KIMCHI STUDIO - My Senpai is Annoying [Manga Dub]
remarano for Igarashi Futaba
Igarashi Futaba is the female lead in the story.
This actor must be able to show various authentic emotions through the voice. Igarashi has a wide range of expressions and she will definitely test the acting ability of the voice actor.
Here is the Japanese Manga Dub for voice reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtDoMdKusAM
I highly recommend reading the two scenes linked above, as it will provide the context for the scene.
Actor cast will be asked to deliver the lines for the first four chapters.
(explaining - a tinge of frustration and annoyance, then slowly transitioning to a tinge of endearment. Not too much and not too little of both. Also, looking for proper pronunciation of "senpai")
My senpai is annoying. He's big. He laughs loudly. He just starts petting me. He steps in when I'm being harassed at office parties, he drives me home when I'm drunk, when I mess up he comes with me to apologize.(Again, looking for proper pronunciation of "Takeda-senpai". All inner monologue - a sense of small hope at first, then slightly defeated.)
(thinking) Will Takeda-senpai wear the necktie I gave him...? (surprise reax - he's NOT wearing the tie she gave him. Self-talk:) Come on, I knew this was going to happen. I don't know what he likes, after all.(He asked if he could use the necktie as a decoration for his desk instead.)
(slowly building anger/frustration reax, then explode:) (level 10 explosion:) YOU CAN'T!! (level 7:) What do you think I bought that for?!
(stunned, disbelief reax) (level 9) JUST WEAR IT!!!!
Hi Rebecca! Thanks for the audition - this one and the Iji Family's! haha :) Here are a few thoughts I had while listening. 1. Great changes through delivering the first line. Those six sentences show a thematic shift from Igarashi's annoyance of Takeda to gratitude and eventually affection. It's the whole theme of the entire manga series, summarized into six sentences (not that I expect anyone to know that lol). Without having read the entire thing, you wouldn't know precisely the complicated relationship between these two - but you're definitely hitting in the ballpark! Great script analysis there! 2. Here's something to think about - most of these lines are THOUGHTS. And there needs to be a distinct difference between the words that are spoken from her mouth, and words that are in her brain. YOU, as the voice actor, need to be able to deliver them accordingly, before processing. You'd achieve this by observation and practice. :) 3. I'd go even bigger with the last line - without hurting your voice, of course - looking at the manga pages makes it clear that those bursts are of high, high energy. You're nearly there, but I'd like it to be even bigger in energy (again, without hurting yourself).
Thanks so much for the feedback! Haha I was actually wondering if I should differentiate between her out loud thoughts and inner thoughts so that definitely answers my question. As for the screaming part, I will rewatch the dubbed version and reread the manga to make it bigger. Thanks again so much for getting back to me and I hope to resubmit my audition with those changes in mind!