Prologue (A Female Character Vtuber)

Prologue

A month passed by after his twenty ninth job interview but his application was never replied. Hirojimi Tanaka has applied to  over a thousand job vacancies, unknown to pride or position, have withstood pain after printing many resumes. Yet, his hands never landed any jobs, So, as he prayed. Unlimited Job Application.

That was the life of Hirojimi. The thirty years old bachelor, A NEET that graduated from STEM university with average score. His soul was crushed as years passed by without anyone accepting his application. Let alone rejection letters, most company didn’t even contact him. He wondered why he never landed any jobs. Was it because he was ugly? Was it because his score was average without any notable achievements?  He was obese and thus, he concluded that society revolves around looks, disregarding academic talents and money.

Today, he will dine again with his mother like a parasite. Eating their food while giving nothing in return. Tomorrow, he will have another interview. However, after twenty nine times being ignored, he no longer have any positive attitude toward the interview.

“Good luck on your interview tomorrow dear.” my mother’s sweet words were like poison to him. Her pray were unanswered for over five years he was jobless.  There was no way it would be answered now. But, like a good kid he was, he replied to her politely.

“Yes. Mom, thank you.”

“Don’t forget your shirt and ties before work okay. You need to dress up a bit.”

“Even if you dress a pig, it would still be a pig…” His reply was banal. His frustration were showing as he replied to his parents. The parents wore a sad frown but didn’t rebuke him for his language and they continued to eat in silence.

When he was done, he shut himself in his room to play video games, watch hentai and animes. If there was a degree in porn knowledge, he would graduate with summa cum laude. Both hentai and JAV were his meal as he had accumulated over 9000 Gygabytes worth of research data on those topics. Over nine thousand Gigabytes!! that was worth at least three to five HDD storage only for watching porn and animes.

Then when it passed midnight, he slept indolently on his bed after turning his computer off. It was unhealthy habit, but he no longer cares.

“I wonder if I could get reincarnated. Then maybe it would be different. I could be a hero who saved the princess, or become a demon lord feared by all” he muttered as he dreamt about the awesome things he could do in other worlds with magics added to his vain imaginations.

However, such things didn’t come to pass as tomorrow came and the date for his interview approaches. As usual, he wore his best shirt, tie and suit that his mother sepend over three hundred dollars on over five years ago. He already stopped watching interview exercises after two years of failed interview. However, he still remembered it by heart and continued practising it.

“Welcome to Oxforn Inc. May I help you?” The beautiful lady who was playing phone noticed Hirojimi when he stood before the reception desk. She then put out her RBF face and smiled sweetly to him as she asked his business coming to interrupt her chatting or instagramming on her phone.

“Hello. Is this Oxforn Inc? I have an interview schedule today with Mr James. Is he available?” even while being introverted, with enough exercise he could still produced a curt reply.

“Oh yes! This is certainly Oxforn Inc. Please wait a moment while I called our HQ.” She replied while smiling. After that she asked him to wait as Mr James was currently occupied.

This procedure was already became a habit to Hirojomi. He never came late but the interviewer always made him wait. Some made him wait for thirty minutes while some made him wait for more than two hours.  As he wondered why such procedure came to be and wondered why should he respected the company while the company never respected him.

As he waited, five other job applicants waited with him with almost the same suit design. The big differences compared to him is their build. They are lean while he was rotund. The female applicants have their face beautifully polished by makeups while male applicants have their beard shaved and their tall build made their expression sharp. This was already a sign that He was going to fail the interview. His heart sank before the interviewer came.

Whenl the real appointed time came an hour later, he was brought to a room and the disinterested guy there spoke up politely

“Greetings, Mr. Hirojimi Tanaka. My name is James Wyles from Oxforn Inc. Before we get to the interview, let us have a small talk. Could you introduced yourself?” His word was sweet as his handsome smile made Hirojimi sick. He wondered how many times he has to repeat his introdction but he did it nevertheless.

“Greetings Mr James. My name is Hirojimi Tanaka. I looked for a job at your company. I am thirty years old bachelor with a reputable university diploma.” Hirojimi began his introduction.  First, was the name. Second, was his education, and third, was his hobby. Since he had no job experience, he had tried to fudge it by using excuses like working in charity as volunteer, etc. He wondered if this was some kind of new torture developed by ingenious devils. Why should he repeat whatever was written in his resume? Is it to shame him? Or is it to reconfirm his lies?

“I see. Thank you for your time meeting us today. If you passed our selection criteria we will get back to you in less than a month.” The interview was over before Hirojimi knew it. He already received this banal answer several times throughout his interview, but it still hurt him t hear that he didn’t pass.

“Thank you for sparing your busy time for interviewing me. I sincerely hope that my strength will be useful for your company and you would look deeper into my resume.” he smiled back and left. He was planning to go back home. Back to his otherworld fantasies and hentais. However, nature calls and he spent few minutes in company’s restroom

Once he was done with his business, he was planning to go home. It was during company’s recess that he saw Mister James eating with his friends on a large table in nearby cafeteria. One of them was the receptionist he saw earlier. Knowing that they were talking about the job applicants, he quickly stood behind one of pillars, eavesdropping them.

“So, Mr James, who will our new co worker?” The female receptionist asked.

“Well, I don’t know. I think we will pass on this batch. None of them really caught my eyes.”

“Except the fatso?” The female receptionist giggled and the whole table erupted in laughter. Those laughter sliced through Hirojimi’s heart deeper than the sharpest knife could. However, he still stood still, eager to listen. It was his only chance to know his shortcoming. Maybe, he could change for the better. He didn’t know why he always failed all his interview these years. Nobody would give him any pointers. And even if they did, he still fail the interview. Now is the rare times he could hear straight from the interviewer himself.

“Nahh! He caught my eyes in a bad way, haha. Never in a million chance we would recruit him.”

“Oh? Why? Despite the appearance, he was quite polite though.” The female asked.

“Are you seriously asking that?” mister james chuckled.

“Well, not really. But, I wonder why he in hard on the eyes.”

“It is true that he is hard on the eyes. That is one major disadvantage. However, just having a good look is no longer enough to join our company. The higher ups are looking to expand our network. We are looking for workers that are famous in social media or real life connection to government. That’s why I rejected all applicants today. I have quite an eye with the handsome and cute applicants today, but that’s what the boss wants so, no deal.”

“Ouch. So evil. We posted a job vacancy but rejected them all.”

“Well, such is life. We no longer need low level workers. We need extraordinary workers who has special skills or connection and if possible, with low level worker’s salary. With modernization, one or two low level worker in the industry is enough.” He drank his coffee and sandwich. The realization hit him like a truck.  All he has been working for is not enough. He would never land a job and that’s simply because  he was antisocial and ugly.

Rage filled his very being as he looked upon those whomocked him. However, he simply fled the scene. He didn’t make a fuss, he didn’t shout neither he vented his anger to James and his company because deep down, he knew they were right. He was a NEET with no friends, no work experience, and average score. He has nothing to show off or take pride on.

However, the despair and unfairness filled his heart as he walked back to bus station and reached home. His mother greeted him but he didn’t reply. The downcast expression that radiated from him was enough to tell her off and he went back to his room. His muscle memory was turning his computer on and he sat down watching animes. However, none of the contents of the anime even went inside his brain as he gazed into the 2d world with empty gaze.

*knock *knock

“Hiro! Come outside. Let’s have dinner.” his mother knocked on the door. Hiro was unwilling to meet anyone today. But his mother insisted.

“i understand that you bombed your interview today. Just keep going okay? Don’t give up. Apply to more jobs. Some of them will definitely accept you.”

“SHUT UP!!” Hirojimi finally snapped. “I HAVE TRIED FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN GIVE ME A CHANCE TO TRY!!”

Then he throw his chairs at the door, venting his rage. His mother turned silent then spoke, “At least eat dinner, dear.” she was trying to comfort him but failed. The dinner that day was eerily silent. Ever since Hirojimi failed an interview, his relationship with everyone around him grew strained.

The silent treatment continued on for a week until Hirojimi found an ads on youtube:



He scoffed at the advertisements. However, man was a curious thing. The bleaker his despair, the brighter the hope. He has hoped numerous times to get a job and sometimes even lost a few bucks to job scammer. His hopes was dashed multiple times which made him callous. However, what if he got accepted? What if someday, despite his despair now, he could reaped success?

And so, he clicked on the registration link after swearing multiple times that no matter what, he won’t give a single dime on them. He has no expectation his application will be received. He could not sing and he could not speak japanese. However, some sort of drive made him click on the link.

The submission form required his name, his alias if he became a real vtuber, his gender, and  a voice sample. After filling the form and putting in a a haphazardly recorded voice sample of him trying to become cute, he clicked the submission button and slept. He never expected to be accepted but, at least, he could dream.

Ever since a week ago, he no longer applied to any more jobs. He was tired and no longer wanted to try. The word that Mister James said hurt him deeply. Moreover, it was not something he could fix easily. It was a fact that he didn’t have any friend and unsociable. No matter how proficient or no matetr how high his school grade was, it didn’t matter because he was not a team player.

However, in just two days, he received an email from Vee Idol studio. He was scheduled to have an interview tomorrow.