I'M A GENIUS IDOL BUT MY PASSIVE IS SUNFISH: Chapter 51

 TL by Miru

I'm a Genius Idol but My Passive is Sunfish: Episode 51

 

This little rascal... No way, right?

The members shared uneasy glances and wild guesses, observed by the panelists.

Minsung remembered double-checking the application form with Namkyung before putting it in the bag.

 

'It was blank until then. When did he write that...?'

 

Minsung swallowed nervously, knowing he had to somehow manage the situation. However, our free spirit could not be deterred.

 

"Let go! Why are you stopping me?"

 

Chung shook off Yuyeon's hand, appearing wronged as he spoke to Hodin.

 

"Look, because I'm a 'baby,' I don't have any strength!"

 

Hodin, alternating glances between a visibly stiffened Minsung and an assertive Chung, inquired about the meaning of "Baby" written as a weakness.

 

"Of carrot, it means the youngest! I'm the youngest in our team."

 

It turned out Chung used 'Baby' to indicate he was the maknae. He wasn't listing a weakness but expressing his frustration. Chung felt upset being treated like a baby by the older members when he was a grown man, saying that they saw him as some kind of troublemaker.

 

"I thought you wrote 'Baby' because you had a hidden child or something~"

"Oh my god."

 

Chung was appalled by Hodin's misunderstanding and quickly clarified.

 

"I’m not crazy!"

 

Asserting his sanity and mentioning he had no immediate marriage plans, Chung concluded perfectly. Minsung suddenly found Chung endearing and hugged him tightly.

 

"Aigoo, my baby. All grown up now."

 

Chung, puzzled for being hugged and patted on the head by Minsung, pointed at him and silently mouthed to the panelists,

 

[(Muted) Look at this!]

[The youngest overwhelmed by his hyungs' love]

 

Hodin closed the file of DASE's application form and heartily announced,

 

"All members of DASE are successfully enrolled!"

 

 

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The fan sign event attendee, who miraculously walked out on her own two feet, boarded the subway with happy memories. Sparrow launched a community app she was active on and, as expected, found numerous posts about DASE's appearance on a variety show.

 

[The Beauty Ranking of DASE by Baekya]

[The Disaster of DASE Chung Chung's Weakness]

[Baekya Makes the Entire Cast of <Transfer Student!> Become Fans]

[Minsung's First-Class Gyeongsang Province Dialect]

[What Happened in DASE's Practice Room That Day?]

 

She clicked on the most intriguing post.

 

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[Issue] The Beauty Ranking of DASE by Baekya

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DASE, showcasing insane variety show skills on <It's a New Transfer Student!>.

It started when Hodin asked Baekya during the "Who Am I?" segment.

 

[Hodin: What rank do you think you are in DASE in terms of looks?]

[Baekya: Me? Obviously…]

[Sujae: 1st place?]

[Baekya: No? I'm the last.]

[Hodin: Why?]

 

Baekya said he looks just average. (Excuse me, Sparrow-ssi; your standard of average seems quite different from mine?)

 

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

[Baekya: 1st place…]

 

Sparrow scanning the members.

 

[Baekya: Yulmu?]

[Yulmu: As expected!]

 

Yulmu clapped his hands, totally loving itㅋㅋㅋ Even winked at Baekya then.

 

[Daeyoon: Next, 2nd place?]

[Baekya: 2nd place is… Yuyeon.]

[Yuyeon: Yes~!]

 

The dimpled deer quickly jumped next to Yulmu. The tallest members of DASE high-fiving each other caused quite the sceneㅋㅋㅋ

Meanwhile, the remaining trio began to grow anxious.

Next up, 3rd place.

 

[Baekya: Minsung hyung!]

[Minsung: Thank you, Baekya.]

 

Minsung, the leader, joyously hugged Baekya tighter than anyone. The remaining two automatically confirmed as the bottom ranks along with Baekya.

 

[Daeyoon: Now, the ones not chosen are essentially DASE's real last place.]

[Baekya: No, it's not like that…]

[Hodin: Alright! 4th place!]

[Yulmu: Oh wow, why am I nervous about this~]

[Chung: Hey! Shh.]

[Youngsam: Wow, I thought he cursed for a second there.]

[Chung: I don’t curse!]

 

Jihan, who seems to be unfazed by such things and was intently staring at Baekya, and Chung, who already looks dejected as if he has been abandoned.

 

[Baekya: Let's just stop here-]

[Hodin: No way! You have to choose.]

 

Hodin insisted on a choice being made. The two men stood facing forward, deciding that the 4th place would get a hug from Baekya from behind ㅋㅋㅋ

 

[Sujae: Alright! Both of you close your eyes. On the count of three, Baekya chooses.]

 

Baekya, still torn over who to choose while Yulmu quietly approaches him. When he mouthed to Baekya, asking who he would choose, Baekya silently pointed at Chung. Yulmu gave an OK sign and stepped behind Jihan. (It’s clear what he’s planningㅋㅋㅋ)

 

[Sujae: One~ Two~ Three!]

[Chung: Whaaa!]

[Jihan: (Smirks)]

 

Both thinking they were chosen, turned around happily. But behind Jihan stood Yulmu! Confused, he glanced once at the camera and once at Minsung and Yuyeon who were about to die laughing, looking dumbfounded ㅋㅋㅋ

 

[Yulmu: You're 1st place in my heart~]

[Jihan: Get lost.]

 

Jihan being sulky ㅋㅋㅋ

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- Baekya's taste overlaps with mine?

- Honestly, they're all handsome, so the ranking doesn't matterㅋㅋㅋ

- They have great variety show skills~

- DASE kinda feels like an ID gift set. There's something for everyone in there, right?

└ Seriously, they all cater to different tastes.

- I saw DASE irl by chance, and the camera doesn’t do them justice. Baekya looks soft on screen, but his features are amazing in person;

- Each of them could represent a country with their king-god beautyㅠㅠ

- Chung looks exactly like a character from the webtoon I’m reading;;

└ What are you reading? I wanna check it

└ "The Dark Grand Duke of the North Is Obsessed With Me"

 

'How can my baby have such a tender heart?'

 

Sparrow's cheeks lifted to her forehead as she smiled. Pressing her fingers hard against her temples, she clicked on the next popular post.

 

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[Issue] Minsung's First-Class Gyeongsang Dialect

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Minsung of DASE, chosen by plastic surgeons for his golden ratio facial features, seems like he was born to sip wine and has never set foot outside Seoul. However, his hometown is surprisingly Ulsan Metropolitan City, located just above Busan.

 

[Hodin: You're from Gyeongsang too~ But you don't use dialect?]

[Minsung: I'm practically a Seoulite now. It's been years since I moved up. But I can use it if needed.]

 

The Rabbit lived in the countryside until the first year of middle school before moving to Seoul with his family for a trainee contract.

 

[Minsung: But, after meeting relatives or hometown friends during the holidays, I tend to slip into dialect.]

[Hodin: Where's your grandmother's house?]

[Minsung: Gimcheon. It's in Gyeongsang-do.]

//TN: They speak in dialect here.

 

A conversation only understood by those familiar with Gyeongsang extraterrestrial language.

 

[Baekya: ...Naena? What's "Naena"?]

[Minsung: Naena is naena.]

 

The panels and DASE were confused. Minsung explained that "Naena", a Gyeongsang dialect, means "it is."

//TN: It's a bit hard to translate to English, but Minsung used "Naena" when he said his grandma's house in in Gyeongsang-do and when he explained what Naena meant, he basically said "'It is' is 'it is'" in dialect which confused everyone.

 

[Sujae: We need to understand what you're saying... So we've prepared a simple test problem.]

 

A Gyeongsang dialect proficiency test trending on social media. Why is this here ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

 

[Sujae: What's the most appropriate word to fill in the blank?]

 

Question 1. Are you from Seoul by any chance?

(blank), I'm from Busan.

 

From options ① to ⑤, with 'Yeah' varying from one to five, the rabbit immediately chose ③. He said that intonation is important and even demonstrated it himself.

 

[Minsung: 3. Yeah→Yeah↗Yeah↘]

[Sujae: Correct!]

 

Next, the second question.

 

[Sujae: What does 'under yesterday' refer to?]

[Minsung: Two days ago. The day before yesterday.]

 

The grand final question.

 

[Sujae: Guess what Hodin is saying.]

 

Hodin suddenly drinks water.

 

[Hodin: "What's this! Why so bitter!"]

//TN: He says this in dialect.

 

A sudden skit ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

 

[Minsung: Answer. "Why is it so bitter?"]

[Hodin: Correct! Wow~ You have a way with dialect~]

[Minsung: I'm pretty good.]

//TN: They speak in dialect here.

 

Listening to male celebrities from Gyeongsang-do show off heavy dialect on TV and then hearing a sassy, playful accent is just too adorable. ㅠㅠ

 

+ Extra)

[Chung: I can't understand any of it...]

[Yuyeon: It's okay. Neither do I.]

 

Chung, looking dejected about needing to study Korean harder, and Yuyeon, consoling him by saying that it's basically like a second foreign language ㅋㅋㅋ

Personally, I recommend watching the video.

(Link to Minsung's dialect clip)

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- He really is a Gyeongsang native ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The most natural idol's dialect I've heard so far."

- What's with this refreshing dialect...

- I dried my gums smiling at this.

- Don't ever speak standard Korean!!!! Just use dialect forever!!!

- Personally, I found using dialects pretentious and didn't like them, but this Seoulite is smittenㅠㅠ

- I'm from Gyeongsang, why do I find this cuteㅠ Ulsan's son Do Minsung is mine.

 

Sparrow, clutching her heart this time, remembered the subtle accent that slipped from Jihan while joking around at the fan signing event.

'It was dialect!'

She hadn't misheard. She was eager to go home and watch the full version.

'Just one more...!'

 

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[Issue] What Happened in DASE's Practice Room That Day?

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※ Warning: Spooky content

 

[Jihan: Our company has two famous ghost stories.]

 

The first is the elevator that stops on the 4th floor at midnight, and the second, the ghost of the basement practice room.

 

[Jihan: That day, Yuyeon, Baekya, and I arrived at the practice room first.]

 

DASE members usually returns to the company around dawn after their schedules. The other members in a different car were on their way, but there was a traffic jam due to an accident. Unlike Baekya, the two other members were too tired and decided to nap before the others arrived.

 

[Jihan: I fell asleep immediately, but I felt someone's presence and woke up for a moment.]

 

In the corner of the practice room, where they could rest, Jihan noticed someone sitting and humming with all the lights off.

 

[Jihan: Thinking Baekya turned them off, I said it was okay to turn them back on, but there was only laughter in response.]

 

Why would someone so easily scared do that? Despite being puzzled, overwhelming sleepiness took over.

 

[Yuyeon: However, at that time, Baekdo was sleeping next to me.]

[Baekya: That's right. Seeing Yuyeon and Jihan asleep made me drowsy, so I lay down next to them.]

 

All three felt the presence and assumed they were each other while sleeping.

 

[Jihan: I could feel the presence moving back and forth between the speaker and the mirror.]

 

It seemed like someone was practicing dance steps, humming along.

 

[Yuyeon: And bam! Suddenly, our new title song's MR blasted loudly!]

[Baekya: Eek!]

 

Bang, crash!

Baekya, startled by Yuyeon's realistic sound effects, fell from his chair, landing on his buttocks.

 

[Minsung: Are you okay?!]

[Daeyoon: Man, you scared me more with your reaction.]

 

Sujae retorted, why are you scared when it's your story? Baekya rubbing his tailbone, responded.

 

[Baekya: But it's still scary...]

[Chung: Well~ Baekya's a scaredy-cat.]

[Baekya: I'm not! And you're scared of ghosts too!]

[Chung: Me? I'm not though?]

 

The end was marked by the youngest members' playful bickering.

+ By the way, they say seeing a ghost means you'll hit it big. Maybe DASE's WANT ME will be a big hit this time!

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