#우연일까?

[nunafilms]

I'm glad you're back. It's nice to see you again, Kang Hu Yeong.

Serendipity’s Embrace ─ Episode 1 (우연일까)

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SERENDIPITY'S EMBRACE 우연일까? · 2024

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Serendipity's embrace

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😌교과서 는 오빠가 잘 구해준다

저 놈 이제 부르면 온다 우연일까?

나갓다오니 집에서 머리 아플만 했다

안쪽 단추 계속 거슬렸는데 결국 이탈해버리셨네요

바세린 작은 버전 다 쓴건 처음 ㅎㅎ 뿌듯 하네

쉬는날엔 역시 청소가 아니겠어

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형사의 신비로운 초자연적 탐험

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Serendipity’s Embrace (우연일까?)

I was really excited about this show for a while since it was advertised like crazy and I love Chae Jong Hyeop and Kim So Hyun as actors. After watching this show in one night, I have to say I’m slightly disappointed with how the show went. I expected over the top cuteness, since it was advertised as a pure romance yet I finished a little unsatisfied. Keep reading this post to find out more about the show! 

My Rating: 6.5/10

Episodes: 8

Country: Korea

Genre: Just Romance

Aired: July 22nd, 2024- August 13th, 2024

Cast: 

Kim So Hyun plays Lee Hong Ju

Chae Jong Hyeop plays Kang Hu Yeong 

Yun Ji On plays Bang Jun Oh

Kim Da Som plays Kim Hye Ji 

Lee Won Jung plays Kwon Sang Pil

Hwang Sung Bin plays Son Gyeong Taek 

Synopsis:

The synopsis of this show is so misleading on MDL (MyDramaList) so here is a proper one. Lee Hong Ju was seen giving love letters to Kang Hu Yeong, but don’t be mistaken, those love letters were from Hong Ju’s bestfriend Kim Hye Ji. They keep coincidentally meeting each other and interacting, and Kang Hu Yeong slowly forms a crush on Lee Hong Ju. However, he ends up moving to the US without telling anyone. 

10 years later he is back in Korea for business, and he somehow stumbles across Lee Hong Ju again at a cafe during a blind date. Thus continues their story 10 years later and we wonder if Kang Hu Yeong’s first love will finally come into fruition? 

This drama was adapted from the webtoon “Uyeonilkka?” (우연일까?)  which was written by Nam Ji Eun (남지은) and illustrated by Kim In Ho (김인호). 

Beware of Spoilers Moving Forward!

What Episode did the Main Couple Start Dating?

Hong Ju and Hu Yeong start to date in Episode 5. Hu Yeong confesses and kisses Hong Ju in Episode 4, however, she’s extremely flustered and keeps trying to avoid him. Hye Ji and Hong Ju talk in episode 5 about how making relationships complicated isn’t necessary since you never know what will happen and what will hurt them, so they should go for it. Hong Joo also has a dream that night where she sees Jun Oh is leaving and she tells him to stop showing up in her dream, and then Hu Yeong enters the dream and he says he’s going back to America and that she won’t stop him, and then he asks one last time if he really wants her to go. After this dream is over, Hong Joo decides she should just go for it, and tells Hu Yeong that she doesn’t want him to go back to America and kisses him. 

Hong Joo’s Past

I thought they would elaborate more on this. However, the plot point is just there to show her fear of being abandoned. They don’t add any more to this topic. I was hoping to see why her mom abandoned her, and what her aunt and uncle did after one of the scenes where they show them talking about what to do with her because the aunt is pregnant. Yet, they never go back to it. It felt disappointing to be honest that it was never explored more. 

Misunderstandings?

There are some misunderstandings between Hong Ju and Hu Yeong in episode 7. This is when Hu Yeong’s mom stirs up shit saying that he changes girlfriends too much and she’ll end up getting hurt if she stays with him. Hu Yeong also finds out that she might be working on Jun Oh’s animation project for his book and was butt hurt that she never told him. Yet, Hong Ju gets mad that he was mad about that because she doesn’t believe that he should care or that he saw how much she liked Jun Oh. 

This gets solved literally a few scenes later when Hong Joo watches two students escape from the bushes, that Hu Yeong was there during the time she escaped school to go to confess to Jun Oh and saw her cry and dread over him before. Hu Yeong also learns that she has a fear of people who leave her behind without telling her why or saying goodbye, which is why she kept putting her distance from him and always saying goodbye, since he left the last time without saying bye. 

Love Triangles?

LOL. This show is a fat love triangle/ square/ pentagon? Hong Ju likes Jun Oh, but Hu Yeong likes Hong Ju, and Hye Ji likes Hu Yeong and then I’m pretty sure Kwon Sang Pil likes Hye Ji. However, it's done very decently and doesn’t make it a big deal, if anything it just makes it more amusing. 

A little love for the 2nd Couple

The 2nd couple in the beginning I didn’t care for. However, by the end they stole my heart. I actually enjoyed their story more than the main couple because I was giggling, kicking my feet and flailing my arms in the air when Gyeong Taek finally confessed to Hye Ji. It was such a funny, yet cute moment for someone who struggled with showing his feelings outwardly. His stuttering and hiccuping and then screaming I love you three times, was just so cute. 

Then, when he finally agrees to let their relationship be known and he puts her heel on her feet, and grabs her hand and looks straight into her dad’s eyes to say “Abbu-nim, I'll take her”, and her dad at first says in a half angry voice “my daughter?” And then says super happily, “take her” and he picks her up princess style and runs away giggling that the dad accepted them, was just so funny and cute. 

Serendipity’s Embrace Ending

The show ends with a sweet scene of Hong Ju meeting Hu Yeong at the airport to accompany him on his trip to America. She uses up all her vacation days she has saved up to go with him and be with him for a while as he settles his score with his mother regarding the lawsuit. 

Serendipity’s Embrace Review- A Very Generic Romance Story

I give this show a 6.5/10. It is sweet and I love the actors, however, the storyline is overdone. The overbearing mother who is trying to force the ML to go back to America because she wants to be controlling? The FL who fears being abandoned? The Ex that left her without giving her a reason and comes back and wants her back? The romance that is all based on fate/ coincidence? It’s all over-done and has been seen before many times. Therefore, the ideas and concepts didn’t feel fresh at all. The romance itself was also not something I was super excited by, which made it a bit more disappointing. It was just a sweet watch, however, nothing felt unique. 

[lyrics365]

우연일까 (Serendipity's Embrace)

naega baraboneun nega nareul barabogil bara naui kkume boneun nega nareul kkume bogil bara naega jotahaneun nega nareul jotahamyeon jota naui mame ijen nega jogeum dagaogil bara ireotge uriga dasi seororeul majuchin geoti da uyeonilkka o geureotge jinaeon nali neoege heulreoon geoti da moduga uyeonilkka naega jotahaneun nega nareul jotahamyeon jota naui mame ijen nega jogeum daga wa ireotge uriga…

[mctna2019]

Dear moon!

Dear moon, my moon

가까워지지 않아

잰걸음으로 따라가도 닿지 않는 달처럼

Oh moon, like moon

왜 사라지지 않아

뒤돌아 등지고 도망쳐 봐도

따라오는 저 달처럼,

넌,

우연일까

눈 맞추던 순간

나에게 말을 걸어오는

낮은 목소리가 들린 것 같아

답을 한다

망설이던 대답

아스라이 거기 너를

왜인지 난, 다 알 것 같다고

Oh moon

My moon

안으려는 게 아냐

내 품에 안기엔 턱없이 커다란 걸 알아

Oh moon

My moon

가지려는 게 아냐

네가 나에게 이리 눈 부신 건

내가 너무나 짙은 밤이기 때문인 걸

우연일까

하얀 얼굴 어딘가

너에겐 어울리지 않는

그늘진 얼룩을 본 것만 같아

손을 흔든다

널 부르는 수화

여기 너와 몹시 닮은

외톨이의 존재가 있다고

잘 살아지지 않아

My only moon

가닿지 않을 만큼

깊어진 밤까지

하얀 빛을 그 고요를

오늘 밤도 잠들지 않을게

[nunafilms]

You're here for a blind date, aren't you?

Serendipity’s Embrace ─ Episode 1 (우연일까)

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Serendipity's embrace (2024) starring Kim So Hyun and Chae Jong Hyeop

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Kdrama: Serendipity's Embrace (2024)

A Happy Ending As They Move To USA ❤️🥰 Serendipity's Embrace #kdrama #shorts #kimsohyun #trending #tvn

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Oe2zA18bYI

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