I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish Chapter 51

You brat…… surely not?

 

The members’ wild imaginations and uneasy looks. The panelists watching them.

 

Minseong remembered checking the application with Namkyung one last time before putting it in the bag.

 

‘It was definitely blank back then. When did he write that…?’

 

Minseong swallowed hard.

 

They had to fix this somehow.

 

However, the free spirit did not hold back.

 

“Let go! Why are you stopping me?”

 

Cheong, having pulled Yooyeon’s hand away, spoke to Hodin as if it were unfair.

 

“Look at this, I’m a Baby, so I have no strength like this!”

 

Ho-din looked back and forth between Minseong, whose face was visibly frozen, and Cheong, whose eyebrows were raised. He asked what ‘Baby’ meant in the weakness section.

 

“Of course, it means the youngest person! I have the ‘least age’ in our team.”

 

Listening closely, it seemed Cheong had used it to mean maknae. He was expressing a grievance, not a weakness.

 

He was upset that even though he was a full-grown adult man, the older members treated him like a baby, and he said it felt like the members thought of him as some kind of troublemaker.

 

“I thought you wrote ‘baby’ because you had a kid hidden somewhere~”

 

“Oh my god.”

 

Cheong, on the contrary, was disgusted by Hodin’s words and quickly explained.

 

“I’m not Crazy!”

 

He finished perfectly by saying he was sane and had no thoughts of marriage yet. Suddenly, Cheong looked so admirable that Minseong pulled him into a tight hug.

 

“Oh, my baby. You’ve grown up, you really have.”

 

Cheong, having no idea what was going on, was being hugged and patted on the head by Minseong. Pointing at Minseong, he mouthed to the panelists:

 

[(Muted) Look at this!]

[The maknae who finds the hyungs’ love burdensome]

 

Hodin closed the DASE’ entrance application file and shouted heartily.

 

“All members of DASE are officially enrolled!”

 

* * *

 

Baepsae somehow managed to walk out of the fan signing event on her own two feet. Carrying happy memories, she boarded the subway and launched her community app.

 

As expected, the popular posts were filled with threads about the variety show DASE had appeared on.

 

[The visual ranking of DASE chosen by Baekya]

[The ‘Baby’ weakness disaster of DASE’ Cheongcheong]

[Baekya made the ‘I’ve Transferred’ MCs stan DASE]

[Minseong’s Gyeongsang-do dialect Grade 1]

[What happened in the DASE practice room that day?]

 

She clicked on the post that looked the most interesting.

 

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[Issue] The visual ranking of DASE chosen by Baekya

 

Upvotes 450 / Downvotes 19 (+404)

 

DASE showed off crazy variety skills on ‘I’ve Transferred.’

It started when Hodin asked Baekya a question during the ‘Guess Who I Am?’ corner.

 

[Hodin: Where do you think you rank in terms of visuals in DASE?]

[Baekya: Me? I’m obviously….]

[Sujae: 1st place?]

[Baekya: No? I’m last.]

[Hodin: Why?]

 

Baekya says he just looks ordinary. (Excuse me, Mr. Sparrow; your standard of ‘ordinary’ seems a bit different from mine?)

 

[Hodin: Then, who you think is 1st.]

[Baekya: 1st…….]

 

Sparrow scanning the members.

 

[Baekya: Yulmu?]

[Yulmu: As expected!]

 

Yulmu clapping his hands and loving it lol. He even winked at Baekya then.

 

[Daeyoon: Next, 2nd.]

[Baekya: 2nd is… Yooyeon.]

[Yooyeon: Awesome~!]

 

The dimpled deer immediately runs to stand next to Yulmu. The two tallest members of DASE are high-fiving and going crazy next to each other lol.

 

On the other hand, the remaining trio is getting anxious.

 

Continuing to 3rd.

 

[Baekya: Minseong hyung!]

[Minseong: Baekya, thank you.]

 

The leader hugs Baekya intensely, happier than anyone. The remaining two are automatically confirmed for the bottom ranks with Baekya.

 

[Daeyoon: Now, the person not chosen here is effectively the last place in DASE.]

[Baekya: No, it’s not like that….]

[Hodin: Alright! 4th place!]

[Yulmu: Oh man, why am I getting nervous too~]

[Cheong: Hey! Shh.]

[Yeongsam: Wow, I was shocked for a second because I thought he swore.]

[Cheong: I don’t swear!]

 

Jihan, who looks like he wouldn’t care about this but is staring intensely at Baekya, and Cheong, who already looks depressed as if he’s been abandoned.

 

[Baekya: Can we just stop here—]

[Hodin: No! No stopping.]

 

Hodin says he must choose.

The two standing facing forward. Like choosing a couple, Baekya has to hug the 4th place from behind lol.

 

[Sujae: Alright! You two, close your eyes. Baekya will choose on the count of three.]

 

Baekya is still hesitating. Then Yulmu creeps up. When he mouths to ask who he’ll pick, Baekya quietly points at Cheong.

Yulmu makes an OK sign and stands behind Jihan. (I can already see what’s going to happen lol)

 

[Sujae: One~ Two~ Three!]

[Cheong: Waaaa!]

[Jihan: (Smirk)]

 

The two, both thinking they were chosen, turn around happily. But the one standing behind Jihan is Yulmu!

He looked at the camera once, then at Minseong and Yooyeon who were dying of laughter, looking dumbfounded lol.

 

[Yulmu: You’re 1st in my heart~]

[Jihan: Go away.]

 

Jihan is sulking lol.

 

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– Baekya’s taste overlaps with mine?

– Honestly, they’re all so handsome that the ranking is meaningless lol.

– These guys have good variety sense~

– DASE is like a comprehensive ID gift set. One of them is bound to be your type…

– ㄴ 22 Seriously, it’s just a matter of preference with these guys.

– I happened to see DASE in person once, and I feel like the camera can’t capture their real visuals at all. Baekya looks soft on screen, but his features are insane in real life;

– Visual kings who should each own a country ㅠㅠ

– Did Cheong pop out of a webtoon I’m reading?;; He looks exactly the same.

– ㄴ What are you reading? I want to see too.

– ㄴ ‘The Northern Grand Duke, the World’s Villain, is Obsessed with Me.’

 

How can my baby be so kind-hearted.

 

Baepsae’s cheekbones were already up to her forehead. Pressing down on the bones with her fingers, she clicked the next popular post.

 

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[Issue] Minseong’s Gyeongsang-do dialect Grade 1

 

Upvotes 227 / Downvotes 3 (+101)

 

DASE’s Minseong, praised by plastic surgeons for having golden-ratio facial features.

 

You’d think this man, who looks like he’s never stepped outside Seoul and grew up drinking only wine, was born and raised there—but his hometown is actually Ulsan Metropolitan City.

 

Ulsan is located… way down there above Busan!

 

[Hodin: You’re from Gyeongsang-do too~ But you don’t use a dialect at all?]

[Minseong: I’m a complete Seoulite now. It’s been years since I moved. I can use it as much as I want if I’m asked to.]

 

The bunny moved to Seoul with his whole family in the first year of middle school when he signed a trainee contract.

 

[Minseong: But after holidays, when I meet relatives or hometown friends, the dialect slips out a bit.]

[Hodin: Where does your grandma live?]

[Minseong: Gimcheon. Still Gyeongsang.]

 

Gyeongsang alien language that only the two understand.

 

[Baekya: …’Naena’? What’s ‘naena’?]

[Minseong: ‘Naena’ is ‘naena’, ‘naena’, ‘naena’.]

 

Confused panelists and DASE.

Minseong explained that ‘naena’ is a Gyeongsang dialect meaning “it is what it is” or “exactly.”

 

[Sujae: We can’t understand a thing… so we prepared a simple quiz.]

 

A Gyeongsang dialect proficiency test that’s trending on SNS. Why is this even here lol.

 

[Sujae: Which of the following is most appropriate for the blank?]

 

Question 1: Is your hometown by any chance Seoul?

(Blank). It’s Busan.

 

Options 1 to 5 had ‘Eo’ from one to five times, and the rabbit chose option 3 as soon as he saw it.

He said intonation is important, he even demonstrated it himself lol.

 

[Minseong: No. 3. Eo→Eo↗Eo↘]

[Sujae: Correct!]

 

Following that, the second question.

 

[Sujae: What does ‘Eo-je A-rae’ mean?]

[Minseong: The day before yesterday.]

 

The final grand question.

 

[Sujae: Guess what Hodin is saying.]

Hodin suddenly drinks water.

[Hodin: What! Why is it so ‘Ssae-geu-reop-no’!]

Sudden skit lol.

 

[Minseong: Answer. He’s asking why it’s so sour.]

[Hodin: Correct! Wow~ You’re pretty good at dialect~]

[Minseong: I’m pretty good.]

 

I usually only hear Gyeongsang-do male celebrities doing arrogant dialects on TV, but hearing a fresh and playful dialect like this is so cute ㅠㅠ

 

+ Bonus)

[Cheong: I can’t understand a word….]

[Yooyeon: It’s okay. I don’t know either.]

 

Cheong looks down, saying he needs to study Korean harder, while Yuyeon consoles him, saying that’s basically a second foreign language lol.

 

Personally recommend watching the video.

(Link to Minseong’s dialect clip)

 

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– He’s a real Gyeongsang native lol. This is the most natural idol dialect I’ve ever heard.

– What is this refreshing dialect….

– My gums got dry from smiling while watching this.

– Don’t use standard Korean!!!! Just use dialect forever!!!

– Personally, I didn’t like dialects because they felt arrogant, but as a Seoulite, my heart is fluttering ㅠㅠ

– I’m a Gyeongsang-do person, why is this so cute? Ulsan’s son, Do Minseong, be mine.

 

This time, Baepsae clutched her heart.

 

She remembered the subtle intonation that slipped out when Minseong teased Jihan at the fan signing.

 

‘It really was dialect!’

 

She hadn’t misheard. Baepsae wanted to hurry home and watch the full version.

 

‘Just one last one…!’

 

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[Issue] What happened in the DASE practice room that day?

 

Upvotes 333 / Downvotes 5 (+156)

 

※ Horror Warning

 

[Jihan: There are two famous legends in our company.]

First, the elevator that stops on the 4th floor at 12 o’clock. Second, the ghost in the basement practice room.

 

[Jihan: That day, Yooyeon, Baekya, and I were in the same car and arrived at the practice room first.]

DASE says it’s usually dawn when they go to the company after a schedule. The members in the other car were on their way, but there was a traffic accident, so the road was very congested.

The two, who were much more tired than Baekya, decided to take a nap until the members arrived.

 

[Jihan: I fell asleep as soon as I lay down, but I felt a presence and opened my eyes for a moment.]

Jihan says there’s a resting area in the corner of the practice room, and someone was sitting there humming a song. All the lights were off….

 

[Jihan: I thought Baekya turned them off because of us, so I told him he could turn them back on, but he just laughed.]

He wondered why such a scaredy-cat was acting like that, but he couldn’t fight off the sleepiness.

 

[Yooyeon: But at that time, Baekdo was sleeping right next to me.]

[Baekya: That’s right. Seeing Yooyeon and Jihan sleeping made me sleepy too, so I lay down next to them.]

 

All three felt the presence and thought it was one of the others while they slept.

 

[Jihan: I felt the presence moving back and forth between the speakers and the mirror.]

He says he kept hearing footsteps as if someone were practicing choreography while humming.

 

[Yooyeon: Then suddenly, the MR for this title song blasted out loudly!]

[Baekya: Ugyak!]

Crash!

 

Baekya, startled by Yooyeon’s realistic sound effects, fell off his chair and landed on his butt.

 

[Minseong: Are you okay?!]

[Daeyoon: Goodness, you scared me more than the story.]

 

Sujae asked back why he was the one getting scared when it was his own story. Baekya answered while rubbing his tailbone.

 

[Baekya: It’s still scary….]

[Cheong: What~ Baekya is a coward.]

[Baekya: No I’m not! And you’re afraid of ghosts too!]

[Cheong: Me? No I’m not!]

 

It ended with the maknaes bickering.

 

+ By the way, they say seeing a ghost means you’ll hit the jackpot. Looks like DASE’ ‘WANT ME’ is going to be huge!

 

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