You're All Surrounded

Hey Everyone!

It has been a while since I last posted on here! I actually have finished quite a few dramas between my last post and now, but I just haven't had a chance to sit down and write the reviews. I admit, I have finished a few more than the reviews I will post because a few of them I just skimmed through for fun and do not feel they need to be reviewed. However, if anyone is interested in knowing all the dramas that I have watched thusfar, please view My Drama List. Anyways, the most recent drama that I finished (like literally a few minutes ago) was You're All Surrounded. This drama starred Lee Seung Gi and Go Ara. I have to admit, Go Ara is getting in my good books since her role in Reply 1994. I honestly thought maybe she was a one-hit pony, but she actually did a great job in this new drama as well. The drama was mainly about police detectives and a major unsolved case from 11 years ago. The first scene showed the current year where new recruits were welcome to the Gangnam police station. There, we met Eun Dae Gu/Kim Ji Yong, Uh Soo Soon, Park Tae Il, and Ji Gook. The four ended up on Seo Pan Suk's team. Suddenly, we are taken back to the past (11 years ago) during one of PS's cases. PS at that time was investigating a businessman and Kim Ji Yong's mother was an eye witness. However, during the investigation, suddenly JY's mother was killed and JY was chased by her killer. In the current time, it turned out that the case was never solved. The rest of the drama revolved around JY trying to figure out what really happened and who really killed his mother. The drama had great humour as well as sad scenes. I have to admit it was a nice emotional rollercoaster ride. I will definitely give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars because there was plenty of closure. That's it for now.

I'm off,

- B

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho

Hey Everyone!

Been a few days, because I was busy catching up on school work, and at the same time I was watching this new drama called My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. At first, I really did not want to watch it because it's too fanatsy for me, but it was a really cute story. The actress was a total cutey too! Very likeable. Anyways, the story is about a gumiho (nine-tailed fox) that was trapped in a painting for 500 years because she could not find a mate in the past. However, when Cha Dae Woong, accidentally ends up at the temple where she is being held captive, and lets her out, out of fear that there's a ghost or something. She tells him to draw 9 tails on the fox in the drawing, and she was released! He then falls down a hill because he's scared of what he has just done, and the gumiho gives him her bead (soul/life force) so he can heal faster. During this time, she follows him around, until she can get her bead back. However, he doesn't realize she's gumiho until they are back in Seoul. So, for fear of her eating his liver (a myth that started in the past about her), he obeyed her wishes, such as eating meat ALL the time. In the meantime, Park Dong Ju, a half-human, half-not, tries at first to get rid of MH, but turns out that she resembles (and later find out the bead belonged to her too) his old love from many years ago! He then tells MH that she can be human if she harbours her bead in DW for 100 days. But, he left out the fact that if she takes the bead back, DW will die, and if she doesn't take it back, she will die. DW and MH both agree to keep the bead in DW because he was starting to film a movie, and his old wounds were hindering him. So, in the end, throughout the duration of their 100 days (first 50), they fall in love. DW was not always for it, but he eventually lost to her persistence and kindness. But, when MH and DW find out the ill fate ahead of them, DW gives back the bead on the 50th day. He faints, but nothing really happens to him, but MH was still losing her tails, meaning she would still die on the 100th day. So, to protect her, and keep her from wanting to be human for DW, DW broke up with her. A month later, when he returns, he finds out that she is still losing her tails, meaning an inevitable death. No matter how hard DJ tried, she still would not give up wanting to be human. Finally, DJ realizes how much DW and MH love eachother, and just gave up, and let them be together for her remaining days. Though, in the end, the Three God Mother (?) allowed MH to return even after she disappeared on the 100th day, on an eclipse day (when the moon meets the sun) because she had promised MH many years ago, that if she meets a man that will love her enough to die for her, she will let her live with humans. So, in the end, a few years later, MH does return, and they live together (though with one tail still). So, though I really liked this drama, and loved the actors (DJ's actor was wayyy cute!), I still give this drama a 4.5 out of 5 stars because of the fact that she did not become human in the end. I mean, it will be too hard to live a life with a human if she is not one herself. Though, this time, her tail was not blue, and was white, so it could have been DW's dog? Not quite sure, but regardless, hopefully she still lives a regular human life with DW. I'll stick to my rating just because of the confusion about the ending. That's it for now.

I'm off,

- B