Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 208

#208.

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[Do Jae] Thank you for the birthday wishes.

Hello, my love, BEST.

It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve written on the fan cafe, since I’ve been communicating through Tweety [Twitter].

I finished the concert, stopped by somewhere for a bit, and just got back to the dorm.

I’m glad I was able to finish the concert well, thanks to you.

I’ve spent almost a month performing, so it feels like there’s another performance tomorrow, and you’ll be there again.

Even though the performance just ended, I’m already thinking about wanting to see you at another performance as soon as possible.

Of course, I’m grateful to those who came to the performance, and I’m writing this to thank you for another thing.

Last year, many people congratulated me, and I didn’t know what to do, but this time I received congratulations on stage.

I was so surprised and touched.

I wish I could share my feelings with you.

It was such a fulfilling emotion that I wanted to share.

I’m glad I was born. I’m happy to be a singer. I’m happy to meet you all.

I’ve been thinking about it every day since my debut, but I don’t think those thoughts have ever dominated my head as intensely as they did today.

Thank you so much for the hearts you sent me.

I wondered how I should repay that heart.

Your heart alone is enough for me, but you’ve clearly gone to great lengths to show me that heart, right?

I don’t know if this will be a reward, but I wanted to show the fans who congratulated me too.

I received your congratulations and support well, and I had a happy birthday thanks to you.

Due to circumstances, I was only able to visit places in Seoul. I saw all the places you prepared in other regions online.

(Photo in front of the Hongdae entrance subway billboard)

(Photo holding a cup holder at the Hapjeong birthday cafe)

(Photo in front of the Sangsu birthday cafe)

(Photo in front of the Gimpo Airport subway billboard)

(Photo of the billboard in the Digital Media City Station)

(Photo in front of the Samsung Station electronic display)

(Photo in front of the COEX electronic display)

(Photo in front of the Gangnam Station bus stop)

(Photo holding the vibration bell at Gangbyeon Manwol Coffee)

(Photo of the Apgujeong department store entrance)

(Photo in front of the Sinsa Station electronic display)

..(Photo taken with the life-size standee in front of the concert hall)

I hope your every day is as happy as my today.

P.S. I wanted to post this before my birthday passed, so the writing may be a bit chaotic. Please understand.

..As soon as Do Jae’s post was uploaded to the fan cafe, the MOST fandom was greatly shaken.

Since Do Jae started visiting the birthday event locations that fans had prepared for him, posts had already been uploaded to Tweety and fan communities.

-OMG Do Jae came to *** Cafe in Hapjeong!!!!

-Do Jae is taking 인증 [proof/validation] shots in front of the electronic display…. Oppa [term of endearment for older brother/male figure] is so sweet, I’m crying….

-What did I just see????? I went to see Do Jae’s birthday ad at Sinsa Station and saw the real Do Jae????

-I saw Kang Do Jae. Honestly, he doesn’t seem human. He was standing in front of the electronic display, and I thought it was a life-size standee and was amazed by the life-size standee production technology ㅅㅂ [Korean slang, similar to ‘WTF’].

Do Jae broke the truth that 덕은 계를 못 탄다는 [one cannot be successful in idol 덕질 (pronounced deokjil, meaning obsessive devotion to an idol)], which is as good as Socrates’s aphorism, and went around Seoul.

Do Jae’s fans couldn’t help but be touched by the news that Do Jae, who must be tired from finishing the concert, appeared at the birthday event location and took 인증 [proof/validation] shots.

The protagonist also visited the places they had visited to celebrate his birthday, so they were sad that they couldn’t be in the same place, but they were so happy.

-I went there yesterdayㅠㅠ [crying emoticons]

-I went there this morningㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ [crying emoticons]

-Wow, isn’t that the place **nim [honorific suffix] prepared? **nim [honorific suffix] must be crying now?-

-Yes, Do Jae, I love youㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I can never 탈덕 [leave the fandom]

-It’s so goodㅠㅠ He must be tired, but how many places did he go to?

-I think he was really touched at the concert today.. Do Jae, you’re more touchingㅠㅠ

-Why am I crying..ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-How many places is Do Jae going to go to? There seem to be four 후기 [reviews/accounts] already

-Is he teleporting?

While they were already touched, Do Jae’s post and photos were uploaded.

Do Jae’s post and photos were a really big gift to the fans.

The love they gave wasn’t expecting a reward, but that’s why the happiness when the reward came back was so great.

-Kang Do Jae is really a sweet bossㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Honestly, isn’t it my birthday?

-Do Jae is someone who can do anything

-ㅅㄹㅇ [I love you]..ㅈㅎㄷ [I respect you]..

-Thank you so much for expressing your heart like thisㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ

-The best thing I did this year: Loving Kang Do Jae

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┓┓┓┓┓ : .＼○ノ (Crash)

┓┓┓┓┓┃ . /

┓┓┓┓┓┃ `ノ) .

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-Your Majesty, please 적당히 [moderate yourself]. I’m starting to understand the hearts of the three thousand palace women who threw themselves off the cliff.

-Isn’t he crazy? He was thinking of going to all those places even though he was tired after the concert.. He came back to the fan cafe to write such a long post.. Every line is a 명문 [masterpiece].. Every photo taken in a hurry is a 화보 [pictorial]..

-May every day be as happy as your today, Do Jae. As a fan, I’ve never heard a better blessing.

-What’s the point of me writing a hundred lines of 주접 [exaggerated flattery] when Kang Do Jae just slays it with 명문 [masterpiece]

-I really like that Do Jae’s posts, even short ones on Tweety, are filled with heart, but this one is real..

-I hate personality 영업 [marketing], but how can I notㅠㅠ..

-Do Jae said he was happy on his birthday, so I’m happy and crying and being a 주책바가지 [nuisance/embarrassment]

-I love Kang Do Jae on stage as much as Kang Do Jae off stage

The fan love that Do Jae showed was something that even fans of other singers would envy.

So the atmosphere of Do Jae’s fandom was literally beyond a festival, and it was overflowing with love for Do Jae to the point of resembling a huge melting pot.

They were already busy 복기 [reviewing] the concert stage in 1-second increments, and they were 정신없는 [ 정신없는] enough to watch Do Jae’s 직찍 [fancam] and 직캠 [fancam], which made their phones 뜨끈해질 정도로 [so hot they could burn], when he was crying at the event…….

The fans stayed up all night, unable to sleep due to their love for Do Jae.

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However, was the atmosphere too heated?

Problems tend to arise in an overheated atmosphere.

Of course, the problem didn’t arise yesterday.

It was a problem that had been lurking in the entire fandom since the MOST fandom grew significantly during and Do Jae’s fandom also grew.

The beginning was on Tweety [Twitter].

On Tweety [Twitter], there were many people who had their 최애 [favorite] member as their profile picture and openly spoke mainly about their 최애 [favorite] member, and some fans envied Do Jae’s fans and made strange remarks.

@ㄷㅈ Fans, it’s a complete festival today,, I’m jealous,. I wish our 애 [term of endearment] also cried if he had a birthday event at the concert.. I want to see our 애 [term of endearment] cry too..

@That’s right,, Louis would be pretty even if he cried 울 요정 [crying fairy],, 아기 천사 [baby angel]..

@That’s right, it’s a shame

@But honestly, even if it was Woo Chul’s birthday, would Kingdom have done this much of an event? I’m curious

@ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋI’m not sureㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

@The discrimination is too 심해 [severe] honestlyㅋㅋ ((Note that I’m not saying anything to the birthday person himself))

@He already just did his schedule and moved on last year.. Just transparent

@ㅋㅋㅋIt’s bitterㅋㅋ I know too well who it’s all aboutㅋㅋ

@I know he’s popular, but it’s too much for the team to revolve around one member, so I’m 현타 [disillusioned] as someone who’s not a fan of that member

@Woo Chul isn’t unpopular either~~~~

@Isn’t he about as popular in Japan? But stillㅋㅋ I didn’t like it since the last album’s part distributionㅋㅋ

@울 아기 복숭아 요정ㅠㅠ [Our baby peach fairy] The company won’t do it?? I’ll bet all my assets!! I’ll go work at a farm or factory!!

@It seems like all the Louis fan named are 갈고 있는 듯ㅇㅇ [sharpening their knives]

As a subtle atmosphere was created among other fans (especially the fans of Louis and Woo Chul, who are the most popular after Do Jae), Do Jae’s fans complained.

They said that the company was neglecting Do Jae despite his popularity.

The main content was that Do Jae would have many places calling for him, but he seemed to be focused only on work for the team, which was a waste.

In the meantime, the fans of Ki Jun and Heung Min said, ‘The rich get richer,’ and criticized the fans of Do Jae, Louis, and Woo Chul, who belong to the popular members if they had to rank them.

Kyu Sung’s fans were generally not interested in this kind of thing, so they were busy 앓느라 [앓느라] Kyu Sung’s songs among themselves.

Of course, some were busy 갑론을박 [arguing] whether Do Jae was the main vocalist or Kyu Sung was the main vocalist, arguing over the main vocalist position…….

Anyway, the atmosphere quickly turned 흉흉해졌다 [ominous] not only on Tweety [Twitter] but also in the community where MOST fans are gathered.

Various 견제 [checks/restraints] posts that barely avoided violating the regulations were rampant.

It was nothing to start a war of nerves with questions like ‘Who seems more …?’ without any problems.

It couldn’t be helped.

The fandom had already grown to a point where it couldn’t be compared to the early days.

Even the fandoms of Ki Jun and Heung Min, who are said to have the weakest fandoms, have grown to the point where they cannot be compared to the individual fandoms of 웬만한 [average] mid-tier idols.

It was a fact that could be seen just by the fact that the Tweety [Twitter] followers of Ki Jun’s top-seed fan page were more than the followers of the rookie idol’s official account.

So, even though there were more group fans who liked all six members, there were many different people with ‘최애 [favorite]’, so there were disputes for various reasons.

The important thing was that this atmosphere did not become excessively 고착화 [fixed/entrenched].

And above all, the members were not swept away by the atmosphere of the fans.

Of course, there was no need to worry about that…….

“It seems like there are fans who are 섭섭한 [disappointed] that we had a birthday party for Do Jae 형 [older brother] at the concert…….”

Woo Chul, who monitors the most diligently, muttered while looking at his phone while lying on the living room sofa in the dorm.

Of course, he knew what they were feeling.

Receiving birthday congratulations at a concert was a really big event.

‘That’s why even Do Jae 형 [older brother] cried so much.’

However, the members, not the company, planned this event in the first place.

‘We should treat Do Jae 형 [older brother] even better than this…….’

Each and every member was precious to the team, but Do Jae was special in another sense.

The musical color and atmosphere of MOST now would never have been created without Do Jae.