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135 – From a Distance, It Looks Like a Tragedy; Up Close, It Looks Like a Comedy

135 – From a Distance, It Looks Like a Tragedy; Up Close, It Looks Like a Comedy

Here is the English translation:

Usually, Majiya treats all company-related matters as an extension of work and takes them very seriously.

Exceptionally, there are times when she becomes her usual self – a mischievous person who acts on impulse.

It’s when even she can’t control her inner malicious instincts.

For example, a good instance would be when the other person blatantly shows vulnerabilities as if saying “Please tease us”.

“Tomorrow I’m planning to include a bet between you and us at this part. I want it to be a surprise, so the details are still confidential.”

“Ah, I see. For the bet, are you thinking of something like a horror game?”

“…”

There was a reason Majiya immediately asked that question, which wasn’t really a question, as soon as she heard the members’ explanation.

She didn’t particularly care what penalty she might get, but if the 1st gen members got a horror game penalty, she couldn’t just let that slide.

Dora and Maru are guaranteed hits for horror games.

Even Komari, the most rational one, has delicious reactions. It’s fun to see her cute reactions like suddenly getting tongue-tied while seemingly talking normally.

Rain? It’s funny how she speaks Korean better when she’s scared. It’s mostly swearing, but it definitely guarantees some laughs.

With everyone being such scaredy-cats, it’s bound to be a hit just by showing it.

The members seemed to know how precious this was and were really cherishing it.

A group horror game on top of that?

This was too precious to pass up.

If Majiya wins the bet, she can create that precious scene herself, so how could she not be excited?

So even though the members hadn’t explicitly said the penalty would be a horror game, Majiya was extremely excited.

Throughout the rehearsal, while going through the proceedings, she constantly let her imagination run wild.

For the concept of the “We’re Really Close” content, maybe they’ll give Majiya some kind of quiz?

Perhaps an advanced version of the “Fragment Quiz” where they show part of a member’s broadcast and guess which broadcast it was?

Like playing only 1 second of broadcast content instead of up to 5 seconds, and having to guess when and which broadcast it was from?

However, after the rehearsal wrapped up smoothly, Majiya stopped her imagination.

To defuse any controversy, her raw, unfiltered reactions would be more important.

Since Majiya has seen so much from native VTuber broadcasts, she was on the verge of reading the members’ thoughts just from imagining.

So to avoid being disappointed during tomorrow’s live broadcast, this was the right time to stop.

‘I’m so excited to see what we’ll bet on…’

Majiya thought as she went to bed earlier than usual for the next day’s content.

Please let it be a horror game.

Even if the bet is extremely difficult, I don’t mind.

Please!

To avoid spreading conspiracy theories until the day of the broadcast, the notice about the change in host was posted at noon on the day of.

————— View on Z ——————

Parallel Parallel official KR☑ @Parallel_official_kr – 6 hours ago

Notice to Woldeungi:

We inform you that the host for scheduled for May 13th has been changed to Majiya as a substitute due to the Boss’s schedule.

There is no change in the broadcast date and time.

Thank you.

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However, even in that short time of just 6 hours until the broadcast started, the community was busy spinning:

Even though nothing had been said officially yet, everyone was constantly keeping the worst-case scenario in mind due to the lack of information.

Despite clearly stating it was changed due to a sudden schedule for the Boss, Majiya’s starving fandom(?) was half-convinced this wasn’t a sudden change but one that had been discussed in advance.

Well, for a normal VTuber, it would be natural to appear on a broadcast laughing and chatting with members to end rumors of discord as soon as they arise.

But this is Majiya we’re talking about.

She’s only properly mentioned controversies related to herself once, and that was on April Fool’s Day, deliberately to trick people.

Other issues? She’s never mentioned them herself even once.

Even regarding her debut, if you ask directly on stream, prepared to get banned, she’ll just coldly ban you after curtly saying “I’m not doing it”.

And now someone like that suddenly does a collab with Bajubi?

And then collabs with the 1st gen the very next week?

A content that’s good for showing off their friendship at that?

The fact that the notice came out suddenly added fuel to their wild speculations, reaching the point of complete delusion.

Fandoms tend to panic at the slightest hint their oshi might graduate, so it can’t be helped, but this seems a bit extreme even for that?

… — — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery — — …

[We’re screwed]

I know this…

This is making as many memories as possible by fulfilling as many schedules as possible before graduating…

Why are you suddenly acting like this?

You weren’t someone who streamed this diligently!!!

Stop it!!

I don’t want any more loss!!!

[Comments]

— Parallel015: Shit, seeing this suddenly makes me anxious lol

— Parallel802: Have you idiots who kept insisting she debut finally realized what you did wrong? But it’s already too late! Quietly accept Majiya’s graduation!!

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Parallel564: No, she hasn’t even debuted yet lol

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Parallel069: Nope, Majiya is already a debuted VTuber~

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Parallel811: Just a Majiya fanatic lol When did Majiya debut?

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Parallel707: Since she debuted quietly, she’ll probably graduate quietly too lol

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Parallel992: Wow why does this seem so real

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Parallel992: There’s no obligation to announce an employee quitting in the first place

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… — — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery — — …

[Wow so the featured part lyrics are]

OTNXSU9XcTFURXdtd0tweHpoait4akVEQVJoTmMrTm16VjVSWTNEeEJiU3l1K3V4QXVJWWwralVDa3F4RXc2eQ

“I’m about to stand at the starting line again towards the next destination”

“Say goodbye to yesterday’s me, Re-start with today’s me”

Is the person who found this a g- genius?

This is really chilling

[Comments]

— Parallel015: Fuck, she’s blatantly hinting at it lol

— Parallel442: Majiya, you sly girl

— Parallel562: Nope, that’s a stretch

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Parallel812: You’re gay…

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Parallel241: Hang in there

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Parallel095: This is what happens when you stan someone who hasn’t debuted, you gay… Find a new person quickly

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Parallel562: Nooooooooo

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… — — Parallel (VTuber) Gallery — — …

[Aren’t those lyrics a hint about 2nd gen debut?]

Is it just me who hears it that way lol

Why is everyone thinking about graduation first?

She could do both utaite and VTuber

Watch out for a 2nd gen with a suspiciously familiar voice in a few months

[Comments]

— Parallel358: Is it possible to do utaite, VTuber, and company employee at the same time?

– Parallel095: Just thinking about it makes me want to puke lol

— Parallel551: If she’s preparing for debut, she’d reduce streams lol Who came up with the idea of increasing them?

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Parallel551: Don’t you know? When you see someone taking a long break from streaming and suddenly coming back to stream a lot, it’s a graduation trip?

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Parallel252: You don’t know anything!!!!

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By the way, the actual meaning behind the lyrics that people keep trying to interpret in relation to my utaite reincarnation is completely different.

It was included to celebrate the 1st gen’s new start, meaning “I’ll leave the small pond and play more spectacularly in a bigger pond with CAT as my partner”.

The intention behind the song is explicitly stated in the video description.

However, thanks to such speculations, there was definitely a surge in viewers.

Even when there’s news of someone graduating in the VTuber fandom, people tend to pay attention at least once even for small VTubers.

What? Someone’s graduating?

And that person hasn’t even debuted?

… Majiya?!

With rumors like this spreading wildly, quite a few people came to check it out, just in case, even though they knew it probably wasn’t true.

Moreover, today was Sunday evening.

It was a time when people facing work tomorrow were desperately trying not to sleep, seeking as much dopamine as possible, so there seemed to be an even bigger influx of people.

[ (🔴Live) We’re Really Close – revive ] 👪47,333

#Parallel #Another #Majiya

This number was quite significant.

Last week, the peak viewer count for the new song release watch-along stream was 90,000, with 60,000 at the start of the broadcast.

Today, without riding on CAT’s name, there were 47,000 at the start.

While there were probably quite a few new viewers drawn in by the high-quality new song release.

It seemed a considerable number had flocked in after hearing rumors of Majiya’s graduation.

However, mentioning ‘graduation’ on stream without the person themselves bringing it up is something fandoms are very careful about.

Partly because it dampens the mood of the broadcast and can get you banned.

But also because seeing is believing – someone who was on the fence about graduating might think “Okay, let’s graduate”, and even someone who had no thoughts of graduating might misunderstand and think “Do they want me to graduate?”.

So the chat was unusually sweet today, to the point where you could almost taste it.

Ready to cling on if Majiya showed even the slightest hint.

— I’m so excited for today’s stream

— When does it staaaaaart

— Looking forward to Jia-nim hosting

— Majiya can even host now, is there anything you can’t do!!!!!

Most had a submissive attitude, as if saying “If you leave, our team is ruined”.

All attention was focused on what Majiya would say.

But the reason Majiya directly addressed this today was just one.

Rumors of discord between her and the 1st gen could soon spread to rumors of discord between the company and the 1st gen, so she aimed to suppress it preemptively before the fire grew.

So while she found it strange that people on the gallery were worrying about graduation when she hadn’t even debuted, she didn’t pay much attention to it.

After all, wasn’t she just curious about what penalty the members had prepared for losing the bet, what difficult bet they would propose?

Majiya just wanted to get on with the content quickly.

She would have to host calmly and composedly, recalling how the Boss used to host so as not to show her eagerness to others.

Quickly, as fast as possible, somehow get to the bet quickly.

She couldn’t completely suppress the constantly urging feelings.

She tried her best to restrain herself, but Majiya wasn’t an experienced broadcaster like Cheon Do-hee, and she had a tendency to broadcast according to her instincts.

So her excited mood was bound to show from the opening remarks.

“Hello Parallel Woldeungi, and new potential Woldeungi who have joined us. I’m Majiya, the deputy in charge of hosting today. Please give a big round of applause to welcome our 1st gen members who are here for today’s collab…! Wow…!”

“Hello!”

“Hi hi. Hello!”

“Waaang~.”

“Hello.”

If you didn’t notice anything strange about the opening remarks just now, you’re either a normal 1st gen fan or someone who joined recently.

But if you did notice something strange, you’re part of Majiya’s nameless fandom.

You might wonder what was strange, but to them, the ad-lib Majiya added at the end of her greeting felt extremely odd.

The ‘please↗!’ itself is an unbelievable tension for Majiya.

And what’s with the bright emotion felt in the ‘Wow…!’

It sounded just like the reaction of someone feeling relieved after being freed from a heavy burden, so the gallery doing live commentary immediately erupted into a frenzy.

While the Parallel gallery didn’t focus on it much since there was talk about other members too.

The Majiya mini gallery was already in an atmosphere like war had broken out.

Saying things like, “Hey, I think she’s really going to graduate”.

Though that atmosphere didn’t spread to the broadcast.

It could be inferred from the chats of some anxious viewers.

— Majiya seems pretty excited today haha

— Why is she so cute today lol

You might wonder where they see any trembling, but.

If you add “Is graduating that good?” and “As if she won’t show this side anymore in the future” at the end, it makes sense.

Moreover, Majiya didn’t just show that bright side once, but continued to appear excited afterwards, making her nameless fandom anxious.

“Now then, before we start today’s content. Let’s briefly look back at our previous . Is everyone ready?”

“Ugh… I’m already worried.”

“Scary seeing how trash we were at broadcasting in the early debut days…”

“We’re all similar~. I’m embarrassed too~.”

“Dora unnie doesn’t sound embarrassed at all…”

“Well, Dora didn’t really get nervous and did well from the start…! Even though she’s called crazy now, she was actually the best among us back then!”

“That’s mean~. I’m not crazy now either~.”

“It’s natural to be awkward at the beginning of broadcasting. But I do feel a bit sad that we can’t see that fresh innocence from back then anymore.
For fans who regret not seeing it, you can watch edited videos of our embarrassing early debut days of our now wonderfully grown 1st gen members on the official Parallel channel. Please subscribe and turn on notifications right now.”

“Hey! Why are you telling them that?!”

“Really? I didn’t know. I’ll go watch Maru’s dark history right after we finish broadcasting today.”

“Damn. Then I’m going to turn on Rain unnie’s debut broadcast replay?”

“OK let’s do this. Let’s see who wins!”

“It’s already a mess…”

“Alright everyone. You can continue fighting while we proceed with the content. Let’s end the preliminary skirmish here.”

“We weren’t fighting?!”

“This much counts as fighting~.”

“That’s right. It’s so noisy I could die.”

“Just you wait, both of you…”

“Then, before we officially start , as I mentioned, we’ll watch highlights from last year’s . Play the video!”

Could I have been mistaken?

Doesn’t Majiya get excited sometimes too?

Even as they tried to shake off their anxiety with various thoughts, the point that ‘this isn’t like the usual Majiya’ kept tripping up Majiya’s fans.

They were somewhat relieved that there were no additional signs until the second corner of wrapped up.

But Majiya’s concrete fans’ sense of Majiya hinting at graduation was waiting for the second wave.

It was the bet that the members had prepared to show off their closeness with Jia.

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A corner where they have to guess which broadcast it was from just 3 seconds of audio or a cropped video showing only the avatar from countless broadcasts.

Even after spending nearly 2 years together, it’s difficult for the members to guess the correct answer when given only about 3 seconds to listen to/watch from numerous broadcasts.

Even though they prepared relatively easy quizzes, the four kept getting scolded by Majiya for their terrible accuracy rate.

“Ah, this was an easy question.”

“Despite appearances, these two get along well, everyone. No need to doubt.”

“Sigh. Getting this wrong is a bit much, don’t you think?”

During rehearsal, the members were supposed to show what they had prepared separately right after this.

That corner that was a secret from Jia.

Pretending to be angry after constantly being criticized, Maru raised her hand and complained.

“Hold on a second. I have a question.”

“Yes, go ahead Maru-nim.”

“You’ve been teasing us for not being able to guess correctly. Then you! How well can you guess?!”

“I’m sure I can do better than you all?”

“Really? So you’re saying it’s fine even if we give you a super short audio sample?”

“Yes. Even 1 second is fine.”

Rain egged on the confrontation between Maru and Majiya.

“Holy dam. Your confidence is crazy hot. Wanna bet?”

“A bet? Sure. Put something on the line.”

Dora, who’s the least confident with horror games, casually brought up betting.

“Well then~ If you get more than a certain number right, how about we do a group horror game~?”

— What

— Dora bringing up horror games first?

— Gasp lolololol

— Accept it! Please accept!

— Jia please accept the bet and win!!

Then Komari talked about the conditions if Majiya lost, naturally including Majiya in the quiz guessing as they had prepared in advance.

“We bet on a Horror Game. What are you going to bet, Jia?”

Majiya, as promised, stated her terms.

“Betting on getting a few right is a bit lame. Let’s just bet on whether I get them all right or not. If I get even one wrong, I’ll do relay broadcasts with you all next week, taking turns. I’m fine with anything for the content, as long as you guys decide.”

“You can’t take that back, got it?”

“Hehe, I’ll make you play Horror Games~.”

“24 hours Battle Call special training. You are dead!”

“What, Rain, we’re on the same wavelength. I was going to make her overfeed on Naore Ranked Games for 24 hours.”

— Oh

— Majiya Returns, lol

— She’s finally coming back to broadcast!!!

— Awesome, it looks like the 2nd gen debut preparations are almost finished

— Alright!

Again, people who didn’t know Majiya well were reacting with anticipation, wondering what Majiya, famous as a collaboration cheat key, would show in collaborations with the 1st gen members.

But people who knew Majiya well could only be extremely terrified at this point.

After all, a Corporate Affiliation Virtual Youtuber who is about to graduate doing collaborations with other Virtual Youtubers within the same Corporate Affiliation, and even more enthusiastically than usual?

This is also a repertoire that they inevitably go through before graduation.

It was more dangerous than the other signs that had appeared earlier.

You might think that this wouldn’t happen anyway if Majiya wins the bet.

Immediately after, as soon as Majiya’s fandom saw the first question presented by Maru, they were dumbfounded.

[— Kkyuing…]

A mere 1 second long.

Moreover, it was a short sound that no one could tell what it was a scream from.

“Okay, guess!”

Who is supposed to guess something like that?

It’s obviously a route to a tearful relay collaboration broadcast after Majiya’s defeat.

A word from the author (Author’s Afterword)

Sorry for being late!

Have a good Lunar New Year holiday!

Since it’s Lunar New Year, instead of giving the cute author a knuckle sandwich for being late, how about giving her a New Year’s money envelope as a sign of encouragement?

Hehe