‘Business Proposal’ and 4 Netflix 2022 K-Dramas Based on Webtoons
Netflix has a lot in store for Korean drama fans for 2022. Certain dramas like Thirty-Nine and Twenty-Five Twenty-One have developed a new fan base, and some dramas already have an established community. A few K-dramas that Netflix has lined up for 2022 are adaptations of popular webtoons. The streaming platform has been successful with webtoon-inspired dramas like Navillera.
‘Black Knight’ takes place in a dystopian world in the near future
Fans were excited to hear the news Netflix would be streaming Black Knight starring Kim Woo-bin, Kang You-seok, and Esom. Black Knight takes place in 2071. Air pollution has destroyed the Earth, with only 1% of the population has survived.
The population relies heavily on delivery services to stay alive. Parcel carriers are known as “delivery knights” and help keep citizens safe. Knight 5-8 (Kim) is a legend and skilled in combat. He meets Sa-wol, a refugee who dreams of becoming a knight.
Netflix’s upcoming 2022 K-drama Black Knight was originally a webtoon titled Taekbaegisa or Delivery Knight. Lee Yoon-Kyun wrote and illustrated the webtoon between 2016 and 2019 on Toomics.
Black Knight will be available to stream on Netflix.
‘All of Us Are Dead’ was a webtoon before becoming the biggest zombie Netflix K-drama of 2022
All of Us Are Dead has followed the success other K-dramas have seen on the streaming platform. The coming-of-age zombie drama follows a group of high school teenagers as a heinous virus takes over their school. Global fans gravitated toward its use of social issues, gore, horror, and heartfelt moments between friends.
The 2022 Netflix K-drama was originally a webtoon called Now at Our School. It was created by Joo Dong-geun on Naver. Like most adaptations, certain aspects of the storyline were changed to better suit an on-screen K-drama.
Fans of the webtoon would have noticed the virus’s backstory is different compared to what happened in the K-drama. Actor Im Jae-hyuk, who plays Yang Dae-su, gained weight to better look like his webtoon character.
‘The Sound of Magic’ is a whimsical and fantasy-driven musical K-drama
Starring in Netflix’s 2022 K-drama based on a webtoon, The Sound of Magic, is Choi Sung-eun as Yoon Ah-yi. The musical K-drama centers on Ah-yi, who dreams of becoming a magician and wants to grow up too fast. She soon meets a mysterious magician named Lee Eul, played by Ji Chang-wook.
Lee Eul wants to sop time and go back to being a carefree child. Rounding the main cast is Hwang In-youp as Na Il-deung. He is a gifted student who keeps to himself. The Sound of Magic was first a Naver webtoon titled Annarasumanara by Ilkwon Ha.
The Sound of Magic will be available to stream on Netflix.
‘Tomorrow’ stars SF9’s Rowoon in an upcoming Netflix 2022 webtoon K-drama
K-pop Idol turned actor Rowoon will star in a new March K-drama, having success with The King’s Affection on Netflix. Tomorrow’s lead character is Choi Joon-woong (Rowoon). He is unable to find a job despite being almost perfect. He has good looks, wealthy background, and graduated from a prestigious school.
One night, he meets two grim reapers or angels of death by accident. They belong to a crisis management team to help suicidal people. Joon-woong becomes a new member of the team as half-human and half-spirit. Tomorrow is a Naver webtoon published under the original title Naeil by author Ra Ma in 2017.
Tomorrow will be available to stream on Netflix.
‘Business Proposal’ is about a fabricated lie becoming something more
Netflix’s The Uncanny Counter actor Kim Se-jeong plays the leading female role of Shin Ha-ri in Business Proposal. Kim stars alongside Lovers of the Red Sky actor Ahn Hyo-seop. He plays the role of Kang Tae-mu.
Young-seo (Seol In-ah) is the Marketing Team Leader of Marine Beauty and the only daughter of the CEO. Young-seo begs her friend Ha-ri to take her place during a blind date with a chaebol heir. Ha-ri is a Researcher at GO Food’s Food Development Team 1. Ha-ri has every intention of making the date a catastrophe.
She never expected the blind date to be with her boss Tae-mu. He vows to marry the next women he meets to spite his family’s plan to marry him off. It just so happens to be Ha-ri posing as Young-seo. Netflix’s 2022 K-drama Business Proposal was originally a webtoon of the same name created by HaeHwa.
Business Proposal will be available to stream on Netflix.
