A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 581

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 581

-It would have been more suspenseful if Yoon Ideun had dragged him to the room of truth at the end ㅉㅉ The sudden tiger appearance completely broke the immersion

-Honest opinion: Yoon Eden in tiger pajamas was scarier than the CG real tiger

-What kind of guts does that gambling guy have,,, If someone was doing that next to me, I’d be so scared I wouldn’t even want to gamble

-It definitely seems like dialogue that’s supposed to be encouraging, but it just looks like gambling coercion and threats lololololol

└If you don’t keep going, you’re dead~

└The prevention effect seems very certain, absolutely makes you not want to do it

-At least I clearly understand that gambling will screw you over

This short but intense advertisement succeeded in conveying its message more clearly than a 60-second ad, showing its theme with certainty.

-Strange, I’m sure there were sunglasses, a chain necklace, and a pass necklace on his arm, but looking again they’re not there

-Dapnet should give Yoon Eden some shares, even in public service ads where he shouldn’t pursue private interests, he’s advertising DTB with his whole body like that

-He really only wore tiger pajamas? Then what about the sunglasses and chain necklace I saw?

-Memory manipulation is insane, Pennywise is truly terrifying

Quite a few people saw the illusion of DTB Season 6’s loan shark tiger.

-The nation has designated Yoon Eden’s moe-fication as a threatening tiger, please humbly accept the defeat of baby cute cat

└This is the first time I’ve heard of government-certified moe-fication in my otaku life, for real

└Ah, the nation doesn’t match my character interpretation;;

└Strange, to my eyes it was just a tricolor Goyeong

└Can I report it as spreading false information now when I see Eden’s baby Goyeong moe-fication?

-Every time I see that ad, it’s cute but bittersweet, and bittersweet but cute… What is this feeling in my heart…

Dreamgirl @dreamgirl

What I expected: The image of a proper young man seriously calling for gambling eradication (or wanting to be) or a sexy card shark

What I actually saw: Digging and live burial, the nightmare of the loan shark tiger again

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Dream♥Daydream @revedream

Why, the self-burial is quite profound and good with its message

At this point, something like this isn’t even a blow to Daydream lol

Have you guys experienced filial piety diss rap and DTB +α, you greenhouse flower fandoms

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Eden❤

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Something @something___

There must be a reason you’re doing this

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“De.struc.tion.”

“The end of gambling leaves nothing behind, wasn’t it?”

“This is the final subtitle of the tiger version.”

I paused my finger that had been pressing the remote control buttons at the very familiar sentences coming from Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee’s mouths.

I had seen these sentences dozens of times while reading the script and reciting narration in front of the recording microphone, so there was no way I could mistake them.

“…Where did you guys see that?”

“It came up as an ad before watching YouTube videos?”

After punishing Kim Dobin for cutting out the most important dialogue and only amplifying the provocative latter part, I checked YouTube and indeed found the public service ad video uploaded on the official YouTube channel of the Korea Communications Standards Commission.

Seeing the final product that had been reborn as a quite decent video through editing, I naturally recalled the arduous filming site.

The 60-second public service ad was difficult to film because I had to play two roles.

The student role, and the digging role.

That’s right, both were me. I became the guy who buried himself alive.

The planning intention was “Internet gambling is an act of digging your own grave, and its end is ultimately destruction where you bury your own life with your own hands,” but it only looked like a struggle to pass censorship.

Because burying others is secret burial, but burying yourself is a metaphor for self-destruction.

The most heartbreaking moment during filming wasn’t when I was digging like crazy, or when I lost all the money I’d won, or when I entered the pit reminiscent of a grave site, but when I collapsed the dirt pile into the pit.

Of course, a camera was in the pit with mats laid down instead of me.

“Aren’t you collapsing it too easily?”

“We’re showing through metaphor that what’s built easily collapses even more easily and deeply.”

But I didn’t build it easily.

Of course, it was 70% heavy machinery and 30% my labor. But I worked hard digging, so shouldn’t my labor count for something?

The message contained in the 60-second public service ad was profound, but from my perspective, I’d be grateful if the digging scenes didn’t just float around as memes.

Honestly, the 30-second public service ad was much easier to film and took much less time than the 60-second one, except that my outfit was excessively cute and didn’t suit me.

The real fashion point in DTB wasn’t the tiger pajamas but the sunglasses and chain necklace, but seeing they only prepared tiger pajamas, they seemed to simply accept the reason it became an issue as just a ‘tiger trend.’

Thanks to that, I could proceed with filming as a heavenly idol rather than a concept-obsessed person catching other concept-obsessed people. Daydream would be happy about this too.

…Probably?

The filming process was smooth except for the civilian model playing the high school student flinching every time I clapped and delivered my lines, causing several NGs.

Oh, and except for the director correcting my tone several times, asking me to try delivering the lines in a gently encouraging tone rather than a threatening one.

Even though I had received one-on-one acting coaching from Gyeon Hajun before filming, actual practice was indeed different.

The person I filmed with asked for an autograph after filming, saying they enjoyed watching DTB.

“You acted well, didn’t you? It sounds much more encouraging than when you practiced with me. At first it was too threatening.”

I awkwardly scratched the back of my head at Gyeon Hajun’s review. I decided to hide the fact that I got rejected two or three times on set before finally getting it right.

I also tried to push Seo Yehyeon, who was holding his stomach laughing while watching Kim Dobin clap in three directions after seeing the public service ad, out of my sight.

Maybe because I kept teasing him about getting a public service ad, Seo Yehyeon was currently happier than anyone about my suffering. So I was very earnestly hoping that Seo Yehyeon would also get a public service ad offer with maddening content.

Searching a bit, I found that the self-burial cut was already circulating as a meme titled ‘Today’s me who procrastinated and future me.’ This was within expected range, so there wasn’t much impact.

Still, I expected the impact of this public service ad wouldn’t be that strong. At most, some memes would be created and float around as images for a few months before being pushed out by new images and quickly disappearing—or so I thought.

But as always, worldly affairs don’t move according to my expectations.

The 30-second public service ad suddenly started trending in a strange direction.

To be precise, it wasn’t the public service ad that became an issue, but only the format of ‘animal pajamas -> real animal’ became hot.

I don’t know who started it, but videos began trending where people would play 【Double or Nothing】 as background music, clap in three directions while wearing animal pajamas, then end by lifting up an animal of the same species as their pajamas in front of the camera.

Pet owners participated most to show off their pets, and hamsters, rabbits, frogs, parrots, ducks, etc.—basically any existing animal pajamas meant all kinds of pets appeared.

Fans flooded Yehyeon and me with requests to film videos with Podo and Caesar respectively.

Seo Yehyeon took a day off from the agency and went down to his family home, even properly wearing cat pajamas to film and upload a video with Caesar.

He claimed it was because he wanted to show off Caesar to the world, but from my perspective, it seemed 50% wanting to show off his cat and 50% wanting to tease me.

Thanks to that, I also ended up filming a video with Podo while wearing dog pajamas.

Unfortunately, my father, who happened to be home that day, witnessed the filming scene and encouraged me saying “Our son works hard to earn money” while even giving me pocket money. I got unexpected free money but wasn’t happy at all.

Anyway, whether you’d call it a reaction or an action, because of that…

“Eden hyung got the neck of 【End of Summer】…!”

“Hey, who taught you to say that! What do you mean ‘got the neck’!”

“You did, hyung.”

“Me?”

【Double or Nothing】, which had become the fixed background music for those trending videos, began climbing the charts at an unexpected time. Right when Ryu Jaehee was in the middle of his solo comeback activities!

Ryu Jaehee’s title track 【Our July】 was currently occupying the top of the charts and sailing smoothly so far, but difficulties were scheduled ahead.

The DTB team music mission and finals, which had decent music performance, were approaching, and solo singers with thick fanbases, music powerhouse first-tier girl groups, and rookie boy groups from Degreen had announced comebacks this month.

Gyeon Hajun only had to face Jung Iseo and KICKS, and I competed with myself, but Ryu Jaehee had become the one who opened the curtain on this month’s comeback war.

“A good song doesn’t waver no matter what winds blow. If my song gets pushed aside by another song, that would mean my song was lacking compared to that song.”

“What have you been watching lately?”

“Buddhist doctrine lectures. I stumbled into them through the algorithm and found they’re really helpful for mental and physical stability.”

At the time, Ryu Jaehee, having received our comfort and encouragement, humbly accepted his fate.

The key question was whether Ryu Jaehee’s solo album title track, 【Our July】, could maintain its top position in the music source war, but now my solo song had thoughtlessly barged in with a reverse run.

Even if I had two mouths, I’d have nothing to say – did I know this would happen?

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have accepted that public service advertisement offer in the first place.

“Youngest, hyung will somehow solve this so your song gets attention again.”

When I seriously placed my hand on Ryu Jaehee’s shoulder and spoke, Ryu Jaehee’s eyes wavered anxiously.

“You trust hyung, right?”

“…That would be through normal methods, right?”

Well, I think that depends on the viewer’s perspective.

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