some makeup!! No-makeup VTuber Miro unnieㅠㅠ Are you a practicing feminist? I'm cryingㅠㅠ
"Hey, don't slap weird labels on me. They say men like natural faces—am I wrong?"
Says 'don't label me' then immediately labels us Men like makeup better, actually You have to see the makeup to like the bare face Who likes it when you shove bare face at them first?
*[ㅇㅇ님 donated 1,000 won!]
They only like it if the bare face is pretty
The chat was flailing wildly, and I laughed to myself.
They all like me a lot—they just act prickly on the surface.
"Am I not pretty?"
Ha… fuck… You're ugly, so put on makeup, bitch lol Nope, not falling for it~ nope~ nope~ nope~ nope~ nope~ nope~
At my shamelessly thrown line, the chat started twisting itself into knots.
"Anyway! It's a bit early, but I have an important announcement."
I brought out the real reason I'd turned on the stream, trying to calm things down. I'd planned to say it once more people gathered, but I might as well get it out now and continue.
"Today is the last audition stream, and tomorrow I'm taking a day off."
? Tomorrow's the last day and you're taking a day off? You're seriously insane lol;; If you skip tomorrow I'm not voting
At the mention of taking a break on the final day of the third audition, the chat erupted in an uproar.
"First of all, calm down. You all know that in round four we submit a video, right?"
The fourth audition round required each participant to send in a short video—no longer than 30 minutes—to the company. It would be uploaded to The Six's official YouTube channel, and viewers would vote after watching.
Yeah Obviously What are you sending?
[MikaCola donated 1,000 won!]
As if she prepared anything. Didn't prepare, so she's just gonna panic and rush it tomorrow, right?
"Damn… sharp."
Wait, seriously?? Other people started preparing a week ago This woman just has zero attachment lol
"I'm kidding. I have been preparing."
For real? Don't lie lol You don't even prep stream content, yeah right lol
"Anyway, that's why I need to make the video tomorrow. Look forward to it."
If you're making it tomorrow, how is that 'preparing,' bitch? I'm really looking forward to it The bigger the expectations, the bigger the disappointment…
Seeing the chat, I let out a snort.
"Then expect even more. No matter what you imagine, it'll be beyond that."
[CraftsmanMiro donated 10,000 won!]
But Miro, what if you fail the audition?
The chairman's donation arrived right as I was radiating confidence, and the chat stirred again.
Gasp Huh Why would you say that, chairman…
"Hey now… why would you jinx it like that?"
[CraftsmanMiro donated 10,000 won!]
If you fail, you're not quitting streaming or anything, right?
What, did he read the community posts and get worried?
He was someone who donated often, and after getting banned during a power struggle, quietly changed his name and came back. Seeing his worried message, my mood instantly lifted.
"What, are you worried about me? Hahaha! Even if I fail, I'll keep streaming, so don't lose sleep over it~"
Yeah right What are you even saying;; Let's just continue that World Cup thing from yesterday Nobody was worried, stop overreacting
Why would I ever quit streaming? I chuckled as the chat poured in.
They're all so shy.
"Welcome~"
Hearing the receptionist's now-familiar voice, I stepped into the vocal academy.
The theme of round four was free choice.
You just had to introduce yourself to the viewers using what you'd done so far.
Normally, people would edit highlights from their streams and send them to The Six—but I had something else in mind.
Even if it wasn't done on stream, hadn't all the time I'd spent attending vocal lessons been for streaming in the first place?
I'd already gotten permission from The Six.
If anything, they'd replied surprisingly fast.
"Are you here for a lesson today as well?"
I already knew what kind of video I was going to submit.
"No. Today, I rented the recording studio."
I said that and smiled brightly.
My fourth-round video would be a song.
For today, I'd practiced just one song.
I was going to make all the viewers who'd mocked my singing flip in shock.