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The S classes that I raised (내가 키운 S급들) Official Webtoon trailer
The webtoon adaptation of the famous Korean web novel “The S classes that I raised 내가 키운 S급들” will be released soon.
- Every Tuesday on Korea’s Naver Webtoon (November 16, 2021)
- English webtoon schedule is not confirmed yet.
I already talked about this novel a few years ago. HERE
The S classes that I raised 내가 키운 S급들 (Ongoing) :
The 30-year-old protagonist (Han Yu-Jin) is the weakest F-class hunter. He decides to go back to the past five years ago, when his younger brother loses his life while trying to save him from a dangerous monster in a dungeon. He comes back to 25-year-old himself, reconciles with his brother, and awakens his unique skills as a ‘caregiver’ to save the world by discovering and raising S-class hunters/monsters.
It started as a typical male-oriented fantasy novel but I’m sure almost 90% readers are women right now. The original novel itself contains strong homosexual tension of almost BL level, so it has the support of enthusiastic BL fandom.
No webtoon is released yet.One of the representative work of the K-fantasy sub-genre called “Dungeon raid” (or “Hunters”). Solo leveling 나혼자만 레벨업 belongs to this genre as well.
Korean Daily Economics 매일경제 reported today (April 13, 2021) that Solo leveling 나혼자만 레벨업 will be adapted into American TV series.
[Translation] According to industry officials, one of the most popular Korean webtoons, Solo leveling 나혼자만 레벨업, owned by DNC Media and Kakao Entertainment will be adapted into a game and a TV series.
The game will be developed by Netmarble 넷마블, and the TV series will be filmed by a leading production company in the United States rather than in Korea.
In fact, DNC Media and Kakao Entertainment recently decided to use this webtoon IP to create a game with Netmarble. In addition, it will produce TV series with a famous studio in the United States and negotiate to air it through a world-class online video service (OTT). It is reported that many famous companies including Warner Bros. in the United States are showing interest.
They are also considering to make a live action movie in the future.
Solo leveling - Webtoon trailer (English sub)
Solo leveling Music video made by a Japanese fan
The Trash of the Count’s Family (백작가의 망나니가 되었다) Kakao page Webtoon trailer (No English subs)
Trash of the Count’s family 백작가의 망나니가 되었다 is the webtoon adaptation of a famous Korean web novel of the same name. This novel won the grand prize at the 2018 Korean Web Novel Contest. It is an ongoing series with 600+ episodes.
It stared with Kim Rok-Soo who possessed the body of an extra villain character of the fantasy novel he was reading. As a trash of the Count’s family, Cale Henituse tries to avoid his destiny (being beaten miserably by the novel’s protagonist) by changing the story a little bit, but he ends up being caught in big events on a continental scale.
Since last year, I’ve been in love with Korean web novels. I started with Korean fantasy sub-genre called “RoFan 로판 (Romance Fantasy for female readers)" such as Who made me a princess 어느날 공주가 되어 버렸다 or The Emperor and the Female Knight 황제와 여기사. However, I was getting tired of similar settings and plots, so I moved to the fantasy sub-genre for male readers. Even though it was originally designed for male readers, there are a few novels also favored by female readers, and one of them was The Trash of the Count's Family 백작가의 망나니가 되었다.
For reference, the following is the “Four most popular Korean fantasy novels among Korean female readers” (4대 판소).
- Omniscient Reader 전지적 독자 시점
- The S-Classes that I raised 내가 키운 S급들
- How to live as the Enemy Prince 적국의 왕자로 사는 법
- The Trash of the Count’s family 백작가의 망나니가 되었다
Omniscient Reader 전지적 독자 시점 (Completed) :
The biggest bestseller among existing Korean web novels. The largest fandom with almost equal preference between male and female readers. Many BL fans as well as many general fans. It became more popular after the webtoon’s release. The representative work of the Korean fantasy sub-genre called "Constellations 성좌물”.
The S classes that I raised 내가 키운 S급들 (Ongoing) :
The 30-year-old protagonist is the weakest F-class hunter. He decides to go back to the past five years ago, when his younger brother loses his life while trying to save him from a dangerous monster in a dungeon. The 25-year-old protagonist reconciled with his brother and awakens his unique skills as a ‘caregiver’ and tries to save the world by discovering and raising S-class hunters. It started as a typical male-oriented fantasy novel but I’m sure almost 90% readers are women right now. The original novel itself contains strong homosexual tension of almost BL level, so it has the support of enthusiastic BL fandom. No webtoon is released yet. One of the representative work of the K-fantasy sub-genre called “Dungeon raid” (or “Hunters”). Solo leveling 나혼자만 레벨업 belongs to this genre as well.
How to live as the Enemy Prince 적국의 왕자로 사는 법 :
The protagonist is the second prince of the kingdom destroyed by the neighboring invasion. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was in the body of the youngest prince of the enemy country a few years before being killed. To stop his half brother from invading his kingdom in the future, the protagonist tries to understand him and gradually saves everyone around. I personally love this novel, but the author died of a chronic illness a few months ago, so we can never see the ending. No webtoon is made yet.
