Trope: entertainment industry

As My Fave Idol Likes

Kana Kurihara

Office worker Haruma needs a new flat, moves in with his online gaming buddy, and discovers the buddy is the idol he stans.

At 25:00 in Akasaka

25時、赤坂で (25-ji, Akasaka de)

Hiroko Natsuno

A rookie actor cast in a BL drama agrees to a practice relationship with his famous co-star, who happens to be his old upperclassman.

Black or White

ブラック オア ホワイト (Black or White)

Sachimo

An actor typecast as villains is secretly dating the actor who gets every prince role.

Brat Tamer / King

Kitahala Lyee

An office worker ranked at the very bottom of the Sub scale faints at one look from a top-ranked Dom model.

Breakout Scandal

Cha Jung

A beta ex-idol becomes manager to a prickly alpha star, and one unscheduled rut wrecks his plan for a quiet life.

Check Out My Manager

내 매니저를 소개합니다

art: 금오 (Kumoh)

Eunho has been the top actor Ji Hyeon's friend for eleven years and manager for seven, hiding a crush the whole time.

Comeback After Fate

Anji Seina

A newcomer alpha and an omega cross paths in the world of K-pop.

Coming Back as a Fair-Haired Boy

XingLing Animation

Kyan Lim dies in a car accident, gets a second life, and resolves to care about nothing but his career.

Don't Fall for Idol-sama!

Okaka

Actor Fuma Kodaka cares about nothing except his roles. When he cannot get into character, he tries acting the part off set.

Eat Me By The Forkful

Murooka

A popular model insists that his former best friend, a man who can taste nothing but him, become his manager.

Fantasy Loveline

환상의 러브라인

story and art: 차력 (Chalyeok)

Actor Yun Sang lands a Netflix drama role opposite Jung Do-hwan, the indie-film actor he has quietly admired for years.

Finally Living With My Hater

Tencent Animation & Comics

Juna is an idol the whole country knows, and plenty of people dislike him for no good reason. Now he lives with one of them.

Fortune - Meeting You -

Kazumi Kamiya

In a Paris cafe, top model Ernest snaps at a Japanese man who will not stop photographing him.

Fox spirit as the Best Actor

Mindzap

A ten-thousand-year-old fox spirit wakes in a city of skyscrapers and traffic, reborn as an actor nobody likes.

Golden Assistant: Jinpai Zhuli

金牌助理 (Jinpai Zhuli)

Fei Tian Ye Xiang

A broke musician takes a job as personal assistant to the famous, handsome and impossible actor he has admired for years.

Gravitation: Collector's Edition

グラビテーション (Gravitation)

Maki Murakami

An aspiring rock singer falls for the cold romance novelist who told him his lyrics were garbage.

Hands Off My Sub

SAME ZARAME

A popular host hiding his Sub nature tries a matching app for one night and meets a Dom he cannot shake.

Happy Together

해피투게더

story and art: 날파리헌터 (Nalpari Hunter)

Four years after a scandal broke up his boy group, ex-idol Jaeyoung is doing deliveries, and a hit rapper now uses his old stage name.

Hidden Heart

IKUSA NAKAGOMI

Photographer Minori Hinata is asked for by name to shoot Riu Fujisaki, the hottest young model around.

Hottest Topics

iciyuan

Yu Bei has loved his friend Gu Yiming in silence for eight years. The week he decides to give up, Gu starts to notice.

How Do You Say "I Love You" In Japanese?! I'm being pursued by a hot Korean actor!

Yuiko

Film publicist Hiro has heard ugly rumours about rising Korean star Jiheo Park. Then Jiheo arrives in Japan.

I Ship My Rival x Me (The Comic / Manhua)

我和我对家 (manhua); original novel 我嗑了对家x我的cp

original novel: PEPA

Two rookie actors debut as rivals, until the overshadowed one stumbles on a fandom convinced they are secretly a couple.

I Won't Say I Love You

Yahilo Caji

A newcomer to the adult film business is trained by an arrogant star who keeps everyone at a distance.

I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero

冴えない僕は、君のヒーロー (Saenai Boku wa Kimi no Hero)

Nore

A struggling actor who worries about his weight gets his first fan letter, from a pastry chef, with sweets attached.

Innocent Impurity

Shiki Natsuo

Manager Orihara is fiercely proud of his actor, Narikawa, who trusts almost no one.

Intimate Hunter

iReader

Bai Mu used to be a skilled hunter. Now he is a minor celebrity held by a childhood friend who turns out to be a vampire.

Let Me See the Real You, Senpai!

先輩、ナカみせて (Senpai, Naka Misete)

Yuho Okita

A shut-in with a hugely popular VTuber persona agrees to collaborate with a newcomer who wants to know the real him.

Look into My Eyes and Kneel

Enmaku

A model famous as the strongest Dom is hiding that he is a Switch, and a new rival at his agency sees through him.

Look Up at Me: Deng Ni Yang Wang

等你仰望 (Deng Ni Yang Wang)

IXiura

An A-list actor, free of a ten-year contract that banned romance, is cast opposite a rookie who seems to see straight through him.

Love Stage!!

story Eiki Eiki

The only ordinary member of a showbiz family is forced to reprise a commercial he shot as a child, dressed as a girl.

My Personal Weatherman

Nikke Taino

On television Segasaki is everyone's favourite weather forecaster. At home he is a tyrant, as his housemate Yoh knows well.

My Ship Couple Adores Me, But They Got It All Wrong!

Mizuiama / Yanagie

Mio leads the idol group TryTrick and secretly ships its other two members. Both of them seem to be after him instead.

My Sweet Secret Lover

Yamawomi

At 37, Kosuke loses the job he gave everything to, drinks himself numb, and goes home with a stranger.

My Top-Secret Work Romance With My Fave

Haruno Narita

Riku took a job in event management because of Kaito, his favourite member of the idol group FIFTH. Now he is asked to help manage them.

My Unfriendly Manager

Nana Nanato

Easygoing model Yura is assigned a strict new manager, who then moves in with him.

Nanase the Idol's Ω Secret

Ginta Warabi

Nanase fronts the alpha idol unit Cosmic and is hiding the fact that he is an omega.

No Spicy Romance Allowed!

運命でも熱愛は許しません！ (Unmei demo Netsuai wa Yurushimasen!)

story: Ruku Amato

An ordinary omega manager is determined to keep things professional with the star alpha model he looks after.

One-Week Family

yatsuhashi

A rising star who dislikes children has to live for a week with a child actor and the manager who once inspired him.

OOTD: Return to Me, That's Mine!

Eun-Geun

A devoted fan loses his prized concert merchandise to a bodyguard, who turns up at his hotel door with it.

Payback

페이백

samk (novel)

Five years after losing his brother, his mother and his savings, ex-debt collector Lee Yoohan learns his ex arranged the killing.

Predawn

YQ Cartoon

Young star Shade enters the film industry and magical incidents start putting his life at risk.

Release Your Persona

Yeaze

A film star worn out by fame is intrigued by a neighbor who has no idea who he is.

Secretary to Stage

ACHIM

Superfan Doyoon schemed his way into being his idol's secretary; now the retired star is putting him on stage.

Star-struck Masquerade

Teno Amatsuki

Issa is devoted to Nero, an idol who performs masked. At a members-only club, a smooth stranger pulls him into the VIP room.

Starlight Scandal

KR

A top actor in need of better press is paired with the main dancer of a struggling idol group.

Steamy Influencer

MIRAI MITSUKI

Supermodel Akira Kuroaki has let a greedy industry turn him unpleasant. Then he meets a shopkeeper who never changes expression.

The Comic Artist and the Voice Actor

endou

Kyoya voices the dominant leads in BL dramas. Kaoru draws BL manga. They have been in love since college.

The King of Home Dating

Lee hyun-joo

Dumped after ten years, Jooyeong goes on a cooking show to promote his failing academy and finds an old flame producing it.

The Method Messiah

Ahjussi

An actor is lured back to the cult compound he fled at fifteen, and leaves its leader dead on the floor.

Unfair Love Affair

12929, KIMBU, jinzo

An actor strung along for ten years by a spoiled friend gets to know that friend's older brother.

Vampire Taboo

Nanjing Popular Netbooks Culture

Intern Bai's new boss is a haughty star who is secretly a vampire, and who turns into a hamster after drinking blood.

Wait, I Love You

まって、好き。 (Matte, Suki.)

Omayu

A top stylist joins the film crew of his actor boyfriend's first lead role, and they have to keep the relationship quiet on set.

What We Do When the Curtain Comes Down

Same Zarame

Mitsuki fought his way to the top of an idol agency full of alphas while hiding that he is an omega.

White Liar

Tomo Serizawa

A beautician who has sworn off love has a one-night stand with a rising actor who has been keeping a secret for years.

Yes, No, or Maybe? (Light Novel)

イエスかノーか半分か (Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka)

Michi Ichiho

A TV newsreader with a flawless public image and a foul private temper is found out by a stop-motion animator.

Yes, No, or Maybe? (Manga)

イエスかノーか半分か (Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka)

story Michi Ichiho

The manga version of the newsroom romance about an anchor with two faces and the animator who meets both.

You're Hot When You're Angry, Too

UNOHANA

At the TV station, producer Hata's shouting at clumsy assistant director Igarashi is a daily event.

Your Memes Are Better Looking Than You

Bilibili Comics

Gu Wei is a boy-group dancer the internet loves to argue about. Jiang Xun is one of the best pro gamers in the country.