Hojin had once been so eager to show off Roy that he’d shown the photo only to Deokseon.
What Deokseon said then was “Nice drawing.”
He couldn’t have felt better at the fact that she hadn’t expected her cat to be an actual human.
‘When Roy appears, the boards are going to go wild, right?’
Our Roy is kind and handso, and his rank is high too.
Hojin could barely wait for Roy to show up.
In everyone’s anticipation, the first broadcast of “Star Hero” was given a full 120 minutes.
The preliminaries, which had spanned two days, were compressed into just over 60 minutes, and from part two onward, the ranking evaluations of 202 contestants began.
‘Already done with the preliminaries? I wanted to see Roy’s...’
Of Roy, Taeeon, and Yeonwoo, only Taeeon’s prelim footage was shown.
Onscreen, Hangyeol was explaining the ranking criteria.
Feeling the excitent fizzle, Hojin pouted a little.
He, who wasn’t interested in anyone but Roy, couldn’t focus and picked up his phone again.
Then Hangyeol ntioned blood fiends, and traffic spiked.
The community Hojin was browsing glitched and went blank for a mont.
‘Right, blood fiends...!’
Roy had been chased by a blood fiend in the teaser—how could he have forgotten that?
Anxious, Hojin kept hitting refresh.
When the screen ca back, reactions like “Is the blood fiend finally showing up?” were flooding the boards.
The first to appear was none other than contestant number 50.
Onsite, number 1, Seo Hyunwoo, had been evaluated first, but in the broadcast the order was shuffled.
Contestant 50 was a magical awakener.
She summoned electricity to roast five blood fiends whole, then confidently claid an A.
The following contestants each received Cs and Bs, showing solid performances.
But the more he watched, the more puzzled Hojin beca.
‘The contestants are evaluated safely inside the safe zone—so why was Roy being chased?’
Was it an intentional edit for hype?
From the posts, it seed other viewers felt the sa.
[Title: I fell for the teaser]
If they’d just stayed inside the safe zone, they could’ve unleashed 9,384,234 blood fiends and it wouldn’t have mattered
Even the A-rankers only played inside, so it’s boring
Overall pretty h?
What about that one from the teaser who was being chased? Who’s that?
[Title: I knew it’d turn out like this]
Guys, it’s called “Star” Hero from the na on down
This isn’t about picking the strongest awakener, it’s about picking awakener “idols.” So they have to go easy...
The teaser was just bait to lure us in. Let’s shut up and enjoy it haha
Even watching them ss around is sothing, right?
For real lol the U.S. guild even releases training vids or sothing. We don’t even get that, so this nonsense is all we can watch
If Gong Yi had shown up I’d have voted my ass off, what a sha
└ Hey now. The divine doesn’t dine with mortals
[Title: Am I the only one uncomfortable with contest 2 being deified?]
Honestly, they did nothing
Just because of Maha’s prophecy?
Yeah, you’re the only one uncomfortable
I’ll say one thing: S-rank elental type. That’s it
└ lololol yeah
└ I said three things though? lol
h~ You’ve done more than the armchair haters~
Not that I’m uncomfortable, but I really don’t get it lol I just hope he grows well?
└ The state’s already cracking down on managent
Does contest 2 even show up on Star Hero? Why the sudden hate??
[Title: Only the safe players are showing up, so...]
Sothing big will show up at the end
It’s survival OGs, you know
Facts, they gotta hype it until next week lol
And not long after that post, soone really big appeared: Park Yeonwoo.
The archery prodigy and ill-fated national team mber.
He’d vanished after the Jinchun training facility accident—and now he’d shown up on his own.
With a bow in hand, no less.
[Title: Park Yeonwoo??? Is he insane]
HA... that face is unreal...
And he’s holding a bow
(Yeonwoo holding a bow – capture.jpg)
They threw in every otaku-trigger they could
Insane... how is that even possible?
Even upside down you can’t deny S-rank visuals
└ Is he contest 2?
└ No, he’s a C (capture from Awakening 24.jpg)
With that face, even if he was born a holess man life would be a blast
Please be F please be F please be F please be F please be F
[Title: ????????]
How can they end it there?
If a guy draws a bow, you at least show him shooting before cutting off, damn it
How am I supposed to wait until next weekㅠㅠ
Wow... seeing Park Yeonwoo again
Give more
Just as I was about to see sothing, it ended
Yeonwoo, having chosen the Sky terrain, left a striking impression just by appearing.
Even Hojin, who had been waiting desperately for Roy to appear, couldn’t take his eyes off the screen at that mont.
Then ca the teaser.
The full ranking evaluations, contestant interviews, and the three guilds’ judgnts were sensationally edited.
And this ti, Roy appeared properly—albeit briefly, only his profile silhouette was shown.
Compared to the first teaser, where he’d flashed by like a nail scratch, it was trendous progress.
Still, Hojin, who’d been waiting to see Roy, felt a pang in his chest.
‘Are you kidding ?’
Since the last teaser, he couldn’t shake the feeling that they were toying with him, showing Roy just enough to tease.
Then he realized.
‘Is this that “devil’s edit” I’ve heard about?’
The PD must be jealous of how amazing Roy is.
Even though Roy had abandoned him for now, Hojin couldn’t just stand by and let anyone block Roy’s flower path.
If Roy doesn’t get first place, who will?
Hojin started rifling through his phone’s album.
✧
Around the sa ti, Jegal Bi was also lurking on the community boards.
That dumb show had finally started airing, and everywhere he looked, posts about “Star Hero” had taken over.
[Title: Star Hero first episode summary]
202 awakeners compete for S-rank items in a survival – winner gets the item and can contract with one of the three major guilds
Judges are the three Guild Masters
Rookies from the three guilds appear (Pluton’s Seo Hyunwoo & Dae Han’s Anna)
Many other insanely handso/hot/cute contestants
Blood fiend appearance
Final = 30% judges 70% viewer votes
The Guild Masters’ presence was epic
└ No wonder they’re leaders
70% viewer votes lol just say you want to form an idol group with awakeners
I thought the blood fiend was real but it was CGI, la
└ For real, I saw the teaser and thought it was real madness, but it was fake
Is it right to pit those already in the three guilds against newbies who just awakened the barely-made-it group?
└ The winner will be God Gong anyway
People whining about contest 2 not showing up—what the hell?
The three guilds and the network are staging this with S-rank items as bait. Seo Hyunwoo or Anna will win, end of story
I flipped channels and found this—actually fun lol But what do the numbers an?
└ Order of prelim clearance
└ Thanks, no wonder the early numbers were doing well
I thought Seo Hyunwoo was no big deal, but there are monsters... made depressed watching
They said they picked 202 awakeners for a God Gong tribute show—true?
I thought it would flop hard during casting, but the hype is insane
Wonder what the ratings were for the first ep lol
Seeing that each post had at least 20 comnts, he had to admit the show was hyped.
The vibe didn’t seem bad either, so the broadcast must’ve been decent.
Then he stumbled across a post about I Roi.
[Title: Who the hell is this]
(capture of Roy’s profile waiting to appear.jpg)
Please tell who this is
I feel like crying
Wow insane
How can soone look like that?
Flipped channels and got punched in the gut
└ Nope, got my hair grabbed instead
I thought the post above was about lol
I ca to post tooㅠㅠ Please no more editing, no elimination, no F, PD Park should release all unseen footage of this person asap
Any front-on shots? plz
Gasp I also nearly died watching the teaser
That profile is absolute art
Holy...
Did they put stars in his eyes....
No matter how he turned his phone, this face was definitely I Roi.
Of course he’d known Roy was handso, but he’d never imagined a reaction like this, so he was stunned.
Even more surprising, posts like this weren’t just one or two.
[Title: What’s this person’s na?]
(capture of Roy’s profile waiting to appear.jpg)
I don’t care about the survival show, but I flipped channels, saw this face, and was moved—I’m tuning in live from next week.
So please, tell the naㅠㅠ
Isn’t it Park Yeonwoo?
└ Not the archerㅠㅠ looks like soone elseㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Huh? He looks like a total dork from my school—how did he even pass the prelims;;
└ ...????
└ Ridiculous that my type is a dork
└ From now on my type is dorks
└ And a younger guy... so hot
└ Seogak High? Bugak High?
└ If that face is a dork, how are you even alive?
└ Top comnt is insane lol
[Title: So who is he again]
PD Park you drunk?
If a face like this existed, you should’ve revealed him earlier. Ratings would’ve been 40% from episode 1...
[Title: Star Hero is f**king fun]
Just being happy watching a handso guyㅎㅎ
Beauty addicts are just happy
Gave hope to live until next week
My one and only is 1 Second Kitty♡ Beautiful♡
Park Yeonwoo, Kim Taeeon, 1 Second Kitty—Star Hero Bermuda Triangle
Bi’s pupils trembled wildly.
Amazingly, all three people ntioned in the comnts were people he knew.
‘1 Second Kitty... that can’t an the cat is crazy, right?’
Bi, seeing his nesis beco a fashion supernova overnight, couldn’t collect himself.
Then he thought maybe the guy must’ve done sothing impressive, so he went to check—and found a popular post that had already surpassed 500 comnts.
[Title: Cat photo]
‘Cat?’
But the author’s na was familiar.
Kim Hojin.
“......”
Hmm. Looks like I can skip this.
Bi forced a vacant look and fled to another board. But it was already overrun by “Star Hero” too.
[Title: The current uproar over Star Hero’s Park Yeonwoo’s shocking past]
He’s 19 this year.
The youngest national archer selected for the Paris Olympics.
An archery prodigy watched since childhood, and he set the all-ti No. 1 record in the national team trials.
(capture of Park ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ Yeonwoo at trials.jpg)
As you can see, he already had an unofficial fan club.
But less than a month after entering the athlete village, the blood fiend incident sudden awakening forced him to withdraw.
Everyone thought he’d hung up his bow...
(archery gif from ranking evaluation.gif)
But he returned like a godㅠㅠ
When he flashed for a second in the teaser, his screenshots went viral and topped the real-ti charts, and the fandom skyrocketed as soon as the first ep aired
This is unreal... can only be the reincarnation of Artemis
Turning light into a bow is so badass lol if he’d been rated S I’d have died lol too bad about the rank
He was exceptional from the start... beauty and talent (childhood Yeonwoo photo.jpg)
└ He literally grew up looking like that..?
Pure ecstasyㅠㅠ his hair flies while he shoots, my heart flew with it
└ Park Yeonwoo god-king Artemis IRL
└ Yeah, but only C-rank~~
└ Shh watch your tone
Wow I’ve never seen anyone more handso than Baek Eunseong... but that cat-like guy is handso too
└ 1 Second Kitty?
└ No, that’s just random letters
Hurry and debut already, why are pro archers doing thisㅠㅠ soone get PD Park
This ti it was a hymn to Park Yeonwoo.
Bi thought he was about to die, seeing his school’s biggest delinquent and the school’s outcast duo praised like this.
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