This feels like a cheaper version of debut or die but a parasocial fan edition. The system...

Idk bout that tbh, I've read debut or die 's novel and yes similarities are there, but it ends at the systems and them being in the idol industry.
Esp knowing some of the spoilers for this story, it's definitely deeper and more intentional than what your comment is suggesting.

I can't see any deeper and more intentions in this story, it's just a protagonist having a PARASOCIAL relationship with her idol. The system's rewards and punishments isn't balanced or consistent. The characters also aren't well written since most of them have one trait/behavior shown. Maybe I'm missing other perspective of the story that you can elaborate so I can understand it :>

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All of our MCs actions rn seems very para social yes, but it's because we lack some key infos. Does the characters seems way too obsessive in her pursuit of making her favorite idol the top of the industry? Yes, it's because they have a past. This is actually their 4th life . Yes, they've been at this before. It's basically a cycle. In the original timeline, where the system hasn't interfered , MC and yeonwoo ARE IDOLS TGT. They're friends, in the same hs, and are both aiming to be idols. Mc hv always been the younger sister in her sibling's life too. The one we saw in the first chapters are actually their 3rd timeline. Where yeonwoo wished that they never met through idol industry. Because in their original lives, Their relationship was destroyed by it. And the timeline keep repeating because in each timeline, one of them got the help of the system and both of them keep choosing to save each other. So they've been at this cycle forever, they're friends, maybe even deeper than that because their whole lives, was always laid down to save each other.

So yea, it IS deeper than just a para social relationship. While I myself believe the writing and the portrayals of the manhwa could do better to communicate this to readers early on, it's extremely demeaning to immediately lable a story a cheaper version of another story THIS early on in the story.

Woah, that’s really mind-opening. If the author had portrayed or hinted at the plot better, the story would have felt much stronger, because without prior background a reader can only judge it based on what is presented. Right now, it feels lacking, and simply saying “we don’t have a whole lot of info about the plot” doesn’t quite justify it, since a well-written story should still be engaging and spark interest even early on. And of course, I apologize for calling the story a “cheaper version” of another. I should have worded that better. What I meant is that the lack of clear plot hints and buildup makes it easy for readers to draw such comparisons. Thanks for this new perspective. I appreciated it <3

Honestly debut or die was worse in my onion they dragged it

I'm a big fan of DoD (my first Idol novel that I have read and is my top 3 novels from all time) but I need to tell you this, you are reaching. Just because a story is about idols and systems (which I know DoD helped popularize) doesn't mean they are a cheap copy or just reusing the same formula. Unlike Moondae who didn't want to be an idol because he didn't dream about, HSY doesn't want to be an idol because her objective, from the start, has been to make NYW debut. She is someone older that feels weird taking the chance of another child from debuting, unlike Moondae who had no choice for it because he will die if he doesn't do so. Although both appear to be forced by the system to become idols, the choices and the way they respond is different. Also, systems tend to be bastards, you can't really compare them because no matter what story you read they always strive towards an objective whether the protagonist likes it or not.

I feel that is time we end this xx is a copy of yy because with all literature you will see people using the same ideas and moving them towards different directions. It would be a copy if her personality was the same as Moondae's, her actions and situations similar, and the whole plot similar, this is not.

I get where you coming from, after all people have different tastes, however do understand I did read debut and die even up to recent chapters, the thing is, I still find it boring, everything is honestly just a repeat, and moondae, [ I understand his personality from his backstory,] is just bland, out of anybody in his series he has the worst personality and every time he’s on screen I yawn. Not to mention how great the first half of the manwha was versus how boring the rest is. Now that it just feels bland and so repetitive and predictable.

holy yuri