We are back with a new review, and time we are talking about a K-drama that took over social media with its plot and the fantastic cast. This week we are talking about ‘Semantic Error’.
From Web Novel to Web Series
‘Semantic Error’ is a 2022 production adapted from the web novel with the same name by Jeo Soo Ri, directed by Kim Soo Jung and screenwritten by Jason.
The main premise of this drama develops around the story of the college students Chu Sang Woo (DONGKIZ‘ Park Jae Chan) and Jang Jae Young (Park Seo Ham).
Sang Woo is a junior computer science major student with a one of a kind personality. He is very straightforward and does not tolerate anything that he might consider wrongful behaviour. As part of his major he is put to work in a group with students from a different major.
While working on the project, he finds himself working alone and decides to expose the students, making them fail the liberal arts project.
Jae Young is one of the members of this group and due to the failure in the project he is unable to graduate, and has to stay an extra semester and postpone all his plans to study abroad.
When he finds out what Sang Woo did he decides to become his nemesis, and everything gets even edgier when these two are forced to work together on a project the following semester.
Tension arising
As they get to know each other, Jae Young starts to understand Sang Woo’s personality and point of view, agreeing at times with his straightforwardness and even finding his lack of social skills cute.
As the semester continues and they keep working together on the project, they both also develop feelings for each other. Jae Young completely accepts his feelings, but there is also the fact that Sang Woo does not want to reciprocate them, even though he feels the same way.
Jae Young decides to disappear for a while, making Sang Woo reconsider his actions, but it might be too late to go back to how they were before.
‘Semantic Error’ develops around the relationship of these too and how they navigate through college, friends and love.
The rise of LGBTQ+ productions
BL (aka Boy’s Love) dramas in Korea are currently experiencing a rise in popularity. Since last year more and more productions have been coming out, and as the industry grows the productions have also become better at a story and production level.
More stories are being told, and there is also a lot more representation in the scene. We are just waiting for bigger distributors to spot stories like ‘Semantic Error’ and make them available to a wider audience.
In the meanwhile, make sure to check the trailer of this production below, and get ready for a lot of fluff and gorgeous people.
