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"Light Shop" is a suspense drama with touches of horror in an anthology format. All the stories are connected to the light shop, which acts as a beacon for spirits.
I started watching it expecting a horror story, but it's much more than I could have imagined. It's a beautiful story about loss and grief, about dealing with death, especially of those we love. The characters have to go through the process of acceptance in order to move on and no longer be trapped. The alley is the great tunnel, with the light shop being the light they were looking for to escape the darkness.
Some of the characters have already died, but they are there to help others who have the possibility of waking up and surviving, to find their light and have the willpower to carry on. Hye Won did this for her girlfriend Seon Hae, as did Ji Yeong, who was by Hyung Min's side, doing everything she could to help him wake up. One of the most moving is the case of the bus driver, who went after everyone who was in the accident, apologizing and trying to help them get to the store. What happened wasn't his fault; he tried not to use the bus and then tried to stop more people from getting on, but it really was fate that happened.
Finding out that Hyeon Ju is actually the granddaughter of the owner of the light shop was incredible. His reaction when Hyeon Ju's mother goes to the store and he recognizes her is impossible to hold back the tears. It's a very beautiful scene, especially because he only accepted the position of being the guardian there in exchange for her life.
All the stories are touching, but one ended up really catching my attention, which was about a character who wasn't even on the bus, Byeong Jin. The moment we discovered the reason why he kept listening to a dog and learned that the dog was the one who stayed by his side until he was found in the forest and continued like that, until Byeong Jin went to the store and found his way home. This was so beautiful <3
Yeong Ji's analogy is very interesting, about her job being a border guardian, since people in a coma are on the line between life and death, she can't do anything to help them follow either path, but she is there to accompany them in whatever happens. It's the same situation as the owner of the light shop, he is just a step, each person has to choose which way to go.
I started watching it expecting a horror story, but it's much more than I could have imagined. It's a beautiful story about loss and grief, about dealing with death, especially of those we love. The characters have to go through the process of acceptance in order to move on and no longer be trapped. The alley is the great tunnel, with the light shop being the light they were looking for to escape the darkness.
Some of the characters have already died, but they are there to help others who have the possibility of waking up and surviving, to find their light and have the willpower to carry on. Hye Won did this for her girlfriend Seon Hae, as did Ji Yeong, who was by Hyung Min's side, doing everything she could to help him wake up. One of the most moving is the case of the bus driver, who went after everyone who was in the accident, apologizing and trying to help them get to the store. What happened wasn't his fault; he tried not to use the bus and then tried to stop more people from getting on, but it really was fate that happened.
Finding out that Hyeon Ju is actually the granddaughter of the owner of the light shop was incredible. His reaction when Hyeon Ju's mother goes to the store and he recognizes her is impossible to hold back the tears. It's a very beautiful scene, especially because he only accepted the position of being the guardian there in exchange for her life.
All the stories are touching, but one ended up really catching my attention, which was about a character who wasn't even on the bus, Byeong Jin. The moment we discovered the reason why he kept listening to a dog and learned that the dog was the one who stayed by his side until he was found in the forest and continued like that, until Byeong Jin went to the store and found his way home. This was so beautiful <3
Yeong Ji's analogy is very interesting, about her job being a border guardian, since people in a coma are on the line between life and death, she can't do anything to help them follow either path, but she is there to accompany them in whatever happens. It's the same situation as the owner of the light shop, he is just a step, each person has to choose which way to go.
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