Daddy, Please Let Me Be Your Fan! Chapter 37 Discussion

For some reason... I have a feeling this novel is heavily based on debut or die + blue lock (or maybe I'm just a delulu moondae fangirl lolol).

anyways, the setting is an idol competition with blue lock stakes. unlike DoD, the MC won't die if s/he doesn't debut, and is quite reluctant.

There are rankings ranging from A-F, and Spoiler

like isagi, MC is the first one to enter after learning she can't be an idol if she fails (unlike isagi it's cause she don't care).

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Now let's get onto why I think this novel takes a lot from DoD (apart from the idol comp setting which is kind of a stretch tbh) are the characters. Like, maybe not directly copy-paste, but most certainly paraphrased.

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First obvious character, is charismatic, made to be an idol, red haired beauty, Cha Eugene Chen Yining.

Next extremely obvious character, delinquent looking, known Eugene Yining for a long time, sharp composer/ choreographer beauty, Kim Raebin Ji Shuzhu.

Lastly for obvious DoD characters so far, dropout child actor, wanting to restart an entertainment career, daddy issues, low self esteem beauty, Bae Sejin Tang Liuli.

This one might be a bit out there, but...

Sis-con, inferiority complex, genius beauty, Rin Itoshi Xie Qingxuan.

(I can't believe they put my baby Eugene below Itoshi but I guess it makes sense...)

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The other characters may share some common traits, but unlike the ones above, I cannot directly pin them to any one character (unless it's blue lock cause I stopped reading it for a bit).

MC is a bit of a perv imo, cause he knows the contestants are his daughter's age and yet still lowkey leers at them (just my opinion it's kinda just shyness BUT WHY YOU BLUSHIN). lmao I'm kidding it's just so that it's easier to insert yuri elements.

his daughter... Spoiler

quite stereotypical gap moe of being cold when he's her dad but cute and attached when she's an idol. I guess they'll mend the relationship one day.

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Kirimi Miyuki Spoiler

is a Japanese idol who came to participate in China's division. I guess the author wanted to add some Japanese hate in the novel, not in the way where 'oh this Japanese girl sucks', but more 'haha, those people in Japan couldn't realise her beauty so she ran to us'.

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Tbh, even though this novel feels like a hodgepodge of elements the author found interesting and blended coarsely together, it's still entertaining as the elements themselves are gems.

Read Debut or Die as it feels like a more refined version of whatever the author was going for. This novel is still good to read to pass time.