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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-12-31 10:44:35
SEOUL December 31 (Yonhap) -- One of the biggest dilemmas Webtoon and web novels go through is either to follow along the lines of the original story or to revise the ending or the plot.
For now the battle between revision and the originality, seems to be sided towards decent amount of revision. As the series released throughout the end of the years feature revised plot light suitable for its viewers, the idea of revising the plot line is getting more positive feedback.
JTBC’s drama series “Reborn Rich” which exceeded over 26 percent viewing rate originates from the Web Novel “Reborn Rich.” Despite of the well written structure of the original novel, one of the reasons for such grand hit was the revision process done throughout the production of drama series.
Jin Yang-chul throughout the novel loves his grandchild Jin Do-jun to a point where he would raise him up very high once Jin Yang-chul returns home from work. However in the drama series, Jin Yang-chul acted by Lee Sung-min and Jin Do-jun acted by Song Joong-ki are showcased in a very confrontational relationship.
Throughout the series Jin Do-jun goes against the giant who seems to be invincible to take down, providing the exhilaration among viewers.
Moreover, the drama series increased the amount of fun by going through revision process. In the original series, the killer of Yoon Hyun-woo is showcased very clearly in the early stages of the story, however in the drama version of “Reborn Rich” they play out the mystery to continue on throughout the whole series.
Through such revision, “Reborn Rich” successfully managed to received the highest viewing rates every week, however due to a different ending compared to its original series, a lot of viewers were very disappointed.
Within the original series, Jin Do-jun finally becomes the CEO of Soonyang, however in the drama series, Jin Do-jun dies and Yoon Hyun-woo returns back to his life and repent. The twisted ending led a lot of viewers in disappintment.
However, Wavve’s original series, “Weak Hero Class 1” is also one of the series succeeded by flipping Webtoon into a drama series.
The overlaying idea of Yeon Si-eun acted by Park Ji-hoon who is a smart student who falls in to the category of top 1 percent, fights against bullies by forecasting what kind of moves they will make has been stripped off from the original work exactly and pasted into the drama series. However, the drama series include number of new characters and additional setting where character Oh Beom-seok is a son of a congressman.
Drama series using the intellectual property of the well known webtoon or web novels have the benefit of using the fame and fan base of the series to kick off their series.
Currently drama series such as “The Forbidden Marriage,” “Unlock My Boss,” “Connect” and “Island” are all based on the IP of webtoons and web novels.
However the success of the drama series basing off the IP of webtoons and web novels are still a mystery.
Pop culture critic Kim Sung-su pointed out that “Drama series are unlike webtoons and web novels where readers are the ones filling up the missing pieces of the contents with their imaginations,” adding “Drama series might be criticize with lack of relatedness despite the fact that in webtoons and web novels looked fine.”
Moreover he addressed “Flipping webtoons and web novels into drama series mean you need to add more details to individual characters and details on how things play out.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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