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- 1 A Sweet Couple: A Korean Entertainment Fanfic 韩娱同文之甜蜜夫妇 “Noona, what’s your name? I’m Jeon Jungkook.” “Kim Minji.” “Nice to meet you.” When they meet again years later, long-buried memories come rushing back. Even after many years apart, seeing the person you fell for at first sight can still make your heart flutter. “Noona, will you be my girlfriend?” “I thought I’d made it pretty obvious.” 641Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 2 BTS: One Look at Sweet Jungkook, a Love for a Lifetime BTS—甜酒果一眼万年 She was sitting in the front row at a music awards ceremony. Beautiful and striking, she wasn’t an idol, but Jungkook fell in love with her at first sight. He lured her into Bighit to debut as a trainee, only to make it easier to pursue her?! 338Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 3 Korean Showbiz: Becoming a Top-Tier Star Idol 韩娱：成为顶流爱豆 (Transmigration + Korean entertainment + Chinese entertainment + girl group idol + singer and actress) From China in 2023 to Huaguo in an alternate 1995. Tian Sisi is shocked, furious, and utterly lost. She just can't accept it. But~ life has given her another chance to choose, and this time, with a wealth of experience in a young body, she's determined to make the most of it. As it turns out, a lifetime of experience makes this second life full of surprises. So, why not become an idol? Give it 4.4kReads—Score55214d adds
- 4 Korean Showbiz: The Golden Age 韩娱：黄金年代 [Women’s fiction: showbiz + women’s growth + self-interest] Li Jingya unexpectedly comes to Seoul to study, only to be discovered by a talent scout in her very first month. Just like that, she takes her first step into the dazzling, chaotic world of showbiz. [Reader’s notes: 1. The heroine is not a pure, kind, and beautiful character. She has room to grow. 2. A slow-paced feel-good romance, not a wish-fulfillment story. 3. The heroine does not become an idol because it is her dream, but she is p 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Korean Showbiz: A Dream Within a Dream 韩娱：南柯一梦 As the heir to her family, Li Hela has lived as if she were in The Truman Show, never once leaving the castle where she has spent her entire life. The first family rule: The heir is forbidden from taking part in any recreational activities. Hoping to secure more of the family’s interests for her own son, Li Hela’s aunt signs her with a Korean entertainment agency as her legal guardian. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Korean Showbiz: The Rental System Gives Me a Fresh Start as an Artist 韩娱：租房系统带我重开艺人生涯 [Alternate history] [K-pop + System + girl group + romance] [Pairing: Kim Taehyung] Yoon Yuri had always felt like she couldn't do anything right. She couldn't help her mother around the house, her grades at school were terrible, and even after debuting in a girl group, she failed to stand out. Everyone around her was carrying her burdens for her. She felt so guilty… As she kept tearing herself down, the Rental System appeared and turned her life upside down. She already had a loving mom and a b 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Elegy of a Loner in Another World 异世界孤魂的悲歌 A Korean entertainment story featuring Shinbi, Seohyun, and IU. A lone soul from another world arrives here, embarking on a journey. Along the way, they find a kindred spirit, a younger sister, and close friends. The companionship of friends fills the emptiness within and gives this wandering soul the strength to say goodbye to their former life and begin anew. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Korean Showbiz: An Encounter 韩娱之相遇 An unexpected encounter brings him into the dazzling world of Korean entertainment. He meets the girls pursuing their dreams and stands by their side, as love blossoms alongside the starlight. He's here, so come see the stories of how he meets them on the peninsula and forms bonds with them~ 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 BP’s Wuli All-Rounder Maknae BP之wuli全能忙内 [An alternate setting] [Many original ideas] [Korean entertainment, BLACKPINK] [No romance, no male lead] “What kind of person do you think Ye Moran is?” Jennie: “Ranran is the little sister I can dote on whenever I want~” JISOO: “Ranran will always be our maknae! Our all-rounder maknae!” ROSE: “She has lots of delicious food! Mashita~” LISA: “My very best little sister!” What kind of transformation will the little heiress with autism undergo after joining YG and meeting four older sisters who c 132Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 10 Those Years with TWICE 和twice的那些年 TWICE's eldest member, Gu Yusheng, is a non-typical fox-type idol: an ace who can do a little bit of everything, and a philosopher who speaks without thinking. The story begins the moment she makes her decision. Love is like a mark that cannot be erased. Perhaps foxes understand everything. Told through separate routes. The Nayeon route and Sana route are complete, and the Mina route is currently being updated. 478Reads—Score10014d adds
- 11 BTS: A Letter from Spring 【BTS】春日的来信 After completing 999+ quick transmigration missions, Lin Jiayi is sent by the System to a parallel world to retire and rest. But the original owner of this body has an overpowering conviction: she is determined to become a superstar. With no other choice, Lin Jiayi has to put her vacation on hold and return to her old line of work to fulfill the original owner's wish. [I'm no good at writing introductions. This is a Korean entertainment story set in a parallel universe. The author isn't especial 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Tough Road to Debuting in K-Pop as a Silk Reeler 韩娱之我在缫丝艰难出道 As a little girl, Liu Yuyu watched her idol perform and planted the dream of becoming an idol in her heart. She later passed an audition and joined Silk Cocoon. After failing to debut again and again as a trainee, she finally made her debut with LE SSERAFIM and began promoting enthusiastically! Key point! The heroine’s early story is not a power fantasy (and maybe the later part won’t be either; I haven’t decided yet)! After debuting, she’s great at promoting herself and charming her fans!!! Aft 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Korean Entertainment: Don't Fall for My Photographer Boyfriend 韩娱，不要喜欢上我的摄影男友 [Liu Zhimin] [Sapiosexual] [Love at First Sight] Shen Yubai is an independent documentary filmmaker, commissioned to shoot a documentary about the idol industry. He enters SM Entertainment with a critical eye, turning his camera on aespa's leader, Karina: the girl who painstakingly perfects her moves in the practice room at three in the morning, hiding her exhaustion behind a flawless performance. He thinks of himself as an observer, a documentarian standing apart from it all. But gradually, 3.1kReads—Score31814d adds
- 14 Korean Entertainment: (G)I-DLE’s Stunning Visual Maknae 韩娱，gidle女娃，神颜忙内 (I’ve only just started writing about Korean entertainment, so my writing isn’t great. Please don’t give advice.) Ning Bingbing transmigrates and becomes the sixth member of (G)I-DLE. From their debut to their peak, she experiences it all. Since she’s only a fan of the group and doesn’t know much about Korean entertainment, there may be more everyday scenes. I’ll make up the plot myself, so it might not match reality. Please don’t mind. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Debuting Against the Odds, I Became One of the Girl Group’s Twin Towers 逆风出道，我成为了女娃双塔 Strong heroine, not a power fantasy, main dancer. What might happen when a new member suddenly joins a popular girl group already dealing with unexpected problems? Chen Motong is a girl with exceptional dancing skills. After graduating from university, she is noticed by a Korean entertainment company and joins the group (G)I-DLE, becoming teammates with Song Yuqi, Zhao Meiyan, Tian Xiaojuan, and the others. At first, the fans’ rejection makes it difficult for Chen Motong to find her footing, but —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 SKZ: The Star Everyone Looks Up To SKZ：众星捧月 Genius idol Zhou Tingyue is invited by JYP to work in Korea. With talent on her side, she can take on the world! What? The SKZ seniors are always hanging around her? What? The SKZ oppas all want her to themselves? Come and see what’s going on! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Most Beautiful Rain Shower 最美那场阵雨 If that summer shower had been more beautiful, what kind of light would have blossomed in the end? This is a fanfiction about Produce 101 and I.O.I set in a parallel universe. P.S.: 1. Many characters in this story aren't well known, so readers need a strong grounding in Korean entertainment survival shows. 2. This parallel universe is the same one as the author's previous Korean entertainment novel, Korean Entertainment: Changing Fate. The fates of many girl groups differ from reality, includin 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Bought HYBE and Reached the Pinnacle of Life 收购HYBE后走上人生巅峰 [System + Korean Entertainment + Mindless Wish Fulfillment] The night Song Zhiyou learned that all the idols she'd stanned for years were about to enlist, she cried herself unconscious. When she woke up, she'd become Song Jiyoo in Korea, and had even gained a “Fandom System.” The System told her that her mission was to acquire HYBE and reach the pinnacle of life. Shares in several companies, just handed over like that? What? Such a great deal exists? Everyone thinks the new company president is 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Korean Showbiz: I Just Got Addicted to Being a Sister-in-Law 韩娱：只是犯了嫂子瘾 This is a fictional story. Please don't conflate the characters with real people! You can transmigrate just by scrolling through a fancam of G-Dragon? Tang Zili has landed the 2011 transmigration package! She's rich and beautiful, and she's even been gifted a whole brain full of future entertainment-industry plotlines. This golden finger is rock solid! She gets to watch the King of K-pop rise to fame in real time and catch the agency president at the peak of his youth. It's a total win! And what 353Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 20 Forced Out of the Group, I Became a Solo Sensation 被迫退团后solo爆红了 [Extremely Mary Sue! Read at your own risk! My writing is a little rough, and this was written in 2022, so it’s painfully awkward!] In her previous life, Jin Xi was an overworked e-commerce operations employee. During a major sale, she worked overtime until midnight several days in a row, then got into a car accident on her way home. When she woke up, she discovered she had become Kim Lin Hee from South Korea?! What?! The original owner was one of the girl-group candidates that P, a label under 412Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Korean Showbiz: The Slacker Girl Group Is Forced to Work 【韩娱】摆烂女团被迫营业 [Girl group / group darling / universally adored / entertainment industry] Warning: The group-darling, universally adored setup means there are many male leads. If you can’t handle ambiguous relationships, please don’t read on. (Sorry!) To make a splash, P Entertainment carefully selected seven Chinese members to form a girl group. At first, they were only meant to go through the motions. The company was small, and competition among fourth-generation girl groups was fierce. The girls themselves 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Surprise Addition to the Group, the Main Dancer Is a Master Flirt 空降入团，主舞她是钓神啊 Baek Xinyu was supposed to be a last-resort savior for a washed-up K-pop girl group. Her outstanding dancing made her the company’s secret weapon, but things don’t always go as planned. When Baek Xinyu is assigned to the popular girl group IVE, what new ripples will she create? No one knows what the future holds. She can only feel her way forward in the dark until she finds a way through. Baek Xinyu won’t give up, and she’s never even considered it. Keeping her head down, she uses her dancing sk 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Peninsula: If We Had Never Met 半岛之如果不曾相遇 A story about two women. A story about a transmigrator and a second-generation girl group. T-ara takes center stage. Girls’ Generation, f(x), Apink, and other second-generation groups also feature in the story. If we had never met, would our ending have been different? If time could turn back, I wouldn’t let him die before my eyes again. If only... but there are no ifs. My obsession drives me through time, returning to the past again and again, all to find that one right answer. For his sake —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Naiwei Lan Is Very Smart 奶味蓝很聪明 Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! Ye Shuhua! 251Reads—Score11514d adds
- 25 Korean Showbiz: The Foxy Darling in the Bunny Den 韩娱：兔窝里的狐系团宠 K-pop, TWICE, daily life, maknae, group favorite Fox-like girl Park Siyun faces a storm of controversy when she suddenly joins TWICE as its tenth member, becoming the youngest maknae in the group. A triple threat in singing, dancing, and songwriting, she uses her original work to shut down the critics. From a much-maligned parachuted-in favorite to standing alongside every member at the pinnacle of the world. This is the story of all ten of them. 2.9kReads6.6Score22714d adds
- 26 My Girlfriend Is Ahn Yujin 我的女友是安宥真 [Korean Showbiz] + [Pure Romance] + [Ahn Yujin] + [IVE series] Chen Jingxing came to the peninsula to pursue his career. His days afterward were aimless and uneventful, until an uproarious IVE concert came to an end. Chen Jingxing held up his phone to take a photo with the stage in the background. As he awkwardly made half a heart for the camera, a girl-group member who had just finished performing happened to pass by the side of the stage. Ahn Yujin noticed his gesture and reached out, gently c 495Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The System Wants Me to Rule the K-Pop Scene 系统让我称霸KPOP圈 My favorite idols shine onstage. Could I get a little closer to them? An utterly ordinary college student dares to chase his dream and break into the K-pop scene, aided by a mysterious System from beyond the heavens. Watch me climb step by step to the very center of the stage and become the most successful fan! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Korean Showbiz: Love Loop 韩娱：恋爱循环 Male Lead: Jin Zaizhong “This is a love story that keeps repeating. Time changes, identities change, but every time, we fall in love all over again.” Female Lead: She possesses the power of a god, and her identity keeps changing. 1. Rich Girl and First Love: Quan Xunzhen [Trainee Era] (Complete) 2. Convenience Store Big Sister: Mako Gongsi Zhenzi [Trainee Era] (Complete) 3. Celebrity Stylist: Vera Lim [After Debut] (Complete) 4. Actress with a Godlike Face: Xunzhen [After Debut] A beautiful, 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Peninsula: Training a New Girl Group to the Top from Scratch 半岛，从零开始培养登顶新女团 Tired of cheat panels? Come enjoy a more realistic, immersive dream journey through Korean entertainment. JYP's Division Two has frustrated countless Korean entertainment fans with its inability to live up to its potential. Would it still be such a mess under a different leader? Could TWICE and ITZY find an even more glorious path to success with a different approach to production? Could girl group members who started out as idols also make their mark in film and television? Li Mingzai is a lawy 205Reads—Score614d adds
- 30 A Cheat-Code Life in Korean Showbiz 韩娱之开挂人生 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Peninsula in 2010 半岛二零一零 Gu Nanyi unexpectedly returned to the past. To find a cure for his younger sister’s rare disease, he began completing tasks issued by the System. As he carried them out, he started paying attention to and helping the unfortunate young women in the Peninsula entertainment industry. He was unexpectedly caught up in a power struggle between chaebols and the powerful elite. During this time, Gu Nanyi went from simply completing tasks to wanting to help the people he cared about. His life and the liv 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Boyfriend Is Jeon Jungkook 我对像是田柾国 ❤️ If you like it, remember to send gifts, like, bookmark, and follow! Become a “member” or send “coins” for bonus chapters~ 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Guide to Falling for You 我对你的心动指南 A chance encounter… makes Jeon Jungkook fall in love at first sight with a university student named Tang Wan. Jeon Jungkook: “Tang Wan… do you believe in love at first sight?” Jeon Jungkook: “Maybe… I've fallen for you…!” 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Korean Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Can Only Fall for Me 韩娱：顶流只能为我沦陷 [Reborn] [Fast-Paced] [Everyone's Favorite] The plot is entirely fictional and has no connection to real people. Qian Zhenyi was rich and beautiful, but died at just twenty-five in her previous life. As the daughter of an elite family, she'd completely wasted her good fortune: she hadn't even been with a man before one killed her. Then she was reborn in 2019. Heaven must have finally opened its eyes! Qian Zhenyi was destined to live however she pleased in her new life! Qian Zhenyi says: That K-p 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 BTS: The Seven CEOs' Wild Little Wife BTS：七总裁的野性小娇妻 [Completed novel] 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Korean Showbiz: The Top-Tier Visual Idol Who Charms the Entire Industry 韩娱：顶级神颜爱豆撩遍娱乐圈 [Girl group + transmigration + Korean entertainment + everyone’s favorite] Korean entertainment’s most beautiful and dangerous woman Sultry, charming, and sweet Xia Shiyun, who never followed the entertainment industry or stanned celebrities, woke up one day as a 15-year-old Korean girl, with a “little stone” in her hand. Could someone tell her why the stone could talk? And why was it so… so domineering? “You’re dead! If you want to survive, you have to listen to me.” “You have to max out their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Oh My God! Taeyeon Can Hear My Thoughts 天呐！泰妍偷听我心声 A twelve-year fan stays by Taeyeon through her darkest days. One-sided mind-reading can’t hide his deep devotion. With Girls’ Generation playing matchmaker and both hearts reaching for each other, they embark on a journey of redemption and romance across time… 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Woke Up and Decided to Shatter K-Pop 一觉醒来之我要震碎KPOP When Song Wanning woke up, it felt as if she’d transmigrated into the dreamlike opening of a Korean drama. She’d gone from a lonely college student to the spotlight-stealing only daughter of one of South Korea’s top chaebol families! The plot twist was even more dramatic than a K-drama, a comeback story raised to the nth power! She woke every day in a bed spanning eight hundred square meters, with Seoul’s busiest streets right outside her window. Her military officer father was dashing and valia —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Becoming a Korean Showbiz Heiress 变身韩娱大小姐 [No male lead] [Heiress to a financial dynasty] [Book Transmigration] [System] Reborn in an entertainment-industry novel, she takes out the protagonist and inherits his System. Starting in the Korean peninsula, she moves on to China and then the rest of the world, eventually becoming a top-tier star. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Transmigrating into Korean Showbiz: The System Lights Up My Dream 穿越韩娱：系统点亮梦想高光 An ordinary girl transmigrates and opens her eyes in Korea, where she's become a handsome boy and is bound to an entertainment-industry support System! The System says it plainly: Want to go home? Then you have to become a superstar and reach the top of Korea's entertainment industry! That's a tall order, but if he wants to get home, he'll just have to give it everything he's got! The System drops a beginner's gift pack on him: improved vocals and better coordination, solving his problems with 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Korean Showbiz: To Meet You 韩娱：为了遇见你 I’m new to writing, and this is my first story. Please bear with me. One heroine, no mixing with K-pop, though I couldn’t do anything about the title. Now that he’s returned to Korea, will he find the love meant for him? Seo Gyeongho: “Meeting you truly makes me feel lucky.” Bae Juhyeon: “I’m so grateful you came into my life.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Korean Showbiz: From Trainee to Legendary Superstar 韩娱：从练习生到巨星传奇 In 2025, the unappreciated singer Lin Yunsheng unexpectedly transmigrates back to South Korea in 2002, becoming a trainee at SM Entertainment. Faced with a brutal seniority-based hierarchy and tangled relationships, he relies on his knowledge of future pop trends to make hit songs that have yet to be written his own. From the sensational "Lies" to the career-defining "The Tri-Angle," he fights his way through ostracism and doubt, shaking the industry with music that turns the era on its head. On —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Next Level: Soulmates NextLevel：灵魂伴侣 When a soul swap collides with the forbidden romance of idols, one unexpected accident throws the lives of two top-tier stars into chaos. Ningning, aespa’s lead vocalist, and Park Sunghoon, ENHYPEN’s main dancer, were rivals with nothing in common until they collided backstage and accidentally switched souls. When Ningning opens her eyes, she finds herself in the body of a boy band’s visual, facing muscle training, men’s social dynamics, and even late-night heart-to-hearts with his bandmates. Me 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Showbiz: The Group's Beloved Boy 娱乐：团宠少年 [Multiple heroines + no System + male lead with a succubus constitution + Korean entertainment + Western entertainment + singer and actor] A sixteen-year-old boy loses both his parents in an accident and is adopted by relatives living on the Korean Peninsula. Thanks to his outstanding musical talent, he becomes a genius musician whose fame spreads across the peninsula and the world. But the accident leaves him with mild autism and a lonely, introverted nature. As he shuts himself away in his own 3.7kReads6.7Score26414d adds
- 45 Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Idol 【娱乐圈】顶流爱豆 [Spiritual qi revival + Korean entertainment + alternate-universe imagination + wish fulfillment + uncertain pairing + Seventeen + BTS] A mysterious blue light forced her to participate in a dungeon game, but she unexpectedly took first place in the inaugural tournament. Gu Yanyan, exposed as a beta tester, was completely unfazed: Just standard procedure. Digging through the beta test videos, people discovered that Yoon Jeonghan, Choi Seungcheol, and Kim Taehyung were all her teammates! Watc 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 A Korean Showbiz Ace Producer and a Stunning Visual Center 韩娱王牌制作人和神颜门面 Male lead: Chen Huaijin. Female lead: Pei Zhuxuan. Chen Huaijin is Super Junior’s ace and SM Entertainment’s star producer. Pei Zhuxuan is Red Velvet’s leader, as well as a top beauty and visual of the fourth generation. Supporting couples: Jiang Nianchu and Min Yoongi, Shen Ruoxue and Kim Seokjin. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn and Rich, I Became Jungkook's Number One Fan Site Master 重生暴富后，我成了柾国头号站姐 Reborn in 2023, I bonded with a Get Rich System. The System’s rule: I had to spend the money on Jeon Jungkook. So I became the richest fan photographer in the world, chartering planes to follow his schedule and bidding at auctions for watches he’d casually mentioned. Then, at his solo celebration party, the champagne tower I’d sent anonymously filled the entire backstage area. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, a long-fingered hand suddenly stopped them. “Caught you.” Jeon Jungkook 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Oppa, Give Me Money 偶吧给我钱 Reborn as the daughter of a wealthy Korean family, Kim Nana is determined to pursue modeling, acting, and a career as an idol. Bobby is a bright, cheerful guy chasing his debut. She’s determined to protect both the aspiring rapper and his girlfriend. The title, Give Me Money, is a crude Chinese translation of the Korean K-pop competition show Show Me the Money. The story focuses on the Korean entertainment industry in the early chapters. If you’re not familiar with that world, you can read it a 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 BTS: Amnesia Aftereffects BTS：失忆后遗症 [Sweet at First, Then Heartbreaking] After recovering her memories, I found myself harboring a love and longing for you that should never have existed. Jin Seokjin × Bai Tang: Her amnesia gave me a dream I never dared to hope for in the past. When that dream shatters, what will I have left? Min Yoongi × Yu Zimo: Unrequited love is probably being willing to trade all your passion for disappointment, again and again. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Nap? I Want to Sleep! 小睡？想睡！ Two strong leads find healing | Ensemble cast of a band | The ache of youth | Chasing dreams in the entertainment industry What does it feel like to turn a life that’s gone completely to ruin into one that the whole world admires? A sudden plum-rain season jolted Luo Yu out of the bleak first half of her life. With no family to turn to and her closest friend gone, she had been getting by on bar shifts and alcohol, until one umbrella brought her into Su Yunze’s world. She’s a bass player, a we 1Reads—Score—14d adds
