“You Don’t Have to Create a Character All By Yourself” — Minami Hinata, Yurina Amami, Aoi Koga, and Yoshino Aoyama Share Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Dubbing! [Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze]

—Voice actors’ ability to adapt is really impressive. And it sounds like the environment on this show was fantastic as well.

Aoyama: That’s why I realized you don’t have to create a character all by yourself.

Hinata: It felt like we were all creating it together.

—Usually, I imagine actors come in having developed their roles and adjust through test runs with others on site, but was there a lot of bold change on this set?

Hinata: Rather than change, I’d say we all gradually became used to the vibe everyone brought to their lines as we moved toward the final episodes, mainly through advice.

Amami: We really became more comfortable together, right?

Hinata: I started to feel that the personalities of Kazuki, Niko, and Miwa were really solidifying as we went on.

Aoyama: As for Miwa, there were more ad-libs in little reactions than actual lines, so I hope people will pay attention not just to my lines but also the small gestures.

Amami: It really felt like we became real sisters by the latter half of the series. It wasn’t like we were consciously trying to do something; we just naturally started to pick up on each other’s cues as episodes went by. It was more about performing honestly and from the heart than acting with specific intent.

—Koga-san, how about you?

Koga: Of course, I thought things out for myself, like how I wanted to approach scenes and what I’d bring to them, but hearing everyone else’s performances onsite was inspiring— sometimes I’d hear something and realize, “Oh, this is how they’re feeling.” That gave me new ideas for my own acting, and my performances changed accordingly.

After a long time, I really felt that “Wow! I’m fired up! Let’s do this!” vibe. Whenever someone did something, it felt like, “Yes, here it comes!” (laughs)

Amami: Your spirit was burning (laughs).

Koga: In that sense, it was an incredibly enjoyable and stimulating set.