Chapter 186: Speeding Up Preparations for the Birthday Café!

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[Domestic VTuber Gallery]

• If you feel like worshipping Lulu today, smash that upvote button lol
• Lulu <<< She just straight-up loves her fans lol
• Someone please knock me out so I can wake up in July, damn it.

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Title: Honestly, Blue LUV seems to work better than most overseas media companies lol

Author: BlueLUVSuperFan

Their original songs and content rollout are fast as hell.

And honestly, the CEO is already such a standout figure in the domestic streaming scene, so she’s leveraged that to help them establish themselves and promote like crazy.

Above all, you can tell they genuinely care about their talents.

Like this time, when Lulu requested something, the company could’ve just shut it down, but since she wanted to do it, they gave the green light right away.

Hell, they even offered to cover the costs themselves at first.

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• This is so real. Back when Prism Company was hyped, the talents loved it, but the company screwed them over so many times, it’s not even funny lol.
  • Prism Company < These clowns even mixed up Verdia’s birthday, posted a congratulatory tweet three days early, and then did nothing on the actual day. Verdia had to prep her own content…
    • Every time you dig into them, it’s just horror stories lolololol.
      • Just… pr
        • There’s a reason people say they’re punching above their weight with the talents they have lol.
• Didn’t Yukiko mention this before? She said seeing how much the staff genuinely cares for them gives her more motivation lol.
  • Yeah, sounds about right.
    • I heard the staff go harder than most Star Pieces lol.
      • A gathering of madmen, fr fr.
        • Just how bad is it over there lololol.
• Honestly, I was super worried when the CEO said she was making a VTuber group, but they seem to be handling things well… They take care of the talents too… Hope they keep cruising like this.
  • Same, at first I was like “VTubers in Korea? lol” but turns out she had foresight.
    • Ever since Blue LUV debuted, a ton of VTubers have been popping up.
      • Fr fr, especially on Twitch—so many new VTubers lately.

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Title: Honestly, I’m mad at Lulu…

Author: LuluCriesLikeANyaa

I’m grateful she told us early so the cherries could be happy, but…

Why did she have to tell us three months in advance and make us suffer…?

Time won’t move, Lulu…

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• These are gonna be the longest three months in history lol.
  • I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind—
    • Already split into multiple personalities over here…
• If it was just the birthday café, I could endure, but knowing there’s a new song dropping the same day is driving me insane lol.
  • How am I supposed to survive this? We’re doomed, damn it.
    • Just give up… It’s easier…

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Title: I figured out how to win the birthday café lottery lololololol

Author: JoinTheSparrowSquad

For all the cherries saying they wanna pass out and wake up on July 7th—

If we just knock everyone out and wake them up on July 8th, problem solved, right?

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• Are you a fucking genius?
  • So true
• This person is actually insane lolololololol.
  • But cherry-kun… You started this…
• Grabbing my hammer and going hunting right now.
  • Not even cherries anymore, just prey lololololol.
    • Most honest mf out here lolololol.
      • A man true to his desires…

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Title: Live footage of the rest of the Blue LUV members right now.gif

Author: Yugolddak

• (Yukiko also causing chaos, begging for merch)
• (Lilith gathering members on Discord to scheme)
• (Lucretia protesting with a headband that says “STRIKE”)
• (Erin trying to figure out how to sneak into the café with the Sparrow Squad without getting caught)

Lulu… You created these monsters…

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• Blue LUV really is just an Axolotl appreciation group lolololol.
  • The youngest simping for the members vs. the members simping for the youngest.
    • Looks wholesome from afar, but up close, it’s a raging inferno…
• Honestly, Erin’s the most unhinged here lololololol.
  • Fr lol.
    • Erin: “If we just don’t let them recognize our voices, we’ll be fine.”
      • Bruh, they’re all Star Pieces—you think you won’t get caught? lolololol.
• Legend has it Lulu secretly made extra merch to give out, but the cherries caught her and scolded her lol.
  • Lol “No favoritism!” lol.
    • Limited merch is irresistible lol.
      • If you’re jealous, reveal yourself and come to the café yourself lol.

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After announcing the birthday café news, as April passed and May rolled in, my daily life got even busier.

Not that I was ever not busy, but…

[Sseolgae]: Lulu! I drew what you asked for—how’s this? I’ve got three concepts so far!

Now, between reviewing illustrations for café merch, finalizing display goods, and approving all kinds of work, I barely had time to breathe.

Of course, the company helped where they could, but since this event was something I wanted to do for the fans myself, I wanted to handle as much as possible on my own.

So I took charge of the final approvals, which kept me swamped.

Still, I never felt tired.

When I first put out the call for illustrators to help with the café, so many people volunteered out of pure love, working as hard as if it were their own project.

And then…

[Me]: Gasp! It’s so pretty! Thank you! Where should I send the payment?

[Sseolgae]: Oh, no need! I had free time anyway, so I did it as a fan ^^

[Me]: Huh? No, you should get paid

Every single artist worked for free, just to support me.

That gratitude made me even happier— realizing just how much love I’ve been given.

[Sseolgae]: If you insist, could you just credit me in the birthday café recap video later? That’s more than enough!

[Me]: If that’s really okay with you… Thank you so much…! I’ll send you some limited-edition merch later!

[Sseolgae]: Gasp! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou—

Even though I was the one receiving help, it felt surreal hearing every artist thank me instead.

How did every single one of them end up saying the same thing?

“Sigh…”

After plowing through today’s avalanche of approvals, I flopped onto my bed for a breather— when ping! ping! A Discord call blared from my phone.

Huh? The CEO? What does she need at this hour?

“Hello?”

“Hey, Lulu. The artists sent over the final illustrations. Heard you finished approvals?”

Ah, they must’ve forwarded them to her.

While I handled the final sign-offs, the company’s help was needed for actual merch production.

I’d originally planned to handle that too, but

The CEO called it “wildly inefficient” and took over.

A little disappointing, but unavoidable.

I’d already learned my lesson about shouldering everything alone.

Plus, she and the staff wouldn’t half-ass it.

“Yep, somehow got through it!”

“Good job. Though with this volume, you could’ve delegated some to the manager.”

“Ehehe… But it’s merch for the fans coming to my birthday café. I wanted to check everything myself, even if it’s tiring.”

“Classic you.”

Even through voice alone, I could see her expression— a wry “You’re hopeless” smile, but proud all the same.

“Oh, and we finalized the café venue today. Went bigger—should fit 300 comfortably.”

“Really?! Thank goodness… The cherries were grumbling about 150 being too small.”

“Tch, 300 should shut them up. Still, don’t stress. Better than overcrowding and chaos.”

“Right.”

Hng, but I wanted more cherries to come…

Funny how 150 once felt excessive, until I saw the riot in our official café.

“You are resting properly, right? Remember what happened last time you overdid it?”

“Ah—yes! I’m resting fine!”

I yelped like a scorched cat.

A lie, of course. I wasn’t overworking, but “resting”? Hardly.

Today alone, I’d spent every non-meal minute reviewing illustrations and videos.

My screen still glowed with the next batch awaiting approval.

“…And you don’t have the next approvals pulled up right now?”

“Huh?!

How did she—was there a CCTV in my room?!

I frantically scanned the walls. Nothing.

Note to self: Be sneakier.

“Well, I anticipated this. Prepared something.”

“Huh? Prep—”

Ding-dong!

Before I could reboot my brain, the doorbell rang.

A delivery? But I hadn’t ordered anything…

“Who’s th— GASP!”

I bolted to the intercom— and choked on air at the face staring back.

Now I understood the CEO’s “preparation.”

“Oh, delivery arrived? Perfect. Get some rest.”

“HUH?! ‘Rest’?! THIS ISN’T REST—!”

Because her “gift,” the enforcer of my break, was none other than—

“Hey, cutie. Open up?”

My neighbor, Ra-hee unnie.

That night, I was captured by the invading Ra-hee, forced into a two-hour hug on my bed, before exhaustion finally dragged me into compulsory sleep.

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