Recap Korean Drama "Today’s Webtoon" Episode 1

Jul 31, 2022

Today’s Webtoon Episode 1 begins with Oh Ma-eum delivering food on her bike. She has been a Judo player for fifteen but is on a break right now due to an injury. In the meantime, she has been trying various part-time jobs. She is a big fan of webtoons and imagines herself to be the character Sana from a webtoon about a Nine-tailed fox. She gets a call from her friend for a part-time job and she gets surprised when she reaches there. She gets to become a part of the vigilance team at NEON Webtoon’s annual party. She gets excited when she all her favourite webtoon characters and writers but she has to do her job first.

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Still from Today’s Webtoon Episode 1

At the ceremony, Baek Eo-jin, a veteran comic artist turned webtoon writer wins the award of the best newbie. However, the fans are all swarmed around younger artists. Na Gang-nam is the writer of Sana, Ma-eum’s favourite character and hence, she recognizes him immediately. He has been enjoying the concert of the girl group but a man suddenly comes at him and starts dragging him away. Ma-eum sees it and grabs the man and drags him out instead. Turns out, he is the deputy editor of NEON webtoon and wants Gang-nam to finish his new episode. Only after Ma-eum asks for his autograph, does he agree to leave the party and write the new episode.

Ma-eum saves another artist, Bbom from a live vlogger who tries to get too close to her. The deputy editor Seok Ji-hyung gives Ma-eum her card and asks her to send him her address so that he can send her a printed and signed copy of a webtoon. Ma-eum has not been this happy in a long time and thinks of working in the NEON company.

She applies for a vacant position and passes the first two rounds easily but in the final round, others beat her with their technical knowledge, specifically Gu Jun-yeong who is exceptionally talented. NEON’s editor had guessed Ma-eum would be an athlete and he liked her passion for webtoons in the interview but she gets rejected by other panellists.

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Still from Today’s Webtoon Episode 1

NEON is a big corporation and has been working well in all departments except Webtoon services. The sales of the Webtoon department are the lowest and if they don’t level up, their department might get dissolved. The editor asks his boss for an additional employee and he permits him to hire one on a one-year contract. Ma-eum has been depressed because of the rejection but her mood elevates when she gets a call from NEON to join the company. On the other hand, Gu Jun-yeong has finished his training and has been sent to the Webtoon team, the one he didn’t want to join. Jun-yeong is ambitious but he sees no future in the webtoon team.

Today’s Webtoon Episode 1 Ending

Ma-eum’s duty is relationship management with the artists and Seok-hyung takes her with him to meet artist Baek Eo-jin first. He is the most diligent artist who submits his manuscripts before time. Seok-hyung warns Ma-eum to act like a PD and not a fan but she makes many mistakes. Before taking his leave, she tells him to read the long comment that she will leave under his webtoon. Seok-hyung doesn’t like her attitude because first, an employee should never leave comments on their artist’s work and secondly, artist Baek never reads comments because his previous PD told him not to as it can make him lose focus.

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Still from Today’s Webtoon Episode 1

Ma-eum realizes her mistake when artist Baek reads all the hate comments on his work and calls the editor to return all of his manuscripts. She made a big mistake on her first day of work which can cost the company a big loss in revenue.

Today’s Webtoon Episode 1 Review

Today’s Webtoon Episode 1 is off to a good start with the enthusiastic character of Ma-eum and artists who are all difficult to handle. The comic timing is caught well and made the episode entertaining.