Got Dropped Into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work Author Provides Health Update and Return

The author of Got Dropped Into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work plans to come back this year.

Baek Deok-su, the writer for the horror webnovel Got Dropped Into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work provided an update on the KakaoPage for the novel. They stated that they successfully underwent surgery and are currently in recovery. However, during the surgery, they discovered more lesions which delayed their recovery, but they are able to return to their daily life “almost completely.”

According to a Google translation, their note says: “I will fully regain my strength and make sure to return sometime this year. I am truly apologetic that my return is delayed beyond what I initially anticipated. I will resume the serialization as soon as possible. I am sorry and thank you.”

The author also made a surprise announcement at the end, saying that an illustration of J3 will be posted which can be viewed below:

The webnovel landed on top of the list in the 2025 annual rankings of all genres on Kakaopage and over 470 million and counting views since its serialization in October 2024. Just three months after its debut, the webnovel accumulated more than 100 million views and has consistently sold out on merch in popup shops and exhibitions.

The story follows a young man who transmigrates into a ghost story. Despite falling into a ghost story, Kim Soleum still has to work and as a rookie at a huge and famous conglomerate, he’s tasked to solve mysteries and urban legends, but as a passionate horror and ghost story enthusiast, he makes quick work of it.

Got Dropped Into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work was adapted into a manhwa on June 5 with Ssungnyung as the artist. The manhwa garnered huge numbers in its debut, amassing six million views after a day of landing on KakaoPage.

There is no official English translation of both the novel and manhwa.

Source: KakaoPage