Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he’s quite popular), but Yuuya’s half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn’t the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected…
After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She’s dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she’s full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There’s just one problem: She’s been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch?
Phantom of the Idol It is also Known as: 神クズ☆アイドル, Kami Kuzu☆Idol
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural , Josei , Ghost , Idol
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5. The Untouchable Midori-kun
Talk about meet-cutes... Misaki doesn't recognize her cute new neighbor when he comes to formally introduce herself...until he reminds her that they went to school together for years! But Midori Tachibana is no longer the awkward kid she remembers—he's the leader of Japan's hottest new idol group! But their fated meeting is cut short when he finds out she's an adult film actress...and he can't be seen with her if he's to preserve his squeaky-clean idol image! But can the chemistry between them be so easily erased?
The Untouchable Midori-kun has finished publishing and it has 33 Chapters. It is also Known as: ミドリくんには触れない, The Untouchable Midori-kun
4. Trainees
Cha Hyeseong watches his crush drift away into stardom. He tries to preserve their relationship by enrolling into a school that produces idols -- the same one she attends. He's immediately assigned to debut in an idol group that focuses on acting, which brings more trouble than he asks for.
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Trainees has finished publishing and it has 30 Chapters. It is also Known as: Trainees
3. Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami - Fukigen na Ohime-sama
Life gets super rough for idol Megumi Ayase when starlit (and magical!) Mami joins her agency and inadvertently usurps the top spot. Rather than backing down, Ayase leans into her jealousy and will stop at nothing to reclaim her throne…all while still doing her best to be a good senpai!
Magical Angel Creamy Mami and the Spoiled Princess has finished publishing and it has 66 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法の天使クリィミーマミ 不機嫌なお姫様, Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami - Fukigen na Ohime-sama
2. Kami Kuzu☆Idol
Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he’s quite popular), but Yuuya’s half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn’t the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected…
After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She’s dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she’s full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There’s just one problem: She’s been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch?
Phantom of the Idol is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 神クズ☆アイドル, Kami Kuzu☆Idol
1. Neukdaega Uneun Yakguk
As a teen, Sooji was heartbroken when her favorite idol group LUPUS disbanded, thanks to the traitorous member Jackie quitting. Ten years later, Sooji has become a workaholic pharmacist who just wants a stable, predictable life. But she's thrown for a loop when she suddenly runs into Jackie--at an animal shelter, of all places! After learning that he plans to return to showbiz, Sooji is enraged and picks a fight with him... starting a deep dive into the untold ups and downs of LUPUS and it members. What really happened behind the scenes to Jackie all those years ago, and can Sooji, now along for the ride, survive his path back to stardom?
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The Pharmacy Where the Wolf Howls has finished publishing and it has 77 Chapters. It is also Known as: Wolf Crying Pharmacy, The Pharmacy Where the Wolf Cries
