A Day Before Her 3D Debut, Shirona Shizuku Rehearses the Reveal in a Chat Stream

NEO-PORTE — Shirona Shizuku, a member of Neo-Porte’s fifth generation, spent a late-night *zatsudan*, or chat stream, on the eve of her 3D debut, rehearsing how she would greet viewers and admitting she had not yet steadied herself for it. The stream was billed as her first proper chat in a long while.

She opened by saying she had been tied up with team practice and had not been able to chat for some time. Once the debut date came up, she said she had thought there were a few days left and was startled to be reminded it was the next day. She said she planned to look after her throat and stay indoors, and that she felt more nervous the longer she talked about it. What worried her most, she said, was that a 3D body would show her gestures and habits. She asked viewers to decide now what they wanted her to try, mentioned that she would like to jump a vaulting box and skip, and said she might be able to pick up a few requests.

“I’m embarrassed. It will show how I’ve been talking all this time.” — Shirona Shizuku, on becoming 3D

About twelve minutes in she ran a practice of her own, telling chat to practice commenting while she greeted them as if already in 3D. She turned a full circle on request and told viewers it was the only turn she could manage. Chat answered with cheers and congratulations on the 3D debut.

She then worked through a three-sheet “how clingy is this?” checklist that she had redrawn in Paint with a mouse, rating about 30 situations from “happy” to “too much.” She found daily check-in messages and a partner who studies her interests pleasant, but said she would not want someone to reorganize his life around her. Her free-write answer at the end read “love and peace.”

Later she talked about the forks in a life, saying she is happiest in the present and does not wish to redo any of it. She spoke of wanting voice training, explained that her family’s apples from Aomori Prefecture turned her into an apple lover, and said pears are the one fruit that rivals them. She closed by saying the rehearsal made her feel calmer, then turned to the finale of the LTK tournament, saying her team had talked through its worries and that she hoped to win and cry happy tears. The stream drew 11 Super Chats.