The last week of March, after the vernal equinox and just before Cheongmyeong in April.
[Who said the Debonaire variety-show self-produced content was fun?]
It’s way funnier than I imaginedㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are they releasing another episode today?
─Yeah, every Wednesday. But don’t just watch the variety content—check out the Season 1 documentary too. There are lots of funny moments here and there.
└For real, it’s a documentary, but its variety-show energy keeps bursting outㅋㅋ
└Okay okay.
People had come to watch an entertaining variety show, but while waiting for Episode 3, fans had stayed up around the clock promoting it on the community, and others had naturally gone on to watch Season 1 after Season 2.
The documentary featuring the members’ stories, Season 1’s [DEB: ON AIR], was rapidly gaining views.
[Who said the Debonaire documentary was fun?]
So this was what DEB meant ㅠㅠ More than anything, I keep alternating between crying my eyes out and laughing...
They made it really well—not too heavy, not too light ㅠㅠ
─?? I’m a fan too, but I didn’t cry. Are you going through menopause?
─What, did you debut? They say if you cry and laugh, horns will grow on your butt.
└Instead of horns, I took a massive dump ㅠㅠ
└Ah, f*ck.
Thanks to the interaction between the lighthearted, cheerful, girl-next-door-like images they showed at that age in the variety content and the serious trainee days in the documentary, which conveyed how sincerely they had prepared for their long-awaited debut,
the number of people growing fond of the Debonaire members was rapidly increasing.
That was evident from the fact that, despite the influx of YouTube subscribers generally not being very high for groups unaffiliated with one of the Big Four entertainment companies, they had already surpassed four million at the same pace as Aili.
Perhaps for that reason, there seemed to be especially many people in Korean communities waiting for Episode 3 of Season 2 of the variety self-produced content [DEB: ON AIR].
And then, Episode 3 was released at exactly ten o’clock on Wednesday.
─Oh!
It began with the same-aged pair U-a and Chiyo driving to the market as their punishment dictated.
The two checked the shopping list written in a notebook.
ㅡMinced garlic
ㅡInstant rice
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ㅡFruit
[U-a: Since we’re going out anyway, should we just cook too?]
[Chiyo: Sounds good.]
[U-a: Let’s do that. Looking at them, I think everyone probably collapsed the moment they got back.]
[Chiyo: Phew... I think they probably stole my bed.]
[Dohee, Seoyun: Zzz...]
Just as Chiyo had expected, the two had clearly lost the sleeping-arrangement punishment and were supposed to sleep on the floor, yet they had brazenly occupied the bed and passed out without even making a sound.
─Checking the cameras is so freshㅋㅋㅋ
─This is what rookies are likeㅎㅎㅎ
[Clatter clatter]
The screen went dark.
─???
─Huh?
[Chiyo: I’m glad to come out like this with U-a!]
[U-a: I’m happy too~ Shall we go to the market first?]
The two walked through the market. Chiyo’s head kept turning toward the enticing smells.
[Chiyo: Chicken...!]
[U-a: We’re going to eat meat.]
[Chiyo: But it’s from the same Chi clan as me!]
─“Same Chi clan” my assㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─What kind of convincing reason is thatㅋㅋㅋ
Of course, Chiyo wasn’t constantly whipping her head around like a child. Sometimes, she even looked quite relaxed.
[Oh...! It’s Debonaire!]
[Chiyo: Yes, that’s right. Hello!]
[U-a: Hello~]
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[Hello x8]
Despite being rookies, the two repeatedly signed autographs for the many young people who recognized Debonaire, and occasionally took photos with elderly people who approached them.
Only then did their large-scale shopping truly begin.
[Chiyo: Dohee told us to just buy a lot for now. She said the production staff would eat too.]
[U-a: We’re feeding about twenty people. How much do we need?]
[Chiyo: Gasp... That’s a lot.]
Starting with five kilograms of pork belly from the butcher, they stopped by a side-dish shop.
[U-a: Ma’am, could you give us just a little more?]
After buying this and that, both their hands were full.
The first round of shopping was over.
[U-a: Now we have to go to the supermarket.]
The second round began.
The screen suddenly returned to a flashback.
Around noon, the members had been eating lunch at a Chinese restaurant while already worrying about dinner.
[Dohee: What should we eat for dinner?]
[Naeun: Hmm~ I don’t know? I think we’ll have to cook something, at least. Right, Dohee?]
[Dohee: Yeah, that’s true, but... Seoyun?]
[Seoyun: Why? Are you suggesting we bet on dinner?]
[Dohee: (Nods repeatedly)]
[Seoyun: I knew you brought up dinner because you wanted to say that. Nope~ I’m absolutely not doing it. Good luck.]
[Dohee: Why notttt!]
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seoyun predicted it perfectly.
─Dohee’s little tantrum is so cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Still, just as one would expect at any retreat, the mood was leaning toward settling on a menu.
[U-a: Should we just eat meat and stew?]
[Chiyo: Oh, kimchi stew!]
[U-a: Chiyo, are you going to try making the stew?]
The screen zoomed in solely on U-a.
[Chiyo: Of course?]
U-a looked unusually serious in contrast to Chiyo’s bright, innocent expression.
Back to the supermarket.
Chiyo appeared on-screen.
Unlike U-a, who went around picking up most of the ingredients on the shopping list—
[U-a: Lettuce for wraps... and minced garlic would be better from here. Oh, we need to buy instant rice too.]
Chiyo pushed the cart around energetically, searching exclusively for kimchi.
[Chiyo: Where could the kimchi be... ?]
[Chiyo: Kimchi and...]
[Chiyo: Where’s the kimchiii...]
[Chiyo: Please give me sour kimchi... ]
[Chiyo: Kimchi!]
─Kimchi-obsessed Chiyoㅋㅋㅋ
─Ah, another weird nickname... ?? Fuck, which asshole already put “Kimchi-Obsessed Girl” in her wiki nickname section? Take it down while I’m asking nicely, okay? Why does she get another weird nickname every time a self-produced episode comes out? Fuck.
While the obsessed girl happily compared the kimchi and picked some up, the screen switched back to U-a.
[U-a: Oh.]
U-a looked back and forth between Chiyo and the display shelves.
[U-a: There’s a kimchi-stew meal kit.]
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You can’t resist the flavor of a proven master’s degree holder.
─Hmm... I suppose Chiyo isn’t good at making stew. What a shame. She’s fallen five places in my ranking of potential wives.
└Mister, that joke is pretty outdated.
└Go to that guy’s channel. He’s serious about it;
└F*ck; what the hell?
Even so, U-a put the meal kit back.
[U-a: Still...]
The scene briefly cut to Dohee sleeping peacefully in bed.
[Because Chiyo’s cooking is usually pretty tasty.]
─Editor, you rascal!!! Stop slandering the sleeping princess of the dorm!!!
─What kind of cooking has Dohee been making at the dorm for both Saven and Debonaire to react the same wayㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Anyway, putting the ingredients into the cart went smoothly.
They even bought alcohol.
─Huh? They’re buying alcohol too?
U-a picked up some beer.
[U-a: (Shrugs) We’re adults with resident registration cards, you know?]
[Chiyo: Ahem.]
[U-a: I saw it on the internet, but apparently you absolutely have to drink at a retreat.]
[Chiyo: Oh-ho.]
─We’re adults!ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Their expressions are both adorable.
─I also ran straight to a bar with my friends as soon as I turned twenty, carrying my ID card. What a nostalgic memory.
─They probably haven’t even had a drink because they were busy debutingㅋㅋㅋ
─I wonder if drinking games will be shown on the broadcast?
[U-a: Oh, but our baby can’t drink alcohol.]
[Chiyo: That’s true... Should we put it back?]
The screen once again returned to Dohee sleeping peacefully at the dorm to the sound of a gentle lullaby.
[Dohee: Zzz...]
─These twenty-year-old babiesㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─They sound like they’re teasing her, but it’s still cuteㅋㅋㅋ
─Why is it so nice seeing them worry about each other?
The two stood there and continued to deliberate.
They even tried calling Seoyun, though she didn’t answer because she was asleep.
[U-a: Oh! I saw an herbal medicine shop on the way here.]
[Chiyo: What are you talking about?]
[U-a: You know, maybe they sell something like gosam tea?]
─???ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Chiyo: Oh-ho... But what is gosam tea?]
[U-a: It exists. I hear it tastes really bad.]
─No, her tone is so sweet, but whyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
─She keeps calling her a baby and is planning to make her drink gosam teaㅋㅋㅋ
[U-a: And our baby will be a nineteen-year-old high-school senior next year! What a coincidence!]
[Chiyo: Oh-ho.]
Looking more excited than ever, U-a took Chiyo to a nearby herbal medicine shop and bought an entire bottle of gosam tea to use as the punishment drink.
[U-a: Chiyo, smell this.]
[Chiyo: (Beaming with laughter) This is crazy. It smells like dirt in the car!]
But when the two returned to the dorm, a chilly storm sound effect was layered over the scene.
[Seoyun: Huh? Alcohol? Why did you buy this? If you want to do something involving alcohol on the show, you’ll have to get permission from the director or the team leader.]
[U-a: Huh?]
[Chiyo: What?]
The dorm several hours later appeared on-screen, as though foreshadowing the future.
[U-a: Aaaah! It tastes like wo, worms...!]
[Chiyo: Ugh!...]
─ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ What does a worm taste like?
─I’ve tried that before, and it really does taste like worms.
Back to the dorm at this moment.
Dohee gave her older sisters a thumbs-up.
[Dohee: You must’ve just bought it so the staff could have a drink with their meat. Good thinking, nice nice!]
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[Dohee: But what’s this?]