Gu Family Book: Episode 15

248 May 27, 2013January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

Cute cute cute. As expected, Dad gets crazy with the new rules, which only drives the kiddos right into each other’s arms. Nothing like a forbidden romance to light a fire under your ass. Things get a little more complicated when Yeo-wool learns some harsh truths about her father, while Kang-chi discovers another power and gets put to the test at school.

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EPISODE 15 RECAP

We open on a young Yeo-wool, looking up at her father’s swords. She tries to pick one up, but it’s too big for her to move. Dad comes up behind her and hands her one, asking if it’s heavy.

Master Dam: “A sword is strength. But if you wield it wrongly and shed the blood of innocents, that weight can become heavier than anything you can carry.”

She asks if Dad has ever shed the blood of an innocent person, and we cut to Wol-ryung’s death by his sword, as he answers: “I have only once spilled the blood of an innocent.”

Back in the present, Yeo-wool runs from Wol-ryung in the mountains, as Kang-chi hears about his father’s return as a thousand-year demon. The monk tells him that he’s here to destroy everything that has to do with Seo-hwa, and well, her son is probably high up on his list, as well as everyone around him. So-jung pleads with Kang-chi to run away.

Wol-ryung catches up to Yeo-wool and lifts her chin up. She reaches for her sword, but he blocks her swiftly and tells her not to move. Kang-chi runs toward them (because he can hear her thoughts? Smell her?) and she can hear him as he gets close.

Wol-ryung introduces himself by name, and asks who she is. He’s all too happy to confirm that she’s Dam Pyung-joon’s daughter, and wonders how she knows Kang-chi, only saying that he once knew Kang-chi’s father—whom her father killed.

Her jaw drops at the news, and he’s just, Oh, you didn’t know? like he didn’t come here just to tell her that. Evil! He leans in close to ask if Kang-chi doesn’t know either. Why, are you going to visit him next and be the Backstory Killjoy over there too?

She uses the moment to spring up and point her sword at his throat, which only makes him smile in amusement. He warns her that she’ll never defeat him like that, and when she swings, he grabs her wrist and spins her around like he’s about to dip her in a dance… except now the sword is at her own throat. Whoops.

Finally she lets out a scream that Kang-chi can hear, and he goes dashing through the woods. When he finds her she’s alone, crumpled on the ground in shock and on the verge of tears.

He asks what happened, but she just bursts into tears and throws her arms around him, sobbing into his shoulder. He just hugs her and sheds a tear, as she cries and cries.

That night, Jo Gwan-woong mulls over the plans for the turtle ship that Tae-seo brought to him earlier, wondering if he’s really telling them the truth and not just feeding them false information. He tells his minion that there is one way to be sure.

In the woods, Kang-chi wraps Yeo-wool’s ankle so she can walk back home, and asks what she saw that spooked her so badly. She doesn’t tell him about Wol-ryung, which seems like a bad idea.

He chides her for going into the woods alone when she’s a girl, and he notably keeps saying “woman” over and over again, so she prods, “Do you see me as a woman now?” He answers as if it would be ridiculous for him to do otherwise, like he wasn’t even around for the past fourteen episodes.

That leads to awkward glances at anything but each other, but they each betray a tiny grin. Adorable.

He puts his hand out to help her up, and then yanks her up so fast that she lands in his arms, within kissing distance. They just stand there, holding hands and blinking at each other, trying not to think about lips. Kiss her! Kiss her, you fool!

It looks like it takes all his brainpower NOT to kiss her, and he finally says they should head back down before her father gets worried. Yeo-wool: “Right…” Kang-chi: “So…” Yeo-wool: “So…”

He finally breaks free and starts walking ahead, and then suddenly turns back. Omo, your dad used that move. He marches back over to her…. and bends down to pick up her sword. Pffft.

Tae-seo wanders the courtyard of the Hundred Year Inn, wondering if he can really reclaim it one day, and start dreaming again. Seo-hwa watches from a distance, as her assistant Pil-mok tells her about Tae-seo.

(And since there seems to be some confusion in the threads—no, that’s not Lee Yeon-hee playing her. It’s Yoon Se-ah, and her character’s cover name is Ja Hong-myung, but I’m calling her Seo-hwa for simplicity’s sake.)

She says wistfully, “If he’s still alive, he’d be about that age…” It’s the first we’ve heard her mention her son.

On their way down the mountain, Yeo-wool struggles to walk on her twisted ankle, so Kang-chi stoops down to piggyback her. Oh, twisted ankles, where would dramaland romance be without you?

But she refuses, insisting that it’s no big deal. He gives her two options—ride piggyback of he’ll carry her—but she turns them both down, wide-eyed, and insists on hobbling on her own.

So Kang-chi stands up and scoops her up in his arms in one swift motion. “Carry it is.” Why so swoony?

He finally convinces her that he can carry her home without much trouble, so she relents with a “Thanks.” And so he carries her with a smile.

Those smiles quickly fade when they get closer to home, and suddenly Gon pops out with a handful of students behind him, on his way to find Yeo-wool. It’s not what it looks like! Gon just seethes silently and steps aside… because Master Dam is right behind him. Oh crap.

You are in so much trouble. Also, shouldn’t you put her down now?

When they get back, Master Dam rips Yeo-wool a new one for disobeying and running off into the woods, and reminds her that she’s engaged to Tae-seo now. She says he did that without even consulting her, and asks if all of it, including his coldness to Kang-chi, was because he killed his father.

Master Dam stops short, wondering how she knows about that, and she asks if it’s really true, hoping he’ll say she’s wrong. He only asks if Kang-chi knows (he doesn’t), and answers absently that it was a long time ago, refusing to tell her any more than that.

Flashback to her meeting with Wol-ryung, where he accuses her of being her father’s daughter and raising a sword to innocent people. She had argued that her father would never do such a thing, but he told her that Kang-chi’s father was pure and innocent.

Master Dam calls Gon in, and tells him that for the time being, they’ll have to split Yeo-wool and Kang-chi apart. So in the morning, Gon has to deliver the news to Yeo-wool that she’s been confined to her quarters, and if she steps one foot outside, the students will be punished in her place.

She asks after Kang-chi, who’s currently tiptoeing his way into the Hundred Year to see Tae-seo, dressed in all black in broad daylight. Well that’s just ballsy AND silly.

But Tae-seo can tell that something’s off about him, starting with the fact that he’s carrying a sword, and greets him warily. The stilted way “Kang-chi” asks leading questions ought to tip him off if the other clues didn’t, because he asks if Tae-seo really betrayed them and gave up Lee Soon-shin’s turtle ship designs.

Tae-seo plays along and says he’s doing everything for Chung-jo, and quotes an adage: “If you know your enemy and yourself…” and waits but Imposter Kang-chi doesn’t answer. Tae-seo finishes the adage: “every battle is won,” and then hurls a candlestick at Kang-chi’s head.

Tae-seo manages to keep his cover long enough for Jo Gwan-woong to be satisfied that he’s not a mole, and then his minion changes back to his true form. One point for the good guys.

So-jung wakes up to find Kang-chi sitting by his bedside and dozing off, and just sighs in frustration that he hasn’t run away yet. Kang-chi feeds him medicine and says he has no plans to run, instead thinking of ways to find Wol-ryung.

So-jung warns that he’ll die, and Kang-chi reminds him that he’s the one who told him he couldn’t die. So-jung changes the rules, because he can, and says that two supernatural beings can kill each other.

Kang-chi: “Then that means I can kill him.” So-jung doesn’t understand why he’d go looking for a fight when he should be running, and Kang-chi says, “He messed with something he shouldn’t mess with.”

Kang-chi says, “If you know your enemy and yourself…” and So-jung finishes the familiar adage: “every battle is won.” But Kang-chi says no, no it’s: “If I know you and me, we’ll either be enemies, or friends.” It’s that very thing that made Tae-seo sure it wasn’t really Kang-chi who came to see him.

When Kang-chi leaves So-jung’s house, Wol-ryung is watching, and he approaches. But something strange happens when they get close—Wol-ryung’s eyes glow red and suddenly vines start to grow around Kang-chi’s feet, trapping him there. Ooh do they each have a reaction to the other? It would make sense.

It’s weird because if it’s Kang-chi, why would he trap himself, and if it’s Wol-ryung… he shouldn’t really have power over living things anymore, right? The rules aren’t clear, but something funky is going on, and Wol-ryung is the first to run.

Kang-chi runs back to the school looking for Yeo-wool, and starts to tell Gon about the strange creepy vines, but just asks for Yeo-wool instead. She’s trapped of course, and today a teacher arrives to begin her new lessons. Yeo-wool looks at her warily, “What kind of lessons?”

The first? Sewing. Dude. Yeo-wool: “S-sewing?” Her teacher tells her she’ll have to change first and slams down a hanbok, and Yeo-wool busts out of there. She slams her hands down on her father’s desk, “Sewing? SEWING? Father, SEWING?!” Ha.

He tells her it’s time she prepared for her future wifely duties, but she shouts back, “You told me to never forget the weight of the sword! To learn the sword that protects people! You taught me that!” You tell ‘im!

But he doesn’t budge. “Live as a woman. Lay down the sword and find happiness as a wife. That is my will.” He starts to walk out thinking he’s had the final word, but she declares, “If it’s not with Kang-chi, I don’t want it!” Omo.

“If it’s not with Kang-chi, I don’t want to live as anything else.” He erupts, asking if she really thinks a father would give his daughter to a half-beast half-man, which isn’t even taking into account what Kang-chi will do when he finds out that her father killed his. What if he seeks revenge? “Please, don’t make your father spill innocent blood twice.”

Meanwhile, Kang-chi can’t believe Yeo-wool’s being quarantined, while Gon outright blames him for the problem in the first place and orders him to stay away. Kang-chi: “You can lock away a body, but not a heart!”

He tells them they might as well kick him out instead of trapping Yeo-wool, and Gon says he plans to do just that. He hands Kang-chi a belt with bells dangling from it, and orders him to wear it. Is this like putting a collar on Kitty?

As soon as he puts it on, Gon takes out his sword and cuts one bell off with scary precision. Is this a metaphor? Because if so, I think you should run, Kang-chi-ya. The little bell drops to the ground and Gon says there are nine left, so he’d be wise to keep them all. Hahaha, so Kitty has nine lives AND a bell on his collar?

Gon says the day he loses all nine bells, he’ll be kicked to the curb. Kang-chi demands to know what right he has to kick people out like he runs the joint, and Gon finally shows him the apricot blossom etched into his sword, making him one of the four Men of Honor, and one of the masters who decide whether Kang-chi stays or goes.

He runs to Teacher Gong to complain that Gon is in no way qualified to be someone so revered, but Teacher Gong says Gon is second only to Master Dam in sword skills and isn’t to be trifled with. Kang-chi still doesn’t think he’s a big deal, scoffing that for all that so-called skill, he chases Yeo-wool around like a lowly bodyguard.

Suddenly Gon appears behind him, out of nowhere, and slices another bell off. “That’s eight.” Hee. I do love how much he’s enjoying this. Kang-chi cries foul, but Teacher Gong points out that when there are no rules, there are no fouls. Truer words, friend. I’m pretty sure ones this writer lives by too.

And thus begins the hilarious chase. Gon the ninja bell assassin just pops out everywhere Kang-chi goes, slicing bell after bell. How’s he ever going to keep them all when you’re so sneaky?

Kang-chi gets pissed off enough to try fighting back, but Gon just mocks him and cuts off another bell, which already brings him down to five.

Yeo-wool sheds blood trying to learn how to sew, and slams the needle down in frustration declaring that this is impossible.

Without Yeo-wool to confide in, Kang-chi wanders out to test his vine-growing powers on his own. He stretches out his hand and commands the vine to grow, but nothing happens. He braces himself and takes off his bracelet, and tries again.

This time the vine grows, and he watches in wonder.

Wol-ryung is behind him watching the whole thing, and when he stretches his hand out, the tree near him begins to die. Huh, so was it Kang-chi alone powering the vines back in the woods earlier?

In town, our friendly neighborhood gangster Ma Bong-chul hears the rumor that Kang-chi is the son of a gumiho who was killed twenty years ago, and that he’s behind all the killings in the woods lately. He cries publicly that it’s a ridiculous lie, but worries that the rumor will catch up to him.

At the same time, officials arrive to tell Lee Soon-shin the same thing, and demand that Kang-chi be brought in for an examination to confirm that he’s human. Ruh-roh.

Kang-chi sneaks over to Yeo-wool’s window that night, and she pouts that this is no way to live, showing him her bandaged fingers. She says it would be better to be cut by a sword than pricked by a needle, but Kang-chi says at least she’s safe this way. “And not getting hurt because of me…”

He brings her a stem with leaves, and she wonders why he brought her shrubbery, but he tells her look more closely. And then he wills it to bloom, and it opens up a flower before her eyes. D’awwww. That is so cute.

She looks up in amazement and asks how he did it, and he laughs, “I don’t know.” He says he just told it to grow and it did, and holds the flower out for her to have.

She reaches out to take it, and their fingers touch. They just hold the flower like that, fingers touching for a long moment, and then finally Kang-chi lets go first. She thanks him for the flower and they smile adorably, and behind his back, we see that Kang-chi’s been holding his bracelet the whole time.

Chung-jo gets ready to leave the martial arts school, having come with Soo-ryun (she’s here to confer with the group on Lee Soon-shin and Kang-chi, but they have no answers).

Her servant asks if she got to see Tae-seo or Kang-chi, but she just turns away with tears in her eyes. And then we see that she did find Kang-chi, just as he was handing Yeo-wool a flower with a lovesick grin.

She returns to her room and throws Kang-chi’s medicine jar to the ground, smashing it into pieces.

Yeo-wool stares moony-eyed at her flower, but then is plagued by Wol-ryung and her father’s words—what if Kang-chi finds out the truth and seeks revenge? “What happens to us then?”

Meanwhile, Kang-chi thunders into the kitchen with his bag of beans, shouting, “I counted them! ALL!” He leaps as he calls out the exact number of beans, and Teacher Gong smiles back… and says he’s wrong. Ha.

Kang-chi just figures he missed one or two, but Teacher Gong keeps saying that he’s wrong. Kang-chi swears up and down that he counted till his eyes became beans, but Teacher Gong says emphatically that it doesn’t matter because that’s not the answer.

Kang-chi wonders if it’s a trick question that has no answer, but that’s not it either. He whines for a clue, and Teacher Gong sticks out his bamboo broom. “What is this?” Kang-chi answers that it’s a broom, and then Teacher orders him to grab it.

He can’t, of course, and Teacher asks why he can’t. Kang-chi thinks about it and says it’s because Teacher moves faster than he does. Teacher Gong: “Wrong. You only try to hold the broom, so you cannot hold the broom.” What…does that mean?

Kang-chi: “What does that mean?” Glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t know. Teacher Gong says it’s in the intrinsic nature of things, and leaves him scratching his head. He looks back at Kang-chi with a solemn expression on his face, and then we see that Master Dam had come up with a solution after all—to kill Kang-chi to save Lee Soon-shin.

Wol-ryung comes around again to spy on Kang-chi, and he can sense someone nearby. Kang-chi runs after him, and growls at the dark figure, with one glowing red eye.

Seo-hwa’s assistant approaches Tae-seo, and so he goes to see her that night. She asks if he’s curious about her, and she admits that she’s curious about him as well, and then takes off her hat and unveils herself for the first time.

The clouds part and the moon sheds light on Wol-ryung’s face, looking very much human. Kang-chi is taken aback, and asks, “Who are you?”

He finally speaks: “I am Gu Wol-ryung.”

COMMENTS

I hope Wol-ryung and Kang-chi have a real conversation this time, or even a fight, because I’ve seen enough stalking and dancing now. It’s time for something to happen between these two, stat. It’s interesting that he chose to manipulate Yeo-wool and give her just enough of the truth to plague her with it, leaving out the part where he’s Kang-chi’s father and not quite so dead. (Though I do think it’s important to differentiate between Gumiho Wol-ryung and Demon Wol-ryung, which he does as well, speaking of his past self like a different person, someone who died.)

It was nice to have a little more insight into the way Yeo-wool sees her father as someone upright and blameless, only to have that image shatter just as she’s starting to diverge from the path he wants for her. I love that her arguments are always things he taught her—how to wield strength and power, how to protect the innocent—and that his only defense is to order her to do as he says, because he’s contradicting everything he’s taught her up till now. The whole sewing bit and the lessons on how to be a proper lady are great setups for Yeo-wool, because we get to see her choices and her motivations, which back up what we already know about her. She’s never not considered herself a woman, but there are things she sacrifices in order to carry the weight of the sword. I’m glad we’re seeing that motivation unfold and hope there’s a lot more where that came from, even if it means Dad has to play bad cop for a while longer.

I’m not the least bit concerned about revenge tearing them apart, but I am worried about these gumiho rumors running through town—there’s nothing like mass fear and panic to turn people against one another, and it’s going to make life far more dangerous for Kang-chi. I’ll give it to Jo Gwan-woong for knowing how to use that fear for his gain, because it seems like the perfect way to corner Lee Soon-shin. Let’s just hope Kang-chi is far enough along on his bracelet-free trials to endure a physical. That, or he could just bring Yeo-wool everywhere he goes from now until eternity. I don’t think they’d have a problem with that.

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51 XCG

May 28, 2013 at 12:52 AM

Does anyone know what happened to yeo wool's mom?

because i have this crazy thought that maybe her mom is a gumiho too, and her dad has the power to kill gumihos because he loved a gumiho. and he had to kill the mom because she turned into a 1000 year demon....maybe.

i can't find out anything about yw's mom!

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Aqidah

May 28, 2013 at 1:08 AM

Hurmm..i had a feeling that perhaps YW dad is not a human too.

As So Jung said..only immortal can kill immortal & he did killed WR..

Hurmm..interesting..

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crazyahjummafan

May 28, 2013 at 2:42 AM

You're not the only one wondering! This question has surfaced since ep 4 or 5 already. Let's hope the writers give us some back story! Pls writers, its already ep 14!

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kyl

May 28, 2013 at 3:38 AM

That would be so much more interesting...but I have no faith in the writers to pull that card or to even think that far :( I wish she did though, because it would be such a great twist :)

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:46 PM

Yeah yeah! I wondered that, too! Especially since she can calm him down. I thought it was their twu wuv, but it might be some forest spirit in her bloodline, as well.

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52 bashful

May 28, 2013 at 1:46 AM

Thanks Girlfriday for this very-fun-to-read recap of ep 15. Thanks GFB for the abundance of cute scenes in this episode! :) I'm a tad worried though that this abundance will be balanced-out by heart-wrenching scenes between the OTP in the remaining episodes. But I'll try to stay positive, and not worry much. ;-)

With this meeting of the father-and-son, I hope, will reveal soon the main important clue as to how KC can become human, or where the Gu Family Book is. Although in this episode, we once again get confirmation that KC doesnt need to wear the bracelet when he is with YW. Perhaps, that's all what KC needs, to be next to YW who truly and faithfully loves him, in order to become a full-fledged human being.

I too am wondering about YW and her father's "power" over Gumihos. YW's father being skillful in catching or killing Gumihos, while YW being not afraid of KC when he transforms into the monster. Could YW's ancentry have mythical powers too? Could they have any connection to the whereabouts of the Gu Family Book?

Since the Monk sort-of-changed or announced the change in the rules of KC's mortality, maybe WR's apparent evil path can be re-routed to the good path. So, I venture to guess that WR will save KC in the end. His paternal instinct will overcome those evil tendencies.

So looking forward to read your recap of the next episode! Thanks again. :)

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53 Amah vivian

May 28, 2013 at 2:15 AM

If master dam kills KC to save LSS and we are aware that KC wants to be human does this mean we will have 2 gumiho demons to deal with

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54 hallyuholicmom

May 28, 2013 at 2:22 AM

i watched it raw. now i'm enlightened. thanks for the recap!

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55 Lilly

May 28, 2013 at 2:26 AM

That face off at the end is so visually perfect can hang it on the wall as art.

Played this episode over twice. Just beautiful.

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UnapologeticAddict

May 28, 2013 at 10:41 AM

I know. Love Kang Chi's reaction when Wol Ryung introduces himself. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

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56 seunggicharm

May 28, 2013 at 2:43 AM

Thanks GF for the recap!
I like this episode! I love the fun part where Gon was like power tripping over Kang Chi. I just hope that he will be more fair on judging Kang Chi and set aside his grudge over him because of the blossoming romance of Kang Chi and YeoWool.
I am getting annoyed with Masted Dam though. I know that he wants the best for his daughter but his guilty conscience is making things harder. I just hope that he will be a brave man and explain himself to Kang Chi in time and not resort on killing him just to save his ass. I don't think that Kang Chi will get revenge on him. It's just not like Kang Chi to do that.
The cutesy scenes are making me laugh and blush..hahhaa.. that part where Kang Chi gulped while staring at YeoWool's lips was just funny and cute!

I want to see the backstory of the new SeoHwa. I wanna know how come she didn't die then and everything. I know she came back to take revenge on Gwan Woong. And it puzzles me too, why she showed her face to Tae Seo. I wouldn't say she thinks Tae Seo is her son. Because she said in her line that if her son lives, he will be the same age as him. Therefore, she knows that Tae Seo isn't her son then. ^^

But then, we're down with 8 episodes left and his quest to become a human is still just a plan. or a plot of the story where I am getting excited to see. I dunno how the writers will be able to pull that with a juicy story, but I hope they do it soon! After all, the title is "Kang Chi, The Beginning / Gu Family Book". So I guess, they should keep up with the title.. otherwise, it will be just a title, no more, no less. and will be very insignificant to the story.

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57 jude

May 28, 2013 at 5:25 AM

Thanks GF as always.. Just like others, as much as i love the cuteness of this drama, hopefully we could get carved into the stories as what the title indicate "Kang chi the Beginning". Hoping to find some real action between KC & his father WR. I love how KC gradually discover his powers in each and every episode.. funny that until now KC has yet to figure out what's the lesson beyond those bean counting tricks,PDnim please I hope to see him in some real action in soon & not limitted on to those bean counting works... crossing my finger all the best in this drama...can't wait for today's episode..

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58 lenny

May 28, 2013 at 5:31 AM

___this is what I want to point out ha ha ha....he understood already that the gumiho father was the reason why YW cried so much that night.

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59 Lotus

May 28, 2013 at 5:34 AM

It's like Manga. That what's LSG said when he announced that he will play this KC part.
If anyone knew about manga. Well, manga it's like take bit by bit, and sometimes one episode only got one moment. And because it's manga, of course the fantasy island will be number one rule, where everything is possible and acceptable plus some goofy and silly moment.
Rule and backstory will pop up so sudden, whenever the 'right time' come according to the writer. Can't blame them, because 'manga' have to be continued all the times, so it sell. I already knew what to expect when LSG said : 'its like Manga.
I really enjoying the manga drama, like watching some cartoon alive, since I love manga. And I really think LSG acting is great, he can breath Kang Chi alive. So alive to the point that some people forget that this is a Fantasy Manga Drama, a ' manga ' so different with TK2H a heavy drama. Try to watch Inuyasha, how many episodes that Inuyasha confess to Kagome ? And how many his enemy come alives again ? and not to forget about changing appearances too..... he he he....Mbc really good, they make a high profile manga drama.

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60 DogTimeWolf

May 28, 2013 at 6:12 AM

Omo omo! I totally loved this episode, <3 Wol Ryung <3. I swear I would watch this even if it was just a continuous montage of Wol Ryung walking through the forest, hiding behind leaves and growling. *Totally fangirling here*
1. Wol Ryung never became the thousand year demon. Why? He still has control over nature - He made the vines hold Kang Chi ( I don't think the vines stopped Kang Chi on their own initiative because if that was possible they would have done the same thing 20 years ago in order to prevent Wol Ryung's betrayal, after all, he WAS the guardiian of the mountain). He only woke up when Seo Hwa returned. We all know from episode 2 that Seo Hwa genuinely loved Wol Ryung and she only betrayed him after she felt betrayed by him ( he lied to her about Dam and her brother being alive). I mean, if he was a thousand year demon why would he spend 20 years sleeping, what kind of punishment is that? The way So Jung explained it was that knowingly becoming thousand year demon when you were once a pure and good divine creature is the torture in itself. I think he's acting the way he is now because he's hurt and feels betrayed because the only human he loved and trusted completely betrayed him. Ever heard of a lover scorned? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but a man scorned will kill you and yours.

2. The actress change for Seo Hwa's character is probably just another plot twist to move the plot along until Seo Hwa and Wol Ryung meet ( which will obviously be the climax). Plastic Surgery obviously didn't exist back then but umm, black magic which allows you to change your appearance, does exist within the context of the show. I mean 20 years is long enough to learn Japanese and some black magic. If Jo Wang's right hand man learned it from the same Japanese Merchants why couldn't Seo Hwa when she got married to the Head Merchant himself?

3. Am I the only one who finds Chung Jo's character annoying? Everytime it's a solo scene for her I skip through it. I feel bad for the actress but her character is so weak ( as in wishy -washy) and almost pathetic. Even now when she's supposed to be strong and whatnot I still just can't connect with her. All her speech about dying and blah blah blah. I mean Seo Hwa had the same rather-die -than-live attitude but she actually stuck with it through and through. Chung Jo , on the other hand, is too wishy-washy. She does nothing for 20 years- never confirming nor denying of she loves Kang Chi romantically, just strings him along- and now she's all moody and pouty because he's finally moving on? LOL BTW, Kang Chi and Yeo Wol were already fated together; they met when they kids and if my 10 yrs of watching KDramas tell me anything is that that is pretty much a sign from the heavens that that those two are soulmates.

4. Question, can someone tell me who Tae Seo is in love with? Like seriously? In one of the flashbacks, He and Kang Chi were hanging out and he said he already had someone he liked but he never said who, he just kept smiling like a goofball. When I watched that scene it reminded me of Autumn in My Heart when Jun Suh told Eun Suh that he had someone he liked. I haven't seen him show any interest in any female characters so I'm still clueless and desperate as ever to know who it is.

5. In regards to the preview, so now we see Wol Ryung giving Kang Chi the ultimatum of becoming a complete Gumiho rather than a human. However, on the surface it seems like he just wants him to be like him and not become a pathetic human I think he's trying to prevent him from going through the same betrayal he went through. Like, Kang Chi's main reason for becoming human at first, was to be able to live with Chung Jo and Tae Seo but they openly rejected him and haven't even apologized in any way or form for their betrayal. Then last week he decides to live as a human for YeoWol but how is he going to be able to successfully complete that goal when he realizes that YeoWol's father is the one who actively made his father the way he is now ? And even more when he finds out that even now her father, despite everything, wouldn't bat an eyelash if he had the option of killing him( KangChi)?

6. Is it weird that KangChi refuses to ask So Jung about the real history between his parents and what led to the situation they're in now? I know my parents and I was still curious about how they met and got married. If it was me, I would have already known their favorite pizza topping, lol.

Anyways, I still hope for a happy ending for our lead couples. I have a weird feeling that one of the Park siblings is going to die,maybe TaeSeo and ChungJo will take over Madame Chun's place at the Giseang House? I think SeoHwa will be the one to kill Jo GwanWoong (it's only fitting) and of course, WolRyung is going to definitely almost kill SeoHwa.
Give me your feedback fellow gumihos xD

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charot

May 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM

I love all everything that you had commented. It is worth reading. Well, I hope for a happy ending for our leads too. Same as you, I also hope that no one from the park family will die. The death of their parents are more than enough to handle in this Drama. I hope that the writer is not thinking about "all-death-fate" for the Park family. Weww another kdrama that is full of life, death and relationship moments!!! Kudos to MBC! Keep it up!

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:44 PM

Re:3- I don't think you're the only one, but potentially a minority. I think Chung-jo is stronger than Seo-hwa, who if you'll remember, tried to kill herself at every turn and eventually committed suicide by cop, basically. Although it apparently wasn't a full suicide since she's apparently alive and kicking, so the jury's still out. I understand how you'd think Chung-jo is annoying, but I actually like her realization that she made a mistake with Kang-chi and think it adds depth to her character, although it seems to be adding a lot of petty jealousy.

Re:#4- I thought Tae-seo was supposed to be in love with Yeo-wool, but I wonder if they just dropped that plotline; they've been driving the Destiny card so much with Yeo-wool and Kang-chi. I feel like they forgot to develop it, since Yeo-wool and Tae-seo have hardly been around each other. Hopefully Tae-seo bows gracefully out, since he clearly knows they love each other, rather than trying to pull a "but your father wants us to be together!"

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skelly

May 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM

At first I was thinking that it was just petty jealousy on Chung-Jo's part, but then I remembered that she is no longer a virgin and so is now a whore, regardless of how she feels about it. Before he was beyond her reach because he was just an orphan, now he is beyond her reach because she is just a gisaeng and he has (seemingly) immediately transferred his affection to someone else who is high-born and virginal. I think I might throw something, too.

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 3:33 PM

Oh, definitely not blaming her, she has every reason to be pissed, and the societal mores of the time make her feel ashamed as well (for something beyond her control that should NOT determine her worth as a person, argh argh argh).

I would just rather she focus that energy on learning the art of poisoning for Jo Gwan-jerkface, or watch her carve the hairpins he gave her into knives to hide in her hair or something. That makes more narrative sense than taking it out on the people who are not responsible for her plight, and in fact tried their darnedest to save her.

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61 TheFaery

May 28, 2013 at 6:31 AM

Am I the only one who really, REALLY wants to hear Yeo Wool tell her father that she hates him? It seems that no matter what shit parents come up with in Korean dramas the good children will never stop loving them. I would really want her to just utter the words even if she regrets them later because I am getting fed up with his self-righteous behind. I liked master Dam at first even if he killed Wol Ryong but I find myself hating him more every episode.

Also, I look forward to father-son confrontation and even more to the father-son-(possible)mother confrontation. I have a feeling I will cry then...

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62 jenny chan

May 28, 2013 at 6:32 AM

Maybe this mysterious lady is Dam's mother :D?

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63 TheFaery

May 28, 2013 at 6:37 AM

I forgot in my last comment. I also REALLY want Chung Jo to be the one to kill Satan (yes I call that ex-official Satan). It would be surprising and an exellent way to end the drama. I want her to at least be a big part of his death... she and Seo Hwa could do it together... I really don't want them to make Kang Chi kill him. It would be so obvious

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64 charot

May 28, 2013 at 7:09 AM

well, the recap is well done. i really love the way you do it. It is very clear and very descriptive. Thank you very much. Regarding the drama itself, I agree that the mother of Kang chi should be the same character as there are some characters who were there 20 years ago. The story itself is really well plotted and no need to expedite the battle between the father and the Gumiho son as it is still 16 ep there are still more episode to come as it is 24 altogether. It would be the climax if these two will fight and how the write resolve the conflict and unfold the story of each character. I hope you can recap 16 now as I cannot wait on how this story will end.

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65 LoopyLoo

May 28, 2013 at 7:41 AM

Love all the cute moments between Kangchi and Yeowool but I gotta say, I love the scenes that Wol-ryung appears in. I don't know what it is but I really like his demon self over his past gumiho self. Maybe I just have a bad boy complex but I just find him so much more interesting and... hotter. Am I alone on this one?

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66 DesertStorm

May 28, 2013 at 8:11 AM

I think I kinda understand what Teacher Gong is trying to say to Kang Chi. It's similar to that philosophy from the first Harry Potter movie where the headmaster explaining the student about how to obtain the stone: That you cannot get the stone by desire/want it, but to get it by need it/reason/motivation. Like the other people said, Kang Chi needs a reason why he need to hold the broom. He was only "trying" to get the broom because he was told to get it. Without motivation or reason for why he need to hold the broom, he cannot hold the broom. Dunno if this makes sense or not.

However, what I'm curious is about the rumor spreading around. I wouldn't be surprised that either the student or the servant in Dam's school spread the rumor. But what I'm curious is how do they figure out that Kang Chi is gumiho (even though they call him a monster or beast, they can't really tell what sort of beast/monster Kang Chi is) as well as Kang Chi's father being "killed" twenty years ago. I understand how they think Kang Chi is related to the killings in the wood, but as to how they know his identity very well, I don't know. I guess it could be JGW's men who spread the rumors, but they seem too obedient to spread rumor around and just like the so-called rumor be spread by villagers themselves.

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:35 PM

I feel like it's Jo Gwan-Jerkface spreading rumors around. Didn't he put it together that Kang-chi was Wol-ryung's child? Although I guess it could be Master Dam. God, I hope not.

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67 Raspberrylemon

May 28, 2013 at 8:19 AM

You guys are writing wonderful analyses! I hope that the scriptwriters will see this site and think about what they are going to do in the next 8 eps. I feel lile GFB should just extend their series if they cant include everything in but i bet other dramas are planning to air and that would mean using more $$ and time for more eps >.<

ANYWAY, Im serious can we make the scripwriters see this site? It would be so nice if they saw what you guys wrote!!

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Pleona

May 28, 2013 at 7:06 PM

I totally agree the writer would get a lot of concrete ideas from reading the postings on this site, that would make this a cohesive and outstanding show. I also agree that if necessary to answer all the audiences questions and flush out all characters and back stories to make this a truly great story they should add more episodes.

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68 Abbie

May 28, 2013 at 8:53 AM

So much cute this episode. I loved it!

Kang-chi's new power is really cool, and the opposite of his father's. A gumiho is a force of goodness and life, right? So he's like a forest guardian. And a demon is a force of evil and death, so the forest dies around Wol-ryung. Kang-chi and Wol-ryung are father and son, and the antithesis to each other. I'm really looking forward to the next episode. I want them to talk or fight. Whichever. Maybe both.

Yeo-wool's journey is really getting interesting. I'm loving that she's questioning her father as she grows, and is determined to be her own person, and not the person he wants her to be.

Thanks for the recap. Girlfriday!

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Cheryl

May 28, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Originally, WR was able to do the same thing KC can. Now, instead of causing things to grow, he kills them.

I love YW's journey as well. I love that she's very much her own person and not bound by the conventions of the time--or any time period, really. It's as in-character for her to be dressed the same as the guys as it is for her to be in a hanbok.

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69 diamond

May 28, 2013 at 9:52 AM

i think they'l have a proper conversation,at least, but i really want kang chi and yeo wool will be together.

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70 sanchi

May 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM

liked the episode...yeah it was bit slow but nevertheless interesting and cute :) im sure things will speed along now that son and father have met officially and momma finally revealed her face! i like her. even though she pretty much killed her own husband. i hate her for that but shes come back strong. so i support. plus, kang chi doesnt even have a clue that his mom is nearby so when he does get one, THAT will be super interesting.

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UnapologeticAddict

May 28, 2013 at 10:40 AM

Same! I'm just dying to see Kang Chi's reaction to realizing both of his parents are alive, twenty years after his birth.

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71 UnapologeticAddict

May 28, 2013 at 10:37 AM

My theory about the vines is that they grew to protect Kang Chi because isn't he basically supposed to be the guardian of the mountain and the moonlight garden now that Wol Ryung has gone all demon. However Wol Ryung's face shows surprise. Maybe due to Kang Chi's lack of ability to control the growth of the vines or that the mountains have recognized and acknowledged his divine/gumiho blood. Perhaps it is a little bit of both.

Wol Ryung lurks around Kang Chi when he's testing out his new found abilities. I think Wol Ryung went to confirm whether the growth of the vines was the work of Kang Chi, the mountain spirit or his own. So Wol Ryung tries it out too to no vain.

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72 DesertStorm

May 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Kinda forgot to add this in my last comment, but is it just me or is Wol Ryung "aging?"

I'm awared that Wol Ryung is immortal (aka: gumiho turning into 1000 years demon), but ever since he came back from the "dead," I noticed a strand of white hair whenever we get a close-up scene of Wol Ryung.

I don't know whether that strand of white hair supposed to be his gumiho's natural hair color or that he is slowly "aging" despite that he's immortal. Did Wol Ryung has a strand of white hair when he was a gumiho before his "death?"

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73 DesertStorm

May 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Kinda forgot to add this in my last comment, but is it just me or is Wol Ryung "aging?"

I'm aware that Wol Ryung is immortal (aka: gumiho turning into 1000 years demon), but ever since he came back from the "dead," I noticed a strand of white hair whenever we get a close-up scene of Wol Ryung.

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:32 PM

Well, his original gumiho appearance had lots of gray/white hairs in there, so I thought that was just a carry-over.

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kumi

May 28, 2013 at 5:28 PM

He's a white gumiho.

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DesertStorm

May 29, 2013 at 6:48 AM

As I said, I'm aware about his gumiho form. What I like to know is about the strand of white hair on his HUMAN form after he came back as 1000 years demon.

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74 arugula

May 28, 2013 at 1:02 PM

Hats off to GirlFriday for figuring out that it was Kang Chi creating the vines himself. I didn't get that at first.

I may have to rewatch, but I thought in the beginning when he was looking Yeo Wool, it wasn't her screaming that helped him find her, but a hawk (or some kind of bird) crying out. Again, the forest helping.

Loving this drama.

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75 Noora

May 28, 2013 at 1:57 PM

I think that Seo Hwa is alive because maybe she was a wife of a gumiho, so that gave her power that prevents humans from killing her? Perhaps this is it, but who knows. I hope there is a good reason, which I hope to see soon.

This episode was interesting, although it was too fluffy as everyone said. Too much unnecessary music in the background of Yeo Wool and Kang Chi moments, not that they weren't cute. I can't wait to watch episode 16 *_*

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jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:31 PM

Ugh, the fluffy music is the WORST. Those overwritten love ballads plague all the dramas. They must be like comfort food to Korean audiences or something, like comas and birth secrets, but that shit needs to end.

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76 jubilantia

May 28, 2013 at 2:28 PM

I think Master Dam is being really stupid as a character, but at least the story has given us a reason for his over-reaction. Guilt over spilling innocent blood is much more compelling than curmudgeonly anti-gumiho prejudice. Although I guess it's a little of that, too.

Related to that, I know they play Yeo-wool's lady lessons for laughs. The underlying implication is pretty terrible, though, that her dad actually intends to trap such a strong and fiery person in a loveless marriage doing things she hates, and that go against everything he's taught her. I know it's because he loves her and wants to protect her from... feelings and life, I guess, but it's very ham-handed and I think is a disservice to the Master Dam character.

I thought Wol-ryung was teaching Kang-chi about his powers at first, but your interpretation makes more sense. Maybe Kang-chi brings out the good in Wol-ryung like Yeo-wool does for Kang-chi! Or it could be proximity to Seo-hwa.

Speaking of which, I don't understand why they changed actresses. Yoon Se-ah doesn't look any older, and I feel like the original actress could have acted more understated to seem older. Plus, I've only seen her in A Gentleman's Dignity, but isn't Yoon Se-ah not the best actress? Why switch the original who did really well out for someone who might not? Although I know that's what everybody said about Lee Yeon-hee, so who knows.

Man, I can't wait to see the encounter between GumiDaddy and Kang-chi! I like that Yeo-wool finds out relatively quickly about the dad issue, and hope that it's not The Thing that drives Kang-chi and Yeo-wool apart, because it would be silly. Although if Wol-ryung doesn't show his monster face to Kang-chi, he might manipulate KC to turn against Yeo-wool, especially if Yeo-wool doesn't 'fess up, pronto.

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77 sietorito

May 28, 2013 at 4:41 PM

Esperando a que avance la historia.

El Actor que hace de demonio definitiva roba pantalla y es más como el protagonista.

Definitiva mente va bien la historia, ha y para quienes critican a la actriz.. Recordemos que todos en algún momento tenemos que tener la oportunidad de ganar experiencia...

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78 Pleona Allegra Bell

May 28, 2013 at 5:36 PM

This is my first time commenting on this site but I would like to submit this for consideration and get feed back. Wol-ryung, is really just a husband, who happens to be a supernatural being, who is very angry and hurt and extremely pissed off with a wife who betrayed him but is deep down at the core of his being still in love with Sohwa. I believe when, they come face to face, he may threaten her and talk much mean hard hearted trash to her but he won’t really be able to kill her. If I remember correctly, at the beginning it was said that he would not be cursed to be a demon if Sohwa truly loved him. I remember the look on her face and the tears in her eyes as he was telling her how much he loved her as he was being killed, and her heart felt pain when she found out her baby wasn’t a monster just as she was about to kill it. It seemed to me Sohwa realized just how stupid and ignorant she had been and that she really loved Wol-ryung no matter what he was. That her attempt to kill Jo Kwan Woong was her trying to atone for the great wrong she had done to the man who truly loved her and who she truly loved and a desire to join Wol-ryung. If she had been given time to adjust to the shock of discovering his true identity, been able to talk with him one on one, hear his explanations, to understand why he lied to her about the fate of her brother and Dam and the time to digest it all, without all that outside agitation, then he and she could have worked it out, like any newlyweds having their first big fight. I based this on Chung Jo’s reaction to seeing Kang Chi’s transformation which was identical to Sohwa’s and how after having time to digest that and put everything in perspective she realizes she still loves him. I think all that’s needed now is for Wol ryung to learn Sohwa loved/hopefully still loves him and that this knowledge is the key to his redemption and the lifting of the demon state.

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Pleona

May 28, 2013 at 9:14 PM

I forgot to say how much I enjoy these recaps. I fell in love with this story right off because of how well written and tightly paced the story was. The back story of Wol Ryung and Sohwa was amazing and captured me thoroughly. I even got kissing and passion and a really hot Gumiho, but I digress. I hope to see lots more of these two later. I’m also hoping to see episodes where these parents deal positively with their child and the people involved in his life as the story progresses. It probably won’t happen but I can hope. The story of their child, Kang Chi, life with his adopted family, and the history repeating itself angle was so well done, I became more addicted to the story. Watching the evolution of Kang Chi and adopted family members after the drastic change in their circumstances; the involvement of Yeo Wool, her father and the training camp characters in Kang Chi’s evolution was great in showing how all these people and their love and caring for him contributes to the nurture/nature psychology of his development. Having Kang Chi experience the rejection of family and friends, then later their acceptance of him; and having his life long nemesis, Ma Bong Chool, change and want to become his friend; shows all the things involved in the development of every child. These kinds of experiences give us the ability to cope with most of what life throws at us w/o too much of a melt down. Wol Ryung never experienced any of these things which left him too naive and lacking any way to comprehend Sohwa confusion, her anger, the ignorant superstitions she harbored, her sense of betrayal. He had no notion that a person can act impulsively and regret to late their actions or that it was possible for Sohwa to still be in love with him yet behave as she did in betraying him. There was great wisdom and caring on Sohwa part in the way she chose for their child to be raised. I think somewhere, maybe in her subconscious, she knew her son would be like his father and she wanted him equipped, unlike his father to deal with the real world. Even the enjoyable cute teenage boy’s infatuation (Chung Jo), and cute yet awkward beginnings of his maturer second real love with Yeo Wool was used by the writer to advance KangChi’s development into a well balance character, human or Gumiho. But cute and awkward only goes so far with me, and when it stops the advancement of the story as it seems to be doing here, it becomes irritating. This well written, well executed story has been brought to a halt just to give us the boring formula of, way too many longing looks, a couple accidentally falling on top of each other for no good reason, and those teasing almost kisses, that have me screaming to the top of my lungs, “For God sake, kiss already.” This is beneath the promise this story began with. Maybe I’m wrong but it seems to me the business end of the show’s production unit intruded and gave instructions for the writer to emphasize these juvenile and asinine type wasting time scenes because they think that what sells.

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79 lavete

May 28, 2013 at 6:59 PM

Ugh right now my head is full of theories... first, I think Yeo-Wool's father, rise her to be a warrior because he did not want something like Seo-Hwa happen to her. (look where that drive us). Second, I don't think that Kang-Chi trapped himself with the vines, probably nature was trying to protect him from danger... and was my third? I can't remember. Anyhow.
Thank your for recapping, you totally make my day. :D

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80 Cheryl

May 28, 2013 at 8:19 PM

I find it snort-worthy that this is the first time YW has had to spend time learning things like sewing. Daddy Dam's delusional if he thinks throwing all the 'girly' stuff at her now is going to somehow be effective in making her into a 'proper' wife/woman. Lay down the sword and find happiness as a housewife? Seriously? What color is the sun in his world, that he could tell her that with a straight face?

SO looking forward to the next episode. How long is the series supposed to run?

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81 Myeongyong

May 29, 2013 at 1:15 AM

Did they change to a different actress to act as Japanese Lady aka Seo Hwa????

They look different from Episode 1 & 2's Seo Hwa...

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82 jademwong

May 29, 2013 at 12:38 PM

Reading the recap was almost as entertaining as watching the actual ep. Outstanding, Girlfriday.

My thoughts on the vine growing is the same as everyone else who thought that it grew to protect KC. I'm still trying to get used to SeoHwa being portrayed by a different actress...I hate role changes in the middle of a show -_-.

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83 Lilian

May 30, 2013 at 8:07 AM

"That, or he could just bring Yeo-wool everywhere he goes from now until eternity."

Haha..That is the perfect solution for a perfect ending! Hope dad wakes up and realise that Yeo Wool can think for herself and is probably part of the solution to solve the previous generations' misdeeds. Please don't give us a Romeo and Juliet ending T_T

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84 sylvia

May 31, 2013 at 12:57 AM

Tks to all the comments. It is so interesting to read them. I am reflecting on the "Love" of Gumiho vs human: WR and KC alike; their love are pure and without holding back or any intentions of returns from that person they love.

WR's pure love for SH was like that. He can't understand the happening around the world. He only knows he love SH and only want to protect and love her. KC is the same. 1st to CJ and the Park family. Even when Mrs Park want to kill him and chase him away. He also did not take "NO' for an ans. He just want to know how best to please and stay with them.

LLS saw that beauty in him. so is Master Dam and Gong. To this effect. the writer is good in showing us that animal "Love" is pure and without intention, vs human's, filled with personal gains and intentions.

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85 wendydarling

May 31, 2013 at 2:55 AM

It seems it's only me that can't accept that we have a different face for someone who's supposed to be Seo Hwa. I mean is she or is she not Seo Hwa? They can't make it Seo Hwa and have a different face like that! The what-the-fuck feeling I got upon the veil removes and shows someone I completely don't expect. Jo Kwan Woong and Master Dam did not change face so the 20 years thing is no way to change her face like that! I feel so BS-ed.. was the actress too busy to do a reoccurring role?

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86 sylvia

June 1, 2013 at 7:28 AM

This is Singapore time 9.45pm. 1/6/13 - Let's look into why Kang Chi took so long to really kiss Yeo-wool. The writer of this story look deep into the kind of " Love" Gumiho vs human:
We shall start with Papa gumiho Wol-ryung: His 1st sight of Seo-Hwa was a pitiful one. That develop into love to totally protect and love her. A kind of pure love that a pure and innocent gumiho offer. Wol-ryung wanted nothing from Seo-Hwa. Just purely love her and protect her. His confident that he will overcome the 100 days is again pure thought of an innocent person. In spite of Seo-Hwa telling him that, she is a slave, a person with no future, he only answer was: "will you marry me" - in short, all thing will settle down and you will be safe, once with me. However, for Seo-hwa, the human love is un-pure. Filled with fear and doubts. - but here is a handsome man willing to marry her and he did always want to make her happy. He dare not kiss her at first. She make the 1st move to hug him.

All these value is again reflected in Kang Chi; His love for Chung-jo was pure and innocent. Very powerful to overcome all problems; even with Chung-jo's mom. he did not kiss Chong-jo too. It was Chung-jo who comfirm her love with a kiss. Yet, the next moment, she tell him all the worldly reasons, why she must go on to marry someone else. Something, Kang Chi can't understand. Chung-jo and Teo Seo alike, they reflect human ways of loving and human way of expecting love.

Kang Chi stops only when Teo Seo told him to do so. Then of course Yeo wool love was a great match, similar to him. Yeo-Wool's reason is, her dad's up-bringing. Also, at a very young age. In her pure heart, she saw the inner beauty of Kang Chi - he was able to tame a wild animal and tell it to return home. - Yeo-Wool's heart was capture by it. In fact, all the others also same confirm that pure love in Kang Chi - How Kang Chi help Teo Seo to overcome the evil spell put upon him, with pure love. it is just that humans are blind to this kind of love.

Back to Yeo Wool; She continue to wonder why he act on instinct to save others, rather than as human, - fears and needs. Since then, her mind is fix to help him, as he help her. She saw him change to a monster. but knew in his heart, his is pure. Her believe system over Kang Chi, helps him to calm down without the bracelet. She is made for him. Judging from the title: Kang Chi the beginning, - they should married and continue a line of children and grand children???because the beginning can't just end with them dead of one dead, and one alone. I really hope so. Oh! how I hate bad ending. I believe all of you too.

In Singapore, we once had "Little Nonya" drama - the ending was so unacceptable that the whole nation cried out to the Station. They finally rewrote the ending and provide another ending one month later. Kind of stupid through. They provide some the reasons to the 1st ending. I wonder which ending did the world get, when this drama went overseas.

Is it in your power to do so since the show is not complete yet? tell them all of us will cried out to them in Korea - this mean many, many nations too.

I await next Wednesday for your recap. Thanks and have a good weekend.

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87 Quiet Thought

June 2, 2013 at 7:37 PM

Okay, late catching up, but I have to say it . . .

If you want liven up the recaps on a Kdrama an extra notch, form a betting pool on when the leading lady will develop acne from weeks of 20-hour days in heavy make-up under shooting lights with little or no sleep.

Suzy made it to episode 16, which is much to her credit. But, after watching four episodes in two days, that killer zit on the bridge of her nose really stood out.

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88 Quiet Thought

June 2, 2013 at 8:08 PM

On the other commonly mentioned topics, I'll throw in my two bits of sliced radish . . .

1) The writing is not as good as it should be, but the clunky directing is what is really making this show middling good instead of great. Through the first dozen episodes, I was convinced there were two separate directors for the daylight scenes and the night time scenes. The lantern festival was gorgeous, but the running through the woods scene earlier was unintentionally hilarious. I kept expecting Yeo-wool and Chung Jo to collide head on and bounce off each other.

2) Along those lines, it seems to me that a lot of the drag people are noticing is less the fault of the plot than the director's inability to cope with it. In scene after scene, reaction shots that should be over in a second or two drag on for five to ten seconds, particularly when the director is trying to hammer home the ROMANCE! emoticon. We get it, dude. Tell the writer you want some clever dialogue to fill the time.

3) Did no one notice that, when Suzy first greets Kang Chi through her window, there is a crescent moon in the sky, and when Wol Ryung confronts Kang Chi later that evening, the moon is full? Just how freaking powerful is this demon?

4) For all the people who asked separately, yes, Seo Hwa was played by one actress in the first two episodes and a different actress in episodes 14 and later. The only reason for this appears to be that the story was not plotted in advance--a characteristic of Kdramas that everyone involved should find embarrassing both personally and as Koreans, as these dramas are an important export industry--and the actress from the first two episodes was unavailable after the plot change.

5) The vines growing around Kang Chi don't have to have a "purpose" as such. It could have been the spontaneous triggering of his power because his father was near and the growth just clung to him because he didn't know how to control it.

6) The lack of reaction on Master Dam's part is both poor writing and poor direction. He is used mainly in static scenes, with static comments to make as an authority figure, and the actor cannot seem to think of anything to do with the clunky lines and direction he is given. I feel sorry for him and most of the cast.

7) When interpreting the character's actions and reactions in this story, try to remember--because the script and direction often fails to communicate this--the cultural and political framing that Joseon characters are locked into. They are not 21st Century individuals living private lives with 21st Century freedom of choice. Master Dam would have to kill Kang Chi to protect the admiral, if he fell too far out of line. There is too much at stake here for him to indulge emotional children. Chung-jo's life was destroyed and she was sold into slavery and prostitution. Raiding in the flower parade as the flower gisaeng was as humiliating for her as if she'd been marched down that street naked and whipped. The townspeople acted accordingly even as the comments on Vikii were full of silly, spiteful comments, like she was snubbing Kang Chi at the prom.

8) Wol Ryung seems to have been awakened as a demon by Seo Hwa's return to Joseon. Seo Hwa was probably sold to the Japanese as a slave. There would have been no means for her to return in the years after her "death" and certainly no motivation for her to send back word of her survival. Until she achieved power among the merchants and could return with the means to accomplish whatever sinister goal she has in mind.