Chapter 53: The whole world is soda

“The ID is… ‘Paula’.”

Past midnight.

An unknown small-time streamer was reborn as the VTuber, Paula.

Since she mainly did cam broadcasts before, she created a new account to hide her red pill.

She didn’t regret the broadcasting records of the past few months.

She had less than 10 followers, and the number of paid subscribers was 0 from the start.

It’s much better to receive the newbie buff instead.

Paula turned on the streaming tool and lightly ran a test broadcast.

Her new appearance was reflected on the screen.

Her brown half-tied hair and bright yellow eyes were impressive.

-I’ve never seen that ID before?

-What kind of broadcast is this??

-The avatar is so cute lol

Before long, viewers began to enter one by one.

Paula cleared her throat and opened her mouth.

“Hello! I’m Paula, who just debuted~”

When she tried to bow, the avatar tilted forward as a whole.

This is because the physical engine was designed for realistic avatars, even though the head is unusually large compared to the body.

-lol Did you see the avatar trying to fall forward just now?

-It’s so cute lol

-The proportions are insignificant, but the details are subtly alive.

The number of viewers was only in single digits, but the chat was still piling up quite a bit.

‘How long has it been since I’ve communicated with viewers…’

She doesn’t want much.

Just that at least one person responds to my voice and actions.

That alone is a great strength for small-time streamers.

[An anonymous supporter has donated 1,000 won]

[How much is the avatar you’re using now? It’s so cute.]

Here, even a donation comes in?

“Heeeek?! Oh my~ I don’t know who you are, but thank you so much for the first donation!!”

Dopamine, it just explodes properly.

Because she rarely received donations in her previous life, Paula immediately bowed her head.

Of course, the avatar did, not herself.

-Kya~ This house has a good reaction!

-There’s a VTuber who does a grand bow for a 1,000 won donation?

-This streamer… knows what etiquette is… heh heh.

The number of viewers didn’t leave, but instead trickled up and finally exceeded 10.

You may say that she’s making a fuss over this much.

But for Paula, it was the biggest success she had achieved in the past year.

-So, aren’t you going to answer the donation question?

“Ah, that’s right! But do you know what? I actually downloaded this avatar for free!”

Several question marks popped up in the chat window at the same time.

The following chat came up, saying that it was worth 0 won, and don’t talk nonsense.

“No, really? Where did I get it…”

Paula excitedly talked about it, but then trailed off.

Come to think of it, someone once said that.

The way to keep incoming viewers from settling down is to make them look forward to the next broadcast.

“…I’ll reveal it at this time tomorrow!”

-Oh, what is this lol

-Oh! You’ll find it soon if you look it up!!

The small snowball that started from the clumsy closing comment of a novice streamer.

[Today’s small-time exploration review]

A small-time VTuber named Paula or Pollu who debuted today, the broadcasting skills are not very good, but the avatar is very cute.

Isn’t it much better than the high-quality avatars that desperately follow Han Ari or Seasons?

But that small-time said she got the avatar for free.

Does anyone in the gallery know where this avatar came from??

ᄂ??? Is this free? Lie

ᄂWow, she looks like she wants to be bitten

ᄂSD’s nipple protrusion is real??

ᄂᄂWhat? RW?

ᄂᄂZoom in. Only 5 pixels protrude there

ᄂᄂI’m zooming in on that lol lol lol

It started to gain momentum as it circulated through the community.

[(Concept) A deep-sea exploration member just uploaded a DC icon with the avatar]

The soft cheeks and 5-pixel lewd chest stimulated my creative desire.

For reference, it took exactly 2 minutes to create one icon.

Everyone, use it well. Adios.

ᄂThis artist is a treasure of our VTuber gallery

ᄂWA! Low cost! High efficiency!

ᄂ(Emoji sucking cheeks while saying Come here!)

ᄂ(Only 5 pixels! Emoji)

ᄂ(This avatar is free of charge Emoji)

ᄂ(Grand Bow Emoji)

It became a huge issue by the hands of an illustrator who happened to have time.

[(Recommended article request) I found something amazing]

That avatar is really free.

I just found it while browsing a 3D asset site.

Model_SoDa

Go to this link.

The hair bundle and costume bundle are sold for the price of a game pass, but the basic model is a free download.

Should I upload it…?

ᄂThe way of the warrior ㄱㅅ

ᄂKya~ You found it!

ᄂAre you releasing this for free? lol

ᄂFreelancers are all dead!!

Eventually, someone found the download link and it exploded.

Early the next morning.

Paula turned on the broadcast with a pounding heart.

‘Yesterday about 10 people came… I hope just that many come today.’

But she left a closing comment that gave her expectations.

She hoped that the viewers who came yesterday would come again today…

“Hello~ Nice to see you again today… Heeek?!”

Paula doubted her eyes.

The number of viewers, which was only 1 when she turned on the broadcast.

In an instant, 0 was added, and before long, another 0 was added.

‘My, my room has… three, three digits…!’

It may be a drop in the bucket compared to big VTubers, but for small-time VTuber Paula, it was a truly amazing increase.

She doesn’t know what’s going on.

She can’t miss this opportunity.

-I came on a pilgrimage

-Is this it? Where the 5-pixel con started

-Wow~ It’s nice to see that the nipples are really alive in the avatar!

-What’s the pelvis detail in SD lol

In the chat window that was going up faster than usual, there was one word that appeared particularly often.

“I, I didn’t know this many people would come… What did you all come for? Ho, is it because of this avatar…?”

-Yeah, that’s right.

-It’s called the Soda model? The download link is already circulating

-Why is the silly expression so cute lol

Paula belatedly searched SNS and communities.

…Shorts of her avatar making a fuss over a 1,000 won donation and doing a grand bow were spread everywhere.

Even the comments were almost entirely covered with emoticons based on the Soda model.

The thumbnails of the internet broadcasting platform were even more spectacular.

“…Everyone, haven’t my twins gotten a lot more numerous in one day?”

The VTubers with the newbie badge were all using the Soda model.

Looking at the doppelgangers with round eyes and plump cheeks shouting Dyuddya It~! and shaking their heads and doing a grand bow… She felt strange.

Only one day difference.

Thanks to finding ‘SoDa’ one day earlier than others, Paula was able to grab the shining title of first.

-It’s free~ Have a drink~

-Still, everyone has a conscience, so they bought the black cow package lol

-Even so, it’s a bit much to come out with the basic model as it is

Looking at the chat window, Paula secretly let out a sigh of relief.

She was so glad she bought the black cow package.

“…What is this.”

Before starting work, Jina connected to the Pasta platform as usual to play work songs.

Since Han Ari, the members of Seasons, and even Cherry and Mary of Astra were not broadcasting, she thought she would look for a new VTuber for the first time in a while.

But more than half of the broadcasts classified as VTuber categories are all using the same model.

Of course, the hair and clothes were different.

But the face and eyes were all the same.

Even this model is very familiar to Jina.

“This, isn’t it all Soda?”

Adding donation-linked special features to Han Ari’s avatar.

Making a new piano for Spring.

Changing the color and design of Summer’s underwear.

Making dolphin pants for Autumn’s second VR fitness content.

Making a new outfit for Winter for new content.

While she was cutting off contact with the world for a few days…

The SoDa virus had conquered the internet broadcasting world.

“What’s going on.”

She couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

She never thought that a failed work that she uploaded without much thought would become a meme.

Jina connected to the 3D asset site as if possessed by something.

“…Crazy.”

Exactly 10 times.

The number with 0 added to the revenue that Jina earned from outsourcing over the past few days was printed as the cumulative sales revenue of the soda model.

The basic model.

In other words, releasing the trial version for free was a divine move.

Since it’s free anyway.

People who downloaded and used it without any burden, and were impressed by the quality, all bought the ‘coordination item’.

“Why on earth this failed work…?”

The community was even more of a mess.

The cute appearance that doesn’t have a lot of tastes, and the fact that it’s easy to draw, are combined and consumed in all sorts of secondary creations.

The so-called ‘SoRorong’, which has a doggy body attached to the basic face of Soda, is shaking its waist wildly.

Emoticons with Soda as a motif are plastered everywhere.

The whole world was Soda.

While Jina was out of her mind and blinking her eyes, her smartphone suddenly rang.

[Cosmo Live Company Phone]

Jina checked the caller’s name displayed on the screen and answered the phone without much thought.

Thinking that Youngjun had brought in a new job again.

[Jinaaaaaaaa!!]

But the voice echoing over the smartphone is louder than usual.

“…Daon-nim?”

The company president calling with the company number? It was natural enough. The president is the company.

..But didn’t this person leave the president’s work to Youngjun and neglect his duties?

“Did Youngjun-nim resign?”

[Jjun Jjun-ie? He’s doing well~ …No, more than that!]

[That, that! Soda model!! I heard Jina-ssi made it?!]

“…How did you know?”

[How did I know! The creator ID has ‘jinha_na’ stamped on it!]

…I should change the ID sometime soon.

[Anyway, that’s not important! Can you make me an avatar? Based on the Soda model!]