Surpassing 21.1% in viewer rating, “Reborn Rich”, starring Song Joong Ki, Lee Sung Min and Shin Hyun Been, has become ‘Drama of the Year’.
JTBC’s Fri-Sat-Sun drama “Reborn Rich” reached 10% in episode 3 and exceeded 21.1% after airing only 11 episodes. With this result, “Reborn Rich” became the first drama to gain over 20% in viewer ratings this year.
Thanks to the rising popularity of “Reborn Rich”, viewers are also paying attention to the web novel and the novel-based webtoon. Book of the web novel is attracting attention as it ranks high in online bookstores, and the webtoon published on portal sites is also receiving enthusiastic responses by recording an average score of 9.96 stars.
This means many people have become interested in the original work after getting to know it through the drama version. They are also finding it fun to compare the novel and the drama. Then, what’s the difference between the novel and drama versions of “Reborn Rich”?
The relationship between Jin Do Joon (Song Joong Ki) and Jin Yang Chul (Lee Sung Min) has changed. In the original story, Jin Yang Chul cherishes Jin Do Joon from the beginning, but Jin Do Joon in the drama has to gain the trust of his grandfather through the event of an election campaign fund.
Many parts of Jin Do Joon’s narrative have also been modified. In the process of turning the novel into a drama, it is inevitable that the writer had to add or remove several details. This was unfortunate news for fans of the original work, but it’s not a big deal to those who encountered “Reborn Rich” as a drama.
The biggest difference was made to the character Seo Min Young played by actress Shin Hyun Been. Although Seo Min Young did not account for much proportion in the original story, her presence grew significantly in the drama. Seo Min Young, who has been introduced as “Sunyang Group’s Grim Reaper” since the moment she appears, plays a more important role in the storyline as she is now having a love line with Jin Do Joon. Although this change helps the presence of this character stand out even more, many people express regrets, pointing out that the new development breaks their immersion in the story.
As the proportion for Seo Min Young increased, romance, which can hardly be found in the original novel, has become one of the main focuses of the drama. Love line can be an element to relieve the intense atmosphere of the succession war, but it is also a double-edged sword that may break viewers’ immersion level.
The process of Jin Do Joon defeating Sunyang people and overtaking Sunyang Department Store and Sunyang Securities through the episodes, such as the first meeting with Oh Se Hyun (Park Hyuk Kwon), the acquisition of Ajin Motors, DMC business rights, Y2K episode, Jin Do Joon vs. Jin Hwa Young (Kim Shin Rok) and vs. Jin Dong Ki (Jo Han Chul), etc., has been altered.
As viewers are enjoying watching the drama and comparing it to the original work, they are raising curiosity about the ending. “Reborn Rich” airs every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 10:30 p.m.
Source: Daum
