Ch.120So, they’re my fan?

It goes without saying that Kim Donghu is handsome.

‘Handsome=Kim Donghu’ had become an absolute truth.

But that truth was only recognized domestically.

Since Kim Donghu had never worked overseas.

When he went abroad, he became someone nobody knew.

In other words.

Japan was about to experience Kim Donghu’s looks for the first time.

Was there any vaccination against this? Of course not.

‘I’ve never seen someone so handsome before.’

‘An actor? Is he an actor? Is that person next to him his manager?’

‘A fighter? He looks incredibly fit.’

‘He might be a model.’

Glances here and there.

An untimely mass shift of attention begins in the ramen shop.

Like salmon swimming against the current,

everyone refuses to focus on their ramen and stares at Kim Donghu instead.

And Kim Donghu didn’t mind this much at all.

No, rather, he didn’t even notice it.

Because this kind of focused attention was too familiar for Kim Donghu.

To the point where he didn’t even feel uncomfortable.

Of course, it helped that Choi Seokho had set up a barrier to block some of the stares.

The concentrated attention was certainly burdensome.

Nevertheless.

Slurp slurp slurp.

Kim Donghu devoured five bowls of ramen on the spot without any particular disturbance.

“This place is delicious, isn’t it?”

“That’s the beauty of travel, right? Accidentally finding a great restaurant! That’s the fun of it.”

“I agree.”

After finishing their meal and about to head outside.

“Excuse me, would it be possible to take a photo?”

The sudden Japanese question caught Kim Donghu.

“Pardon? A photo? With me?”

Perfect Japanese automatically came out thanks to his special ability.

Language skills so good that even locals would believe he was Japanese.

This surprised the person who had approached him.

“Eh? A-are you Japanese?”

“What? No, I’m not. But didn’t you approach me thinking I was Japanese?”

“N-no, no, no, I’m just so f-flustered… I thought you were Korean.”

“I am Korean. Haha, anyway, would you like me to take a photo with you?”

“Y-yes?! Yes, yes, yes, yes, please, I’d be honored.”

A situation he could have just walked past.

With his strong fan service spirit, Kim Donghu took the photo thinking he might make a fan.

It wasn’t difficult, and he still had time to spare.

But then.

“C-could I possibly know your name?”

“I’m Kim Donghu.”

“K-Kimu Donghu-san… M-may I ask what you do?”

At this unexpected question, Kim Donghu thought for a moment.

‘Could this be a promotional opportunity?’

He concluded there was nothing to lose by taking advantage of this chance.

“I’m an actor. I came to Japan for voice acting.”

“Voice acting, you do voice acting?”

“Yes, in Korea the trailer is already out. It’s called Traitor: The Root of Corruption… It opens in early November, so please come see it.”

“Yes, yes, yes, yes! I will! I definitely will! Absolutely!”

After this warm exchange, the person who asked for the photo left with a smile.

“Um, could I get a photo too? I overheard your conversation, and I really want to see your movie! No, I will definitely see it!”

“Thank you. Then I should definitely take a photo with you, right?”

Kim Donghu perfectly handled the line of photo requests that followed.

And not long after.

【Found out the ultra-handsome guy’s name wwwwww Kim Donghu!!! I’m a fan starting today

(Photo smiling with Kim Donghu)】

【Found Traitor: The Root of Corruption, is this it? (link) Whoa Holy Shit He’s amazing at swordfighting too】

【His fan service is so goodwwww When he smiled for the photo my heart nearly stopped】

【I’m a fan of Donghu-kun from now on! Plus he eats ramen so well, I’m totally impressed! Donghu-kun ate 5 bowls of ramen】

【Standing next to him makes you look so bad (lol) In Korea they call this being a squid, I might be a squidwww】

As if they’d been waiting, photos with Kim Donghu flooded Twitter.

Handsome and well-mannered?

It was impossible not to be popular.

Of course, there were naturally some people who disliked Kim Donghu for no reason.

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Real-time Trends

What’s happening?

#UltraHandsome

#KimDonghu

#Traitor

#VoiceActing

#KoreanLooksInvasion

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Unable to resist the wave of real-time popular tweets, he was completely submerged.

Additionally, due to the nature of SNS where tweets heat up quickly in a short time:

【The list of voice actors was released a while ago】

【The promotion was too weak! For someone this handsome】

【Wow, they actually put effort into the voice cast, not bad】

【Of course the industry seniors will be kind to Donghu-kun, right? They’ll guide him?】

【Being kind to foreigners is Japan’s duty! I won’t forgive any bad behavior!】

【Japan is kind from the start, so that won’t happen, it’s pointless to even mention it】

【He might actually be surprised by how warm Japan is?】

Once a certain atmosphere was created, it tended to continue in that direction.

And simultaneously, this became a subtle pressure directed at the Japanese voice actors.

“…Did you see the tweets?!”

“Huh? What? What tweets?”

“The real-time tweets right now! There’s a commotion about Kim Donghu!”

“Kim Donghu? Him? Why? What happened?”

“Well, it’s, this is….”

The youngest member of the voice actor group who had planned to teach Kim Donghu a lesson, Iguchi Ryota.

He couldn’t figure out how to explain the current situation.

‘Should I say that someone took a photo of a handsome man at a ramen shop, and it turned out to be Kim Donghu… and now he’s trending?’

It sounded absurd to anyone.

But there was no fabrication in it whatsoever.

‘How did things turn out like this?’

Even the cause was ridiculous.

‘Because he’s handsome?’

Simply because his appearance was unbelievable,

Because he was so handsome it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was god-given,

That’s why this was happening.

“I think it would be faster if you just looked at it.”

Instead of explaining, Iguchi Ryota simply showed the general flow of tweets.

“What on earth is this?”

“How could this happen in less than a day….”

“Could they be manipulating this somehow? Is this even possible?”

Starting with comments about how handsome Kim Donghu was when taking photos,

To messages saying they should naturally guide Kim Donghu who was starting his voice acting dream.

It was obvious that public sentiment was excessively tilted toward Kim Donghu.

As everyone who had planned to intimidate Kim Donghu fell into confusion.

‘Maybe it’s fortunate we haven’t started anything yet.’

Iguchi Ryota thought the current flow wasn’t bad.

If they had already teased him, they would have had to consider the worst-case scenario.

But since they hadn’t even started, they could still back out.

‘No, there’s nothing to back out of, right? We can just pretend nothing happened and treat him with smiles.’

And honestly, he was a bit scared.

【Whoa Donghu-kun is tough inside and out, he won a boxing competition (video link)】

【He gives off such a masculine vibe】

【Getting hit by him would be fatal, instant KO】

【Thank you Donghu-kun for coming into the spotlightwwwww】

【After the looks invasion, we almost suffered a military invasion too (lol)】

Just looking at the tweets coming in, there was quite a lot of intense content.

Especially the scene from Run! Rushman! where he ran on his hands while doing a handstand was pure terror.

‘If we tease someone like this and he gets angry, we might die!’

A video where someone’s face seemed to be pulled off with one punch caught his eye.

And he’s only 18 years old? Is this a joke?

‘Is he a monster?!’

An ambiguous situation where no one knew where to place a tsukkomi.

While everyone was at a loss, Iguchi Ryota took the lead.

“Seniors! I have an idea! Please trust me!”

“An idea? What idea? What are you suggesting?”

“Well….”

The method that came from Iguchi Ryota’s mouth was….

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Fanfare.

“Donghu-kun! Welcome to Japan! And if you have any questions, just ask!”

What a surprise.

‘What’s this?’

Confetti and congratulatory greetings burst out as soon as I opened the dubbing studio door.

I was taken aback by this unexpected welcome party.

Since I was basically an intruder,

I thought I might make a bad impression.

‘I worried for nothing.’

I immediately bowed to those who welcomed me.

“Thank you! I have a lot to learn, but I’ll work hard to keep up!”

Expressing gratitude was essential for professional life.

“Oh my, but he really speaks Japanese well.”

“Yeah, at a professional level? Did you study in Japan before?”

“Honestly, I’d believe it if you said you were Japanese.”

With the continuing compliments, I once again felt the power of my special ability.

‘The words just come out naturally like I’m speaking Korean.’

It wasn’t difficult at all.

Japanese automatically converted as if it were Korean.

‘This is truly unbelievable.’

Even reading was like seeing CG,

I could naturally read everything in Korean.

Anyway, while I was exchanging greetings.

“Ahem.”

A veteran voice actor who had been sitting in the corner without greeting me set the mood.

With just a simple cough, he drew everyone’s attention.

Then with a very uncomfortable expression, he slowly approached me.

So it’s still hard to expect kindness from everyone?

‘I guess there are no such convenient stories.’

It was unreasonable to hope for no territorial disputes in a foreign country.

As the veteran voice actor slowly approached, the atmosphere gradually sank.

What was he going to say with such an intimidating aura?

‘As long as it doesn’t interfere with work, I can take anything with a smile.’

Just as I made that resolution.

“Usami Kenji… I’m Chisako’s father.”

A line completely mismatched with the atmosphere popped out.

“My daughter… is your fan, so could you possibly… do a video call with her?”

“Ehhhhh?”

Everyone reacted with disbelief.

‘Chisako? Could it be Usami Chisako? Our first-year representative at Daejong High?’

Information quickly assembled in my head.

Why was the name Chisako familiar to me?

Why did the name Usami look familiar?

The reason just occurred to me.

‘The Usami family.’

A family with considerable influence in Japanese politics,

Famous for having a son-in-law who was a renowned voice actor.

And Usami Chisako inherited that talent,

A rising star destined to lead the voice acting world.

And she’s my fan?

“I, I just found out myself. This is… because of those tweets… my daughter urgently contacted me, asking why I didn’t tell her… so please, could you do a video call?”

So now this intimidating veteran voice actor is stammering with embarrassment?

There was only one conclusion.

‘Territorial dispute completely resolved, game over.’

Happy endings are possible after all!