Saja Boys vanish under suspicious circumstances (satire entry)

Note: This story is based purely on studious observance of the plot of Kpop demon hunters to see what it would look like to an outside observer.

On June 30, the hit Boy Band sensation known as the Saja Boys let the world know they were having a special concert to celebrate their uncontested victory in numerous award ceremonies. Tens of thousands of people made their way to the Seoul Olympic Stadium to see them perform, and millions more tuned in on television or livestream. Then, after the show devolved into chaos, they vanished. They were previously known for their prolific social media presence, posting at least 10 times a day on each major social media platform. As of writing, they haven’t been heard from in months.

The Saja Boys had, only a few months prior, released their hit lead single “Soda Pop”. The song rapidly climbed the charts, becoming the most-streamed K-pop song of 2025. They had released a few other, less well-known, similarly bubbly singles and were planning to release their first album, Candy Lion (also known as Satang Saja). Their fans, known as the Pride, began a friendly rivalry with the HUNTR/X fandom. HUNTR/X, the reigning most popular rising star K-pop band of the 2020s, would go on to appear with the Saja Boys on the Play Games With Us variety show. This sparked a lot of interfandom collaboration and shipping in their fandoms. However, this peace between the fandoms would not last.

It was soon after this that strange things began to happen. At the idol awards, HUNTR/X started singing an unreleased single called Takedown, then seemingly broke up on stage. This led to the cancellation of the Idol Awards and effectively secured the Saja Boys’ de facto victory in numerous other award ceremonies. Meanwhile, disappearance rates increased worldwide, but particularly in South Korea. From here until June 30, disappearance rates in South Korea in this period averaged three times the national average. On June 30 they spiked as high as five times average. Fueling the fire is that the majority of these missing persons were fans of the saja boys. This sparked renewed accusations and arguments with the HUNTR/X fandom, and concerns about organized crime. Then, on June 30, came the fateful concert.

Numerous suspicious occurrences plagued the Saja Boys’ special celebratory concert. For starters, nobody who attended the concert virtually or in person remembered much of it. Eyewitness accounts report being plagued by all of their insecurities at once on the way to the concert, blacking out when they reached the stadium, awakening to a strange trance with blurred vision and HUNTR/X playing in the background, and leaving with a sense of warmth and accomplishment. Most of what can be gleaned about what actually happened comes from recorded broadcasts. The concert began with the Saja Boys rolling out their surprise new single, Your Idol. This song’s fiery demonic imagery, Latin chanting, and gothic influences were a startling departure from the Saja Boys’ typical bubbly fare. In addition, the Saja Boys appeared to levitate off the ground. It is suspected they used some sort of improvised wiring or other trick, but no rigging was found in the arena after the show. Toward the end of the song, all footage and audio from the event started to distort uncontrollably, becoming unintelligible for several minutes. When the audio resumed, it had, with no warning, transformed into a HUNTR/X /X concert with all of the special effects that entail, and the band was fully reunited. HUNTR/X unveiled another surprise single, This Is What It Sounds Like, complete with lead singer Rumi revealing her new tattoos. After the concert ended, the Saja Boys were never seen or heard from again.

After this, the Kpop scene was plagued by a sense of unease and conflict. This sense of unease escalated into a raging controversy following the formal release of Takedown and What It Sounds Like, along with the accompanying interview with HUNTR/X. On the subject of Takedown, HUNTR/X band member Mira said, “Yeah, I thought what we needed to win the idol awards was a killer diss track, but Rumi helped me see that it wasn’t really the song to unite our fans.” Mira went on to confirm the diss track was originally aimed at the Saja Boys. At this reveal, controversy consumed the Kpop fan base. Takedown has lyrics such as “A demon with no feelings don’t deserve to live, it’s so obvious”, and “I’ma cut you open, lose control, then rip out your heart.” Critics have characterized these lyrics as “Oddly dehumanizing”, and “More characteristic of a bad breakup song or a secret scandal coming to light than a friendly kpop competition”. In light of the disappearance of the Saja Boys and many of their fans, these lyrics have been seen as being in poor taste at best, or suspicious at worst.

Some people have even begun accusing HUNTR/X of murder, further pointing to how the Saja Boys seemingly disappeared in the middle of a concert and were replaced by HUNTR/X without warning. A few haven’t gone that far, but still suspect there may be some sort of major criminal element in the HUNTR/X fandom, pointing to the disappearance of the Saja Boys fans as evidence. HUNTR/X fans have suggested that the lyrics were merely chosen to match HUNTR/X’s punk demon hunter aesthetic, rather than to actually demonize the Saja boys. No conclusive proof has been found either way, but authorities are looking into it. Only time will tell the true story of the disappearances. Time will tell whether Huntr/x is gonna stay golden, or whether law enforcement needs to gear up and take them down.