According to Anime News Network, the beloved webtoon Romance 101 is officially getting a live-action adaptation — and the fancasting conversation is wide open.
Why Romance 101 Fans Should Start Casting Now
For those unfamiliar, Romance 101 follows Bareum Jung, a college student who has never dated, as she navigates a chaotic love life with a cast of compelling characters around her. The webtoon has cultivated a passionate, detail-obsessed readership who have very specific ideas about who belongs in each role — which makes this adaptation announcement the perfect spark for a casting debate.
With no official casting announcements yet, this is exactly the window fancasters live for. The lead couple alone — the romantically inexperienced Bareum and the quietly intense Na Yuyeon — demands actors who can carry both comedic awkwardness and genuine emotional weight. Supporting players like Shin Jaehyun and Kang Doeun add further complexity to what could be a rich ensemble drama. The community has time to shape the conversation before a studio locks anything in.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The Romance 101 fancasting community hasn't been sitting idle. Over on myCast, the Romance 101 Korean Drama story has already attracted votes across 18 roles, giving us a real early snapshot of fan expectations.
The most decisive pick so far is for the male lead, Na Yuyeon. Choi Hyun-wook has pulled in 18 votes — more than half of all votes cast in the entire story — which is a pretty emphatic statement. If you've seen Choi Hyun-wook in Twenty-Five Twenty-One or Twinkling Watermelons, you already understand the appeal: he has that rare combination of brooding presence and genuine warmth that a role like Yuyeon absolutely needs.
For the female lead Jung Bareum, fans have rallied behind Jeon Somi with 9 votes — and interestingly, Somi also picks up 3 votes for the supporting role of Kang Doeun, suggesting fans see real range in her. Vernon of SEVENTEEN earns a vote for Shin Jaehyun, a pick that leans into the idol-to-actor pipeline that Korean drama adaptations frequently draw from. appears in the running for Junhyeok, and gets a nod for Lim Yubyeol — a choice that makes sense given Gross's experience bridging Korean and international entertainment spaces.