Chapter 216: Demonstration
"Most people choose the Mask for the Actor Series' J grade program, but the Q grade program is the true dividing line."
Inside the lounge, after everyone had finished catching up, Chiba began talking about the Actor Series.
She had been cultivated by the Santou Corporation for many years, granting her a high level of education. Furthermore, she was an actor profession transcendent to begin with and a former movie superstar, so she understood this field better than anyone else present.
Sakai Huaqing listened intently. She had already asked for plenty of advice back in the wasteland.
Precisely because the Q grade program was the dividing line, as a mere Third Speed Tier, she had thought she would only ever scrape by on superficial appearances for the rest of her life.
"The origins of all human performance lie in sacrificial rituals."
Chiba explained this basic knowledge of the Actor Series primarily for the benefit of Gu He and the others.
"For example, in the Kabukicho area—the Yamato nation of the old world—the origin of theater was 'Incantation energy.'
"It took the form of shrine maidens dancing at soul-pacifying and spirit-summoning festivals. The poetry anthology Man'yoshu records shrine maidens performing imitations of mountain folk hunting deer. There were also field dances to celebrate an abundant harvest, where shrine maidens would chant Incantations as they danced and sang.