Lize Helesta Talks Money, Anger and Friendship in 91-Minute Call With Roren Iroasu

NIJISANJI — Nijisanji’s Lize Helesta hosted a 91-minute call stream with fellow Nijisanji talent Roren Iroasu on Monday, a conversation that began with both admitting to nerves and ended with a question about when each would stop streaming. Roren said at the start that his hands were trembling, and Lize said the call had made her anxious too, to the point of checking that no one was muted.

The talk soon turned to first impressions. Roren said he had pictured Lize as a stern, formal senior who was hard to approach, and compared watching her at a past event to watching someone walk a red carpet. Lize said she had invited him to the call because she wanted to bring in a different outlook, and that she had thought of him as someone who could shrug off anything. The two also split over a stock question, money or love: Lize chose love, while Roren said he preferred love in stories but felt reality leaned toward money.

“I want to hold myself to the same sense of responsibility as a job, but I’d like to stay at it as a hobby.” — Lize Helesta, on how she thinks about her work

Anger came next. Roren said that in real life he rarely stays angry, even in a hypothetical where a friend ran off with a loan, then listed small annoyances such as someone taking a taxi he had booked, how grilled meat is handled at a table and the order people press elevator buttons, and called himself petty. Lize said she is least patient when forced to do something she does not want to do. They also talked about competition. Lize said she avoids versus games because she sulks when she loses and worries about letting teammates down in team events, and Roren said he used to throw his mouse after losses as a child.

Later the pair traded childhood stories, including a trading-card swap Lize said she was talked into by older siblings and a lie Roren said he told about spilled omelet rice. Both described themselves as cynical, withdrawn children. Roren said he first took an interest in Nijisanji through footage of a year-end live event, which he called a rare chance to see so many talents together.

Near the end, Lize put her stock question to Roren: under what circumstances would he stop streaming. He said he saw his work as both a job and a hobby and would stop only when his stamina or his enjoyment ran out, barring something unexpected. Lize said she would consider leaving if she found something she wanted to do more that could not be done alongside Nijisanji. The stream closed with the two joking that their conversation had leaked to viewers. The chat sent two paid messages during the broadcast.