6 Differences Between "The King's Affection" K-Drama And Webtoon

"The King's Affection" is the KBS historical drama that has people hooked to their TV and computer screens. It is the story of a crown prince with a secret identity and a court romance.

The drama has received a lot of interest from netizens because of its casting. It stars Park EunBin (who plays Lee Hwi), SF9's RoWoon (who plays Jung JiUn), Nam YoonSoo (who plays Lee Hyun), VICTON's ByungChan (who plays Kim GaOn), Bae YoonKyung (who plays Shin SoEun), and DIA's Jung ChaeYeon (who plays No HaKyung). 

The K-Drama is originally based on a manhwa converted into a webtoon called "Yeonmo (연모)" written by Lee SoYoung. You can read the introduction to the webtoon to learn more about the characters.

You can also read the webtoon in Korean here.

Although the webtoon and K-Drama are not exactly the same, none of the differences drastically change the story. However, you might find some of the differences interesting.

So, here is a randomly ordered list of 6 differences between the "The King's Affection" K-Drama and the webtoon.

WARNING: This article contains [BIG SPOILERS] for episodes 1-9 of the webtoon and episodes 1-10 of the K-Drama. It might also potentially spoil the remainder of the drama as the webtoon is faster-paced. Read at your own risk!!!

 

1. The storytelling style

In the K-Drama, the first couple of episodes explained the most important backstory that we needed to know. In the webtoon, the story goes back and forth between the present and the past. We learn about major past events as related events happen in the current story.

 

2. Different character