The entire family of Chul gets murdered.
Chul gets falsely charged of killing his own family.
But eventually, he gets declared innocent.
After 10 years,
he becomes a multi-millionaire whose assets are 800 million dollars.
He founds W Broadcasting Station to find out who killed his family.
One day, he gets attacked by an unidentified man.
He gets his life saved...
by a woman who showed up suddenly.
Oh Yeon Joo.
Where is she right now?
The woman disappears after leaving her business card that has her name.
- Please let me in. - No, you are not allowed.
Every time Chul's life is in danger,
Yeon Joo shows up and saves him.
Are you okay?
What do you mean by the world I live in?
It's inside a webtoon.
You are a main character of that webtoon.
Chul realises that he is a main character of a webtoon.
At that moment,
Chul's world stops.
What's going on with this?
Chul steps into the real world.
(Will Chul be able to find out who killed his family?)
- Hey! - Do you wish to die?
Watch where you're going!
- That jerk! - What is he doing?
- Goodness. - What's wrong with him?
- What are you doing? - Get off the road!
(Episode 5)
(Kang Chul, the main character)
(Yoon So Hee, Chul's friend and personal assistant)
(Seo Do Yoon, Chul's bodyguard)
He needs to shoot within the limit of 75 seconds.
He looks really nervous.
He needs to empty his mind.
- Three... - He must fire now.
It's 2 and 1.
- It's 10.9. - It's 10.9.
- He scored 10.9. - It's 10.9.
- Kang Chul scored 10.9. - The game was turned around.
I'm home.
Mum.
Dad.
We already found the evidence.
You can't stay silent forever.
People with early success always cause problems.
Tell me. Did you learn shooting to kill your family?
What are you looking at? You sick psychopath!
(I strongly request to give him a death penalty.)
(You crazy jerk!)
(How is that your conclusion?)
(Han Cheol Ho, a former prosecutor)
Han Cheol Ho, a former prosecutor, entered politics as of today...
as he joined Changmin Party.
"Rebuild the social justice that has been collapsed."
That is the mission the nation has given me.
I will fulfil my duty...
only for the sake of the nation.
- What? What are you talking about? - Please take a look.
(Congressman Han Cheol Ho)
Kang Chul is the co-representative.
I expected him to end up dead in some alley after drinking.
It looks like he continued his study after he dropped out of school.
He's been hiding his name to avoid the press.
As the company got listed on the share market, we confirmed it's him.
What a crazy world!
He is a parricide who should be stuck in the prison forever,
but he is now a representative of a company.
Go.
Do Yoon.
Why do you want to learn it from me?
Well... I heard you are the best.
- I like people who are the best. - Yes, but why?
You're rich. You can hire a bunch of bodyguards.
Money can't always protect you.
Besides, it looks like I'll be surrounded by enemies from now on.
Let's do it.
Should I put these on?
- One, two. - One, two.
- Good. Again. One, two. - One, two.
Dodge. Dodge again.
Dodge.
Go. That's right.
Go lower. Good.
You can do it. Go again.
- Go! - Good.
That was good.
- You jerk! - How dare you!
(Clean Computer Art Academy)
Come here, you punk!
(Clean Computer Art Academy)
- Hey! - You punk.
We delivered the news that Park Eun Hyung, a leader of a gang...
and a wanted criminal,
got arrested last night by the police.
It has been revealed that the criminal...
evaded the police, but got caught...
by Mr Kang Chul, the representative of...
JN Global.
We will now show you the video of the scene taken by the citizens.
(The video of President Kang Chul's meritorious deed)
He's just putting on a show!
Even so,
people are praising him.
Kang Chul is solving the cases that even the police have given up.
Besides,
he's supporting the lawsuit costs...
for the victims.
Sir. He's basically buying the press with money.
He's the real criminal without a doubt.
That's why I prosecuted him.
Mr Han.
You shouldn't get upset. Stay calm.
As Chul's popularity grows,
your supporting rate is dropping.
They are inversely related.
In the last two years, more and more people started to believe that...
you conducted a witch-hunt against Chul with poor investigation.
Now, it's more than 80 percent of the people.
There is no time to get upset. You must establish countermeasures.
You're the face of our party.
You should consider...
what will happen to us if Chul finds...
the true criminal.
How can he find the true criminal?
Kang Chul is the culprit.
Excuse me, Sir.
Are you all right?
The business hours are over.
We have to close the store.
Do many people...
buy this book?
Pardon me?
Is this book popular?
Of course. It's been a bestseller for over five years.
I see.
That's funny.
I'll put it in a bag for you. Wait a moment.
That's not necessary.
I already know the story.
(If I hear it one more time, I might get swayed.)
(Park Soo Bong)
Hello? What happened?
I called someone to fix it, but he said there's no problem.
There's no problem with the server, either.
Is everything okay with you?
I'm at the hospital.
I just left the workroom. I was too scared to be there alone.
It felt like it was haunted.
I'll go back once Mr Oh returns.
All right, do that then.
Doctor Oh, you have room three.
Okay.
Yeon Joo.
Have you...
gotten engaged?
Engaged?
Where's that coming from?
Someone who calls himself your fiance is here to see you.
My fiance? Who is it?
Without telling his name, he said you'd know him as your fiance.
He must be confusing me with someone else.
He's not your fiance, right?
How would I be engaged when I'm not seeing anyone?
That's true.
Is he drunk?
Anyway, good luck.
(Operation Room)
I think you misunderstood.
I think you're looking for a wrong person.
Seok Beom.
Do you know her?
Yes.
Have you been well?
I wondered what happened to you after the jailbreak.
You look great.
How...
Did I get pulled in again?
No, this is definitely the hospital where I work.
Even Seok Beom is here.
I came here.
I came out...
to your world.
How?
How did you come here?
The world I live in stopped.
What?
Everything stopped...
except me.
That's why I escaped and left everything behind.
I don't know why I'm the only one to survive.
Maybe it's because I'm the main character like you said.
Maybe it's a privilege the main character gets.
I read all 33 books of W with all the money I had.
Now, I'm convinced...
as to how well you knew me.
You must have been a fan.
You've watched me for seven years.
Do you know...
how much I'm regretting now?
I should have listened to your advice back then.
Answer me.
I can't.
I told you that you're going to be unfortunate if I do.
I didn't imagine...
the truth would be like this.
I should have listened to you then.
I now understand...
that you didn't say anything for my sake.
I came here because...
I wanted to say goodbye.
Thank you so much for considering me...
the best you could.
You're a good person.
You deserve to be a good doctor.
Doctor Oh, Professor Park is here.
I'll be right there.
You should go back in. You seem busy.
Are you going somewhere?
Just wait here for me.
It's not a big operation, so it'll be over soon, okay?
Don't do anything, and just stay here.
Think of me as your guardian and wait for me.
Are you trying to act like me?
It's because you don't have anything.
You don't have money, a place to stay or your ID.
I know how lost you may feel.
I'm really a doctor in this world.
I can't compare myself to you, but I have money and a place to stay.
Trust me and wait for me...
until I come out.
Don't go anywhere. Just stay here.
All right?
Please do as I say.
It won't take long. I'll finish in 40 minutes.
Why did you do that?
This is what I felt after finishing all the books.
I'm 99 times unhappier than before,
but there's one good thing.
I always felt that I was at a disadvantage,
but I also read everything that was on your mind.
You'd better not be coy.
Wait here.
If something happens while I'm gone,
look for Dr Kang Seok Beom of cardiothoracic surgery.
He will help you if you say you're my friend. Okay?
It's the guy from a while ago, right?
He acted sassy when I told him that I was your fiance.
He's not your boyfriend, is he?
I told you that I don't have a boyfriend.
I am sorry. I'm late.
The name Oh Yeon Joo is the problem.
Everything with that name is doomed.
Look at W for instance.
Ever since that Oh Yeon Joo character appeared,
the cartoon has been going downhill.
It's not just going downhill. It's going down the Himalayas.
The other Oh Yeon Joo is about to ruin the cardiothoracic surgery...
of the great Myungsei University Medical Centre.
You're doomed. I'll see you after the surgery.
Okay.
(Surgery: 15 minutes, Anaesthesia: 24 minutes)
(Oh Seong Moo)
(W by Oh Seong Moo)
(Kang Chul's penthouse bedroom)
(Seo Do Yoon)
(Yoon So Hee)
(Kang Chul)
Hey! Are you all right?
Can you hear me?
- Please let me in. - No, you are not allowed.
Oh, no. Please.
Are you all right?
I am one of those people...
who want your life to be a happy ending.
I'm your fan. Really.
(W)
(In operation)
Good work, everybody.
- Good work. - Good work.
- Where are you going? - Yes?
Did you forget that I was going to end you after the surgery?
- I didn't forget. - So where are you going? Come here.
Right now? There's someone waiting for me outside.
To your position. In 1, 2...
Hey, you've...
always been bad and thoughtless.
But I thought about when you started to...
get so smart with me.
It's precisely after I said I was W's fan.
That's when you started to get really smart with me.
How dare you use your father's background to your advantage?
It's not like that.
What do you mean it's not like that?
And since it's brought up, I'll get this out of my chest, too.
These days, I am so stressed because of W.
What's up with your father?
Why is there romance...
when they should be busy looking for the suspect?
What's going on? He's forgotten the genre!
That can happen, can't it?
- What did you just say? – How can people work all the time?
I think that's more unrealistic.
Even a hero can fall in love.
No matter how important it is to take a revenge,
there must be a moment when he's blinded with love.
Chul is a human, too.
Are you upset because I insulted your father?
- No, Doctor. - Besides, that's no love.
They are just flirting.
Chul and that girl with your name are just flirting.
It could be love, too.
- Why are you so sure it's not love? - What?
How can you think of that as just flirting? I didn't see it that way.
Hey. What have they done?
Chul never said anything to her.
Has he ever told her that he loves her?
Do you have to say it out loud?
How would she know otherwise?
How would she know?
I know how,
- but I won't tell you. - Spoiler alert!
She must've heard something.
Is that right? Don't tell me...
that girl will end up with Chul.
No. No. Stop it. I can never understand it.
This can never happen.
Why is that crazy?
- It can happen, too. - Does it make sense?
It's normal to marry Yoon So Hee.
Why? Why does he have to marry Yoon So Hee?
They've been friends since high school for almost 10 years.
Of course, it should end with their marriage.
No, it's not obvious.
Do you have to get married when you stay together?
Why do you think Chul likes So Hee?
I see.
It's obvious that So Hee has a big crush on Chul.
It was mentioned many times.
But there is no scene...
which suggests that Chul likes So Hee.
I remember everything.
Do I have to vocalise it?
Even without those words, we'd arrive at the same conclusion.
It's obvious by looking at them.
"So Hee, I didn't realise it until now."
"But the person I truly love is you."
He'll confess his love. They'll kiss each other and it'll end that way.
- It's like a formula! - There isn't in human's feelings!
Why do you judge Chul however you want?
You don't even know him well.
Chul likes me.
That is a fact.
Doctor.
Chul likes you?
No. No.
I meant the character in W that has the same name as me.
You have a mental age of my daughter.
My daughter is in junior high school. She acts just like you.
She's a groupie.
Should I introduce you to her? Would you like to meet her?
No, thank you.
Why not? You would share a deep friendship.
Sir, I'm so sorry, but something very urgent has come up.
Could you scold me later?
I'm not scolding you. You're the one who raised your voice.
I'm sorry, Sir.
Yeon Joo. Where are you going? Yeon Joo!
Where did he go? I told him to stay here.
I now understand...
that you didn't say anything for my sake.
I came here because...
I wanted to say goodbye.
(Dad)
The number you have dialled is not available at this moment.
Dad. Where are you?
(Dad. Where are you?)
(Park Soo Bong)
Sir, where are you?
It looks like Yeon Joo got dragged into the webtoon again.
This is Editor Park.
Is the one you sent me this morning the final draft?
The content seemed a little strange.
Since you didn't respond, I posted it already.
(Park Soo Bong)
Sir. Have you read the new episode?
Yeon Joo is safe, but I can't deal with the story.
Please call me.
(Yeon Joo)
Dad. Where are you?
(Calling Yeon Joo)
Mr Oh Seong Moo?
Hello, Dad? Where are you?
Hello?
It was you.
I had a feeling it was you.
We've met several times now.
You remember it, right?
Please come.
We have a lot to talk about.
How...
How did I come to this world?
You should explain that to me.
I thought you created me.
Come here.
Have a seat.
Dad! Dad!
Get up.
Be grateful to your daughter.
I'm going easy on you because of Yeon Joo.
While you fought hard to kill me,
your daughter tried to save me.
Hello?
Soo Bong. Where are you?
I'm at an internet cafe. I'm just killing time.
Hurry up and go to Dad's studio. I think something bad has happened.
Something bad?
Chul went to Dad.
What? What are you talking about?
Chul is here.
He is with Dad right now.
What are you...
Chul is here?
Run to Dad's studio now!
Go and tell Chul to wait. Tell him I'll be right there.
Tell him to wait and do nothing because I need to talk to him. Okay?
Hello, Yeon Joo? That's... Yeon Joo?
Did she say Chul is here?
Why did he come?
Sir, please shut down the computer for the seat 35.
You're bleeding.
I guess you're not immortal in this world.
You're an ordinary human.
You get hurt and bleed.
This is how it's supposed to be.
It's fair this way.
It was so unfair that I was the only one who bled and got hurt.
Yeon Joo wasn't the person I grabbed on first while I was unconscious.
It was you.
Please help me.
Please call an ambulance.
Let's stop.
Let's stop this now.
It wasn't him who fatally injured me. It was you.
Then your daughter appeared and saved me.
Nobody knew...
there were two people who stabbed me.
I kept quiet as I had no evidence, but I knew it intuitively.
You're the one who wanted to kill me...
without any context.
I didn't know who you are then.
You must have created me here.
With a pen in your hand,
you thought how to kill me here.
Now that you gained money, honour and success, you don't need me.
You created me and made me suffer.
You became successful by making my life a roller coaster ride.
Then you wanted to kill me, so you stabbed me,
tried to inject poison and tried to hit me with a truck.
That wasn't enough, so you even stabbed me yourself.
I asked you for mercy, but you were cold and cruel.
While I was waiting for you, I did research on you.
You're so popular...
that you're all over the internet.
- Stop drinking. - I don't want to drink, either.
I'm only drinking because I'm suffering so much.
- You drink because you suffer? - Yes.
Then I should drink a lot more than you.
Go ahead and drink.
- Drink. - I'm sick of this.
I'm sick of it all, too.
Please stop now.
Oh Seong Moo was an incompetent head of the family.
He was a webtoon artist who was...
never successful once.
You couldn't live without alcohol. You had no will.
You felt inferior like a loser all the time.
On top of that, you were old.
That's why you created me.
A man who is young, successful, wealthy and popular.
Someone who had a strong will.
A man who is a complete opposite of you.
That's why you named me Kang Chul.
It was written in an article.
You wanted to live vicariously through me to escape reality.
However, it didn't last long...
because your wife finally left you.
You got depressed immediately.
You've always been that way.
You're full of inferiority with lack of confidence and give up easily.
That's why you killed me...
unlike your plan in the beginning.
You made me commit suicide when you weren't brave enough to do so.
The only thing you could control...
in this world was me.
Something seemed wrong starting then.
I kept having the same nightmare.
It was a nightmare of drowning in Han River.
I wondered what it was.
I was really dead...
before you changed your mind and saved me.
I didn't save you.
You resisted death.
I killed you there,
but you resisted.
You pleaded me to save you.
That's why I saved you...
because I felt pity.
I was fond of you then.
That was the problem.
Starting then, you became a monster...
like you are now.
You're right. I gave you everything.
I gave you everything...
that I wanted to have,
but what happened?
You tried to learn about this world with the brain I created.
It makes no sense. You're only a cartoon character.
You're not even human,
but you kept giving me a hard time.
Finally, you're here.
Sometimes, the pen moves on its own without my will.
When I wake up in the morning,
I find a completely different drawing.
At first, I went to a psychiatrist because I thought I'd lost my mind.
Do you think I've lost my mind?
No, it's because you're always drunk.
You're not a child any more.
I talked to my friends about it, but nobody believed me.
I tried to run away because I was so scared,
but I couldn't.
I was worried about Yeon Joo.
Dad.
I didn't do anything...
for her as she was growing up.
Yeon Joo, come here.
I'm sorry.
I told myself to keep working...
because people liked my work...
and it helped me earn a living.
If I earn a little more,
I could open up a hospital for her and help her live without worrying.
Do you think you were the only one with a nightmare?
Every night, I had a nightmare.
A nightmare that you'd come to me like this.
It was extremely difficult to continue until now,
but I persevered because I knew it would end soon.
It was the hope...
that I don't have to draw you any more once I finish.
However, you didn't die and pulled me in to your world.
You even pulled in Yeon Joo, so that's why I stabbed you.
I didn't think this curse would end.
You're just an illusion.
You're nothing but a character I created.
And why do you show yourself...
and pretend you're human?
Why are you continuing the story...
by making my daughter get involved?
You're just a character, understand?
You're just something I created.
You want to shoot me?
Go ahead.
Do you think you can shoot me?
No, you can never shoot me.
Do you know why?
It's because I made you like that.
I made you a righteous man.
A man who lives according to law and conscience.
Even when you take a revenge, it has to be lawful.
That's why you became a hero...
and people like you.
You're a guy who can't shoot a helpless and unarmed...
old man just because you're upset.
You're that kind of character.
That's your set-up.
Do you think you're here on your will?
On your free will?
No. This is all part of the set-up.
I made you into a person with unusually strong will.
You have the will to endure and get through any hardships.
The problem is that the set-up is over the line.
I made you into a man with a such strong will...
who even refuses to die when he can't understand it.
But...
even that will is my creation.
You've never derailed from the set-up I gave you.
Shoot me if you want to.
Dad, no.
Please don't say anything.
Can you shoot me?
Shoot me!
Sit and draw the ending you originally planned.
Your original plan was to make me commit suicide.
Everything went wrong as I refused that.
If you continue following the original plot, I'd understand.
Then everything will go back to real.
Isn't that it?
My friends are still there.
Do Yoon.
They're neither dead nor living.
I can't leave them so miserably.
That happened only because you popped out of the webtoon.
Stop looking for reasons and look for solution.
Draw. Then put everything back to normal.
I don't know anything.
- What do you mean? - There's nothing I can do.
I can't even end it the way I want.
The story continues only when you accept it.
You know what kind of ending I'd accept.
It's simple.
Catch the true criminal and make him pay for what he's done.
And I want to live a normal life.
Just tell me who the true criminal is.
Like you said, my will to find the suspect is so strong...
that I came here instead of dying.
Draw the true criminal's face...
so that I can remember it.
Draw it.
I don't have it.
What?
There is no true criminal.
It was just a set-up from the start.
It was a set-up to make the main character stronger.
Mum.
It's a common set-up for a hero cartoon.
He has a shocking trauma from his youth.
- Let's go! - Let's go!
I don't even know who the criminal is.
Are you...
serious right now?
You can only become a hero if things don't get solved.
If you catch the criminal, the story will simply end there.
If you're happy, why would you bother to go through that?
That's why there's no clue.
It never existed.
You say you don't know.
You say there's no criminal.
You killed all my family.
You falsely accused me and put me in jail, but you say you don't know.
They died before my eyes.
They died miserably in front of me.
My parents and my little siblings.
I saw the scene with my eyes, and you say there's no shooter?
Sir, please hurry up. Hurry.
I see.
That's why...
you tried to kill me.
There could never be a happy ending.
If this never had happened,
you would've continued to draw this and enjoyed your success.
Meanwhile, I would be suffering...
from insomnia every night and get hurt every day while chasing...
the suspect that I can never catch.
I would go through endless pain and repeat the same things.
Do you have...
any idea what I went through?
You wouldn't be able to withstand any of it,
but I went through it countless times.
With those petty fingers, you drew like an absolute being.
You took no responsibility.
I remember every pain.
It's fiction.
It's my job as a webtoon artist.
No.
You're not just a webtoon artist.
You saw me alive and breathing, but you tried to kill me.
That's your essence.
You're brutal and abusive.
It didn't show because you were holding a pen instead of a knife.
You are just a rubbish man in essence.
It's like you've already committed a murder.
No! No!
No! No! Please!
Sir!
Think of a solution.
Do whatever it takes.
Figure it out before I come back.
Consider yourself lucky.
It's not that I'm lucky.
You couldn't shoot me.
That's your set-up.
(W)
Why did you save Chul then? You should've let him die.
This happened because you saved him that night.
This must be a perfect ending for someone who was looking for...
a murderer and became a murderer himself.
If it says the end in the webtoon, what happens next?
I'm not sure what the end is.
Please save Chul. Please save him.
He may be saved.