Acting Genius, TOP Idol!
Ch 40 as of 18/05/24 - ML is Baek Hyun 30yo who dies in a plane crash. - He regresses to when he is 11yo and living in an orphanage. - Kim Seonbi, ML’s return master / regresser manager - Best Boyz (K-pop idol group): - Kim Dojun … wants MBS best rookie award - Kang Jihyun … say I love you to his family - So Jihu … improve search rankings for the group - Oh Soo … going overseas with all members - The condition for ML’s survival and regression is ML must give up acting and help the 4 members of the Best Boyz. - ML must meet this condition within 11yrs or else die. - ML can summon skills from his acting roles to help. - 19yo ML leaves the orphanage after he’s accepted as a new trainee with Best Boyz. - Jo Hanjun, Best Entertainment CEO - Wang Changsik 21yo is Jo Hanjun’s nephew. He’s also the stupid group leader who was a disaster for Best Boyz in ML’s past life. The group manager is corrupt and Changsik’s ally. - ML records compelling video evidence of Changsik’s violent bullying and the manager’s collusion. ML and the 4 other members report this to CEO Jo Hanjun. - ML’s reward: Time Stop (single use) - Jang Hongseok, new Best Boyz manager - The group debut on the MBS Rookie Stage. - Best Boyz enter a competition show with 11 other groups. - Nexter, 9-member group created by Fiz Entertainment. - Leizistar, a girl group who won in ML’s past life. - ML’s strategy and guidance … - Best Boyz progress … - ML’s reward: Regressor’s Eye - ML’s reward: Regressor’s Energy Drink (single use) - Min Jungho, ex-vocal trainer and aspiring scriptwriter. - ML agrees to act in one of her future scripts in exchange for vocal lessons. - Best Entertainment leak to the media about Fiz Entertainment abusing their power to pressure the show to favour Nexter. - Nexter is forced to quit the show after Leon (Nexter leader) tried to get a junior staff member to sabotage the Best Boyz stage. ML stopped the staff member just in time. - ML and the orphanage director agree to let the show film at the orphanage. ML realises how sincere and kind the director has been and wants to reciprocate that with more visits in the future. - Best Boyz wins the show after their final performance. - ML’s rewards: Lips That Speak Truth, and Mask That Hides Emotions - Best Boyz shoot their first commercial. - ML wants to learn about music production. - Best Boyz release their 1st mini album.
Holy Idol
Ch 13 as of 03/05/24 - some bad translation
Saving the Doomed Idols With My Touch
Ch 30 as of 17/05/24 - ML 40yo was a very successful and wealthy expert restaurant manager. He was murdered by his stepmother Heo Jinhwa and stepbrother who covered it up as an accident. - ML possesses the body of a K-pop idol group member, Cheon Ise. He must help their group Climax succeed and he’ll be rewarded with revenge against his murderers. - Tutorial quest: Successful comeback in 6mths. - ML is given subquests to improve his stats and skills. - Cheon Ise is the youngest son of the Cheonsu Company owner. His wealthy family overshadows his talent and efforts as an idol. - After a bad car accident, he could no longer dance. - He tried to kill himself. - Climax members: - Cheon Ise 24yo, leader and main dancer - Ryu Gyeonghwa 24yo, lead vocal - Son Seongwon 22yo, main vocal - Oh Yejun 22yo, main rapper - Na Seonwoo 21yo, subvocal - An Jeonghui, Cheon Ise’ mother - Flows idol group - Kang Yougun, no.1 male idol - Sim Naru - ML will pay for the production of the Climax comeback song. This way they have more creative control. - Na Seonyeong, Na Seonwoo’s sister - She’s a member of Polaris, a famous girl group - She posts about ML’s salad and it goes viral. - ML arranges for Climax to do a live broadcast for making the salad. It goes really well. They’re told by their manager to appear on a reality cooking show at the last minute. - Na Hehui, one of the judges and close friend of ML - Climax appear on another reality TV show. - They help with farming at a rural village. The day ends with their performance. A photo taken by a fan goes viral. - Music video and photoshoot - Music broadcast show
I Became the Youngest Top Idol
Ch 20 as of 17/05/24 - ML is Do Seohan 25yo. He dies from a truck accident and regresses back to when he was 17yo. Stardust K-pop idol group: - Ha Junseo 20yo, leader - Kevin, main vocalist - Lee Junhyuk, main dancer - Cha Sungbin / Seongbin - Choi Han - Jin Sehyun 18yo - Seo Haim 18yo - ML uses his vocal training diary to improve his singing. - Yoo Minseo, top vocal trainer - Rank evaluation: ML receives a H (hidden) rank meaning he’s a candidate for the centre position. - Other H rank candidates are Lee Dokyung and Cha Sungbin. - Team evaluation: - Mini athletics championship - Lee Junhyuk is forced to leave the show after being caught digging into ML’s past that reveals an abuse case by a director at ML’s previous company. - Do Seojoon, ML’s older brother and TDN program director - He’s 10yrs older than ML and disapproved of ML becoming an idol. He secretly helped ML with the abuse case. - 1st team performance goes well. - ML is in a new team with Kang Siwoo and Lee Dokyung.
Superstar From Age 0
Ch 04 as of 15/05/24 - ML is Lee Seo Jun - Seo Eun Hye, mother - Lee Min Jun, father - ML has been reborn countless times without losing any memories. A life library in his mind was created after too many memories accumulated. His memories and abilities have been stored in the form of books.
In This Life, the Greatest Star in the Universe
Ch 42 as of 22/05/24 - translation is a bit off but art is cute - Bad luck and misfortune seem to follow ML. - His parents died in an accident when he was 7yo. - Seon Myungjoo, ML’s father and a famous pianist. - His grandma fainted just before he was due to perform in a piano competition. - After 6yrs as an idol trainee, he was dropped by the company because his dance skills were lacking. - Just before the uni entry exams, 22-23yo ML faints after saving an old man from an oncoming car. - ML wakes up with the ability to mimic any move he sees. - He can’t mimic anything beyond his physical limitations. - There is a maximum potential for developing skills? - He experiences memories he has lived through. - He can imitate movements of non-human entities. - Yoon Seokhwan, Lemon Entertainment director - Park Gyuho, Lemon Ent. CEO - Jo Kyuhwan, genius composer and music producer - New Black group: - Seo Rihyuk, main vocalist - Kim Biju, main dancer - Wang Jiho - Kim Junghyun, rapper - Yoon Chanhyuk, top singer / vocalist - Year end evaluation - Street Boys, DNS Entertainment - New Black are ranked no.1 for their performance which mostly ML composed and Kim Biju choreographed. - Jang Sowon, Hwa Entertainment - She collaborates with New Black on producing her new song. - The song gets to no.1 after it's released. - They continue their no.1 winning streak on the music shows. - Ha Seungju, pianist and composer - He hosts a popular late night music show. - New Black appear on this show. They perform a different version of their song with Jang Sowon that they rearranged themselves. ML also performs solo on the piano and publicly reveals who his father is. - ML’s new song composition is selected as the title track for New Black’s debut album. - Kim Biju’s 10yo younger sibling Kim Minjun has cancer. - Choi Yongjae, an expert in pediatric cancer, is the son of the old man that ML saved before. - New Black’s release of their debut album is a great success. - ML and Seo Rihyuk are guests on Jang Sowon’s radio show. They perform a new song composed by ML. - Han Taehyun, TNT idol group - 1st fan signing event for New Black - The New Black fandom name is “Soufflé” as voted by fans. - Moonlight Festival, a local outdoor event - Teen Spirit, MOP Entertainment - Due to an unexpected delay, New Black agree to help cover some of the time needed before Teen Spirit arrive. - Gu Jaeyoung, director of a top variety show - TJ Entertainment, ML’s old company
The Genius Actor’s Aura