Summary: My thoughts on what sanrio characters zb1 would be based off of their personality
Author Note: Was feeling a little silly and thought this was a good idea (I'm also a fat sanrio fan so this is very self indulgent)
ᴋɪᴍ ᴊɪᴡᴏᴏɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴋᴜʀᴏᴍɪ
both of them look tough on the outside but are secretly sweet on the inside
defo people that pretend they listen to hard rock and then cry themselves to sleep with a ballad instead
the most misunderstood :(
but that means their also the ones to always include people and would rather die than make someone feel left out
i feel like the reason why i felt like jiwoong and kuromi matched the most in my head is because of how enigmatic and mysterious their personalities are made out to be
but trust that my man is a true softie at heart
ᴢʜᴀɴɢ ʜᴀᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ᴍᴇʟᴏᴅʏ
do you see how coquette this man is
this paring is literally why i made this whole post
defo see my melody as a kind and gentle person
with hao as mother, everything in my head just clicked
the most calm and collected out of all of zb1, but that's probably just because he's an introvert in a room full of extroverts
also think that they both have such a strong liking for cute and pink things
mans literally said his favorite colour is pink
this pairing can not be any more perfect than it already is
ꜱᴜɴɢ ʜᴀɴʙɪɴ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇʟʟᴏ ᴋɪᴛᴛʏ
you can not convince me that hanbin isn't main character coded
this is his world and we're just living in it
both of them have so many friends its insane, and are defo more on the talkative side
also feel like both of them are very dramatic
like have you seen this man every single time something mildly suprising happens
hes shocked to the core, on the floor, disgusted, making the weirdest facial expressions known to man
ALSO LOOK AT HOW CUTE BOTH OF THEM ARE
i rest my case
ꜱᴇᴏᴋ ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴏᴍᴘᴏᴍᴘᴜʀɪɴ
the embodiment of a puppy
both of them are very playful and energetic in the cutest way possible
like have you seen this mans natural aegyo
they also spread positivity absolutely everywhere they go
like its oozing out of them
i refuse to believe that matthew has ever cried because when you have a smile like that why would you ever do anything other than show it off????
can you tell i like his smile...
ᴋɪᴍ ᴛᴀᴇʀᴀᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴇᴋᴋʟᴇ
i was seriously debating between whether putting him or yujin as cinnamoroll bcs in my head yujin kinda fit pochacco too
BUT then i remembered that pekkle. is. a. duck!?!?!?
that literally solved all my internal conflict
LOOK AT THEMMMMMMMM
both soft hearted to the core
also a little sassy but i think we expected that
i did a little research and apparently pekkle is really good at singing and dancing
literally so many similarities
matching them together is a canon moment in my life
ꜱʜᴇɴ Qᴜᴀɴʀᴜɪ ᴀꜱ ᴄʜᴏᴄᴏᴄᴀᴛ
honestly this is less about personality and more about appearance
chococat being a black cat is so perfect that i had absolutely no choice but to give it to ricky
AND YOU SEE THAT STRAWBERRY PHONE CASE IN THE PICTURE?!?!?
as a strawberry enthusiast i think that ricky would approve
moving on, i think he's a playful and funny character
defo looks cold at first but once you warm up to him you see how he pays attention to the little details
lovelicky fr
ᴋɪᴍ ɢʏᴜᴠɪɴ ᴀꜱ ᴋᴇʀᴏᴘᴘɪ
look at this man and tell me he's not keroppi coded
sososososo cheerful and bright
he's literally one of he main mood makers of the group
also very mischievous too
i mean look at him teasing ricky every 3 seconds or annoying yujin with his love
and maybe this is the inner delulu speaking but i also think he actually looks like keroppi?!?!?
someone pls agree with me or ill cry no i really will
ᴘᴀʀᴋ ɢᴜɴᴡᴏᴏᴋ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴜxᴇᴅᴏ ꜱᴀᴍ
ik this is kind of a weird one
but you need to understand the vision
i feel like theyre both HUGE nerds (in the best way possible)
like you know how gunwook always sprouts random facts, or goes into a rant about information that no normal person would know???
yeah. thats what i mean.
i also feel like they're both really laid back people that love to enjoy the moment they're in to the fullest
i will continue pushing this agenda until everyone is brainwashed to agree with me
ʜᴀɴ ʏᴜᴊɪɴ ᴀꜱ ᴄɪɴɴᴀᴍᴏʀᴏʟʟ
we all saw this coming
so baby
thats all i have to say
literally just shy little cuties trying to make their way through life the best they can
once they warm up to you though...
they genuinely can't shut up
will say the weirdest things at the weirdest times for absolutely no reason
but they get a free pass because LOOK AT THEM OML IM GONNA DIE
the way i can see yujin using the excuse "i'm just a boy"
author note: no one asked for this but after stanning zb1 i decided to watch boys planet for the lore and now I need to get my thoughts off my chest. I'm also too lazy to talk about them all so ill only do the ones that stood out to me.
ʟᴀᴡ (ᴘʀᴏᴅ. ᴄᴢᴀᴇʀ)
starting off strong with this banger
i was SEATED from beginning to end
genuinely one of my favorite performances out of all of them just because of how powerful and visually clean this group was on stage
the beat had me hooked from the start
LOOK AT MY LIPS, LOOK AT MY HIPS, LOOK AT ME SLAYING THIS WHOLE WORLD
phanbin's facial expressions left me in shock
this man's stage presence is so strong
didn't really notice him before this but now he has all my attention
i also think that his rapping has improved a lot since the start
and don't get me started on na kamden
honestly one of the only reasons why this isn't my all time favorite stage is just because of how much they focused on the dance aspect
like with people like yujin and zihao on the team, i can see why that might have been a conscious decision
but making everything so dance focused when it was a dance AND rap stage made it seem like something was lacking
my man kamden still slayed tho
the deep voice, the slight rasp, the flow control
lock me up your honor because i love him
NOW ONTO YUJIN
the deep voice had me GAGGED
what happened to my son?!?!??!? (can you tell he's one of my bias wreakers)
puberty hit him hard and fast
genuinely thought he had the killing part for a hot second because that little leg kicky thing that he did?!?!? absolute gold.
he also ate up his little part of the dance break choreo
the way he was so proud when back koo-young praised his dance made my heart heal a little
on the other hand, the way mnet didn't post anything about wang zihao making the second part of the dance break!?!?!
like they gave him no screentime at all
but i also love how everyone was hyping him up in the comments and informing everyone that he choreographed some of the song
cause that man's krumping is not a joke
hes so talented and i hope more people listen to his solo works
THE LEG DROP THE LEG DROP THE LEG DROP THE LEG DROP
will never stop talking about it bcs the people need to know
i left yedam for last because he didn't really stand out to me in this performance :( even with the killing part
defo loved his raspy voice in the intro though i think i really tied everything together
as yunseo said i could feel the madness in his eyes and it was really impressive to say the least
i think he had the least impression just because of how strong his other teammates were
plus the cohesiveness of the whole performance made it hard to pick him out from the crowd
but as a whole it was a really amazing stage that felt super professional and it slowly became one of my favorites out of all boys planet performances.
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ᴍᴀɴ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ
taerae. thats all i have to say.
before this performance he was one of my bias wreakers
now i have a feeling he's becoming my ult
he OWNED this stage hands down and I'm so glad that people agree with me
everyone's saying that this is the moment where his debut was secured and i honestly agree
i mean look into his sparkly passionate eyes and tell me that you don't absolutely adore him and think he's the most amazing, cute, talented, person ever
youngjoon saying he loved taerae's smile is my roman empire because SAME BESTIE, SAME
overall this performance didn't really speak to me when i first watched it because i've heard the original and that put my expectations SKY high (listen to infinite people)
but as i rewatched it and started really getting into it to it i got the hype
i feel like he really deserved more credit with how well he was supporting and the amount of emotion in his voice
his high note with taerae also made me feel something
mingyu being loud also made me laugh a little
i was also pleasantly surprised with his vocals considering how he sounded in that viral video of him practicing loudly
i think his improvement should be studied fr cause i think he added a sense of humor and amusement to the stage which i genuinely don't hate
woojin was the one who stood out the least to me which i predicted from the start
as sub vocalist 3 but main rapper i thought the rap would let him have his time to shine but personally mingyu stole the show
mnet also gave him like 3 whole seconds of exposure throughout the whole performance which may have been another reason why i felt he was the weakest of the 4
genuinely feel like that was a more broadcasting issue than a him issue though which makes me sad :(
overall a really sweet and cute stage that i would defo rewatch whenever i have the time
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ᴛᴏᴍʙᴏʏ
ya'll they're called aces for a reason because this performance ate the house DOWN
literally the second i saw hanbin, zhang hao, gunwook, and hui on the same team i knew it was over
also the way i didn't know hoe-taek was hui from pentagon was shameful (don't come for me pls)
i literally figured it out after i saw a tiktok saying that when he was singing tomboy he was singing his ex-girlfriends, ex-group's song(he dated soojin for the ppl that don't know)
the way i went into shock for a hot minute
anyways back to the performance
love love loved zhang hao's prechorus
i feel like it felt really rushed and emotional but in the best way possible
even with the sub vocalist 1 and sub rapper 1 positions (plus the fact that he didn't get the killing part) i think that he really got the most out of his lines and made the performance his own
the way they changed "why are you cranky boy" to "why are you cranky girl" kind of threw me off though
like let them embrace their inner twink mnet
censoring the chorus of the song also kind of disappointed me cause i felt that it made the song feel less powerful
but i already knew it was coming as bp is meant to be a "family friendly" broadcast (I'm say this in the most sarcastic way possible)
gunwooks rap tho...
the way it was stuck in my head for a solid week is probably really unhealthy but i don't care
TOO MANY PEOPLE, AND TOO MANY PROBLEMS, TOO MANY PROUDLY, AND TOO MANY cute~
like yes KING speak your truth
on a side note can we appreciate their outfits because i was stunned from the second i saw them
it was giving alt rock fashion in the best way possible
will never get over that pink shirt on gunwook and hanbin's almost natural hair look
give those stylists a raise
the duet that hanbin and hui had while holding each other and making eye contact gave me the absolute chills
they were creating such a powerful atmosphere while also serving killer vocals
and hui's high note after all that left me shook bcs you're telling me this man sang all of that and still had the breath to go into a long, stable highnote!?!?
i don't believe you
okay i promise this is the last thing im gonna talk about but the "its neither man nor woman" part left me REELING
the adlibs, the high note, the layering of vocals was all chefs kiss
that was the cherry on top to this whole performance and the second i heard that i knew they would win
every second of this stage was charged with passion and emotion and im living for it
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ᴢᴏᴏᴍ
THE it stage
in most of the personal rankings i've seen online this stage has come first
and honestly i get it
its such a refreshing change from all the other performances and it truly feels fun and enjoyable
like i love how every single person got to shine in their own way
the way park hyun been ate UP though
like when i first watched the performance i was so surprised because since when has he been this good at rapping!?!? maybe that's just me tho
him, haruto, and keita definitely carried the rapping for me
about keita
I love him sm he's actually such a cutie with his little hat
in fact unpopular opinion but i actually liked the stage aesthetics in general including the outfits
idk what it was but the neon green was hitting real hard (its the inner neo in me)
And the RAPPING oml i had to take a breather after he finished his rap because i was in SHOCK
one of the best self-made raps ive heard, and the flow is just so controled
i'm also in love with his rapping voice in general??? idk what it is but it makes me feel some type of way
defo one of the main stars for me, but i think you all saw that coming because look at him
ollie coming in with his little rap made me so happy cause he's genuinely such a cute
not as strong as the other rappers (and as sub rapper 3 i expected that) but he still made an impact in the performance which i love
now i've saved the best one for last
WUMUTI-TI-TI
she's got a point, she's an icon, she's a legend, and she IS the moment
i can't even say his name properly anymore bcs of this
defo the highlight of this performance and one of the main reasons i love it
also the the way that no one was talking about wumuti's vocals?!?!?
his high note when he sang "lights camera action baby" should go into the history books fr
if i had to pick one trainee that owned this song i wouldn't be able to because of how well rounded everyone on this performance was
their teamwork and their overall fun natures just made this stage x10000 better
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ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴋɪʟʟᴀ
when i tell you i was SAT for the entirety of this performance you better believe it
the way this performance had so many iconic moments
"hush hush" and "I'm sorry did I make you anxious?"
yes. yes you did.
THE kim jiwoong saying THAT line?!?!
im sobbing
but then i also remembered how cute he was when he was begging for the killing part and showing off his english to mathew in the behind scenes
like give his man a high five because he ate that up
iconic moment no.2 isn't even part of the performance but i can't leave this out because it's a cannon moment
"How many years have you been performing love killa??"
best believe that my man gyuvin ate that up fr
he spoke the truth and only the truth
also his stage presence throughout the whole song was crazyyyyyyy
literally had to rewatch it again just to focus on him and his facial expressions
and the way that mathew and seo won carried the vocals made me so proud
it wasn't really a vocally powerful song and i feel like it had the same issue as law but instead of not enough emphasis on the rap it was the vocals
but they still tried their best and i think that they did stand out in some ways
now the OUTFITS i have to talk about
these stylists need a raise fr cause the way that the red suits fit the stage so well
but the way that they covered seo won and gyuvin's chest made me giggle a little
overall i would say that its defo not as polished as some of the other performances, but the overall concept and vibe suited all the trainees so much that the execution was bound to be amazing
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ᴍɪꜱᴄ
these are just a few noteworthy moments from the performances i didn't talk about
i need to get this off my chest
cha woongki carried the feel special team on his back
they better have thanked all the gods above that gunwook kicked him out of his first pic otherwise that performance would have been so screwed
the way it felt like a whole solo song just for him because no one else wanted to sing :(
another thing i wanted to talk about was the limousine performance
the way i was shocked by how good it was
they trashed mnet, they ate, and then they left (literally)
i was gonna talk about it but i didn't have the time, so just know that it has a very special place in my heart
special mention number 3 goes to jongwoo
as a rapper being put in a VERY vocally difficult song like home, im so glad that he overcame the difficulties and placed 1st cause he deserves it
his facial expressions never fail to get me every time
i also think he's such an amazing leader and deserves credit for that
might be a little biased though cause he's one of my favorite boys planet trainees
