‘Take Charge of My Heart’ Is Adapted From a Web Novel About a Chaebol Heir and a Human Power Source
Netflix’s newest Korean romantic comedy has a hook that sounds almost too strange to be real. A powerful heir lives with an artificial heart that is losing battery, and the only person who can top it up is a woman who crackles with electricity. If you’ve been wondering where that idea came from, it did not start in a writers’ room.
Netflix lists the source as the Naver web novel ‘Charge Me Up’ by Haebeon. That means ‘Take Charge of My Heart’ arrives with a built-in readership, and it also explains why the premise leans so confidently into its own wild logic.
The ‘Take Charge of My Heart’ Web Novel Origins
The series is based on a popular web novel of the same name. The original Korean title translates roughly to a plea to be charged, and the source material is the web novel of the same name by an author credited as Hae Boon.
The show was formerly titled ‘Recharge Me’ before settling on its current name. Both titles point at the same electric metaphor, though the new one leans harder into the romance.
Web novel adaptations have become a reliable engine for Korean drama, and this one fits the pattern neatly. A high concept that already won over readers gives Netflix a head start with an international audience, especially when the pitch can be explained in a single sentence.
From ‘Charge Me Up’ to the Screen
Park Su-won directs, with Song Yu-chae writing, and the production companies are NEW POINT and WHYNOT MEDIA. Park is previously known for ‘Work Later, Drink Now’ Season 2 and ‘Birthcare Center.’ That résumé suggests a director comfortable with sharp, character driven humor.
This project marks the romantic comedy debut for Park, who is best known for witty direction in hit shows like ‘Work Later, Drink Now.’ Moving from workplace and family comedy into a full romance is a notable shift, and it will be interesting to see how that comic instinct plays with a fantastical premise.
Filming was already underway by July of last year. All ten episodes arrive together on October 9, so viewers can binge the whole story in one go as autumn sets in.
Kim Young Kwang and Chae Soo Bin Lead the Story
Kim Young Kwang plays Baek Ho Rang, a third generation chaebol heir who runs a resort for one of the country’s top conglomerates. He is a gifted strategist whose only weakness is the artificial heart hidden beneath his polished image. The role gives the actor room to play cool control cracking into something more vulnerable.
Chae Soo Bin plays Na Bo Bae, a screenwriter racing to finish a romance screenplay before her contract expires. There is a nice bit of irony in a writer who needs a love story and ends up stuck inside one. Both leads are familiar to Netflix viewers, with Chae known for ‘When the Phone Rings’ and ‘The Fabulous,’ and Kim for ‘Trigger’ and ‘On Your Wedding Day.’
Netflix says both actors are returning to the romantic comedy genre, so fans can expect sparks. That return to the genre is a big part of the pitch for longtime followers of Korean romance.
The ‘Take Charge of My Heart’ Plot Explained
The story kicks off when a chance encounter turns electric, quite literally. An accidental kiss and a later hospital meeting reveal that her touch can recharge his artificial heart. The teaser shows Bo Bae, whose daily life has been a nightmare because of her electrical powers, meeting a man who turns out to be immune to electricity.
The central deal is where the romantic comedy engine really starts running. Ho Rang needs her to keep his heart going for three months until another surgery, which he wants so he can take over TS Group. In return for charging him through touch, he offers to fulfill her romance bucket list.
It is a classic contract relationship wrapped in superhero style gimmickry, and the poster leans into it. Bo Bae is shown with pink electric currents around her while Ho Rang keeps an indifferent expression right beside her. Whether a fake arrangement can survive real feelings is the question that will keep people clicking to the next episode, so which would you rather have, a love story with a deadline on his heart or one where the spark was never meant to be controlled?
