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mysticscanlations · 6 years

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Unlucky Mansion Chapter 71 Summary!

this chapter was a Blessing and a Half

Woo Jin and Eun Joo are running for their lives to make it in time, while she yells at him to hang on just a bit longer. Woo Jin looks like he's on the verge of death.

They make it outside the ceremony doors at exactly 1:01 PM. Eun Joo urges him to hurry inside, but takes one look at his sweaty mess and tells him he can't go in looking like that.

She fixes his jacket and hair while he asks if she's not coming with him inside. She says no, because she needs to get back to work. She's gonna stop by a customer's place to make an alibi before going back, though. Woo Jin comments on her professionalism, but Eun Joo says that if she were really professional, she wouldn't have left work to get him.

She smooths down his hair before telling him to do well. It's cute af.

EJ: Do well.

Woo Jin makes it inside the auditorium (?) and finds a seat next to Joon Hwan while another speaker is busy giving a speech. He smacks Woo Jin on the back before saying that he's glad he came. Woo Jin thanks him.

And finally, it's time for Woo Jin's speech on his award. He gets on the stage while people clap, squinting at the bright light before he stares into the audience. He gives a really good speech, and I'm pretty sure I didn't truly translate how eloquently he said it BUT HERE WE GO.

“Yes, um... My writing is still lacking, but I'm thankful to be given such a big award. And I'm also thankful to the many people that have helped me all this time......… I sometimes think that life is a cruel lottery. And that God told my little brother, 'Maybe next time.'”

“There was once a time where my brother, intoxicated with medicine, hung himself on a low railing. That awful experience became our entire family's nightmare. It felt like things couldn't get better no matter how hard I tried, and I blamed myself for it. In some way, it could be that I needed to blame myself. My brother's powerful tragedy existed in my life, and the power of writing brought the madness from that tragedy.”

“Every night in my dreams, I heard a grating voice. 'If it weren't for your brother, you'd be nothing.' I'm looking for the answer. In order to write the conclusion to this tragedy, I'm continuously looking inside myself. We might be lonely when we're apart, but let's not be cruel when we're close. Each of your most evil side and disgusting forms, and whenever you're feeling weak, angry, or lonely—You are deluding yourselves into thinking that you thoughtlessly know everything about each other because you've seen all of those sides. You secretly blame yourselves for the crumbling relationships in the sea of people, or resent yourself...”

“In the Odyssey's 'Land of the Lotus Eaters', although the lotus was a fruit that blocked the path back to your family and caused you to forget... In some way, because we take our twisted sense of responsibility and poke at each other, you don't know if you have to take a step back and start over in a different place. I think that this story is the last of this tragedy. During this time, I was constantly tortured by a sense of guilt that wasn't mine. My brother told me to eat the lotus fruit today... And I have readily decided to eat it all.”

During his speech, we get to see a glimpse of Woo Jung heading into surgery, holding hands with his mom until he heads past the doors.

Woo Jin's speech cuts to Eun Joo at work, looking at the window. She notes that it's snowing a lot again, and her coworker complains that she doesn't want to go to the factory to examine something because of the weather. She asks Eun Joo to tell her not to go, even if they're empty words, but Eun Joo isn't having it.

After work, she says goodbye to the CEO and her husband and starts to walk, only to see Woo Jin waiting for her in front of his car across the street. They hug and I cry.

Tons of articles about Woo Jin were released after the ceremony, and the books that he wrote under Woo Jung's name were re-examined. News about his family was also mentioned a lot. At home, Kwon Joon asks Woo Jin how Woo Jung's doing, but Woo Jin tells him not to act like they're close (lol poor guy).

The biggest talk of the town, however, was a picture of Woo Jin at the ceremony, because everyone was surprised that the winner of the grand prize was such a young and good-looking author. On the couch, Chae Min sees said article on her phone, and lets out of a noise of disgust. Woo Jin, in the back, looks ready to fight.

However, that doesn't last long. When a pair of reporters greets Woo Jin outside of his home for an interview, Woo Jin gracefully flicks them off and tells them to go away.

Woo Jung's surgery ended successfully, and he wrapped up his recovery with no major problems. Woo Jin noted that not much changed about him even afterwards, which Woo Jung doesn't get. “What, do I have to scream in joy or something? My personality's usually like this.” Woo Jung says.

Woo Jung still has a lot to do, like being able to write with his left hand and starting to plan out his future.

ST: (Writing with his left hand)

On a phone call with Woo Jin, Woo Jung says that he'll probably work as a civil servant since it's the most stable. Woo Jin is on board, saying that Woo Jung should do what he wants.

And then during the ruckus of life in the Lucky Mansion with everyone, Chae Min drops the bomb that she decided to go to Australia.

CM: I decided to go to Australia.

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you-did-well-my-love · 7 years

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Drama Review: Introverted Boss

I don’t think I have ever been so satisfied with the ending of the drama.

Rating: 4.5/5 I was going to rate it a four, but that last episode was absolutely amazing.

OST: Most of the ost is pretty typical but like I have had B1A4 Sandeul’s song on repeat since it ended like shit it’s so good.

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Business

Synopsis: Eun Hwan-Ki is the CEO of a public relations company, but he is extremely shy. Due to his personality, even his employees do not know him well. Chae Ro-Woon begins work at Eun Hwan-Ki’s company. She is very energetic and receives recognition for her work, but her only interest is in CEO Eun Hwan-Ki. She plans to reveal who Eun Hwan-Ki really is. (source: asianwiki)

Trigger Warning: This drama deals heavily with mental health. The opening scene is a woman committing suicide. (I was honestly surprised at how graphic it was. Obviously it’s nowhere near 13 Reasons Why, but they showed more than I’ve ever seen in a drama outside of Let’s Fight Ghost which was about dead people.) The main lead has social anxiety. A character has depression. Visual self harm. etc.

Thoughts/Review: (no spoilers)

It’s been so long since this drama ended so this review is going to be scattered, but my GOD did I love this drama.

I wasn’t even going to watch this drama. I had it on my list, but the initial response to it was so negative, I took it off. But then I saw this one gifset of the male lead stroking the girl’s face while lying in a bed and I felt so much tension just from those gifs, I was immediately taken.

And honestly, Hwarang was so dry I was like dying of thirst and when I saw that gifset just drenched in chemistry I was sold.

I could see where the negative reviews came from. The editing was very jumpy - jumping back and forth to the various different things going on but, like, I couldn’t tell what was going on.

The transitions were really weird. The writers were awkward with introducing the characters. And then the drama started out with a woman jumping off of a building, and it takes you forever to find out who she was. JUST FYI that scene took place three years before the rest of the drama. They should have put “Three Years Later” at the bottom of the screen, no clue why they didn’t.

They could have used a bit more depth in setting up the characters. Whereas most dramas take two to three episodes to set up the plot, this drama just dived right in. Pretty much “everything” was set up in episode one. And I say that in quotation marks because of the episode 5 situation (explained below).

BUT once everything started to make sense, I was really intrigued. They had a really good story, it was just a rocky start. Get past the rocky start!

Much of the controversy was surrounding the female lead Park Hye Soo’s acting. I can’t argue with it. She wasn’t awful, but it seemed like it was her first lead role. She seemed like the type that can act well in minor roles, but something felt off with her line delivery... it felt almost forced. I think part of it was the weird script, because it got better after episode 4. Obviously it didn’t bother me enough to stop watching the drama, I stopped noticing it much the later I got into the drama. I guess the experience did well for her.

For those of you who don’t know or don’t remember when the news broke, the drama skipped a week to rewrite the script. This happened after episode 4. If you are watching and you’re not really feeling it, my advice is to wait and watch episodes 5 and 6 because that’s where a lot of things are fixed, everything gets explained, and the plot picks up.

NOTE: From what I gathered when watching, the writers changed the central conflict. There are a few continuity errors, but it’s understandable considering they film these dramas while they’re airing.

It was really quirky. The bright colors, the tone, the dialogue. It reminded me a bit of the extra-ness of jdramas. It had that lighthearted, fun feeling like Sassy Go Go, Surplus Princess, Marriage Not Dating (from what I’ve heard), Cinderella and Four Knights, Shopping King Louis, etc.

However, the deeper you get into the show, the more things appear to be not what they seem. So while “everything” is explained in episode 5, aside from the personal conflicts and episodic conflicts, there was this mystery brewing. A sort of underlying sketchyness that kept growing until the end.

I absolutely adored this drama. From the comedy (which was golden btw) to the use of irony to the characters to the romance. It is up on my list of top dramas for 2017.

The comedy: there was a lot of witty dialogue and utilization of each of the characters’ little quirks. The actors did amazing, a lot of it was expressions and motions tied in with dialogue that wouldn’t have been nearly as entertaining if the actors delivered it badly.

Yeon Woo Jin did such an amazing job as Eun Hwan Gi. He made this character come to life in such a raw and realistic way, I am truly impressed. I’m looking forward to seeing him in his next drama. I, someone with a social anxiety disorder, relate to Eun Hwan Gi so much it’s frightening. But that’s what made me love the drama even more. It made me feel a deeper connection to any kdrama character I have ever felt, and his thought process was so much like mine (always overthinking things) it made me root for him that much more.

I felt so much for him seeing him make the efforts because I know from personal experience how hard it was for him. He was unable to do the mean thing despite it being the right thing because it was mean. He was so not the typical male kdrama lead, and he broke a lot of gender stereotypes. Plus he was freaking adorable. He had all these charms; his drunk habit for one lol, + he was caring, he watched over everyone, and when he did succeed in conquering his fear step by step as a viewer it fills you with so much warmth.

He’s just such a wonderful person and it brings you unbelievable joy as a viewer to see the rest of the characters slowly realize this too.

ALSO HE WAS LIKE HEALER’S BONG SOO ALIAS EXCEPT IN REAL PERSON FORM AND I LOVED IT.

And then when we finally got to see his frustration. Social anxiety is not this cute introvert nerd, it’s a pain in the ass and I am so glad/proud/thankful that the writers showed this side of it.

I want to take a second to mention the symbolism. I adored the symbolism behind his hood and what it meant for him to take it off/put it on. It was just one more key to understanding the character + it made you feel all the things when he was comfortable enough to take it off.

Chae Ro Woon... It was hard to judge her change because it was so sudden, but I thought her change was for the better. Yet there were still some things that annoyed me. A lot of time the writers used her inappropriate(?) behavior to move the plot along, but there were still instances I thought she was way over the line. However in my opinion, a lot of the hate towards her was out of line because her main goal was revenge and it seemed like people kept forgetting that. Especially later on, I thought Chae Ro Woon was just absolutely amazing. She was so understanding of Hwan Gi, even though it took her some time (which is realistic), and she was accepting of him. She didn’t push him too hard to change, she gave him space, and did what she could to make him comfortable. I loved it.

I was also a little disappointed with what the writers did with Hyo Sung’s character, specifically the way she treated Hwan Gi, but I’m going to attribute that to the story change and that if the writers could they would go back and take out that one scene from episode 2(?) to make her character understandable.

I’m not going to mention how I feel about Kang Woo Il, or Eun Yi Soo for that matter, because everything surrounding them is a spoiler. They’re complicated, especially Yi Soo. While I may not have been fond of them, I understood them. Especially Yi Soo. Which is what I believe is the most important when it comes to a character.

I LOVED YOO HEE. I don’t know if either of you have seen the Taiwanese drama Refresh Man, but it was another office romance and there was this older woman who saw the main character’s feelings for the girl and tried to set them up. I loved it. And the same thing pretty much happened here. It was hilarious.

Yeon Jung, usually I hate characters like her, but she was so amazing. She was annoying as a love interest but necessary as a friend, and I am actually glad a character like her was in the drama.

The romance. The sexual tension between Eun Hwan Gi and Chae Ro Woon was tangible. I loved how he slowly opened up to her, and it was symbolic in his hood and the way his voice became louder the more comfortable he became. Spoiler: they kiss a shit ton of times. I loved every second.

The drama did a lot of things I didn’t expect. There were really straightforward conversations (the how-far-have-you-gone one), admissions of wrongful actions, actual apologies from multiple characters (all the characters that needed to imo) that I didn’t expect to happen, girls telling people off and breaking every drama stereotype.

A little thing I really liked was how, you know when dramas are like “we’ve wrapped up the plot but still have two episodes” so they create a conflict which is usually super random and off topic? This one tied back to the original roots of the plot and it fit so well with the theme of the whole drama. There was a huge presence of family in the drama, both Ro Woon’s and Hwan Gi’s, and I was very appreciative of how they wrapped up.

And, hun, while I stumbled over the time jump in the last episode, that ending was FANTASTIC. I don’t need to say anything else. Just that it was so damn satisfying.

Someone get me an Eun Hwan Gi please and thank you.

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Finished 3/14/17

#introverted boss #my shy boss #yeon woo jin #park hye soo #kdrama #drama review

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