Daberou-ya Vol. 3: The Chit-Chat Shop

This is a free-talk work brought to you by the world's cutest Yamada Jemiko, along with Ousaka Narumi and Akino Kaede. We get to enjoy, with our ears, the sight of these three ladies—who lend their wonderful, charming, heavenly voices to so many amazing audio works and games—drinking tea, eating pizza, and playing games together. Thank you. Truly, truly, thank you so much. This is a work that makes you happy just by listening to it. Personally, I think Akino Kaede is the one at fault here. But it's a fact that Yamada Jemiko is the cutest in the world. Her voice as she smiles and happily grills Kaede is supremely cute. Her playful, teasing way of talking is also supremely cute, and the way she enjoys the chopstick-toppling game is delightful—it makes you happy just to listen. And the way she looks so frustrated after losing the game is also incredibly cute. When she reads out the bonus track as a special treat, her outstanding range of expression combined with her supremely cute voice makes it wonderful. Also cute is when she talks about hair care, and the way she digs up Akino Kaede's old tweets and grills her about their contents is super cute too. And Yamada Jemiko's laughter, which pops up throughout, is a wonderful sound that makes you happy just to hear it. Ousaka Narumi, who calls her "Jemi-Jemi," is also adorable, and the two of them talking about "clothed fetishes" together sounds like such a fun, happy time. From start to finish, this was a wonderful free talk that makes you happy just by listening.

Reviewing free-talk works is hard. Anyway, this one was a lot of fun again this time! I felt a strange kinship with Akino's tangled-up virgin energy, and got excited right along with her while listening. This time might be one where you're meant to listen as if you were Akino himself... The sync rate occasionally shoots past 400%! I got so embarrassed I ended up kicking my legs on the bed. Having his old tweets dug up and exposed like that—I felt for him, like "please, have mercy on him..." Well, it is Akino's own fault though! Personally, my favorite part was Ousaka's underwear fashion show! I'm forever indebted to Yamada Jemiko-sama for voicing her impressions of Ousaka's underwear out loud for us—thank you! Guaranteed to excite every virgin out there! Please give it a listen!! Is there anyone among the listeners on Akino's side? With him looking this happy, does he even need anyone on his side! Akino and Ousaka kept flaunting stuff in front of Jemiko the whole time, but I guess this ends up being a harem ending for now...? What will happen next!!?

This is an audio work where three women just gather and chat freely about whatever they like. Their uniquely tangled relationship—like something out of a love triangle—is thoroughly amusing. It's rather bittersweet how clearly the power balance among them has already been established. At times, excuses pile up one after another, just like a husband caught cheating. Cheating is bad. Absolutely not allowed. The three of them really do live up to the saying about women being "noisy" when gathered together—their wave after wave of attacks never lets up. That aside, it's wonderful how you can hear realistic ambient life sounds. Footsteps in the hallway, cars passing outside the window, doors opening and closing, a doorbell ringing, and so on. Even just listening absentmindedly, there's a real sense that someone is living their everyday life right there. There's also some fairly deep, quite candid, no-holds-barred talk recorded, which sometimes left me impressed—or convinced. Or maybe not. Whatever the case, it's great that the three of them get along well. There's no genuinely nasty friction. Right? There isn't, right? Also, the impact of the bonus track is considerable. I'd call it a job well done. Amazing. Recommended for anyone seeking a battlefield of women.