PA-san (PAさん) is an unnamed public address sound engineer of STARRY. She dropped out of high school because she could never wake up early and failed too many classes. It is also the reason why she has her current night job. She works privately as a virtual YouTuber under the name Alto Otogi (音戯 アルト Otogi Aruto), publishing gameplay videos.
Appearance[]
PA-san is a pale-skinned young woman with Hime cut long black hair and green eyes. She is dressed in a goth style, with a black choker, a gray dress with a long black coat over it, and piercings.
Personality[]
Despite her somewhat creepy appearance which first scares Bocchi, PA-san is very kind, easygoing, and friendly. This also translates to how she conducted her streams as Alto Otogi.
However in relation of her VTuber appearance, she remains insecure of her reputation given that she isn't as active or as popular from others. Though, she managed to mask her identity well especially when Sushi Zamurai (Eliza) ask her a lot about Alto Otogi.
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Etymology[]
- Her alias Alto Otogi (音戯 アルト Otogi Aruto) means "sound" (音 oto), "theatrical play, frolic" (戯 gi), and "alto" (アルト aruto, the range of vocal and musical instruments between tenor and soprano). The sound of the surname "otogi" is a wordplay on "otogi-banashi" (おとぎ話, lit. "fairy tale").
Trivia[]
- Her name is currently unknown, but she is often called "PA-san".
- She is officially considered nameless for now, as COMPLEX guidebook, limited Character File and Volume 6 character introduction only listed her name as "PA-san".
- Her nickname may refer to PA systems as she is the sound engineer at the live house STARRY.
- Koiwai, her voice actor, also voices Jimihen.
- Most believe PA-san's have a split tongue. Originally this was only some fanart depiction based on her gothic style, however an illustration card bonus for Volume 6 for COMIC ZIN featured Hamazi's art of her doing so, so it raise speculation that her split tongue may be true.
- The copies for COMIC ZIN was sold out even before the official release date due to the said factor, prompting the chain to reorder another print of the volume to fulfill the demands.
- PA-san in the manga has the exact same birthday as Azuza Nakano from K-ON, both being born on 11th November, 1992 (Subtracting 2017, the year the manga takes place at the beginning with PA-san's age will be 1993. However, her birthday has not happened at the start of the manga so she should be 25 in 2017). Some fans joked about them being the same person.
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