Tainted Star · The Producer's Trap Episode 4 / 8
After a successful performance, the idols of StellaResta face a crisis when a tabloid threatens to leak damaging information. Music Producer Kurozuka Atsuya reveals himself as the source and uses the threat to blackmail Ibuki into a sexual relationship to protect her teammate Koharu and their manager, Matsunami. As Ibuki suffers under his cruelty, it is revealed that Koharu has also fallen under Kurozuka's influence, creating a toxic dynamic of obsession and control behind the scenes of their idol careers.
