6 Ways ‘My Girlfriend Is the Man!’ is Different From The Webtoon
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The Korean series ‘My Girlfriend is the Man’ is adapted from the webtoon of the same name (내 여자친구는 상남자) by Massstar. The plot follows Park Yun Jae’s (Yoon San-ha) comedic trials after his beautiful girlfriend Kim Ji Eun (Arin) turns into a guy (Yoo Jung-hoo plays the male Ji Eun) and they need figure out how to solve the bizarre-fantastical situation. Until then, Ji Eun goes by the male name Ji-Hoon.
Just by watching the first few episodes of the show, fans of the webtoon will be able to see major differences between the two mediums. And since the webtoon was still ongoing when the series started airing, clearly the writers of the live-action show had to take lots of creative liberties with how they would shape the story. Here are six major ways the live-action has already deviated from the original story of ‘My Girlfriend Is the Man’.
1. In the webtoon, Kim Ji Eun lives alone, however, in the live-action version, she shares her flat with her older sister Kim Ji Hye (played by Choi Yoon-ra).
2. In-fact, in the original comic, Kim Ji Eun doesn’t even have a sister, but three older brothers who she rarely gets to meet. In the live-action series, Ji Eun only has one other sibling.
3. One major way the series differs from the comic is the fact that Ji Eun’s original self, essentially her girl form, gets a lot more space, since Arin who plays Ji Eun is a big name and is billed as a primary protagonist. So there are a lot of flashbacks in the show, or scenes where Yun Jae imagines Ji-Hoon as Ji-Eun. The comic focuses more on Ji Eun’s struggle as a man AKA Ji-Hoon.
4. In the comic, Kim Ji Eun is mostly clueless for the first weeks about why she turned into a guy, but in the live-action series she and her sister are already aware that it’s some sort of generational curse that runs in their mother’s side of the family. So the sister’s get matching tattoos, hoping it will serve as a marker if one of them ever changes.
5. In-fact, the series goes a step ahead in the very first few episodes and shows a flashback where Kim Ji Eun’s parents show the sisters photos where their father is with a man, and it’s supposedly their mom! Although, this little change in ‘My Girlfriend is The Man’ makes one thing strange: why doesn’t the mother also tell the girls how the curse is reversed when she tells them about it?
6. Another major difference between the webtoon and live-series is the fact that Ji Eun’s sister gets a significant romantic sub-plot to herself. In the comic, the siblings are only in the background. While some might enjoy this, others might not be welcoming of these new distractions.
Well, these are some ways in which both versions differ. What changes did you like or didn’t?!
‘My Girlfriend Is The Man’ is streaming on Viki.
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