Today’s Webtoon (2022)

Quick Take: Today’s Webtoon (2022),  starring  Choi Daniel, Nam Yoon-su, and Kim Se-jeong   9.1/10.  16 episodes, 60 minutes each.

Synopsis:   After years of competitive-level judo, On Ma-eum embarks on a new career as a webtoon editor.  Her job is to find and nurture webtoon artists, who all seem to be needy and temperamental.  Her immediate supervisor, the Deputy Editor (Choi Daniel) mentors her.  Her cynical co-worker Goo Jun-yeong is gradually won over by her dedication and enthusiasm.   Her novice artist is nurtured toward mental health.  The romance element is somewhat lacking but otherwise all good.

Review: Kim Se-jeong plays much the same cheerful, feisty character as in Business Proposal (2022), a bigger hit which aired right before Webtoon.  It was nice to see two leading men who are not from the usual pantheon.  Supporting roles played well include Ko Chang-seok as Ma-eum’s father,  Im Chul-soo as a webtoon artist with a neurotic girlfriend, and rising actor Kim Do-hoon as a wanna-be webtoon artist with serious trauma issues that get ignored way too long.

Rewatchable - 3, Compelling - 4, Plot/ Story/Writing - 9,  Acting/Casting - 10, Production - 10,  Bonus -  5.     Bonus points for solid character development, and insights into the business of publishing webtoons.

Notes:

Choi Daniel

has been acting steadily in films and television dramas since 2008; he is also a radio anchorman and DJ. See him also in School 2013 (2013), Jugglers (2017), and The Ghost Detective (2018).

Nam Yoon-su

made his debut as a model in 2014 and made his acting debut through music video soon after. He has been acting in films and television since 2018, quickly acquiring an impressive resume`. See him in Extracurricular (2020), Beyond Evil (2021), and The King’s Affection (2021).

Kim Se-jeong

has been in two K-pop girl groups, I.O.I. and Gugudan. She is currently active as a solo singer and an actress, best known for School 2017 (2017), The Uncanny Counter (2020), and Business Proposal (2022).