Vince and Kath
The first original image screenshot of Vince and Kath story
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| Author | Jenny Ruth Almocera |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publisher | Independent |
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2 January 2016 |
| Media type | Digital images |
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| Author | Jenny Ruth Almocera |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Language | English and Filipino |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publisher | ABS-CBN Publishing Incorporated |
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| No. of books | 7 |
Vince and Kath is an online romantic series written by Filipino author Jenny Ruth Almocera. The story consists of screenshots of SMS and chat conversations between the characters with few narrative sections. Each album consists of chapters of the story. After its debut release on January 2, 2016 on Life and Social Media fanpage, it became popular on social media. Due to its success, the book version is released under ABS-CBN Publishing Incorporated. The series was ended on May 17, 2016 with a total of 24 chapters (37 parts).
The series was serialized into a motion picture entitled Vince and Kath and James, which was released on December 25, 2016 as a 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival entry.
The story was conceived when Almocera read her old text messages in her cellphone. She wrote it by simulating a conversation through Yazzy app, an app that creates fake conversations. The story has also some references to her life experiences especially in college life. The two main characters is loosely based from real-life where Kath is refer to the author herself and Vince is refer to her husband.
The story revolves around a young man named Vince who bravely sends a text message to his crush, Kath. Until they become text mates and become in-relationship status. As they graduate from college, Vince proposes to Kath. They face different life challenges especially when Vince is stabbed by hooligans and knocks his head off from which he suffers amnesia due to a head trauma. Kath makes difficult efforts to help Vince regain his memories back. Suddenly Kath's aunt reveals that her father is very ill. At the same time, Vince is rushed to the hospital unexpectedly after Kath finds out that he has been unconscious in his house. She calls her friend Maxine to look after Vince in the hospital while she's away to to visit her father in Dubai urgently. After a few days Vince miraculously recovers from his amnesia. He prepares a surprise for Kath. When Kath arrives from Dubai, she is shocked about Vince's recovery. And Vince proposes to Kath again. He promises her that he would bring back what he lost and pay gratitude for her sacrifices.
Later Vince finds out that Jella's boyfriend Nathan was the perpetrator; Nathan stabbed Vince due to jealousy. Vince confronts Nathan and brawls at each other. The feud is stopped by Jella. Vince initially decided to put Nathan into jail but recanted his decision because Jella told him that she is pregnant with Nathan's child. This triggers Kath's agony on Vince but their love quarrel is short-lived.
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