I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish Chapter 12

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[ISSUE] ID’s New Boy Group DASE Member Reveal

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Idol powerhouse ID is releasing a boy group for the first time in about 8 years since AIM. (4 years since the girl group Rose Day)

 

December debut is confirmed, and the group name is DASE. I looked it up in the dictionary, and it didn’t come up, so it seems to be a coined term.

 

The concept photos definitely look high-end.

(Photos are posted in order of release)

1. Yooyeon
2. Cheong
3. Yulmu
4. Baekya
5. Jihan
6. Minseong

 

You can see that their faces are all insane. And they haven’t even debuted yet, but the buzz is no joke.

 

Every time a member is revealed, they dominate real-time searches and SNS trends.

 

It’s partly because ID released them so out of the blue, but when the first member was revealed, seriously, more than half of the popular posts were about DASE’s Yooyeon.

 

It seems all the individual member photos have been released with Minseong today, so I’m guessing a music video teaser will be out soon.

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– Just came in, but I think I just found my bias. I’m picking Baekya.

 

– Wow, I’m so shocked right now; all these faces are in one group? ID really gritted their teeth for this.

 

– Yooyeon must be the center lol

└ How do you know?

└ ID always reveals the center first!

└ AIM’s Shiyoon, Glassy’s Jookyung, and Rose Day’s Hashil were also the first to be revealed in their debut teasers~

 

– (Jihan.jpg) What is this?! Who is this? Are there no more pictures?ㅠㅠ

└ AIM’s Yeohan!!

└ No! They say it’s DASE’s Jihan

 

– (Yulmu.jpg) Mom, this is your son-in-law. Say hi.

 

– They’re just dropping them like this? So random lol

└ Seriously, out of nowhere—ID’s official site uploaded it at dawn today

└ What if an employee uploaded it by mistake lol

└ Seeing as it was also uploaded on the official blue bird account as soon as it hit midnight, it doesn’t seem to be a mistake?

└ They already have an official account?

└ They’ve had one since before their debut…

 

– They said all the handsome men are in ID’s basement, and it was true.

 

– Cheong is super handsomeㅜㅜ

 

– (Baekya.jpg) Ah, this kid is crazy, I seriously swore out loud. His face is so damn cute.

└ Huh? He’s the only one who doesn’t look like an ID face.

 

– Are these the guys from the trainee sighting post the other day?

└ I think so lol

└ I’m guessing Yooyeon-dimples, Cheong-gray wolf, Yulmu-puppy, Jihan-monolid cat, Baekya-peach, Minseong-rabbit

 

– They are really handsome

└ Are those considered handsome? ㅉㅉ They all look like anchovies

└ Yeah~ your face is anchovy poop

 

– Is Baekya the maknae? He looks the youngest—like a squishy puppy

 

– If it’s December, will they stand on the year-end stage with AIM?

 

– They’ll probably do a ton of package deals again.

 

– Big agencies really are something~ using year-end award shows as debut stages

 

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[D-14]

 

A D-day, scrawled in marker, was stuck on the glass.

 

“Aaaah~ It’s hot!”

 

Despite a cold wave warning, this place had the air conditioning blasting full force. Yulmu, sprawled on the practice room floor, flapped the front of his shirt and glanced sideways.

 

“You’re not human. How can you not sweat a single drop?”

 

“If you’re that hot, go out and take a walk.”

 

Sitting nearby, Jihan jerked his chin toward the door.

 

“Will you go with me?”

 

“No.”

 

An answer came out without a moment’s hesitation. At the reaction colder than ice, Yulmu shivered and sat up.

 

“Ooh. Cold, so cold. Is this Siberia or what?”

 

As Yulmu pretended to rub his arms, Jihan let out a small laugh.

 

DASE, with their debut stage not far off, were practically living in the practice room these days.

 

The choreography, which had been changed to the point of being almost a complete reinvention, was now perfectly ingrained in their bodies, and Baekya, who had been just trying to keep up at first, was now doing his part quite well.

 

“Dah. Dah. Dah! You have to come in here.”

 

“Hyung, before ‘No Games’ starts.”

 

“Ah! I get it now.”

 

Baekya’s reflection appeared through the glass. Even though the choreographer had stepped out for a moment, Baekya didn’t stop practicing. As a result, Yooyeon and Cheong nearby were unintentionally being dragged into a grueling session too.

 

“But don’t you think Baekya’s dancing has improved a bit?”

 

Minseong, who had been watching the three of them intently, asked.

 

“Compared to when he first started practicing the choreography, he has definitely improved.”

 

Resting his elbows on his thighs, Jihan propped his chin on his hand and looked at Baekya. Improved wasn’t even enough to describe it—it was a huge leap.

 

A debut song represents a group’s identity. For boy groups, that usually meant complex, powerful choreography, and DAYZ was no exception.

 

Their debut track was a pop dance song based on a strong hip-hop beat, with choreography and formations changing nonstop.

 

He hadn’t said it out loud, but when Jihan first saw Baekya’s dancing, he was a little flustered. Of course, it wasn’t like he was perfect either, but he had been a little worried, thinking, ‘Is our team really going to be okay like this?’

 

“If he works that hard and doesn’t improve, that would be weird. I need to step up my game, too.”

 

Yulmu gave Minseong’s shoulder a light tap and stood up.

 

“Baekya~ at this rate, aren’t you gonna become the main dancer?”

 

Yulmu, who had approached Baekya, Yooyeon, and Cheong, playfully spoke to him. At that, a crack appeared on Baekya’s focused face. He really was the type who was fun to mess with.

 

“…You’re teasing me, aren’t you?”

 

Baekya frowned and glared at Yulmu. Yulmu quickly shook his head, placing a hand over his heart.

 

“No? Completely serious. You don’t make mistakes these days. And when I watch you, I just get drawn in.”

 

Cheong also chimed in, as if agreeing.

 

“That’s right! Like a black hole! Hyung, you have a suspicious charm.”

 

Everyone in the practice room burst out laughing at Cheong’s clumsy Korean. Yulmu was even high-fiving him, saying the metaphor was perfect.

 

‘Suspicious…’

 

Still, the reactions since switching skills had definitely been positive. The fact that no one corrected that wrong word meant he still a long way to go—but still.

 

***

 

Late at night.

 

A university student, lying in her dorm bed with her eyes closed, thought.

 

‘Why can’t I sleep? I think it’s been over an hour since I closed my eyes now.’

 

The moment she debated opening them, her wide-awake eyes snapped open in the darkness.

 

[23:58 Sunday]

 

Looking at the clock, it was just before midnight. Two hours had passed in a flash.

 

‘No then, does that mean I was just lying there with my eyes closed for two hours?’

 

How futile. She felt like the world’s biggest fool.

 

‘At this point, I should just assume I’m not sleeping tonight.’

 

The university student glanced to the side. Her roommate was passed out, half-dead.

 

‘Right, she has a 9 AM class on Monday.’

 

But as for herself, she didn’t have many classes tomorrow. Even if it meant dozing off in class, the university student decided to enjoy the early morning and picked up her phone.

 

[00:00 Monday]

 

The day was changing just in time.

 

Monday already, when she hadn’t even done anything yet. Feeling bad, the college student opened YouTube.

 

Lately, she’d been obsessed with a Korean–Japanese couple vlog.

 

At first, she had clicked on it because the unknown YouTuber’s Japanese boyfriend was so handsome, but now she was a fan of the YouTuber. In fact, she might have been projecting onto her.

 

Anyway, while vicariously experiencing someone else’s relationship like this, the university student learned a new fact. That the Japanese boyfriend was a K-pop fan.

 

Specifically, a fan of Roseday’s Hasil.

 

‘You’ve got a drop-dead gorgeous girlfriend right next to you, so why?’ she’d wondered—but considering she herself was living off other people’s romances, she decided to respect his taste.

 

In fact, the university student had heard of Rose Day before. The epitome of a pure girl group.

 

She wasn’t particularly interested in idols, but since the YouTuber’s boyfriend and people around her kept raving about it, she had searched for them a few times.

 

Was it because of that? A flashy thumbnail was at the very top of her home screen.

 

[DASE ‘No Games’ Teaser #1]