Episode 2 - Lub-Dub ☆ What Am I Good At?

## Lub-Dub ☆ What Am I Good At?

"**Lub-Dub ☆ What Am I Good At**?" (두근두근☆내가 잘하는 것은?) is the second episode of *Shining Star*. It first aired on October 23, 2017 on MBC, and was posted on the YouTube channel on February 5, 2019.

## Synopsis

*Nara officially starts attending Shining Star School and is given the Mission to discover her talent.*

## Summary

Standing outside of Shining Star School, Nara celebrates being accepted and takes a few pictures with Shin -who is embarrassed by her behavior- and the various scenery as Hendel talks about its various attributes. Going through the school Nara enjoys learning about the classes and equipment being offered to the students, with the exception of realizing she will still have to study. Her mood perks up again when she recalls that Noah also attends this school, and she begins getting pictures and touching various items she believes he must have made contact with. As Jin goes to suggest they head to the Auditorium, he looks to realize she's gone missing.

Within the school building, Nara admires watching Noah perform in his idol group "*Friday*" when an older man approaches her. He's amused by her casual behavior and explains that as a student she should be aiming to make it to the stage as well. Nara assures him she's going to do her best and thanks him before taking off, with Jin arriving just in time to have missed her. The man tries having a conversation with him but Jin leaves.

He quickly locates Nara and brings her to the Auditorium, where an assembly is going to be held. Nara is amazed being surrounded by the other students -along with the girl next to her, who is gathering information- and various figures step on stage to welcome the students, including the man she met earlier, Jackie Chun, who reveals he is the choreographer. Along with him is Shirley, a prior idol who is now the coach for vocal training and rap. Shirley goes on to introduce the school judges who will be grading the students: Big Jay, the principal of Shining Star School and a Producer of famous idols, and Caliope, a Director and Top Muse. Shirley goes on to announce that starting today, everyone will be working on Missions. When Nara expresses confusion, Hendel informs her that students must pass the missions -various tests- in order to become an official Idol. These usually involve using their Muse Cards and Magic Agent, and when one passes they will advance through the several rankings until officially Debuting and becoming a Top Idol, a Muse.

Shirley and Jackie go on to explain that their first mission will be to demonstrate their Talents. When classes resume they will be graded based on performance in class, then their final grade will be determined after a stage performance. The student with the highest score will obtain a new Coordi from the Milky Way series, made by the brand "*Scarlet Hill**"*. With that the assembly comes to an end.

Over the course of the day, various students are graded as the staff determines their various strengths and weaknesses. Hera is given a B, while See-a receives a C. Nara unfortunately gets an F, and throughout the day she is shown struggling with song, dance, she even gets an F for sighing in one class, and having a frowned upon attitude in another. All she can do is weep in defeat by the time it ends.

Meanwhile, Shirley and Jackie recall how amazing Nara's entrance audition was as they walk through the hall. They can't understand why she's having so much trouble, but Shirley wonders if something was wrong during it, stating that they have to weed out the poor students and send them home.

In another hallway, Hera, See-a, Lily, and Rose -who both got D grades- amaze surrounding students as they make their way through. Everyone is convinced Hera will be following in Caliope's footsteps because of her talents, and the gossiping girls follow her group into class, where they observe Rose making fun of Nara's lousy grade. Nara tries ignoring her but to her surprise, Hera makes an attempt to encourage her to keep trying, which seems to do the job. Nara decides to use the free time for self improvement, dancing and exercising, but she begins feeling discouraged after losing count multiple times. Jin brings up her F grades having heard about them from someone else but Nara refuses to back down.

Later, Nara steps outside and has began to feel depressed once more. She can easily put on a brave face but she feels nervous about returning on the stage again. She picks the leaf from a twig in an attempt to raise her spirits, but this does nothing. Someone else offers to try in her place and she's delighted upon realizing its her beloved Noah. He sits down and picks off the leaf for her, getting a much better result this time and giving her some words of encouragement. He gets up as Jin returns and they exchange a few words, and as soon as he takes off Nara confronts Jin and asks of his relationship with Noah. Jin claims not to associate with "*sleazes*" like him, leaving Nara offended as he goes on to insult her for not taking things seriously. Nara still won't hear of it until Jin reveals the twig from before and shows her that there was still one leaf on it, Noah lied to Nara and she has no talent. Jin quickly realizes what he said and tries to backtrack and properly explain himself after noticing how angry she's become, but Nara seems to forge about him and fawns over how considerate Noah was.

Hera and Lily practice dancing when See-a and Rose arrive to join them. Lily demands an explanation and Rose brings up that See-a made a dance for Hera to perform. See-a tries to deny this and she refuses to disclose what the dance was for, taking off and leaving Rose to try smoothing things over.

At Nara's home, Jin sits down with her parents to enjoy a meal but they worry because Nara didn't show up. He brings up how she did lousy today and probably isn't in the mood to eat. Before he can take a bit of the delicious food, Nara's mother pulls it away saying he should have been helping her.

That night, Nara returns to the dance room to train when Shirley arrives to visit her. Seeing her struggle with a dance move, she properly demonstrates it and uses some time to help Nara.

Soon the "*Show Me Your Talent*" mission is coming to an end, and everyone will be stepping onto the stage to perform and receive their final grade for it. Hera is called onto stage first and she performs *Checkmate*, once again amazing the audience. Upon finishing she exits to find Nara waiting for her turn and she approaches to ask if she's alright. She suggests that she just relax and encourages her, excited to see her perform and leaves to change back into her uniform. Nara is then called onto the stage and she decides that she must try, even if she isn't talented. She chooses the Coordi she wore for the Entrance Audition and appears on stage. Before she performs *Shining Star*, Caliope and Big Jay discuss her poor grades and he starts to note how familiar this is after she remarks that this isn't a common thing to have a student with all F marks. Nara performs and she manages to activate the Starlight Coordi Twinkle again, and in this time Shirley believes she may have discovered Nara's true talent as an Idol.

Hera wins the coveted Coordi set due to having the highest marks. Nara is disappointed but they go on to congratulate her for performing so well despite her grades. Her passion was overflowing in the performance and it was very clear to everyone, so she must remember not to give up. Everyone applauds for her as Caliope goes on to encourage the students who fared poorly, and Nara takes these words to heart. After everything settles she rushes back to the training room, with Shirley and Jackie Jun observing her. He confesses that he still can't determine what her talent is, and with amusement Shirley informs him: it's Nara's passion and determination.

## Major Events

* Nara begins attending Shining Star School.
* Nara speaks to Noah for the first time and learns that Jin has a past with him.
* Hera receives a coord from the brand new Milky Way coordi line.