
by SceneStealerStudios
Ryu Ha-on is one of Korea’s rising BL actors, recognized everywhere he goes. Kang Do-gyeom works in the stockroom of a tiny, nearly forgotten bookstore and somehow has no idea who Ryu is. When Ha-on ducks into the bookstore to escape a crowd of fans, he expects recognition. Instead, he gets a rude stranger who couldn't care less about his fame. He should never have a reason to return. But he does. As an unexpected friendship begins to blur into something more, Ha-on and Do-gyeom find themselves caught between two completely different worlds. With friends, co-stars, fans, careers, and the pressures of Ha-on’s public image surrounding them, something as simple as falling for each other may become far more complicated than either expected. Everyone knows Ryu Ha-on. Except the one person he can't seem to stay away from.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 08:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 08:48 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
3%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Drama → Romance → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy + Drama + Romance (1%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#10480 of 12,313 · 10430 below RS #50
By genre
beats 73% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 54% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.