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Two best friends, one cramped minimart, and a shared obsession with K-pop idols: the comedy here runs on how quickly closeness can curdle into competition when the consequences feel personal. The setting keeps everything nicely pressurized, fluorescent lights and overnight shifts giving jealousy nowhere to go but sideways.
Surrealist detours punctuate the more grounded friendship drama, so the humor can tip into the genuinely strange before pulling back to something warmer. Underneath the scheming and one-upmanship, both characters are navigating real questions about ambition and loyalty, and the show holds those threads seriously enough that the surprise ending carries actual weight rather than just flipping the script for effect.
idol-culture obsession, workplace rivalry and Comedy
Comedy and Drama
Season 1 · 8 episodes
Netflix
Friendship turns into rivalry as two obsessed K-pop fans working in the same minimart do whatever it takes to meet their idols in Korea.
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