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ONE PIECE | costume appreciation: 1/∞

costume design by Kerry-Anne Barnard

Lera Abova as Nico Robin | costume appreciation: 1/∞

basically the plot is: kang hajin found himself regressed 4 times, until a time manager system found him and ask for his help to catch the regressor. they found out the regressor is trying to debut as an idol, so hajin must bear with the politics inside the agency to catch this regressor.

i love the mc, kang hajin, with all my heart. if i'm about to describe him, he is a leader through and through. but he is also people's person, jokes around a lot, and his head is filled with fandom/otaku phrases that his narration is sooooo fun to read. also it feels like it's going to be so reassuring if i have him as my friend.

up until now it's in the part iii, 683th chapter, and the author planned to finalized it in part iv in the last qna.

now into what i want to talk about.

i think a lot abt how romantic zerome-nim (hwemyeokde author) in every passage, in every connections of the plots from the past to recent updates. the romantics are not about romance aspects (there's none), but it is really the way the author describes, retells, and shows the relationships between each characters that are entangled. especially since i've catched up with part iii, i've been tearing up a LOT finding myself in some of the characters position.

for me, hwemyeokde is not a mere idol regression story. it is a story focusing about relationships between people with emotions, added with several kpop industry issues. but most importantly, it is the story of our main characters which faced so many hardships that builds who they are now.

this webnovel is truly going to be my favorite.

and here i'm gonna roughly quote one of my favorite lines from the novel; which i particularly think summarize up what this novel is about. this is something that kang hajin said to the regressor.

meet k:rus (카이로스)!

sequentially: jung siwoo, lee doha, kang hajin (our mc!), seo taehyun, lee yugeon, joo eunchan, dan haru

summer riot is a very pretty mv with all beautiful sets, beautiful dance, beautiful song. objectively, this mv is better.

but subjectively i chose 16boosterz because firstly, it was my first rmpg comeback. it also kickstarted the concert last year. kazuma adlib in the start of the song, gosh it fuels me up.

secondly, they collaborated with libertywalk (the racing car dealer) for this mv. i remember reading that libertywalk side chose the cars for each member based on their resume. for example: three vocals got the same car brand that i forgot the name of, and yamasho got that pink car because he came from okayama which produces a lot of peach. and for each car that they got later decided their outfit theme (pants) and their name stickers for 16boosterz concert merch.