Coupang Play series 'Absolute Value of Romance' is creating a pleasant whirlwind in living rooms. As episodes progress, it has earned the nickname 'cute ddod (crazy drama),' properly stimulating viewers' fandom. With a historic twist charm that exceeds the value of ten million won and is generating buzz, we looked at the top 3 'polar opposite' twist moments in reality and fiction that you wouldn't want to miss.
For reference, Absolute Value of Romance (directors Lee Tae-gon, Kim Jun-hyung) is a tumultuous high‑teen comedy series in which a high school girl who used to write romance novels about handsome teachers becomes entangled with them in reality. Kim Hyang-gi, Cha Hak-yeon, Kim Jae-hyun, Son Jeong-hyeok, Kim Dong-gyu and others appear and deliver passionate performances.
# 'Teacher's visual for real?' the crazy Hermes completed an otherworldly visual
The strongest point of Absolute Value of Romance for fans is the 180-degree visual shock that occurs whenever it moves between reality and fiction. The characters in the novel appear in reality with bold and shocking styling that viewers could not even imagine, literally making their pupils 'quake.'
In particular, Jeong Gi-jeon (played by Son Jeong-hyeok) transforms into Kang Tae-ha from the novel We're friends, wearing a suit on bare skin and pulling off a chain necklace to complete a maddeningly attractive deadly visual. In addition, Ga-woo-su (played by Cha Hak-yeon) appears as Ju Si‑on, delivering an overwhelming impact with a bright red leather coat and an unusual hairstyle. In reality, teachers who are students' wannabes deliver powerful laughs as they run wild with reverse tension in the novel.
# "Why am I not the lead?" a treasury of 'internet novel sensibility' lines
The process by which a teacher's offhand remark in reality is reborn as a deadly line in Yeui‑ju's (played by Kim Hyang-gi) novel is another unmissable fun point. The moment in reality when Woo‑su looked at his broken glasses and said, "My glasses broke and the value of ten million won was shattered," was transformed in the novel into the legendary internet novel line, "My lip split and the value of ten million won was shattered," unleashing a laughter bomb.
Also, the scene in which Woo‑su, after checking his allotted role, suddenly and seriously asks, "Why am I not the lead?" creates a strange addictiveness. This leads to the rough line of Ju Si‑on in the novel, "Choi Yoon will become a damn bastard," reaching the peak of overinvested narrative. The way trivial remarks in reality become deadly through Yeui‑ju's imagination filter produces precious memorable lines every episode.
# reality is a runt, in the novel it's a "cider bomber"! polar opposite gap
What anchors the work above all is the contrast between Yeui‑ju, an ordinary student in reality, and another self living as the novelist 'I‑muk.' At school she is a shrinking student who hides the fact that she writes novels, but the moment she dons the author I‑muk persona she transforms into an unrestrained "cider bomber."
In particular, scenes that explode with authorial pride, such as "Where are you talking back? I'm the author and you're a character," and "There is soul even in a single period in my lines," provide a cute catharsis. The scene in which Yeui‑ju, unfairly scolded by Woo‑su in reality, takes revenge vicariously through Ju Si‑on in the novel is also delightful. Yeui‑ju's imagination, which reinterpret ordinary situations as deadly romance, is this drama's unique weapon.
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