Daytime Star

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This is a straightforward manhwa with no unnecessary drama or major plot twists. Slice of life and fluff to the max.
It puts a new meaning to what true love is. Hwang Yura’s character development was beautifully paced. Her slow rise to stardom was exhilarating to experience after reading what she’s been through and how she got to where she is now. Kang Seunghyun is mature, understanding, patient (debatable) throughout the story. If “she fell first, but he fell harder” was a manhwa, Daytime Star embodied it magnificently. If you stumble upon this manhwa and is on the fence of whether going for it or not, ... drop whatever you’re doing and just read it. Expect 10 years added in your lifespan by the end.

This manhwa hands down is one of (if not) the best adult idol/actor manhwa.

Daytime Star didn’t contain any unnecessary drama, and instead focused on the evolution of the main characters’ relationship. (The only drama in the manhwa was involving her ex-bf, which was very minor and collectively wasn’t more than 5 chapters).
The hardships both the ML and FL faced were realistic, and were all resolved throughout the manhwa, fitting its perfect length and ensuring it doesn't feel rushed.

Its very nice to be able to see a ML who is a green flag occasionally, as lately most MLs are toxic and very pushy towards the relationship. ... Kang respected Yura without forcing himself on her, something which happens in many famous manhwas and passes by unnoticed or marked as “hot”.
Yura on the other hand wasn't an annoying, pick me FL and didn't immediately and unrealistically agree to start dating Kang (i would have though because i am unrealistic)

The art is super gorgeous and the side characters are lovely.

This is a self-insert comic. And not a good one. Rather, this is on the level of telenovelas or Harlequin novels. I’m not being hyperbolic, that is exactly the level of content you can expect.

The story is about the protagonist’s actress career, but that’s secondary. The most important is that there are hunks, and that they are giving her attention. The plot is dime a dozen, the characters have no depth, it’s the usual “all important people are beautiful” writing, simply a land of fantasy that tries to pass of as real life. There's nothing about the characters that makes you say "wow, interesting, I ... wonder what will happen to them in the story, now I'm invested". Of course, nothing except "I do want to see more fanservice of those pretty people, damn".

There is just simply nothing interesting about this title unless you’re a middle aged woman in mood for some daydreaming. Sure, nothing wrong with that, but just because the comic fulfils this fantasy of yours doesn’t mean the comic is *good*.