How to Become Yokohama's Hottest Idol

[My next novel will be The Mafia Coworker Is Always Getting Wooed, a side story with multiple endings for the little stray dog from the series. If you’re interested, come take a look!]

Bo Ming’s name after he transmigrated to Yokohama was Jing Bo Ming. On his seventh day there, he signed away his freedom to the Port Mafia.

For the next ten years, he would have to work himself to the bone as an idol for the Mafia until he paid off all his family’s debts.

He also had to earn plenty of money and prestige for his dear creditor, the Port Mafia.

And so

During the Mimic incident, he was working.

While the Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency were fighting, he was working.

When the Guild attacked, he was still working.

Every now and then, Jing Bo Ming, exhausted from being forced to devote himself to work, would look up in a daze and receive a whole crowd of admiring, sympathetic looks.

“I heard the Mafia’s Ability Business Permit was approved largely thanks to Bo Ming’s wholesome public image.”

“Bo Ming has worked hard ever since he was sixteen. I hear he really cares about the Mafia’s lower-ranking members.”

“He’s the one who resolved several of Yokohama’s conflicts, isn’t he? He’s practically an angel sent from heaven to save Yokohama.”

Angel Jing Bo Ming probably never imagined that decades later, he would become a legendary, god-tier idol and the face of an entire era in Yokohama.

People all say that he loves Yokohama deeply.

A friendly reminder before you read:

1. The protagonist is an unlucky, unassuming workaholic. His ability is pretty useless and idol-themed, with little combat potential.

2. The whole cast is strictly platonic.

3. This isn’t an intense wish-fulfillment story. It has found-family and heartwarming elements.

4. I’ll do my best to keep everyone alive.

5. This is a passion project written to indulge the author’s tastes. The entertainment industry isn’t portrayed realistically.

6. There are a few brief forum-style sections. An idol story has to include some ship teasing, but the main story is definitely romance-free. Feel free to ship characters if you like.

Theme: Be as steadfast and vibrant as a tree