After spending the entire weekend feeling like I was floating on air, I arrived at work on Monday right on time—only to be greeted with good news from the CEO.
“The producer agreed to keep your identity hidden. He said it sounds like fun.” 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
The idea of framing it as Another and the first-gen members being chosen by CAT instead of me had been approved.
It had only been one day since we talked about it, yet things were moving fast.
“Did you contact him today?”
“Might as well reach out quickly. The longer you hesitate, the more unprepared you seem.”
“Well, that’s true.”
“Anyway, he wants you to come up with a stage name. Something that makes you seem like a new utaite preparing for debut would be ideal. That’s your specialty, isn’t it?”
I had expected him to set a bunch of conditions in exchange for accepting my request, but instead, he only asked for a stage name.
Gotta respect that level of generosity.
“Technically, VTuber names are my specialty, but... well, a lot of VTubers used to be utaite in their past lives, so it’s not too different.”
“Right. They’ll need some time to prepare the track, so for at least a month, just focus on vocal training with the members and your usual work.”
“Got it.”
Each VTuber group had its own approach to naming, and for our first-gen members, we took inspiration from Japan, the birthplace of VTubing.
Take Akari Dora, for example—
It preserved the roots of traditional VTubing while giving it a localized touch.
I had personally chosen all the members’ names, hoping that one day, they’d go global like our CEO, Shirahoshi Momo.
But ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) naming utaite was a bit different.
The general trend was:
But right now, the best I could think of was something dumb like “Fan.”
Eh, no rush.
For now, I needed to focus on work.
I had to get ready for my upcoming stream next week, where we’d be revealing the members’ Valentine’s Day cover songs and new outfits.
***
Before announcing the event to the viewers, the CEO suggested I play the game alone on stream first.
That way, it would generate buzz, and more people would spread the idea that “F and Magia are different people.”
Normally, this tactic was used a few weeks before participating in something like <Hit Confirm Tournament>, casually playing the game on stream while subtly hinting, “Oh yeah, I’ll be in that tournament.”
This time, it was my turn to use that method.
So today, I left Seung-yeon alone in the monitoring room and went live.
[🔴Live] Parallel Waiting Room 👪 7,814
#BattleColosseum #Parallel
But I was currently sitting at 8,000.
And it was only 4 PM on a weekday.
Not only was I barely talking because I was focused on the game, but this just proved that the interest from the illegal duet event and the F contestant mystery still hadn’t died down.
The funny part?
Since I’d been seeing five-digit viewer counts so often lately, even this number felt oddly low.
Because I was constantly scanning the chat for trolls and rule-breakers, the normally fast-paced chat felt sluggish by comparison.
This was my first solo stream, yet everything felt so calm and relaxed.
Even the moderators from the members’ individual streams had all gathered here, since their streams hadn’t started yet.
They were so quick with handling messages that I didn’t even get the chance to blind them myself or ban anyone.
When did they all get so fast?
They used to be slower than me.
Either way, with such good moderation, I was able to fully focus on the game.
And since I wasn’t talking much to begin with, my already minimal speech dropped even further.
To force me to speak, viewers started spamming small donations.
But since a lot of the newer ones didn’t know when I actually reacted to donations, they were mostly wasting their money.
:: Anonymous donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: If it’s not too much to ask, may I inquire what inspired you to play Battle Colosseum today? ::
I ignored it.
It wasn’t a member-related question.
:: Anonymous donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Can I do an illegal queue snipe? ::
That was up to them.
As long as they didn’t crack my skull open, I didn’t care.
Even if they tried, I’d just break theirs first.
Ignored.
:: Anonymous donated 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Thanks to you, my teeth are perfectly aligned now. Better than the members’. ::
You're banned.
Comparing members to each other? Fine.
Comparing me to the members? Absolutely not.
This was a pro-positive environment only.
After a while, a 10,000 Cloud donation came in.
:: Anonymous donated 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: When do the members start streaming today? ::
They could have just checked the announcements, but since it was a member-related question, I let it slide.
“Dora, Maru, and Rain are at 7 PM. Komari is at 8 PM.
CEO’s still on break today...”
Normally, when we got new viewers, they had some time to settle in, gradually shifting their focus from me to the members.
But since another wave of new viewers arrived before the first batch had even adjusted, this situation had become a mess.
That didn’t mean I disliked the influx, though.
Why?
This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.
Because thanks to them, our members had grown this much.
Maru just hit 430,000 subs.
She was 220,000 a few months ago.
[Parallel / PARALLEL]
@parallel_official | Followers: 260,000
VTuber group, Parallel’s official channel.
Even the official channel, which had only 140,000 followers before I took over content management, had climbed to 260,000.
Since YouTube automatically synced subscribers with Pazijik Gallery followers, that number also represented the official YouTube subscriber count.
And the views on the weekly and monthly hot clips had more than doubled.
Just knowing that all the money earned from this went back into member welfare and content production filled me with pride.
My shoulders?
Held high.
After playing for about two and a half hours, I smashed some illegal queue-snipers’ skulls (one of them even clipped the footage and tried to make it look fake, but he shot first).
Once I felt like I had enough of viewer matches, I switched to ranked games on purpose.
Otherwise, if I just announced:
"I’ll do a 2v87 against viewers, and if I don’t win, I’ll do a karaoke punishment stream!"
The reaction would’ve been:
"Ugh, Magia’s just making up another ridiculous challenge to mess with us."
"She doesn’t actually plan to do it; she just threw out random conditions."
...Not that I would know from experience trying to pull that exact move on the CEO before.
Either way, now that I’d shown enough, it was time to announce the event.
With one hour left before the members’ streams started, I had to make the announcement and log off to avoid affecting their broadcasts.
“You all know that on Wednesday, the first-gen members’ group cover song releases, and on Friday, the new outfits drop, right?”
Originally, I planned to throw together something basic, but then Team Leader Ra Seung-hyun suddenly snatched it away and redesigned it into a sleek, professional-looking presentation.
“Introducing: <Defeat Magia>.”
A viewer match event in Battle Colosseum—me against all viewers.
The reaction was instant.
Pazijik Gallery (Parallel VTuber Board)
[She’s at it again.]
📝 Parallel Official KR (@Parallel_official_kr) - 45 minutes ago
📅 2025.02.19 (MON) 18:00
🔫 <Defeat Magia!> 🔫
📌 Rules:
1️⃣ Magia can only use shotguns and smoke grenades.
2️⃣ Viewers can use any weapons except grenades (only smokes allowed).
🏆 If Magia & Momo win: 20 randomly selected subscribers (first-gen only) receive a new outfit merch package.
🎤 If the viewers win: Magia must do a two-hour karaoke punishment stream.
💥 Think you’ve got what it takes to beat Battle Colosseum’s best? Join and claim exclusive rewards! 💥
"This is just a damn outfit promo event in disguise. 😂"
"She’s obviously gonna twist her way out of singing."
"If I fall for this again, I’m an idiot."
[Comments]
[If the karaoke proves Magia = F, should we send a debut truck to Parallel?]
"Let’s be real—if she sings that well, she should debut as a VTuber."
"I mean, she’s been streaming a lot lately, but it’s all content management stuff..."
"I wanna see Magia actually play games, sing, act cute, and interact with us directly."
[Comments]
One thing was clear—
This event was about to be absolute chaos.