Any Good No-Romance Male-Oriented Idol Survival Show Novels with Bromance, No Female Lead, and A/B-||? I'm Out of Books to Read 有啥好无cp男团选秀麦麸无女主a||向小说瓦书荒了
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An Introverted Boy Takes on the Entertainment Industry i人少年勇闯娱乐圈
(It was just rated, so the score will go up soon (ง •̀_•́)ง) [Male protagonist's perspective + entertainment industry + trainee (not a talent competition) + top student + no romance] The story of an introverted boy boldly venturing into the entertainment industry. It all began when a talent scout discovered Li Chu by chance when he was a child. But he was too young, and his parents refused to let him go. That was the first time Li Chu heard the word “trainee,” and from then on, he kept it in his
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The Idol Life of a Laid-Back Trainee 懒系选手的爱豆人生
[No romance, no romance, no romance] [Not based on real people! Unrelated to reality! Feel free to consider it a parallel world!] Zhou Yijin had always been lazy, so his mother sent him to TN to train as an idol. He only wanted to quietly finish his trainee days and leave, but he was so dazzlingly handsome that he accidentally debuted. At first, he just wanted to be an obscure little idol and keep a low profile. Who knew his older brothers would dote on him, his older sisters would spoil him, hi
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I Went Viral After Becoming a Public Trainee 成为公开练习生后我爆红了
[No romance, showbiz, boy band, growing protagonist, includes online discussions] "The rating is rather low because there aren’t many votes. This is a newbie’s work, so please don’t criticize the writing too harshly." During the summer after graduating from junior high, fifteen-year-old Jiang Yiqiu somehow got “tricked” into joining an agency as a trainee. Hard of hearing in his right ear, he had relied on his older sister since the age of seven. The burden of supporting the family rested on he
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Somehow, I Became the Top-Tier Star in the Center Position 莫名其妙翻身成了C位顶流
[Boy band + no female lead + group favorite + no CP] Xiang Yue wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the worst member of the hottest boy band, the dead-last loser. The only things people online have to say about him are: leech, nuisance, nepotism hire, and useless pretty face. And the person he's become is himself from a parallel world. Normally, when you transmigrate, the first thing to do is preserve the original character's persona, then slowly change the public's opinion of them. That's
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In a World with Few Men, I Became an Interstellar Top-Tier Star 女多男少,我成为星际顶流爱豆
No CP + Idol + Entertainment Industry + Everyone’s Favorite + Battle Royale Survival Audition + Forum Posts + Ambitious Protagonist Park Jaehyun was transported into a world where women vastly outnumbered men. Here, women called all the shots, and male entertainers were presumed to be “no good.” Few managed to stand out, but those who broke through could command a fanbase so huge the streets emptied wherever they went. Armed with the skills of a top-tier star from his previous life and a face th
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Korean Showbiz Career Crash Simulator, No, Sasaeng Simulator 韩娱塌房模拟器不,是私生模拟器
Reborn as a cool, stunning idol in Korean showbiz, he becomes the subject of a savage forum-style story. A simulator lets him experience the career paths of people in different entertainment-industry professions. From the start, three talent scouts fight over him, and he debuts as the center of a boy group. No CP + universally adored + career-driven. The simulator arrives from the start, three talent scouts compete for him, and he chooses a company. He parachutes into the company. Yet one god-ti
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Debut in the Center Position, My Beloved Heartthrob Dog! C位出道吧,我的万人迷修狗!
Boy-group survival show × ensemble cast × catlike looks and puppyish personality in the protagonist × a super-satisfying, feel-good story (Content warnings❗️: ① There are side couples, but they don't get much focus. ② The supporting characters aren't just there to serve the plot. More details in the author's note in Chapter 1.) On his way from his village to the big city to find work, Shen Jiayu goes out of his way to help someone and unexpectedly gets the chance to sign with Mufeng Entertainmen
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As the Villain's Younger Brother, I Pretend to Be Good Around the Heroes 身为反派弟弟,我在主角团装乖
(The rating just came out, so it's a little low.) [No Fixed Pairing + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Everyone's Favorite] [Entertainment Industry / Light Esports + Rebirth + Revenge] After being reborn, Mu Yuyang learned that he was merely the younger brother of a villain in a book. In his previous life, his older brother was infatuated with Xu Jintang, the fan-favorite protagonist. The company went bankrupt, and his family was destroyed. Mu Yuyang was dragged down with him, falling from a
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The Bit Player Debuts as the Unrivaled Fan Favorite on a Talent Show 路人甲在选秀万人迷断层出道
[Overpowered protagonist + cool beauty + idol competition stage + adored by everyone + career-focused, skyrockets to debut + no romance in the main story] Chen Chaoshen was a nobody. Even before joining the idol competition, he had a vague feeling that he was just an extra. When he entered the competition and learned that the world he had lived in for eighteen years was a book, he discovered that he wasn't the protagonist, a supporting character, or even an extra. Chen Chaoshen laughed in disbel
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A-Rated! The Gorgeous Boy Band Is Taking the Entertainment Industry by Storm A爆!神颜男团杀疯内娱
[Male lead's perspective + no romance + entertainment-industry System + ensemble boy group] Jiang Beisheng, a top-level wanted criminal in an apocalyptic world, was hunted by the eight major Alliance bases. After narrowly escaping death several times, he was finally captured and had both legs crushed. Using an unknown method, he broke out of prison, fell into the sea, and disappeared. Jiang Beisheng thought he wouldn't survive this time, but woke up in another parallel world. System: Please join
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Working the Crowd on One Side, Flirting with Fans on the Other: The Stunning Royal Scion Becomes a Top-Tier Star 左营业,右媚粉,神颜皇族变顶流
[No romance + boy-band idols + fanservice flirting + fan pandering + group darling] In a boy-band survival show, ordinary contestants have to work hard, while fan favorites have to make a comeback. As a contestant pushed by the production team through connections, short for “royalty,” it seems that after putting up with all the pressure, he should step aside gracefully and obediently become a background character. Yet Lu Yanzhou is also the visual most likely to be written off as useless; And th
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Boy Band Audition: Huh? A Flirting Genius? Me? 男团选秀:啊?媚粉天才?我吗?
[No System] [No Romance] [All-Around Genius] [Visual Center] [Only Reciprocates Fans’ Affection] [Born Idol] [Feel-Good] After three months of recuperating at home, Qi Lingyang is tricked by his unscrupulous cousin into joining a boy-band survival show. At first, he only plans to stick it out for four months and then leave. But then he meets the sunflowers who adore him. Then he might as well debut as the center. … Sunflowers: He’ll always be the brightest star. Sunflowers will always turn towa
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From Supporting Act to Top-Tier Star: Slaying the Boy Band Audition 从陪衬到顶流:在男团选秀杀疯了
(The rating is low because the book just opened for ratings, so feel free to give it a try!) [Boy Group Survival Show + No Romance + Ambitious and Competitive Career-Minded Protagonist + Satisfying Comeback + Fan-Service Pairings + Fan-Pleasing] Strike while the iron is hot. Hesitate, and your momentum fades; wait too long, and it's gone. Gu Heng debuted twice, yet came back still an unknown rookie. Even on a survival show, he was nothing more than a supporting act for his teammates. But he refu
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Livestreaming a Talent Show: The Useless Pretty Face Goes Wild and Takes Showbiz by Storm! 直播选秀,废物花瓶卷疯娱乐圈!
[No romance + Audition show + Livestream + Meme references] (The rating's low because this just started. Give it a chance, folks!) Gu Changxia had just graduated and was already unemployed, with empty pockets. By chance, he bound himself to a Star System. System: Want a job offer paying a million a day? Then make your debut! And so Gu Changxia was tossed into Starlight Formula, an audition show with 101 contestants. What awaited him was a brutal start: His competitors: a Korean-trained ace / a s
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Can a Funny Guy Make It to the Center Stage? 搞笑男也能C位出道吗
[Boy Group Survival Show + Debuting as Center + All-Round ACE + Lighthearted Comedy + Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast + Everyone's Favorite + Forum Posts + Cozy Everyday Moments] Xia Ji is an all-around trainee who's great at singing, dancing, and rapping. He's just a little unlucky. For the sake of his dream of debuting, he joins a boy group survival show called Road to the Stars. The day before filming his first performance, a friend takes him to try a newly opened hot pot place. Xia Ji can't he
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After a Gender Swap, My Bestie and I Went All In on Fanservice to Become Top-Tier Stars 性转后我和闺蜜硬核卖腐做顶流
[Gender-swap for both leads | steel-straight woman × hardcore fujoshi | goofy showbiz story | no romance] Ling Tinglan is a 24-karat steel-straight woman whose three great loves are handsome men, abs, and handsome men with abs. Jiao Wangshu is the ultimate shipper, living by the credo: “If handsome men don’t get together, heaven and earth can’t stand for it.” One day, they wake up after a night of drinking Ling Tinglan: “Holy crap, an Adam’s apple?!” Jiao Wangshu: “Holy crap, a dick?!” They star
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The All-Round Top-Tier Star Starts with Free Food and Lodging 全能顶流从包吃包住开始
[Showbiz + career-building + secret identities + no heroine + one male lead] [A novel aimed at women!!! Lots of interaction between idol and fans!!!] After returning to China, Chu Yu has no idea where to go, so he joins an audition show that provides meals and lodging. To his surprise, he becomes a sensation! From forming a group on a talent show to going solo after the group disbands, From an all-around idol to an all-around entertainer, Singing, dancing, writing lyrics and composing music, the
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Transmigrated to the Present, I Join a Boy Band Survival Show! Setting the Stage on Fire! 异穿今,男团选秀!燃爆全场!
[No CP] (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up!) Qi Feng never imagined that an accident would make him transmigrate from his own otherworld to Earth, a strange and unfamiliar realm. Faced with completely different rules and civilizations, he has no choice but to hide his identity and figure out how to survive. That is, until the global boy group audition show, Starbound Glory, opens its auditions. At 194 centimeters tall, with chiseled good looks and a voice that seems to tell a story, Q
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A Career on Looks Alone? So What? 靠脸出道?那又怎样
(Entertainment-industry beauty + lots of forum posts and people just having fun + top-tier star legend + everyone's favorite + rebirth story) “We all recognize your talent, but in the idol business, the first thing audiences notice is your face.” With a breezy “You're not a good fit,” the chairman dismissed the eight years he'd spent training. He dragged his suitcase out of the SN building, only to unexpectedly return to eight years earlier. When he woke again, he had a face that would drive eve
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One Song Saves a Movie, and Every Song Becomes a Legend 一首歌拯救一部电影,首首封神
[Showbiz + No Female Lead + System + Entertainment Industry] Singer Xiao Yan transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers he’s a little-known actor hated by the entire internet. He promptly changes careers. A film adapted from a novel is being boycotted by the original novel’s fans, and it’s due to premiere in three days. Anyone who dares to sing its OST will be attacked. One song takes the film’s advance bookings from three thousand to three million, turning it into a huge hit. The original
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Showbiz: Playing Zhao Gao from the Start, I Leave the Entire Internet in Tears! 娱乐:开局饰演赵高,全网泪崩!
(If you want a short-drama adaptation, search for "Villain Specialist") [One Female Lead: Meng Ziyi] + [Best Actor] + [Entertainment Industry] + [Villain Specialist] In his previous life, Lin Ye was a washed-up actor with no fans, a girlfriend who ran off with someone else, and five million yuan in bank debt. After being reborn, he activated the "Fiction Becomes Reality" Villain Best Actor System. From the start, he played Zhao Gao, delivering a stunning performance that wowed the entire interne
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Across Film and TV: The Protagonist Is Ruining the Plot Again 综影视之主角又在打乱剧情
A transmigration life came out of nowhere. I live each day with the mindset that we might as well go down together. (I suggest skipping the first two worlds.) Important!!! No romance!!! Dream of the Red Chamber ✔ The Three Heroes and Five Gallants ✔ Story of Minglan ✔ Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace ✔ Empresses in the Palace ✔ Adventures of the Young Brave ✔ My Journey to You ✔ My Journey to You watch-along ✔ A Journey to Love ✔ Dashing Youth ✔ Dashing Youth watch-along ✔ The Blood of Youth ✔ Th
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A Tycoon Web Novel Author, Traveling the World and Making Everyone Jealous 神豪网文作家,环球旅行全网羡慕
[Tycoon Life + World Travel + Laid-Back Daily Life + Light Business + No Face-Slapping + One Heroine + Enjoying Life + Novel Plagiarism + Not a Literary Master + Images] Lin Zihan was an employee at a state-owned company whose only hobby was writing novels in his spare time. Then he unexpectedly awakened a writing System that gave him rewards whenever he wrote. So Lin Zihan took his computer and set off on a journey around the world, writing as he went. Writing beneath the Northern Lights in Nor
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The Myriad Worlds: My Life in the World of Film and Television 诸天万界:我在影视世界的人生
[This is pure fiction, not history. If you insist on historical accuracy, go read Zizhi Tongjian or Five Thousand Years of Chinese History instead.] [The author has been single since birth and can’t write harem stories. There will be at most one heroine in each world. If that’s not for you, feel free to exit. Thanks.] [The golden finger, the Chaos Pearl, gradually unlocks its powers. Its owner doesn’t become invincible the moment they get it.] The Story of Minglan (complete) | Meet Yourself (com
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The Three-Foot Heavenly Abyss Sword, the Blind Man, and the Heartless Killer 三尺天渊剑,瞎眼男子,无心狠人
[Decisive and ruthless + play the pig to eat the tiger + no System + cold and merciless] Xiao Luochen transmigrates into a world of political intrigue written for female readers, becoming the disowned son of a declining family. From the start, his cultivation is crippled, and his childhood sweetheart, the heroine, kicks him out of the house. Then the vicious villainess snatches him away, intent on abusing and tormenting him? This crazy, vicious villainess is completely unhinged! What? The heroin
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Heart Signal 7: I Just Want to Do Whatever I Please 心动7,我就想随心所欲
A dating reality show: Heart Signal 7 is underway. Give it a watch if you’re interested. Weng Qingya: Everyone knows I’m slow to warm up, but when I meet someone I like, I’ll show him just how forward I can be. Sun Leyan: I may be insecure, but when I fall helplessly in love with someone, I’m willing to let go of that insecurity and focus on him completely. Ruan Xiaomi: I like people who give me their undivided attention. But if I really like him, I can give him all of mine, too. I just finished
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The Talented Male Idol Group Takes On the Toxic Entertainment Industry 实力男神颜团,在线整顿内鱼
[Female-oriented + no romance + transmigration + boy group debut + variety-show survival battle + livestreams + real-time comments + a touch of ensemble cast] Ling Jiangxian was a stunning beauty with paralyzed legs and heart disease. Because of his face and unique aura, an artist adopted him. But before he could enjoy a comfortable life for long, a game promotional song jolted him into a game. Question: What does it feel like to wake up and find your in-game teammates right in front of you? Lin
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He's Got Me Smitten! This Foxlike Idol Really Knows How to Bewitch People! 撩疯了!狐系偶像他真的会蛊人!
[Two Male Leads + Boy Band in the Entertainment Industry + A Touch of Everyone’s Favorite + Fluffy, Sweet, Satisfying Wish-Fulfillment + Lots of Original Worldbuilding, Not for Readers Who Pick Apart the Details] As the saying goes: If a boy band doesn’t sell fanservice, they might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes. If a boy band doesn’t flirt with each other, they’ll be nobodies before long! “Are you disgusting or what?” “Stay away from me. Get lost!” Hua Xiuyu transmigrates into a
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Good Grief! The Heartthrob Idol Is Just Too Good at This! 天!万人迷偶像他太会了!
[Dual male leads + boy band + entertainment industry + feel-good and sweet story + lots of creative liberties; readers who prefer rigorous details, beware] Cold, calculating, and flirtatious (bottom) & cool, handsome, direct, and cocky (top) Mi Bai closed his eyes, then opened them to find himself back in the year a talent scout discovered him. By chance, he became bound to the Idol Heartthrob Development System. [Ding! Idol Heartthrob Development System successfully bound! Please choose a direc
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Cuddles to Stay Alive! The Sickly Beauty Turns a Boy Band into a Battlefield of Love 贴贴续命!病美人爆改男团修罗场
[Two male leads + boy band in the entertainment industry + real and fake young masters + a touch of everyone’s favorite + all songs are original] Xie Yugui, the spoiled young master of the Xie family, was parachuted into a boy band thanks to his royal status. Years after debuting, he still had none of the three things a celebrity needed: no breakthrough hit, no work to his name, and no traffic. He’d been dealt a winning hand and played it terribly. When his identity was exposed overnight, “real
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Office Worker by Day, Interstellar Idol by Night 白天上班,晚上在星际当神颜爱豆
[Transmigration + dazzling showbiz + woman transmigrates into a man + livestreaming + no romance + meme humor] Female-oriented novel. The rating is low because it only just opened. Xie Qing'an was an ordinary office worker with an unremarkable appearance. One night, after working late and coming home to lie down, she opened her eyes and found herself in the interstellar era, transformed into the “male idol Xie Qing'an.” The System said, “If you successfully debut, you can stay in this body forev
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The Gorgeous Idol Only Wants to Survive 神颜爱豆,他只想活命
[System + showbiz + no romance + parallel-world content recreation + ensemble cast] For female readers. The talent show arc is complete, so feel free to dive in. Volume Two, Asian Boy Band, is complete. Volume Three is underway! Content warnings are in the author’s note of Chapter One. There are countless great books on Tomato. If this one isn’t for you, just pick another. Reading is for fun, so if you don’t enjoy this book, I hope you find one you love. In the twentieth year
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The Right Way to Be a Top-Tier Star 顶流的正确打开方式
[Alternate setting + transmigrate + no romance + feel-good power fantasy] The birth of a superstar. In this story, all real-life songs are assumed to be original works by the protagonist. The author is a lowbrow plagiarist, orz
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The Green Card Jinx Competes on an H-Country Idol Survival Show 绿卡衰神圣体在H国选秀
[No romance. The protagonist, Shen Chenxi, is a beloved, universally adored chatterbox who plays up the bromance. He’s the youngest member of an audition group and has a System. This isn’t a romance novel; the romance comes from the System.] Shen Chenxi, who has just graduated from high school, has been having a run of bad luck. He makes plans to go out with his classmates, but it starts raining as soon as he steps outside. When he arrives at their meeting spot, he finds that they’ve stood him
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Help! Why Is That Blacksmith Trending Again? 救命!那个打铁的怎么又上热搜了
[Boy Group Audition + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + Debuting in the Center Position + Group Favorite + Forum Posts and Live Comments + Everyone's Crush + Female-Audience Male Lead] The rating is low because it was only just posted 🥺 #My Favorite Digital Snack Has Made It!# #You Said You'd Take the Money and Run, So How Did You End Up Debuting in the Center Position?# #Production Team: Help! The Contestants This Season Are All Wrong for the Show# To raise money for his master's medical bills, Shen
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I Became a Star on Luck and an A-List Actor with the Help of Benefactors 全靠好运当明星,全靠贵人做影帝
[Content warning] [Female protagonist transmigrates into a man] [No romance] [Satisfying entertainment-industry story] [The male lead debuts through a talent show, then switches to acting midway through] [Contains lots of forum-style posts] Unofficial blurb: I, Chu Yue, am going to work my way up from nothing and build a fortune worth tens of billions! Official blurb: Chu Yue fell asleep and transmigrated to another world, where she became he. Unwilling to face unfamiliar family and friends, and
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From the Start: Rising from Good Voice Contestant to King of World Music 开局好声音从国风歌手到世界天王
[Entertainment, daily life, one female lead, sweet romance, competition, charity] Five chapters updated punctually every day at midnight. Come by and follow along! Against the backdrop of a cultural war, Xiao Bang, who transmigrates and returns from studying abroad, draws on the entertainment culture of the entire Earth. Together with his friends, he competes on the international stage and rises to become the greatest superstar. His current titles include God of Song, Guqin Master, Piano Master,
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I Was Just a Filler, but One Song Made Me a Top-Tier Star! 凑数的我,一曲万疆竟成顶流!
Su Yang transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes an NPC brought in just to make up the numbers. Despite everyone counting him out, one song, "Myriad Lands," bursts onto the scene and sets the whole venue ablaze! The line, "Sharing every hardship and every blessing, we stand tall with our backs straight," has every audience member rising to their feet in solemn respect. As "Myriad Lands" sweeps the venue, it also sparks heated discussion online. "Our land is boundless, built on benevol
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WYLM
Boy Band / Everyday Life / ABO / AA Romance / Idols / Friendship / Healing / Gender Swap / Happy Ending Synopsis: If love can't keep me alive, then hate can. But later, there was love, too. “Linlin, your big brother loves you.” “Jinglin, Tongtong will protect you.” “Cheng Jinglin! Look at me! Only look at me!” “Linlin is so pretty. I like you so much~” Ten years of protection, a warm embrace, a blazing fire, and a gentle deception. Do they love Cheng Jinglin, or just this beautiful body? On the
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A Pretty Little Omega in the Boy Band Audition Shura Field 漂亮小O在男团选秀修罗场
[Everyone's Favorite + Jealous Rivalries + Idol Competition + Male-on-Male Rivalry; Sweet-and-Black Omega Protagonist; the Omega isn't a virgin, all the love interests are, and non-virgins don't make the cut] Chi Lanqing, an omega, transmigrates into a world with only two sexes. The System forces him to compete on a boy-band survival show, and insists he must debut. With no other choice, he keeps a certain hard-to-guess little secret under wraps and presses on. Can't sing or dance? No problem. H
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