#jo jang-soo

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– 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 || 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 (𝐝𝐚𝐬)

SUMMARY: Your brother always knew you were a good kid. PAIRINGS: Lee Chun-ho x sister!Reader ; minor Kwon Il-ha x f!Reader WARNING/TAGS: Canonical character death; Angst; Descriptions of violence AUTHOR NOTE: Takes place during Episode 5: "Maesong City University"

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You were a good kid.

Truthfully, Chun-ho expected you to be harder than you were. With Eomma dying shortly after your birth, Appa skipping town not long after and him just starting his mandatory conscription by the time you were left with Harabeoji, Lee Chun-ho expected you to be a lot more angry and disobedient when he returned to take you with him.

Kids who didn't have parents to discipline them often were, he'd heard.

But Harabeoji was, well, Harabeoji.

"I may be old, but don't forget I raised your Eomma," Harabeoji smiled, eyes warm as you shuffled at his side, eyes darting between the two men curiously.

You'd spent nearly your entire childhood with him–longer than Chun-ho had anticipated–but he'd been offered a more permanent role with the military, one that meant staying a lot longer to plan taking you in and raising you with military benefits, and Harabeoji hadn't minded your extended stay.

Chun-ho may have inherited your Eomma's face, but you had her mature and easy-going spirit.

Raising you was easy, Harabeoji told him whilst you packed, because you were a good kid. Something Chun-ho got to see for himself overtime. In your spare time you liked drawing, listening to lofi music and reading.

When you were with Chun-ho, you liked testing out new recipes for the two of you to try, asking him about anything interesting happening at the base and joining him to watch the sports movie he'd play after a long day, nestling into his side to watch, too.

You hated bean sprouts, horror movies and washing the dishes but didn't mind drying so long as the space between you was filled with idle chatter.

Of course, like any other siblings you two had your fair share of arguments, too.

Sometimes you played your music a little too long into the night. Chun-ho was guilty of tracking muddied boots into the apartment, and you didn't understand why he'd wanted you to drop judo as an extra curricular, didn't understand the way the floor gave way beneath his feet the day you came home, face bruised and swollen.

But like Harabeoji and like Eomma, when you got upset with something Chun-ho said or a new rule he imposed you didn't yell or break things like Appa used to do (and Chun-ho, before conscription straightened him out) but would instead act rationally. Disappearing from Chun-ho's side before returning when you calmed.

You studied hard, joined extracurriculars that challenged you (as you'd defended judo), kept yourself surrounded with good people and updated him on anything he missed when he was gone.

Above all, you were happy.

Never lamenting on Eomma's passing or Appa's abandonment or faulting Chun-ho for his own shortcomings.

Truly, when Harabeoji said raising you was easy, he wasn't kidding.

Chun-ho was grateful.

Grateful that you'd grown up so normal and healthy, and that in your time together he got to see you come into your own hobbies and interests.

Grateful that you were always so easy with him, although convincing Harabeoji to let you join your class in mandatory training was anything but.

Chun-ho knew what the training was for, as prettily disguised as the government made it be with their promises of CSAT credits in lieu of early admission.

He knew just how dangerous and life-threatening the Spheres really were and had already proven to be, with Young-Hoon's needless death marking the beginning of the end.

Which is why when the Spheres finally attacked Sungjin High School and your platoon was forced to evacuate, Chun-ho was infinitely more grateful that you were right there with him.

Always at his side, even when at times he wished you weren't.

Admittedly though, in the aftermath of the chaos, of the bloodshed and massacre, the realisation that there were still things he hadn't known about you was something Chun-ho did not expect but something that crept up on him during the long nights spent overseeing your platoon.

In the two months your platoon stayed waiting in the downtown Sungjin Military base, Chun-ho learned that Kim Yoo-jung and Jo Jang-soo were perhaps two of your closest friends. Always the first to gravitate toward you during trainings and during lunch.

Though Yoo-jung could get overwhelmed at times with her role as Class President, Jang-soo seemed to be your other half, your main confidant—a constant in a class that seemed to shift around you.

One such force was Yeon Bo-ra, a spirited girl who was all sharp glares and sharper words and everything Chun-ho expected you to be once upon a time.

The past two months may have been hard on everyone, but you'd endured it with the surety of someone who had your family close by. A luxury not everyone had, as Bo-ra liked to point out.

Surprisingly, as often as Yoo-jung and Jang-soo came to your defence against Bo-ra during one her tirades, it was the natural ease that existed between you and Kwon Il-ha that had Chun-ho more intrigued into your place amongst your peers.

One night during dinner Il-ha had given you his bottle of water, hands brushing against yours longer than what was necessary.

It was there that Chun-ho realised that there was something, something more, between you and the usually hot-headed boy.

Your cheeks, usually pale, had been flushed as you accepted the bottle with an appreciative smile. Falling back into your conversation with Yoo-jung all the while Il-ha watched you with the kind of calm and attentiveness Chun-ho hadn't seen in him until then.

It had been a brief interaction, one your brother couldn't place exactly at the time, but the sincerity was there all the same, lingering in the space between you.

Chun-ho hadn't expected it, but seeing you with a first crush, teetering on the edge of something more–well, Chun-ho considered it a small mercy, all things considered.

Even if the War seemed endless and bleak, seeing you just be a kid was something your brother would always cherish. Now more than ever as he stands in the long abandoned classroom of Maesong City University, ready to die.

The room your brother's trapped in is quiet.

Where your platoon waits in the Seolbong Building across, is not.

Somewhere out there, in the desolate campus building, the mechanical and otherworldly whirring of the Spheres looms closer.

It had been risky, luring the Spheres in the neighbourhood to Maesong City University so they could blow them up with the bombs they'd made from dynamite and depleted uranium. But it had to be done.

And as this War had shown him, the kids in your class–yourself included–were made of stronger stuff.

In spite of the danger, of the fear and uncertainty he was sure you all felt, your class carried on, sticking together and covering each other when it mattered most.

As your Commanding officer, it was a humbling development but as your brother, it was reassuring and relieving all in one.

Knowing you were across from him, safe as you could be surrounded by your friends and platoon, Chun-ho felt nothing but calm serenity. And then–

"–Sir please," So-yeon's voice crackles through the device, wet and choked. "You promised."

The sound of her voice, so young and so scared, drags him back to reality — to the stifled quiet of the abandoned classroom where he almost falters.

But then the rational side of him wins out, and your brother thinks about your class and of you, of how you're somewhere in that room with So-yeon, and reminds himself that just like your class, he can be strong, too.

Firmly, he presses down on his mic.

"I'm sorry I can't protect you until the end as I promised," Chun-ho says, finding his voice.

"And for dragging you into this war as an adult. At first, I thought you were disobedient kids. But now that I think about it, I'm so grateful and proud of you all."

Through his walkie, Chun-ho can hear the raw grief and sorrow of your platoon. Different voices whimpering, crying and begging him to change his mind; but he can't, and he won't.

Quietly, he calls your name. Blinks away his tears as he listens to movement on your end, before a quiet voice rasps:

"Oppa?"

In your next life, Chun-ho resolves to tell you more often how much you mean to him. Resolves to spend his next life making it up to you everyday for leaving this way.

There's so much Chun-ho wishes he could say, but time is a privilege he doesn't have so your brother settles for something shorter, something only you'll understand.

"You have been the best sister I could have asked for. And the time we had together, it was glorious. So live well, okay?"

It's not goodbye, but Lee Chun-ho is confident those are the words that will bring you the most comfort right now. The words that will give you the strength to do what the others can't do in this moment.

And he's right.

In another life, Kim Yoo-Jung would've stepped up to initiate the bomb as Class President. And if not her, than Sergeant Kim as your brothers' second in command.

But in this life, you're here.

And because you've always been a good kid, you press the button in Yoo-jung's place.

And your brother? Well, your brother closes his eyes, and smiles.

Chun-ho's latest pick is playing on the TV. It's an American move: McFarland USA, or something like that.

You're tucked into his side, all warm and lazy contentment and outside, there is the quiet patter of rain.

"Oppa?" you ask, when the movie reaches a lull.

"Hmm?" he replies, tilting his head toward you.

In the next few months, you'll be taking the CSATs. Graduating high-school before making your way into the big wide world. It's a scary thought, daunting really, but you're confident that whatever you do your brother will support you.

There is one thing you'd like to know, though.

"What if I still don't know what I want to do after school?" you ask, hesitant.

Your brother blinks, as if momentarily surprised, before his face relaxes. "I think by the time CSATS are done, you'll have an idea of what you want to do. You're the smarter one between us, so you'll be fine."

"You think so?"

Chun-ho smiles, playfully knocking your knees with his.

"I know so," he repeats, sure and confident.

"And if you're still unsure, don't focus too much on what everyone else is doing and think about what you like. Sometimes, the best thing we can do in life is find what we love and follow it to glory."

"Is that you how feel about the Military?" you can't but press, curious.

Chun-ho lets out a quiet laugh, eyes soft and gentle as he takes you in. "Not just the Military," he says, something meaningful in his tone, right before a bang resounds from the TV.

"– Now shush, it's starting to get good!"

[luvymelody]

NAME : jo jang-soo , duty after school

SONG : cry : cigarettes after sex

SUMMARY : everyone finds out the so-yeon gets hurt in the crash, worried about her, not realising y/n’s been hurt too.

(pretend the pants are black, school pants sweatpants whatevas)

( spoilers of episode 4 of duty after school !!! )

(lowkey a little bit angsty but u’ll be okay)

y/n looked at the front of the truck, seeing the two dead soldiers to maybe find an extra gun as jang-soo trailed behind them.

jang-soo went to y/n’s side, his side touching y/n’s which made him hold y/n’s hand out of instinct while looking at the dead soldiers, he sighed, looking at y/n.

“let’s go to the others, come on.”

jang-soo brought his free hand towards y/n’s head, bringing their body towards the direction of the group, who had started walking towards the direction of where chi-yeol saw the building.

jang-soo noticed the nearly unnoticeable limp while behind them in y/n’s walk towards the group, jang-soo squinted his eyes at the sight, holding their hand while holding his gun in the other hand.

“are you okay?”

y/n looked at jang-soo, squeezing his hand. y/n fought the pain in their ankle, someone’s bullet ended up grazing their leg while shooting the loose purple creature that had made the car crash in the first place.

“yeah, why do you ask?”

“.. just worried about you.”

jang-soo brought their hands up, kissing the back of y/n’s hand.

“tell me if you get hurt.”

“i won’t get hurt jang, don’t worry.”

-

in the span of two hours, they found the small building that chi-yeol had found, gathered supplies and helped so-yeon, settling down doing their own thing.

y/n sat down on the steps, noticing how everyone else was focusing on something else. y/n touched their wound underneath their pants, lifting up the material and hissing at the pain.

“fuck ..”

“what’s wrong?”

y/n quickly lifted their head, looking at jang-soo standing up beside them and starting to sit down beside them.

“oh nothing! it’s just hot.”

jang-soo nodded beside them, looking at them while his knees were up, his arms crossed into his knees while he stared at y/n, they started growing nervous at the stare of him.

“stop looking at me like that ..”

“why? you’re so pretty.”

y/n smiled at his words, their eyes darting from his eyes to his lips, scooting closer to him until their thighs were touching together and y/n could just lean in to kiss him.

“so pretty.”

jang-soo brought his head up, planting a hand behind their back on the concrete floor while the other was in his lap. y/m and him held eye contact together, until suddenly a scream was heard.

“help! a sphere!”

joon-hee was yelling, screaming for help while a small purple sphere chased her, everyone became alert, standing up quickly and running into the house.

jang-soo and y/n stood up, jang-soo stood infront of y/n.

“y/n get inside!”

he yelled, bring them to the door and yelling for everyone else to get in, waiting by the door.

the door was shut, getting barricaded with a table as everyone that stood in the room breathed heavy, panting nervously from the sphere.

“what do we do?”

they heard the sphere crawling around the roof, y/n was getting scared and their subconscious made them lean towards jang-soo, which made him hold their hand too quickly.

“it’s coming though the pipe!”

chi-yeol said, pointing at the pipe that came in through the roof as the group split up, majority of them going to another room and the minority going to where so-yeon was laying in.

-

eventually, they had made the plan to use the truck in the garage. chi-yeol had gotten out and used large pliers to pry open the iron bars that were locked on the window and everyone got out.

they were all in the garage, searching for the keys but hee-rak and so-yoon got into an argument, making the keys fling behind a heavy cabinet.

y/n sat on the floor, reaching for the keys as the guys tried to pull the cabinet to make room for y/n to get the keys, jang-soo leaned over y/n to see the distance between them and the keys, he leaned out, about to help with pulling the cabinet out but noticed the red trickling from their ankle as their pant leg went slightly up.

“fuck! i can’t do it!”

y/n whined, getting out as joon-hee attempted to get the keys as y/n got out of the way.

“y/n, are you hurt?”

y/n looked at jang-soo, who was already bent down and pulling up their pant leg to reveal their injury.

“jang-soo-“

“why didn’t you tell me?”

jang-soo’s worried face and tone filled y/n’s head, jang-soo stood up and held onto y/n’s hands, not focusing as young-shin discussed a plan on someone being left behind to be a sacrifice so everyone else could drive away safely.

jang-soo’s eyebrows were furrowed, his grip on their hands tightening as y/n couldn’t bring themselves to look away from jang-zoo’s gaze.

“it’s nothing, jang-soo.”

“you’re bleeding, baby.”

“y/n, jang-soo. come and pick sticks.”

the others were looking at the two of them, y/n and jang-soo picked two straws from the last three in the held bunch by young-shin, his arm held in the middle until y/n and jang-soo picked their sticks.

y/n could feel their stick short as they held in it in their hand as everyone revealed their stick but y/n, they held theirs out, revealing they was the one that was going to be the sacrifice.

“it’s me.”

“no it’s not.”

jang-soo took the stick from y/n’s hand, giving them his.

“jang-soo wait-”

“i’m not gonna let you die, y/n.”

jang-soo was already grabbing a large stick and the cover of the metal bin, walking back to y/n who was shaking their head.

“i got the short stick jang-soo, not you.”

“and i volunteer. i love you.”

jang-soo stood infront of y/n, their lips trembling and their eyes starting to water as y/n knew that there was no use trying to persuade jang-soo.

“but jang-soo..”

“i love you.”

y/n’s fist tightened by their side, not trying to think about the thought of jang-soo being gone.

“i love you more.”

jang-soo leaned in to kiss y/n softly, using one hand to hold the lid cover and the stick as he held their face with one hand, y/n tried to deepen it, but y/n felt jang-soo pull away, giving one last longing look in y/n’s eyes.

“i’ll love you forever.”

jang-soo said, one more peck to their lips as he walked towards the garage doors, young-shin and hee-rak opening the doors for jang-soo slightly.

“i love you jang-soo.”

“i love you even more, y/n.”

jang-soo walked out, and after a few seconds, you could hear his yell and the banging that he made with the stick and lid in his hand.

y/n couldn’t stop the tears from rolling down their cheeks, soon-yi going up to them and hugging them from the side, chi-yeol got the keys, handing them to so-yoon who sat in the drivers seat quickly. everyone was told to get in the truck, bursting through the doors and driving away from the construction site.

jang-soo watched them drive away, but mostly watching y/n wipe after their tears with their hands.

regret filled him, but without a doubt, he would never let y/n die if there was the option that he could die for them.

[junkobato]

Upcoming Kdrama July 2024 💚

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Shin Ha Kyun is coming back... 😍

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Ep12(finale) when the phone rings(5)

Because he worth it🤭

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Itaewon class - sortighatchats

This kdrama is just too good not to sort. See @sortinghatchats and @wisteria-lodge for explanation of the sorting system. Beware of spoilers.

Itaweon class is a revenge story at its core about an underdog who does what feels right, steps up for his morals—and loses everything as a consequence. But it's also very heart-warming, idealistic, with power of friendship and lots of comfort scenes.

Seroy Pak is such a shining little lion. The whole story is basically built around him being so stubborn about his morals that he defies the big bad - the chairman of the ruling food company, his father's boss, the guy everyone bows down to. Instead of doing the smart thing, the survival thing, Seroy does the feel right thing—he fights back. At every. Damn. Step. Of. The. Way.

Many many characters note how stupid that is. How much his life would have been easier if he just bowed down, knelt, begged, apologised. Played by the rules. But Seroy never does, his morals and convictions always unscathed, even if the rest of his life gets freaking wrecked for it.

Seroy beats up the school bully even the teachers are afraid of, gets himself kicked out of high school, loses his father his job. And his dad says: I'm proud of you. That's a burned and broken lion right there. "I just want you to hold your head high and live confidently how I never managed." Geez, thanks for the advice.

The first two episodes are this inspiring backstory of this socially clumsy but very firmly set lion, who loses everything including his dad and dream job and nerves, gets imprisoned....by all means should be broken down. Except he comes out 2 years later with a 15 year plan how to get revenge on the impossibly powerful guy who did it to him. Cause he shouldn't be played with. Because he, Seroy, won't bow down to this monster, he should bow to him.

The way he can calmly and confidently go spew such unrealistic idealism makes people think he is mad...or scared or insanely inspired and loyal. Seroy's roaring lion gets people around him, loyal people who breathe for his dream, who do everything in his footsteps. His employees love and admire him. His arch enemy doesn't have a reason to fear him, yet can't stop getting pissed off by his mere existence.

That's the power Seroy has.

At the same time his method is a subtle, kind hard work. That's Seroy in a nutshell. When he currently isn't saving someone from injustice and refusing to bow down, he is...at work. Slow and steady. It's all in the people and trust. He can make it, be it 5, 10 or 15 years. His goals will be fulfilled and he will get enough money, people, right the wrongs. He will get his way through steady effort and honest work. Cheating never comes into question. Protection or using contacts...don't either. Seroy will suffer to abide the law just to not get any unfair cheats from anyone. He will rather take responsibility than the easy way out.

This is both, heartwarming and awe-inspiring and incredibly frustrating to watch. Especially if you are his slightly sociopathic double snake manager Ji-so. This girl is a genius and as egotistical and self-seving as it gets. She talks with people cause they are rich or have something she wants. But she is also incredibly bored by the inevitable predictability of everyone around her...except Seroy. Seroy, whose crazy morals and kindness principles don't make sense. Seroy, who is walking around all proud lion when he has nothing, no advantages, no talent, no capable employees or strategies.

From that point on, everything and everyone in Ji-so's life turns around her boss Seroy. He is the one she works for, protects, makes rich and famous. He is everything. Even when his logic and principles clash with practicality, even when Ji-so with her ruthless playful sneaky tactics would get his goal faster, she listens to him. She completely readjust her moral compass and methods so they align with his. She is his snake through and through.

Seroy doesn't fight for himself, he has high goals, revenge plans in the making, helps people around and works all honestly. It doesn't make sense to young Ji-so and she gets completely obsessed. Then fascinated. And then falls head over heels in love with him.

Funnily enough, O-Soo, Seroy's childhood friend and long term love interest is a snake too. She is only in it for herself. As an orphan, she learned to look out for her survival with all means necessary. If surviving means being quiet and submissive, so be it. If surviving and prospering means working for the guy who killed her father-figure and the dad of her best friend...so be it. There are many heart-breaking moments between her and Seroy, when she apologises to him that she has to do this. That she has to choose herself above him and everyone else's good, cause that's just how it is. She can't do it any other way. And she feels guilty for it because Seroy is her person. And in a very very round about logic, she is doing it for him, for her own secret 20 year old plan of revenge. But by doing the best for him she effectively kicks herself from her own group. She betrays him, spies on him, warns him about it, but he always reassures her it's fine, those are your morals, your convictions, I can understand this.

But she is doing it for him and for the group, except she can't be with them while she does it and ends up alone. That's why she spends the show absolutely miserable, hoping for attention and love she saboteges to pay back the debt nobody asked her to pay to the one person who had treated her right.

The biggest foil to Seroy's efforts and actions is his main enemy. The impossible to defeat the Chairman who ruins Seroy's life, because the little lion refuses to bow down. In a way this makes the chairman a lion as well. His goal, purpose and feel is the company. And his pride and conviction that he is the strongest and therefore should always be winning.

In the flashbacks it seems like he did it for his family, like he build the empire for them and cares about them, but in the end the Chairman cares about the image and about his pride and ego, not about the actual people he is protecting.

Even if Seroy and the Chairman show many parallels, from starting their companies with little to big goals and inspiring roaring lion cores, they differ mainly in the methods. Chairman is a sneaky underhanded snake where Seroy is a kind hard worker. Seroy can never forgive the intimidation, contacts, masks and everything the Chairman is willing to do to get his wins and wants. Where the Chairman corrupts, lies and blackmails, whatever works best for the situation, does Seroy choose to be honest, slow, do things through his own hands.

Yet Seroy gets fuled and inspired by the Chairman despite and maybe because of the hatedred. He only and finally loses his pride, when he realizes how much he cares about Ji-so (her showing her love through helping Seroy achieve his goals is the best way to get to a lion primary) that he is willing to kneel for her. That the Chairman would go as low as to threaten her life is the last drop for him. Seroy loses all his respect for him for this and never turns back. Even when he finally gets the Chairman on his knees in turn does he care half as much as he thought.

I'm not all that sure about the rest of the side-characters. The transgender cook is mainly a badger secondary through her hard work ways and fellow younger ex-gangster's loyalty and inspiration through Seroy makes me guess me think snake primary. Maybe they are all snake primaries really, cause they make big stands for each other, driven by dreams, ambitions, self-gain in a very natural, unapologetic way.

Very curious case is Kun-so, who stars out so shy and beat down. Everyone kept convicing him that as illegitimate second son of the Chairman, he had no right to want anything for himself that he just seemed like such a kind, shy, polite boy. When he fell in love with Jin-So and realized he was losing her to Seroy who he admired, he quit and tried to take over the Chairman's company by being his son and turning to his image.

It didn't work out, and not because it didn't feel right. That is not a factor for him. It just didn't prove effective. Seroy wins the fight against his father, so he is obviously the one in the right. Kun-so is lost in how much he wanted, in the unstoppable greed of desiring things for himself. Did he explode as a snake? Somehow he still stays sympathetic and likeable through all his moral switches and betrayals.

Maybe it's because of his badger secondary. The kid just needs to set a goal and an idol and then he succeed through doing the hard work. Doing his best to do what's asked of him, whatever that may be. You want me caring? Okay. You want me heartless? Okay too. Huh. The switching around of morals and personalities depending on what he decides now makes me think he might be a Bird primary. He is the one who doesn't know what he wants and feels lost, except knowing he won't be like his father. He is the one who sets his goal on taking over the company once Jin-so says that will win her over. And he simply accepts Seroy's reasons and explanations for everything, simply adapting them into his code. When Seroy says he is a kid and can forgive himself, then it must be true and Kun-so accepts it as part of his new truth.

O-Soo's methods seem super sneaky. She spies and and she stabs in the back...but she doesn't enjoy it and she isn't sneaky about it. She doesn't hide it, she even apologies and warns before doing it again. Her whole 15 years old plan worked even better than Seroy's and she did it with less people, from the inside, despite how incredibly deplorable it made her feel. Doesn't that make her a good candidate for Bird secondary? She made her plan and went with it. Preparations through all her positions, through all the years, from the inside the lion's den. Meticulous and detailed, to bring down the Chairman. Great bird. Snake Bird also fits her villainous vibes until the last episode.

Seroy - Lion / Badger

O-Soo - Snake / Bird

Jin So - Snake / Snake

Chairman - exploded Lion / Snake

Kun-so - Bird / Badger

[somanykdramas]

DEATH'S GAME: PART 1

GENRES: Drama, Supernatural

SUMMARY: Caught in a game of punishing resurrection, a man who took his own life tries to find meaning in hanging on.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Pillar demons, citron tea, hundreds of cover letters, finding meaning in the mundane, fated connections, bullies, prison, male models, car chases, MMA, chair-fighting, gut-wrenching regret, hopelessness, redemption, and a dizzying number of A-list celebrities.

HOT TAKE: Episode 4 of this show broke me, hard. Although the plot is simple and a bit repetitive, every single acting performance is stellar. The character connections made with each new story gives the overarching experience real depth and emotion, and I can't wait for the second part coming in 2024.

[gabrielokun]

[stuff-diary]

Undercover High School

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2025

Undercover High School (2025, South Korea)

Director: Choi Jung In

Writer: Im Young Bin

Mini-review:

This was exactly as fun as I hoped it would be. The writing did rely a bit too much on coincidences and small plot holes, but the characters and the story itself were entertaining as hell. I particularly enjoyed the whole thing about the urban legends and how they play into the mission, which is an original twist on the undercover spy trope. But really, the best thing about the show might be its cast. Seo Kang Joon is finally back and proving he's the perfect action hero, while Jin Ki Joo brings a lot of energy and spunk. Oh, and Kim Shin Rok makes for a delightful villain as well. So, even if Undercover High School isn't perfect, it will offer you a superfun experience filled to the brim with laughs and thrills.

[one-scene-one-drama]

It's Okay, That's Love (kdrama, 2014)

"It's Okay, That's Love" is a beautiful story about mental illness, about how people suffer from trauma and how it affects their ability to deal with reality.

Hae Soo is a psychiatrist who has a boyfriend, but has never been able to have sex because of a childhood trauma. She saw her mother with another man and this affected her in a way that she associates sex with something wrong. Jae Yeol is a famous writer who also has traumas in his past. His brother was arrested for killing his stepfather and when he got out of prison, he tried to kill him too. In addition, Jae Yeol was physically abused as a child and on one of these occasions, he ended up hiding in a latrine and developed an obsession with cleanliness and also he can also sleep in the bathroom.

The relationship between the two is very good, because you can see that it is not a simple romance, they created a bond from their traumas, their scars, their experiences, they were able to comfort each other… The big twist in the story is something I was already expecting, you could see that Kang Woo was not real, because he was almost an identical version of Jae Yeol, from everything he went through in his childhood and a coincidence like that is very unrealistic. The scene in which Hae Soo finally understands this, how much it broke her heart, is very sad, as is the moment in which Jae Yeol accepts the truth, that Kang Woo does not exist. The dramatic charge of the story at this moment is very intense.

In addition to the main couple, we also have the adorable Soo Kwang and So Nyeo, our adorable couple with Tourette's and kleptomania <3

The message that the drama wants to convey may seem cliche, but it is the greatest truth of all: love does not cure any disease, but it helps you move forward, gives you strength to keep fighting. Having someone by your side is priceless, someone to support you, to pick you up when you fall and that is the essence of this drama.

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Duty After School Spoilers

Taking Kim Yoo-jung and Jo Jang Soo's death the hardest. Ofc they all saved each other numerous times but these two saved the whole class multiple times and were so rational and just perfect and they really just got gunned down like that like omg

Jo Jang Soo being the first victim of the massacre is so symbolic cuz he's always been the first to throw himself into harm's way to protect others. He was kind of their first line of defense and if he wasn't taken out first he probably could have saved some of them.

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Upcoming Kdrama March 2024 🌈

1/3: Wonderful World with Cha Eun Woo, Kim Nam Joo, Im Se Mi. 14 episodes; thriller, mystery.

9/3: Queen of Tears with Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Ji Won. 16 episodes; rom-com.

11/3: Midnight Photo Studio with Joo Won, Nara, Yoo In Soo. 16 episodes; romance, fantasy.

15/3: Chicken Nugget with Ryu Seung Ryeong, Ahn Jae Hong, Kim Yoo Jung. 12 episodes; fantasy, comedy.

18/3: Grabbed by the Collar with Kim Ha Neul, Jang Seung Jo, Yun Woo Jin. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery.

23/3: Hide with Lee Bo Young, Lee Moo Saeng, Lee Chung Ah. 12 episodes; mystery, thriller.

23/3: the Resurrection of the Seven with Uhm Ki Joon, Hwang Jung Eum, Lee Joon, Lee Yubi. 16 episodes; thriller, mystery.

Looking forward to Kim Soo Hyun x Kim Ji Won couple! ☺️

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Ep12(finale) when the phone rings(7)

Sweet 😍 Paik Yu Yeon♥️

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Two (2) From Well Go USA

June 22, 2024 (NYC)– Two (2) from Well Go USA.   A Look at Two new international films, originating in South Korea,  distributed by Well Go USA, and hitting digital on June 25th.   Here is a synopsis and review of these Well Go USA Entertainment releases. HOPELESS Synopsis:       After spending his entire childhood in a town riddled with crime and violence, a teenage boy saves up his money in…

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Kdrama: Numbers (2023)

Choi Jin-Hyuk and Kim Yoo-ri Drama #kdrama#kworld #choijinhyuk #kimyoojung #numbers #latestkdrama #latest

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WHEN THE PHONE RINGS

GENRES: Romance, Drama

SUMMARY: A lifetime of miscommunication causes untimely deaths, failed political campaigns, and a confusing marriage.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Amusement parks, car crashes, hacking, phone modulators, team retreats, uncomfortable silences, heterochromia, unrestricted chaebol power, fishing, Korean sign language, and shotguns.

HOT TAKE: I know this is a romantic drama and by definition it will be dramatic, but I can't help shake the feeling that rooting for a marriage that was sustained on three years of gaslighting, passive verbal abuse, and negging might not be the best idea.

It's always surprising to me when a romance's mystery b-plots are more intriguing that the romance itself. What a tornado of whodunnits, howdunnits, and who isn't telling!

I can't help but celebrate the ending for our two MLs, but the journey getting there was so toxic (both from their own actions and the actions around them) that I'm not really sure how to process my happiness for them.

This might cause some hot-take uproar, but I really disliked the final episode. There was so many disjointed parts that it felt like one of those dreams you have when you're feverishly sick that misinterprets whatever is on TV in the room. Someone defend it for me to help me make sense of it all.