As soon as it launched on Netflix Japan, ‘Hanryang’ took the number one spot. Upon hearing this news, Choi Sung-gun, sitting in the co-driver’s seat, turned toward Kang Woojin.
-Swish.
He locked eyes with Kang Woojin in the back. Before he knew it, a smile had spread across Choi Sung-gun’s lips. In contrast, Kang Woojin’s face was indifferent, but inside, he was quite elated.
‘Oh- number one? Awesome. It climbed up so fast??’
Honestly, he didn’t understand how the system worked, but whatever it was, being number one was good news, right? Some reporters had recently spewed doubts about the show’s prospects these past few days, but surely those doubts were dispelled now? As Woojin wondered internally, Choi Sung-gun spoke to him.
“You can be more excited, you know. Let’s do a high five.”
Woojin, feeling like he could high five dozens of times, but acting enthusiastic didn’t fit his concept. So, he calmly high-fived Choi Sung-gun’s outstretched palm. At the same time, Choi Sung-gun gave an instruction to someone over the phone.
“Okay, got it. Please gather some reactions from Japan about Hanryang and send them over. Mm-hmm.”
When Choi Sung-gun ended the call, Han Ye-jung, with her newly dyed purple hair, showed her phone to Woojin.
“It’s real. Number one.”
On Han Ye-jung’s phone screen was a blogger’s page. The blogger, who updated the Netflix Japan rankings every week, had just posted a fresh chart, and ‘Profiler Hanryang’ was prominently displayed in first place.
[Japan’s Real-time TOP 10 Contents]
1) Profiler Hanryang
2) Tokyo Flood 2
3) Cyberpunk Spy
4) Detsuya-san’s Dining Table
5) Steel Road
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Seeing the actual rankings, Woojin’s amazement doubled. People from another country were watching a drama he was a part of? And it was number one? His curiosity grew.
‘How are the reviews like? Are there many negative comments?’
How did the Japanese audience perceive Hanryang? What did they think of Woojin’s character, ‘Park Dae-ri’?
At that moment.
“Well, it might have been a shot in the dark, but it’s pretty successful for a first overseas expansion, isn’t it?”
Choi Sung-gun’s smile deepened as he looked at something that had just arrived on his phone.
“The reactions from Japan are amazing, Woojin.”
Simultaneously.
Just as Choi Sung-gun had mentioned, Profiler Hanryang’s popularity in Japan was no joke. In fact, there had been buzz on social media even before Hanryang launched in Japan.
A Korean drama that was a huge hit is coming to Japan, and so on.
It started primarily among Japanese fans who were big fans of the Hallyu. But word of mouth spread fast, partly thanks to well-known actors like Ryu Jung-min and Hong Hye-yeon.
As a result, it hit number one upon launch.
There had been many Korean contents on Netflix Japan, but Hanryang was the first to achieve number one in such a short period. And this wasn’t just for dramas; it was across all content.
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