[INFO] 120731 ‘The Beast – Destiny’s Start’ : Synopsis and Characters Profile

“The presence of the unknown hiding behind the neon signs of the city. Do not fear. There’s BEAST!”
(K-comics ‘The BEAST’ planning to have 6 books and is not affiliated with Cube Ent. in any way.)

SYNOPSIS

A group of people win an event hosted by a program. So the group of people and their familes are sent on a trip down to the South Pacific! However, the plane carrying the passengers to the final destination crashes into the ocean and many people lose their lives.. but there were passengers on the plane who had their young located in a different place. So despite the tragic accident six kids are still alive. 

2012. The six kids are living their own lives. If there is anything that differciates them from the public it would have to be their special abilties. However, for these kids who don’t know why they have his strength and how they got it, these special powers are just abilities that hinder them from being normal. Yoseob who can control people by singing and creating hallucinations. Soccer player Doojoon who had all the skills you need to be an excellent sports star. Workout trainer Kikwang who has enormous amount of strength and power. Talented dancer Hyunseung who can teleport anywhere he wants. College student Dongwoon who can absorb any knowledge in seconds. And Junhyung who can feel emotions just by touching an object or person. For them, it isn’t so easy to hide their abilities and live amongst people. However, there is one person who knows their true identity and that’s the head of the ‘Red Eye’ clan.

The ‘Red Eye’ clan have been livng in the city amongst the people. The ‘Red Eye’ people are the only ones who know of the “Varients” and have been secretly hunting them down for the peace of the city. However, chaos strikes the clan when they find out that these “Varients” have evolved to look like the humans as well. The Head of the clan realizes that there are only the 6 men who can go against the new “Variants.”Even thought they have special powers, it isn’t enough to defend them from dangerous situations. And it doesn’t help that they are called “monsters” by the Red Eyes. Then a mysterious incident occurs. The Head decides to call on BEAST, the six boys from the plane crash. But, not only can’t they gather their strength together, but they keep on fighting each other. Their future doesn’t look so bright..

As BEAST goes against the new variants, they start to realize that their powers are amazing. Letting out their suppressed powers, the action that rocks the city begins! The six members as a team start to understand each other and start to face their different traumas. As a bonus love comes to find them too!

Then one day, BEAST realizes something is wrong when following a new variant. It’s as if they saw their alter ego. Like a family member.. what is this? While BEAST falls into a confused state, Miso, the girl who used to love Junhyung, gets captured. Junhyung, realizing that Miso had become an important part of his life works with his members to save her..

However, awaiting BEAST is even more danger and a truth too great for them can’t handle. The tragedy made by humans endless amount of desire. BEAST, who are stuck in the middle of all that tragedy. Will they be able to come out of their deadly destiny and become a true hero?..

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PROFILE

YOON DOOJOON

• Age : 22 / Height : 178cm / Weight : 66kg
• Job : Professional soccer player
• Location : Incheon (dorm). On breaks he goes to visit his aunt.
• Special ability : Hyperactive exercise skills. Speed, balance, coordination. All his sport skills exceed the average man kind. For a soccer player it’s like a gift, but for Doojoon, who still can’t control it, he is still just a bench player full of mistakes.
• Ability : Running
• Nickname : CEO (Working on his own job just incase he might be fired), Bluff Yoon (full of bluff)
• Hobbies : Planning his business
• Role Model : Steve Jobs
• Pro : Can take care of situations well
• Con : Bit of a bluff. He likes to act like he knows everything and if he is wrong then he tries to find a way out.
• Motto : If met strategically for work, don’t leave it up to the partnership.

JANG HYUNSEUNG

• Age : 22 / Height : 176cm / Weight : 58kg
• Location : Mapo (dance school) / Doesn’t have a specific place so he goes around staying with his friends.
• Job : Dance teacher
• Special ability : Teleport. He can teleport to anywhere he wants in the world. But Hyunseung can’t decide on the location and it’s totally random.
• Ability : Poppin dance
• Nickname : 4D. Because he can teleport? NO~~ because he is strange
• Hobbies : Whether it be a mirror, when he can see his reflection, he dances anywhere
• Role mode : Justin Timberlake, Neyo, Usher
• Pro : Strange+serious (you can tell how he is really like)
• Con : Lies a lot
• Motto : Loan is the way to failure.

YONG JUNHYUNG

• Age : 22 / Height : 178cm / Weight : 58kg
• Job : Popular slacking college student
• Location : Boondang / Living together with a grandfather who has a lot of assets
• Special ability : Psyco-commentry. Can read minds by touching the person or object.
• Abilites : Dating girls (girls follow him more than he does). It has nothing to do with his special ability, but there are a lot of girls who follow good looking bad boys like Junhyung. Junhyung only uses his special ability when he is about to break up with a girl (too heartless). He was taken care by his grandfather after his parents passed away. Even though it was at a young age, he remembers one thing. The feeling of being “hated,” Living with his grandfather who didn’t even want to touch Junhyung because he was the grandson that he never wanted, he first learned the emotion of being hated. So to Junhyung, who doesn’t believe that anyone would love him, he can’t open up his heart easily. But when love comes and finds him through Sooae, he soon finds out that she doesn’t like him and he curses her with his special ability.
• Nickname : Yong psychic. Short for brave psychic.  He has to be brave with his answers. He can see through everyone.
• Hobbies : Shopping for brand names. Going to the club. Nagging Dongwoonie.
• Role model : None
• Pro : A true man of mens!
• Con : Scared of bugs
• Motto : You live alone.

YANG YOSEOB

• Age : 21 / Height : 170cm / Weight : 57kg
• Job : Magician
• Location : College Road
• Special ability : Can create an apparition by singing. He can create an apparition by singing and use that to control humans. Since when he was young, other’s happiness was Yoseob’s happiness. After seeing that people were happy from watching a magic show when he was little, he decided that he was going to be a magician. However, despite all the efforts, he can’t get past being an amateur magician.. Yoseob can’t handle anyone being disappointed at him.
• Ability : Magic
• Hobby : Magic
• Nickname : Emotional Seob. Because he is always so emotional
• Role Model : Kikwang. He is inspired by Kikwang’s abilities.
• Pro : Happy, nice, sweet
• Con : Doen’t get mad. He might actually really pop one day.
• Motto : Wa to the rm. Loves warm atmospheres!

LEE GIKWANG

• Age : 21 / Height : 170.5cm / Weight : 58kg
• Job : Workout Trainer
• Location : Apgujeong
• Special ability : Power, Psychokinesis. Has enormous amount of strength. But because of the love for his muscles, he only uses the special powers when he has to.
• Ability : Working out
• Nickname : Strong shorty (he really doesn’t like it)
• Hobbies : Working out. Even though he isn’t at a gym, he uses anything around him to work out.
• Role model : The chief workout trainer
• Pro : Can get along with anyone. His simple mind is charming to many.
• Con : Can’t get to know anyone too well. He looks like he is focused on the conversation, but goes in one ear and out the another.
• Motto : You make your muscles on your own

SON DONGWOON

• Age : 20 / Height : 180cm / Weight : 64kg
• Location : Chongdam / Living with his grandma in an apartment
• Job : Personal tutor
• Special ability : Photographic memory. He can remember every little thing he saw down to the smallest detail. Even rushing through a book, he can remember everything like he took a picture of it.. However, after an hour he returns to his clear minded state.
• Ability : Cleaning
• Nickname : Arab prince
• Hobbies : Cooking food for others. Because he learned from a cook book others have a hard time eating.
• Role model : Yong Junhyung. He looks up to him and hates him. What’s the point of taking girls out to shopping and walking them home. They all go to Yong Junhyung in the end.
• Pro : Memorization
• Con : Because he learned everything from a book it isn’t realistic. Especially when it comes to dating.
• Motto : This dirty world only remembers Yong Junhyung

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[NEWS] 120731 BEAST's fan sign a great success, ‘Myungdongil got mobbed’

Because of group BEAST's fan sign Myungdongil got mobbed.

BEAST had done the fan signing event at a make-up store they are going to model for on the 31st.

1 thousand BEAST fans came and covered the whole shop. This is a very rare event in the afternoons so there were a lot of fans that came to see BEAST. They were able to feel the popularity.

The members enjoyed the fan signing by holding their hands and greeting them with smiles. Like a Hollywood star they have interacted with Japanese fans and Chinese fans instead of only greeting Korean fans. Some of Japanese fans were too excited that they couldn't hold it in.

BEAST said "Thank you for giving us all these attention, and we will show more of unique sides of us as models." and also "We will return the favor by having fun with the new song."

CREDITS: Arts News (SOURCE); Hyomsterr7 @ B2STRISING (TRANS)

12.07.31 B2ST to star in their own action fantasy comic series, ‘The Beast’

B2ST will be making their debut as mahnhwa characters through the work of artist Jena!

Scheduled for release on August 22nd, the members will be the leading characters in Jena’s upcomingmahnhwa series, ‘The Beast‘. The action fantasy series, which took three years of preparation, will focus on the boys discovering new supernatural powers and their adventures on saving the world as new superheros.

Jena herself is a widely known artist online, with her previous series including ‘19 and 21‘ and ‘Girl the Wilds‘. Also participating in the series is writer Kim Hak Bun, who’s written for dramas and movies like ‘Monster 2′ and ‘Runway‘.

The series will be distributed with a focus on the international market as well as the domestic market as a ‘OSMU (One Source Multi Use)’ product. Fans can expect to see various contents like animation series and games coming out in the near future.

The first part will come out on August 22nd, for a total of six parts in the series.

cr: allkpop

12.07.31 Idol stars who are often mistaken as the youngest member of their group

The above collage of idol stars recently surfaced on an online community board, and is becoming a hot topic of conversation amongst netizens.

Seeing the post titled ‘Idol stars who are often mistaken for maknaes‘, fans began discussing the group members who look young for their age, sometimes even younger than their team’s actual maknaes.

The top choice was B2ST‘s Yoseob. The singer who turned 23 in Korea boasts a baby face and is often mistaken as the youngest member of his group. Likewise, 2NE1‘s Sandara Park (Dara) who was born in 1984 turns 29 in Korea this year, however, her age is not obvious, even when standing side by side with group maknae Minzy who is ten years her junior.

T-ara‘s eldest member Boram is often mistaken as the youngest member thanks to her petite frame, while 2PM‘s Wooyoung is actually a year older than youngest member Chansung. KARA‘sSeungyeon is actually 6 years older than Jiyoung.

Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon also looks extremely young for her age, and is often mistaken as the youngest member of her group.

Netizens who came across this post left responses such as, “They all look like the youngest members“, “These members are actually a lot older than I thought“, and more.

cr: allkpop