Ju JiHoon’s Instagram / “Shop Of The Lamp” Webtoon by Kang Full On Kakao Webtoon
If you’re a fan of Korean webtoons or manhayou may already be familiar with the name Kang Full. Lauded as a “first generation” webtoon artist, Kang Full’s works like “The Neighbor”, “Crush On You”, “Ba:Bo”, “26 Years” and more have received celebrated adaptations. The upcoming Disney+ drama “Moving”, starring Han HyoJoo and Zo InSung, is also based on a webtoon by Kang Full. Now, the latest Kang Full webtoon to be adapted into a K-Drama is “Shop Of The Lamp”. Helmed by veteran actor Kim HeeWonwho will be making his directorial debut with this drama, “Shop Of The Lamp” is highly anticipated worldwide, even more so because it will be released via an OTT platform. At the time of writing, talented actor Ju JiHoon is in talks to lead the drama.
“Shop Of The Lamp” Webtoon by Kang Full On Kakao Webtoon
The webtoon follows an episodic format, telling the interconnected stories of numerous people who visit a lamp shop. This is not your regular lamp shop, though. Besides offering lighting options, it also serves as an intermediary space connecting this world with the next. In the course of the chapters, we’re introduced to a young girl named HyeonJu. She is a regular at the lamp shop because, for some reason, the bulbs at her house keep going out.
“Shop Of The Lamp” Webtoon by Kang Full On Kakao Webtoon
One day, she begins to sense that there’s something slightly off with her surroundings. As it turns out, HyunJoo was involved in a traffic accident where her mother tried to save her life by protecting her from impact but ended up slipping into a coma and eventually passing away. To send HyunJoo back to the real world, she directs her to the lamp shop.
The owner of the lamp shop, which is the role that has been offered to Ju JiHoon, has been in business for a long time and can quickly detect the strange and peculiar characteristics of his customers that ordinary people might not notice, such as dirt coming out of a man’s ears, a woman with her nails on her palm, or a man with water flowing out of his body. He advises HyunJoo to pretend not to see them and be especially careful of strangers. Soon, we find out that the lives of the customers who visit the lamp shop are bound together by a terrible fate.
You can read the webtoon in Korean here. An official English translation is not available yet.
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