After Cheng Yu was flamed for shipping a niche pairing in his limited-time idol group, he transmigrated into another world.
A college student who had been coasting through life became a trainee pushed into a survival show as a test run. His manager's goal was to keep him in the competition until finals night, but the Cheng Yu standing before him had no performance experience whatsoever.
Aside from teaching himself a little video editing after getting into survival shows, he was hopeless at both singing and dancing. His only advantage as a trainee was probably that he didn't date anyone, so there was no risk of a dating scandal.
He watched anime and read fanfiction, went to conventions in his spare time, and said “Teacher, may I collect your autograph?” more than anything else. After becoming a fan, he also started watching behind-the-scenes content and fan-made videos.
He could draw and make fanworks, and although he had never attended an offline event, he had chatted with fellow fans and shippers online.
When you put it that way, he seemed pretty well suited for this. If he really managed to debut, he would definitely keep his idol's image spotless. He was genuinely not interested in dating.
With the help of a visual novel System, he had a stats panel of his own, and he could mindlessly grind his training progress with time and money.
Singing and dancing could be improved, but popularity was still anyone's guess. Since things had come to this, he might as well find someone to flirt with. He could put all the things he used to love shipping to use.
After all, if a boy group doesn't sell its members' chemistry, they might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes.
Survival shows were about popularity, not just skill.
Cheng Yu: I want both.
Theme: Keep moving forward
