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My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho: Episode 8

“She works hard for the money / So haaaard for it honey / She works hard for the money / So you better treat her right.” Never truer words, my friend. This episode, Mi-ho learns the value of a Dollar Won, and Dae-woong learns the value of a gift from the heart.

The last episode’s Little Mermaid metaphor just worked on all counts for me, but more than the metaphor itself, I loved Dae-woong stepping up to be a hero, to shield her heart from the tragic ending in her fairy tale. In this episode he continues to step up when it counts, and Mi-ho? She just continues to be awesome.

 
EPISODE 8 RECAP

Dae-woong tells Mi-ho that The Little Mermaid ends happily, and to believe his words, not anyone else’s. He sweetly wipes a tear from her eye, as he says, “So don’t cry; it’ll rain.” Swoon. His sudden assertiveness since the last episode, especially about the ending of that book…it KILLS me.

They get up to go, and she leaves the book behind. Aw.

They missed the premiere, so Dae-woong stands in line to get tickets to another movie (Cyrano Dating Agency. Jealous.) While waiting for him, Mi-ho sees another couple on a date, and starts mimicking their actions. She sees the girl primping, and making cheesy wink-and-finger-guns gestures at her boyfriend, so she does the same to Dae-woong.

When she sees them share a drink with two straws, she gulps down her soda and then surreptitiously sticks her straw in Dae-woong’s drink, lying in wait. How cute. Dae-woong jumps back when he sees her, and scolds her for stealing his soda. Stupid boy.

Next, she sees the couple walking together, and the girl has her arm around the guy’s waist. So Mi-ho follows suit, putting her arm around Dae-woong, and reaching her hand (Omo) right into his pocket. Rawr!

He jumps, clasping his hand over hers. She smiles up at him like, hey baby. God, I love her. He’s startled at first, but then smiles right away, saying, “You couldn’t wait?” And then to her dismay, out of his pocket, he pulls out…a sausage! PWAHAHAHAHAHA.

A sausage? In your pocket? You have a Sausage in Your Pocket. I can’t…even….my head is about to explode from the number of jokes that are clamoring to get out. Suffice it to say, the man’s not squeamish about pulling a tiny sausage out of his pants. Pffft. Yes, I am twelve. I know.

Mi-ho gets foiled time and again for her attempts at skinship, but then during the movie Dae-woong tries to take a piece of popcorn out of her hair, and she manages to take charge of his arm for the rest of the show. Afterwards she tells him that dates are fun, and Dae-woong balks at her use of “Date.” He declares (protesting too much, I doth say), that this isn’t a date; it’s a walk, like taking the dog for a walk. And instead of taking her by the hand like she asks, he leads her away by her bag strap like a dog. Sigh.

They end up in the electronics department of the mall, where Mi-ho marvels at all the strange new gadgets, and Dae-woong stops in front of a display, drooling over the camcorder he’s been wanting. Dae-woong’s amused that she finds all the newfangled appliances interesting, so he uses the opportunity to poop on Dong-joo Teacher’s range of knowledge. He tells her that the stereo is a mind-reading device, the bathroom scale is an age-indicator, and the calculator is a human-remote.

He plays a trick on her with the vacuum like it’s eating his hand, so she rescues him by throwing it on the ground, where it breaks into pieces. He’s forced to purchase it in penance.

While waiting for him, Mi-ho runs over to the fans, playing with the sound of her voice and letting her hair fly in the breeze. Dae-woong sees her, and in a moment of reverie, says to himself that he was silly to think she would ever eat him up. He muses that like this, she looks just like a normal girl, and realizes that his mind keeps forgetting—that she isn’t. He watches her, and his heart starts to beat in his ears, and he begins to see her in a new light.

He snaps himself out of it, and turns the fan off (as if that’s the source of his feelings, HA) and walks away. He keeps looking back at her, knowing what he’s feeling, and we can see his mental process as he convinces himself that he’s crazy for even thinking it. I love that this entire process, from the discovery of his feelings, to the denial, is delivered silently, but we can read it plainly all over his face.

Hye-in meets with Byung-soo and Sun-nyeo, plying them with lunch to get information about Mi-ho. She finds out that Mi-ho doesn’t go to school or have a job, and since she knows that Director Ban is chasing her for the lead role in the movie, her antennae go up about Mi-ho’s unusual stunt abilities. She wonders if that night at Dae-woong’s place, Mi-ho actually jumped off the roof…but then realizes that would be crazy…

At home, Dae-woong grills up some meat while Mi-ho sits in front of the fan. Thankfully, her perm wasn’t very permanent at all, although she wishes it had lasted longer. Dae-woong watches her warily, almost willing her to keep doing crazy things, to disabuse him of the idea that he could develop feelings for a gumiho.

She asks when they’ll go on more dates, saying that she likes to do stuff with him, and Dae-woong asks her leading questions like, “You like me because I buy you meat, right? You like meat, therefore you like me.” He declares that he’s going to stop buying meat, thinking she’ll decide that she doesn’t like him, but to his dismay, she says it’s regrettable, but she’ll deal. Heh.

He starts overreacting that she’s a gumiho—how can she be so cavalier about him not buying her beef? He tells her that she should be scary and threaten him—she’ll scare, he’ll be frightened, and he’ll REMEMBER that she’s a gumiho, and not a human. Mi-ho says that she doesn’t want to scare him anymore, and to just think of her as a person then. He’s not having any of that. “You’re a gumiho! You’ve got to live up to your tails. You have nine of them!”

He forces her to act the part, so they go through the motions of taking away her beef, threatening to eat him up, then fearing for his life. Mi-ho pouts, and Dae-woong goes to bed chanting to himself that the lines have to be kept clear, and he repeats over and over, “Gumiho, gumiho.”

Dong-joo, Fairy Godmother, wakes up from a nightmare about his long-lost love, Mi-ho’s doppelganger from centuries past. In the dream she tells him that she’s fallen in love with a man and asks for a way to become human. He then tells her to kill the man that she loves, which she can’t do. She asks Dong-joo to kill her instead, and he complies. He wakes up shaking and in tears. Gold star and dance of joy for those of you who guessed this angle on the backstory.

Dae-woong puts up a countdown board for the remaining days of their contract. He tries to convince himself that this helps put things in their place and tries his best to put some distance between himself and Mi-ho. He explains to her that this is the extent of their relationship, and that when the 100 days are over, he won’t concern himself with where she goes or what she does. He leaves and she waves goodbye, which he forces her to change to a threatening fist wave instead, and acts out his part of the fearful human, promising to bring home beef. Mi-ho frowns at his coldness.

She goes to see Dong-joo Teacher, and wonders if she should just tell Dae-woong that she wants to be human. Dong-joo, bitter from his nightmares, tells her that she shouldn’t expect Dae-woong’s affections, since she has nothing that humans want—money, talent, ways to get money, etc. He spits out angrily that he can’t understand why she would want to give up being a special, powerful being, to be a lowly human. Interesting. I like this angle on his character a little more, although if he’s so against it, I don’t know why he helped her so willingly.

Mi-ho wonders if he’s feeling okay, and puts a hand on his cheek and asks sweetly if he’s sad. His tears well up, but he says nothing. She offers him the vegetable juice that she was saving for Dae-woong, and leaves. It’s nice that both men are becoming increasingly affected by Mi-ho in different ways, and against their will, at that.

Hye-in and Dae-woong both get called to meet with Director Ban, and while waiting in his office Hye-in decides to pull some shenanigans in order to break the ice with Dae-woong. She purposely trips and knocks over a bunch of DVDs (the severity of which I don’t get, really) and they scheme to put them back while distracting the director. This suffices to get them talking on friendly terms again.

Mi-ho goes back to the department store and looks at the camcorder that Dae-woong wanted. She fantasizes about buying it for him, earning his respect as a human and making him happy all at once.

At home, Dae-woong looks at his ring and at the calendar, sighing that only 93 days remain, and that time is passing faster than he’d thought. Aw.

He wonders why Mi-ho isn’t home, so he calls her. But Mi-ho is busy washing dishes at a restaurant, so that she can earn some money for the camcorder. Dae-woong sits at home waiting and waiting, growing annoyed at the thought that she might be hanging out with Dong-joo. Heh.

He even considers calling Dong-joo, but decides against it for the sake of his pride. She finally calls him back, and the concern is audible in his voice. He asks where she is, but all he gets is a curt, “I’m busy. Don’t call me. Don’t wait up.” She hangs up to get back to work, leaving him stunned and yelling at his cell phone in disbelief. He says with pettiness, “See if I ever call you again!”

And then he waits up for her all night. Kyah, so cute!

He calls her again. Mi-ho: “Why are you calling me? I’m busy.” Dae-woong: “You’re a girl and you’re out at all hours of the night.” Mi-ho: “Woong-ah, I’m a gumiho.” He catches himself forgetting again, and swears he’ll never call again. He takes the battery out of his phone, and goes to bed.

He wakes up in the morning to find that she’s home, but she gets ready and leaves again right away. Dae-woong insists that it’s not like he was waiting or anything, but he wants to know what she’s doing. She doesn’t have time to talk, and rushes off saying that she’s busy. I sort of love that the tables are turned now, and he waits around for her, stewing in his own feelings.

He eats alone, complaining that she’s late again today, and lets out a deep sigh as he crosses another day off the calendar. Poor puppy. He calls her again, but this time she has her phone off.

He wakes up in the morning to discover that she never even came home last night. He thinks again about calling Dong-joo, but decides he can’t, and just then, Mi-ho walks in. He grabs her by the wrist (oy, Woong-ah) and demands to know where she’s been. “Have you been with Dong-joo all this time?” She smiles, finally having the upper hand, and declares that she has. He tells her if she’s going to be out every night, to get out, and without skipping a beat, she says she’ll go to Dong-joo then. “If you’re regular cow, then Dong-joo is wild cow!” Hahahaha.

This is of course a dream, but it’s awesomely telling. He wakes up and chastises himself for dreaming such things. He decides it’s because he’s been waiting up for a gumiho—it’s causing him to dream crazy cow dreams. He regretfully crosses another day off the calendar and convinces himself that he’s better off not concerning himself with her.

Mi-ho counts her money with the chicken shop ajumma, and pouts that earning money is hard. The ajumma notes that she’s a good eater, so she’s got the perfect job for her. She takes her to the set of the home shopping channel, where they’re filming a commercial for beef. All they have to do as extras is eat meat—the perfect job for Mi-ho. She does so happily, and Dae-woong meanwhile misses her television debut, while wondering where the hell she is.

Byung-soo notices Mi-ho onscreen, and Dae-woong is shocked to see her, while annoyed that she looks like she’s having the time of her life (heh). He sees Director Ban and his aunt on their way in, so he blocks the tv from their view.

He goes home to find Mi-ho waiting for him, and she declares that it’s been forever since they’ve seen each other, and she’s missed him. That appeases him a little, but he still petulantly tells her that she looked like she was having fun eating on tv with the chicken shop ajumma, and that she can spend all her time with Dong-joo if she pleases, but to answer her phone.

She says that there were too many grill plates to answer the phone, outing the real reason she’s been so busy. She tells him that she’s been working hard to make money, so that she could buy him the thing he really wanted—the thing he picked out that day after the movies. He’s so impressed with her that he can’t help but smile, and she declares that he’s going to be so surprised by his gift, and runs upstairs to get it.

He waits with a chuckle, saying there’s no surprise if you tell him what the gift is. She bounds upstairs and with much fanfare, she presents him with…

…the SIGN for the camcorder that he wanted! AHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my god…she thought he wanted the SIGN! I’m seriously busting a gut here.

Dae-woong totally sees why her very literal mind interpreted things this way, and he very sweetly doesn’t let on that she’s bought him the wrong thing. He praises her gift-giving skills, and tells her proudly that he’ll put it right next to his bed, and it’s the very thing he’s always wanted. AW.

He asks her if it was hard earning money, and when she tells him how much the restaurant paid her for washing dishes, he’s shocked, and marches over there to give the owner a piece of his mind. He gets the remaining wages out of him and hands it over to Mi-ho. She frowns that he must’ve taken advantage of her because she seemed stupid, but Dae-woong reassures her that she’s not stupid—she’s just different, because she’s a gumiho. He tells her not to let her tails droop.

Hye-in buys herself that same camcorder, and decides to buy one for Dae-woong too. Sun-nyeo conveniently lets slip another piece of information: that Dae-woong isn’t so much healed from his accident, as working through the pain, “for love,” because of Mi-ho. Hye-in grumbles at that.

Dae-woong heads into the studio for a costume test, and tells Mi-ho to wait for him, and that he’ll take her out to eat tonight. She perks up, saying, “A date?” He tells her it’s going out for a walk, and she frowns.

Director Ban and Aunt Min-sook come back from a lunch date, and she hooks her arm into his as they coo back and forth at each other. But then Sun-nyeo appears with Hye-in around the corner, and Doo-hong freaks out, pushing Min-sook away with such force that she ends up flying a few feet and landing on the floor. Sun-nyeo comes bounding up, commanding Daddy’s attention, and Doo-hong can’t bring himself to acknowledge Min-sook in front of his daughter. Min-sook agonizes over her plight.

Hye-in happens to see her and asks if she’s okay. Min-sook recognizes her face from Dae-woong’s phone, so she asks if she’s Dae-woong’s girlfriend. Hye-in cops to just being a friend, but when Min-sook admits to knowing very little about said girlfriend, she sees an opportunity. Hye-in lays it on thick that she’s not one to judge, but she thinks that Mi-ho latched onto Dae-woong with a plan to use him for his money, and tells Min-sook that Dae-woong was seriously injured, but is continuing to do the movie at Mi-ho’s urging. Gah, hateful bug-eyed girl!

She gets up, proud of herself for her masterful meddling, but then jumps out of her skin to find Mi-ho standing right behind her. Awesome. Mi-ho confronts her about her lies, and when Hye-in defends her position, Mi-ho resorts to scaring her. Love it.

Hye-in leaves in a huff, wishing she would’ve said more. She decides to use the camcorder to send a message to Mi-ho. It gets delivered to the house, and Mi-ho opens it up, to realize that this is what Dae-woong actually wanted. She looks at her gift, and Hye-in’s, and it dawns on her just how lacking hers is. Breaks my heart. Couldn’t you just let them pretend, Show?

Across town, Min-sook tells Grandpa about Dae-woong’s accident and Mi-ho’s involvement in pushing him to do the movie against the doctor’s wishes. Grandpa fumes.

Mi-ho goes to see Dong-joo, and she tells him glumly that she thought she was just different, but she realized today just how lacking she is. Dong-joo tells her that even if she becomes human, she can’t be with Dae-woong. With other people, who just think she’s dumb or short a few marbles, she can learn and get by, but with Dae-woong who knows that she’s fundamentally different, it’ll never work. She hangs her head in defeat.

As Dae-woong finishes his work, he turns down Byung-soo’s invitation to go out, saying he received a gift from Mi-ho, so he’s going to bring home some beef, the cut of which is called “flower.” Byung-soo thinks it’s amusing that Dae-woong is bringing home flower beef instead of flowers, and Dae-woong insists that “my Mi-ho is different,” and that she doesn’t like flowers. Or…wait…he realizes that he doesn’t really know, since he never asked.

So he comes home, wielding a giant bouquet of flowers. Adorable. He pauses in the entryway, thinking it’s a little ridiculous to present flowers to a gumiho, but then he sees his camcorder sign in the trash. He brings it back in, and sees Hye-in’s gift, realizing that Mi-ho must’ve found out that her gift wasn’t exactly what he had wanted.

Mi-ho comes home later that night, and is surprised to walk into a darkened apartment. In the middle of the room is one floodlight, above the camcorder sign. Dae-woong steps out from behind it, and asks why she threw it away. She says it wasn’t what he wanted, which he acknowledges—it wasn’t what he originally wanted, but it’s a gift from her, so now it’s what he wants, and he’ll learn to like it.

With that, he presents her with the flowers. She lights up, saying that she loves them, and he’s surprised to see that against his preconceptions, she does like flowers like a regular girl. He says that he didn’t know, since she’s different, but he’s glad that she likes his gift. Mi-ho still lingers on the fact that she didn’t get him the gift that he wanted. He corrects her—she’s wrong about that, just as he was wrong about what her likes and dislikes are. He declares that they’ll correct those things by learning about each other, and living to match their tastes. Gah. WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE?

Mi-ho says that from now on, she’ll ask him everything, and true to form, she starts right away.

Mi-ho: Right now, how much are you afraid of me?
Dae-woong: Honestly, I’m not afraid of you at all. I was pretending before.
Mi-ho: Do you hate being with me?
Dae-woong: Honestly, I don’t hate it. I guess I’ve gotten used to you.
Mi-ho: Then…from now on…is it possible that you could start to like me? Even if I’m different from you, couldn’t you…like me?

Dae-woong looks up at her darling face, brimming with eagerness at his response. He gulps, weighing it in his mind. And as he starts to think that maybe he really could, a petal falls from the bouquet and he catches it in his hand. He clasps it, about to respond…

…when Grandpa charges in, breaking up the moment. Aw, Grandpa! Couldn’t you have waited like THIRTY SECONDS?

He declares that it’s over—they’re to break up, and growls at Dae-woong to pack his bags. Ruh-roh!

COMMENTS

I love how fast we’re progressing plot-wise, and yet how slowly the relationship is developing between our leads. They’re slowly learning how to trust each other, how to figure out what the other person wants—it’s such a realistic portrayal of what happens in a real relationship, once you get past the puppy love stuff, when trying to figure out how to live together in the real world. Well, minus the supernatural stuff. But that’s why I love this kind of story—because the “difference” that they’re speaking of is such a great metaphor for the distance we go as human beings to truly understand one another.

Hye-in bugs me, of course, but she doesn’t bug me as much as a classic second lead, because she really has no traction here. There’s no room for her in this couple, and her ploys always fall flat, and so far, they usually serve to give our couple yet another excuse to bond, so as a plot device, I’m all for Hye-in.

Her latest stunt with the family will probably muck things up for a little while though, seeing as how Grandpa seems more irate than the time his precious fish died. I would think Dae-woong could find a way to reason with him, but I wouldn’t mind a little angst to separate them for a little while, as long as it made them miss each other like crazy.

I love that Mi-ho is consistently open about her feelings for Dae-woong and that she isn’t afraid to ask him the kinds of things that it would take other drama heroines centuries to put into words, if ever at all. It’s so refreshing to have them both be so forthright, because the source of angst for them is in the mythological, not the mundane. As long as that giant elephant is still in the room—love or death—then the little conflicts are free to be resolved and we don’t have to feel like the little misunderstandings that drive other drama plots are running this one. See? I love this show for reasons other than the cuteness. I swear.

Oh, who are we kidding. If I had a stuffed doll of Lee Seung-gi’s left dimple, I’d nibble on it like Mi-ho with her stuffed chicken leg. Nom, nom.

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Thank you for recapping this episode :)
I'm loving this drama more and more <3

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Finally finished watching.

I thought Daewoong would say yes to Mi Ho's question. (I just love this role-reversal set up - It's the woman asking the man! Yes!). The grasping of the flower petal is telling, that he finally made up his mind, to accept what'll come next. Dae Woong has been fighting with himself the whole episode, trying to convince himself that they're worlds apart, and the relationship could never work. In the end, I love that he willingly, and finally realized that opposites do attract, and he's more than ready to adapt to the differences. It's like he finally know that he can't fight his feeling anymore.

It feels like ages ago when Daewoong first knew Mi Ho as a gumiho, then as his friend, then upgraded her to his best puppy friend, and finally, he opens his heart for her. it really is enjoyable to see this growing feelings in daewoong (and the joy of humanizing Mi Ho as well!). Personaly, I think their unique love story (either ends happily or tragically) is epic. It could go straight up as my favourite fairy tale ever. :)

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As far as ending this is a comedy right? Smile

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at this point, I don't even mind if the Show is going to rip my heart, slice them thinly and turned them into grilled meat later on.. hehe

if it ends tragically, the drama will torment me the rest of my life (in a good way, of course). if it ends happily, all my nine tails will pop out (LOL!)

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I don't have enough praise for how Shin Min Ah is palying Mi Ho, she just keeps getting better and better.

Every so often an actor or an actress will play a defining role that has an impact thats last long after the series is over. Roles such as Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) in 1st Shop of The Coffee Prince, which even several years after the series aired has a huge impact. I forsee Shin Min Ahs portrayl of Mi Ho having just such an impact.

As far as Grand Father barging in, its time that some happen that at least for DW causes him to realize what his true feelings are, maybe this is it.

Go-Mi Ho

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and if i may add... Park Shin Hye as Go Minam/Go Minyu. i am now a Shin Minah fan! all bcoz of her being such an adorable gumiho! LOL!

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and if I may add...Lee Da-hae as Ju Yu-rin in My Girl. I know that she has other solid projects with her name on it, but for me Yu-rin was her defining role and the one that I'll always remember her for.

I've only seen Shin Min-ah in one other work- the movie, Naked Kitchen. While I liked her in that movie(and, boy, what a different role that one was!), it really wasn't a very dynamic role. Here, in MGIAG, Shin Min-ah really shines, and I agree that this will be a defining role for her.

I wondered if I would grow tired of her adorable cuteness after the first couple of episodes. But now, after 8 episodes, I find myself loving her and her adorableness even more...and with no end in sight. This can't be an easy thing to do, but Shin Min-ah is killing it! She has been able to walk that fine balance, providing us with her child-like wonder and innocence, her pure and devoted love for Dae-woong, her insatiable appetite for cow meat, her kind heart and spirit, her open honesty, her almost unearthly beauty...all of this, while still maintaining that mystical aura of being a powerful gumiho. I love it...and her!

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a sausage...

hahahahhaha oh how i love thee Hong sisters! you never fail to make me laugh!

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..dramabeans,??, how can i watch this gumiho??
, i've been just reading this here, and i'm not quite satisfied about it... but nevertheless i'm glad you've been posting updates about gumiho,,..
more power.. and i'm hoping for your reply..
gamsahamida!!!

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You can try several websites so you can watch this show online. Try looking it up at viikii(dot)com, or dramacrazy(dot )net. There are also blogs that have Gumiho episodes in them such as kimchidrama(dot)blogspot(dot)com

If the embedded videos don't show on your browser, try updating the flash player plug-in for your web-browser. Hope this helps.

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Never watched the show, but looked interesting so I wanted to see how the show is developing and it sounds fun. It looks like everyone is really interested in DJ based on his looks. I don't if any one knows but he is Rose from TRAX(well more like he used to be)!!!! He looks nothing like how he used to. I knew Rose was a pretty boy but OMG!!! For those who don't know should look him up. He looked a lot different before with his big blond hair. Now that I find that he is in this I gotta watch.

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he's the one who plays drums right? I know he plays the guitar as well. No Minwoo is the name. He looks the same except that his brows are back to normal compared to when he was still in Trax they plucked them out and he looked like a cosplayer. And of course the hair is different.

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i'm in love with this drama! this episode was so cute, SWOONSWOONSWOON. it kills me every time dae woong looks at mi ho with that expression - dude, just tell her you love her already! mad props to the hong sisters for the awesome symbology and the hilarious jokes!! mgiag deserves better ratings, seriously ... can't wait until next week's episode!

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thank you GF for the charming recap! Every episode seems to out-do the previous one in cuteness and tear-worthy moments.

In light of a new piece of evidence on the identity of Doong Joo, who seems to be a supernatural being, it seems like he killed Miho very unwillingly. The unwillingness stems from his hate for the human Gil Dal is sacrificing herself for and his own love for her. If so, then perhaps, this time, Doong Joo might sacrifice himself to save Miho... if only this is within Doong Joo's power to do so.

But all of this theory works if we don't consider the loop holes: even if Gil-Dal choses not to kill herself, won't Doong Joo have to kill her eventually since that's his job? If he had such a bad experience before with Gil-Dal falling in love with a human, then why would he help Mi-ho to be human?

The only way that the plot hole works is if DJ is indeed the fairy godmother/father, AKA the typical second lead who looks out for the girl but never gets her. He is letting her be human because she wants to. And looks out for her during the process. If she turns into a human successfully[meaning she chooses to let the human bead holder die], then he will be happy for her and love her from a distance...basically he will do whatever she tells him to, because he loves her and would rather see her be human than kill her with his own hands. maybe that explains his face of agony in the flashback.

so maybe....this time around, DJ won't be so foolish anymore. He might sabotage DW to make MH think he is unworthy of being saved.

sorry for this blabber!

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man i just cant get enough of this show i was smileing and giggling like mad at the internet cafe which got me a few stares lol ^^ i like how dae woong is learning about his feelings to mi ho but also learning about gifts from the heart and also understanding people that are different from others i think this show is cute and funny but also has alot of emtional messages at its core which im really likeing but once again mi ho and dae woong really steal the show for me and i chould care less about all the other characters :) another great episode and im sure it will be even better next week and thank you girlfriday for a great recap hope you get more dirty episodes in the future im out ! hoi-hoi !

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i'm soo in love with the characters. aiyee daewoong's developing feelings for her and the way he wants things to be right is wrong LOL. i hate the ending since grandpa barged in T.T I was about to scream GO TELL NOW. >.<
thanks for the wonderful recap!!

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I LURV IT SOOOOO MUCH! :) Thanks JB and Girlfriday! Much love here.

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I.JUST.LOVE.THIS.SHOW.

it makes my heart sooo happy ♥

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The way that their characters and feelings develop is absolutely grand.

And the show can do even without Hye In.

Good gumiho episode and recap! Thanks

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Oh, LSG already had me on his last photo...i really love his smile...giggles : )

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Hmmm, Sorry to interupt this 'discussion', but i have an issue to be make.
It seem there's a broken link in this page, specifically on the 'Related Post' widget/link. It seem you miss-place the 'month' in 'My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho: Episode 7', i believe it should be 'September'=.../09/...

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Opps i really forgot to said this, but I'm sure everybody said it on front, tho' i said it again,, its a nice recap you make here... Updated, entertaining and nicelly written.

Although i'm courious about last week episodes (recap, on my version!), why one of them should die?! Dae-woong has already experienced the time when the bead has released from his body but he just all fine...

I'm sure there some plot that the Hong's keep it for the next episodes...

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I think it's because mi ho didn't drink dong joo's blood at that time.
That's why dae woong was ok when he didn't have her bead.

But now, because mi ho drank the blood, her bead got affected (slowly takes dae woong's energy).

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Every time I see Woong Ah, I think of Ron Weasley or Ruppert Griffin from Harry Potter. I think it's the lips, the eyes and the way they act in the beginning.

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wth are you talking about...wheres the signature dimple? the ron guy has such a big head too, his hair...and about his eye, far from it...I cant see where did you see the resemblence...

And for the record..why dont you put them together side by side...then you will open your eyes to what you said...Lee Seung Gi is a million times more good looking...lol, here, ill make it easy for you:-

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff104/ch_essy03/101.png

now im getting ridiculous, hehe..I just cant stand people ranking based only on looks...im especially pissed at hancinema ranking too...such a bias ranking...

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I get the feeling that Dongjoo is going to sacrifice himself for the guminho at the end.
He is always looking down on humanity because he used to be one and his great failing as a human was killing his love and not dying for her.
I think if someone has to die at the end it will be him. Seeing MH is putting him intouch with his lost humanity and his failure as a person.
The plot suggests that it is a choice between MH and DW who lives and dies but DJ gave MH his blood to drink which makes him involved in this scenario.
Failing that MH and DW have their gr8 mating frenzy share their ki and then share the same fate.... Fading bubbles or both mundanely human......

Just my 2cents

love this show to bits dying of cuteness overload.....

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love this drama to death. Seung-ki and MinAh are so damn sweet.... This drama deserves rating over 20% !

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Thanks, girlfriday, for(at the risk of sounding repetitive) yet another amazing recap! You and JB are seriously the Starsky and Hutch of the drama blog world!

Going into this drama, I suspected that I would really like it but would never love it like I do with You're Beautiful. Now that we're at the drama's halfway mark, I think I can safely say that I do love it as much, though for slightly different reasons.

While I have watched and thoroughly enjoyed many other dramas, there is something about the Hong Sisters' dramas that really raises them up a few notches. For me, there is an energy to them that makes them kind of exciting. It really draws me to them and makes me look more forward to upcoming episodes than for any other drama brand. There are not only moments of side splitting hilarity, but also a great sense of fun in every one of their dramas. But, just as we're all getting up from rofl, the Hong Sisters will hit us with incredibly touching and sad moments that make us feel for and love their characters even more.

Now that Grandpa has ordered Dae-woong and Mi-ho to break up, and for Dae-woong to pack his things(and presumably come home), it'll be fun to see if the separation Grandpa forces on them will be the nudge that Dae-woong needs to officially acknowledge his feelings for Mi-ho and to fight for her and their relationship.

I also look forward to more backstory being revealed about Dong-joo and Gil-dal. We now know that Dong-joo loved Gil-dal, and we suspect that Dong-joo was the human that Gil-dal loved and could not kill...but did Dong-joo kill Gil-dal while knowing that he was the human she loved? And, was Gil-dal simply another gumiho that was a doppelganger of Mi-ho...or was she Mi-ho's mother or grandmother? And, in the end, will Dong-joo kill himself(and not Mi-ho), to redeem himself for having killed Gil-dal, the gumiho that he loved?

I am sooo looking forward to next week's episodes!

Thanks, again, girlfriday!! You rock!!

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...or do I suspect incorrectly? Do you guys think that Gil-dal loved Dong-joo? Or possibly another human? If I recall correctly, Gil-dal and Dong-joo said sorry to each other, just before Gil-dal disappeared in fiery ashes. Was she apologizing because she loved him, or because she loved another man?

Hmmm....

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From what I understand from Dong Joo's dream, Gil Dal was in love with another human, so she asked for Dong Joo's help to make her a human, but in the end, she asked Dong Joo to kill her so the human she loved can live (even though he betrayed her, she doesn't have the heart to kill him). I think she was apologizing because she loved another man, and Dong Joo was apologizing for killing her (he's also in love with her)

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Hi alert,

Thanks for your "take" on the Dong-joo/Gil-dal history. As I've been following the drama and DB's recaps for it, I've really enjoyed reading your insightful comments. Thanks, and thanks also for correcting me earlier about the meaning behind Dae-woong gently catching and securing the falling petal from Mi-ho's bouquet. Really good stuff! =)

After reading your reply, here, I went back and re-watched that dream scene a few times over. I still can't tell if she was looking at him like that because she was sorry that it wasn't him that she loved...and whether her touching his face with her hand was a loving gesture or a sympathetic one. I suppose that, drama-wise, she must have loved another man and his love for her was unrequited...that would make for an interesting parallel to the Mi-ho/Dae-woong/Dong-joo triangle if Dong-joo ends up falling in love with Mi-ho(as it looks like he might be heading towards).

However this plays out...really good stuff! I'm looking forward to next week's episodes!

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I enjoy reading your insights too! And I guess we have to wait until Dong Joo confessed himself, to know the true story behind Gil Dal mystery.

I've been wondering on the touching of face stuff too.. It looks like the drama is heading towards Dong Joo falling for Mi ho.. it's just that I wondered whether what Dong Joo would fall in love with Mi Ho because of the shared characteristics with Gil Dal (in looks more like a rebound to me haha!), or he'd fall for Mi Ho because the eccentricity of Mi Ho herself. I don't known why, but I'm just curious about that.

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Here is my question: The Gumiho that Dong-Joo killed. Did the man she love love her in return? Or was her love unrequited?

In original The Little Mermaid, the Mermaid's love was unrequited. In the Disney version, the Mermaid and Eric loved each other. I think that Miho and Dae-woong have a chance if the love between them is mutual.

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@Ailelie well i really dont know and i really hope Miho and woong ah get to have a chance and all btw LOVE MY GF IS A GUMIHO I CANT WAIT TIL NEXT WEEK

*wishing that there were 7 eps a week instead of just 2*
XD

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For all you korean beef ringtone lovers or just plain lovers of korean beef, I made the korean beef ringtone found in the drama so that you guys can have it too.
Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?rycxhzxjojfmcij

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I am enjoying this drama a lot. Thank you for the recap.

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thanks for the recap i cant watch it so i just reads your recap , i will watch it if i can but loving it so minch , hond sister and all the cast keep it up , job well done .... and thanks to everyone that made this recap and all

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DIMPLES GALORE.

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Just finished watching ep 8. :) I totally agree with you Javabeans that this show is getting better and better each week. Can't believe that we are halfway done already. I've nothing but love for this episode. :) Thanks again to you and GF for the recaps!

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Thanks for the recap :D I was so lakdjflwekfj at the end when grandpa came out too.

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Yes loving the show so much! Javabeans and Girlfriday, thank you very much for all the hard work! I'm looking forward to the next episodes and recaps.

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Theory:

In the dream sequeance it was apparent that the Gumiho's love wasn't recoprecated. Thats why things ended the way they did (with her dying), and that will be the key here. herfe DW and Mi Ho love each other-They both love each other! (Smile)

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shin min ah's two thumbs up in the prev episode is like YAB's Go Minam :p

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you know, i am wondering if the human that Gil-Dal loved could possibly have the same face as Daewoong and the later reincarnation of the human. it could somewhat explain dongjoo's pessimistic attitude towards the whole situation.

by the way, did anyone squeal over the movie Cyrano being "previewed" in this episode. because i was! lol!

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It is amazingly beautiful!

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plzzz i wanna see ep9 plzzz help
some more upload plllllzzzzzzz

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When I saw the camcorder scene earlier, I already guessed she would have bought the promo thing instead. so that wasn't as fun for me already. But I definitely enjoyed the scenes of him waiting and worrying about Miho!

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i sincerely hope that you and jb discuss the series in your upcoming podcast episode (and why shouldn't you? hehe), and i HOPE that you mention the sausage part! LOL

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I am loving this series - it is more awesome and adorable than a basket full of puppies. And your recaps are a great joy, because when I finish an ep and don't have subs for the next one yet, I can enjoy the same ep again by reading your thoughts and comments on it! So thank you very much. :-))

I have a theory on the pretty, un-scary gumiho hunter and the ending of the series... NOT a spoiler, since I of course have no idea what is actually going to happen, but still, anyone who doesn't want to have any ideas put into their heads should not read on.

THEORY WARNING; SPOILERPHONES STOP READING!!

Okay, so I bet the unsurprisingly non-murderous gumiho hunter - who is already more than half in love with Mi Ho - will, in the end, nobly and unselfishly sacrifice himself so that neither Mi-Ho nor the human she loves have to die.

The parallel to the Little Mermaid is really compelling, I think. The hunter sees the one he loves being happy with someone else, and so he sacrifices himself and just disappears...

Except, of course, that we can assume the soul of his one true love (who did the exact same thing all those centuries ago) has gotten wise in the meantime, and has been waiting for him.

Or maybe they'll both be reborn, and there will be more awesome and adorable dorama to watch!! I am all for it!!! Bring on the pretty!

Also, who's betting that the pretty hunter is actually something along the lines of a buffalo - a wild cow, in other words? We already know he's a herbivore, and it would fit so well. ;-)

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Err. When I say "Spoilerphones", I of course mean "Spoilerphobes". Though I kind of like the new word, too. ;-)

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Ahh I adore this drama. I like all of the little hints in the background as well. Like when Dae-Woong was calling Mi-Ho, and in the background there was a "No U Turn" and a "One Way" sign. It seemed to be symbolic of where the two are at this point in their relationship. Dae-Woong can't go back to how he was before meeting her, and neither can she. :) Too cute!

I can't believe I didn't catch the sausage bit earlier hahaha ;)

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PRITHVI IS SO COOL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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hey there!
somebody please do me a favor, PLEASE..
i'm dying to know what was the background song when miho was filming the meat cf with the ahjumma in this episode..
i so think that i've heard of it somewhere, but i just can't remember what song it is..
arghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! i really need to know it.. X'(
hope there's someone kind enough to help me with this..
thanks in advance btw~

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