Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 98

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Episode 98
The official Light Stick was the one-year anniversary content I’d pushed for most passionately.
Honestly, every other team had their Light Sticks out, but ours didn’t, and it stung a bit to my pride…
The company was small and still couldn’t release one, and I hated hearing the dedicated team members get blamed for not doing their job.
— And we’ll keep performing and going to award ceremonies going forward, right? I mean, ideally we’d be able to go. We’ll do music shows, and there’s also the survival show. During the survival show, if there’s no Light Stick, I think the fans will be really disappointed. So wouldn’t releasing it right now be perfect timing?
And, if there’s still no Light Stick during For The Crew, wouldn’t Every feel disappointed too…?
How much longer could they manage with a makeshift temporary light stick hurriedly substituted among all those sparkling other Light Sticks?
Since I’d pushed for it so strongly—and I usually didn’t voice opinions this forcefully on other practical matters—and since Yun-ju also agreed, the work proceeded quickly, and thankfully we were able to take reservations starting from the one-year anniversary date.
Shipping would begin in April, and by the time we held the first survival show livestream, the fans who’d preordered would have them in their hands.
And they were already in my hands.
In all the members’ hands, actually….
“Wow…. Is the luminescence this bright in the actual product?”
“Maybe? I think I heard this was the finished version. I did ask them to pay attention to the brightness though.”
Ju Hye-rin turned on the Light Stick and let out the first gasp.
From what I’d seen, fans sometimes used high-brightness Light Sticks when they didn’t have flashlights….
It wasn’t purely because of that, but still, wouldn’t it be nice if it sparkled?
Hyun Jae-yi had been fascinated by the Light Stick since we first received the design concept.
She’d offered several additional design opinions, but if we kept adding things that way, the cost would get too expensive, so I rejected them. (Of course, I was the one who rejected them.)
Still, the Light Stick turned out quite pretty. The shape itself was ordinary—a dome-shaped Light Stick—but if you examined the details, there was plenty to see: the clover symbol taken from our logo inside, spaces to attach member-specific parts, and other visual touches.
So what mattered was… that we were about to turn on the Univers one-year anniversary live while holding these…?
When I checked Tweeble for a moment, it looked like Every had gotten quite a surprise at the Light Stick appearing with no warning.
The reactions were mostly positive, so I felt relieved.
Being an idol is still difficult and exhausting.
My feelings haven’t changed all that much for having done the idol thing for a year (though it feels like much longer in real time).
But when I see the fans who send me a Message Book every single birthday regardless of timeline, the fans who always come to fan signings, the fans who come to in-person events even though we can’t give them any better treatment than others, I feel grateful.
Can I give back as much as they invest their time and affection?
Honestly, I’m not sure. I can’t feel confident that I can repay them perfectly.
Because I’m receiving more love than I expected, and I can feel it.
I’m the kind of person who wants to give back as much as they receive, so this made my heart anxious.
The fans would say it’s fine if I don’t give back, and they’d really mean it…. But my heart would feel unsettled.
It was a blessing that I had to start the Univers live before sinking deeper into those thoughts.
Someday, somehow, I have to repay this love I’m receiving right now.
Even if I feel that being an idol doesn’t suit me, at least the love I’ve received.
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[on air – EVERGREAT]
– 1-year live is here!!
– Wait the members have Light Sticks??
└ Yeah they just came out
└ I haven’t seen one yet ㅠㅠ
– The Light Stick is pretty the logo in the middle?? pretty green colorㅋㅋㅋ
└ It actually looks prettier in person
– Wait they’re suddenly doing a fan song live?
– Did you guys put out that electric piano as a live buildup
– They’re seriously such an absurd group lol (p)
– They’re addicted to live performances ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Always singing
– But today it’s Su-ah on pianoㅋㅋㅋ
– Wow Han-byul’s voice is so beautiful ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
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– The dance members’ fan song production story is so funny Go Hyun-seo said she wanted to do choreography instead lol
└ Jae-yi wanted to make choreography tooㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ the dance line,,,
– Turns out at the end they just wrote letters and brought them, and Seo Ji-on polished them right?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ She packaged it well in the behind-the-scenes so people thought it was real but this is a legit idol telling the truth lol
– I’m glad the girls looked so happy todayㅠㅠ
– Evergreat 10th anniversary 20th anniversary let’s be together ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
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Question: When is Evergreat’s debut anniversary?
Answer: February 24th.
Do you know what happens a week later?
That would be March 3rd, the second day of semester that no one can escape….
I’m grateful my school is an arts university. It’s not the kind of place where people would make a fuss seeing idols or entertainers, and there are still classmates from my year among the people taking my classes.
“Ugh, this is exhausting!!”
“This is all going on camera….”
“Can’t we turn off the self-cam…?”
“This is actually content….”
Su-ah and I arrived at Seo Jung Arts University in a completely worn-out state from practicing our comeback late into the night before.
I remember once telling Su-ah she couldn’t even properly climb the low hill on campus, and as of today I’m taking that back.
It’s exhausting. Just exhausting….
Is it because my daily routine has completely fallen apart, or is it that my physical stamina is declining faster just from getting older…?
Or maybe both…?
System-wise my HP is running low, but since I don’t usually feel my physical condition changing much day-to-day, I think I’m fine—until a situation like this hits and I realize there’s a problem with my overall condition….
Honestly, I’ve made it this far by using the doping effect from the system shop, not from having genuinely gotten proper rest. How fortunate it is that there’s an item that even brief sleep can make effective.
It seems like it’s time to examine the system once more.
It’s strange that ‘Missions’ still haven’t appeared, and truthfully, I haven’t been able to pay attention to the system because the schedule has been so packed.
I mean, there was something unusual among the mission clear rewards that I feel like I saw, but between the endless cycle of work and scheduling (and discovering and having to deal with this new thing called a survival show that didn’t exist before….) I haven’t even confirmed that yet.
The shop has added fatigue recovery items besides the roulette, so I’ve stopped using the roulette unnecessarily, and honestly it doesn’t seem like I’ve needed it anyway.
I’ve been steadily collecting and steadily spending Quest Points, and if I find time to check the parts of the system I haven’t seen yet….
While thinking all this, the class ended.
This is an engineering-related class, so wait.
This is bad. I don’t remember a single thing from the lecture.
I really need to do well on the exam. Most of the theory should still be in my head, but there are parts I don’t remember and I need to study….
I’m so grateful my parents are supporting my tuition.
I mean, without my parents I wouldn’t even be re-enrolling at this timing in the first place!
Getting into university with my own strength—I always kept the thought in one corner of my mind that I need to get my diploma this timeline too, but I never expected it would be during such a busy period.
I could’ve extended my leave of absence further…. But it felt like if I didn’t enroll now, it would be a hassle to deal with later, so I compromised reasonably.
Still, I decided to think of it positively that the content angles were sharper.
I sweet-talked Su-ah into re-enrolling with me since I thought having content together would be so much more fun, and I was genuinely grateful that she went along with it so willingly. (Though I didn’t say it out loud.)
PD Shin must be thrilled.
There’s an idol out here doing behind-the-scenes content about university life….
There’s even an idol asking her classmate to send her notes because she can’t focus in class….
Wow, this is really content gold.
And it’s relatable to university students across the country too.
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【EVERGREAT ‘Bloom’ Official M/V】
Bloom like a dream, beautifully
Bloom like a flower, splendidly
On March 18th, Evergreat made their comeback with their first digital single.
The Concept Photo and the deep house title track, along with the music video, received praise from both the general public and the fandom.
The title track, which mixed fantasy and dreaminess into Evergreat’s usual bright student youth sensibility, was well-received, and the music video was also praised for its warm color palette fitting the season.
However, the fans were steadily accumulating minor dissatisfactions.
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Is this right @abvmwjdtlsckfu
Evergreat swept the Rookie Awards as a super rookie but then the first comeback after that is a digital single with almost no promotion,,,ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
MusicPro seriously get it together these kids are still rookies @EVERGREET_Official
[Why is Evergreat’s comeback a digital single?]
The song is good quality but since it’s a digital single there’s not much content made and we’re taking a break from self-produced content which is sad
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– Real talk they had momentum but it’s kinda fallen flat the song is good but the promotion isn’t
– They produced the song nicely and aren’t promoting it and the activity is only 2 weeks so what
└ Is the 2-week thing official?
└ Yeah a member said in a live that they can only do this activity for 2 weeks and seemed disappointed
– Real talk the B-side track is prettier than the title
[A digital single comeback is fine but after sweeping the Rookie Awards they’re not pushing it at all which is
From Every’s perspective that’s so infuriating what are they doing saving money I can’t tell what MusicPro’s real intention is
[Does MusicPro think being an idol company for the first time means once you win the Rookie Award that’s it?]
That’s not it you’re supposed to push harder after winning the Rookie Award,,,ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Plus the members re-enrolling and everything the situation feels heavy
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The negative reactions started seeping in—not manufactured controversies from online communities, but genuine disappointment that fans felt the comeback scale didn’t match their expectations.
It was the kind of regretful feedback that came from expecting more, rather than forced disputes started online.
Though to be fair, both Seo Ji-on and the staff managing Evergreat had anticipated this level of opinion….
If anything, this was an unavoidable choice to prepare for V-Net’s survival show .
Originally, Evergreat was also supposed to have comfortable spacing and make a comeback with a Mini Album in April to May!
It was a matter of choosing where to focus. The limitation of capital that a small company could invest, you might say.
So Seo Ji-on had taken what was originally a B-side track—prepared as a sub-activity song instead of the title—and made it the title for this digital single.
Music that was dreamy and fantastical while still warm in atmosphere, yet somehow subdued.
The easy-listening deep house title was a great track for showing organic performance by weaving between low-register chest voice and high-register falsetto.
But lacking in impact to be the title, it had been set aside as an activity track, and honestly it just worked perfectly for the digital single timing.
Anyway, Seo Ji-on had intended to use this activity period just to signal to fans that they still had the will to keep performing.
She couldn’t leak information about For The Crew beforehand, and once the survival show filming properly began, there was a high chance the comeback gap would become too long.
So Seo Ji-on hadn’t placed high expectations on this activity.
Apart from being confident in the song quality, she’d intentionally not promoted it heavily and let fans enjoy it on their own.
But then….
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[Damn Evergreat leaving for campus Seo Jeong-jeuㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
(Video of Seo Jeong-jeu getting out of the car in a university sweatshirt and rushing to work)
(Video of Seo Jeong-jeu waving properly to fans even in the rush)
Did she come from pre-recorded content and class? Looks like she barely wiped off her makeup and came straight in, and since she was late she just threw on her university sweatshirt and rushedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That’s hilarious lol
– Honestly this isn’t different from me oversleeping and flying to campus
– Wow the members seem like such normal college students it’s actually charming ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– And she still waved to all the fans ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seriously like a college student
└ That’s because they actually are college students
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The reaction erupted from somewhere unexpected.
There’s an idol who goes to broadcast stations to do music shows wearing a university sweatshirt (and running, no less)?
This was quite the issue!
Only Seo Ji-on hadn’t thought of it that way!
Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario with My Own Hands
Author
: Nam Seo-rang
Publication Date
: May 27, 2026
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