Dungeon streamer Daigo. Real name: Daigo Yanase. Age: 25, just like Shiba-san.
Although Shiba-san can technically use magic, it seems he doesn’t have any real talent for it. On the other hand, Daigo does possess magical talent.
If we’re going to hire a magic-user type of streamer in the future, it’d be helpful to have someone as capable as Daigo as a benchmark. For that reason, I’d like to recruit him.
For now, maybe I should start by introducing myself on behalf of the agency, under the pretense of thanking him for his recent stream appearance.
“Dear Daigo, thank you for your time. My name is Kageno, the representative of Shadow Stars, the dungeon streamer agency. Thank you for interacting with one of our streamers the other day.”
Just a simple greeting to begin with. I send the direct message.
A few hours later, the message was marked as read and received a “like.” That’s it.
“Huh, is that all…?”
Such a brief response. You’d think he could at least reply with a “thank you as well.”
Maybe that’s just me being too arrogant. He’s a popular dungeon streamer, and our agency is still a small, struggling startup. We just happened to stream in the same dungeon, and there’s no real connection between us. It’s not like he owes us anything.
Still, it’d be nice to have more of an opening to start recruiting him. With Shiba, I had a connection through his parents, but I have no such link with Daigo, making it difficult to start a recruitment pitch.
It seems reckless to try recruiting him without establishing a relationship first. What should I do? It’d be strange to try recruiting him at this point, wouldn’t it?
As I was pondering this, I received a message from Yukiya.
“So, how’s it going with recruiting Daigo?”
Not great, honestly. There’s no point lying to Yukiya about it, so I’ll just tell him the truth.
“Not going well at all.”
After this response, I explained the situation. I showed Yukiya the exact message I sent to Daigo and described his reaction. Yukiya soon replied.
“Oh man, this is a classic ‘not going well’ situation. By the way, Eito, have you ever asked a girl out on a date?”
Is he mocking me?
“Of course not. I was too busy struggling to keep up with my studies in high school, and after graduating, I’ve been a shut-in.”
“Ah, so your sister doesn’t count. Got it.”
Well, Minami obviously doesn’t count. She’s just my childhood friend.
“And dating isn’t even relevant here! Daigo is a guy!”
“By the way, do you have any tips for keeping a conversation going with a girl you’re interested in? I thought that might be useful in a business setting as well.”
“What’s that tip?”
I’m not particularly interested in asking girls out, but if it can give me a hint for recruiting Daigo, I want to hear it.
“Well then, let me teach you the basics. Always end your conversations with a question. If it’s a question, the other person has to respond, so the conversation continues, right?”
“Oh, that’s true… now that you mention it.”
Suddenly, Yukiya seems a lot more mature. It’s kind of frustrating.
“By the way, Eito, you’re 20 years old now, right?”
“Yeah. So what?”
“You’ve lived for 20 years and never had a girlfriend.”
“Shut up! Leave me alone!”
I’ve figured out how to keep the conversation going, but how do I connect it to a question? I’ve already done the greetings. I can’t just suddenly ask something I want to know for business purposes either.
I have to maintain the facade of contacting him as a company, so I can’t ask about personal matters.
For now, I guess I can at least ask about the time he enters the dungeon. There might be times when our streaming schedules overlap, and if I frame it as wanting to plan our schedule accordingly, he might share it with me.
“By the way, Daigo, what’s your dungeon streaming schedule like? Since we’ll be tackling the same dungeon, there’s a possibility our streaming times might overlap. I’d appreciate it if you could share that with us so we can plan accordingly.”
I sent it off. Now, let’s see what kind of response I get.
After a while, Daigo replied. My hands trembled as I opened the message.
“I generally keep the details of which dungeon I’ll be challenging private, only sharing the dates and times of my streams. This is to prevent other streamers from trying to enter the same dungeon once they know, as that could create an unwanted situation.”
It makes sense. With a streamer of Daigo’s caliber, there’s a chance that unknown streamers or his fans might try to join him in his stream. I see now. They don’t publish the dungeons they’ll challenge to avoid that risk. Shiba also mentioned wanting to keep which dungeons he’ll challenge private. So that’s how it is. I’ll read on in the message.
“However, I’ll trust your agency and share my streaming schedule with you. I plan to challenge the dungeon where I met Shiba next Sunday. I ask that you keep this confidential.”
Next Sunday’s stream, huh? I’ll check Daigo’s publicly posted streaming schedule on social media. Let’s see… there it is. He starts at 1:30 PM.
I’ve now gotten the information that Daigo will be challenging the dungeon during this time. What should I do from here? I should probably thank him for providing the information, but should I also sneak in one more question? I want to prolong the message exchange to build a relationship.
As I was pondering this, I noticed something: the live stream archive page of Daigo’s channel. Looking at the view counts, the episode where he encountered Shiba has significantly higher views than the others.
I checked our agency’s streaming page. Sure enough, the episode where we encountered Daigo also had a rise in view counts.
I see. This could be useful.
“Thank you for sharing that information. By the way, would it be alright for us to propose a collaboration with you, Daigo? The episode where we coincidentally encountered each other in the dungeon has more views compared to the others. I believe this could be mutually beneficial for both our companies. I hope you’ll consider it.”
Now, let’s see what kind of response I get. He must want views too. If he agrees to collaborate, we could build a relationship.
“I’m sorry, but I only stream because it’s legally required of me, and I’m not particularly interested in view counts. The growth of my channel has been mostly accidental; to put it bluntly, it wasn’t something I aimed for. Therefore, I’m not currently considering collaborations.”
I’ve been turned down. I see. Now that I think about it, not all dungeon streamers are after numbers. It’s entirely possible that there are those who are solely interested in conquering dungeons. Just selling dungeon materials can provide a living.
In fact, there may be people who would prefer not to stand out. This is something I need to consider when gathering streamers .
