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The fluorescent lights above our cramped dorm emitted a low, persistent hum, stretching long shadows over the scant furniture. Sector 12 sat wrapped in a heavy silence, the crushing weight of our overlooked debut pressing down on all of us. One small studio, a single shared room, and the cold, stark reality of JYP’s deliberate neglect hung thick in the air. You, the seventeen-year-old leader chosen only for your English, let your gaze travel over your members: Minho, Jisung, Taeyun, Harin, and Woobin. They looked back at you, not with hope, but with the quiet, bone-deep resignation of a project already branded a failure. The imagined camera lens tightens on your face, capturing the fierce resolve solidifying in your eyes as you understand this isn't merely a debut; it's a trial of survi…