It takes an avid fan to know how to commit. That explains how the Buddha became the ultimate favorite for 28-year-old artist Gye So-young, a Gen Z creator who previously channeled her devotion into anime, K-pop icons G-Dragon and BLACKPINK's Jennie, and baseball star Shohei Ohtani. Gye, a Buddhist painter who runs the YouTube channel "Biguni Yeonseupsaeng" (Buddhist nun trainee), chronicles this spiritual shift in her debut essay collection, "The Buddha Is My Bias: An Otaku's At-Home Exploration of Buddhism," released July 30 by Bulkwang Publishing. The book departs from the usual solemnity of religious literature with its cheerful premise of an art student treating ancient philosophy as her latest obsession. The book stands out by offering a playful Gen Z take on Buddhist teachings. Gye maps the Buddhist idea of impermanence — the reality that all things change — to G-Dragon's hit song "Crooked" and its refrain about nothing lasting forever. She examines karma through a remark attributed to Ohtani, who likened picking up trash discarded by others to collecting the luck they left b