Ch.122My enemy.

The reason voice acting is difficult is because you must express emotions solely through your voice.

It’s not a world where you express emotions through facial expressions,

but one where everything is determined by voice alone.

Moreover, it’s a place where you can’t even make those decisions freely.

‘You’re only allowed from the moment the character opens their mouth until they close it.’

From emotions to breathing.

A restricted space where nothing is free.

In that space, the only thing you can compete with is your voice.

The voice actors weren’t doubting Kim Donghu’s skills for nothing.

Even those who have been proven many times can crumble when they enter the real battlefield,

that’s how fierce this world is.

That’s why Iguchi Ryota was very surprised by what was happening before his eyes.

‘How can the timing be this perfect?’

Of course, there’s the unique aspect of dubbing his own acting performance.

But even setting that aside, Kim Donghu’s dubbing was professional-level.

Moreover.

‘It matches the surrounding flow perfectly.’

It wasn’t just about good dubbing,

his ability to develop his voice while matching the rhythm with the surrounding veterans was no joke.

“Donghu, have you ever studied voice acting separately before?”

“What? Ah, I just studied hard on my own so I wouldn’t fail.”

Self-taught? This?

Everyone was surprised by Iguchi Ryota’s question.

Especially Kenji, who was wide-eyed with shock.

‘Where did such a raw gem appear from?’

There were inevitable habits that appeared when Koreans spoke Japanese.

Commonly called “kuse” (accent),

due to the oral structure they were accustomed to using in their native language,

slight differences occurred when speaking a foreign language.

“Seeing the maggots swarming, I must be in the right place.”

But Kim Donghu had none of that.

At a level where you’d believe he was a native,

it would be understandable if someone said he was a Japanese person who had prepared for voice acting for a long time.

For the acting he was doing,

could there be any dubbing that matched as perfectly as his own voice?

Everyone expected it would be amazing if done properly.

But due to the barrier of perfectly speaking a foreign language,

Kim Donghu seemed to reach that ideal that had failed until now too easily.

‘It’s like he’s laughing at everyone from above.’

As if asking if this one thing was difficult all along.

A newcomer who dropped from the sky was matching perfectly with veterans.

‘If I’m not careful, I might really be looked down upon.’

‘Since this is Donghu’s first work, this memory will last quite a while.’

‘With his first dubbing, he could set the standard for Japanese voice acting, I’m going 120% for sure.’

‘I’m… in top form right now.’

Perhaps that’s why.

The veteran voice actors with considerable experience began to put in more effort than usual.

Throwing away any thoughts of taking it lightly,

with the determination to make this dubbing a success.

‘I’ll show the greatness of the Japanese voice acting industry!’

And to show why Japan is called the best in the field of voice acting.

Traitor: The Root of Corruption raced toward high completion at a very fast pace.

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One o’clock in the morning.

Radio time that delights Japanese ears with always fresh topics and guests.

Among them, Japan’s most popular radio program,

<Night Time Nippon> began mentioning the currently hottest figure.

“Ah… there’s someone who’s heating up Twitter these days, right?”

“Ah, that story today?”

“Yes, yes, we can’t not talk about it, after all this….”

“I know, I know, should I say we really want to talk about it? Yeah.”

“Haha, when you say it like that, it makes us sound like fans.”

The guest smiled at the MC’s words.

“I’m definitely a fan, especially since he’s my junior.”

“Eh? Junior? Please explain why he’s your junior.”

“Well, since he’s currently in Japan for voice acting work.”

“But aren’t you being too respectful to your junior from earlier? Are you actually his junior?!”

“Hahaha, well, it’s because Usami senior praised him so highly….”

“What?! Usami senior did?”

The MC responded with a genuinely surprised voice.

As if it wasn’t acting,

he actually slipped up.

“Yes, yes, I haven’t seen Usami senior praise someone in a really long time. That’s because Usami senior is….”

“Scary, right? Kind of… a little… with no misunderstanding, purely… an oni…?”

“Yes, yes, yes, yes, really, really. I made a mistake before, and I was so scared I almost wet myself.”

“Did you actually wet yourself?! Be honest!”

“Really, just a little…!”

“Hahahaha.”

As always, this was the introduction to get into the main topic.

As soon as the atmosphere seemed sufficiently heated,

the MC went straight to the main point.

“By now, I think all our listeners have figured it out.”

“Yes, yes, that’s right. As you all thought, it’s Kim Donghu!”

“Ha, I really gasped when I first saw his photo. I wondered if someone could be that handsome.”

“He’s still trending on Twitter. Plus, they say he eats a ton.”

“Ah, right. Those verification posts? I saw one where he ate about 70 plates at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.”

“Eh? Wow, he must really like Japanese food!”

“I guess so? It’s a shame he hasn’t tried Japanese curry yet.”

The flow of conversation was typically like this.

A method of praising Kim Donghu while connecting his every move to Japan.

While maximizing the use of topics related to Kim Donghu,

it was intended to reduce listeners’ resistance to an unfamiliar figure.

As they were gradually building up like that,

a second guest appeared to deliver the final blow.

“But do you know something? There’s someone else who’s very interested in Kim Donghu.”

“Ah, yes, yes, I know. How could I not know?”

“If Usami senior is the oni of the voice acting world… haha, the oni of the film world! Let me introduce Kiryu Sota!”

“Hello, hello, nice to meet you. I’m Kiryu Sota, the film oni.”

“Is it okay for you to say that yourself?”

“Well, haha. I am quite thin after all.”

“Being thin makes you an oni?!”

Kiryu Sota,

a master of the Japanese film industry and someone who desires the global expansion of Japanese films more than anyone.

At the same time, he’s a devoted fan of Kim Donghu after seeing his performance as Lee Taesung.

With his appearance, the studio heated up once more.

That’s how much of a big shot he was.

And contrary to everyone’s expectations, the big shot:

“This is the first time I’m saying this officially, Kim Donghu. I want you. I would like to have a formal meeting.”

He dropped a bombshell statement from the start.

“Eeeeeeh?! Coming with a finishing move from the beginning?! Is this okay to broadcast? We’re live right now?!”

Naturally, the MC was flabbergasted.

Such a strong approach in a live broadcast was unusual.

But Kiryu Sota didn’t seem to mind.

“Yes. I haven’t had a chance to meet him separately, so I wanted to say it here.”

“But what exactly made the director so eager?”

“Is it simply because of his god-given looks? No, it’s not that. Kim Donghu’s acting is truly….”

Absolutely destructive,

I hope everyone watches Traitor: The Root of Corruption.

He even went so far as to proudly promote the work featuring Kim Donghu.

【 Eh? Did I hear that right? 】

【 Breaking news! After Donghu-sama’s looks invasion, cultural invasion is predicted!!! 】

【 But has everyone seen the trailer? He’s swinging a sword with that face and it’s super super super cool 】

【 Liking Donghu might not make you gay wwwwwwwwwww 】

【 Super excited for the dubbed version! 】

As a result, Twitter naturally began to heat up once again.

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Kim Donghu basically doesn’t use social media.

To be precise, he hasn’t started using it yet.

He knew how important social media was as a communication platform and business,

but he didn’t want to share his private life since childhood.

Plus, from the moment you start using social media, you instinctively begin ego-searching,

so he just never started in the first place.

Even what he had before becoming an actor,

he quit everything as soon as he officially started acting.

But there are people who need social media due to their job characteristics.

Idols who need to constantly communicate with fans are like that.

“Wow… Donghu, you’re in Japan.”

Ryu Jaerin checked Twitter to see real-time updates on Donghu’s activities in Japan.

From what he ate where to what activities he did.

Official information and private stories.

Tweets mixing these elements perfectly kept being updated.

At the same time, a strange sense of superiority grew in a corner of her heart.

‘I’m childhood friends with this Donghu.’

Not just a fan,

but someone who lived next door and spent childhood together.

And.

‘We’ll get married in the future, and before that, we’ll go on Will You Marry Me? as a rehearsal….’

While she was spreading her wings of happy imagination,

“Who’s this?”

A tweet that disturbed Jaerin’s mood came in.

【 First meeting with senior Donghu in Japan! So happy! I should become a cool voice actor like senior Donghu!

(Photo of Kim Donghu and Chisako hugging tightly) 】

As soon as she saw it, Ryu Jaerin instinctively realized.

“This won’t do.”

She’s my enemy.