@svttxtetc in a sense, yes, they do. you create everything new about them, the only thing that’s being left “real” is their name and how readers visualize them
@svttxtetc i guess in my words, you just take someone who exists, sculpt their characteristics (bc who really knows what they’re like?) and then put them into a fantasy setting, mostly including stories that you *know* you will never experience in real life +
However Hallyu also brought some hate and was heavily criticized by the anti-Korea community of (pls guess) japanese males, and their egos on telling that Japan is still better than Korea because that's how it was "in the past".
Hallyu's appearance in Japan led to the increase of Japanese entertainment companies collaborating with Korean ones, and a slow but a sure process of internationalization.
[reference:]
https://t.co/Hn6pdoDHry