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This drama is based on a kmovie called Spellbound. Its general focus is on the romance between Yeo Ri, who can see ghosts, and Prosecutor Ma. The ghost stories in the first episodes pay homage to those dramas who are like Phantom Lawyer. The ghosts are strangers to their victims, and they are about giving justice to victims of violent crimes. They are used to introduce us to our two main leads. Both seek justice for victims.

As the romance progresses and we learn more about Yeo Ri's family life, the ghost stories change theme and the victims know each other on a more personal level. They become about love, jealousy, obsession, and theft of estates. Which is what our main character is going through on a personal level.

For me, the ghost stories seem to be foreshadowing the main ghost story which is why did Yeo Ri's friend die?

The drama is pretty well written. There are some editing issues in episode 6, but it doesn't detract from the story telling.

Happy drama watching.

You do realize this is a romcom right? This is not a drama that deals specifically with solving ghost cases like Phantom Lawyer (despite what the synopsis says). The ghost stories so far fall into themes. In the first two episodes the ghost stories have been about getting justice for victims of violent crimes (like the synopsis says). Their purpose is to introduce us to Yeo Ri and her ability to see ghosts. It is also to introduce us to Prosecutor Ma who also seeks justice for victims as a prosecutor. But that is not the focus of the drama.

As the romance develops and we learn more about Yeo Ri's life, the ghost stories change theme. The ghost stories become more about love, jealousy, and theft of inheritance. The 300 year old case is about love, jealousy, and obsession. These ghost stories are leading up to the main event. What happened to cause Yeo Ri to drown, be revived, and see ghosts? Why did her friend Ji Hwan die? So the Joseon case is very important as it shows us that the big case has something to do with love, jealousy, and obsession. It acts as a foreshadow for what is to come. If you don't like it that's okay. Just wanted to give you the reason why it is there.

As for the other things, if you don't like it, that is okay. But this drama is not focusing on solving ghost cases just for the sake of solving ghost cases. It is more about the romance.

I think you are confusing the accident he had in the present (episode 4) with the one he had 12 year ago (episode 6). He did not receive a heart transplant during the accident in episode 4.

To clarify, it seems that 12 years ago Prosecutor Ma received a heart transplant around the time Ji Hwan (Min Hwan's older brother) drowned from either falling off the yacht or trying to save Yeo Ri who had fallen overboard (episode 6).

In the present (episode 4), Prosecutor Ma is hit by a car while trying to save Yeo Ri from the kidnappers. He goes into cardiac arrest and the doctors save him. He does not receive a heart transplant at that time.

Hope this helps and makes sense. Happy drama watching.

Uh, she is not as kind hearted as you think. In episode 6, out of jealousy she was going to infect the girl prosecutor who is hitting on Prosecutor Ma.

You're welcome. I understand what the op was saying. I just don't agree with the assessment. I agree with what you are saying as well. If you are going to criticize Prosecutor Ma for his touchiness, then you must criticize Yeo-Ri as well as she rips off his shirt several times and invades his space many times as well. Her touch has more dire consequences than his.

He touches her out of a need for protection or for a game. She does so out of jealousy (team dinner) and carelessness.

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Meko, in the real world I would agree with you. We need to respect other people's spaces and boundaries. I am not advocating that people run out and touch total strangers or even people they barely know. I am talking about the drama.

But If you are going to criticize Prosecutor Ma for his touchiness than you need to criticize Yeo-Ri for hers when she tears his shirt off. The only excuse you can give her is she is drunk which is completely her own decision. If you ask me, she violates his space more than Prosecutor Ma violates hers. He does so out of the need to protect her or when they play hide-and-seek.

Also, in other scenes, you can see that he does respect her boundaries as they keep a distance from each other when they are standing together.

Now, in episode 6 when the four of them have dinner you can see that she also has mean streak as she literally takes off her gloves to infect the girl prosecutor and he stops her. So this goes both ways.

Thank you for the discussion and happy drama watching.

Yes, and I love the symbolism of her literally taking her gloves off to fight for her love for the prosecutor. Kdramas are full of this kind of thing.

Thanks for this. I have been trying to explain that we don't know how long he was sleeping after being resuscitated. They edited that part out as who wants to watch someone sleep. It just seemed like a short while as they brought him in after she has been talking to herself and praying for awhile.

Uh, we really don't know how long he was out for after being resuscitated. It only seemed like a short while because they edited out him lying in bed. Also, he is a very athletic guy who knows how to take a punch or hit and fall accordingly. Is it possible to recover that quickly, yes. Is it a stretch, yes. But you later see him grabbing his chest as he is jogging, so the accident did trigger something. Sometimes injuries from accidents do not appear until long after the accident.

I agree and disagree with you. You do realize this is a romcom right? The scenes where they are in the doorway and when she goes over the cliff are all meant to be funny because most people would grab onto anything to save themselves from falling. She doesn't. She goes ahead and falls into the water, and he dives in after her. Together they discover the body of the assistant they have been looking for, and we have the tender moment where he covers her eyes. It is not him trying to cope a feel or anything. He is trying to rescue her from falling. Yes, she is afraid of touching other people for fear that they will start seeing ghosts. You do understand that she longs to be touched, but she keeps her distance because of the consequences. This is why it is a touching moment between her and the ghost boy. She can touch ghosts without consequences.

Now, when she is drunk and walks out into the middle of the street with the car about to hit her, he has no choice but to grab her and save her. It is after that he enters her world and begins to understand why she acts the way the way she does. He isn't invading her personal space, he's saving her. After that when he tries to grab her and disregards her "personal space", he is trying to get her to open up and not be so afraid as he can already see ghosts anyway. She instinctively pushes him away as she fears the worst.

Both are on a learning curve here. Since she doesn't allow people to touch her, she doesn't really know how her "powers" work. She does have some idea that it is only through holding her hand that makes the people see ghosts. That is why she avoids holding people's hands and wears gloves. I am actually surprised that she was going to get married. Did she plan on going through life not touching her husband? Her ex couldn't handle her condition. Prosecutor Ma can.

Peoples' perception of her, especially those that don't know her well, see her as cold and aloof. PM sees her as a person who needs love and human physical contact despite her resistance. If this makes him a red flag in your world. That's okay, but for the drama he really is a good guy.

Happy drama watching.

In the movie, Ji Hwan is Yeo-Ri best friend. Ji Hwan's grandmother gave JH a necklace saying that she should never take it off. One day while riding the bus, Yeo-Ri asks JH if she could try it on. As YR put the necklace on, the bus goes over the side of a bridge and into a body of water. Both girls are pulled out side by side. When the paramedics get there, the necklace glows brightly, so the paramedic chooses to resuscitate Yeo-Ri and JH dies. JH comes back as a vengeful ghost and torments Yeo-Ri's friends, boyfriend, and family. At the end, Yeo-Ri gives the necklace back to JH and tells JH's ghost that she is sorry for being the one who lives. JH forgives her and stops being vengeful. So, in short, the necklace is the reason why Yeo-Ri is alive and JH is dead.

In the drama, Yeo-Ri has a star shaped necklace with a green stone (emerald). She is wearing it when she falls into the ocean. Since we have no idea what happened on the yacht, I can only speculate what the necklace means. Since the writers have been very faithful with staying true to the overall storyline of the movie, I am sure the necklace has some significance as to why she ends up in the water along with Ji Hwan. It must also have something to do with why she is saved and not Ji Hwan.

Hope this helped. It really is a cute, fun movie. Happy drama watching.

I respectfully disagree with most of your analysis. First, at the end of episode 4 it just shows us that he has gone into cardiac arrest. He is not brain dead. At no point does anyone declare him dead. Because of the flatline his friends think he is dead and so does Yeo-Ri. When Yeo-Ri sees the monitor flatline she leaves the hospital to go into the garden. We don't know how long it has been before he appears or whether he is dead or alive. That is the cliffhanger. When she hugs him, he seems dazed and confused which would be quite natural for someone who has just been hit by a car as a person or a ghost.

Now, beginning of episode 5, it shows us that they resuscitate him. Being a healthy, athletic male, he could spring back pretty quickly from being hit by a car that wasn't going all that fast. It sounded worse than it actually was. In martial arts they learn how to take a punch and how to fall. Also, remember they keep him in the hospital overnight to make sure that there is nothing wrong with him. What they do show us later on is when he is running and he grabs his heart. This would make sense if he has had a heart transplant. Something from the accident did trigger something. Sometimes injuries from car accidents appear long after the accident happens. I think what you wanted was a blow-by-blow account of how he went from being in cardiac arrest to appearing in front of her and that's okay. For me, it was fine to edit this out as it made it more dramatic, and it was a creative way of keeping us guessing as to whether he was alive or dead at the end of episode 4.

As for the ghosts, it seems that the theme of the beginning ghosts were a way to introduce us to Yeo-Ri and Prosecutor Ma. Both seek justice for people dead and alive. However, as the love story progresses, the ghosts become more about love and jealousy. Something tells me that these ghost stories are foreshadowing the main event, Ji Hwan's ghost. However, we still have six episodes, so anything can happen. Also, she chooses who she wants to help, not the ghosts choosing for her. So yes, the ghost stories would appear to be arbitrary, but they do have a pattern.

I will agree that the editing and storyline in episode 6 was rough, but I understood what was happening and why. The comedy is a little over the top and not very funny. I am not a big fan of slapstick. But there are funny moments.

Happy drama watching.

I had the same thoughts as you. There is a connection between the ghost who haunts Yeo-Ri and Prosecutor Ma. If it is a heart transplant, I would love the symbolism of it all. In the movie version, it is Ji Hwan, a girl, who haunts the female protagonist. So I am guessing that it will be Ji Hwan who is haunting her in this drama as well. However, I don't think he is an angry or obsessed ghost, I think he is protecting her. The ex-fiance must have done something that Yeo-Ri didn't know about which is why Ji Hwan haunted him. We can tell the ex is a scumbag because he is going to tell everyone at the family dinner about Yeo-Ri, and how he treats her after the wedding is called off.

On the other hand, Prosecutor Ma is different than the ex-fiance. He is kind, considerate, and really cares about Yeo-Ri. The ghost (Ji Hwan) trusts him to protect her (writing on the mirror). If the ghost was jealous and obsessed, he would haunt Prosecutor Ma immediately as it can see PM is interested in her. Now that Yeo-Ri and Prosecutor Ma are engaged, the ghost will be looking out for both of them. What has to play out are the events of why she is being haunted in the first place.

What we need to know is what happened on the yacht. YR is in a red party dress and the boy beside her had on a suit. She only remembers going overboard and waking up beside the boy. jmo

Happy drama watching.

Glad they kept the running gag of the torn shirts which is also in the movie.

Don't worry. You are not the only one. I started watching this three years ago and it didn't catch my attention then. However, I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Since then, I have watched the first episode four times, and I was still confused. I have even read 36 chapters of the novel as well. It took me six months to watch the entire drama. So, while I can appreciate this drama for its cultural value, I had a hard time as well.

Good luck and happy drama watching.

Since she was a main lead. Her contract probably said she had to appear in a certain number of episodes or she would have to pay a fine of some kind. If she could no longer do fight scenes, then the best way to utilize her was to put her in a place where she could be of help to him (romantically and politically). jmt

Actually, in the last scene his outfit is the same as what he got hit in. When he went to rescue her, he had on a white t-shirt that they cut off of him, so that he could be resuscitated. He also had on a black button up shirt under his brown jacket. It is the black button up shirt that he is wearing in the hugging scene, so he does not have on a different outfit. They could not put his cut up white shirt back on him, so he is wearing the only other shirt he had on. Remember he always has two shirts in case she rips one.

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I understand where you are coming from, and yes if everyone fought against the bullies there would be no bullies. Bullying can only be stopped when everyone works together to hold the bullies accountable for their actions. This includes teachers, administration, police, politicians, parents, and students.

In South Korea reputation is everything. So yes, the students could stop the physical bullying that goes on in the classroom, but they can't stop the bullies from damaging their families' reputations. This is why the boy committed suicide. Because he went against the bullies, his family's business was completely destroyed. Also, the bullies are minors, so punishment is far more lenient for them. This is why no one stands up to the bullies. In the end, this is how the educational bureau handled that situation. They ruined the bully's family business with all kinds of claims. The bullies also got sent to jail. Their crimes were dealt with and not shoved under the rug like normal. Someone more powerful than the students, teachers, and administration step in to help. Notice what the politicians did, they went after the reputations of the main leads of the bureau.

What country are you from btw?

Happy drama watching.

I am watching it on Tubi.