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Korean Showbiz: A Top Talent Scout Has Been Stalking Me for Three Years 韩娱：顶级星探蹲我三年
[Unmatched looks + everyone’s darling + fan service + satisfying read + no romance + top-tier star + destined superstar + global icon] With his astonishing looks, flawless character, extraordinary abilities, and excellent grades, Shen Yuyue has been watched by talent scouts for three years. Then, through a stroke of luck, he becomes a trainee at Nova. Even as a trainee, he gets approached for endorsements. In just a few short months, his incredible ability and popularity help him debut with his
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- 2 The Idol's Road: Every Bubble Makes Me More Beautiful 偶像之路，每颗泡泡都在让我变美 Reborn into a new life, talented actor Jiang Lin has the looks he could never have attained in his previous life, but he’s a trainee locked into an eight-year contract with his company. Should he retrace his old path, letting his appearance enhance his talent, or take a completely different road this time? While he’s agonizing over it, a cheat arrives! He can earn game rewards just by going to work? How is that even possible? Sounds interesting! But isn’t this taking things in a rather strange d 13.8kReads8.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 3 Divinely Handsome! The Merman Boy Sweeps the Boy Band Competition 颜值封神！人鱼少年横扫男团赛场 [Two Male Leads + Showbiz + Boy Band + Feel-Good Revenge + Sweet Romance + Mutual First Love + Talent Show] Gentle, scheming manager x naive, innocent little mermaid To keep a silly promise he’d made as a child, the little mermaid Lan Xi secretly came ashore to find the friend he’d been separated from ten years ago. But before he could find his friend, he fell victim to an online scam. He was penniless, without even a single coin to his name. With no other choice, Lan Xi scraped by delivering ta 1.2kReads—Score14514d adds
- 4 A Stunning Heartthrob Goes Viral Worldwide After Joining a Talent Show 神颜万人迷从选秀开始火遍全球 [Top-Tier Star + Center Debut + Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance] Star Genesis is a survival-show variety program launched by Peach TV. It brings together 100 trainees, but only five can debut. Compared with the eleven, nine, or seven debut spots offered by previous survival shows, the competition is fierce. Chu Xingyue had always been unlucky. Like the protagonist and the passerby in a novel, he was the inconsequential passerby who had few scenes, lived a miserable life from childhood, and 4.5kReads8.7Score56314d adds
- 5 Reborn as an Idol in Korean Showbiz 重生之在韩娱当爱豆 Please read the blurb and the beginning of Chapter One to see if this is for you. Thank you, thank you! No CP! No CP! No CP! Stunning looks! Because I like writing handsome characters. Female-oriented! Male protagonist’s POV + reborn (parallel world) + no CP + lots of forum-style posts (a ton! An absolute ton!) + amateur writing (the author drools, rambles, and has poor writing skills; this is my first time writing) + beginner + writing practice + irregular updates / writing this just for myself 9.9kReads8.8Score69414d adds
- 6 The Socially Anxious Fan Favorite Takes Center Stage in a Global Talent Show 社恐万人迷全球选秀C位出道了 [No CP] [Everyone Loves Him] [Boy Group] [K-Pop] [Idol Survival Show] [Forum] [Alternate Universe] [Ensemble Cast] [The survival show arc is complete] [Acting will feature in later arcs] [The group has strong team spirit] At sixteen, Zuo Heting finally stepped onto the stage he had dreamed of. A loner since childhood, he found sincere affection from his fans and care and support from his older groupmates. From K-pop stages to the world stage, the cheers from his fans grew louder and louder. He w 316Reads—Score11414d adds
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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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- 8 The Top-Tier Star Starts as a Trainee 顶流从练习生开始 (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 5.2kReads8.6Score63714d adds
- 9 A Dazzling Showbiz Career 娱乐之星途璀璨 [Lots of forum-style posts] Earth's overworked office drone, Xu Yun, dies from working overtime... Then his soul transmigrates into himself in a parallel universe! Watch him use the cultural treasures of his previous life's world to forge a dazzling path through the entertainment industry… 45Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 10 The Entertainment World’s Rising Star Begins with a Boy Band Training Project 文娱紫薇星从养成系男团开始 [An Immature Work] [Reborn + System + Entertainment Industry + Male Lead's Perspective + Boy Band + Coming-of-Age + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] A story about an idol who believes all love comes with conditions, and the fans who love him unconditionally. They pursue each other and help one another succeed. Sincerity is precious above all, so I hope no one's heartfelt feelings will be let down. Young Xie Yuyao never imagined he would one day become an idol, debut as part of a boy band, and grow 1.6kReads8.4Score11214d adds
- 11 The Superstar Making Plan 巨星养成计划 (This is a female-audience story!!!) [No romance + boy-band survival show + debuting in the center position + top-tier star] Li Xingchen, a nobody idol from a company with a hundred-and-eight tiers of obscurity, was tricked by his unscrupulous agency into signing a twenty-year “slave contract.” As a result, he missed the survival show that could have changed his life. Reborn, Li Xingchen learned his lesson the hard way. He immediately gathered evidence, broke his contract with the scummy company 2.4kReads9.2Score29514d adds
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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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- 13 After I Became a Man, All the Gay Guys Started Spoiling Me 当变成男人后被男同们团宠了 (A novel about men who love men. The seme may not be a virgin; no competing over men between women, but there is competition between men. The protagonist is a top; among the bottoms, some are willing to become tops for him. The protagonist is rather dense.) A girl who only liked playing single-player and cozy games finally fell in love in a game. Then, on a bright, sunny morning, she had the misfortune of turning into a man. Looking at the authoritative character model in the mirror, with its ha 1.8kReads8.7Score16714d adds
- 14 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 8.1kReads9.4Score74514d adds
- 15 Your Love Threads Were Pulled Out? Can't You See He Loves You? 你被抽情丝了？看不见他喜欢你？ [Male Lead Focus + Music Covers + Original Screenplays + All-Around Grand Slam + Secret Identities] On the day he won the grand slam of film and television awards, Jiang Xuheng transmigrated into the body of a washed-up child star with the same name in a parallel world. The former child star had impulsively entered a talent competition, then slacked off until he was on the verge of elimination. Now he was about to sign a contract to fake a celebrity couple pairing with someone. To turn things ar 5.6kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 16 After a Gender Flip, I Become a Sensation and a Top-Tier Star Everyone Adores 性别反转后，我爆红成万人迷顶流 [The rating was just released and will rise later.] Female-to-male transformation + showbiz + male lead as the pursuer + one-on-one romances in different stages, all love interests are romantically inexperienced Xie Feiyu made a few remarks before going to sleep, only to unexpectedly turn into a man. From then on, her life changed beyond recognition. By chance, she landed a role in a drama with two male leads and became a top-tier star overnight. One day, Xie Feiyu was being interviewed by a rep 3.5kReads7.6Score29414d adds
- 17 A Woman Transmigrates Into a Man: The Heartthrob Storms the Entertainment Industry 女穿男：万人迷我闪击娱乐圈 [Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance + All-Rounder + Cocky Guy + Stunningly Handsome + ...] (For female readers! No romance! Admirers include both men and women. If that bothers you, don’t click 🤓) Cen Yi debuted as an actress. For reasons beyond her control, she remained both loved and hated, eventually making it to the ranks of second-tier actresses. At long last, she landed a role in a great script and was ready to turn things around. But then! While being hoisted on a wire, she fell from a heig 11kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 18 The Daily Life of Becoming a Handsome Guy 成为帅哥的日常 [Female-to-male transformation + exceptionally handsome + no romance + campus life + smooth sailing] One day, by chance, Gu Chengjia suddenly turns into an unbelievably handsome boy and starts his miserable high school life all over again. But becoming a heartthrob only proves one thing: the world is one giant looks-based contest!!! Sure enough, it's so much easier to make money when you're good-looking! Watch Gu Cheng become the brightest star of all as he balances his fame as a top-tier star w 3kReads7.3Score21614d adds
- 19 Showbiz: I Transmigrated a Thousand Times and Returned Invincible 娱乐圈：穿越一千次，归来已无敌 [Invincible heroine + entertainment industry + no romance] Su Wan has transmigrated a thousand times and returned invincible. But no matter how invincible you are, you can't withstand the pressure of your mother nagging you to get married. To avoid blind dates, Su Wan gets a job and starts as an extra, showing off her countless max-level skills as she gradually rises to stardom. Sometimes, though, acting too convincingly causes a little trouble. For instance, in her first scene, she plays a 4.6kReads8.8Score99214d adds
- 20 Reborn: My Trainee Career Has Cheat Codes 重生之我的练习生生涯开了挂 [A heads-up about potentially upsetting content at the start!] In his previous life, he was an utterly ordinary person. His looks, physique, and family were all perfectly average. After failing to make it as a trainee in Country K for five years, he returned home and became an obscure actor. Just as he was wondering whether to leave the entertainment industry, he was reborn, and he became handsome. 9.3kReads9.1Score62214d adds
- 21 After Getting Tricked Into a Boy Band Audition, I Debuted in the Center Position 被坑去男团选秀后，我C位出道 [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 3.4kReads9.2Score31214d adds
- 22 After a Woman Becomes a Man, His Divine Looks Make Him a Top Star in Global Entertainment! 女穿男后，神颜他登顶世娱！ The rating has just opened and will go up. Thank you! (Content warning: This is a no-CP, everyone-loves-him story. There will be some male-male ship moments. My lovely readers wanted to see them, so I wrote them in. If that's not your thing, please check out another great story. Thank you!) [Female-to-male] + [entertainment industry] + [no CP] + [no golden finger] + [everyone-loves-him] + [Schrodinger's timeline] After transmigrating into the MAX gender-swapped version of herself in a parallel w 1.8kReads8.4Score11114d adds
- 23 The Young Master of an Elite Family Charges into Showbiz 世家小少爷，勇闯娱乐圈 Sheng Yao fell asleep at home and woke up transmigrated into the body of a young man in a parallel world who shared his name. Looking at the other guy's stacked buffs, he sighed, “With buffs this ridiculously powerful, I’d be wasting all this artistic talent if I didn’t make something of myself!” And so, the young master of a wealthy family began his journey to conquer the entertainment industry… 97Reads6.7Score12314d adds
- 24 Top-Tier Star Male Streamer: My Fans Always Want Me to Show My Face 顶流男主播：粉丝们总想让我露脸 # Top-Tier Star Male Streamer: My Fans Keep Asking Me to Show My Face When Lu Yao woke up, he had not only transmigrated to a parallel world, but had also turned from a woman into a man! To fulfill the original owner's wish, he put on a headset and started streaming with a virtual voice. His incredible singing and witty interactions quickly won him countless fans, making him the streamer everyone begged to go live every day. Then one day, he finally showed his face without hesitation... The m 10.5kReads8.7Score68514d adds
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I Quietly Made It to the Top in Korean Showbiz 韩娱就这样淡淡的登顶了
Original male lead, no CP Korean entertainment industry script in progress... (A semi-fictional Korean entertainment-industry setting, irreverent and realistic, with no real-life models for the good characters and all the scandals treated as true.) As a kid, I thought I'd live a luxurious life, lounging in a Manhattan penthouse and listening to my trust fund payments come in while sighing, "I don't want a lot of money. I want a lot of love." Later, it turned into a grungy rock life in Japan, whe
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- 26 I Joined a Talent Show and Debuted in the Center Position 参加选秀C位出道了 [Showbiz]+ [Boy Band]+ [Top-Tier Idol]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Survival Show]+ [Forum Posts]+ [Unreal Looks]+ [Korean Entertainment-Inspired] (I’m really not good at writing blurbs. Feel free to click in and have a look!) Jiang Yunqi was unlucky enough to get into a car accident. When he woke up, he had been reborn as a trainee preparing to compete on an international survival show in Han Guo. The problem was, he couldn’t remember anything! (His memories will slowly return.) But there was nothing to 13.5kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
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A Geniuses' Stunning Beauty Becomes the Entertainment World's Top-Tier Star 娱乐圈天才神颜成男团顶流
(The rating just came out, so it might go up.) [Showbiz + semi-alternate universe + Korean entertainment green card + god-tier looks + lead vocalist + no romance + forum posts] Xie Quechen is a rich young heir who barely says a word. His uncle tosses him into the family entertainment company as a trainee. He plans to treat it as nothing more than a hobby, but his talent proves overwhelming: he is a dance prodigy, and an even greater genius at singing. He debuts in a boy group jointly created by
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Reborn in Korean Showbiz: The Rise of a Top Idol 重生韩娱：顶级爱豆的崛起之路
(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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Korean Showbiz: Fighting to Become the World's Top Male Star 韩娱：争做世男一
[K-pop Industry Shenanigans / Woman Transmigrates into a Man / Hit Song Copycat / Stunning Visual ACE / Forum Posts / Korean Industry Royalty] In my last life, I was a girl group member. I was reborn into a world where there seemed to be no K-pop mega-hit songs. It was as if the skill of music producers around the world had dropped a hundredfold. Then I burst onto the scene, leading my team to release hit songs everyone could sing along to, one after another, as well as smash-hit solo tracks. E
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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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The Stunning Trainee Takes the Boy Band Audition by Storm 神颜练习生在男团选秀爆火
(The rating just came out and will rise later. The audition-show and boy-band arcs are complete.) [Boy Band Audition Show + Female-Oriented + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Live Broadcasts + Real-Time Bullet Comments + Original Songs] Xie Zhisheng is an obscure trainee from a small agency. On his 21st birthday, he gets into an accident, and a suddenly appearing System gives him a second chance. He must compete on an audition show and successfully debut, earning enough emotional energy to escape hi
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- 32 The Right Way to Be the Center of a Top-Tier Star Boy Band 顶流男团C位的正确打开方式 [Female-oriented, no romance, male idol survival show, livestreaming, real-time bullet comments, light ensemble cast] Jiang Ze is a god-tier trainee with a wealth of advantages, including exceptional skills and stunning looks. Yet since entering the industry, he has repeatedly missed his chance to debut. He withdrew from a competition halfway through, his debut group project fell apart, and he was even labeled a nobody on his last survival show. Even so, this time he is determined to debut as th 1.6kReads8.9Score19014d adds
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Girl to Guy: Winning Everyone Over with Flirty Bromance 女穿男：从麦麸开始做万人迷
[No word changes] [A universally adored, no-CP actor who charms men and women of every age]+ [Actively plays up same-sex chemistry]+ [A delightfully mean-spirited forum thread]+ [Stories within stories]+ [Heavy on fandom culture]+ [Loads and loads of terminology, explained in the author's notes]+ [A career novel without the traditional leveling-up progression] In her previous life, Qiu Jiashang was an ordinary woman with acting talent but no beauty. After six fruitless years as a drifter in Heng
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Disguised as a Man: Reborn as a Chubby Guy, Rising from Influencer to Top-Tier Star 女扮男：重生肥仔从网红杀到顶流
[Disguised as a man + literary plagiarist + everyone's favorite + boy band survival show + pure wish fulfillment] A campus internet celebrity in the early stages, a survival-show contestant in the middle, and a top-tier star in a boy band by the end. Yun Ye was a 996 office drone in a plaid shirt. In just one year, she went from a youthful college girl to a greasy-looking female programmer, lost her beauty, and even won herself a sudden-death package. When she opened her eyes again, she had be
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From Sacrificial Lamb to Center: A Comeback Story on a Talent Show 选秀逆袭从祭天剧本成为C位出道
This novel has no romance. Gu Yin was a dazzling rising star in the entertainment industry. His acting career began with humble, unknown bit parts as an extra. He fought his way through every obstacle to become a brilliant new Best Actor. At just 21, he had already claimed the Best Actor crown with his outstanding performances. But fate had other plans. After a car accident, he found himself inside a fanfiction novel called Debuting in Center Position on a Talent Show, in the body of a fringe ch
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- 36 The Vase Everyone Online Mocked Is on a Rampage 全网嘲的花瓶，他杀疯了 [System + no romance + no friendship arc + entertainment industry, leaning toward realism] Lin Zai, an actor from humble beginnings who had spent ten years struggling in the entertainment industry, opened his eyes to find himself inside a talent-show novel, in the body of a pretty but useless contestant. The good news was that he was still in show business. The bad news was that this was unfamiliar territory, and he was terrible at both singing and dancing. This was a wish-fulfillment novel writ 16kReads8.2Score2.3k14d adds
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The Gorgeous Face of the Group Is Actually an All-Round ACE 神颜门面竟是全能ACE
[No Romance Pairing + Boy Group Survival Show + Center Debut + Fanfic Writer + System + Entertainment Industry] [Fictional Setting] A top-tier star idol’s group is forced to disband after a teammate’s scandal. He tries to switch to acting, but dies in an accident. When he wakes up again, he has transmigrated into the body of an eighteen-year-old with the same name! What? The System signed him up for a talent competition? Yu Bei puts on a fake smile: This time, his teammates had better keep their
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A Chinese Green Card: Becoming Korea’s Chosen Star 天朝绿卡：成为韩娱天降紫微星
[K-entertainment + green card + ACE + no CP + semi-fictional setting + forum format] Jiang Langxing wins an Olympiad gold medal and earns a guaranteed admission to university. During winter break, he takes a trip to Korea with a friend, never expecting it to change the course of his life. From then on, he takes the stage in a dazzling world of stars, rises to the top of Korean entertainment as a green card holder, and becomes its heaven-sent superstar. Note: Jiang Langxing's name comes from Li B
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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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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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A Splendid Phoenix 锦绣凰图
In her previous life, Shen Yuan was the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. Her fiancé, Gu Jinghong, joined forces with the court to wipe out her entire family. Not one of the 123 members survived. Only as she lay dying did she learn the truth: the charges of treason were false, the declarations of devotion were false, and from beginning to end, she had been nothing but a pawn. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the age of fourteen. The wound on her forehead was sti
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- 42 Esports World Champion, Survival Show Center 电竞世界冠军，选秀C位出道 (The rating has just been posted, so it's on the low side) [No CP + gorgeous but tragic + everyone’s favorite + esports + idol survival show + doted on by everyone + secret identity exposed] He is River, the legendary esports player renowned across the scene, who reached the top of the world at just seventeen. But behind the glory lies severe psychological illness and the agony of sleepless nights. His arms are covered in scars no one knows about. After winning the championship, he hides all his 8.5kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 43 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 123Reads—Score—14d adds
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