Sweet Home

Spoiler level: Opening premise only. This guide introduces the original webtoon, its creators, the Netflix adaptation, and official reading options. It does not reveal major plot turns or endings.

A building called Green Home doesn’t sound like the worst place to wait out an apocalypse.

Unfortunately, the residents of Sweet Home are about to discover that a familiar apartment building can become a terrifying place when the outside world changes—and the people inside can no longer be sure whom to trust.

Sweet Home (스위트홈) began as a Korean horror webtoon written by Carnby Kim (김칸비) and illustrated by Youngchan Hwang (황영찬). It later became a Netflix live-action series starring Song Kang.

The webtoon and the drama share their central premise, but they are not identical versions of the same experience. The original is a completed digital comic; the Netflix adaptation develops into a three-season television story.

This page is a starting point for understanding the original work, the different formats, and where to explore them.

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Sweet Home at a Glance

Detail	Information
Korean title	스위트홈
Original medium	Korean webtoon
Original writer	Carnby Kim (김칸비)
Original artist	Youngchan Hwang (황영찬)
Original platform	Naver WEBTOON
Korean serialization began	October 2017
Original webtoon status	Completed
Official English comic	WEBTOON
Television adaptation	Netflix live-action series
Main drama actor	Song Kang as Cha Hyun-su
Netflix seasons	Three, with the final season released in July 2024

Sweet Home is not originally a web novel. Its source material is the Korean digital comic.

That matters when looking for the original story. The official Korean and English WEBTOON editions are the relevant places to begin, not an assumed prose novel.

What Is Sweet Home About?

Cha Hyun-su is a reclusive high school student who moves into an apartment building after a family tragedy.

He already struggles with the world outside his room.

Then something much stranger begins happening.

People are becoming monsters, and the residents of Green Home have to find ways to survive.

The setting creates a simple but effective tension. People who might previously have passed one another without speaking are suddenly forced to make decisions together.

The danger isn’t limited to whatever might be waiting beyond the building’s doors. Fear and uncertainty also affect how the residents see one another.

That is the opening situation shared by the webtoon and Netflix adaptation.

The two versions develop the premise differently, particularly as the television series expands beyond its initial setting.

Why Is It Called Sweet Home?

The Korean title, 스위트홈, is the English phrase Sweet Home written in Hangul.

It isn’t a separate Korean expression with a hidden literal translation.

What’s interesting is the contrast between the reassuring phrase and the story’s setting.

A home is usually associated with shelter and belonging. Yet Green Home is an apartment building in which safety can no longer be taken for granted.

Even the building’s name sounds comforting.

The horror comes partly from making that ordinary environment unfamiliar.

The title can therefore be read as an irony: what does it take for a place to feel like home when the people inside are afraid of one another?

This is an interpretation of the story’s premise, not a claim that the phrase has a special Korean dictionary meaning.

The Korean Apartment Setting

One detail worth paying attention to is the apartment building itself.

Korean apartment living is not one uniform experience, and Sweet Home should not be treated as a documentary about Korean neighbors.

Still, its setting makes interesting use of the distance between physical proximity and personal familiarity.

People can live only a short walk apart while knowing very little about one another.

A hallway, elevator, or shared entrance normally exists to help residents move through their daily routines. In a survival story, those spaces can become places where people must negotiate safety, access, and trust.

That change gives the apartment more narrative importance than a generic background location.

Director Lee Eung-bok discussed the significance of the residents forming bonds while facing danger, and how Green Home could become a meaningful home through their relationships.

The building isn’t just where the characters happen to live. It helps shape the relationships that develop between them.

From Korean Webtoon to Netflix Drama

The original comic was serialized on Naver WEBTOON beginning in 2017.

Its official English WEBTOON edition is also complete.

The live-action adaptation debuted on Netflix in December 2020, with Song Kang playing Cha Hyun-su.

The production was directed by Lee Eung-bok, who worked with a larger cast and screen-specific storytelling techniques.

Netflix later released Season 2 in December 2023 and the third and final season on July 19, 2024.

Importantly, the Netflix series becomes a broader adaptation rather than following the original comic episode by episode.

Netflix’s production announcements describe Season 2 as expanding the world and moving beyond the relatively confined setting of the first season.

If you’ve watched all three drama seasons, don’t assume you already know how every aspect of the original comic is presented.

Conversely, finishing the webtoon doesn’t mean the later television seasons can be treated as a direct illustrated continuation.

They’re different versions of the property.

Where Should You Start?

Start With the Original Webtoon

Choose the webtoon if you want to experience Sweet Home in its original medium.

Its vertical-scroll format gives the illustrations room to control what readers see and when they see it.

The official English edition is marked completed, although episode access and app conditions may change.

• Read Sweet Home on WEBTOON
• Read the Korean original on Naver WEBTOON

Start With the Netflix Drama

Choose the drama if you prefer live-action performances, sound, moving creatures, and television storytelling.

The three seasons form the completed Netflix adaptation.

The official Netflix listing is the best place to check access and available audio or subtitle options in your region.

• Watch Sweet Home on Netflix

The show contains disturbing horror imagery and violence. It is not a light supernatural drama simply because its title sounds comforting.

Read Both if You’re Interested in Adaptation

The most useful reason to try both versions is that each uses different tools to create fear and uncertainty.

The webtoon can control a reveal through illustration and scrolling. The drama can use performances, sound, editing, and creature effects.

For a focused comparison, read Sweet Home Webtoon vs. Netflix: 5 Differences That Matter.

Start Here: More Sweet Home Guides

If you’re still deciding where to begin—or want to understand a little more—here’s where I’d point you next:

• Choosing a version? Compare the webtoon and Netflix adaptation for differences in characters, monsters, pacing, and story scope.
• Curious about monsterization? Explore how desire shapes the monsters in an explanation that stays with the opening premise.
• Wondering where Shotgun Boy fits? Check the Sweet Home and Shotgun Boy reading order before choosing between publication order and story chronology.
• Want my take on the comic? Read my Sweet Home webtoon review for its emotional pull, horror, and the readers I’d recommend it to.
• Want my thoughts after all three drama seasons? Read my Sweet Home K-drama review for its people, desire-shaped monsters, tense apartment setting, and the slower stretches I felt in Season 2.

Official Sources

• Naver WEBTOON — 스위트홈 — original Korean webtoon, creator credits, and completion status.
• WEBTOON — Sweet Home — licensed English comic and creator information.
• Netflix — Sweet Home — official streaming listing and season information.
• About Netflix — Original Adaptation Announcement — original premise, creative team, and casting.
• About Netflix — Seasons 2 and 3 Announcement — series development and the expanded television format.
• About Netflix — Season 3 Release Announcement — final-season publication information.