Character Relationship Map: Addicted

Characters

• Hwang Dae-jun (played by Lee Byung-hun) — protagonist

  Hwang Dae-jun is a passionate car racer whose crash leaves him seriously injured and in a coma. After awakening, he adopts his brother’s mannerisms and memories, persuading Heor Eun-soo that the broth...

• Heo Eun-soo (played by Lee Mi-yeon) — supporting
• He-jin (played by Park Sun-young) — supporting

  He-jin is Hwang Dae-jun’s girlfriend, but she becomes involved in the painful aftermath of his apparent transformation. When Heor Eun-soo cannot live with him, He-jin offers to take Dae-jun to work at...

• Doctor Lee (played by Kim Tae-hun) — supporting

  Doctor Lee is the medical authority involved in the brothers’ unusual aftermath. A doctor evaluates Hwang Dae-jun through hypnosis and interprets his answers as evidence of a spiritual transfer. The d...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Heo Eun-soo → Doctor Lee (Professional Patient) — Medical advice regarding terminal care.
• Hwang Dae-jun → Doctor Lee (Professional Patient) — Medical professional assessing psychological state.
• Hwang Dae-jun → He-jin (Romantic Girlfriend) — Romantic partners before the accident.
• Hwang Dae-jun → Heo Eun-soo (Family Brother-in-law) — In-law relationship formed through marriage.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Heo Eun-soo → He-jin (Social Confidante) — Friends who share personal struggles.

Story Analysis

A love story about identity, grief, possession, and the destructive cost of replacing oneself with another person.

Plot Progression

1. Brothers Before the Fall — Two close brothers lead different lives, one devoted to racing and the other to artistic domestic pursuits. Their simultaneous accidents abruptly destroy their shared stability.
2. The Borrowed Identity — After a year in a coma, one brother awakens with severe physical injuries and behavior resembling the other brother. A hypnosis examination intensifies the possibility that an identity has transferred...
3. Love Through Transformation — The wife struggles to accept the changed man, while He-jin offers him an alternative life away from the household. A rainy encounter leads to emotional acceptance and a renewed domestic relationship.
4. The Cost of Letting Go — The wife agrees to remove life support from the brother who remains comatose. He-jin accepts that the man she loved has changed and prepares to leave for study abroad.
5. The Truth Beneath the Art — An art exhibition presents the transformed identity as convincing, but a necklace, photographs, and notebook expose the hidden love behind the impersonation. The final confession frames the transforma...