A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 181

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 181

 

 

 

 

 

“Eden Hyung, I love you! I love you! I love you!”

 

“What kind of mission are you doing now?”

 

“No. I just realized while listening to Hyung’s reaction how stingy I’ve been with saying I love you. I’m going to say it a lot more from now on. Ryu Jae, I love you!”

 

“Ugh, why is he acting like that.”

 

Ryu Jaehee, who had just come out to drink water and was suddenly attacked with confessions, pretended to vomit and walked past.

 

Watching Ryu Jaehee’s retreating figure, Kim Dobin contemplated seriously.

 

“Why does that guy keep becoming more like Hyung? I grew up well without resembling Hyung even though I watched Hyung grow up during my formative teenage years when my identity was being established. Was that one year age difference really that significant?”

 

“What are you saying, man? So you’re saying resembling me means growing up wrong? Huh?”

 

When I lightly applied a headlock, no, a neck massage, Kim Dobin quickly tapped out.

 

Rubbing his neck muscles that must have felt refreshed, Kim Dobin brought up something that happened after the radio schedule ended.

 

“By the way, Senior Cha Yeonho asked who has the loudest voice in our team. Is he trying to propose some kind of collaboration?”

 

What collaboration. He’s probably trying to figure out if there’s someone who regressed in our team too.

 

I thought he’d keep fumbling around after deciding it was Gyeon Hajun, but he seems to have caught on surprisingly quickly. That Gyeon Hajun isn’t the regressor.

 

“So I answered that musically speaking, it’s Eden Hyung… Hajun Hyung, I love you! Yehyeon Hyung, I love you too!”

 

Stopping mid-sentence, Kim Dobin energetically launched confession attacks at the two people who came out of their room.

 

“Yeah, sure. Dobin, could you take some side dishes out of the refrigerator so we can eat?”

 

“Why did you suddenly become a love evangelist? Did you get some kind of penalty?”

 

At the two’s reactions that were practically radio silence, Kim Dobin grabbed his head and shouted.

 

“No… this isn’t just my problem…! All our members had the same problem! Eden Hyung, don’t you realize anything after hearing about Altair succeeding in 29 seconds and the syndrome story about succeeding in 38 seconds?”

 

“That was KJ and Cha Yeonho who did it. If the mission performer wasn’t you but Juni… well, if it was Juni… I still don’t think it would have worked out.”

 

It would be easier to say if you knew it was a mission, but if you heard a friend say they love you without knowing it was a mission, you’d never respond with ‘I love you too.’

 

“This is all because our group lacks love. So how about we change our greeting among ourselves to ‘I love you’? When we wake up in the morning, ‘I love you’-”

 

“Damn it, there you go talking nonsense again. If I heard that kind of greeting from morning, food would hardly go down my throat. Stop talking nonsense and go to the kitchen to set out the side dishes.”

 

I grumbled while pressing down on Kim Dobin’s head. Why don’t you try going ‘I love you, I love you’ every time I press you, like a squeaky bear doll?

 

 

 

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“A reality show? Again?”

 

The schedule announced to us while we were preparing for overseas schedules wasn’t exactly welcome news.

 

Having cameras installed in the dormitory where we could rest most comfortably and having to be careful about our behavior and appearance couldn’t be good.

 

Still, this time we had overseas activities coming up soon, so content would naturally emerge without having to force it, which was one relief.

 

On the day we finished our meeting with the production crew, we all gathered to watch that we filmed in our early debut days on my laptop, trying to recall memories of filming reality shows before.

 

“Wow, who are all these people really?”

 

“So fake! Ugh, embarrassing! This was actually broadcast? Hyungs, did I really act like this? Really?”

 

“Looking at it now, except for Juni, everyone’s concept acting is so obvious. It’s painful to watch, really.”

 

“Me, why am I so awkward? Why didn’t anyone point out that I was being so stiff? Why on earth?”

 

“Don’t feel too bad about it, Hyung. Everyone was probably too busy being conscious of the cameras. This was right after our debut after all.”

 

Gyeon Hajun, the only one who survived the battlefield of concept acting with his acting skills, comforted Seo Yehyeon who was stuttering from shock and then buried his face in his hands and screamed, patting his back.

 

The other members were obviously awkward because they were so conscious of the cameras, and among them, I had the least camera consciousness since I had some idol experience, but my behavior and speech were quite unnatural because I was trying to maintain that damn tough-exterior-soft-interior concept the system demanded.

 

“Should I call the broadcasting station and ask them to take it down…? Even though we’re celebrities, we have the right to be forgotten too…”

 

“Wow, I thought I acted naturally without being conscious of the cameras.”

 

“Why did 550,000 people watch this crap? This was played 550,000 times? Wow… I think I’m going to have a mental breakdown…”

 

I spoke to the members who were still unable to recover from the shock of .

 

“Let’s just film our real daily life. Without acting like this. Let’s be a bit more resilient for our future selves.”

 

“But Hyung, we’re still idols, so there should be some filtering.”

 

“What are you worried about? Do we curse in our daily life, do we fight with each other, do we boss each other around?”

 

Before I even finished speaking, everyone’s gaze turned toward me in unison.

 

“What, why.”

 

“By any chance, didn’t your conscience prick you a bit while saying that last part?”

 

“No, not at all.”

 

How much have I bossed them around that I should feel guilty about it?

 

Ryu Jaehee desperately avoided looking at the laptop screen showing and spoke up.

 

“Anyway, this reality show isn’t like My Idol where they create missions, so if we just film normally, it’ll definitely be boring, right?”

 

The reality program we’re filming this time, , sounds nice calling it ‘respecting autonomy,’ but it’s basically just dumping the content creation on the reality show participants themselves.

 

Since fans will watch anyway, the minimum viewership is guaranteed, is that it?

 

While I was sneering inwardly, Ryu Jaehee continued his explanation.

 

“So we mix in documentary style. The most famous documentaries – Human Theater and National Geographic.”

 

Right, if I combine those two that Ryu Jaehee mentioned…

 

“…You want to experience an uninhabited island?”

 

I asked reluctantly. Seeing Gyeon Hajun nudge me from the side, it seemed like that was the wrong answer.

 

“Wouldn’t fans want to see us more than nature, Youngest? And isn’t Human Theater also a reality show if you look at it broadly?”

 

I nudged Kim Dobin who was spouting nonsense. Even I can tell this is definitely the wrong answer.

 

“That’s not what I mean. Let’s create some fun content like that ourselves! Instead of showing ourselves as we are and just disappointing fans while being called boring!”

 

Ryu Jaehee slammed the floor and raised his voice.

 

“When I say something, please understand it perfectly! At least Eden Hyung made an effort to combine those two things I mentioned, but Doby Hyung didn’t even think about mixing the two I mentioned!”

 

I spoke calmly to the youngest member who was banging the floor and practically roaring in anger.

 

“Alright, Youngest. Calm down. We’ll get noise complaints from neighbors.”

 

Now the biggest guy is threatening his hyungs, tsk.

 

“The first day we’ll go with National Geographic observation camera format, and from the second day we’ll film like a 5-part Human Theater series. What should we make the Human Theater subtitle?”

 

Seo Yehyeon was the first to slightly raise his hand and speak.

 

“Five People Under One Roof.”

 

“Oh, that really sounds like a Human Theater subtitle. Human Theater subtitles definitely need to have this kind of old-fashioned feel.”

 

“It’s not like it’s some 1980s drama title…”

 

I clicked my tongue at the terrible naming sense, and Seo Yehyeon smirked.

 

“Then why don’t you come up with an idea, Yoon Eden.”

 

After thinking for a moment, I voiced the subtitle I came up with after 30 seconds of deliberation.

 

“Run, Rev.”

 

Next to Seo Yehyeon who had a sour expression, Ryu Jaehee let out an exclamation.

 

“Oh, this also sounds quite like a Human Theater subtitle. Very old-fashioned.”

 

Is this a compliment or an insult?

 

“You’re not in a position to laugh at my idea, are you? But putting that aside, isn’t this plagiarizing ‘Run, Hani’?”

 

“It’s not plagiarism, it’s an homage.”

 

Kim Dobin raised his hand high.

 

“How about this? Re:Zero Starting Idol Life. From the most natural appearance-”

 

“Aaaaah! What kind of horrible name is that! Starting what again, what!”

 

The title that properly triggered my PTSD made me unconsciously cut off Kim Dobin’s words and scream. Kim Dobin protested with a very wronged expression.

 

“Horrible! This isn’t that much of an otaku anime! Don’t you know Re:Zero?”

 

“Ah, it was an anime title? Is the protagonist an idol?”

 

Are you saying my current situation is an homage to an otaku anime?

 

Suppressing my desire to be horrified, I asked, and Kim Dobin shook his head.

 

“You don’t know it. The original title is about life in another world, but I changed it to idol to match our reality show title.”

 

“Oh, I see. But the phrase ‘starting again from zero’ is too horrible. Rejected.”

 

I waved my hand, relieved that this situation with infinite regression penalties wasn’t exactly the same as an otaku anime.

 

“Let’s just go with Run, Rev.”

 

“Let’s go with Five Brothers Under One Roof. At least it’s better than Run, Rev.”

 

Seo Yehyeon countered my suggestion by presenting a slightly modified title.

 

“What are you saying! Run, Rev is much better than Five Brothers Under One Roof!”

 

“What about Rev’s Full House?”

 

“Attack on Rev!”

 

“Doby hyung, isn’t that getting beaten up online by right-wingers right now? Let’s absolutely avoid anything controversial.”

 

“Really? Then Rev Can’t Be Stopped!”

 

Various opinions came out, but since nothing captured everyone’s hearts, everyone was just pushing their own subtitles.

 

In the midst of this, Gyeon Hajun, who had been quietly sitting without giving any opinions until now, finally opened his mouth.

 

“How about ‘Ilmong’s Dream’? It’s a combination of the fandom name and the meaning of our group name.”

 

“Oh, that’s pretty good.”

 

Without hesitation, I abandoned “Run Rev” and added one vote to Gyeon Hajun’s opinion.

 

“But Ilmong is also a dream. Wouldn’t that make it ‘dream’s dream’?”

 

“Just let that trivial stuff slide.”

 

As a result of the vote by show of hands, “Run Rev” got 0 votes, “Five Brothers Under One Roof” got 1 vote, “Rev’s Full House” got 1 vote, “Rev Can’t Be Stopped” got 1 vote, and “Ilmong’s Dream” got 2 votes, so the subtitle was decided as “Ilmong’s Dream.”

 

Except for me, everyone stubbornly only raised their hands for the opinions they had suggested.

 

As long as it wasn’t “Run Rev” or “Five Brothers Under One Roof,” anything was okay.

 

The former sounded like a track team documentary title, and the latter sounded too much like an ’88 daily drama title.

 

“Ilmong’s Dream? It’s a bit ambiguous. Do you happen to have any other names in mind?”

 

However, in the meeting with the production team, that subtitle, which had been adopted through legitimate democratic procedures, was rejected.

 

As the members poured out the names they had been pushing as if they had been waiting for this, the writer who had been pondering chose one.

 

“Five Brothers Under One Roof, this one’s the best. It’s intuitive and sounds like a human documentary subtitle too.”

 

And so Rev’s Human Theater subtitle ended up becoming “Five Brothers Under One Roof.” If I had known this would happen, I should have just kept pushing “Run Rev.”

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