Review Detail of Slingshot in From Thug to Idol: Transmigrating to a Survival Show

I absolutely loved this novel. it did get a bit repetitive with obstacles he had to face but that's the character design I guess, unlucky black cat and what not. I probably would've liked it a bit more if there were more obstacles in the participants rather than the controversies or what not, because in some cases, the side characters became cutouts but not too much. Again these are all the few things that I'd nitpick about but the novel is for entertainment and it does that job really really well, I mean inspirations or plots or twists, they were all good. I really did want him to embrace his thug 'etiquette' more, you know? cuz he was a thug for a really long time so maybe accepting that would've made his character more vivid? idk, these are just my own personal opinions but i loved the story nonetheless. I do have a question though, the story progression is awfully similar to debut or die, is it because the korean idol culture is saturated that even novels on them look the same? genuinely curious cuz I've got noo idea