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Han: “Steven or Park Juwon?” JL: ⁉️⁉️

Shipping aside, it’s hilarious how they’re drumming up jealousy between the three members because it’s actually jealousy in friendships that are more intense 😆

You can easily let go of a crush or even a significant other, but grudges in friendships can last a lifetime 😅

(Or, according to Juwon, at least three years 😆)

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This is what happens when eight (8) young adults in their early to mid twenties are raising one (1) teenager fresh out of middle school together.

Daisuke is such a menace 🤣

It’s so funny how Steven is so stressed about Daisuke not eating his vegetables—which to be fair is a very valid concern—but all things considered, there’s something both amusing and heartwarming about how that’s the only problem Steven has as the leader.

He himself has said that all the members listen to him well, which he’s thankful for.

Except, apparently, when it comes to making the maknae eat his vegetables 😆🥲

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The protectiveness of the hyungs—Steven (25), Woongki (23), even Han (22)—over the group makes a lot of sense when you realize they all started training in the industry really young.

Nearly all at the same age too: 15-16 years old.

That's currently the age of their maknae: Daisuke.

And it makes a whole lot of sense why they go out of their way to be protective of the group—especially through something as blatant as their wolf pack formation when going through the airport—precisely because they know exactly what it's like, for the dongsaengs.

The hyungs themselves have already been through it all, when they were younger—when they were at the same age as their maknae is now.

And that's why they're so protective.

They're giving the protection they themselves needed back then when they were kids, too.

That's why their wolf pack formation makes so, so much sense:

Woongki at the front, Steven at the back—and Han right beside Daisuke.

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Getting to know AHOF now is a little disorienting because seeing how Steven (25) and Jeongwoo (24) are both older than Yeo Jingoo (23) when he played Han Joowon means the series really deliberately made him age up: both in terms of looks and characterization.

'Cause looking at Steven and Jeongwoo now makes me realize how their age is still so young—and yet they are to me now exactly the right age to debut (or redebut, in Steven's case) as idols, because they now have the right maturity and experience to give phenomenal performances.

(Which is why it still blows my mind why the industry keeps insisting on debuting younger and younger idols as the years pass by. Why is the Kpop industry regressing like this??)

'Cause wow, Yeo Jingoo was really, really young to play such a mature character in Han Joowon.

But then looking at his behind the scenes where he's still so carefree, it makes sense.

That is the real Jingoo, that is his real age.

He acted so well that it does make you forget how he was (and still is) so young.

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For those who want to get into AHOF but don’t know where to begin, here’s a curated list of performances, variety shows, behind videos, interviews, and other miscellaneous content for you to start with.

This is by no means an exhaustive list, as AHOF have a LOT of content already—considering they've only debuted on July 1, 2025!—and I didn't include all of it as it might be overwhelming. As it is, these ones are a good place to start if you want to check them out!

AHOF Starter Pack

I. Music and Performance

A. MyK Festa (pre-debut, Universe League original songs - AHOF versions)

Ignition (Team Rhythm)

Butterfly (Team Groove)

Mamma Mia (Team Beat)

B. Debut showcase (full)

C. Music Videos

The Little Star (Intro Film, shortened version of the song, full song in album)

Rendezvous (Title Track)

The Universe (B-side)

D. Music shows 

M Countdown

Music Bank

Music Core

Inkigayo

The Show

Show Champion

Music Core part 2 (my favorite stage)

E. Other performance videos

Studio Choom

Line Dance

M2 (with childhood costumes)

Dance Practice

F. SBS Gayo Daejeon Summer Festival 2025

II. Variety Shows

A. AHOF’s Funniest Videos (own content)

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

B. Other variety shows

On Your Artist

Idol Human Theatre

Idol DKDK Club

Weekly Idol

Dancing Queen Che Rina

Idol Radio

III. Magazine Interviews

The Star Magazine interview

The Star Magazine (random dance)

Singles Korea

IV. Behind The Scenes

Recording Behind

MV Behind

Dance Practice Behind

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See, this is also why Daisuke is deliberately at the center of their wolf pack formation when going through the airport.

Because otherwise, he will get left behind 😅🥲

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Every other position is the same, with each hyung partnered with a dongsaeng + a foreigner partnered with someone who speaks fluent Korean:

JL and Juwon (Filipino hyung + Korean dongsaeng)

Han and Daisuke (Korean hyung + Japanese dongsaeng)

Shuaibo and Chihen (Chinese hyung + Taiwanese dongsaeng—both are native Mandarin speakers but Chihen is (for now) more fluent in Korean)

Daisuke, of course, is still safely protected in the center surrounded by all his hyungs. And Jeongwoo the military idol is still positioned in front of the pack.

The paired up teams are clever too, because aside from having a hyung protect a dongsaeng, should a pair gets isolated from the group, communication won’t be a problem.

During their trip to China where Steven was leading from the front, he kept looking back to check on the members, so perhaps for this trip to Japan, Steven feels more at ease this way where he can keep an eye on ALL of them.

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happy debut day! ♡

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AHOF: THE UNIVERSE (2025)

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DUOS in RENDEVOUS

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AHOF: ‘소년, 무대 위로 넘어지다' intro film (2025)

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AHOF: RENDEZVOUS (2025)

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Someone commented on my Tiktok saying this is a wolf pack protecting their cubs—and considering there is almost a ten-year difference between the leader and the maknae—I am now severely unwell.

I’ve been a Kpop fan for a long time now and with how many groups I’ve known, I’ve never seen dynamics like this.

It’s so fascinating how fiercely they’ve adapted a family dynamic so quickly.

Considering they adapted this same formation flying in and out of China—their first overseas travel as a group—this was clearly intentional. This was planned.

Some fans call it a “wolf pack formation” and I’m inclined to agree: the strongest ones on the outside protecting the vulnerable ones inside.

The amount of thought and consideration that went into positioning Daisuke too—their maknae, who is nine years younger than their leader, Steven—to be protected from all sides by all his hyungs is both touching and clever.

Steven and Woongki being at the front and back of the pack is intentional too, as the longest active idols in the industry, because they have the experience to act if things go south.

And the fact that they’re a group made up of six nationalities—Australian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese—it’s riveting to see how they all come together to protect each other.

They clearly don’t have enough bodyguards (yet), so it seems as if the hyungs took it upon themselves to protect their dongsaengs—even making sure that a hyung is literally partnered with a dongsaeng to protect: JL to Juwon, Han to Daisuke, Shuaibo to Chihen.

And Jeongwoo, the only one among them who has already completed his military service, positioned in the front of the pack with Steven.

And their maknae. God, no one is touching Daisuke without going through all eight of his hyungs first, and I’m so grateful a kid like him—who shouldn’t even be in this industry so young—has all eight of them looking out for him.

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Also I really gotta commend Mizukami Koshi's acting here in Episode 3.

Yashiro Masato here is a far cry from the stony, stoic character he was initially presented in the first two episodes. His monstrousness is starting to creep up the surface, and it's so visceral, as you see in him traces of the ice he inherited—and perhaps learned—from the monster that is his father.

I can see clearly why Masato is this way, when his father raised him like that.

And it's so, so fascinating that the story is choosing to head this way: that it's Masato who's the monster.

That it's the son you'd think is the monster, and not the father.

This is the story's brilliant red herring, and—if the pay off will be executed well—will juxtapose how different he is from his father in the end—

Precisely because, at this point of the story, they are so, so alike.