Watching Japanese variety shows in Korea isn't particularly difficult.
In fact, Youngmi frequently watched Japanese broadcasts in real time.
There was a time lag of about 10 minutes, but that was nothing.
'Actually, it's not variety shows, but anime.'
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Youngmi couldn't bring herself to say that to Gil Dahyun, the ultimate insider of insiders who looked like she would absolutely never read manga.
Regardless, Youngmi was quite interested in the fact that Joo Seoyeon, the star of the class, was appearing on a Japanese variety show.
When your classmate is a great actress who is even appearing on an overseas broadcast, it's only natural for interest to arise even if there was none before.
"It's starting."
One of the friends who came along said.
Unlike Korean variety shows, the Japanese variety show began with flashing text and a peculiarly loud opening.
"What are they saying?"
"They say it's a specially prepared special segment. Genius high school girl actress Reika's 3-night, 4-day filming with Korean genius actors! or something."
"Isn't the word 'genius' thrown around too much?"
Youngmi couldn't easily answer her friend's question.
Glancing at Seoyeon, she looked extremely calm... no, was she calm?
If you looked closely, her pupils seemed to waver slightly.
On top of that, she seemed a little nervous.
It's just a variety show, why is she so tense?
'Ah, is she embarrassed to watch the broadcast she appeared on with her friends?'
Thinking like that, it might be a little cute.
"And so, the four actresses head off somewhere. Without even knowing where that place is..."
A narration flowed out along with a rather eerie BGM.
And Aokigahara Forest appeared on the screen.
When the location selected as one of the world's top 10 bizarre spots appeared, the panelists gasped as if screaming and chattered with exaggerated voices.
"Ehhh~! Are they really camping in Aokigahara for 3 nights and 4 days?!"
"They're definitely going to get complaints for this. Who's the person in charge!"
The Japanese celebrities jumped up and exclaimed.
Of course, it was just a typical reaction.
Like that, scenes from later quickly flashed across the screen like a preview.
Actresses wandering around the forest gathering ingredients.
People gathering to cook.
Along with the staff creating fear, and eerie background music.
The moment a scream rang out.
"Gom-banwa."
"?"
A scene of Seoyeon riding a bear appeared, and the short video ended.
For a moment, the panelists also blinked, unable to properly process what had appeared at the end.
It was obviously a pre-recorded broadcast, but judging from that reaction alone, it felt very real.
Their signature exaggerated reactions didn't come out, and they were just blinking.
"Was that a bear at the end?"
"No way. You're joking, right?"
"Come on, it's a fake bear requested by the production team, geez. Why are you like that? Like amateurs."
"Amateurs~?! Isn't Kura-san being too harsh! If an actress suddenly rides out on a bear, you'd be surprised!!"
"It's the Korean actress, Seoyeon-ssi, right? The actress who's been trending on Twitter recently."
"Yes, yes, I laughed so much when I saw it."
The screen paused for a moment, and the panelists seriously discussed the short scene that had appeared before the broadcast began in earnest.
Likewise, about five female students who had laid out snacks and were watching the broadcast all looked at Seoyeon at once.
'Is it a real bear?'
'Can an actress even ride a bear?'
'Nah, it must be a plushie.'
Such reactions.
The moment cold sweat formed on Seoyeon's back.
"Seoyeon, is that really a bear?"
Gil Dahyun, the only one who could casually ask Seoyeon, opened her mouth.
"Well."
Seoyeon hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth.
"That, it's a bear the production team brought, but it was trained so it was very gentle..."
"Really?"
Seeing the gaze finally nodding and moving on, Seoyeon barely let out a sigh of relief.
She hadn't known they would broadcast her riding a bear on TV.
'...No. Come to think of it, if they don't show it, I won't appear at all.'
Since she rode a bear all day, conversely, if they edited the bear out, Seoyeon wouldn't appear all day either.
In the end, it was all Joo Seoyeon's own fault.
Anyway, she got past it well, so as long as it ends well like this.
"They said it's a wild bear?"
"..."
As the broadcast progressed, when the bear-riding Seoyeon appeared, the words 'Wild Bear' were embedded large on the bear's head.
Seoyeon, who could no longer make excuses, had no choice but to quietly close her mouth.
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- The Japanese variety show Joo Seoyeon appears in has started
- That's some camping variety show, looked super boring
- The camping spot is Aokigahara Forest
- Where is that
- One of the world's top 10 bizarre spots. It's a famous suicide spot in Japan
- ??? They're camping there?? Is the PD out of their mind???
- Ah lmao it's a Japanese variety show lol that's considered mild fr
When the Japanese variety show just started, the posts uploaded on Seoyeon's fan cafe were just about at that level.
Since they heard it was a simple camping variety show, few people showed great interest.
Those who were quietly waiting, thinking someone would upload a summary later...
- Joo Seoyeon rode a bear?
- ???????????
- Am I the only one who thinks the bear's face looks sad?
- How many times did it get hit, there's blood on its nose
- Didn't Joo Seoyeon hit it???
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if Tyson hit the bear's face with all his might, it would think he's playing with it ㅋㅋㅋ
Captures of the variety show airing in real time.
Seeing Seoyeon smiling brightly while riding on the bear's back, the people who were quietly watching the situation started to move.
No, our actress rode a bear!!
It spreading to communities was literally an instant.
Not simply fan communities, but screenshots started spreading and roaming around SNS like Twitter, where many of Seoyeon's fans resided.
- Seoyeon ㅠㅠ Unnie said you could do whatever you want, but a bear is a bit much, don't you think????
- It's my first time seeing an actress smile so brightly on top of a bear
- Seoyeon... that, never mind...
- Did Joo Seoyeon fight a bear and win??
Perhaps because the photos spread late, the reactions mostly came out a beat late.
As the rumor started to spread, one by one, the number of people watching the Japanese variety show Seoyeon appeared on in real time began to increase.
This was the case not only in Korea, but also in Japan.
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Post: Joo Seoyeon entered the Japanese trends lmaoooo
No it's so funny lmaoooo Bear Rider lmaoooooo
Replies
-Is that written as Bear Rider in Japanese?
- Yeah, the top is Bear Rider, the bottom is Joo Seoyeon.
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Bear Rider Joo Seoyeon ㅋㅋㅋㅋ so funny lmao ㅋㅋㅋ
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It naturally entered the trends, and it was right then that the viewership of the broadcast in real time started to soar.
"Then we have to procure the ingredients here, right?"
The variety show, which had first brought out the bear and stimulated a lot of interest, went back to the past and started showing how that situation came to be.
Four actresses trapped in the Aokigahara Forest.
They each had a serious conversation to distribute their roles.
The leader seemed to be Jo Seohee.
"What, no one can cook?"
Silence fell over the Aokigahara Forest.
The four actresses, including Jo Seohee, avoided their gazes with embarrassed faces.
- It makes no sense that none of the four can cook
- Doesn't Joo Seoyeon cook? She said she could cook on Golden Duckling before?
- In the interview earlier, her dad said he gets scared when Joo Seoyeon holds a knife, so she can only do what she's allowed to
- Ah
Anyway, even if they couldn't cook, they had to gather ingredients first.
They each scattered and started gathering cooking ingredients, but unlike Seoyeon who gathered them in a flash, the other three actresses struggled.
In particular, Lee Jiyeon was gathering ingredients with Reika.
『Is this a mushroom you can eat?』
「What are you saying. Speak in English.」
『I guess it's edible, then?』
The two couldn't communicate.
They chattered among themselves and started packing things by themselves.
Seeing this, Reika was also quite in her own pace.
- The Japanese girl isn't even communicating right now, is this right
- Who's the one filming with her? Lee Jiyeon?
- This variety show also promotes the movie Miss Gyeongseong. The lead actress from that Miss Gyeongseong
- Not Jo Seohee or Joo Seoyeon, but she's the lead??
- I'm insulted... In my school days, a kid like her used to tell me to go buy bread every day....
Eventually, the two who were walking around like that naturally split up and started getting things separately.
That was when the problem started.
Having gathered everything she needed to gather, Seoyeon returned to the base, only to be greeted by an empty base.
"?"
Seoyeon made a face that said, 'Why aren't they here yet?'
Unlike Seoyeon, who carefully gathered things while being scared, the rest were half missing.
After waiting for about 30 minutes, Seoyeon sighed and started moving to find the people.
- No ㅋㅋㅋ It's my first time seeing Joo Seoyeon as the ace ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Fact) Surprisingly, Joo Seoyeon was always the ace in variety shows
- Hey, that's a lie ㅋㅋㅋ In Star Job, all Joo Seoyeon caught was a turbot, and in Uninhabited Survival...
- This is real
- She seems like she just has fun playing in variety shows, but come to think of it, she does everything she needs to do ㅋㅋㅋ She's a super ace ㅋㅋㅋ
Like that, Seoyeon, who set out to find the actresses, found Reika first.
Sniffling Reika's legs had given out and she couldn't move, and Seoyeon, as if she had no choice, started carrying her on her back and moving.
『I was really so scared thinking no one was coming.』
"Speaking Japanese in my ear is scary, so please be quiet."
『You even comforted me kindly, thank you so much. Sob sob.』
"Please don't make crying sounds next to my ear. It's scary."
『Sob sob sob sob!!』
"You're doing that on purpose right now."
Joo Seoyeon, who flinched at Reika's voice, and Reika, who clung tightly to such Seoyeon and stubbornly kept chattering.
- No, the fact that they can't communicate at all is so funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Calling Joo Seoyeon kind ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Joo Seoyeon being genuinely scared of Reika's crying sound is even funnier
- Joo Seoyeon is originally a huge scaredy-cat ㅋㅋㅋ It makes no sense that she's the ace there ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Like that, Seoyeon was also able to find Lee Jiyeon hanging from a tree.
- Why is she on a tree again?
- Is this perhaps a variety show to find hidden actresses?
- She's hiding so creatively
- Where's Jo Seohee?
Lee Jiyeon, whose legs had also given out, was also carried by Seoyeon in a princess carry and they started moving.
At that nonchalant appearance, the people who were watching without much thought...
「Seoyeon-ssi. You're calmly carrying two women and moving right now, right?」
「Eh?! Ah~!!! She was so calm I didn't even notice!!!」
「No, I'm bewildered. She's walking with two people on her body right now.」
「Korean actresses are strong...」
「No, no, no, that's strange! It's because Seoyeon-ssi is strange!!」
Belatedly, the viewers also realized at the panelists' reaction.
- I'm a current fitness trainer. Her core is fucking insane, isn't it?
- I'm a current fitness trainer. Seeing how she's not even out of breath, her stamina is not normal
- I'm a current fitness trainer. If you carry them like that, your back will give out.
- Why are there so many current fitness trainers
- (Cafe manager) Since the Joo Seoyeon challenge last time, a lot of fitness trainers joined the fan cafe.
- Are you serious
Like that, the last one.
Seoyeon, who found Jo Seohee, stopped walking.
It was because she witnessed a woman walking eerily in the darkness.
Accordingly, an eerie BGM also flowed out from the broadcast, stimulating the viewers' sense of fear.
One step.
Another step.
The wind even blew, further emphasizing her bizarre appearance.
It was only natural that Seoyeon hesitantly stepped back.
- Is that Jo Seohee
- Why is she alone in a different genre
- Wait I'll go to the bathroom
- Not scary at all ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I should sleep with my mom today ㅋㅋㅋ
It was then.
Jo Seohee started running towards Seoyeon.
"Kyaaaaaaaaa!!!"
-Kyaaaa?
- Did Joo Seoyeon just scream?
- Such a scream from Joo Seoyeon's mouth?
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋ No, Joo Seoyeon gets surprised too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Kinda cute
- But I'd probably scream the same way if I saw that
Seoyeon, who screamed at the sight of Jo Seohee running towards her, turned her back right away and started running away.
From behind, Jo Seohee cried out pitifully, "Come back," "Don't go," but Seoyeon ran without even looking back.
While carrying two people.
- Is that even possible
- I'm a current mixed martial arts fighter. To do that... wouldn't it be right that Joo Seoyeon the actress really punched the bear earlier?
- Why is a martial arts fighter here too.
Anyway, having rescued three(?) people like that, Seoyeon returned to the base.
Jo Seohee also somehow walked in the direction Seoyeon ran and was able to return.
After that, Seoyeon had to spend a long time comforting Jo Seohee, but separately from that.
「What do we do.」
Even though they had the ingredients, the three had absolutely nothing they could do.
First, they tried doing this and that as much as they could, but naturally, edible food was not made.
Rather, they just completely exhausted the ingredients they brought.
At the sight of the four young ladies with zero survival skills.
- It's my first time seeing Joo Seoyeon look at someone with pathetic eyes ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Jo Seohee had a sharp image, but I guess cooking isn't it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Reika is the funniest, she tried the hardest but got the weirdest result
- That Japanese actress is quite likable, cute
- She doesn't even communicate with the other Korean actresses ㅋㅋㅋ She only talked with Jo Seohee
- Isn't Joo Seoyeon an otaku, why can't she speak Japanese
- She can speak it, but it's mostly weird, like Japanese that only gangsters would use
And while the three were busy making something together like that.
Seoyeon had come outside to get new ingredients.
Since the three actresses kept getting lost, Seoyeon eventually took charge of bringing things back.
Like that, Joo Seoyeon, who was wandering here and there, suddenly frowned and stood up.
And she started staring at a certain place.
As if
- This presence?!
- What is it that she's moving so meaningfully
- What????
The moment such reactions came out, Seoyeon suddenly started running.
Literally in an instant.
She instantly broke away from the place where the CCTVs were gathered and disappeared.
At the same time, the PD appeared on the screen and explained the situation at the time.
「Wait, while we were distracted by the three actresses cooking, actress Joo Seoyeon suddenly disappeared. When we checked again, it felt like she realized something and ran in that direction.」
「I was really surprised. She suddenly disappeared.」
「But what really surprised me was what happened next.」
Like that, Seoyeon, who suddenly disappeared, didn't appear on the CCTV for a while.
The flustered appearance of the filming crew at the time appeared on the screen.
Tense words saying they should stop filming, or that this was a big disaster.
The previously lighthearted variety show was instantly filled with tension.
The panelists also stopped throwing out light words and looked at the screen with serious faces.
Like that, roughly 5 minutes.
When 10 minutes had passed.
Joo Seoyeon appeared on the CCTV.
「Eh?」
「Seoyeon-ssi, she's riding a bear?」
Whenever the bear tried to go somewhere else, Seoyeon kept hitting the back of its head.
People learned for the first time that a bear could whine.
Actually, it was only natural for Seoyeon to be merciless.
This bear was clearly a bear that came to attack a person, so she couldn't help but be merciless.
Of course, to those who didn't know that, it was just a poor little bear.
Anyway, Seoyeon calmly rode the bear like that and returned to where the three actresses were.
From the middle, it listened well, so Seoyeon also started patting the bear's head.
And.
「Isn't there ramen? Can't we just boil some ramen or something?」
「There's no ramen, but with this meat...」
Jo Seohee's words, who was having a conversation with Lee Jiyeon, stopped.
At the sudden stop of words and the stiffened appearance of Jo Seohee, Lee Jiyeon frowned.
「What, why did you stop talking mid-sentence?」
「B-be-behind.」
「Behind? Why can't you speak properly?」
"Hmph," Jiyeon turned her head and saw the bear's face right in front of her nose.
Moreover, because the bear was standing on two legs, its size looked even larger, and the sense of intimidation was not ordinary.
Why is there a bear here?
Is this a bear for filming?
But it smells like blood?
As the bear raised one hand towards the frozen Jiyeon.
The moment Jiyeon freaked out at that, Seoyeon's face suddenly popped out from beside the bear's head.
And Seoyeon grabbed the bear's front paw, shook it left and right, and said.
「Gom-banwa」
「Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!!」
It was right then that a scream rang out, tearing through the forest.