Audition

The **audition** and **debut** process describes the process and mechanism by which a normal human RWP living in the human world can become a Liver for Nijisanji, the multiversal livestreaming company via NIJISANJI SYSTEM. It is the process by which Nijisanjification hopes to be achieved in the human reality.

## Human World

### Application

In the Human World, the Nijisanji Staff-san at the Human Reality's Nijisanji HQ release posts onto the social media calling for talent to apply to become livestreamers. To do so, people must fill out an initial application which asks basic questions and also asks them for a sampling of the kind of content they will deliver. The Staff-san of human reality are in charge of evaluating the applications and carrying out the auditions, with sometimes Riku Tazumi himself also joining in.

Applying is competitive; while thousands of people across the world will apply, only a small amount of those applications will be considered. This is for the same reasons that any job are competitive, but also, considering the goals of Nijisanjification, is also due to the limited ability for NIJISANJI SYSTEM to intrude upon our reality at any given time, which limits its capacity for multiversal transfer and connection.

After the application, if staff-san reviews it fairly, they may invite the person to a call to interview them and do a live audition. There may even be multiple rounds of these auditions to further narrow down the large application pool. Once the final people are chosen, they are now known as RWPs, the real world personas of a Liver, and are able to move onto the preparation stage.

### Qualifications

For Nijisanji and Nijisanji-JP, living in Japan and speaking Japanese are an essential requirement. For Nijisanji-EN, while not necessary to speak Japanese, doing so, and having experience with Japan (such as visiting or living there at some point in your life) is a major plus. Many Nijisanji-EN livers have lived in, worked in, or at least visited Japan at some point in their lives. Being a major fan of Japanese culture is also a must, with most if not all Nijisanji livers being so-called "weebs", "otakus", and being major fans of anime and other elements of Japanese life. This could also be due to the appeal of being an anime character on the internet only attracting this demographic though.

During the audition process, as described by Finana, the staff are looking for someone who can most effectively play or fit a part. Nijisanji is looking for someone who can immerse themselves in a character and mesh with them as well as possible. This is both for the best immersion experience with the audience as well as for the auditioner's own sake, given that they will be spliced into a character and must quickly adapt to being a combined consciousness with them.

As highlighted by many VTubers like Finana and Scarle, it is also crucial to have at least some prior streaming experience as well as having done plenty of research into streaming. You don't necessarily need to be perfect or have large numbers in order to be of interest to Nijisanji, but they are looking for evidence that an auditioner knows what they are doing and that they can be competent as livestreamers for the company.

However, more than all, Nijisanji is looking for a streamer who will best represent the company and all of its interests. As a public company, hiring someone who is incompetent or interacts poorly with the audience, or even someone who the audience does not jive with due to being boring or having a repelling personality, will reflect back poorly onto the company's image. To ensure Nijisanjification can happen, the image of the company needs to be maintained or else people will stop endorsing it!

## Preparation and Debut

### Pre-Merge

Auditions usually complete a few months before the debut is scheduled to occur. These few crucial months are referred to as the preparation period and involve much activity on the part of both the soon to be liver as well as Nijisanji. First, there is presumably some training period where the RWPs get familiar with the Nijisanji software and also prepare for consciousness merging to occur.

During this training period, the character and personality of the livers are conceived. Depending on the wave, the RWPs may or may not have the ability to decide on things like character name, character design, and wave name during this period. Usually, these names are enforced over whatever name the character had before the merging (so while the character and RWP have their own names, the names we observe them use is the Liver name, the name the combined consciousness takes on).

Since most characters can shapeshift, having control over character design can enforce this design onto the Liver, using their shapeshifting ability to mold themselves into the design. In other cases, the character is not changed by the splicing and looks like they always had in their universe, but the design affects how the mama will design the Virtual Avatar for that Liver. During this time, Nijisanji may also use their time altering powers in the universe where the character lives to subtly affect events in the character's past to match up with similar events in the RWP's life to ensure better integration.

### Merge and Post-Merge

Once everything is in order, the RWPs are asked to close down any online presence they may have had remaining in preparation for their new journey. Their consciousnesses are then spliced, duplicated (but still entangled so a form of two-way communication can happen) by NIJISANJI SYSTEM, and then sent along the system into the universe where the character resides. NIJISANJI SYSTEM will then use its powerful mind magic to meld the consciousnesses together, integrating them into the combined consciousness and creating the Liver.

At first, the Liver will be confused as all their memories struggle to integrate and get sorted out. While still trying to carry on the lives of their character, the Liver will feel the urge to start livestreaming coming from the RWP side of their consciousness. They inevitably will cave in and usually find some sort of (often silly) rationale to self-rationalize to themselves why they would start streaming (since most characters would not even give it a thought before the RWP is spliced into them to give them this motivation).

After doing whatever they need to do to learn more about livestreaming and after some time has passed for the memory integration to fully complete, the Liver will show up at a Nijisanji HQ. There, they will meet with their fellow genmates and begin preparing for debut. This includes getting a Virtual Avatar set up by a mama, getting help in resolving any remaining memory disparities, and creating all sorts of assets like backgrounds, visuals, and background music. Their social profiles and social media accounts for their liver selves are also created.

During this time, Livers will also record their lines for their debut song and will also record their debut one-liners, There are often many takes that they need to send in, and Staff-san helps to sort through these takes and select the best ones. They then get everything ready by compiling and releasing sneak peeks and trailers as well as in arranging the debut song music video. Lastly, the Livers will need to begin preparing for their first set of streams, their debut stream, and create their Lore video if they wish to do so.

### Debut

On debut day, in debut order, VTubers will present short thirty minute streams. During these streams, VTubers get acquainted for the first time with actually being in the Virtual World, interacting with it live, and in broadcasting a stream across the entire multiverse. Usually, the debut stream begins with a lore video or lore song (or sometimes both), and may include some form of short karaoke if the liver is proficient at singing.

On debut, livers usually give a presentation (a PowerPoint of some form) which outlines various things about themselves, such as their character's backstory (lore), their characteristics, their likes and dislikes, and what they hope to accomplish as livers. The debut is a very crucial stream because it is the Liver's chance to put their best foot forward and make a good first impression upon all their viewers. It is also meant to let their viewers know who they are and what kind of stream and entertainment they will be experiencing if they choose to tune in. In many cases, a debut's success determines, in large part, the initial trajectory of the liver's overall reach and audience dynamic.

After debut, the Liver will generally hold a longer debut the next day, a Debut 2.0, where they will go in depth on the process of debuting and auditioning, and also answer some audience questions. After this, the liver is free to begin streaming content.