Offer「オファー, Ofā?」 is the eighty-eighth chapter of the Oshi no Ko manga series. It is written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It was released in Weekly Young Jump on July 21, 2022.[1]
Summary[]
Shun Yoshizumi explain in narration about the concept of VTuber, and their impact in the entertainment industry. He continues explaining about the current state of maturity the VTuber industry are reaching as more and more people explore the option to become an independent VTuber, just like his sister, Mimi Yoshizumi.
Mimi has 300,000 subscribers as the VTuber Suzune Komimi, an incredible feat as an independent VTuber or indies, as he explains the difference of survival ability between indies and VTuber that belongs in an agency, specifically about how the talent manage their work. However, Mimi is a shut-in, so Shun takes over the duty of managing her, because he was the one responsible for advising Mimi to become a VTuber in the first place. It was revealed that Shun advised Mimi to be a VTuber because he was worried of her future, as she didn't go to middle school, and she is obsessed with streaming her cosplay. After she is advised to become a VTuber, she devoted her life to livestreaming for the past three years.
As someone who managed her sister, Shun automatically also aware of her still being active as a cosplayer on her old social media accounts, and how one of her cosplay is Tsurugi from Tokyo Blade. He then pleads for Mimi to be on the show to cosplay Tsurugi, which surprised her. Shun then reveals that he is aware of her other accounts, especially accounts where she talks badly of him, but he is willing to let it go if she agrees to go on the show. Mimi grits her teeth as she glare at Shun, but seemingly agrees to join the show.
Some time later, whilst driving in a van, Shun is approached by Ruby Hoshino, who wonders if he managed to get enough cosplayers. He says he managed to do it, and also updates her about Minami Kotobuki's agent agreeing for her to be on the show. Ruby then asks about her cosplay costume for the interview, and mentions the things she heard from Aqua Hoshino about how hard it is to get permission from the author of Tokyo Blade, Abiko Samejima. Shun is shook by the information and intends to confirm with the director Tetsu Urushibara about the permission.
Shun gives director Urushibara a list of cosplayer names that would be featured in the show, including Minami and Mimi, and Shun asks about the permission to cosplay as Tokyo Blade characters. Urushibara goes silent for a second before he calls someone, which alarms Shun. After the phone conversation is over, Urushibara reveals that they can't cosplay as Tokyo Blade characters after all, which enrages Shun, as he informed the cosplayers to do so. Urushibara shifts the blame to Shun as he says he told Shun to come up with a Plan B, but Shun knows that Urushibara didn't say anything regarding that.
Urushibara then told Shun to ask the cosplayer to do an original costumes, a copyright-free costumes, or costumes that are slightly not related to Tokyo Blade characters. Shun is flabbergasted by the request, and can only mumble his affirmation as a reply. As he returns home later, Mimi voices her surprise as Shun hurriedly contacts every cosplayers to apologize for the last minute changes. Shun then panics as he realizes that Ruby also need to change her cosplay, as he is handling her costumes. Mimi then offers her free-size costume that Ruby can wear, and Shun profusely thanks her sister.
The interview day finally arrives, and Tokyo Big Sight, the place where the Comiket event is happening, is shown.
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