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Title: The Earthbound Quest (Part 1 of 2 part series) / cross-posted on Ao3 & AFF

Summary: Hwang Minhyun from Planet Collestia sets off on an investigation down to Earth to find and reunite with his mother who mysteriously disappeared when he was 5. But unexpectantly, it happens in the most unconventional way that he would have never thought was possible: With the use of a magic pill that would temporarily disguise him as a human and a run in with the rivalrous journalist from South Korea, Kim Jonghyeon.

What could go wrong?

Characters: Hwang Minhyun, Kim Jonghyeon, Ong Seongwu, Kang Dongho, Yoon Jisung, Ha Sungwoon, Kwak Aaron, Choi Mingi, Zhou Jieqiong/Kyulkyung, Original Characters

Pairings: Minhyun x Jonghyeon, Minhyun and Ong Seongwu (Friends), Jonghyeon and Aron (Friends), Aron x Mingi (side couple)

Genre: Soft Fantasy/Sci-fi, Medical Magic, Missing Persons, Alien/Human Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Romance, Angst, Sprinkle of humor & comedy

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congrats perfume on a well deserved break 🤍🤍

Techno-pop unit Perfume, consisting of Kashiyuka (36), A~chan (36), and Nocchi (37), announced through their official fan club site on the 20th—the 20th anniversary of their major debut—that they will suspend activities as of December 31, 2025.

The members declared:

“To capture this very moment, when we feel we can proudly say we are ‘shining,’ we will put Perfume into cold sleep from 2026.”

They used the phrase “cold sleep,” which had also appeared in the production of their latest tour, to describe their hiatus.

They further explained:

“If we are to continue walking together for a long time, we felt it was necessary to set a milestone so that Perfume can return as an even cooler version of itself and take on new challenges.”

Marking the 25th anniversary since their formation in 1999, the members discussed together and decided to suspend group activities without a set end date. The intention is for each of them to grow further and face their own lives individually.

However, they also wrote:

“In order to become a ‘new Perfume,’ we each want to power up and come back. Until the day we can meet everyone again, we would be happy if you could watch over us warmly.”

This clearly conveyed their strong will to restart activities in the future.

On social media, comments poured in such as:

“They said they want to come back, so I’ll believe and wait.”

“Calling it a ‘cold sleep’ instead of a hiatus is kind of beautiful.”

Perfume, formed in Hiroshima, made their major debut on this day 20 years ago with the single Linear Motor Girl. Produced by Yasutaka Nakata, they established a unique position in the music world with their innovative sound built on electronic beats and synthesizers.

They broke through with the 2007 single Polyrhythm, appearing in NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen for the first time the following year. In November 2010, they held their first solo concert at Tokyo Dome.

Since then, they have released numerous hit songs such as Chocolate Disco, Laser Beam, Dream Fighter, and TOKYO GIRL. In 2013, they became the first Japanese singers to perform at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world’s largest advertising festival. In 2019, they appeared at Coachella in the U.S., one of the world’s largest music festivals, earning wide support from fans overseas as well.

"Marking our shining legacy in history" This has always been one of Perfume's dreams.

To capture this moment that we can proudly call a "shining legacy," we have decided to put Perfume to cryosleep starting 2026. No matter what shape or form, as the three of us, we will forever be Perfume. To spend many more years together, to become better and more sophisticated Perfume, to face new challenges, we have decided to pause as our milestone.

We have continued to improve and polish ourselves every day for the past 25 years so we are always ready to go as Perfume and this break will be the time that we, for the first time, will face our lives as individuals to find the new us. We have never experienced a time like this, nor have we never even thought about something like this so we will probably start with rehab. LOL But three of us all agreed that we are ready to face that challenge.

Many beautiful landscapes we created together will continue to push us forward and if we ever feel down, we're sure that they will keep shining upon us. We appreciate every one of you who has supported us thus far, from the bottom of our hearts. Since we came this far without taking a break as Perfume, we hope you support our decision to give ourselves little break time. Please continue to lend us your support as we chase our new dreams. We are doing all this just to come back as "new Perfume." We all want to be more powerful than ever so we would be delighted if you could kindly look forward to that day when we meet again.

September 21, 2025 Perfume

I’ve always gotten a lot of questions on how to do this, so here it is:

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Open you picture in Photoshop. As often as possible, try to use an HQ photo. Duplicate the background and put a solid fill layer of the color you want the background to be in between your two existing layers. 

Using the polygonal lasso tool, slowly select a bit of the background (in my case, I chose to start under Taylor’s arm). Make your cutting as precise as possible (I usually zoom in to the part I’m cutting). 

Feather your selection (right click on your selection > Feather). I usually feather about 2 or 3 px for HQ pictures and 1 px for MQ photos. 

Hit delete. 

Continue around your subject, cutting out bits of the background, feathering, and deleting. I usually feather a bit more when I’m cutting around the hair. 

Color, crop, re-size, sharpen. 

This tutorial works for both single- and multi-colored backgrounds.

As always, any comments/criticisms on the tutorial are welcome. And please, if you found this helpful, likes and reblogs are much appreciated!