The Star
Picture this. You walk into a vintage book store with the most expansive collection of your favorite comic books. There's coffee brewing in the distance as soft jazz plays in the background. You pick out one of your childhood favorite mangas and flip through the pages, allowing the smell of books to permeate the air around you. Turning the corner to sit down with it, you find a young man with books all around him, taking up a spot on the reading couch. He looks up and it's none other than Kim JongHyeon. End scene.
This is Booked & Busy, a Kpopmap series where we explore the reading habits of your favorite idols, and the star of this week's article is Kim JongHyeon.
Formerly a member (and the leader) of the legendary K-Pop group NU'EST and currently a successful soloist and actor, Kim JongHyeon is a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry. While his journey to the top wasn't a path of roses, as he went through countless struggles in his trainee life, his career was more than rewarding as fans showered him with love and affection from all over the world. As his personality opened up to fans alongside his talent, we came to know just how avid of a comic book fan JongHyeon is and has been since his childhood.
Throughout the course of his career, JongHyeon has constantly shared his love for anime, manga, and manhwa. As a matter of fact, he is widely considered the animanga expert in K-Pop! He is often giving out recommendations to fans and even got his fellow members into anime as they watched it together with him!
The way JongHyeon's eyes light up with passion w
