The Japanese broadcast that TeStar appeared on was a morning show with the time 7:41 showing at the top.

'They have the K-pop status so why are they coming out from some morning show?'

The high school student was a little dissatisfied but continued to watch the video regardless, thinking that he should at least see what was going to come out in the video since he already played it.

Korean subtitles, which were probably made by a fan, appeared.

And footage of TeStar's past activities and achievements overlapped with music videos and award scenes, and the broadcast quickly started.

And an interview with K-pop fans around the streets of Koreatown passed briefly.

'Oh... they're quite popular in Japan, too.'

The high school student straightened his indifferent face.

Finally, the appearance of TeStar was announced along with sparkly effects.

Dududung!

With a somewhat stark effect, TeStar entered with four or five panelists clapping in the background of the pastel-toned set.

They were dressed in navy blue suits with traditional accessories matching.

'Look at how tall their legs are.'

As the high school student felt second-hand satisfaction, TeStar greeted everyone politely with a smile without showing any signs of nervousness.

At the MC's request, the self-introduction continued with a mix of simple Japanese and English.

As they knew there wasn't much time, the members added a few distinct characteristics of themselves to the introduction.

Then he smiled and passed the microphone to the next person without hesitation.

An intentionally strong reaction came out.

The person who had done the subtitles even added small colored subtitles of the panelist's whispers.

Whenever a smiling member was captured, there were captions that said 'cool' or 'cute'.

Lee Sejin cut in as Bae Sejin hesitated and tried to end his introduction reservedly.

Lee Sejin, who drew out laughter, with Bae Sejin's dumbfounded expression, kept on with his own introduction with a smile.

Thanks to the education he received as a trainee, he fluently spoke Japanese.

//TN: Yujin's part was also in English in the original. It's official that his name is Eugene but I will keep it as Yujin in my translations for the sake of consistency as it could be confusing to switch it now that we're this far in chapters.

Like that, it was Kim Raebin's turn, who stood at the end.

However, this time there was a question from the panel. It was noticed that the thing on Kim Raebin's foot, which was cleverly worn as if it was a decoration, was a protector.

When the interpreter translated Kim Raebin's smart answer, the panelists nodded their heads and moderately exclaimed in admiration that he has 'good confidence'.

'Their dance is crazy hard so what are they going to do?'

The high school student looked at it somewhat skeptically.

Usually, this would be the part where advertisements were placed, but because this was a cut video, the performance followed immediately.

On the stage above the well-cleaned-out set, the performance began with Japanese captions as the lights were rotating.

'They're so in sync.'

The choreography was smooth since they had already practiced the routine without Kim Raebin.

In addition, thanks to the fact that it was the first time in a while since Cha Yujin, who was full of energy, was the opener in a performance with a whole group, a great level of immersion was shown off.

The extremely static camera showed the details of the dynamic performance in full view.

The high school student kept his mouth shut and concentrated on the performance without thinking.

'But where's that guy?'

However, the guy who said he had a leg injury didn't appear on stage at all until the first verse passed. The high school student found it a bit strange but quickly erased it from his head.

'I think that 'real groom' is doing doubling vocals throughout the chorus. Wow, how are my ears so good.'

Because he was too busy watching the performance.

In fact, it was the first time he properly watched the stage of 'Present', so he just stared at the introduction of the first and second verses with a blank mind.

And right before they entered the final pre-chorus.

The high school student barely noticed Kim Raebin walking at a slow pace from the back.

'What are they trying to do?'

The moment he thought this might cool down, the choreography formation moved skillfully and suddenly descended like a low tide, and Kim Raebin was lifted up.

"...!"

Kim Raebin, with a piercing gaze, began his part while riding on the backs and arms of the other members as if he was riding on a palanquin.

And at the same time, the formation changed.

Riding on the members with their arms and upper body on the floor, Kim Raebin lightly slid forward as if he was landing and supported his body with his arms.

And he stood in the front center, staring at the camera.

"Oh shit!"

Whether or not the high school student was in awe, Kim Raebin didn't stop rapping.

He kept going until the next part came.

'Huh?'

Only then did the high school student realize.

TeStar moderately removed parts from the first half and second half that were similar and rearranged them, then gave the whole second half to Kim Raebin.

'Woah, they've got guts.'

Thanks to the fact that the song had a lot of rap parts, Kim Raebin had terrific momentum.

Although there was no choreography for Kim Raebin, who walked forward, the stage looked like a proper performance thanks to the members around him moving like they were his hands and feet.

Then, taking over the momentum, Park Moondae's vocals rose steadily at the climax of the second half of the performance.

'This is it!!'

There was a powerful dance break there.

After Kim Raebin fell back with impressive movements so that he wouldn't be visible, TeStar deliberately withdrew the formation all the way back.

Therefore, after joining Kim Raebin, they got the ending cut.

'They're so good.'

The high school student hit the desk unknowingly. On the screen, there was a close-up of the panelists after the performance was over.

They all had their eyes wide open.

'Ah did they make this the thumbnail?'

The high school boy snickered.

TeStar in the video got up and roughly arranged their clothes. Then they quickly greeted the camera with a smile.

The video ended there.

And the high school student admitted it.

'They honestly nailed it.'

He could see why they got so many views. Just by looking at it, you could see that the bowl was full of patriotic flavors.

Looking at the comments as he enjoyed the video, he was excited by the fans and other Koreans who enjoyed it as well.

"Oh..."

It turns out that the program was pretty popular. The high school student shrugged his shoulders.

'Is there anything else entertaining?'

As he got excited and watched the other related videos, there were a series of reviews about Japanese people's reaction to TeStar.

'The nationalist channels are excited.'

The high school student wouldn't usually watch these kinds of embarrassing things, but he clicked on one of the videos with the thought that he was going to watch it to kill time.

At the same time, Park Moondae was also monitoring this.

* * *

'Did they only select the good responses?'

I thought that the responses might have been slightly distorted. I shoved the room service food into my mouth and sped up the video.

It was annoying since it took twice as much time to watch the video when the content could have been posted in writing.

'Still, I'm already busy to death just learning English so learning Japanese would be too much.'

It was entirely thanks to the attribute that I learned how to moderately greet and hold a conversation in two weeks.

I shrugged my shoulders, roughly sorting out the contents I collected from the fans' social media and WeTube channels.

'The reaction to Seon Ahyun is good.'

Kim Raebin also got a lot of responses as the center part in the second half was impressive, and the reactions toward the rest of the members were equally good.

'...There are more comments about me than I thought.'

I had no idea how it got stuck, but they seemed to have made me into a 4D-like character.

//TN: 4D = someone with a weird and eccentric personality

'I don't get it.'

Anyway, the conclusion was that the overall responses were very good.

Of course, the fact that there was a big response to the results meant that there couldn't be only good comments.

You could roughly take a look at this video as an example.

Below those, there was a comment from the video uploader who mocked their remarks and disproved their statements.

'This is typical.'

It seemed that all the bullshit, that has been heard even about K-pop groups that were only slightly known in Japan, was taken care of. I guess the response was good.

I shrugged and quit monitoring.

And sure enough, a few days later, I heard the news from the company.

"They're officially airing it in Japan, too?"

"Yeah! I heard that a broadcasting station bought it since the response was good!"

It was the news about being officially aired in Japan.

'...Will it be all right?'

The contents of the show were so provocative that it would probably work in Japan, but I couldn't tell what kind of popularity a survival program that already reached its conclusion could have.

"Hey~ This reminds me of those days!"

"Th-that's right!"

"It was difficult but rewarding."

Several members shared their thoughts on the aired episodes of IdolCo after a long time.

Since we already debuted after winning, there were quite a few who talked about it in a glorifying way as if they were reminiscing about the difficult life of preparing for entrance exams.

Of course, there were some who didn't.

"...They should have abolished it."

It was Bae Sejin.

Anyway, the news about didn't end there.

"Ah, come to think of it. You guys know that there's a new season of 'Idolco' coming up, right?"

"Heol. Really?"

"So, they're still doing it in the end."

"Is that so~"

The manager stealthily began to speak.

"Therefore~ I heard you guys are going to appear in it."

I knew this would happen.