◐ lights, camera, showbiz ◐

idols/comedy/regression

a former paparazzo has taken the place of a young boy and awoke to a system screen that tells him he will die if he doesnt debut as an idol within the alloted time

❑ tw: mentioned suicide
❑ funny as hell how mc's expression never changes despite whatever emotional turmoil he goes through
❑ uses his former insider media knowledge to put the audience in his favor
❑ ominous, compelling mystery

idols/comedy/parallel world

❑ so happy this got a webtoon !! so fun seeing a novel i read being adapted as someone new to light novels
❑ super shameless mc i love seeing him scheme
❑ prob the most developed side characters in an idol story? all of them really stick w you
❑ i like how the members are equals in that theyre all smart and keep each other's schemes in check lmao its not just mc causing issues they all do
❑ past life really important
❑ unreliable narrator

idols/psychological/reincarnation

a debt collector dies in a traffic accident alongside a controversial idol, the very idol whose body he wakes up in the next time he opens his eyes; now stuck in this boy group, mc must adapt to the industry while unconvering all of the original body's dark secrets

❑ all the characters seem innocent but theyre hiding smth abt the idol's past
❑ love how no one can be trusted
❑ most jarring charac transfer ever man doesnt know shit abt idols

musicians/reincarnation

the best musician of all time was considering retirement when he was killed by a truck and woke up in the distant future in a parallel world where he and his music never existed

❑ starts slow, esp w bad tl's for first 20ish ch's but its so fucking good yall why am i treating this guy like an actual celebrity
❑ the anticipation this writer builds is actually crazy
❑ very sincere story abt music

idols/comedy/isekai

a priest from a fantasy world is sent to modern day korea in the body of an idol

❑ one of the funniest comics i have ever read
❑ the mc is such a rat bastard he just fucks around and cause problems on purpose
❑ man doesnt even try to pretend to be the original idol, hes going around practically advertising it lmaoo
❑ someone pls pls translate the rest of the ch's to english already im barely fluent in indonesian

idols/regression

due to a large scar on his face from when he saved his fellow group member, an idol was forced to give up his dreams of being in the limelight, but upon his sudden death he awakens in the past w the chance to do everything over

❑ the only valid regression story bc the mc is actually affected by the trauma he experienced in his last life
❑ love an mc whos oblivious to being taken care of by the other cast members

actors/supernatural

destined to be a great shaman forced to deal w supernatural cases to extend his life span, mc's fate is turned on its head when he saves korea's most renowned actor, falling into the world of entertainment

❑ you know its good when homoerotic tension