An Introduction To The BL Webtoon Soon To Be Made Into A K-Drama: "Cherry Blossoms After Winter"

Are you excited for "Cherry Blossoms After Winter"?

Ishani Sarkar, Kpopmap Editor
3 min to read · Published : Nov 9, 2021

An Introduction To The BL Webtoon Soon To Be Made Into A K-Drama: "Cherry Blossoms After Winter"

Tappytoon / Cha Gun's Instagram

One of the most highly anticipated BL K-Dramas of 2022, "Cherry Blossoms After Winter", is actually adapted from a webtoon of the same name, created by BamWoo. The drama tells the story of two young boys who have grown up together under the same roof even though they are not brothers due to certain unfortunate circumstances. They begin to develop romantic feelings for each other when they end up in the same class in high school. Super Five's Ok JinWook will play HaeBom and Kang Hui will play TaeSeong in the drama adaptation.

Ever since the news about the casting for the drama adaptation of "Cherry Blossoms After Winter" was released, both the actors and the production have garnered immense attention. The accuracy of casting and the heart-fluttering height difference between the leading couple are adding to the anticipation for the drama.

You can read the webtoon in English here.

Here's a look at the webtoon and the main characters of the story!

Tappytoon

HaeBom feels like a burden to TaeSeong and his family. He tries to maintain a low profile but is often the victim of bullying.

Tappytoon / Ok JinWook's Instagram

TaeSeong is extremely good-looking and as such, popular among other students. He commands respect but is indifferent.

Tappytoon / W-Story

TaeSeong has always been considerate towards HaeBom but it makes HaeBom feel all the more worthless. He tries to avoid TaeSeong so as to not bring more inconvenience to him and keeps the fact of his bullying to himself so that his mother doesn’t worry about him.

Tappytoon

All of this changes when HaeBom and TaeSeong end up in the same class in high school. A pure relationship blooms like a lotus from the mud, bringing us the central plot of “Cherry Blossoms After Winter”.