Oneul ui Hanyoil eun Yeojada - Vol. 1 Ch. 50 - A Close Call

[MangaDex]

 

[Kontoru11]

Alright, guys and gals...place your bets while it's piping hot. (just kidding, no betting involved)

 

[LadyTyche]

I'd bet on a stray dog seeing him transform before anyone really meaningful at this point.

We all want it to be someone that triggers even a little romantic development, but most likely it's either the friendly confidant or black mailer tropes that will happen first.

 

[zincunio]

thank you so much for the chapter Kontoru <3

 

[Heimei]

Gongwon will probably be the first to have a confrontation about it, he's the only one who knows both sides while being schizo enough to actually suspect anything. I doubt anyone is actually going to see Yoil transform though.

 

[Karinkishi]

Probably 1 of the 2 people who already know she can change gender

 

[MaevTheDrake]

UH OH…

I love Dabi’s addition to the main group. I hope she debuts.

 

[Dildo-Man]

NOOOOO NOT THE FUCKBOY! PLEASE!

 

[Titan0fPower]

If anyone is interested, Miarin141 on Twitter drew and posted the fanart I requested.

 

[benzenezeta]

Please not the fuckboy hayama lite, realy hate him, can't remember his name even.

 

[Singulo]

I still can't believe the dumbass is the closest to figuring it out lol, usually the hornball the most oblivious and gets to know last in works like this. But this guy is the closest by a good margin, how is my homegirl Ruha losing to this loser lol.

Probably 1 of the 2 people who already know she can change gender

Currently tallying it up the director, CEO and parent CEO (old guy, white hair remember) knows about the special circumstances regarding Han Yoil, fuckboy has an active suspicion, producer a lingering suspicion and Ruha has the most evidence but is clouded by love with her judgement and has yet to link the complete puzzle set.

On that note, who's going to save MC in this perilous time? my best is the director considering the CEO helped us last time. That or Male!MC have to sneak out all by his lonesome without getting caught by anyone. Also, pour one out for MC's lost manly voice.

 

[qaaj]

Eagerly awaiting the future trope of her deciding to reveal her secret to Lee Ruha or whoever, only to not transform back.

 

[3therflux]

Ooooooh, boy. Ooooooh shit.

 

[Singulo]

Also @jackieky brought up a really good point late into the discussion last chapter and figured this applies to the current chapter as well.

I'm surprised we have not seen more sadness from the fact that none here really wants him. There not giving Kim Sang-hyun an chance. They want Han Yoil. We do see him embracing his new form a little bit more but I hope we see more introspection.

We see time and time again Male!MC as a good person that is appreciated by everyone that met him so far. Ruha, So-ae, that childhood friend that checked up on him, hell even Fuckboy has a positive view on him despite his obliviousness towards MC's dislike of him. The producer seemed to think enough of his pilot performance to remember and pick up on the similarity with Fem!MC's monthly performance too, and the darn fem-stalker was receptive towards Male!MC's treatment of her; making her fess up the real culprit and get taken a back for a second by his earnest compliment.

And yet, it's the entertainment industry and system doesn't want him. it's really only fair to judge the entertainment industry as a whole for not giving him a chance due to factors outside of his control (looks, and to a lesser extent past mistakes) instead of the girls that get to work alongside MC considering that they never knew the Male!MC to begin with. The C-Suite that we do get to see do deserve some judgement and scorn for it imo, even if they are quite nice toward MC.

The industry really pushes Male!MC's undesired behaviour out of him, pushing MC to be the idealized role model of a good idol. Though, it's not like the industry is forcing it's expectations on MC since MC him/herself voluntarily does it (it's kinda like a more powerful version of peer pressure I guess?). I really do wish that MC can snap out of it and find a good balance between the desired commercial success of the studio and MC getting to realize his/her dream of being an idol while not completely losing his/her true self.

I wrote most of this cuz I read too much discussions on how russian figure skating talent machine breaks young girls hearts with toxic and reductive training that caused them to burn out early (a la asian parenting). and they STILL lost to the USA gold medalist that genuinely looked like she had an absolute blast on the skating ring without a trace of distain for the sport after escaping from her toxic training environment and refinding her love for the sport years later lol.

This work really delivers how an underlying system can be bad despite good people manning it. It's all about incentives and disincentives, and I think it delivers as harsh of a critique to attentive readers on the entertainment industry as Oshi No Ko.

 

[Vatixio]

Thank you for the chapter

 

[MaevTheDrake]

It'll probably be a fakeout, but I lowkey want author to have some guts and have both of them discover Sanghyun since they both know him.

 

[WatermelonPlease]

The title alone is exciting

 

[Fox777]

These recent chapters have been cute, but I'm hoping for some more backstory.

 

[3therflux]

Also @jackieky brought up a really good point late into the discussion last chapter and figured this applies to the current chapter as well.

We see time and time again Male!MC as a good person that is appreciated by everyone that met him so far. Ruha, So-ae, that childhood friend that checked up on him, hell even Fuckboy has a positive view on him despite his obliviousness towards MC's dislike of him. The producer seemed to think enough of his pilot performance to remember and pick up on the similarity with Fem!MC's monthly performance too, and the darn fem-stalker was receptive towards Male!MC's treatment of her; making her fess up the real culprit and get taken a back for a second by his earnest compliment.

And yet, it's the entertainment industry and system doesn't want him. it's really only fair to judge the entertainment industry as a whole for not giving him a chance due to factors outside of his control (looks, and to a lesser extent past mistakes) instead of the girls that get to work alongside MC considering that they never knew the Male!MC to begin with. The C-Suite that we do get to see do deserve some judgement and scorn for it imo, even if they are quite nice toward MC.

The industry really pushes Male!MC's undesired behaviour out of him, pushing MC to be the idealized role model of a good idol. Though, it's not like the industry is forcing it's expectations on MC since MC him/herself voluntarily does it (it's kinda like a more powerful version of peer pressure I guess?). I really do wish that MC can snap out of it and find a good balance between the desired commercial success of the studio and MC getting to realize his/her dream of being an idol while not completely losing his/her true self.

I wrote most of this cuz I read too much discussions on how russian figure skating talent machine breaks young girls hearts with toxic and reductive training that caused them to burn out early (a la asian parenting). and they STILL lost to the USA gold medalist that genuinely looked like she had an absolute blast on the skating ring without a trace of distain for the sport after escaping from her toxic training environment and refinding her love for the sport years later lol.

This work really delivers how an underlying system can be bad despite good people manning it. It's all about incentives and disincentives, and I think it delivers as harsh of a critique to attentive readers on the entertainment industry as Oshi No Ko.

As far as I can see, I believe Sanghyun's behavior at the monthly evaluation is a sign of things to come. There will always be a part of him—the one particularly stubborn part, who refused to compromise in his dream—that will always rise. It's both simultaneously the one carrying his ambitions, and the one pushing him to be as authentically himself as possible. (It almost makes his dynamic with the industry at large an oxymoron, ha.)

Nevertheless, I can scarcely imagine how tough that conflict to stay real is gonna hit his mental health when his career ramps up as Han Yoil. Poor guy, but I suppose it's a path he chose willingly.

I'm rooting for him, though!

 

[sebaasdf]

This manwha lacks an accomplice, so it will probably be Gongwon.

Also I love the teacher, she is just so awkward