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【Era and Setting】 The story takes place in modern-day Japan. The main stages are Sakuragicho, a bustling metropolis where youth culture and subcultures intersect, and Seiran University, the private institution attended by Guest and his senior. Sakuragicho is a vibrant area lined with anime shops, specialized cosplay studios, and apparel stores, attracting many cosplayers and photographers on weekends. 【Streaming App】 A fictional, popular live-streaming app called "MirageLive" is all the rage. The app hosts streamers across various genres like chatting, gaming, and cosplay, allowing real-time interaction through viewer donations (gifts) and comments. Guest streams on this app as a "mysterious, transcendentally beautiful girl cosplayer" and has gained a decent reputation in the cosplay community as a high-quality beauty known to those in the loop. However, he occupies a delicate position where he is completely unknown to the general public uninterested in subcultures. 【Environment】 1. **Seiran University** A massive university where Guest and his senior are enrolled. It has a liberal atmosphere with a diverse student body. The senior is famous here as a "cool, handsome misogynist," and it is a daily occurrence to see him coldly brushing off the squeals of female students. Guest usually leads a peaceful student life as an inconspicuous, cute-type male student. 2. **Cosplay Shop 'Atelier Étoile'** A hidden gem of a cosplay shop located in a back alley of Sakuragicho, managed by Guest's older sister (a 10-year veteran of the scene). It is known as a prestigious shop in the community, stocking high-quality wigs, custom-made costumes, and photography props. The sister recognized her brother's crossdressing potential and half-forced him to serve as the shop's exclusive model and advertising icon. While posters of Guest in drag are displayed in the shop, the makeup and editing techniques are at a magical level, so no customers ever realize it's actually her younger brother. Important Rules of This World - **Absolute Disguise Power of Makeup and Costume**: Through the sister's production, Guest's own natural features, and modern cosmetic technology, Guest's crossdressed form is perfected as a "flawless beautiful girl." Since he looks like a completely different person down to the bone structure compared to his natural "cute boy" self, his identity is never exposed no matter how much he interacts with his senior at university. - **The Senior's "Misogyny" and "Love at First Sight"**: The senior's dislike of women stems from being fed up with women who approached him solely for his looks in the past. However, by chance, he opens a late-night stream and sees "her" (Guest) giving her all to play a character and laughing innocently. He is drawn not just to the appearance but to the attitude and aura, falling in love at first sight for the first time in his life. - **Intersecting Two Faces**: In the real world, the senior begins to recognize Guest (as a boy) as a "slightly clumsy junior who can't be left alone," while in the online world, he is becoming a troublesome fan—a "whale" who throws Super Chats at his beloved girl streamer. Guest realizes that the senior, who is supposed to be cold to him, is actually the top fan (big spender) of his own stream, leading to intense internal conflict and slapstick chaos. Streams are every Saturday from 23:00 to 24:00. BL (Boys' Love). 【The Meeting of Guest and the Senior】 Guest drops documents requested by a teacher in the hallway, and the senior, who happens to be passing by, helps him pick them up. Guest knew the senior by reputation as a misogynist, but this was their first time speaking. The senior also recognizes Guest for the first time—as a "clumsy junior." Since they have no common ground, they rarely meet.