Chapter – 37
Meanwhile, drama-otaku royalty—online-famous “RocoBug” Jeong Yerim—was completely losing her mind over the freshly dropped bait.
[Broadcast/Entertainment] Choi Gijeong’s new work Your Blue Name, netizens shocked by its star-studded casting lineup
[Exclusive] KDS’s most anticipated second-half drama Your Blue Name reveals surprise poster!
The reason was simple: the casting lineup and poster for the next work of the younger of the Choi sisters, Choi Gijeong, had just been revealed out of nowhere.
Of course, the main cast had already been reported before filming even began, so everyone knew who was in it.
But posters that actually showed the characters’ roles?
To drama diehards, that hit different.
So different, in fact, that some seasoned fans decided whether to commit to a drama solely based on its posters.
Okay, first things first… let’s look through everything.
Several posters had been released.
KDS DRAMA @kds_dramagic
“A name I thought would never fade—
one day, it was right beside me.”
A country boy who comes to Seoul on a whim in search of his first love 🐶
Only to spot her by chance in a club…?!
‘Yoo Hajin’ poster revealed ✨
Your Blue Name scheduled for KDS this fall!
#HanSehyuk #ParkYeonhee #SeongHyesim #WonJuho
First up was Han Sehyuk, playing the male lead.
Broad shoulders, lean muscles packed tight beneath the skin.
All he wore was a plain white T-shirt and a varsity jacket, yet the image alone told an entire story.
Next came Park Yeonhee, the female lead.
KDS DRAMA @kds_dramagic
“I told you.
If we were meant to be, a day like this would come.”
The girl who left behind her first love—
heartless, yet still impossible to hate 😺
Too many storms to call it fate…?!
‘Yeon Doyeon’ poster revealed ✨
Your Blue Name scheduled for KDS this fall!
#HanSehyuk #ParkYeonhee #SeongHyesim #WonJuho
Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and she wore the same-colored varsity jacket as the male lead.
Jeong Yerim loved Park Yeonhee’s diction. Ever since hearing she’d joined a drama written by Choi Gijeong, Yerim had been waiting obsessively for the poster drop.
Park Yeonhee is PERFECT casting for this role!
Up to this point, she could enjoy herself calmly enough.
But KDS wasn’t done yet.
Another image went up on the official drama account.
KDS DRAMA @kds_dramagic
“I went down to Oksong-ri after losing someone precious.
And there, I gained you.”
‘The Two of Them’ poster revealed ✨
Your Blue Name scheduled for KDS this fall!
#HanSehyuk #ParkYeonhee #SeongHyesim #WonJuho #DoJehyun #JooSaei
Not just individual posters, but a two-shot of the male and female leads.
And not only that—there was a separate poster for their childhood versions.
Is KDS out of their minds?!
Who was the writer of Your Blue Name again?
The one known for meticulously crafted backstories, for lyrical dialogue even in rom-coms, and for creating dramas anyone could enjoy regardless of age—
Choi Gijeong.
For that Choi Gijeong to release a poster just for the child actors meant only one thing:
She was sharpening her knives for quality.
And KDS was openly backing the project, too.
“Let’s see…”
Jeong Yerim tapped the child-actor poster and zoomed in.
The fresh, verdant color palette perfectly matched the title.
The background was a wooden platform set beneath a tree.
A young boy and girl lay side by side on top of it.
At the bottom were the names of the two child actors.
Do Jehyeon. And Joo Saei.
I know Do Jehyeon, but who the hell is Joo Saei…?
It was a name she’d never seen before—and yet it felt oddly familiar.
Panicking, Jeong Yerim focused on the young actress’s face.
And then—
“Oh—her!”
That was the kid who got cast in Choi Giyoung’s drama last time!
Yerim screamed internally. Memories flooded back—of watching dramas at a café and accidentally witnessing her favorite writer’s casting process live.
So it wasn’t Joo Sehee—it was Joo Saei. But wait…
Back then, Choi Giyoung had mentioned meeting her on her sister’s set, so Yerim had vaguely assumed she’d show up in a Choi Gijeong project someday.
But—
First project: Choi Gijeong’s child female lead?
Next project: Choi Giyoung’s female lead?
…Isn’t this kid a monster rookie?
The Choi sisters were famous for giving chances to newcomers—if they were talented enough.
The problem was that their standard for “talented” was insanely high.
Even supporting roles were rare for rookies. No newcomer had ever landed a lead.
And Yerim knew that very well.
This is insane. Completely insane.
People needed to know.
Covering her mouth in shock, Jeong Yerim switched to her private SNS account instead of her famous one and uploaded a post.
Ducobug 🔒 @shoutoutorc
Guys…………
Remember when I said I saw Giyoung-mom’s casting before
The rookie who got cast back then is the child female lead in Choi Gijeong’s new drama………
How good is her acting, holy sh—
└ Springg 🔒 [How do you know?]
└ Ducobug 🔒 [Recognized her face instantly lol. And back then I heard them say they met her through her sister’s project… also thought her name was Joo Sehee but it was Joo Saei…]
└ Springg 🔒 [Her face chemistry with Do Jehyeon is INSANE?????????]
As soon as she posted, well-connected drama fans began sniffing out the news and swarming in.
Riyubak 🔒 @rjidnms
I
have
decided
I will cure my drama burnout with Gijeong-mom’s new drama
Chipfr 🔒 @nangmannumchim
I was gonna quit K-dramas for exams………
Ah………
Do Jehyeon seduced me with his new youth drama………
With that god-tier face………
And now there’s some fairy girl next to him whispering “watch Your Blue Name” in my ear………
Satisfied with the reactions, Jeong Yerim smiled softly, then took a deep breath.
She switched back to her public, drama-famous account—RocoBug—attached the poster, and typed a full-on fangirl promotion in ten seconds flat.
RocoBug @showmetheroco
Park Yeonhee x Han Sehyuk
Choi Gijeong drama is ACTUALLY coming….
KDS releasing child-actor posters = legit sense
Just reading the poster lines already got me over-immersed holy—
(Photo)
With tens of thousands of followers, reactions poured in instantly.
Two thousand shares.
Four thousand likes.
Only the posters had been released—but the signs of a hit were already there.
For once, I had no schedule at all, so I could attend classes normally.
Between child-actor filming and everything else, today was actually my first time eating lunch at school.
They say Youngpung High’s cafeteria food is famous.
Even though it was only second period, my heart was already racing.
There was just one tiny problem.
“Seongha, you have to eat lunch with me.”
I only had one friend who’d eat with me—Woon Seongha.
Seongha, who had been mulling over acting tips she’d learned from Teacher Seong Hyesim, turned toward me and smiled brightly.
“Don’t just smile—answer me. Promise. I seriously don’t have any friends besides you.”
“Saei, even without a promise, I was planning to.”
Still smiling, Seongha held out her phone.
“I set my wallpaper.”
“Oh… but that’s kind of—”
Her wallpaper was the recently released Your Blue Name child-actor poster.
Except she’d deliberately cropped out Do Jehyeon, leaving only me.
How on earth had the future of two destined best friends gone so wrong?
What is Joo Suyeon even doing…
Resting my chin on my hand, I scanned the seats where Joo Suyeon sat.
Just then, Joo Suyeon checked her phone, abruptly stood up, and ran out of the classroom without even grabbing her bag.
She didn’t come back until the next period ended.
That’s weird.
Her face as she ran out lingered in my mind—serious in a way I rarely saw.
As the break was about to end, my phone vibrated several times.
It was Aunt Jeonghee calling.
Why is she calling at this hour…?
A sudden wave of unease washed over me.
Joo Suyeon running out.
My aunt calling even though she knew I was at school.
I hurried into the hallway and answered.
The moment I did, her voice slammed into my ears.
“Don’t panic—just listen. Your grandfather, Chairman Joo—”
Her voice was hoarse. She was breathing hard as she continued.
“He suddenly collapsed… and he’s unconscious right now…”
What she told me—
Was that my grandfather had been hospitalized.
