Usuwa Suu, Nursing a Sore Throat, Spends Halloween Eve Urging Fans to Buy Live Tickets

REACT — Usuwa Suu, a virtual singer with the agency ReAcT, opened a late-night chat stream (a *zatsudan*) on Friday by saying her nose and throat were in bad shape and that she might not be able to stream or sing on Halloween. She had gone to a hospital, she said, and was taking antibiotics, though she never ran a fever and had no cough.

Halloween is normally the day she collects sweets from viewers on stream. This year she asked for something else. “I don’t need candy, so please buy a ticket,” she said, turning to her one-man live, whose rehearsals have begun. She said the staging was shaping up well, though more adjustments were needed, and that she was designing the live’s merchandise herself with a pop look in mind.

“I don’t need candy, so please buy a ticket.” — Usuwa Suu, on her coming one-man live

She also pointed to a club event, a VR live and an agency-wide live whose tickets are already on sale, and said the pile of events was straining fans’ wallets. Usuwa said she had appeared at far more events this year than last, a change she called surprising even to herself, and that some fans had posted that they could not make it. She told first-timers worried about going alone to a club night that most attendees come alone, and advised against bringing large bags.

Between medicine breaks the talk wandered. Usuwa described seeing a man collapse at a restaurant during a family meal and her mother stepping in to give chest compressions on the instructions of the emergency line. She said she felt powerless by comparison and wanted to take a first-aid course. She also talked about Japanese historical dramas, a recent music fair she visited and the sweet-and-sour foods she cannot eat.

Near the end she thanked viewers who sent Halloween greetings and said whether she streams on Saturday depends on her throat: speaking was possible, but singing looked doubtful. She signed off by wishing everyone good health, adding that she would take on everyone’s colds herself. Her voice was hoarse as the stream ended.