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The webtoon adaptation casts Joy as a job seeker turned manager to a top star with a hidden past, ahead of its November 9 premiere.
Red Velvet's Joy and Kim Hyun Jin draw closer in a fresh couple poster and set of stills for the upcoming drama One of a Kind Romance.
Soompi reports that the webtoon-based series stars Joy as Gong Yu Il, an everyday woman searching for work who suddenly finds herself managing Tak Mu I, the top star played by Kim Hyun Jin.
Tak Mu I keeps the emotional wounds of a past stalking incident out of sight. He found the will to carry on through a novel Gong Yu Il wrote years ago, a link that shapes their chance meeting.
The story follows how the two, one of whom simply wants an ordinary life, slowly build a warm and sincere relationship after their paths cross by accident.
In the new poster, the pair hold a bouquet of white roses, a soft image that leans fully into the romance.
The stills trace the early stages of their bond, which begins with a convenience store clerk and a customer who seems suspicious, and show the gap between them narrowing frame by frame.
Once Tak Mu I learns who Gong Yu Il really is, he makes a point of seeking out the author whose novel he had admired for so long. One shot catches him leaning in close to her face while she appears keenly aware of him.
Joy's previous drama credits include The One and Only, and Kim Hyun Jin appears in IDOL I.
The 12-episode One of a Kind Romance premieres November 9.
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