"I'm Too Embarrassed to Watch It Yet" – Takehiro Urao and Rin Kusumi Share Embarrassing Recording Session Episodes [Interview for 'You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!']

——Could you share some memorable episodes from the recording sessions? (lol)

Kusumi: Eiyū has this feeling where everyone comes at him aggressively, but he himself always takes a step back, and Urao-san also absolutely maintains a certain distance from the female cast. While I think that's very Urao-san-like, what was impressive about the performance was that since it's a childhood friends story, (Eiyū and the others') childhood often appears, and he was really working hard at it.

Urao: Ahaha!

Kusumi: Since the others are female cast members, they can skillfully portray their younger selves too, but I think it must be really difficult for Urao-san as a male to directly perform kindergarten or early elementary school ages. I thought it was amazing how well he performed those parts.

Urao: Really? I always performed while tilting my head thinking, "I did it! I got it!" but then (the staff) would say "It sounds like a girl"...

Kusumi: Ah, yes, yes (lol). On the casting schedule, only Eiyū's childhood parts were always...

Urao & Kusumi: Blank!

Urao: There was always this fear that it would be changed at some episode (lol). As long as it hasn't changed in the broadcast!

Kusumi: Since we haven't re-recorded the parts where voices overlap, I think it's fine. There were quite a few flashback scenes of childhood, weren't there? Many things are revealed through them.

Urao: Precisely because they're childhood friends, there are things they've known from long ago.

Kusumi: Exactly!

'Osalove' is full of romantic comedy elements featuring Eiyū fending off fierce attacks from the four childhood friend heroines, including Shio played by Kusumi. We hope you'll enjoy watching while paying attention to the voice actors' performances.

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