Semantic Error/시맨틱 에러
Novel (2018)
Choo Sangwoo lives by logic, precision, and rules. So when his freeloading teammates don’t show up for a group project, he omits their names from the final presentation without hesitation. It’s only fair. But for one of those students, Jang Jaeyoung, that decision doesn’t just mean failing his class—it means delaying his graduation. Left with nothing but time on his hands, he becomes determined to make Sangwoo’s life a living hell. “Are you a stalker, Sunbaenim?” “What a wild accusation to make. Have you ever considered that you’re just too predictable?” Jaeyoung is everything Sangwoo isn’t: popular, charming, and effortlessly talented. Yet, against all odds, the more he pursues his revenge, the more he starts to feel like he’s got Sangwoo all figured out. “I’ve gotten a pretty good grasp on what makes you tick now, don’t you think?” “What am I, a rice cooker?” “I mean, you’re not that far off...” Jaeyoung is a persistent bug in Sangwoo’s perfect system, a red flag in his neatly written code. But the more they clash, the closer they get, and Sangwoo starts to realize that this particular error isn’t one to be debugged. It’s one that will rewrite everything—from his beliefs, his future, to maybe even his heart.
Original Novel (Ridibooks) | Official English (Publang)
Author: J Soori/저수리
Status: Complete, 131 Chapters (6 Volumes)
Webtoon (2020)
Is this an Error or Love? Sangwoo Choo is just like an emotionless robot who only knows how to follow the rules. So after all of his teammates got a free-ride on the group project, he didn’t give them any credit at all. This prevents college senior Jaeyoung Jang from graduating, which leads to Jaeyoung constantly bothering Sangwoo for revenge. Will Sangwoo be able to debug Jaeyoung — a semantic error — from his perfect life?
Original: Ridibooks
Official R19 Translations: English | Thai Official R15 Translations: English | S.Chinese | Spanish | Japanese
Official Role Play Accounts: Jaeyoung's Twitter and Instagram
Author: J. Soori
Artist: Angy Kim
Status: Complete, 93 Chapters + Christmas Special + Christmas Illustration
Tagged: Comedy, Drama, Mature, Romance, School Life, Bisexual, Enemies to Lovers, Graphic Design, Inexperienced in Love, Opposites Attract, University/College
Semantic error: Special ONAs (2021)
Computer science major Chu Sangwoo is the epitome of an inflexible and strict rule-abiding person. While working on a liberal arts group project with freeloaders who don’t put in any effort, Sangwoo reasonably decides to remove their names from the final presentation. But he didn’t imagine how involved he would become with the person whose study-abroad plans were messed up because of that project. The involved person: the campus star who everyone knows, Department of Design’s Jang Jaeyoung. He has everything from skills, looks, family background, and good relationships except for 1 big problem: Chu Sangwoo. What happens when an engineer and an artist whose personalities are like oil and water have to work together? Jang Jaeyoung is like a semantic error in the perfect world of Chu Sangwoo. Will Sangwoo be able to debug this?
Type: ONA (original net animation)
Episodes: 4
Producers: Laftel
Episode duration: 4 min.
Bilibili
Live Action (2022)
Chu Sangwoo, a by-the-book computer science student, is left to complete a group project alone. In frustration, he removes his teammates' names and submits the work under his own. This decision impacts Jang Jaeyoung, a popular design major with dreams of studying abroad, as he loses credit for the project. Seeking revenge, Jaeyoung confronts Sangwoo, but when they are forced to work together, an unexpected attraction begins to grow between them.
Screenwriter: Jason
Director: Kim Soo Jung
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Episodes: 8
Episode duration: 25 min.
Cast: Park Seoham (Jang Jaeyoung), Park Jaechan (Chu Sangwoo), Song Jioh (Choi Yuna), Kim Nohjin (Ryu Jihye)
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