Authour's Notes: I had to do a lot of research into voice actors and what not. This chapter is my personal head cannon of how these two became voice actors and what they did once they finally debuted. And see if you can see what I'm poking fun at here.
Tsubaki and Asuza's chapter
Anime and alter egos
The word "voice actors" had never thought to cross the Asahina Household until now. Not just once, but twice. Miwa had been skeptical when both of her sons told her that they wanted to be voice actors. Her sons eldest sons were already respectively; a doctor, a lawyer, a monk, a novelist, and a salesman. Tsubaki had always been a fan of anime for as long as he knew of it's existence. How he managed to rope his more reserved and responsible twin brother into this, no one had any idea. The next thing they knew, they both applied to voice actor school following their final year of high school.
The twins had both studied their asses off to get into this school thanks to Ukyo and Masaomi, despite them being busy with their own jobs. Being a voice actor was hard, and that was a well known truth. People who say that it's an easy job were crazy. They worked just as hard as normal actors and actresses! And both Tsubaki and Asuza were determined to prove just how hard they worked to their families. They worked themselves to the bone preparing for their auditions. Sometimes they made themselves ill from staying up all night, but that was what being an actor was all about. Sometimes you needed to get hurt in order to prove something.
After many failed auditions, They both caught a break when it was announced that they were both going to get a role in an new upcoming anime. Everyone was excited. They finally got a role! especially as main characters. However, the one who was the most excited about this was their youngest brother Wataru. He happy for his big brothers when they announced that they got leading roles. He was going to be able to hear his brother's voices on tv from now on.
They gathered everyone in front of the tv to watch the first episode's broad cast, with their baby brother sitting on their lap. They landed parts in a really silly shojou anime about an boy bands. The main character was a girl with weird eyes that happened to wind up in an elite school made for creating future idols and song writers. Wataru's eyes lit up with excitement when he heard their voices for the first time on television.
Their characters in the show were so much different from what they were really like in real life, it was almost jarring. Tsubaki's character was this quiet and stoic bookworm that never really spoke much. He came from a traditional Japanese family, where he was expected to always have a regal and refined air about him. Because of that, he always trouble expressing how he felt, except through his music.
Asuza's character however, was a cheerful childish dork from a faraway country. His father was the king of that country, but he himself was a bastard child because the king had fallen in love with a commoner. And because of that, his relatives refused to acknowledge in any way unless he managed to prove himself to them. Though he was usually sunshine and smiles, Asuza was really good at bringing out his inner turmoil and sadness.
Thier characters were in a love triangle with the heroine, which meant a lot of drama for everyone else. When these two characters were together in a scene, they would usually bicker and argue, sometimes reminding everyone of Tsubaki and Asuza's arguments in real life sometimes. It was almost scary how almost alike these characters were to them. Everyone laughed with them, and cried too when something sad happened. Just when it was getting intense, the episode cuts off on a cliff hanger, frustrating the younger Asahina brothers. Tsubaki and Asuza couldn't help but be amused by their younger brother's antics. On the other hand, once the ending song started playing, they both encouraged their younger siblings to join in and sing with them.
With the exception of Fuuto, not everyone was really a good singer. Some of them were decent, but others were just really bad. But they didn't care. They were just a bunch of brothers singing along to an annoyingly catchy song. By the end of everything, Wataru was bouncing around in twin's laps and exclaiming about how cool his big brothers were and how he couldn't wait to see more of this show, despite it's cheesy premise. Tsubaki and Asuza couldn't help but beam in pride. Even though in the future where they'll probably have thousands of fans, they could always feel assured that Wataru would always be their biggest fan.
