Korean Entertainment: Original Girl Groups and Real-Life Stories 韩娱（女生）原创团及现实

1. 1 韩 Korean Showbiz: From Near Bankruptcy to a Top-Tier Girl Group 韩娱：从濒临破产到顶流女团 Dan Sisi蛋思西Modern Romance400k WordsOngoing [Original Korean entertainment story + girl group growth + no CP] The year she debuted, Lin Xiayue awakened to memories of transmigrating. It turned out she had been a web novelist in Huaguo before being born into the body of a little girl in the Kimchi Kingdom. Like so many girls in the Kimchi Kingdom, Lin Xiayue dreamed of becoming an idol. She became a trainee and successfully debuted in a girl group. But fate wasn’t on her side. Just three months after their debut, the company was on the ver 2kReads—Score167Shelves

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   If you like to see group portraits, you can read this book. It is an original text, not the kind of Mary Sue novel. It is more realistic. The disadvantage is that it is a bit slow.

2. 2 心 The Wish-Granting Machine 心愿达成机 I'm Not Craving You, You Are我不馋你馋Female-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + career-driven female lead + entertainment industry + romance] Quick transmigration through Korean entertainment, fulfilling different wishes and experiencing different lives! The heroine’s careers include actress, idol, singer, producer, rapper, dating-show contestant, director, writer... World One: Lee Juk Hyuk (Chapters 1–35, complete) World Two: Kwon Ji Yong (complete) World Three: Oh Se Hun (complete) World Four: Min Yun Gi (complete) World Five: Cha In Woo (complete) 2.5kReads8.8Score150Shelves

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   The female protagonist travels quickly in South Korea, and there is one male protagonist in each world, including Kwon Ji-yong, Lee Soo-hyuk, Oh Se-hun, and Cha Eun-woo. The author's writing is very good

3. 3 火 Taking the World by Storm! Red Rose Was Born to Be an Idol 火遍全球！红玫瑰她天生爱豆 Soy Milk and Fried Dough Stick z豆浆油条zModern Romance944k WordsCompleted [00s star making her way in Korean entertainment + ambitious female lead + no romance + born to be an idol + no System and no rebirth + forum posts] At eleven, Zhang Ruowei dreamed of standing onstage because she loved an idol. She trained hard in a foreign land, and the lights on that stage would shine for you. Starting out as a trainee, then debuting in a girl group, leading the group to the top, then going global as a solo artist, a top-tier ACE, a genius producer, a stunning beauty, a fa 8kReads8.8Score633Shelves

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   Very nice, with a strong sense of immersion

4. 4 癫 Crazy, All Crazy, A Little Madness Is Good 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 369.6kReads9.8Score54.8kShelves

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   It's so beautiful, it made me laugh so hard, hahahahahahaha

5. 5 神 A God-Tier Idol, Loved by Everyone! Powerful Men Flirt with Him Openly and in Secret 神颜爱豆万人迷！大佬们明撩暗诱 He Huizi禾惠子Modern Romance369k WordsOngoing [Flirtatious, Stunning Female Idol × Handsome, Wealthy Powerhouses] [Everyone's Favorite + Feel-Good Group Adoration + Livestream Audition Show + System Romance Missions + All Male Leads Are Chaste + Love-Rival Showdown] After drowning, top-tier star Qiu Yu transmigrates to another world. The moment she opens her eyes, she gets bound to a System that calls itself the Phoenix Protagonist, which gives her two missions: [Enter a talent competition, debut in the center position, and lead the group t 1kReads9.2Score124Shelves

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   Really beautiful

6. 6 后 The Post-Tall Era: IZONE’s Parallel Universe 后矮时代：IZONE的平行宇宙 Make Hard Work a Habit让努力成习惯Female-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsCompleted [Korean Showbiz] Also known as: Parallel Universe, IZONE Parallel Universe, and IZ*ONE Running Man Version In a parallel universe, on October 29, 2018, a brand-new limited-time girl group, IZ*ONE, debuts in the country of Taiji on Blue Star and soon becomes a major sensation. On March 14, 2021, IZ*ONE officially announces its disbandment during an online concert. In October 2025, as the group approaches its seventh anniversary, a brand-new variety show called IZONE Parallel Universe launches. Th 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The members of the first parallel universe IZ*ONE reunited after their disbandment to record a variety show on their seventh anniversary. The second parallel world IZ*ONE audition story before their debut, the heroine is the younger sister of SEVENTEEN member Xu Minghao and the elementary school classmate of (G) i-dle member Song Yuqi.

7. 7 矮 Before the Short-Lived Era: PRODUCE 48 矮前时代：PRODUCE48 Make Hard Work a Habit让努力成习惯Female-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing [My new book, After the Short Era: IZ*ONE's Parallel Universe, is out now. Please search for it yourself.] [Slow burn] [Korean Showbiz] [IZ*ONE] Xu Guanwei wakes up to discover she has transmigrated to a parallel 2018 and is now competing on the worldwide hit audition show PRODUCE 48. To return to her original world, Xu Guanwei matches wits with the System and fights through fierce competition with the other trainees, ultimately gaining countless close friends and precious memories. 833Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 我 Korean Showbiz: I'm an Idol in South Korea 【韩娱】我在南韩当爱豆 I Have a Kitten to Raise我有小猫要养Female-Channel Fanfiction326k WordsOngoing [Showbiz + girl group + coming-of-age female lead] Lin Wenya × Choi Yeonjun She joins the girl group (G)I-DLE, but things will diverge for Soyeon and Shuhua. Soyeon’s story changes because I don’t know enough about her, though she will debut solo, just not under CUBE. As for Shuhua, I’ve seen too many brainwashing posts while digging through old content. Her stance really is ambiguous, and I don’t know how to write her. There may not be much romance, but there will be some. After searching for h 8Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 从 A Revenge Romance That Begins with an Idol 从爱豆做起的复仇罗曼史 Lu Jia Wonton鹿佳馄饨Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Soapy drama + Strong female lead + Mary Sue fiction + Revenge] [Nine parts pretense, one part sincerity] Xu Zhiyue was an utterly ordinary orphan with neither looks nor connections. She was so forgettable that even the classmates who bullied her could barely remember her name or face. Her quiet life was suddenly turned upside down. First, she was expelled from school, then kicked out of the orphanage. With nowhere to turn for help, she had no choice but to risk everything and go alone to South 3.2kReads9.1Score388Shelves
10. 10 别 Korean Showbiz: Don’t Mess with This Mom 【韩娱】别惹女宝妈 Tart and Sweet Hydrochloric Acid盐酸酸甜Modern Romance65k WordsOngoing SM threw me away? That was only the beginning of my life [What do you think of Utopia’s Top, the ungrateful wolf?] Top comment: More popular than Run 2, but she has a boyfriend who’s a lovesick fool like Run 3 [How did Five Girls One end up in Xiao’s pocket?] Top comment 1: You probably want to see the five million-view fancams of Five Girls One’s Lin Yuanshu. Yuanxiao’s mom is about to hit the battlefield, so hide your husbands ;-) Reply: The most popular one is still the fancam with her brot 332Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 韩 Korean Showbiz: A Firework of Love 韩娱：打上花火 Nine Walnuts 0v0九个核桃0v0Female-Channel Fanfiction131k WordsOngoing Korean entertainment + Chinese entertainment + transmigration. Please note that this is a derivative fan work~ Blurb: One morning, Han Youen wakes up to find she has replaced Seo Soojin as the sixth member of (G)I-DLE. She swears that after debuting, she won’t date, do drugs, slack off, or get depressed. She deserves to cash in on this unbelievable fortune! But... With her contract nearly up and her idol career about to come to an end, is it really so unreasonable to pick one of her many suitors 15Reads6.9Score—Shelves
12. 12 娱 Showbiz: I Went Viral After Transmigrating as the Visual Center of an Idol Competition 娱乐圈：穿成选秀颜C后我爆红了 Qingjiu Jiu卿酒九Female-Channel Fanfiction374k WordsCompleted [Girl group + idol survival show + transmigration + System + K-pop + beloved by the whole group] The heroine is the group's maknae + stunning beauty + Chinese-Korean mixed heritage Lin Sisi, a college student and fan of both idol fandoms and survival shows, wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the audition show she used to follow. Not only has she become an unbelievably beautiful girl, she's also bound to an idol-training System. What? They expect her, a complete novice who can't 967Reads8.8Score103Shelves
13. 13 重 Korean Showbiz: Reborn as a Secret YG Trainee 【韩娱】重生成了YG秘密练习生 The Polar Bear Has No Fish北极熊没有鱼Female-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted [Parallel world + celebrities + stunning beauty + a touch of being everyone's favorite] College student Su Qingyue opens her eyes and discovers she's become a secret trainee at YG. One of the prospective members of the girl group Blackpink is in trouble, and she has to fill in for her? She remembers training for only two months. Is Yang Juhua out of his mind? You've got to be kidding me!!! The male heartthrobs who appear so far include G-Dragon, Oh Se-hun, Cha Eun-woo, Jeon Jung-kook, Min Yoon-g 2.6kReads5.5Score165Shelves
14. 14 震 The Pure White Gardenia That Shocked the Entire Korean Entertainment Industry 震惊整个韩娱的洁白栀子花 Grow Your Own Flowers种自己的花Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Zhi was a trainee at a small company. Just as she was about to make her debut, she died of a heart attack in the practice room. When she got another chance at life, she somehow became the assistant to EXO, a top-tier boy band. She resigned herself to working hard as an underpaid employee. Then, by chance, she appeared in an advertisement, and her beautiful face took the entire Korean entertainment industry by storm. Major companies rushed to sign her. SM: “That fa 1.8kReads7.0Score103Shelves
15. 15 韩 Korean Showbiz: BLACKPINK's First Snow 韩娱：BLACKPINK初雪 Zhou 0v0周0v0Female-Channel Fanfiction581k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ning Qingxue was plagued by illness and died in sorrow. Fortunately, fate gave her a new identity: the fifth member of BLACKPINK, along with a System. As a BLINK, Ning Qingxue was over the moon. What? You can only see my breathtaking beauty? I’m an all-round entertainer, okay? Songwriting, heavenly vocals, all kinds of dance moves: I can do it all with ease. Watch Ning Qingxue make her way to the top in the South Korean entertainment industry. 2.9kReads9.2Score178Shelves
16. 16 韩 The Korean Entertainment Nobody Turns Out to Be a Seductive Siren 韩娱小透明竟是风情万种 Tan Yanyu覃烟雨Female-Channel Fanfiction424k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the sixth member of the girl group Red Velvet, she was practically invisible in the group. But she fought her way to the top in Korea's cutthroat girl-group scene and became an undisputed top-tier star. She also dated practically every Korean male idol, each of them the type to cry and beg her not to break up with them afterward. 1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
17. 17 男 I'm Charging into the Girl Group Scene in a Boy Band Fanfic 男团同人文里，我勇闯女团赛道 My Imagination Always Has a Leak脑洞常漏风Female-Channel Fanfiction520k WordsCompleted [Korean Showbiz] + [Book Transmigration] + [rewriting songs and stories] + [chaotic timeline] One day, she transmigrates into a fanfiction by a Cassiopeia fan. She has no interest at all in TVFXQ, her labelmates, and only wants to grow together with her group, making up for the regrets of reality in this illusory world. The company says: ----She looks like she belongs at SM, but her personality is totally YG. She's basically a female Kim Heechul. Fans say: ----It's easy to like her. Someone will 120Reads—Score—Shelves

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    FX, the second-generation Korean entertainment group, is growing! The love line is slow to heat up, but the career line is relatively strong!

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