Painting
The handshake scene between the channel's notorious "Chairman" and a brand-new viewer was such an unprecedented moment in streaming history that the community lit up.
Kim Soo-hyun had only meant to calm down a chaotic chat, but the community users rated that handshake far more highly than she expected.
[Miro is seriously a genius]
(Screenshot of the Chairman and the newbie shaking hands in chat)
"Did a public execution of the toxic Chairman and at the same time pulled off a grand unification of veterans and newbies, lol…"
I was dying of laughter watching it live
Isn't this Pulitzer-level?
[I was impressed by Miro's build-up]
"Baited with a clickbaity title → gathered people, then just announced the fan name on her own → chat exploded accusing her of being a dictator → strung up the Chairman mid-chat → dragged in a newbie and showed they weren't any different → made them shake hands → total unification."
"She flowed through it perfectly."
"With just that one move, she skipped the whole annoying process of deciding a fan name with picky viewers AND took control of the room's mood."
"Is this really a beginner who only started streaming thanks to an audition? I was seriously impressed."
For real, she's sharp
Is she really 21? She acts like someone who's never worked a real job, but she handles people so well
[Still, isn't Mirodan kind of a half-assed name?]
"Sounds like Team Rocket or something."
"Even her peers came up with names after long discussions with their chats, but Miro just tossed it out there."
And? Who cares lol
If Miro says it's Mirodan, then it's Mirodan
This chat isn't the type to brainstorm anyway
[But wait, is Miro's chat always that hardcore?]
"Seeing the Chairman's log from the early days kinda shocked me. Is this really a female VTuber's chat?"
Miro's room has always been pretty loose
ㄴ Don't know, are the other members' chats like that too?
ㄴ Nope, if you typed like that elsewhere you'd get banned instantly
ㄴ Yeah, I once went into Anna's stream and typed 'sing a song, you bitch' and got banned
ㄴ You deserved the ban, idiot lol
The mods here are like that too
ㄴ Doesn't The Six care?
ㄴ Nah, it's only in solo streams. In collabs Miro tones it down herself, so no issue
ㄴ If it were a real problem, they wouldn't have picked her
And so, the community stayed hot until late into the night, long after Miro ended her broadcast and went to bed.
Before I possessed her, Kim Soo-hyun's greatest talent—without question—was drawing.
Whether it was innate dexterity or true artistic talent, she'd started later than most, in middle school. But her skill rose quickly, and by the time she graduated high school, she was producing illustrations on par with professionals.
After honing her fundamentals, she began adding her own flair, and right before I possessed her, she'd become a fairly well-known artist on Bluebird.
She even made a tidy side income now and then through commissions.
If anything, she had struggled more with design courses that required handling software rather than pure drawing.
Anyway, the reason I was thinking about all this was because I had just logged back into her Bluebird account after a long time.
When will the artist return?
Do you not draw anymore?
I requested a commission last time, I'd like to again if possible…
Seeing the comments left under her last post brought back a strange nostalgia.
Even outside of streaming, there were people waiting for her—or rather, waiting for the old Kim Soo-hyun. Strictly speaking, that wasn't me… but with the memories intact and the body being this body, was she me, or not?
"…This is complicated."
Getting sentimental just made my head spin.
Instead of replying to the comments, I posted something new.
For the first time in over a month, it was another drawing.
One I had worked on bit by bit in the spare moments after streaming.
To be honest, it was a little different from the art Kim Soo-hyun used to post.
Instead of cute fanart of the latest anime characters, this was a painstakingly detailed illustration of an older manga's protagonist—
not even a cute girl, but a male samurai with long hair, gripping a katana in a battle stance.
Maybe because I had squeezed out every last bit of Kim Soo-hyun's remembered techniques over several days, the quality was breathtaking—even to me.
This wasn't the easy, quick style tailored to her own quirks.
This was the kind of piece you grind out with gritted teeth, pouring everything you have onto the blank page.
The difference was clear.
The texture of the clothes, the definition of the arm muscles—
I nearly lost my eyesight trying to capture every detail.
"Phew…"
Once was enough.
The drawing was so good even I was amazed, but afterward my back ached and my wrist throbbed.
It was definitely easier sticking to her old comfortable style.
Still, realizing I had this much raw skill was a huge gain.
It wasn't something I could show too often on stream, since the art style could be traced. But showing off carefully, now and then? That could only help my image as a VTuber.
I even recalled another VTuber who was well known for drawing, and who produced a lot of content from it.
As I was mulling over future plans after posting the drawing, my phone suddenly buzzed.
[Manager]
It was my manager.
I answered, curious.
"Hello?"
[Ah, yes, Miro.]
"Yes, what is it?"
[Well… you've chosen your fan name now, haven't you?]
"That's right. I decided it unilaterally though…"
[That's fine. Honestly, I didn't expect you to seize control of the room like that.]
The admiration was clear in his voice.
"Haha, didn't I tell you vaguely how I'd do it?"
[When you explained it, it sounded too abstract. I guess you're just someone who shines in live situations.]
"I've never heard that before. As a streamer, that's high praise."
[You deserve it. Even the company was struggling with that issue, and you handled it well. Anyway, the reason I called is because now that each of you have gotten some new viewers and settled in, we're planning a collab stream.]
"Oh, a collab?"
A collab, huh… Come to think of it, ever since our song releases we'd all been too busy attracting our own new viewers, so there hadn't been any such schedule.
[Yes. The six of you will pick a day and do some group content. Nothing's set in stone yet, but we want to coordinate dates in advance. Do you have any that work for you?]
"For me, as long as you tell me a few days ahead, any date works."
The only time I leave the house is to go to vocal lessons. And since that's usually in the early afternoon, my streaming hours are always wide open.
[I see. And the song you're featuring in—no fixed schedule for that yet?]
"All I need to do is practice my part at home and at the academy, then record and send it. So, really, there's no rush."
In name it was a feature, but in practice, all I had to do was sing the lyrics Hyunsoo had already written and composed. The album release was still far off, so the schedule wasn't tight.
[That's good to hear. Then I'll consider you free anytime.]
"That makes me sound like someone with nothing to do."
[Haha! Well, you don't have a fixed broadcast schedule.]
"Well… true."
[Ideally, I'd suggest keeping a consistent schedule, but honestly, many viewers find your guerrilla streams part of the charm.]
"Really?"
My broadcast times are completely random.
I start in the evening whenever I feel like it, and stop when I get sleepy.
Since I have to go to vocal lessons the next afternoon, I don't stream too late, which keeps my sessions short.
[It's only the timing that's random. You still stream frequently, with hardly any breaks.]
"Right? It's because I don't need much prep."
The other Celestial Project rookies seemed to stress a lot about their streams.
They'd plan out what to do, usually streaming five hours at a time, so content prep was serious business.
Sometimes they even skipped a day if they couldn't come up with anything.
[Yes, the others seem to feel a lot of pressure.]
"Understandable…"
After all, ever since our songs came out, the increase in viewers day by day was obvious.
That was probably thanks to The Six's self-produced Celestial Project audition highlight videos.
[But in your case, it's good you don't carry that pressure.]
"For me… I just keep doing what I always did."
How should I put it… a kind of strange confidence.
Even if I don't prepare anything, even if I don't try to wrap myself in fancy packaging, I'm confident that the viewers will still come to watch me.
That mindset hasn't changed whether I had 100 viewers, 1,000 viewers, or now.
[Consistency is a good thing. Especially during growth like this—it's better to keep your original self. If your content stagnates, then yes, you should experiment. But when new viewers are pouring in, they're coming because of what you did before, not because of some imagined future. They're drawn to that past, and now they want to see it live.]
"Oh… you sound like a liberal arts major."
I'd thought so for a while—this manager really had a way with words. Maybe he said things like this to encourage the other members too.
[Sorry to disappoint, I'm a STEM major. Anyway, once the collab schedule is set, I'll reach out again.]
"Alright, thanks for your work."
[Good luck on your stream today, Miro.]
After the call ended, I went back to Bluebird to check the reactions to the drawing I'd posted earlier.
I'd spent days on it and thought it came out really well. Surely there'd be some comments?
But since it hadn't been long, the response was still minimal.
You can't expect a feast from the first bite, I told myself, feeling a little let down as the day ended.
The next morning, I woke up, glanced at my phone, and my eyes went wide.
"Why are there so many notifications?"
In just those few hours between ending my stream, going to sleep, and waking up, Bluebird had flooded me with alerts.