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Everyone has different opinions and standards for what they find enjoyable. I personally didn't enjoy the romance in season 1, which had nothing to do with Jo Bo Ah's acting but more to do with how the story was written. Despite my frustrations with the drama, I persisted with watching the whole series because I loved the characters of Lee Rang, Shin Joo, and Yuri, and even Lee Yeon when he was being a good brother. I'm coming back because I love those characters.

Here's a season 1 summary as I remember it:
Hundreds of years ago in the Joseon dynasty, Lee Yeon was a nine-tailed gumiho that was once the guardian of a sacred mountain. He fell in love with a human noblewoman named Ji Ah, but an ancient evil spirit named Imoogi possessed her body and he was forced to kill her in order to stop Imoogi.

Lee Yeon had a half-brother named Lee Rang who was born of a human woman. Rang and Yeon shared a close relationship until Yeon left his sacred mountain to search for Ji Ah's reincarnation, and Rang felt hurt and abandoned. Rang and Yeon eventually came to blows when Rang slaughtered an entire village of humans after they burned and desecrated Yeon's mountain. Rang was happy to see his brother again, but Yeon's sworn duty as a guardian of humanity forced him to strike down Rang with a heavy blow of his sword, and thus their relationship was severed.

Yeon's human lover Ji Ah was not reincarnated until the present day, where she works as a news reporter who investigates mysterious deaths and disappearances. Yeon crosses paths with her as she visits the remote island where her parents disappeared when she was a child, and they begin to work together to unravel what happened to her parents. Ji Ah is fascinated by Yeon, and quickly figures out that he is not human. They very quickly develop a romantic relationship.

Meanwhile, Lee Rang survived the blow of Yeon's sword thanks to a man named Hae Ryong, who is a servant of Imoogi. Now bound by a life debt, Lee Rang works under the direction of Hae Ryong to resurrect Imoogi in the present day. Rang at first is willing to work with Hae Ryong because he wants to exact revenge on his brother, but as events unfold, Rang comes to realize that he still loves Yeon more than anything. Eventually he and Yeon begin to repair their relationship and begin working together to stop Imoogi.

Imoogi is resurrected in a new body and once again starts taking over Ji Ah's body and wreaking general havoc (a few thousand people dead), but his ultimate goal is to possess Yeon's body so that he will become more powerful. In order to save Ji Ah from being possessed and dying again, Yeon decides to allow Imoogi to come into his body, and then throw himself and Imoogi into the Underworld so the evil spirit can never be resurrected. Yeon dies, and Ji Ah and Rang are heartbroken.

Some time later, Ji Ah and Rang meet with a seer who can bring back Yeon, but he tells them the price will be that one of them will have to give up their life. Rang protests when Ji Ah volunteers, saying that Yeon wouldn't want her to throw her life away, and offers his life instead. In his last moments Rang leaves a recorded message to his brother saying goodbye and wishing to see him in the next life. Yeon is resurrected and has his happy ending with Ji Ah.


I left out a lot of details, including some of the main characters like Shin Joo and Yu Ri, two gumiho's who are the secondary couple of the story. But I figured focusing on the brothers' story was more important since that's what this season will (hopefully) be focused on.

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I wasn't disputing the possibility that his death was not self-inflicted, I was wanting to know where the original poster was getting their information. They said, and I quote "after doing more investigation, they said there is no evidence that he took his own life". I was wanting to know how the OP got this info, as I wanted to read it. I personally like to verify something is true before believing it offhand. I blame the four years of college essays I've had to write.

I mean, you seem to be ignoring the fact that China censors BL romance in dramas to the point of erasure. Even someone like yourself, who seems to have a problem with BL, would be able to watch this drama without it being "hard" for you.

And since we know that Lee Rang says he has no love to protect in the future, then that means this is a tragic love story. :'(

I'd say Shopping King Louis is lighter in tone. It revolves around an amnesiac chaebol (played by Seo In Guk) and a girl from the country (played by Nam Ji Hyun) who has come to Seoul searching for her missing brother. She decides to take Louis in and be his guardian because he's wearing the jacket she bought for her brother, but he can't remember how he got it. Louis is incredibly adorable and innocent, and ignorant of a lot of common knowledge, but has very expensive tastes, so he tends to unintentionally get in trouble a lot.

Special Inspector Jo is about a man who has suffered multiple setbacks in his life (fired from his Tae-Kwon-Do teaching job, divorced by his wife) who works as a public service worker. He is inspired to fight the injustices of worker exploitation after one of his former Tae-Kwon-Do students comes to him asking him for help. It sounds boring from the description, but it was surprisingly funny and feel-good. There are some intense moments, so if you're wanting almost 100% relaxing, I'd go with Shopping King Louis first.

well if you like the Reply series, you can check out season 1 & 2 of Hospital Playlist if you haven't yet, as it's by the same writer. Extraordinary Attorney Woo is also a great drama, I highly enjoyed it. Special Inspector Jo is a great one as well, a good comedy drama. And also Shopping King Louie, which is a comfort drama of mine.

There is an evil spirit that is pursuing revenge against the main leads.

Just watched the ending again. Ugly cried for Lee Rang, couldn't care less about Ji Ah's happy ending. I really want season 2 to have justice for Lee Rang, because he stole the show for me, and I wouldn't ever watch this series ever again if he hadn't been there.

Goong is pretty good, but I tried watching The Heirs and I really hated it.

I really enjoyed the drama the first time around because I hadn't seen very many dramas at the time, but the second time around I didn't enjoy it nearly as much. It's a 6.5 score for me; good for one or two fun viewings, but not something I'd recommend as a high-quality drama.

I thought LSS's POV was pretty clear. In the end she loved him, but she couldn't afford to trust him, because the future of the world was at stake. But out of love, she sacrificed her life and her spiritual core so that he would have a chance to become an immortal instead of being doomed to become a devil, thus she saved him and the world. And of course TTJ is crazy obsessed with her - LSS literally awakened his ability to love, and then she stabbed him in the heart, causing him both the most intense joy and intense pain in his life. He loves no one else, cannot love anyone else.

I mean, if you want a drama with a main couple who has non-toxic love, maybe check out the three seasons of the very adorable drama "The Eternal Love". The chemistry is off the charts between the main couple, and their unrelenting flirting makes me giggle.

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Her plan was always to end up killing TTJ by destroying his evil bone (the thing inside him that would make him the devil god after death). It's just that she unexpectedly fell in love with him, and the prospect of doing it became more and more unpleasant. But she never ever changed her mind, she just resolved to stay with him and give him as much happiness as she could before she had to complete her original mission. Remember, she has the future of the entire world, and her family, to think about. She couldn't sacrifice a better future just because she fell in love with the man who was destined to destroy the world in the future.

New schedule is two episodes on Sundays, one episode Mondays through Thursdays, and no episodes on Fridays or Saturdays.

Really? OMG, wish I'd been able to see that.

You probably already know this if you've read the book, but literally no ordinary mortal man can resist loving BingChang because of her second love thread. Tantai Jin is the exception because he was born without a love thread. Yet in spite of not being able to feel what love was, he was able to want to love LSS without one.
Xiao Lin is honestly a victim of Bingchang, and his death is so tragic in the book.

Two Kim Dong Wook dramas in one month? My cup runneth over!

The only disappointing thing about this show was how predictable the final episode was. Everything up to that point had been excellent.