# WebtoonLib — We’re NOT A Couple! #1: We're Not a Couple! ## Series - title: We’re NOT A Couple! - slug: we-re-not-a-couple-uy5l5nrs ## Chapter - number: 1 - chapter_key: 1-sp4y3j - title: We're Not a Couple! - release_date: 2026-11-08 ### Summary In We’re NOT A Couple!, Na-Eun Gwon is suddenly dumped by her boyfriend Seon-Ho Ji on graduation day. Five years later, as a struggling actress, she lands an unnamed shaman role in the drama Incarnation starring her ex-boyfriend, confronts him on set, and tells her family at the wrap party that she wants to quit acting. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Five years later Na-Eun gets a small shaman role in drama Incarnation with Seon-Ho as male lead. - At the wrap party Na-Eun goes unrecognized and says she wants to quit acting. - Na-Eun's family comforts her over dinner and her brother offers her a new lead role. - Seon-Ho Ji breaks up with Na-Eun Gwon at their high school graduation ceremony. - Na-Eun vows to use the breakup as fuel to become the best star. - Na-Eun and Seon-Ho reunite tensely at the Incarnation script reading after five years apart. - Na-Eun struggles with minor roles while Seon-Ho becomes a star with 10 million tickets. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser In We’re NOT A Couple!, Na-Eun Gwon is suddenly dumped by her boyfriend Seon-Ho Ji on graduation day. ### Spoiler summary In We’re NOT A Couple!, Na-Eun Gwon is suddenly dumped by her boyfriend Seon-Ho Ji on graduation day. Five years later, as a struggling actress, she lands an unnamed shaman role in the drama Incarnation starring her ex-boyfriend, confronts him on set, and tells her family at the wrap party that she wants to quit acting. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 222 ### Content DAEHAN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL: THE 27TH GRADUATION CEREMONY NA-EUN, LET'S BREAK UP. WHAT? BREAK UP? I'LL TAG YOU ON INSTA WITH OUR SELFIE, OK? WAIT... SERIOUSLY? YEAH... LET'S BREAK UP. I GOT DUMPED. BY THE BOYFRIEND I'D BEEN WITH SINCE OUR FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL. NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE GRADUATING FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP, TOO... THEIR VISUAL CHEMISTRY IS INSANE... THEY'RE A COUPLE, RIGHT? WONDER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SEON-HO JI... WHAT IS THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN?! AT LEAST TELL ME WHY YOU'RE BREAKING UP WITH ME!! CALM DOWN! WOULD YOU BE CALM IF YOU WERE ME?! PANORAMA SLOW MOTION PHOTO VIDEO PORTRAIT SELFIE TAKEN 10 MINUTES BEFORE BREAKING UP... WE BOTH WANTED TO BECOME ACTORS, SO WE WENT TO AN ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. I'D ALREADY MADE MY DEBUT BEFORE GRADUATION... ...WHILE HE PLANNED TO DEBUT LATER BECAUSE HE WAS ENLISTING RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION. BUT... WHAT DOES THAT MATTER NOW? MIGHT AS WELL USE THIS BREAKUP FOR MY ACTING CAREER. I'LL BECOME A TOP STAR! I'LL SHOW YOU ALL!! JUST WAIT AND SEE!! ...AND JUST LIKE THAT, FIVE YEARS PASSED BY. AND I TURNED 25... ...WHEN I LOOKED MY PRETTIEST. OH, LOOKS LIKE I FAILED, HAHA. ● YTM ACTOR L, CAST AS MALE LEAD IN K-OFFICE WORKER, EMBROILED IN PERSONAL-LIFE SCANDAL ARTICLE BY SEONG-HYEON PARK POSTED: 10:12 PM X XX, 20XX WHAT...? THE PRODUCTION'S BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY...? PRODUCTION OF I WANNA DO IT NOW! CANCELED AFTER FUNDING FALLS THROUGH POSTED: 12:59 PM X XX, 20XX JTPC'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MONDAY-TUESDAY SERIES I WANNA DO IT NOW! HAS ULTIMATELY BEEN CANCELED. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE BROADCAST SOURCES, THE PRODUCTION COMPANY HAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THE PROJECT AFTER FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IT'S MAJOR INESTORS ULTIMATE FELL THROUGH. I WANNA DO IT NOW! I'M DISAPPOINTED TOO, BUT YOU MUST BE UTTERLY DEVASTATED, DIRECTOR... I'M SORRY THIS HAD TO HAPPEN... KOREA TODAY / DRAMA AH WHAT SHOULD THE TITLE BE? FREEZES FILMING FOLLOWING THE OVERSEAS TRAVEL BAN DUE TO PANDEMIC POSTED: 5:48 PM X XX, 20XX JTPC MONDAY-TUESDAY SERİES THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO IF FILMING IS IMPOSSIBLE... IF AN OPPORTUNITY COMES UP, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT PROJECT. YES, I HOPE SO... SO, MY FILMOGRAPHY AFTER FIVE YEARS? NA-EUN GWON NA-EUN GWON ACTRESS HEALTHY COMPETITION BIT PART ACTRESS BREAK UP AND YOU’RE DEAD SUPPORTING ROLE: DAM-HEE LEE MEH, THAT'S ALL? ONE BIT PART AND TWO SUPPORTING ROLES. SO MUCH FOR BECOMING A SUPER STAR. NAEUN PILATES NA-EUN GWON PILATES MAP SEARCH LITTLE KID NA-EUN GWON GRAND PRIZE WINNER, WRITING CONTEST WOW... HAHA I'M A NOBODY... WORSE OFF THAN AN ORDINARY PERSON. ON THE OTHER HAND, MY EX? FILMOGRAPHY 25 HOUSE OF POWER LEAD A RECORD OF SILENCE LEAD A RECORD OF SILENCE HOUSE OF POWER THE END OF THE CORRIDOR LEAD SHADOW LEAD HE'S IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEAGUE!! A 10-MILLION TICKET STAR 12.7M AHHHH!! HOW DAZZLING...! I WANTED TO BE THE MORE SUCCESSFUL ONE. FIVE YEARS OF FIGHTING AN IMAGINARY ENEMY... THEY SAY LUCK IS A TALENT, TOO... IS THERE REALLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME? AM I JUST NOT TALENTED ENOUGH FOR A PROJECT TO CHOOSE ME...? NO! AT TIMES LIKE THIS, I NEED TO STEP UP MY ACTING SKILLS! I'M A LATE BLOOMER! AND I'M PRETTY, TOO! AAAH~! WHEN WILL I FINALLY BECOME SUCCESSFUL? I HOPE THE DAY COMES WHEN A PROJECT CHOOSES ME. UNTIL THEN, LET'S KEEP IT TOGETHER! SCRIPT READING FOR TV SERIES: INCARNATION FINALLY... A PROJECT HAS CHOSEN ME! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I GOT A ROLE! INCARNATION: EPISODE 1 SCRIPT IN THIS PROJECT... MALE LEAD: SEON-HO JI ...MY EX IS THE MALE LEAD. LOL IN THIS SERIES, MY EX PLAYS THE MALE LEAD FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY. AND FOR ME... MAIN CAST & DIRECTOR / WRITER MALE LEAD: SEON-HO JI FEMALE LEAD'S HELPER... 3 I DON'T EVEN HAVE A NAME... SEON-HO GETS A SEAT AT THE MAIN TABLE... ...WHILE I'M STUCK ON A FOLDING CHAIR IN THE CORNER. WOW. HOW HUMILIATING! INCARNATION: EPISODE 1 SCRIPT THE UNIVERSE SERIOUSLY HAS IT OUT FOR ME... IN OTHER WORDS, I'M A NOBODY!! OH, I'M REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO FACE SEON-HO RIGHT NOW. NA-EUN? THAT VOICE... IT'S SEON-HO. IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS... ...SINCE WE BROKE UP. I'D ONLY KEPT UP WITH HIM ON NEWTUBE. THE LAST VERSION OF HIM I REALLY REMEMBERED... ...WAS HIM AS A HIGH SCHOOLER. I NEVER REALIZED IT BEFORE... ...BUT SEON-HO AT 25... ...LOOKED DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS. TCH- HOW SHAMELESS. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DUMPED ME. HOW ANNOYING. WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE SO GOOD LOOKING?! YOU'RE STILL SULKING OVER SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO? PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF SOMEONE DUMPED OUT OF NOWHERE. BUT LOOKING BACK, BREAKING UP WAS FOR THE BEST. I'M SURE YOU THINK SO, TOO. JERK... I CAN'T DENY IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME. YOU'RE NOT EVEN MY BOYFRIEND. YES, MA'AM. WHAT THE HECK...? IT WAS BARELY A TOUCH. WHY IS MY HEART FLUTTERING? IT'S RIDICULOUS. MY HEART SHOULDN'T BE FLUTTERING. NOT NOW. NOT IN THIS SITUATION. THE MALE LEAD NEEDS A LITTLE MORE IMPACT... I HEARD SEON-HO SENT A SNACK TRUCK! EEE! THANK YOU, SEON-HO! LET'S GET A SHOT OF THE MAIN CAST TOGETHER! UH... THIS SEAT IS RESERVED FOR THE JUNIOR STAFF. ARE YOU ON THE CREW? ...OH, I'M NA-EUN GWON. I PLAYED THE SHAMAN ROLE. THERE WERE NO OTHER SEATS, SO... OH...! MS. GWON! I'M SORRY I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU SOONER. PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT HERE. WRAP PARTY FOR INCARNATION! WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK!! THINGS CAN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS... NA-EUN, WHAT'S WRONG? NA-EUN'S PARENTS YOU KNOW THAT SERIES SHE JUST FINISHED FILMING? SHE PROBABLY COULDN'T HELP COMPARING HER STANDING WITH SEON-HO'S. NA-EUN'S OLDER BROTHER OH, MY. IS SEON-HO DOING WELL? YEAH. HE'S A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER OFF THAN HER. IS THAT SO? GOOD FOR HIM. I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM AFTER ALL THIS TIME. UGH, I HATE ALL OF YOU! I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR FIVE WHOLE YEARS! FIVE YEARS! EVERYTHING I'VE DONE SINCE MY DEBUT HAS FALLEN THROUGH... ...AND I'VE BARELY SCRAPED BY ON BIT PARTS! NOBODY EVEN TAKES ME SERIOUSLY AS AN ACTRESS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MISERABLE THIS REALITY CHECK MAKES ME? I WANTED THAT KIND OF SPOTLIGHT, TOO... NO MORE... I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE. I THINK I'M GOING TO QUIT ACTING. SHE'S JUST HUNGRY. WE'RE EATING OUT. RIGHT NOW. AWWW, LOOK AT YOU EAT. AWW, LOOK AT MY BABY. SO PRETTY. YOU WERE BORN TO BE HAPPY. JUST HOW OLD IS THAT SONG? OH, COME ON. IT'S FROM MOM AND DAD'S GENERATION... HEY, I JUST LANDED A PROJECT. OH. CONGRATS. I'LL CAST YOU AS THE FEMALE LEAD, OK? CHUNG-JAE GWON NA-EUN'S OLDER BROTHER AND A TV SERIES DIRECTOR HUH? SINCE WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING HELPFUL FOR ONCE? WE'RE FAMILY. LOL LOL BUT YOU SAID YOU HATED PULLING STRINGS BECAUSE IT'D FEEL LIKE AN ABUSE OF POWER. YEAH, WHATEVER. JUST READ THE SERIES MATERIALS. MY SONG'S COMING UP. THE SERIES TITLE IS... WE'RE A COUPLE!? WHAT A STUPID TITLE. WE'RE A COUPLE! 12 EPISODES KEYWORDS: #HIGHSCHOOLER #REUNION #TRUELOVE HOW COME HIGH SCHOOLER IS ONE OF THE KEYWORDS? COME ON, I'M 25. I'D FEEL TOO GUILTY PLAYING A HIGH SCHOOLER. THAT'S OK. YOUR FACE "STILL" WORKS IN A SCHOOL UNIFORM. HA. THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT. NA-EUN. YOUR TURN. IF I'M THE FEMALE LEAD... ...WHO'S THE MALE LEAD? WHAT SONG WILL YOU SING, NA-EUN? PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE MELLOW SONGS, OBVIOUSLY. HUH...? CHUNG-JAE GWON!! ARE YOU CRAZY?! SEONHO IS THE MALE LEAD?!! DO YOU SERIOUSLY EXPECT ME TO... ...SHOOT A SERIES WITH MY EX?! DID YOU SELL MY LOVE STORY AND TURN IT INTO A TV SERIES?! DON'T GO NUTS! PUT THE MIC DOWN AND WE'LL TALK... THIS SERIES IS ABOUT ME AND SEON-HO! I DON'T WANT TO SEE SEON-HO!!! OW, MY EARDRUMS... YOU CAST ME TO MESS WITH ME, DIDN'T YOU?! DO YOU WANT TO DIE? SOORRY! I DIDN'T DO THAT ON PURPOSE... FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SEON-HO IS LOOKING IT OVER, TOO... WHAAAT?! SEON-HO?! YOUR CASTING SKILLS ARE SERIOUSLY-- JUST DIE, CHUNG-JAE GWON!! AAAAAH! I NEVER IMAGINED HOW MY JERK OF A BROTHER CASTING ME... ...WOULD TURN MY ACTING CAREER UPSIDE DOWN. KOREA TODAY / DRAMA CAST ANNOUNCED FOR TV SERIES WE'RE A COUPLE! POSTED: 5:48 PM X XX, 20XX @user-kdm7** I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THEM, AND NA-EUN AND SEON-HO ACTUALLY DATED LOL. THEY WERE PRETTY FAMOUS AT SCHOOL. HUH? THEY DATED EACH OTHER? SEON-HO DATED SOME NOBODY ACTRESS? THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. BUT WHY DID THEY BREAK UP? BACK THEN, SEON-HO... THE WHOLE COUNTRY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. BECAUSE AN ACTUAL EX-COUPLE IS STARRING IN A ROM-COM TOGETHER. WELL, MORE ACCURATELY, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE STARRING IN THE ROM-COM. ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OK WITH THIS...? I DON'T KNOW. 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