Yōtō High School.
It was one of the few combined junior and senior high schools in Japan with a Performing Arts Department, and it was the school Duanmu Huai and Ruby would be attending. Naturally, both of them had chosen the Performing Arts Department.
For Duanmu Huai, the reason was simple—the department had low admission scores!
He had been reincarnated and still had to work hard at his studies? What kind of nightmare was this?!
Being a teacher was one thing, but being a student was an entirely different matter, all right!
Duanmu Huai's enrollment also caused quite a stir at Yōtō High School.
Ruby, on the other hand, attracted no attention at all.
The reason was simple too. In Japan's entertainment industry, actors belonged to the highest tier. Among actors, kabuki performers ranked first, film actors second, and television actors last.
Duanmu Huai had been making films since childhood, with a steady output of one film every year or two. He had even won several film awards. Although he had not played many protagonists and had more often taken on villains or bosses, he was still a household-name film star in Japan.
Incidentally, the tiers below actors were singers, entertainers, and then idols.
That was right. In the entertainment industry's hierarchy of disdain, idols belonged to the lowest tier, sitting at the very bottom. In other words, even the half-naked comedians on variety shows ranked higher than idols.
That was another reason why Hoshino Ai's television role had been cut down to a single scene despite her excellent performance.
On one hand, she did not know how to restrain herself. On the other, she was an idol, which in this industry basically put her on the same level as gravure models who were regarded as low-grade actresses. Even an