311 - Autumn 12

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L.A.

It was night in Korea and Japan, but dawn in LA. The time is around 6 o'clock. Of course, Kang Woo-jin was in a suite at the 5-star Beverly Hills Hotel in LA. Woojin came out of the bathroom early, his head wet and wet, as if he had an appointment. He will start working on the album with Miley Kara about an hour later.

"Are you craving ramen since dawn?"

When Woojin, who was free and free from any concept, recited, Kang Woojin's cell phone on the table in the spacious living room vibrated.

-Ugh.

He checked and it was a DM. The opponent was Mifuyu Uramatsu, a top Japanese actress who also appeared on Woojin's YouTube channel and was featured in 'Unfamiliar Parasite'. The content was simple. A photo of yourself watching TV and a short message.

-(picture)

-Boyfriend: I just started watching the remake!

Woojin checked the time and muttered.

"Oh, I guess it's started."

It was said that the lid on 'Boyfriend: Remake' had been opened. Of course, Kang Woo-jin also knew. He was also expecting. However, it was difficult to broadcast it in real time because the time difference was different and he was in LA right now. All he had to do was carry out his work like this and check contacts from acquaintances and reactions from the public.

"Tsk, I'm curious, but there's nothing I can do."

Kang Woo-jin could not even attend the test for 'Boyfriend: Remake'. In other words, the official finished product has not been viewed. Still, he was able to watch 'Boyfriend: Remake' when it was released on Korea's animation OTT platform.

'I have no choice but to wait a few days.'

Then, Kang Woo-jin left the hotel. Because he had to go straight to Miley Kara's recording studio. Since preliminary meetings and planning were completed around yesterday, it was safe to say that the actual album recording work started today.

The music video filming was scheduled around the time recording was almost finished.

Early in the morning, when Kang Woo-jin got into the waiting van in front of the hotel, many people related to Woo-jin were watching animation in Japan, where it was night, unlike in LA. 'Boyfriend: Remake' was in the midst of airing episode 1. Not only the voice actors who participated in the production like Kang Woo-jin, but also actors from 'A10 Studio' and hundreds of staff members from 'Unfamiliar Parasite'.

In particular, some of the lead actors of 'The Stranger' gathered together for dinner and watched 'Boyfriend: Remake' on a tablet. About 4 people including Mana Kosakuna and Ogimoto Yasuta.

"oh! Is it fun? Isn't it fun? Am I the only one having fun??"

"no? I have fun too! Even if Woojin didn't do any voice acting, it was done really well, right?"

"In particular, the drawing and directing are killer. Is it really A10? Even parts that would otherwise be overlooked were brought to life in great detail."

"The original Korean work was a hit, and I think the adaptation was just as good. All the characters are attractive too. But why is Kang Woo-jin such a good voice actor?"

"······I heard Woojin also sang the OP song? Wow, what is the voice tone synchronization? It just sounds like it was done by a veteran voice actor!"

There were many people who interacted with Kang Woo-jin in Japan in the past. For example, the Japanese talk show 'Ametalk show!' where Woojin only appeared.

"what's this? Is Woojin's voice actor quality really good? Isn't it far beyond what you could achieve with practice?"

"Huh, this is going to be a huge topic tomorrow. There was a lot of talk about being cast as a voice actor because you were moderately popular, right? But… Woojin is so good that other professional voice actors are hard to see."

"The animation quality was also selected as the best ever. A10 really risked their life?"

Unlike usual, many people gathered in front of the TV. Of course, the same was true not only for people related to Kang Woo-jin, but also for the Japanese public. One thing that was certain was that there was a lot more crowd than usual.

The running time of 'Boyfriend: Remake' was not that long.

Approximately 25 minutes including OP and EP.

It was a long time and a short time, but its impact on the Japanese animation industry was not small. Just looking at the Japanese media and public opinion focused on it, and the numerous animation production companies, it was the same.

Anyway, the first episode of 'Boyfriend: Remake' ended around 10:40 p.m.

From this time, boosters were posted on various Japanese SNS.

[@MU_iiii89]

[Boyfriend: The remake is so fun!!?? It's not a full-on romantic comedy, but it also has music mixed in! Even the op and ep are good!! And Kang Woo-jin's voice actor skills are crazy!??]

Talk about 'Boyfriend: Remake' has started to overflow.

backwards.

By the time the first episode of 'Boyfriend: Remake' had finished airing smoothly in Japan, all Woojin Kang could do in the early morning in LA was to check Japanese SNS and media. That's why he surrendered himself to the search waves while moving to Miley Kara's recording studio.

-Sigh.

Of course, it's a bit awkward to do it openly, so he had to keep it from being noticed. It feels like the necessary information is being left out while maintaining a reasonable level of concept. Even though LA was a different time zone from Japan or Korea, it wasn't difficult to check the articles.

There was already a lot of talk about 'Boyfriend: Remake' in the Japanese media.

『In the first room of the much-talked-about "Boyfriend: Remake," contrary to expectations, Kang Woo-jin's voice actor skills shone.』

Of course, there is a lot of talk about Kang Woo-jin, the 'issue king'. However, the quality of 'Boyfriend: Remake' itself was also being mentioned quite a bit.

『For "Boyfriend: Remake," in which Kang Woo-jin was the voice actor, he did everything from writing to music to directing!』

Woojin, with an indifferent face, recalled the videos of 'Boyfriend: Remake' that he had seen while recording voice actors.

'Well, what are you doing – drawing? I felt like I was getting tired of the same things.'

Although he didn't watch animation often, the drawing of 'Boyfriend: Remake' gave the feeling that it was very detailed and put a lot of effort into it. To that extent, the quality from character movements to backgrounds was perfect without any loss. Even if Kang Woo-jin, who doesn't know much about animation, sees it, it's clear, but if the Japanese public, who are experts, sees it, it will be clearer.

The next thing Woojin accessed was Japanese SNS and communities.

This time, it wasn't difficult to find articles related to 'Boyfriend: Remake'. Just by entering 'Boyfriend: Remake' into the search term, related posts poured in like a waterfall. Most of them were less than 30 minutes long and were still pouring in.

-Wasn't it better than you thought? I started watching it a bit, but before I knew it, I was hooked.

-Isn't Kang Woo-jin at the level of being a good or bad voice actor? At this level, it was fun because Kang Woo-jin was there.

-wwwwwwwwwwFun!!

-and!! however!! How does Kang Woo-jin even know how to be a voice actor!!??

-The drawing was the best among the animations this quarter, and so was the music. I thought it was just an ordinary romantic comedy, but I was surprised that the story was deeper than I expected.

-It turns out I wasn't the only one who watched it for the purpose of cursing and then watched it intently.

-that's right! I also watched it to criticize Kang Woo-jin's voice actor, but then I watched it and said wow! Isn't this why the viewer ratings are actually higher??

-If you're not a fan of Kang Woo-jin, most people probably watched it to criticize you.

-Me too…I didn't think it was good at first…but now I wish I could watch episode 2 as soon as possible…

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It's noisy. Kang Woo-jin browsed social media and communities for about 10 minutes and then put down his cell phone. There was no particular change in his expression. Because he heard something from 'A10 Studio' and Choi Seong-gun. Since it is such a hot topic, there are probably many people among the Japanese public who are 100% against it.

'Well, of course.'

It was nothing special to Woojin. No matter if you get criticized or not, as long as the viewership ratings are good, you're in luck, right? His mentality is not particularly shaken. In conclusion, Japanese public opinion, which had been trying to criticize, was overturned.

About this way.

-Squeak!

A large van carrying Kang Woo-jin stopped. They arrived at Miley Kara's recording studio, located about an hour away from the hotel. Even though it was early in the morning, Kara was waiting in the enormous recording studio. She let down her long blonde hair and put her hat on top of it.

Kara, who was surrounded by dozens of staff members, had a cold expression, but her tone was soft.

"Oh, Mr. Woojin. You came early."

"It just so happened."

"As I said in the meeting yesterday, the actual recording starts today. How about having coffee before we start properly?"

"great."

That's how Kang Woo-jin and Miley Kara's album work officially began.

12 hours.

It was the time Woojin spent in the recording studio. Starting early in the morning until the afternoon, Kang Woo-jin devoted himself to recording with Kara. On the contrary, in Korea, the morning was bright beyond dawn.

On the morning of the 13th, the time was around 10 o'clock.

There has been a change in the Korean OTT platform that specializes in Japanese animation. Episode 1 of 'Boyfriend: Remake', which aired in Japan yesterday, has been updated. 'Boyfriend: Remake' has been heavily promoted for a few days now.

『'Boyfriend: Remake' immediately took first place on the OTT platform as soon as it landed in Korea! Is it the power of Kang Woo-jin?』

It immediately took first place in the OTT platform rankings. Proof that a large number of the domestic public played 'Boyfriend: Remake'. And comments within the OTT platform started flowing in no time.

-There were so many outstanding works in this third quarter that I honestly didn't expect much when I watched it. Haha, this is fucking fun.

-ㅇㅈㅈNo, even if you leave out all the soup, the insert song is really boring, and more than anything, the directing is unique haha.

-The drawing is crazy

-What are you talking about?

– Honestly, Kang Woo-jin did a good job as a voice actor. There was nothing that bothered me at all.

-Personally, I was tired of things like camera composition and sound, and OP chewed up all the works this quarter.

-I'm doing over here haha. Oh, I'm at Gukppong station here haha.

-OP Is it true that Kang Woo-jin sang it??

-↑ㅇㅇTrue

-No…wow…the OP is good…worth aiming for the Oricon chart

-Boyfriend: Remake OP is already being spread on Japanese YouTube.

Evaluations poured in from various perspectives, but in the end, the direction of their interests was consistent.

-Did this have high viewership ratings in Japan??

These were the official viewership ratings for 'Boyfriend: Remake'.

-It's not there yet hahaha, but the competing works are so damn good that even if it only gets 5%, it's a good performance hahaha

Same time. Tokyo, Japan.

Familiar people were gathered in a meeting room at 'A10 Studio', the production company of 'Boyfriend: Remake'. Of course, they were the director and staff of 'Boyfriend: Remake' and executives of the production company.

At least 20 people gathered.

"······"

"······"

Everyone has a serious face. The funny thing is that everyone's eyes are looking at one person. She was the female team leader of the planning team in charge of overall handling of 'Boyfriend: Remake'. She was also standing at the head of the meeting room, pacing back and forth nervously as she looked down at her cell phone screen.

About this way.

-Sigh.

Mahiro Sakuichi, director of 'Boyfriend: Remake', asked while swallowing dry saliva.

"Has there been an announcement yet?"

The female team leader nodded.

"No, not yet."

Several executives from 'A10 Studio' sighed softly and joined the conversation.

"This is crazy, why is the announcement so late today?"

"······What was the number one viewership rating so far?"

"'Magic Rotation' 9.1% followed by 'Strongest Spy' 8.8%"

The third quarter's new works, which can be seen as competitors to 'Boyfriend: Remake', finished airing last week. Soon, the director picked up the viewer ratings table on the table and checked it.

-[rating]

1. Magic Rotation/ Fuji ETV/ 9.1%

2. Strongest Spy/ Tokyo ETV/ 8.8%

3. Detective Coonan/ NHM/ 6.2%

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The two works that are considered the most anticipated works of the third quarter have already taken first and second places. Although it did not exceed 10%, it achieved a respectable score of 9% for the first time in a while, so the media was sucking it up. Below 3rd place, the viewer ratings ranged from 5% to 1%, which was fortunate.

"Hmm, I don't even want 10%. It's enough to just be in the upper-middle rankings, around 5%."

"It may be difficult to exceed 10% these days, but shouldn't it be more than 5%? Because it was a hot topic for one reason or another."

"···It would be the best if we could repeat 'Detective Coonan' and come in 3rd place."

At this time.

-♬♪

The female team leader's cell phone rang. At the same time, the eyes of everyone in her meeting room were focused on her. Soon, the female team leader swallowed her saliva and put her cell phone to her ear, her hands shaking slightly.

"Yes, it is me. Please speak."

Her eyes suddenly widened when she heard something from the person on the other end of the phone.

"W-What??!"

Everyone was surprised by the female team leader's reaction. But she didn't open her mouth. Soon after finishing her call, the female team leader slowly put down her cell phone. She then spoke in low Japanese to everyone gathered in the meeting room with her distraught face on her face.

"······There was an accident."

Meanwhile, L.A.

Unlike Korea, where it was morning, LA was heading towards night. Kang Woo-jin, who had been busy recording since early morning and wearing a rough hood, was just getting into Miley Kara's huge van.

-Tung!

After finishing work today, the team other than Woojin and Kara were on their way to dinner. Of course, Kara was in charge of providing directions, so it was clear that wherever the location was, it would be top-notch. Anyway, three huge vans departed at the same time. Among them, Woojin was in the front car. The blonde Kara and Kang Woo-jin were sitting across from each other.

Among them, Kara, who took off her hat and brushed off her blonde hair, spoke first.

"Are you not tired?"

Kang Woo-jin responded to her unique cold voice with a concept.

"Not really."

"······I don't think I've ever seen you tired. It was the same the last time I went to Korea, and it's the same today."

"Is that so?"

"Are you in good physical condition? Or manage it with exercise?"

It's a subspace. Since he couldn't say that, Woojin was a bit cautious.

"I have my own way."

"What is it?"

"It might be hard to say that it's just mine."

"Oh, this is my first time hearing that answer."

"This is my first time saying this too."

Kara, who had already figured out Kang Woo-jin's character, laughed.

"So did that Japanese animation have good results?"

It was Kara who already knew about 'Boyfriend: Remake' and Kang Woo-jin answered calmly.

"well. The news hasn't arrived yet."

It was then.

-Ugh.

Kang Woo-jin's cell phone vibrated briefly. It was a tok, and the opponent was Choi Seong-gun, who was in the car behind. The content of the chat he sent was simple. It was a viewer ratings table. But it wasn't Korean. It was on the Japanese side.

-[rating]

1. Boy Friend: Remake/ TBE/ 14.8%

2. Magic Rotation/ Fuji ETV/ 9.1%

3. Strongest Spy/ Tokyo ETV/ 8.8%

4. Detective Coonan/ NHM/ 6.2%

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Woojin, who was indifferently looking down at the warm viewership rating table he had just received, raised his head. Then he calmly recited to the blonde Kara across from him.

"We took first place."

It was a low tone without much emotion.

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