【KU100】After-School Ear Whisper Time with a Downer Gyaru♪【CV: Rio Tsuchiya】

This is about spending a sweet time with 'Hiiragi Miya' from [A Downer-type Gyaru's After-School Ear Whisper Time♪], voiced by Rio Tsuchiya. Prologue! Just an ordinary day... One day, the protagonist is asked by his downer-gyaru classmate 'Hiiragi Miya' to teach her how to study. Apparently, if she fails the next test she'll have to repeat the year, so she asked the smartest kid in the grade, our protagonist. In exchange for teaching her, the protagonist asks her to do him a favor. 'Miya'... "Yes, go ahead... what, it's just a lap pillow. Hu-r-ry up." She seemed like she wanted to get it over with quickly, but... What happens next is a treat for after you purchase it ♪ And so begins a series of sweet, sweet days spent with 'Miya'... Point! 《Pick up》 ☆Introduction☆ 'Miya': A 17-year-old high schooler. In the same class as the protagonist. Gives off a downer vibe and seems a bit of a bother sometimes. Stage: Her home. Sound: Listen for the sound of writing, the rustle of clothing, and more. The key phrase to keep in mind for this work is "favor." ☆Situation☆ Just the two of you alone. You can fully experience healing moments like a lap pillow, ear cleaning & fluffy ear pick, massages, and ear wiping. ☆Event☆ She came across as a bit of a bother, but deep down she's a very good girl who always keeps her promises. She's the downer type, but I found myself thinking that with a bit of a gap moe, she'd surely be adorable — and I was listening while thinking exactly that. During the ear cleaning, her pressure control was exquisitely good — good enough that I wondered if she might actually have a talent for it. It felt amazing. Her sudden yawn was way too cute! Yawns are contagious, you know... I ended up yawning too. I was practically dozing off. There's more besides that too... please go find it for yourself ♪

For a lot of otaku, gyarus feel distant in terms of the school social hierarchy, and visually too, otaku tend to fall for the modest and clean type, or the plain cute type, rather than the flashy type, so I feel like gyarus used to be a genre that wasn't very popular. But that's a thing of the past. In recent years, the gap between looking like a gyaru on the outside but being pure-hearted and kind on the inside has become a hit, and in games with multiple characters, this archetype has gained a certain amount of popularity, and before you know it, gyarus have become accepted by otaku. Of course, I love gyarus too. The stereotype of a gyaru dressed head to toe in full gyaru fashion, cheerful and outgoing, not too bright but good-hearted, being kind even to otaku, is nice, but like this work's Hiiragi Miya-chan, with a short skirt and a loosely worn blouse giving off just a hint of gyaru essence while still having a look that could pass for a modest heroine — a gyaru without too much high energy is great too. A beautiful downer-type gyaru is unbeatable. Hiiragi Miya-chan does the ear cleaning she was asked for, saying it's a pain, but she still properly does it as thanks for the studying help, and you can tell her true personality is a good one — it drives me wild. She's beautiful, and probably ranks high in the school social hierarchy too, yet she never once looks down on the listener. Ah, what a sweet situation this is. I too wished I could have spent my sensitive teenage years with a beautiful classmate giving me a lap pillow and cleaning my ears... But this work made that dream come true. Thank you, Hiiragi Miya-chan. Though honestly, I went to an all-boys school, so naturally there wasn't a single gyaru in my class — there weren't any girls in my class at all! Gahaha! Rio Tsuchiya, who voices her, has a calm voice that's a perfect match for the downer Hiiragi Miya-chan. You can enjoy a performance with a different character nuance compared to a certain idol game. If I could ask for more, I'd love to read an after-story where their relationship develops further, so I'll be waiting for a sequel!

Hey there, I'm a Rio Tsuchiya fan who's new to ear-cleaning ASMR. I'm not good at writing in a formal style, so this is just a full-on fan-perspective review written on pure momentum. I hope it helps any fans out there who are on the fence about buying it, just in case. Now, when it comes to Tsuchiya-san, I have a strong image of her doing downer voices, but a "listless gyaru" was surprisingly a character type she hadn't done before, so as a fan it felt fresh to me. Seriously, it's amazing, such a wonderfully listless-sounding voice. But she properly cleans your ears anyway. So kind. I love it. Also, maybe because Tsuchiya-san herself "loves gyarus," her gyaru acting is really good. It's a gyaru pitched at just the right level that won't scare off otaku. You can feel the craftsman's attention to detail. And the part in the main story that personally made me go "wait, what is this?!" was the ear massage in Chapter 3. What's happening to my ears?!? The sounds it makes... Is this common knowledge in the ear-cleaning ASMR community? So this is the kind of sound you get when your ears are given an oil massage? I thought my ears were going to get kneaded so much they'd turn into gyoza. Hiiragi-san seems like she'd be good at making gyoza too. All in all, both as a Tsuchiya-san fan and as someone new to ear-cleaning ASMR, I was thoroughly satisfied with this work, so if you haven't bought it yet, listen to Hiiragi Miya-chan's low, downer voice and get yourself hyped up!! Highly recommended!!