[
Bang!
]
[“Congratulations to Pantheion!”]
[“We’re really number one!”]
[“Victory!”]
Han Seungbeom’s fansite master and Pantheion’s all-fan, Kim Hayeon, finally let out the breath she’d been holding as she watched the seven members on TV, smiling with pure happiness.
“Thank God…….”
Pantheion had finally become a number-one singer.
They also became the fastest boy group to get their first win.
‘Is it for real that the moment I become a fan, I can’t win a single audience ticket? I have to see this in person!’
Kim Hayeon-ssi, who had previously been a fan of Frick and had never experienced her idol winning the number one spot on a music show, pulled at her hair in overwhelming joy as she felt this for the first time.
Could this feeling of experiencing happiness just by seeing someone else happy be called
love
?
“The emotion … is deep.”
“Noona, what’s with the way you talk? You sound like someone who’s online all the time.”
For a moment, the words often spoken by her mother’s son echoed in her ears, but Kim Hayeon didn’t back down.
As soon as the squid in her mind disappeared, memories of the time when fans did everything they could to get our Pantheion to number one rushed back. She started to shed tears as she realized that all the hard work wasn’t in vain.
From the start of the Survive IDOL filming to the selection of the final debut members, and then the release of the first album. It was a time that passed quickly and slowly at the same time.
‘How long have our kids waited for this day?’
Seeing Do Yuda’s face filled with tears, Kim Hayeon tightly gripped her chest.
What she had witnessed was just a short period of less than a year, as she started watching the Survive IDOL program when it had already gained significant popularity and the broadcast had begun. However, the members had made it to today after enduring years of training. Of course, that excluding Han Seungbeom, whose trainee period was only two months.
“Hmmphuhu.”
She could hear a stifled cry from her younger brother’s room next door. It seemed like that guy was also crying with his fist in his mouth.
‘Who cares if you cry?’
She looked coldly at the door, but as she saw the members on TV desperately holding back their tears, she felt tears welling up in her eyes again.
‘As expected, Seungbeom isn’t crying….’
Then, when she shifted her gaze to her ultimate bias, Han Seungbeom, who was at the front, he looked as calm as always, with a faint smile on his face.
When the members heard the announcement of their first win, they couldn’t contain their excitement and jumped around, but there was no sign of that at all from him.
‘Indeed, it’s the virtue of a Captain.’
That was really befitting of
Han Seungbeom
.
While she was blowing her nose, reflecting on her own weakness for crying and sobbing after seeing
the calm Han Seungbeom
, the camera caught Han Seungbeom quietly gazing at the audience.
She couldn’t help but lose her mind upon seeing Han Seungbeom’s face on the screen.
“……Huh?”
She was stunned, because she saw something she hadn’t expected at all.
Endless affection, happiness, joy.
And complex emotions that were impossible to read.
As soon as he looked at the fans, his stoic face revealed a colorful array of emotions that hadn’t been apparent before.
His eyes, which captured each of those emotions and the faces of the fans, reflected the light from the lightsticks and the stage lights, as well as the colorful confetti swirling through the air, radiating a myriad of hues.
“…….”
Watching that, she felt an inexplicable sense of heaviness.
He was only twenty years old, having just made his debut.
Why is the child who had swept up the public’s love looking at the fans with such a gaze?
She suddenly had this thought.
Han Seungbeom continued to stare at his fans for a long time, then quietly bowed to them.
The first thing he did after getting the first win was to bow deeply to the fans.
His heart toward the fans felt so sincere that it made her feel even more grateful in return.
As Han Seungbeom greeted the fans, the members, who had been absent-mindedly lost in the moment, followed his lead and bowed their heads. The sight reminded Kim Hayeon of young animals imitating their parents, and she let out a small laugh unconsciously.
‘Even though they haven’t started their acceptance speech yet, just seeing this, it’s clear who the leader is.’
And their acceptance speech that followed, delivered by Han Seungbeom, was perfect in every way, from pronunciation to tone and content, making it seem like a textbook example of an idol’s acceptance speech. While she was in awe of how flawless Han Seungbeom was, the Pantheion members wrapped their arms around him and shouted to the camera.
[“Thank you. I love you, Myumyu!”]
[“Thank you!”]
***
Since becoming a fan of Han Seungbeom, she had set
[Rest]
on her Frick’s fan account and had never used it again. Whenever she occasionally visited the account, she would just realize that she felt no emotions at all as she scrolled through the hateful comments about Frick that came up in the algorithm.
‘Goodbye, troublemaker ex-bias.’
She felt an inexplicable pang of guilt for leaving her former comrades in the horrors of the eternal
Rest
. But that didn’t last long. The fandom was pretty much dead anyway, and there weren’t many people left.
“Oh wow, look at how quickly my timeline is getting filled up again.”
Then, she entered her Pantheion fan-account again and, seeing the enormous amount of posts that had already piled up in such a short time, she couldn’t help but click her tongue.
‘I knew it.’
When the news of Pantheion’s first music show win was announced, and the encore stage was uploaded, it was absolute chaos. Pantheion already had a large fandom, so there were always a lot of reactions and new content, but now, almost everyone was going wild.
— Ah, this is insane, I’m losing it!!! HAHAHA this is what it means to be a SINGER, wow
— I’m basically a peacock right now. The cult leader’s got me strutting around with my neck held high.
This whole crazy party started with the encore fancam of the broadcasting station’s music show.
[Encore Fancam] Pantheion No. 1 Encore Fancam 4K ‘Heracles’
Although she wasn’t particularly fond of the thumbnail featuring Han Seungbeom’s face with a fierce expression, it seemed to have done its job in drawing attention. It was obvious that the thumbnail played a significant role in the video racking up so many views in such a short period.
Of course, the fundamental reason would be Pantheion’s insane talent.
— Wow … I’ve never seen anyone dance so perfectly while doing a live encore stage like that
— If a singer wants to keep their fans happy, the best thing they can do is just perform well on stage. It seems like Muses’ shoulders will go up to the ceiling
Pantheion finished the encore by singing a live performance with only the MR, as if it were a recorded track, even flawlessly delivering ad-libs. They did all of this while pulling off their intricate group choreography with precise synchronization.
And there was not a single mistake in the process.
The reason was obvious.
— FCKKKKK Han Seungbeom staring without blinking from behind is so scary hahaha
└ Just by watching, I can feel the terror of what will happen to them if they make a mistake in front of Han Seungbeom so strongly that I’m shaking too. Please save them
— What idiot claimed that Lee Danbi has it easy? Han Seungbeom is acting like that. Are you out of your mind?
└ Han Seungbeom secretly has a soft spot for the Lees, but when it’s time to practice, he really go all out in scolding them … I almost freaked out watching the reality show. Pantheion is not just cool, it’s a place where only the kids who can withstand and handle Han Seungbeom’s criticism can survive.
└ I’m just asking out of curiosity, but why is he so fond of Lee Hwayoung? Danbi is understandable since he’s the youngest, but Lee Hwayoung is the same age and much taller than him.
└ Just give up … I just gave up on trying to understand the Captain
— The kids held back their tears after winning first place, but when the leader hugged them, they burst into tears from behind. Then, suddenly, they wiped their tears away and walked out confidently. What on earth happened back there?
God Buddha Han Seungbeom said, “
A singer must perform well on stage
.”
The members must have taken those words to heart and put them into practice.
Those who were already familiar with Han Seungbeom’s personality from various programs, including Survive IDOL, had already guessed that this was all his handiwork.
— Han Seungbeom perfectly picked up the first note and set the key without even using in-ears. He’s seriously crazy. The thrill is unreal. Is that what having perfect pitch is like?
└ His sincerity is really too much every time he makes it obvious that he’s the composer with his whole body. Han Seungbeom, don’t drive women crazy.
└ The intro is supposed to be sung by someone who can really bring out the feel of the song and hit the notes perfectly
Han Seungbeom: Sure, I’ll do it.
— When Han Seungbeom is in the center, the dance performance quality is on a whole different level. Our cult leader is truly born to be an idol
Indeed, it was Han Seungbeom who led the encore stage and stood out the most.
— 2:36 Can someone tell me the name of the member who did the high note ad-lib? He’s really good at singing
└ His name is Do Yuda~^^
— I think Zen is the member who fits the killing part the best. His voice is husky, it’s really unique
— Woo Kangwon, don’t drive women crazy. Bark, bark, bark.
└ Calm down
— Nihwalee became 𝓝𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓼 𝓗𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓛𝓮𝓮. His aura went wild.
— The Goddesses of academics and arts acknowledged Baek Kiryang’s vocal. His live singing completely devoured the recorded version.
— How does Danbi have such a sharp dance line? ㅠㅠㅠ It’s so cute, it matches his personality hahaha
— How is it that all the members are so good at live performances? They’re so pleasant to watch
It wasn’t just the Muses, even regular people and fans of other groups were praising the Pantheion’s members. It was obvious that, thanks to this encore video, many new people would be joining the fandom.
And at the same time, there was a flood of criticism directed at idols who had been avoiding encore live performances through various means.
— LOL, Frick taught these kids? He should go listen to his own MR removed video
└ Are you bashing Overture right now? As a fan of Overture, I’m offended.
└ lol lol lol lol lol Are you a set up account?
The comment section got a little dirty with fandom fights, but that was a small price to pay.
And the Muses’ dopamine party didn’t end there.
The challenge video with COMA-1 also became a hot topic among the general public.
“They said they are confident even if they have to compete with Pantheion?”
Kim Hayeon recalled the mediaplay done by RH Entertainment and grinned as she read the comments on the challenge video.
— Can there really be this much of a difference in skill? I clearly thought Taeui did really well in his other video challenges;; Why did he have to do it with Han Seungbeom ㅠㅠ hahaha … I feel so bad for him
— Saemfans, what are you going to do? HAHAHA You kept claiming that Kim Saemyeong was more skilled and popular, and that Lee Danbi joined Pantheion through dirty schemes. But now, your fav is getting totally crushed by Danbi’s skills.
There were two videos released.
The video of Han Seungbeom and Taeui together, and the video of Lee Danbi and Kim Saemyeong together.
And the common reaction from people to both videos was that the skill gap between the two groups was so large that it was almost embarrassing to watch.
— Han Seungbeom is really good, he’s so good, he’s ridiculously good, he’s overwhelmingly good
— Taeui’s physique is so good, so why do I feel like he’s being overpowered by the pretty boy next to him?
— Taeui is good, but unfortunately, the person next to him … is Han Seungbeom … so it ends up looking like he’s not doing well. So, I could still say ‘good job’ even though he lost, but the real problem is Kim Saemyeong … ha, what should I do with him? I can’t watch that video again because it’s so embarrassing
└ Pantheion’s choreography seems really difficult ㅜㅜ If you can’t dance well, you’re going to look terrible.
— Male idols, Prism is banned. Han Seungbeom is banned. I’m saying this for your own good.
— But won’t this make Pantheion the number one boygroup to avoid? They just keep doing your dance my dance
She flashed a bodhisattva smile, unable to suppress a surge of pride as she looked at the countless praise for Pantheion’s members on the internet.
“Don’t you dare mess with Pantheion again.”
With this, all Pantheion members, including Lee Danbi, were recognized by the public as “
skilled idols
“. It also seemed like they were branded as something that shouldn’t be challenged among idols.
And the challenge that Zen and Do Yuda took……
— A video where dumbness and good looks coexist.mp4
Dance skill: ★★★★★
Coolness: ☆☆☆☆☆
Artistic quality: ?????
Overall evaluation: High-level art is indistinguishable from poop.
— Divided we live, united we die. Free the MC.
She decided to just pretend she didn’t see it.
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Translator’s Corner:
A happy fan chapter for you all to see…
Tbh the netizen comments on this series is really fun to read but I have a PTSD from netizen comments on my previous series, so I wish I don’t see them that often ….
But you know I was reviewing previous chapters few days ago and saw sometimes I used “Hercules” instead of Heracles (already edited them all), so I thought I was tripping … but when I did this chapter, I realized that sometimes the original also made a typo by using “Hercules” (written in alphabeth) … I blamed it all on Disney …
Anyway, I’m today years old when I found out you can change the “Coffee” name in BMC …. so I changed it … but it felt really silly LOL It kinda felt like I really let go of my previous series now, not using the word “Coffee” anymore asdfghjkl I did SSS-Grade Cafe during my whole college days, and I finished it in the same time as I graduated … time flies … someone pls stop time I don’t want to see tomorrow asdfghjkl why we’re in 2025 already, somehow I felt like I’m still stuck in 2020