Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 86

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86. MIRO MAZE (4)
Every scene of Miro Maze Episode 1 had generated remarkable buzz, and once the main MC Seo Tae-il appeared, the pacing accelerated rapidly. At last, the true idol survival competition had begun.
-Those who wish to touch the sun, soar to greater heights!
The debut lineup of seven members and the basic rules of Miro Maze were introduced.
Compared to the earlier scenes, it could have been somewhat tedious, but viewers didn’t tune out.
[The production team used their heads well]
Since it’s an entertainment agency survival show anyway, there’s no need to edit the trainees unfavorably—they just showed the trainees’ characters extensively throughout the first half lol
They grabbed interest with the fun maze escape content, and through that the audience naturally recognized the kids’ personalities and character traits, so the moment the survival competition started, immersion was incredible
Yeah, I thought the same thing lol. The production team is smart.
Oh my god, my mom usually complains that she doesn’t know who these kids are nowadays and doesn’t like them, but after watching with me she memorized all 17 of them lolololololol
This is just my guess, but (subject unclear).
The performance video came out first anyway, so the first mission song and stuff got spoiled
I think the large amount of Miro escape content might be because of this.
Usually with idol survival shows you build a stage and judge the final product, but since the first mission was already revealed anyway, they seem to have gone with a strategy to raise awareness of the kids themselves…
Still, it wasn’t an easy choice to skip the stage in an idol survival show, but looking at the buzz now, Miro and the production team seem to have made the right call
– You’re right, but I’m a bit disappointed though—it’s still a survival show but there seems to be almost no talk of stages
– But then they’re not showing today’s stage? Isn’t it almost done by the end now?
└ Looks like they’ll just briefly show team division and practice, then wrap up
– Huh then I’ll have to start from episode 2 I wanted to see the stage preparation
Opinions were divided on the somewhat experimental format, but overall it received praise.
Even just leaving viewers curious enough about the next episode was already a success.
However, Miro Maze didn’t stop there.
Hey, Toomi episode 1 is 150 minutes long lol. Just checked the schedule.
What was originally a 90-minute time slot had been extended by a full hour!
This was the condition Ji Su-ho had set for Kwon Myung-eun PD last time.
-Extend the broadcast time and capture all the trainees’ moments evenly and attractively.
Kwon PD shared the frustration of having too many good shots to use.
Once she drew her sword properly, she negotiated with the broadcasting station and secured a 150-minute slot, ultimately showing the audacity to expand the original 10-minute opening to a full 40 minutes.
And Kwon PD didn’t deny that this had provided some advantage to Kang Ha-jin.
With the expanded opening, Ha-jin’s catch points that would have been cut for time originally all survived intact.
However, no controversy about fairness or PD favoritism was raised.
Because the broadcast time itself had been extended, all the other trainees’ moments were captured with equal balance.
-Not a single scene should feel tedious.
Kwon PD poured everything into episode 1 according to that philosophy.
Competition, friendship, growth, trials, conflict….
Whenever even a hint of drama appeared, she captured it all and set the airwaves ablaze.
And of course, the result was a success.
Captain Kang
@strongjin
(Video cut of Kang Ha-jin leading Team B practice)
Our Ha-jin has that angular grace.
Obsessed with angles and lines—that’s what it means.
Team B’s dance captain has incredible presence.
But now he’s the leader at the dance center.
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[The dynamic between Gun and Number One is *chef’s kiss*]
Gun from the Elite Class, a main dancer whose monthly ranking slipped, dropping him down,
versus Kim Won-ho from the General Class, who never got attention until his monthly evaluation exploded with potential—
This stock is going to moon, damn it.
Gun picks up the choreography insanely fast and teaches Won-ho,
and Won-ho’s dance center ideas get adopted—
Isn’t this the classic trope of the genius who enjoys it versus the ordinary person who works hard?
– Wait, I thought you said battle but you’re making a youth growth drama
– I get why Won-ho is Won-ho, but why is Gun called “Gun”?
└ Gun = GUN = gun = bang!
└ The world of fan communities truly is wondrous
[Seo Tae-hyun from Boy’s Supremacy, remarkable growth after 3 years…’MIRO MAZE’ first broadcast]
[Ha Young-seo’s Media View] A survival show without evil edits? The new paradigm MIRO presents
[The Two-Me performance video that finally hit 1 million views]
[Who catches your eye the most in Two-Me?]
Seo Tae-hyun for me, a Boy’s Supremacy veteran who doesn’t go anywhere
I keep rewatching the parts where he nails the one-day details
– Jeong Si-u caught my eye for his visuals, but when I checked yesterday his personality was a total plot twist
└ After picking up on 22, I realized my kid is a schemer
I cried so much while learning the dance from Ha-jin because I couldn’t memorize the choreography as Jae-young.
– Honestly, isn’t Kang Ha-jin the top trending topic of episode one? He hit ten thousand followers in the GIF community
Honestly, yesterday was totally Seoljin’s game lol
└ Typical cheerful male reader hexagon member ○○
└ Ha-jin is something else
└ Strong + Jin
└ Ugh, fandom life is so hard these days
[Two-Me Episode 2 has no clear favorite?]
Finally a kid with good rap skills showed up and I grabbed him, but he’s getting surprisingly little mention
– The dancing…
└ The dancing…yeah, but his rap is solid
Episode one closed with tremendous success.
It packed the practice processes of Team A and Team B tightly and thoroughly, with an exciting preview for next week as a bonus.
【Finally beginning: the first mission, Daylight!】
【The identity of the special mentor that has the trainees on edge—what could it be?】
【Unexpected situation】
【What on earth is happening with the leaders of both teams?】
The teaser ended with a slow-motion shot of Ha-jin lowering his head as if on the verge of tears, and Si-woo pressing his forehead while clashing with someone.
Now the Destinies (the fandom name and voters of Miro Maze, short for Destination) began theorizing about next week’s mission based on that teaser content.
They created clips from the various scenes in Episode 1, added witty captions, and promoted the trainees they supported.
But the teasers didn’t end there.
【MIRO MAZE ∥ We’re doing a relay dance for the special benefit, but now Cherry hyung is having a hard time stopping the runaway Bum-ari brothers…ദ്ദി ᵔ∇ᵔ ) #Seo Tae-hyun #Ju Eun-chan #Dan Ha-ru】
【MIRO MAZE ∥ Miro Maze official dam-ta-gi three brothers’ ‘New Wave’ arrangement live cover by Gangikim—who wants to watch it? ♨ A taste of intense hip-hop tv #Kang Ha-jin #Lee Do-ha #Kim Won-ho】
【MIRO MAZE ∥ This sculpture sings children’s songs in R&B while wearing a school uniform and also plays acoustic guitar ※Warning: May cause false memories of first love※ #Jeong Si-u】
The individual appeal videos, which were the benefits of Miro Escape, had been released!
– ㅁㅁㅁMimiMimchin Wolpyeongz New Wave Live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
– Admin, the title seems unusually obsessed
– Senior Si-woo, do you remember? We went on a school trip to the Louvre museum, and I thought you were a statue and touched you, but you reported me and I’m still in prison…the prison called Jeong Si-u…
└ This joke kept circulating and something got really weird
TaeDay
@tae_day
#MiroMaze #TooMe #Seo Ju-dan
#Seo Tae-hyun #Ju Eun-chan #Dan Ha-ru
Who put the rabbit hat on Seo Ju-dan’s head
Live long, be healthy, and enjoy life…
(Seo Ju-dan benefit video corrected gif)
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MIRO MAZE Official
@MM_Official
The rabbit hat and animal pajama outfit
was an idea from genius idol Seo Tae-hyun♡
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TaeDay
@tae_day
Why doesn’t Seo Tae-hyun have a country yet?
Rossy Day
@rossy_1017
2X0504 Miro Maze Benefit Special
Monthflats / Gangikim – New Wave
(LIVE ver.) mp3 audio extraction
(Cover O / Lyrics O)
Download available at the link below
https://url.kr/lp1tyd
#Lee Do-ha #Kang Ha-jin #Kim Won-ho
#MiroMaze #MIROMAZE
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Park Jang-mi 🔒
@roxeeey
Do-ha, you’re the future of K-pop. How is this a trainee’s original composition???? All you haters who dissed Do-ha’s dancing, come watch Do-ha’s dance break now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Park Jang-mi 🔒
@roxeeey
Kim Won-ho’s solo dance is insane, right? Lee Do-ha’s rap diction + dance break is insane?? Kang Ha-jin’s dance break + ad-lib in the third verse is absolutely legendary??????????????
The moment the three-minute, two-minute, and one-minute appeal videos uploaded, the Destiny fans went wild. Whoever planned this created gem-like content that precisely targeted exactly what each fanbase wanted.
Of course, the production team behind this unprecedented pizza-themed survival show on the stone plate didn’t leave the fans of trainees who didn’t make the top ranks disappointed.
【MIRO MAZE ∥ ☆★Ta-da!☆★ Here are the charm appeal videos you ordered💖 We weren’t sure what Destiny would like, so we brought them all! #Destiny #ComeGather #TimelineInComments】
Though only thirty seconds each, they also released charm appeal content for the remaining trainees!
To differentiate them from the top-ranked trainees, all the videos were combined into one upload, but no one complained.
It wasn’t rushed in relay format, and you could tell the production team paid just as much attention to content quality as they did for the top-ranked trainees.
Of course, there were inevitably slight quality differences between trainees. But rather than the production team’s fault, it was understandable—it stemmed from the unavoidable skill gaps between trainees.
[What is Miro even trying to do?]
An eight-episode survival show and they keep doing this to me—how am I supposed to survive this?
Only one episode has aired and my heart is already breaking knowing I have to eliminate ten out of these seventeen precious gems
[Wait, is this really how survival show fandom works?]
I’ve watched quite a few stone plate survival shows
Isn’t a survival show supposed to be about blood-curdling tension, mental breakdowns, and bone-crushing agony—worrying every single day whether your pick gets evil-edited or loses screen time, lighting candles and praying?
Is it really okay for me to feel this peaceful right now?
[Thoughts from a Casual Viewer]
Pros:
No evil editing (the stone plate’s usual drama quota)
All seventeen trainees are adorable
Seo Tae-il is handsome
Cumulative scoring system means no mid-show eliminations
Cons:
Already attached after just one episode
Every single second is joyful and happy
But in two months, ten of these people will
have to go back home—that sadness
gets amplified and drives you insane
It’s like watching a happy flashback
right before a tragic drama ending hits…
People conditioned by years of spicy survival shows were confused.
A healing survival show? Could those two words even coexist?
But since it was a fresh flavor, people started sampling it, and before they knew it, they’d crossed a point of no return—testimonies like this began flooding in.
And Ntv didn’t miss this ominous sign.
【’MIRO MAZE’ Episode 2 Extended…Broadcast time increased to 120 minutes】
“‘Miro Maze’ Final Episode Live Broadcast Confirmed… ‘Detailed Information to Follow'”
“‘Miro Maze’ PD Kwon Myung-eun: ‘I Want to Capture Each Trainee’s Shining Moment’ (Interview ①)”
It was a headline with obvious ulterior motives, but the Destiny fans were too busy welcoming it with open arms.
After watching the densely packed 150-minute first episode, they expected that even if the broadcast time expanded, the editing wouldn’t become longer and looser—rather, it would showcase the trainees’ diverse sides all the more.
‘Sigh.’
And now.
A gymnasium in a city just slightly outside the Seoul Metropolitan Area.
Here, where additional filming to showcase those ‘diverse sides’ was in full swing.
‘Now’s the moment, Regression User. Regress.’
[System Alert: Beep―! Detected irreverent comment from Fixed Regression User!]
[System Alert: Penalty applied to Fixed Regression User. (Reason: Impudence)]
[Penalty: Fixed Regression User’s Athletic Ability -10% (Duration: 10 minutes)]
‘Right. At least you’re excited about it.’
The moment the penalty took effect, Kang Ha-jin felt a strange sensation of vitality draining from his body in real time. Twenty years old, a Regression User.
“Ha-jin hyung, do you play footvolley with your feet? Oh wait, footvolley is supposed to be played with feet.”
“….”
Currently yearning for regression for some mysterious reason(?)…!

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