The video didn't open to a neon-lit room or a romantic visual novel setup. Instead, the screen flickered to a highly detailed, hand-drawn background of a messy art studio. Piles of sketchbooks, glowing drawing tablets, and empty tea mugs filled the frame. In the center sat the virtual avatar of Shigure Ui herself, holding a stylus like a weapon and staring directly at the camera with a look of utter, unadulterated judgment.
"Welcome to your fantasy date," Ui's voiced rang out, dripping with heavy sarcasm. "I hope you brought your wallet, because we are going to do something incredibly romantic and intimate today." Kenji leaned in, holding his breath. Shigure_Ui_[Loveho_Date_Hen_Full_Version].mp4
Whenever the video reached a moment where it seemed like it might get soft or romantic, Ui would aggressively break the fourth wall. She would point her stylus at the screen and say things like, "Why are you blushing? The only thing getting hot in here is my graphics card because I forgot to turn on the AC." Or, "Don't look at me like that. Focus on column B of the expense report, or we are never getting out of here." The video didn't open to a neon-lit room
The "Full Version" of the video turned out to be a grueling, three-hour-long instructional live-stream playback. Ui had anticipated exactly what kind of fans would click a clickbait title like "Loveho Date Hen." To punish them, she had recorded a marathon session of her doing the most mundane, exhausting parts of an illustrator's life. In the center sat the virtual avatar of