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Absolute Boyfriend Manga's Korean Live-Action Series Streams on Hulu in June
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Series premiered on Korean television in May 2019
Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend manga, and originally aired on Korean television from May 2019 to July 2019.
A Korean live-action adaptation Watase's manga was first shut down DramaFever in October 2018.
DramaFever had described the story:
In the Korean version of Absolute Boyfriend, the lead (Kim Ha Neul) is not a teenager, but a nearly 30-year-old woman who is a stylist at a beauty salon. She is betrayed by her first love, who becomes a successful movie star overnight. Feeling betrayed, she resorts to ordering a robot to be her ideal boyfriend, which ends up being her true love.
The current cast includes:
- Yeo Jin-goo as Zero Nine (Young-gu)
- Bang Min-ah as Um Da-da
- Hong Jong-hyun as Ma Wang-joon
Watase's manga had previously been adapted into a Japanese live-action television drama Viki.
The Shojo Beat magazine from its premiere issue in 2005 until the manga's ending in 2007. The company also released the manga in compiled print volumes.
Sources: Disney newsletter, Hulu's website