''The Sound of Your Heart'' (; also known as ''The Sound of Your heart'', ''Sound of Heart'') is a South Korean

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series written and illustrated by Jo Seok. The webtoon was first released on the

Naver Naver (; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. The company's products include a search engine, email hosting, blogs, maps, and mobile payment. History Naver was the first Korean web provide ...

WEBTOON Webtoons () are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allo ...

internet portal in 2006. In 2007, the first print volume was released and ''The Sound of Your Heart'' was adapted into a

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of the same name in 2015. It was completed in July 2020.

Development

Jo Seok graduated from

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with a major in video cultural studies in 2002, and wanted to infuse an interest in cartoons to those who haven't been fans of graphic novels. Jo began posting ''The Sound of Heart'' on Naver Webtoon in September 2006, and by 2014 it was the longest running webtoon on the platform. On December 17, 2015, the 1,000th episode of ''The Sound of Heart'' was posted on Naver. Since Jo started posting his webcomic on Naver, views averaged 5 million per update, a total of over 5 billion views. When Jo got married in 2014, he did not have a wedding ceremony or

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trip because he did not want a lapse in his update schedule. In 2015, Jo earned about ₩78,000,000 per month (approximately ₩936,000,000 per year). Jo published other webcomics on Naver Webtoon during the run of ''The Sound of Heart'', such as ''Jo's Area'' and ''Moon You''. ''The Sound of Heart'' concluded in July 2020, after running for 14 years. Jo said he felt "lucky to be able to feel 'done' with the comic." During its run, the webtoon accumulated nearly 7 billion views and 15 million comments. 500 episodes had been translated into English by the time ''The Sound of Heart'' concluded.

Characters

In ''The Sound of Heart'', most characters are based on people in the author's life.

Main

*'' Jo Seok'': The author himself in his comic. *''Choi Ae-bong'': Jo's girlfriend, and, since June 2014, wife. *''Jo Joon'': Jo's brother. *''Jo Cheol-wang'': Jo's father. He was a rugby player and owner of a chicken restaurant. *''Kwon Jeong-kwon'': Jo's mother. *''Jo Yool-bong'': Jo and Ae-bong's daughter. *''Choi Ko-bong'', ''Ae-bong'''s younger brother. Internet instructor and

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Dogs

* ''Sensation,'' Jo's pet

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* ''Hengbong'', Jo's pet

* ''Sol and Taeyang'',

s raised at ''Ae-bong'''s house. * Kobongi, Ae-bong's pet

Jo's Friends

* ''Kim Joongoo'': General editor of Naver Webtoon. * ''Buwook'', Flower human. * ''Seouldae''(

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in Korean), ''Buwook'''s elder brother.

Other media

On 7 November 2016, airline carrier Air Seoul announced that it had collaborated with Naver Webtoon to produce pre-flight safety video. Characters from ''The Sound of Heart'' were featured in the video, alongside characters from webtoons such as ''

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'' and '' Noblesse''.

Animated series

On September 20, 2018, the first animated short series based on ''The Sound of Heart'' was released on Naver WEBTOON YouTube Channel.

Television series

KBS had been planning a TV series involving ''The Sound of Heart'' since 2015.

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was cast to portray Jo Seok, and

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is cast to portray Choi Ae-bong. The series was also picked up by

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and was broadcast on both channels simultaneously on February 24, 2017. Netflix ran another series titled ''The Sound of Your Heart - Reboot'', produced by Kross Pictures. This series began airing in October 2018 and ran for two seasons. In this adaptation, Cho Seok was portrayed by Sung Hoon and Lee Ae-bong was portrayed by

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's Kwon Yuri.

Mobile game

Korean

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company Neowiz Games produced a mobile video game adaption of ''The Sound of Heart'', launched on

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in April 2016. The fee is free and includes some paid item payment features. The latest update is on April 24, 2019 and is a game of RPG personality.

References

External links

Official website
on Naver WEBTOON
English translation
on WEBTOON {{DEFAULTSORT:Sound of Your Heart, The Manhwa titles Naver Comics titles 2006 webtoon debuts South Korean webtoons Comedy webtoons Slice of life comics Comics adapted into television series 2000s webtoons Webtoons in print The Sound of Heart 2000s manhwa