page_title: Save Me (webtoon)
section_title: Background and concept
hierarchical_section_title: Save Me (webtoon) / Background and concept
caption_attribution_description: English: Logo for the fictional BTS Universe, also called the "BU"
context_page_description: Save Me is a South Korean webtoon collaboratively produced by Big Hit Entertainment and Naver Webtoon's subsidiary LICO. A namesake of South Korean boy band BTS's 2016 song "Save Me," it ran from January 17 to April 11, 2019, consisting of 15 episodes plus one prologue.
  The central characters of Save Me are the alter egos of the band's seven members, each named after each band member's real name. The webtoon tells the story of protagonist Kim Seok-jin who is trapped in a time loop, repeatedly reliving his life starting from 11 April, from which he can escape only when he accomplishes the task of saving his six best friends from their destined miseries.
  Save Me is part of Bit Hit Entertainment's BTS Universe, an alternate universe revolving around most of BTS' output. It is available in six official languages and fan translations. Met with mostly positive response from WEBTOON readers, it amassed 50 million views at its closing.
context_section_description: Save Me is a part of the BTS Universe (also known as Bangtan Universe or BU), an alternate universe created by Big Hit Entertainment that winds through the output of K-pop idol group BTS, starting with The Most Beautiful Moment in Life series. Big Hit Entertainment provided the webtoon's story while LICO, a Naver Webtoon subsidiary, adapted and incorporated the story into Save Me. Its plot parallels that of the images portrayed in the group's music videos and in other related content such as their book HYYH: The Notes 1. The title of the webtoon references to BTS’ 2016 single "Save Me" from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.
  The webtoon is composed of 16 parts: a short "prologue," showing the context of the story, and 15 episodes. Each of its seven central characters are named after each band member's real name and have backstories exclusive to the universe only so as not to confuse their identities with their real-life counterparts.
  The upcoming release of Save Me was also teased in Big Hit Entertainment's Smeraldo Books Twitter account, wherein short video clips were uploaded along with short notes excerpted from HYYH: The Notes 1. The Smeraldo Books itself is part of the BTS Universe, its name alluding to the song "The Truth Untold" from Love Yourself: Tear.
caption: Logo for BTS Universe
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