Last Updated on February 1, 2023 by “Rehan Muzammil”
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, Hellbound is a South Korean dark fantasy television series. The series is based on the webtoon of the name “The Hell”. It stars Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah, and Yang Ik-june in lead roles. In this article, we will tell you about the six differences between Hellbound’s webtoon and live-action.
- Release date: 19th November 2021.
- Written by: Choi Kyu-sok.
The series is set in an alternate version of Earth in which supernatural creatures deliver certain prophecies and drag humans to Hell.
Warning: this article may contain spoilers for the webtoon as well as the live-action series.
There are certain note-worthy differences in the webtoon and live-action series.
Detective Jin KyungHoon’s child
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In the live-action when Detective Jin KyungHoon’s child is introduced we see that she is a girl but that is not the case in the webtoon. Detective Jin KyungHoon’s child in the webtoon is a boy by the name SeongHo.
Park Jung-Ja is not resurrected in the webtoon
Park Jung-Ja acted by Kim Shin-Rok who was “demonstrated” returns back to life in the live-action. However, the scene does not take place in the original webtoon. Fans have put forward theories that this was done keeping Season 2 in mind.
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Angel of Death
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The angel that is seen delivering the time of death of the victims takes an almost human-like shape. However, in the live-action is to be noted that it takes a more terrifying form and in the webtoon, it is a more good-looking ghost.
A chunk of New truth leader Jung Jin-Soo’s description of the “due date” was left out
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In the webtoon’s prologue, there was an explanation from Jung Jin-Soo about the occurrence of supernatural events.
In the webtoon, it is noted that he says “Recipients are usually given between 3 days to as many as 20 years until their due date”.
Nothing like this is mentioned in the live-action because it may have given away too much about what was going to happen in the future.
Arrowhead Cult Leader
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Another notable difference is that The Arrowhead Cult Leader who looks like a Red Indian in the webtoon is also changed and appears different in the live-action.
The first victim
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The first victim in the story has a different name, age, and time of death.
Webtoon
- Name: Joo YoungHoon
- Age: 42 years
- Time of death: 2 PM.
Live-action
- Name: Joo MyeongHun
- Age: 36 years
- Time of death: 1:20 PM.
If you are interested in watching the webtoon version of Hellbound check that out here: Webtoon.
This was all on the differences between the webtoon and the live-action of Hellbound. If you notice any more differences, do let us know in the comment section below. For more TV series content like this keep following Retrology!