#jin young ko

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Jin Young KO

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[splinteredsoul]

Beat (1997)

dir. Kim Sung-su

[prbni]

My controversial Kdrama opinions

1. Ko Moon Young was just a psychologically messed up girl. She isn't the 'girlpower' or 'badass' that the Kdrama fandom likes to dub her into.

2. In 'Hotel del Luna', they could've just chucked the entire character of Gu Chansung out of the window and gave Chang Myung a rebirth/rebirths,make him go through various trials and tribulations to repent and earn Man Wol's forgiveness. Didn't have to make it unnecessarily tragic.

3. Unnecessarily tragic reminds me, the 'realistic' ending of 2521 was a JOKE. There was NO point of developing such a power couple if they were to break up for such a mundane reason.

4. Romance genre isn't Song Kang's 'thing'. He shines better as an actor in non-romance genres.

5. Had they focused on developing Ju Kyung as an individual character who finally learns how to completely take a stand for herself instead of dangling her between Suho and Seojun, 'True Beauty' would've become a more popular and appreciated drama.

6. The love line between Hwang InYeop and Seo Hyun Jin's character in 'Why her: Oh Soo Jae' was absolutely unnecessary and awkward.

7. Jo Bo Ah and Ahn Bo Hyun and an amazing chemistry in 'Military Prosecutor: Do Bae Man'. However, they could've developed a slowburn romance between them instead of abruptly putting a kiss sequence in the last episode out of nowhere.

8. In 'Snowdrop', Eun Young Ro forgiving Soo Ho later on didn't make sense. Their kiss sequence was purely fan service,nothing else.

9. Individual acting aside,Kim Hye Yoon had more chemistry with Lee Jae Wook(2nd lead) than Rowoon(main lead) in 'Extraordinary You'.

10. Writers are overusing 'Let's kill off the main character and make the show tragically memorable' trope wayyy too much.

11. As much as it physically hurts me given the chemistry of the actors,Choi Do Il and Oh In Joo not having any proper romantic sequence till the end of 'Little Women' makes sense to the storyline(the shipper me might've wanted a hug though).

12. Also the writers should stop doing the 'lets make the second lead better than the main lead'. Its annoying to see one person actually making sincere effort for the girl but the girl ends up totally ignoring their effort and like the ML. Not in just Kdramas but in all sorts of dramas. I actually saw a Chinese drama where the second lead finally turned into a villain. I LITERALLY commented 'good for him' lmao.

13. Sunho in 'Cheer Up' is problematic. Neither his sad backstory nor his sincere feelings for Haeyi changes that fact.

14. The Heirs(2013) drama wasted an opportunity to pair Young Do(Kim Woobin) with Yoo Rachel(Kim Jiwon). No, they didn't need to be 'siblings'. I'd have chosen the two heartbroken yet sassy and tough people romance over the sappy romance of the main couple in a heartbeat. And the actors would've NAILED it.

15. Jojo not ending up with Sunho in 'Love Alarm' finally broke the 'Cinderella and Prince Charming' fairytale trope of Kdramas. That girl was too messed up in the head . She didn't need the rich,fierce and impulsive lover, but the quite,patient and thoughtful one. So don't go ahead and say the ending sucked. Maybe they could've made things more coherent, but no the ending didn't suck.

16. Moon Dong Eun should have remained single, with the last episode ending with him crossing paths with Do Yeong, with Yeonjin & gang & all the revenge agenda gone, she could hv offered him a smile and a game of Go, keeping an open ending for them. Lee Do Hyun was fabulous in playing Yeojeong and their chemistry was amazing. But they could hv just been partners in crime with their teamwork without the romantic plot between them.

17. No. Ryu Shi Oh doesn't give second lead syndrome. Byun Woo Seok is a very good actor but he plays the villain in 'Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon' and not anti-hero. Lee Yoo Mi and him should be paired opposite to e/o in some other project in the future but Shi Oh and Nam Soon ain't the 'enemies to lovers' you think it is.

18. After Byun Woo Seok's popularity skyrocketed with 'Lovely Runner', many people dug up his previous works & lamented over not noticing him earlier. People even felt sad that he got his recognition late. But honestly, he wasn't very noticeable as an actor in his earlier stages imo. He kept working hard on his acting skills to get to where he is now. What I applaud about him is not giving up & putting the efforts in all right places but he didn't start from a 100.

19. I'm actually glad they brought back the fresh romcoms in 2024. Got tired of consistently watching crime thrillers,school violence,zombie apocalypse and stuff. I mean, of course they're good. But the key ingredient for Kdramas will always be those cringey classic slightly over-the-top romcoms.

20. Cha Eunwoo's acting in 'My ID is Gangnam Beauty' isn't as bad as people try to make it. His character actually demanded those stank cold expressions that he delivered. In fact, I'd say his character Do Kyeong Seok was one of the first Kdrama male leads that actually understood and empathised with the FL's situation and protected her in his own way without going over-the-top cliche "she is my yeoja and only I can bother her" about it.

[lilliesm]

WHY EVERYTIME I SEE A SAPPHIC COUPLE THE PRODUCERS DONT SEE IT?????????

[kdramacaptures]

Just live in the moment

[korelist]

LOVE IN CONTRACT // KDRAMA DİZİ YORUMU

UYARI : Yazılar genel olarak spoiler içerebilir. İçermeyedebilir.

İmdb: 7,3 Benim Puanım: 7

Drama: Love in Contract

Hangul: 월수금화목토

Director: Nam Sung-Woo

Writer: Ha Gu-Dam

Date: 2022

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Cast: Park Min-Young, Ko Kyoung-Pyo, Kim Jae-Young, Kang Hyoung-Suk, Jin Kyung

Farklı meslek alanlarındaki dizilerin yeri bende ayrıdır. Bilmediğim bir alanda fikir edinme düşüncesi bile kulağıma hoş geliyor. Gel gelelim, burada senaristimiz var olmayan bir meslek yaratıp onun üzerine dizi çekmiş. İnanamazsınız… Ana konusu ve hikayesi bu meslek etrafında dönüyor. “Bekar yaşam yardımcısı” ! evet, evet! Baş rolümüz 7 kocalı Hürmüz.

Dizi yayınlanmadan önce konusunu okuduğumda çok ilginç gelmişti. Fragmanı beni daha da meraklandırmıştı. İşin özü bir tık hayal kırıklığıydı. Beklentiyi düşürüp, kaliteyi görmezden gelirsek ortalama bir dizi olduğunu söyleyebilirim. İzlemesi kolay, kafa yormayan çok dikkat istemeyen, aynı zamanda oyunculardan keyif alabileceğiniz bir diziydi. Oyuncu tercihleri rollere çok yakışmış mıydı emin değilim ama oyuncular deneyimli, belli bir kalitenin üzerindeydi.

Choi Sang-Eun (Park Min-Young), uzun yıllardır “bekar yaşam yardımcısı” olarak para kazanmaktadır. Bunun anlamı, tam bir gizlilikle anlaşmalı olarak ihtiyacı olan erkeklere eş rolü yapmaktadır. Bu ailesi tarafından evlenmeye zorlanan biri için göstermelik düğün olabilir, eşcinsel olduğu halde göstermelik eş arayan biri olabilir, annesi ölüm döşeğinde tek dileği oğlunun sevdiği kadınla tanışmak olabilir. Gibi… sebeplerle müşterilerini kendisi seçmektedir. Bu şekilde geçmişinde 12 kere evlenip boşanmıştır. 5 senedir, haftanın 3 günü akşam yemeği yemek için evlendiği Jung Ji-Ho(Ko Kyoung-Pyo) haricinde bütün müşterileri ile sözleşmeleri bittiği sırada, emekli olmaya karar verir.

Arka planda ana karakterimizin son derece yetenekli, farklı alanlarda sertifikaları olan, zeki bir kadın olmasına rağmen neden böyle yaşadığının hikayesi dönmektedir. Hikaye; geçmişinde yaşadığı bir olaya odaklanır. Ve geçmişinde o olay sırasında orada olan Kang Hae-Jin (Kim Jae-Young) yeni taşındığı binada onu Ji-Ho ile yemek yemeğe geldiği bir akşam tanır. Başlarda evli olduğunu ve başkasıyla karıştırdığını söylese de sonunda gerçeği öğrenir ve kendisi de onunla anlaşma yapmak istediğini söyler. Tek sorun Hae-Jin çok ünlü bir oyuncudur. Çok büyük bir şirketin en küçük oğlu olmasına rağmen, ailesinden ayrılıp kendi başına ünlenmiş, zengin olmuştur. Annesi onu zengin bir kızla evlendirip, şirketin başına geçirmeye çalışmaktadır.

Dizinin başlarında Jung Ji-Ho karakterinin Hannibal Lecter, Dexter ve Joe Goldberg karışımı gibi anlatılması birazcık abartılıydı. Bu adam ne iş yapıyor diye boş gözlerle izledik. Birkaç bölüm sonra karakterler oturdu, hikaye bu üçlünün arasında seyretmeye başladı. Haftanın 3 günü alt kattaki Ji-Ho ile yemek yerken, haftanın diğer 3 günü üst kattaki Hae-Jin ile takılmaktadır. Daha önce müşterisi olan Woo Gwang-Nam(Kang Hyoung-Suk) ise hanım kızımızın en yakın arkadaşı aynı zamanda ev arkadaşı olmuştur. Gwang-Nam erkeklerden hoşlandığı için aralarında oldukça sempatik bir arkadaşlık vardır.

Dizi bir oturuşta bitmez ama arka arkaya birkaç bölüm izleyebilecek akıcılıkta. Keyifle izleyebiliyorsunuz. Aşk üçgenlerini ben çok sevmiyorum ama sevenler için tam nokta atışı yapılmış. İkinci erkek sendromları bol bol var. Benim fikrimi sorarsanız iki erkek oyuncuda ikinci erkek olabilecek seviyedeydi. Esas adam olacak kalitede değillerdi. Bol bol bütün karakterler içinde travma eklemeyi unutmamışlardı. İzlerken “Küçük hayatlarına ne çok acılar sığdırmışlar” sularında yavaş yavaş kürek çekiyorsunuz.

Kızımızın bakıcısı, onu yetiştiren büyüten kadın Yoo Mi-Ho(Jin Kyung) ise tez konusuydu. Uzun zamandır bu kadar mantıksız bulduğum başka bir karakter olmamıştır. Kızı seviyor mu sevmiyor mu belli değildi. Para istiyor gibi görünüp, parayla alakasız yaşıyordu. Tek derdi kızı zengin bir aile ile evlendirmekti. Çok zengin bir aile tarafından çok küçük yaşta evlat edinilip daha o yaşta yurt dışında eğitime gönderilmiş. Tek amaçları kızı süper donanımlı büyütüp, başka zengin bir ailenin oğlu ile evlendirmekmiş. Böylece evlat edinen aile iş anlamında güçlü bir ortaklık yapacakmış. Ancak kızımızın gençliğinde yaşadığı olay sonrasında evlatlıktan reddedilmiş. O da kendine böyle bir meslek yaratmış. Garip gurup bir alt metin. Kızımız aileyi hiç görmemiş bile, bakıcı kadın ile büyümüş. Valla ben anlamlandıramadım. Empatide kuramadım. Basmadı kafam.

Toparlarsak, izleyin geçin. Kafa yormuyor ama izde bırakmıyor.

OST:

YUJU - Real Love

Raven Melus

BAŞKA NELER VAR ?

FOTOĞRAFLAR

[k-star-holic]

Ko So-young's daughter ⁇ Lee Young-ji, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ IVE's first World Tour, Seoul anchored.

[passionforfiction]

When My Love Blooms

I must admit this story is one of those where I don't connect fully with the characters.

Yoon Ji Soo is a divorced woman with a son in a boarding school (sponsored through scholarship). Her ex-husband is vigilant, looking for a moment she falls and he can fight for full custody of their son. She lost her job and keeps taking odd jobs to make ends meet. And her son hides how he is bullied at school to protect his mother.

Han Jae Hyun just stepped out of prison after 4 years paying for his father-in-law's white collar crimes. He returns to a loveless marriage where his wife has taken a lover in a desperate move to feel human connection. His son is at a boarding school, bullying his way through middle school.

What do Yoon Ji Soo and Han Jae Hyun have in common? Their past. And we learn about their story through flashbacks that take us back to the early 90s when college students protested and fought for justice. But Han Jae Hyun has changed and their current situations are not ideal.

I feel for the young Yoon Ji Soo and Han Jae Hyun. Their innocent love, their beliefs and fights for justice. . . That future that crumbled to pieces when her father imposed his ambition over the happiness of his child. . . Their youthful story was beautiful, but the people they became were so full of grayish spots, their decisions, their relationships with their children. . . It's hard for me to fully sympathize with them whole heartedly. They are realistic characters, imperfect, people that make decisions based on their selfish desires, sometimes forgetting their children and how their actions affect them.

It was a good series, it wrapped things nicely at the end, but even then, I wasn't completely happy for them. I always felt bad for Lee Young Min because he loved his mother and even when she said she loved him, he always got the short end of the stick. Even at the end, we don't know what happened to him, and I think that this is the main reason why I can't be completely happy for this couple as grownups.

Anyway, is not a bad story. I think it is good because it made me question things. It made those characters feel real, 3-dimentional.

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[thatswhatsushesaid]

jin guangyao's enduring love for meng shi will never NOT leave me an emotional wreck, but that last glimpse we see of him as a little boy with meng shi (as seen!! through nie huaisang's eyes!! meaning young meng yao at some point shared this story with him!!!) is ESPECIALLY devastating. always a KO seeing little meng yao taking his mama's hand, walking together with all their hopes and dreams still laid out before them.

they loved each other so much.

anyway happy mother's day mdzs fandom!!

[wannaeatramyeon]

Omg can u js imagine lookism characters fighting you and they end up getting their ass beat by u? Basically js encountering someone that has 10x their own strength and their reactions would be so funny😭😭😭

Have I imagined being the peak of every fandom I have participated in? Yes. Yes I have.

Meeting Lookism Peak... YOU

You are onepunchman-ing through the Lookismverse.

J High Trio

You definitely weren't siding with Logan Lee and Vin Jin (wtf) but this Daniel Park, Vasco and Zack were causing a lot of trouble and you just wanted everyone to stfu so you can get decent grades.

It got even worse when Logan and Vin flanked you and held your hand. What is this throupling? GET OFF ME.

Vasco muttered about you being a bad guy and threw the first punch. Sigh - stupid birds of a stupid feather stupidly flocking together and before long Zack and Daniel joined in.

The strongest guys in J High? Now lying in a heap in a corner. You? Not even a scratch.

You approached them with tears in your eyes: "please, I'm just trying to learn"

Johan

You've acquired 3 new pups: Eden, Miro and Johan

This motherfucker tried to steal your shoes. Who tf does that. You were just minding your own business and walking home so of course you beat his ass.

And since that day, Johan likes to follow you around in the hopes of copying some of your moves. Shame you're able to KO him so quickly he can't copy anything. He learnt his lesson after the 27th time and doesn't try to steal your shoes anymore. He still follows you in case someone else fights you and he gets to copy.

Big Deal

You're the son of Gapryong Kim? Who's that? I'm just minding my own business and got accused of stealing from this street. No I didn't! I didn't even go into that store. THIS IS MY SHIRT.

This random guy is trying to take your clothes from you..what you gonna do? There's perverts everywhere. You tried to play nice and dodge his attacks but enough is enough. You're sick of people trying to steal your clothes and just knock him unconscious with one hit.

Uhhh where is this actual place and why has he got so much back up? This is Big Deal? What are you guys saying you're a Big Deal or... Oh you're actually called Big Deal?! Lol, losers.

Great. Now you're getting attacked by this ponytail guy. Sinu? and his invisible attacks? What invisible attacks. You can see them all clearly. Stop that. It's annoying. Please just SIT. DOWN.

The person with the biggest beef would be the big bald guy though (seriously who brings their dad to a fight?!) Jerry would go absolutely feral when you knocked out Jake. He's no match but every time he saw you after you can just feel the hate radiating.

Eugene & Workers

Sorry to say but this man is boring af. He seen you beating up his 'Gun and Goo' (this will never not be funny) and tried to recruit you.

You're in school. You're not interested in fighting for no 'Workers'. Besides a 9-5 sounds unbelievably boring right now. Why would you want to work and have responsibility when you can mess around all day. Youth IS wasted on the young, this dumbass.

He'll leave you alone as long as you stay out of his way.

Gun & Goo:

These 2 would just Never. Leave. You. Alone.

They've got eyes and ears everywhere so probably heard about one of your past fights.

First they would try to fight you cos of course they would. But the fact that you're so insanely strong and stronger than them turns them from

To

The fact you are so strong? That you could no diff them? They're just literally like wtf. They have never encountered anyone like you. They didn't even know your strength and fighting skills were possible. You will never know peace again.

Gun is more diplomatic and tries to approach you whenever he can to be his successor and just wanting to know who and what you are. But ultimately he will be itching for a fight each time. You're tired of this guy ripping his clothes off and squaring up to you.

And Goo is a fucking menace. After turning down Goo once to be his secret friend, he's just waiting around every corner with a steel pipe.

Are flies constantly buzzing around not annoying? Looks like you're stuck having to beat these guys up now and then to get them to fuck off and give you some peace but they still always return.

Samuel:

Oh boy. This man and his inferiority complex. He heard Goo mention you just the once ONCE and he got all worried about his Secret Friend status.

He uses his resources to find out about you but you seemed to live a relatively normal and quiet life.

Sammy is still threatened though and goes after you with his brass knuckles. Ok first you had people stealing your shoes and clothes, now you have a third homicidal maniac coming after you. Maybe you should just move.

You feel bad when he starts to have a breakdown after you beat him up. Then that bastard tries to bite your ankles so 🤷🏻‍♀️

DG: I can tell you the secrets to your powers

You: I don't care man, fuck off

DG: jk idk anything lol

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全米女子ゴルフ元世界ランク1位/賞金王のコ・ジンヨン使用モデル「221CB Iron」

Jin Young KO

고 진영

forged

iron

golf

bridgestonegolf

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japan

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quality

technology

[museforblooms]

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ The members of BELLADONNA have very different backgrounds, however, they are all connected through their organic love of MUSIC and performance. In the guide below, you will get to know the FIVE MEMBERS and how they later formed their band. Trigger Warnings: Addiction, cheating (Haena); Death of a parent, daddy issues (Eulsun); Religious themes, symptoms of depression (Yulli).

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

From a young age, KO SARANG knew that she would become someone important. As the oldest child of four, she was a natural leader and was always parading her younger siblings in whatever schemes she created. She would learn how to play the piano from her mother, a music teacher, and that bonded them together. It was their special time and while her other siblings learned, she was the only one that remained interested in it as she grew older. Sarang aced all of her subjects with ease, not needing to apply herself beyond the bare minimum to achieve high marks and instead focused her time on music. Knowing how small the indie scene was, Sarang auditioned for SM Entertainment and passed their infamous SATURDAY audition on the third time.

Though her parents did not want to see her go, they allowed Sarang to join the company in 2017. In 2019, she would be revealed as a new SM ROOKIE and was rumored to debut alongside NINGNING in their newest girl group, which would debut as AESPA in 2020. For unknown reasons, she would not be chosen for the line-up and transfer to Mystic Story Entertainment, one of SM's subsidiaries. Wanting to create a second LUCY, Mystic would send SARANG and two of her fellow trainees to audition for Superband, though only Sarang would make it on the show.

While on Superband, SARANG would audition as a PIANIST and VOCALIST. However, due to BELLADONNA not having anyone that could play the drums, she volunteered to try it out and actually found it to be fun. She would be praised for the switch, however, a lot of work would need to be put into her skills before she would be considered "good". Wanting to prove herself, she remained dedicated and would form a close partnership with fellow contestant JIN JUNSEO, who taught Sarang everything she knows.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

Stage Name. Sarang ( 사랑 ).

Birth Name. Ko Sarang ( 코사랑 ).

Born. March 29, 2000 in Daejeon, South Korea.

Position. Leader, Drummer.

Years Active. 2023 — present.

Label. Supberbloom Media.

Face Claim. Kim Chaewon.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

KIM WONHUI always wanted to be an idol. She dreamed of sharing the stage with the members of Girls Generation and Twice, her two favorite groups, and looking that beautiful on stage. However, due to her family's poor economic condition, she was unable to join one of the training academies and was going to give up on the dream until being street casted by Superbloom Media in 2015. She was supposed to debut as a member of CELATUM that next year, however, that would fall through as the higher-ups did not believe she was ready. Seeing that she needed something else to help stand out against the other girls, she would learn anything she could get her hands on. From instruments to calligraphy, Wonhui worked day and night to prepare herself in every category of idolhood, even beginning to write her own music in 2018.

However, time seemed to tick on and WONHUI was left in the dust by her company. She made her first public appearance as a trainee on TIMEFIGHTER in 2021, but was eliminated quickly and sent back to the training faculties with no corrections. They just believed that her time had not "come" yet, whatever that meant. She would spend the next two years considering her next moves. The trainee debt was the reason that she stayed, knowing that her parents would not be able to pay such drastic fees and remains under the company, hoping that they would just make her an in-house producer or something.

After EIGHT years of training, Superbloom sent her on Superband to represent their company, though it was never confirmed until after the show had finished airing. Due to this "advantage", many fans believe that BELLADONNA's win was rigged due to Wonhui being under them already and how much sway Superbloom Media had over the show. Superbloom and WONHUI would never acknowledge this, but it is a frequent debate amongst Doves and other fandoms on Twitter.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

Stage Name. Wonhui ( 원희 ).

Birth Name. Kim Wonhui ( 김원희 ).

Born. May 10, 2000 in Jeju City, Jeju, South Korea.

Position. Pianist, Guitarist, Vocalist.

Years Active. 2023 — present.

Label. Supberbloom Media.

Face Claim. Kim Gaeul.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

HAENA BAE was a difficult child for her single mother. Born right as Elena Bae lost her job and her boyfriend, she was forced to return to Seattle, Washington under the care of her parents. She was never able to get into contact with Haena's father again, leaving her truly alone in this world as she struggled to find another job due to the economic crash. She tried to give Haena the best life, however, that was lost on the girl as she spent her entire childhood jealous of her classmates. After begging, she was allowed to rent the school's flute and join their music program while in the third grade, wanting to fit in with her best friends at the time. This desire to fit in would follow Haena as she grew older, leading to very troublesome teen years.

At the age of fifteen, she was invited to her first basement party by an upperclassmen boy and would continue down a tough spiral of partying every weekend. By the time she was eighteen, she was forced to get help by her mother and had to take a gap year from university to stop her habits from developing into an addiction. Her only moment of peace was attending her best friend's garage band performances, where she would learn the bass from IMOGEN, who would later become her girlfriend.

Imogen would become her reason to get help and by 2020, she was completely sober and seemed happy with her life. However, this would be ruined by Imogen cheating while at university, which HAENA chose not to attend for her own health. After months of sulking, she took a trip to visit her mother's sister in Seoul and immediately fell in love with the city. Not long after, she would move in with her aunt and get a job as a English teacher's aid at a local preschool. While there, she would rediscover her love of music and push herself to get back out there. She saw Plastic Flowers during their early days at Cheeky's and knew that she would be up there one day. She signed up for the third season of Superband in their BASS category and due to her unique playing style, would be sought after by many musicians before being taken by Yulli.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

Stage Name. Haena ( 해나 ).

Birth Name. Abigail Haena Bae.

Born. July 29, 2001 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Position. Bassist, Vocalist.

Years Active. 2023 — present.

Label. Supberbloom Media.

Face Claim. Bae Sumin.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

KIM EULSUN, born on March 1, 2002, was supposed to inherit her family's travel empire. She was promised the company and much more from a young age by her father, however, when he died in 2015 and left the business in the hands of her older step-brother, Eulsun moved in with her maternal grandparents. The move was hard on the girl as she went from living lavishly to having to help support them and their failing restaurant in the countryside. Her mother had been born into the poor family but due to her intelligence and beauty, made a name for herself in the business world and that was where she met Eulsun's father. However, her mother would die of breast cancer when Eulsun was seven and her father was quick to remarry, fracturing Eulsun's relationship with them. Rather than spending time with his only daughter, she was pawned off to nannies and other caretakers, who seemed to care more about Eulsun than her father did.

While living with her grandparents, Eulsun would learn how to play the piano from her grandfather and discovered that she did have a real passion—music. She would continue learning and discovering new artists, trying to listen to a new album every single day in 2019. However, she knew that music was not going to lead her into a good career path. If she was lucky, she could make it, but there seemed to be nothing for her. She went back to SEOUL to study business and try to recreate her mother's dreams of owning her own beauty company. During her time at university, she would join the band SWEET TRIP, which operated on weekends and was not a serious venture for any of the members until 2023.

Her bandmate, YEEUN, would be the one to propose their appearance on SUPERBAND. She had seen what it had done for bands like Plastic Flowers, The Rose, and Lucy and knew that they were talented enough to appear on the show. Though all four members auditioned to be on Superband, only Eulsun and Yeeun were chosen to represent them on the show. Eulsun would be apart of the GUITARIST category, though she was heavily praised for her vocals from the initial audition.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

Stage Name. Eulsun ( 을순 ).

Birth Name. Kim Eulsun ( 김을순 ).

Born. March 1, 2002 in Osan, Gyeonggi, South Korea.

Position. Guitarist, Vocalist.

Years Active. 2023 — present.

Label. Supberbloom Media.

Face Claim. Im Yeojin.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

KWAK YULLI was born on November 22, 2002 in Daejeon, South Korea as the third and final child in her family, which was composed of her parents and two older sisters—Yura and Yulhui. Compared to most of her members, she would grow up well with her mother being an English literature professor at a local university and her father former lawyer but dropped down to paralegal after Yulli was born. Given her parent's professions, it's no surprise that academics were highly praised in their household. However, Yulli would be diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven and be placed in a separate reading class to help build her skills. Despite this, Yulli was known for her optimistic and bright personality, becoming a very popular member of her classes due to how kind she was.

As part of an exchange program, Yulli would move to the suburbs of Montréal, Quebec, Canada from the ages of ten to fourteen. Her mother wanted all of her children to have a grasp on the English language and saw immersion as the best way to go about it. Due to her dyslexia, English would prove to be much harder for Yulli than Korean and she would be placed in extra English classes by the school. Though her older sisters raved about the experience and program, the same could not be said about Yulli. She stayed with a very traditional Roman Catholic family, who would place her in their choir program where she learned to sing. Rather than feeling welcomed by the family, she felt like a burden and recalls often feeling left out and made to feel "different" from them.

In 2016, Yulli would return to her parents in Daejeon as a much different person. Rather than smiling brightly and radiating happiness, she would lock herself in her bedroom and blare loud music to drown everything out. She would purchase her first guitar that same year, which became her solace and her prized possession. For years, she would just write poems and the beginnings of lyrics without ever doing anything with them. In 2020, she would tune into the second season of SUPERBAND and begin pushing herself to make more music.

Yulli began posting on every social media website that she could find and formed a small community of fans, primarily female, that loved her raw lyrics and simple instrumentals. When Superband's THIRD season was announced in late 2022, she made it her goal to get on and show everything she had. Her parents, surprisingly, supported her dream after seeing how much happier music seemed to make her than traditional studies. In 2023, she would be introduced to the public in the VOCALIST category of Superband, quickly becoming a fan favorite, and was the mastermind behind the formation of BELLADONNA.

★⠀⠀ ⁄ ⠀⠀ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

Stage Name. Yulli ( 율리 ).

Birth Name. Kwak Yulli ( 곽율리 ).

Born. November 23, 2002 in Daejeon, South Korea.

Position. Lead Vocalist, Mandolin, Youngest.

Years Active. 2023 — present.

Label. Supberbloom Media.

Face Claim. Baek Jiheon.

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DON’T DARE TO DREAM // KDRAMA DİZİ YORUMU

UYARI : Yazılar genel olarak spoiler içerebilir. İçermeyedebilir.

İmdb puanı: 7,8 Benim Puanım: 8

Drama: Jealousy Incarnate (literal title)

Hangul: 질투의 화신

Director: Park Shin-Woo

Writer: Seo Sook-Hyang

Date: 2016

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Cast: Kong Hyo-Jin, Cho Jung-Seok, Ko Kyoung-Pyo, Kim Jung-Hyun, Mun Ka-Young, Lee Sung-Jae

2016 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2016

Best Actor (romantic comedy) (Cho Jung-Seok)

Best Actress (romantic comedy) (Kong Hyo-Jin)

Special Actress (romantic comedy) (Seo Ji-Hye)

Ten Star Award (Cho Jung-Seok)

New Star Award (Ko Gyung-Pyo)

Geç olsun güç olmasın demişler. Bu diziyi neden bu kadar bekletmişim hiç bilmiyorum. Kore dizilerinin altın çağı olan 2016 yılının şanına yaraşır bir iş çıkmış ortaya. Ayrıca farklı meslek dallarını izlemek bana her zaman keyif veriyor.  Pyo Na-Ri (Kong Hyo-Jin), hava durumu spikeridir. Haberlerden sonra kısacık bir süre ekranda kalan, haberlerin devamı olan ama haber olarak görülmeyen bir iş yapmaktadır. Reytinglerini arttırmak için poposunu çıkartıp göğüslerini büyütmesi istenen bu hanım kızımız başlarda son derece ezik olarak karşımıza çıkıyor. Diğer yandan kardeşi iyi bir üniversiteye girsin diye dişini tırnağına takan çok güçlü bir kadındır. Parantez açıyorum, kardeşi Pyo Chi-Yeol rolünde Kim Jung-Hyun oynuyor. Mr. Queen dizisinin King’i, Crash landing ‘in karizmatik oyuncusu burada liseli bir ergeni canlandırıyor. Bir süre sonra eski dizileri izlerken en keyif aldığım şey tanıdığımız oyunculara denk gelmek, farklı rollerde onları yeni bir gözle izlemek. Neyse dönelim konuya, Na-Ri aynı şirkette çalıştığı Lee Hwa-Shin(Cho Jung-Seok)’a 3 yıldır platonik olarak aşıktır. Hwa-Shin ise prime time haber spikeridir. İş için gittiği yurt dışından dönüş yapınca yeniden bir arada çalışmak durumunda kalırlar. Na-Ri ise iş yerindeki bütün angarya işleri yapmaktadır. Yine üzerine vazife olmayan bir İş için uçakla bir yere gitmesi gerektiği bir gün yanına tesadüfen denk gelen tanımadığı yolcu; Ko Jung-Won(Ko Kyoung-Pyo)’dan çok etkilenir. Daha sonrasında ise Jung-Won ile Hwa-Shin’in çok yakın arkadaş olduklarını öğrenir.

Aslında Na-Ri araya giren zaman sonrasında Hwa-Shin’i atlatmıştır. Hatta nihayet yeni bir gönül ilişkisine bile hazırdır. Jung-Won ise bunun için şahane bir adaydır. Birkaç kere Hwa-Shin’in Na-Ri’den hoşlanıp hoşlanmadığını teyit eden Jun-Won’da Na-Ri’den hoşlandığını itiraf eder. İşler bu raddeye gelince Hwa-Shin, üç yıldır köpek gibi davrandığı Na-Ri’i paylaşmak istemediğini fark eder. Hwa-Shin’in hayatındaki en önemli şey haberlerdir. Bu uğurda ailesine bile ihanet etmiştir. Burnu havada, kibirli, kendini beğenmiş bir karakterdir. Annesi, yeğeni onunla konuşmamaktadır. Burada yine bir parantez aç, Hwa-Shin’in yeğeni Lee Bbal-Gang rolünde Mun Ka-Young oynuyor. Kendisini; Find Me in Your Memory, True Beauty, Link: Eat, Love, Kill gibi dizilerden tanıyoruz. O da Kim Jung-Hyun gibi liseli bir ergen rolünde.

İkinci adam, kıskançlık, aşk üçgenleri yani sevmediğimiz ne varsa bu dizinin konusunu oluşturuyor. Buna rağmen öyle mükemmel işlenmiş ki, asla rahatsız etmemesinin yanı sıra bir süredir kaliteli oyunculuk izlemediğimi fark etmeme neden oldu. Genel olarak her dizide bir kişi şahane iş çıkartırken, başka bir oyuncu diziyi aşağı çekmeyi başarıyordu. Bu dizide herkes o kadar profesyonel ve doğaldı ki, sanki inanılmaz lezzetli bir yemek yiyip tatmin olmuş bir şekilde masadan kalkmışım gibi hissettim.

Doğrusunu isterseniz baş rol kadın oyuncu Kong Hyo-Jin güzel değil. Ama ne var ki ekranda devleşiyor. Rolünü öyle güzel yansıtıyor ki, ağlarken ki o dürüstlüğü, güzel görünmeye çalışmaması, güldüğündeki içtenliği ile olduğu yere çok yakıştırıyorum. O yüzden çirkin şansı diyemeyeceğim, başarısının ekmeğini şimdiye kadarki partnerleri ile yiyor olabilir. Hanım kızımızın birlikte rol aldığı aktörlerden bazıları; Kim Soo Hyun, Gong Yoo, Lee Sun Kyun, Cha Seung Won, So Ji Sub, Jo In Sung ve Jang Hyuk. Yeni nesil genç kadın oyuncularda hep bir poz verme merakı, güzel görünme çabası oluyor. Hyo-Jin ise hiçbir duygu değişiminde çekici görünmeye çalışmadı. Gönül rahatlığı ile güzel bir iş çıkmasının en büyük nedeninin “Kong Hyo-Jin” olduğunu söyleyebilirim.

Dizinin bir diğer gündemi de meme kanseriydi. Meme kanserine dikkat çekmek ve bilinçlendirmek amacı ile arka planda bu konu sürekli vardı. Bunu bile doğal olmayan bir hikayeyle o kadar doğal anlattılar ki.. üff! Erkeklerin meme kanserine yakalanması üzerinden işlenen konu oldukça ilgi çekiciydi. Bunu senaristin cesur bir hamlesi olarak görüyorum. Cesaret demişken, dizide oldukça cesur çok sahne vardı. 2016 olmasına rağmen öpüşünce şeytan çarpmış gibi kalmıyorlardı.

Normalde kadınları anlamak zordur derler. Kore dizilerin de erkekleri anlamak daha zor. Kaçan kovalanır sözünün tam anlamı ile suyunu çıkartıyorlar. Kadın seviyor adam bakmıyor, adam sevmeye başlıyor kadın vazgeçiyor, kadının tekrar aklı kayıyor, adam soğuyor. Şeytan diyor al eline bir cetvel geçir sıra dayağından. Zaten ikinci adam hangisi karar veremiyorsunuz. Dizide iki tane başrol erkek vardı. Ko Jung-Won karakteri Hwa Shin in tam tersi tek kelime ile mükemmel erkek modeliydi. Anlayışlı, sevecen, destekleyici, zevkli, kibar, bla bla bla… kısaca bütün dizilerde izlediğimiz mükemmel erkek tanımlarının tek bir karakterde toplanması gibiydi. Yani aslında ikinci erkek olamayacak kadar iyiydi. Tek eksik yanı coşkusu yoktu. Kim Hwa Shin’in ise tek sahip olduğu şey coşkusuydu. Kaba, sevimsiz, yargılayıcı, anlaşılmaz, kibirli, tembel bir adamdı.

Birbirlerine kan bağı olmayan insanların aile gibi yaşadığı kısımlar kafamı çok karıştırdı. Kim kimdir, kim kimin neyi diye anlamak uzun sürdü. Yine de eğlenceli bir grup olmuşlardı. Liseli ergenlerin kaldığı apartman ve apartmanın altındaki ‘veli’ sayılabilecek karakterin kafesi son derece renkliydi. Hiçbir karakterin yerine o yerine bu oynasaydı diyemiyorum. Dizi bütün klişeler üzerine kurulup, klişelerden uzak bir yorumla yazılmıştı. Kötü karakter yoktu. Sevmeyeceğiniz insanlar belki olabilir ama hiç kimse kötü değildi. İhanet yoktu. İki adam yakın arkadaş olmaları nedeniyle dudak uçuklatan ihanetler izleyeceğimizi düşünmüştüm.  Onun yerine dizide herkes kartlarını açık oynadı. Kimse arkadan iş çevirmedi. Felaketler yaşanmadı. Aynı kadına aşık olmuş iki yakın arkadaşın adil dövüşüydü. Erkeklerden biri mükemmel eş diğeri arızalarına rağmen doğru insan gibiydi.

Kısacası çerezlik bir dizi değildi. Yan karakterlerin hikayelerinin altları dolu, kaliteli bir yapımdı. Bölüm sayısı evet bir tık uzundu. Bu konuda bende kararsızım, sanki daha az olsa tadı damağımızda kalırmış gibi de geldi. Ve inanmazsınız sonu vardı. En iyi sonlara sahip diziler arasına girebilir. Diğer yandan dizinin özellikle hitap ettiği bir kesim olduğunu düşünüyorum, çünkü; 25 yaş üstü izleyicilerin daha çok keyif alacağı aşikar. İki erkeğin dostluğuna da ayrıca dikkat çekeyim. İkisi de duygularını saklamak istemiyordu ama her attıkları adımdan sonra dönüp “hala dostuz değil mi?” diye birbirlerine bakıyorlardı. Belki çok ön plana çıkmadı, gizli özne olarak kaldı ama ben ikisinin arkadaşlığına tek kelime ile bayıldım. İkisi de hayatları boyunca kendileri için bir şey yapamamış, ikisinin de birbirlerinden başka kimsesi yokken, ikisi de bir diğerini kendi önüne koyuyordu. Öte yandan ikisi de bu sefer kendim için bir adım atmalıyım ikilemi yaşıyordu. Şahaneydiler.

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🍀rainee's fandom list — this is the list of fandom i'm a part of & list of characters i'm willing to work with! (bolded means favorite!)

anime/manga series — character is listed in alphabetical order!

Mashle: Magic and Muscle ❥ Abbyss Razor / Abel Walker / Agito Tyrone / Carpaccio Luo-Yang / Cell War / Charles Contini / Delisaster / Domina Blowelive / Doom / Dott Barret / Epidem / Famin / Finn Ames / Galuf Gargaron / Kaldo Gehenna / Kenny Clark / Lance Crown / Lemon Irvine / Lévis Rosequartz / Love Cute / Lovie Rosequartz / Malcolm Curtis / Margarette Macaron / Mash Burnedead / Max Land / Milo Genius / Orter Madl / Rayne Ames / Renatus Revol / Shuen Getsuku / Sophina Biblia / Tsurara Halestone / Wirth Madl One-Punch Man ❥ Amai Mask / Atomic Samurai / Blue Fire / Captain Mizuki / Darkness Blade / Drive Knight / Eyelashes / Feather / Flashy Flash / Fubuki / Garou / Gearsper / Genos / Glasses / Golden Ball / Iaian / King / Lightning Max / Metal Bat / Mumen Rider / Mountain Ape / Needle Star / Okamaitachi / One Shotter / Poison / Saitama / Sekingar / Sneck / Speed-O'-Sound Sonic / Spring Mustachio / Tanktop Master / Tatsumaki / Twin Tail / Zombieman Dr. STONE ❥ Chelsea Childe / Chrome / Francois / Gen Asagiri / Ginro / Homura Momiji / Hyoga / Joel Gar / Kinro / Kohaku / Luna Wright / Minami Hokutozai / Moz / Nikki Hanada / Ryusui Nanami / Sai Nanami / Senku Ishigami / Stanley Snyder / Taiju Oki / Tsukasa Shishio / Ukyo Saionji / Xeno H. Wingfield / Yo Uei / Yuzuhira Ogawa My Hero Academia ❥ Aizawa Shouta / Himiko Toga / Hizashi Yamada / Jin Bubaigawara / Keigo Takami / Mirai Saaki / Mirio Togata / Nejire Hado / Neito Monoma / Rumi Usagiyama / Sako Atsuhiro / Shigaraki Tomura / Shinya Kamihara / Shuichi Iguchi / Tamaki Amajiki / Toshinori Yagi / Touya Todoroki / Tsunagu Hakamada Mob Psycho 100 ❥ Arataka Reigen / Hiroshi Shibata / Ichi Mezato / Katsuya Serizawa / Keiji Mogami / Matsuo / Megumu Koyama / Nozomu Hatori / Ritsu Kageyama / Ryo Shimazaki / Shigeo Kageyama / Sho Suzuki / Tenga Onigawara / Terada / Teruki Hanazawa / Toichiro Suzuki / Tome Kurata / Toshiki Minegishi / Tsubomi Takane / Yusuke Sakurai Osomatsu-san ❥ Choromatsu Matsuno / Ichimatsu Matsuno / Jyushimatsu Matsuno / Karamatsu Matsuno / Nyaa Hashimoto / Osomatsu Matsuno / Todomatsu Matsuno / Totoko Yowai Kakegurui ❥ Ibara Obami / Kaeda Manyuda / Kirari Momobami / Mary Saotome / Midari Ikishima / Miri Yobami / Miyo Inbami / Ririka Momobami / Rin Obami / Ryota Suzui / Sayaka Igarashi / Sumika Warakubami / Terano Totobami / Yumeko Jabami / Yumemi Yumemite / Yuriko Nishinotouin

manhwa series — character is listed in alphabetical order!

Eleceed ❥ Amyeong / Arthur Bryan / Cain Luterain / Chul Young / Dr. Delein / Duke Grane / Elay Pigarun / Gangseok Choi / Giwook Jang / Glant Gesimov / Guestella / Ian Patrick / Inhyuk Goo / Iseul Ju / Jiwoo Seo / Jisuk Yoo / Jiyoung Yoo / Jurion Patrick / Kartein / Kayden Break / Lia Eresby / Miyoung Ko / Muse / Pluton / Roist / Schneider / Seongha Park / Subin Lee / Sucheon Kang / Suman Kang / Vator / Wooin UnOrdinary ❥ Arlo / Blyke / Darren / Isen / John / Kuyo / Leilah / Remi / Rei / Seraphina

video games series — character is listed in alphabetical order!

Stardew Valley (+ Expanded) ❥ Abigail / Alex / Claire / Elliot / Emily / Haley / Harvey / Lance / Leah / Magnus / Maru / Penny / Sam / Sebastian / Shane / Sophia / Victor Baldur's Gate 3 ❥ Astarion / Gale / Halsin / Karlach / Lae'zel / Minthara / Shadowheart / Wyll Kingdom Hearts ❥ Axel / Demyx / Larxene / Lexaeus / Luxord / Marluxia / Naminé / Roxas / Saix / Vexen / Xaldin / Xemnas / Xigbar / Xion / Zexion Hogwarts Legacy ❥ Aesop Sharp / Amit Thakkar / Garreth Weasley / Leander Prewett / Mirabel Garlick / Natsai Onai / Ominis Gaunt / Parry Pippin / Poppy Sweeting / Sebastian Sallow / Victor Rookwood Detroit: Become Human ❥ Connor (RK800) / Daniel / Elijah Kamski / Gavin Reed / Kara / Luther / Markus / Nines (RK900) / North / Ralph / Sixty (RK-800-60) / Simon Watch Dogs Series ❥ Aiden Pearce / Dušan Nemec / Horatio Carlin / Josh Sauchak / Marcus Holloway / Raymond Kenney / Reginald Blenchman (Wrench) / Sitara Dhawan Danganronpa Series ❥ Akane Owari / Byakuya Togami / Celestia Ludenberg / Chiaki Nanami / Chihiro Fujisaki / Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu / Ghundam Tanaka / Gonta Gokuhara / Hajime Hinata / Hiyoko Saionji / Himiko Yumeno / Ibuki Mioda / Kaede Akamatsu / Kaito Momota / Kazuichi Souda / Kirumi Tojo / Kokichi Ouma / Korekiyo Shinguji / Makoto Naegi / Maki Harukawa / Mikan Tsukimi / Miu Iruma / Mondo Owada / Nagito Komaeda / Nekomaru Nidai / Peko Pekoyama / Rantaro Amami / Ryoma Hoshi/ Sakura Ogami / Sayaka Maizono / Shuichi Saihara / Sonia Nevermind / Teruteru Hanamura / Touko Fukawa / Tsumugi Shirogane / Yasuhiro Hagakure Persona Series ❥ Aegis / Akihiro Sanada / Ann Takamaki / Futaba Sakura / Goro Akechi / Hidetoshi Odagiri / Junpei Iori / Ken Amada / Makoto Niijima / Ren Amamiya / Ryoji Mochizuki / Ryuji Sakamoto / Shinjiro Agaraki / Theodore / Yusuke Kitagawa

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Love in Contract

This 16 episode long series is entertaining. It was an interest plot twist - turning marriage into a business that provides services to those who want to stay single. Sang Eun was brought up to be the perfect wife of a corporate son but when she learns that she was taken from the orphanage as part of a project, she decides to break free and do her own thing, disowning the family that had adopted her and the nanny who had raised her. She lives with Kwang Nam, who had been one of her clients and now had become her best friend. The series starts when she is ready to retire and is looking forward to leaving Korea with Kwang Nam. But when she has to spend all her savings to get her nanny out of prison the dream is put on hold and she finds herself going back to her business. She still has to end things with her husband of five years - Jung Ji Ho - and now actor, Kang Hae Jin - is in need of her services.

I think the series had an interesting premise, though it had some cliches, it was okay. I liked how it dealt with homosexuality and how it is still not accepted broadly in their culture. Kwang Nam had asked her to marry him so that he could satisfy his family and hide his homosexuality. It also showed how people are still discriminated because of this as well. I think that what didn't make me click completely with the main characters was the chemistry and it's a pity because I like the cast, but they didn't click and the chemistry between the main characters was lacking. Maybe it was the characters' personalities, who knows, but I wasn't invested completely in the story.

Still it accomplished its goal - it was entertaining.

Poster from Hancinema - https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Love_in_Contract-picture_1538910.html

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nothing is more serious in life than female friendships ~ soulmate movie analysis (not spoiler free)

The first scene of Soulmate opens up with an early thirties something Ahn Mi So (Kim Da Mi) carefully observing a hyperrealistic portrait of her. She is informed by the curator of the art gallery that the piece was submitted by an artist named "Ha-Eun" for a contest but they have been unable to track her. Despite the evidence that is provided to suggest that Mi So and the artist are close friends, she denies this claim and states that she can be of no help.

We are then transported to Mi So's childhood and her first day at an elementary school in Jeju. Mi So has a dysfunctional relationship with her mother and is tired of having to constantly move from one place to another due to her mother's financial woes. It is on this day that the young Mi So meets Ko Ha Eun ( Jeon So-Nee) for the first time. After an eventful day of rescuing a kitten from the pouring rain and having dinner with Ha Eun's family, both girls embark on a lifelong friendship.

The two girls grow up together and bond over their mutual dream of painting and traveling the world. However, Mi So and Ha Eun are poles apart from each other. Ha-Eun is reserved and proper and grows up in a stable loving two parent childhood. She aspires to attend college and her father wishes her to become a painter. On the other hand, Mi So is extroverted and wild. She's a free spirit with an estranged mother. She dislikes school and unlike her peers, she attends a trade school by day and works an assortment of part time jobs to support herself. The idyllic friendship and inseparable bond of both girls is disrupted when Ham Jin Woo (played by the ever so handsome Byeon Woo Soek) enters their lives.

As teenagers, Ha Eun develops romantic feelings for Jin Woo. During a soirée, she and Jin Woo confess their attraction for each other during a game of "Go Stop" and they both end up dating. The dynamics between the three individuals is complex and a significant turning point in their relationship is when the three go on a forest hike to a wishing well. Ha Eun bruises her feet during the hike and stays behind as Jin Woo and Mi So continue their journey. At the well, the two unexpectedly share a brief kiss and Jin Woo ends up giving Mi So the necklace he was wearing, which is really an amulet to protect the wearer against misfortune.

Shortly after this trip, Mi So abruptly leaves Jeju for Seoul, leaving Ha Eun heartbroken. As the two girls wave their final farewells, Ha Eun is stunned to find her best friend wearing her boyfriend's necklace. Her grief of Mi So's sudden departure is overcome by a strong sense of betrayal. The rest of the film is a non-linear and sometimes alternate timeline depiction of the two friends as they navigate their relationship with each other and adulthood.

At its core, the relationship between Mi So, Ha Eun, and Jin Woo is essentially a love triangle, but its far more complicated than the two girls both being in love with same guy. I believe that both girls are physically attracted to Jin Woo, but they are actually truly in love with each other. What drives the conflict in their relationship is not only how far they drift from each other when their realities do not align with their ideals, but also the mutual possessiveness for each other. One scene that strongly propels this narrative is when the two reunite in their mid-late twenties. During a coincidental run-in with Jin Woo, Mi So discovers that her boyfriend/boss unalived himself and wasted all of their money before his death. Heartbroken and bankrupt, Mi So ends up living with Jin Woo and the two rekindle their "attraction" for each other. When Ha-Eun catches them living together, she angrily locks Jin Woo out of his apartment and confronts a drunken Mi Soo in the bathroom. Initially, it seems like Ha Eun is upset that her best friend and lover are having an affair. But, we realize that its so much more than that when Ha Eun emotionally confesses that before any men came into their lives, she was the one who loved Ha Eun. Ha Eun loves Mi So so much that it was absolutely devastating for her that she was kept in the dark and replaced by Jin Woo during a critical period of Mi So's life.

Though Soulmate has a fairly simple premise and short runtime , analyzing and discussing the film can be an arduous task because of its unconventional approach to storytelling and the many layers that are interspersed within it. However, if there was something that captivated my attention, it was the role of art in the film and the larger role it plays in shaping the protagonists' behavior. Both women are artists, but their styles are vastly different. Ha Eun relishes in hyperrealism and looks at it as a form of emotional truth seeking. We see this first during her first date with Jin Woo when she tells him that she has to draw him in order to confirm her feelings. Additionally, when she discovers that Jin Woo does not view her artistic passions as more than a hobby, she realizes that marrying him will also result in her being detached from reality, particularly her true identity. It was perhaps the first wake up call of many that ultimately led her to leaving him at the altar later in the movie.

On the other hand, like Mi So, her artistic style is eccentric and fantastical. Her work is more abstract and likened to that of Picasso with her often opting to offer more distorted versions of her subjects instead of making them appear as real as possible. Mi So adopts a similar approach to life as we see her often resorting to fabricating her life rather than telling those around her what her true circumstances her. As a young adult, Mi So sends optimistic and exciting life updates to Ha Eun in the form of letters but fails to include the mundanity and difficulty of her working an assortment of part time jobs or that the boyfriend she left to Seoul with ended up cheating on her. For me, it was even questionable if she truly traveled to Europe and that the gifts she brought were from there ( but I could have truly misunderstood this). Mi So's fabrications take a life of their own after she adopts Ha-Eun and Jin Woo's daughter after Ha-Eun's death from childbirth. This is seen in not only how the screenplay shifts from alternate timelines- one that is fake and one that is real, but also in how Mi Soo hides Ha Eun's death from the rest of the world not only by hiding the fact that she died but also by completing Ha-Eun's half finished portrait and submitting the very work she was questioned about in the first scene under her friend's name.

I don't think its far to brand Mi So as a liar and a con-artist, but I think her actions reflect her desperately clinging to and nurturing the existence of Ha-Eun even if she may no longer be physically present. It made me really think about who a soulmate really is and how the souls are always interconnected even when their bodies may not- much like the reference made in the film to how a shadow is always present when the sun is around.

Soulmate is one of those films that feels like art that needs to be treasured in a museum. It's meant to move its viewers rather than entertain them.