Kim Se-jung shows her heart and strength in Today’s Webtoon

by tccolb

More promos have been released for SBS’s office drama Today’s Webtoon, featuring our adorable heroine Kim Se-jung (Business Proposal) as the judo athlete turned webtoon editor, Ohn Ma-eum.

Exploring the inner workings of the webtoon industry, the story follows Ohn’s growth as she begins her new career as a rookie editor. Sharing her journey is fellow rookie Gu Joon-young – played by Nam Yoon-soo (The King’s Affection) — who also has a lot to learn. Guiding them both as a mentor is managing editor Seok Ji-hyung, who is played by Daniel Choi (Ghost Detective).

In the newly released stills, we also get a peek at Go Chang-seok (Memorist), who takes on the role of our heroine’s dad and high school judo coach, Ohn Ki-bong.

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The new teaser begins with Ohn Ma-eum getting ready for a judo attack as she narrates, “The future always brings the unexpected.” Lo and behold, her “opponent” turns out to be her soon-to-be-boss, editor-in-chief Park Ho-san (Monstrous) and she belatedly realizes her mistake. Thankfully, Park shows appreciation for Ohn’s passion and believes she’ll work hard if she’s hired for their team.

In response, Ohn pledges to put her whole heart into the work and not cause trouble for the team. Downing drinks at the work dinner afterwards, she cutely comments on the sweet taste and that they can’t go home. The team is then shocked when Ohn easily piggybacks her drunk fellow rookie Gu. In the intermittent text screens we read: “The judo athlete who dreamed of getting a gold medal becomes a webtoon editor?!”

Back at work, managing editor Seok questions what it means to be a true editor and we watch Ohn try her best to support one of the company’s writers, Im Chul-soo (Alchemy of Souls). The teaser then comes to a close with Ohn hanging her new work ID badge next to her judo medals. She explains that she does love judo, but she loves webtoons just as much.

Premiering July 29 in SBS’s Friday-Saturday slot, production for Today’s Webtoon is led by a team of four with PD Jo Soo-won (Pinocchio, Thirty But Seventeen) and PD Kim Young-hwan co-directing alongside writers Jo Yeh-rang and Lee Jae-eun.