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Coupang Play Sets April 17 Premiere for ‘The Absolute Value of Romance’ as New Stills Spotlight Double-Life Heroine

Fresh promos underscore a reality-versus-fiction hook built around a teen novelist.

Overview

  • Coupang Play confirmed an April 17 premiere for the South Korean drama, which centers on a student who moonlights online as the popular romance writer Imuk.
  • Kim Hyang Gi leads as Yeo Ui Ju, a quiet high schooler whose secret writing life drives the story’s tension between her fantasies and her everyday world.
  • New stills highlight Ui Ju’s inner and outer worlds, showing reflective moments at her laptop alongside urgent scenes like racing on a bike or hiding in the grass.
  • Cha Hak Yeon plays Ga Woo Su, a newly hired math teacher described as a Mensa member with a 156 IQ whose cool persona and early hurdles hint at trouble once he crosses paths with the secret BL author.
  • Supporting teachers are played by Kim Jae Hyun, Sohn Jeong Hyuck, and Kim Dong Gyu, while Dramabeans notes a teaser and adds that directors Lee Tae Gon and Kim Jun Hyung work from a script by O’PEN 2021 winner Lee Min Joo in a co-production with Singapore’s Mediacorp.