【OSHI NO KO】 (【推しの子】)

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Himekawa-san, me and you...

We have the same father.

So, could you tell me

about your father?

Private DNA Test Report Result: It was determined that there is a high possibility the individuals are half-siblings who share the same biological father.

Half-brothers?

Is that even...

Well, I guess it's possible.

It's not a conversation to have here.

I want to put the old man to bed, too. Want to hit up another place?

Where?

Hmm...

My place okay?

If you got a DNA test done, I'm guessing you had a pretty good idea already?

Who's your mother?

I can't tell you that.

So she was an entertainer.

We're the same, then.

Do you recognize the name Airi Himekawa?

I do. She was the heroine in a morning soap.

It was a pretty old show, though.

There it is.

Bodies of Married Couple Found In Apparent Double Suicide

Bodies of Married Couple Found In Apparent Double Suicide A man and a woman were found unresponsive in a cottage in Karuizawa. They were taken to a hospital where they were declared dead. A statement from the Nagano Prefectural Police identified the deceased as actor Airi Himekawa and fellow actor Seijuurou Uehara.

I think I was five at the time.

She was my mother... and she died in a double suicide.

Your dad was Seijuurou Uehara,

a failed actor.

Double suicide?

He's already dead?

You're, what, seventeen or so?

Our dad was married before you were born.

Looks like he messed around with a bunch of talented entertainers.

He might've tried to compensate for his inferiority complex

by sleeping with women who had talent.

Nobody knows the real reason for the suicides,

but I can guess.

Even as a kid, I hated my dad.

Is that why you act under your mother's maiden name?

Yeah. My legal name is Taiki Uehara.

Damn, looks like being a womanizer runs in the family.

Seeing you string along both Arima and Kurokawa gives me nothing but despair.

I'm not stringing them along.

Oh, you totally are.

Hurry up and choose,

or you'll get dragged into a double suicide like our dad.

That's not even funny.

Got any other questions? I'll answer whatever I can.

Nah, I'm good.

Back to drinking it is, then.

What a weird feeling.

Half or not, I've suddenly got this blood relative.

And you're even an actor like me. Talk about funny.

Don't start calling me "Nii-san" or "big bro," though. That'd be gross.

Not on your life.

Hey, Onii-chan!

Only bad boys stay out all night! I can't believe you!

Huh? What?

Nothing.

It wasn't anything weird. I was just over at Himekawa-san's place.

Oh, the guy who played Blade?

If it was just some bros-being-bros thing, I guess it's okay.

I'll introduce you sometime.

You will? Why?

Weirdo.

Our father's long dead.

Ai's killer isn't around anymore.

Then what am I supposed to do?

What about my revenge?

Arima

Hello—

Where'd you run off to during the party?!

Akane was gone, too! Don't tell me you...

Nah. I just hit up another place with the director and Himekawa.

Oh, is that what it was?

Jeez! Don't be so misleading, you moron!

Good night, dumbass!

Got it. Your call.

Did you get home all right?

Minors shouldn't be drinking, okay?

Don't let any adults talk you into it!

Did you get home all right?

Minors shouldn't be drinking, okay?

Don't let any adults talk you into it!

These girls are so...

Is it okay, then?

Is it okay to call it quits?

To be free,

and live my own life?

Want breakfast, Onii-chan?

I'm making fried eggs.

Yeah, I'll have some.

December Schedule

Arima and Aqua's schedule here -> Don't be late, and greet everyone

Ruby, MEM: After recording, deliver the files to Kanzaki for checking

Other schedules up on the cloud

Our YouTube subs are about to break the big twenty thousand.

Oh, huh. They're still that low?

We need to work a lot harder.

One million subs is such a long way away.

Give me a little credit here!

That's twenty thousand, y'know?!

Gimme more praise for doing everything I could to grow our channel!

Huh? But it's still just twenty thousand.

Jeez! Do you have any idea how impressive that is?!

Listen up!

They say there are three hundred thousand YouTube channels in Japan alone!

10k-50k Approx 20% Barely making a living

1-1,000 Approx 75% Basically 0 earnings

Of those, 75% have under a thousand subscribers! Basically zero earnings!

Channel Subscribers

50k-500k Approx 3%

500k-999,999 Approx 0.3%

Over 1 mil 0.1%

The top few percent monopolize all the wealth!

It's an exploitative society that puts the middle ages to shame!

Meanwhile, we've made it into the top ten percent!

Earnings Disparity

These two ranges make around the same amount of money

You need to realize how amazing that is!

Quit talking about a million subs when you don't even know that, you kids!

That's 0.1% of all channels! The highest of hurdles!

A summit only reached by climbing over countless corpses!

Still...

That's only brought in a little over 100k yen this month, right?

Once we take out the agency's cut, pay the video editor,

and split the rest evenly, it's basically pocket money.

It might actually be better to work part-time jobs.

Right now, yeah.

It'll probably stay this way until we get popular.

B-Komachi Channel's balance sheet will be ugly viewing for a while yet.

We've gotta do everything we can.

On that note, we're filming a room tour video today.

A room tour video?!

1.5 Mil Rent

My First Time Living Alone

Room Tour!

You mean one of those? Where you show off your place?

They're pretty popular!

I'm not doing it!

What kind of sicko exposes their own home to the internet?!

Even if we're out of ideas,

we're done for if we start selling out our private lives!

Huh? Come on, do it.

If you shoot a room tour video,

everything shown can be written off.

What are we waiting for?

Here we are.

This is a bag from Chl*e's latest collection.

Peep!

It cost around 100,000 yen.

And over here's something I bought thinking I'd do gaming streams,

but I haven't used this liquid-cooled gaming PC at all.

I think it was around 300,000 yen.

The chair's a H*rman M*ller A*ron...

Peep!

Peep...

You shop big, huh?

Lay off me! I'm spending my own money!

To be a top-class entertainer, I need to surround myself with top-class things!

In this biz, you're done for if they start to see you as a cheap woman!

Sounds like Kana-chan would be pretty high-maintenance.

Let's take a taxi

Independent

None of those independent ones

Big Brand

Let's take a taxi.

None of those independent ones, though.

You say you're a failed actor, but check out this cool apartment.

Well, I have plenty of savings and investments.

All entertainers should live in apartment buildings with double auto-lock systems.

All said and done, the scariest part of the job is weird fans.

Sure, if you've got the money.

You've showed me a great way to save on tax.

When I get a car, I'm totally uploading a video of it.

Save on tax?

You know how YouTubers often post videos about their expensive purchases?

They mostly do it to write off whatever they bought as a business expense.

What an ugly reality.

If you want to film a room tour too, I'll help you out.

Hmm... I don't buy anything expensive, though.

You'll regret saying that when it's time to submit your tax returns.

Once you're an adult, you'll learn why they put taxes on the same level as death.

Uh... I'll think about it.

Hey, could you film my kitchen and this other room next?

Yeah, yeah.

Ruby's Room

Should I take down the posters?

The fact that I'm her kid is a secret I'll take to the grave.

But Ai's always at the core of Ruby Hoshino.

Should I really hide that?