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Ahead of their official Japanese debut with first single “Message” to be released on July, MYNAME kickstarted their promotions with their successful first showcase in Japan.
On June 11th, MYNAME held their first showcase at the Shibuya AX in Tokyo with 2,000 fans in attendance. Over 50 media outlets and 100 reporters came to the showcase to cover on the group’s Japanese advancement.
At the showcase, MYNAME performed the Japanese version of their debut track, “Message”, as well as “I Want You” and “Summer Party”, which will be included in their Japanese debut album. The boys also performed their latest Korean comeback track, “Hello & Goodbye”.
After the event, MYNAME held a high-five event with the fans and expressed their gratitude for their attendance. “We held our first showcase in Japan. We will try hard to show our good side.”
Meanwhile, MYNAME will release their Japanese debut single on July 25.
Source: Nate, TV Report
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With Ji Hyun Woo’s love confession to Yoo In Na currently making headlines, actor Kim Ji Suk made his own parody confession but netizens responded negatively.
On June 11, Kim Ji Suk, Park Han Byul, Park Jin Joo and many others attended the press conference for the upcoming movie ‘Two Moons’, held at the Lotte Cinema near Konkuk University in Seoul.
During the event, Kim Ji Suk made a surprise announcement saying, “Ever since the beginning of the shoot, I had feelings for Park Han Byul”, shocking the entire crowd. But then Kim Ji Suk when on to say, “I love Park Han Byul, Park Jin Joo and even director Kim Dong Bin. I like them all actually.”
MC Kim Tae Jin remarked, “I was shocked, thinking he was going to be the second Ji Hyun Woo,” causing everyone to roar in laughter.
Kim Ji Suk explained, “I made the confession just for fun”. Park Han Byul said, “I was shocked. I think I’m going to lose my mind.”
While Kim Ji Suk’s parody was meant to be a joke, netizens are criticizing the actor for his carelessness. They commented, “He shouldn’t have turned Ji Hyun Woo’s brave confession into a joke”, “He went over the line”, “I bet Ji Hyun Woo would be upset” and more.
Source: Nate
KBS 2TV drama “Big” increased in percentage once again.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research on the 11th, the third episode of “Big” aired on the 11th rated 8.4%. This is 1% higher than the previous episode.
Suzy made her first appearance on this day. There were expectations of an increase in percentage once the final member of the four main characters appeared and the percentage increased a surprising 1%.
Suzy’s character, Jang Ma Ri, flies over to Korea from America with the objective of finding Kang Kyung Joon. Obviously a striking character, Jang Ma Ri should be the tonic for “Big” which is currently recording single-digit percentages.
Meanwhile, MBC “Lights and Shadows” continues to be in first place with 18.7%, followed by SBS “THE CHASER” with 10.6%.
Source: hancinema
Actor So Ji Sub defended his co-star Lee Yeon Hee for the recent controversy about her acting.
On June 11th, So Ji Sub, Lee Yeon Hee, Um Ki Joon and Kwak Do Won attended a press conference for the SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama ‘Ghost’ which was held at the SBS’s Ilsan production center.
During the press conference So Ji Sub stated, “At times I don’t understand some of the viewers’ reactions. When I act with Lee Yeon Hee I don’t feel the awkwardness.”
“It seems viewers seem to feel awkward watching Lee Yeon Hee’s acting. This is unfortunate because on the set, I don’t feel any awkwardness. I hope viewers will watch with more positivity”, the actor added.
In the drama ‘Ghost’, Lee Yeon Hee plays the cyber policewoman Yoo Gang Mi while So Ji Sub plays the leader of the cyber investigation team, Kim Woo Hyun.
Source: Nate
2PM conducted a high touch event on June 9th especially for those who purchased 2PM’s 4th single “Beautiful.” It was held in Osaka for the first time and delighted a total of 26,000 fans.
Their single “Beautiful” that was released on June 6 is currently being promoted as the theme song for TVCM’s Korean Black Vinegar Fucho, which the members themselves appear in. Since its release, it continues to stay in the 2nd spot on the Oricon daily single ranking and will certainly sell the most albums so far in the history of 2PM.
In December of 2011, 2PM held a high touch event at Chiba Prefecture’s Makuhari Messe Hall where 63,000 people attended, proving 2PM's high popularity in Japan. Having been half a year since then and being their first high touch event in Osaka, excitement and tension rose at the venue before the start of the event.
Loud cheers sounded as the members appeared at INTEX Osaka Hall 5 AB in Osaka Prefecture. First, 2PM members greeted everyone. They commented, “Hello, we are 2PM,” “Thank you to everyone who came today,” “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen all of you in Osaka,” to the increasingly enthusiastic crowd, as even more came to the high touch grounds.
The high touch event was conducted by separating the members into 6 booths and lining up the fans for each accordingly. In response to the cheering, they attempted communication by smiling and waving their hands, etc. 26,000 people participated at the high touch event targeted for those who purchased the 4th single “Beautiful” for approximately three and a half hours, the never ending cheers from start to finish showing that it was a huge success right up until the end.
The next high touch event is planned to be held on June 16th in Chiba Prefecture at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 9-10.
2PM expressed, “We would like to thank you all, as a lot of people came today even though it’s our first high touch event in Osaka. Let's continue to make beautiful memories from now on!”
Source: BARKS
Translated by: dawnjelly @Wild2Day.org
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If there are, what are Gongchan’s new charms that you want to appeal through ‘Baby Goodnight’?
When the same situation from the song occurs, will you send your girlfriend to bed then go out, or will you tell her the truth and then go out?
What’s the role that Gongchan plays in the music video’s story?
Teaser, Big Issue! What’s happening? (Episode)
If you were to give a grade to the B1A4 member who you think did the best among the teaser videos, how many points would you give? (How many points out of 10 points?)
What is something Gongchannie always does before sleeping?
trans. cr; hyejin @ b1a4trans
Park Yoochun, who solidified his position as an actor through the SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama “Rooftop Prince”, has been attracting attention in the CF market for being the new “blue chip” of the advertising industry.
Recently, male models Lee Seung Gi and Kim Soo Hyun, and female models Kim Yuna and Jeon Ji Hyun have been receiving much attention, but Park Yoochun is a fast-rising, powerful darkhorse.
Park Yoochun is currently active mainly as the CF model for Dongsuh Food’s ice tea TiO, Ottogi’s Gismyun, Nintendo and Black Smith, among others. Including the headache medication advertisement filmed together with the other JYJ members, Park Yoochun can often be seen in television commercials.
The reason why Park Yoochun is appearing in this many advertisements is because of the outstanding advertising effectiveness (he brings).
For instance, with Gismyun, sales broke 20,000,000 (packets) in 80 days, and following the Korean wave, the “Park Yoochun Effect” was also evident overseas. Gismyun, which was exported to Japan, New Zealand, China, Russia, Southeast Asia and other regions, ranked 3rd in sales in the food section of Japan’s Gmarket, causing Ottogi’s representatives to say, “Aside from instant noodle lovers, Park Yoochun fans locally and overseas have also shown their interest (in the product).”
The advertisement which can be seen most often recently is TiO ice tea. TiO is a latecomer compared to brands such as Nestea and Lipton, but since Park Yoochun became the CF model, there as been a record increase in sales.
Thus, Park Yoochun’s value in the advertising industry has long been recognized, and by winning over women’s hearts with the drama “Rooftop Prince” this time, it has brought his “net worth” up another level. In particular, advertisers feel that Park Yoochun’s gentle and warm image, is one of the main factors which makes him a reliable spokesperson in the eyes of the consumers, and are all presently keen to “capture Park Yoochun”.
An advertising agency representative stated, “Park Yoochun has formed a polite and dandy image with the viewers through his drama productions in this period of time. In addition, his good looks and friendly disposition are appealing to the advertisers.” He also went into detail by saying, “He has an active fanbase, which directly affects the increase in sales of products, so the love which advertisers have for Park Yoochun is likely to continue.”
A representative of Park Yoochun’s management agency, C-Jes Entertainment stated, “Every time a production ends, the invitations for Park Yoochun to participate in a new CF are numerous. He devotes himself greatly to (taking on) each role in each production, and is hence able to show the viewers a new image each time.”
He then went on to say, “Also, because Park Yoochun seems very warm, it is much easier for the viewers to relate to him, and hence the (advertising) effectiveness is more outstanding than other spokespersons. In particular, ‘love calls’ for Park Yoochun have been coming from all industries, regardless of the type of product, or the age group or gender of the target audience."
Meanwhile, Park Yoochun is taking a break, while deliberating between movies, dramas, plays, and other fproductions. He will make a decision within this month, and is expected to appear before audiences before the end of this year.
Source : [BaiduTVXQ + OBS]Translated by : dongbangdata.net
The KARA members have come together to keep their promise they made with their fans.
On June 10th, members Goo Hara, Jiyoung, Nicole and Seungyeon tweeted photos accompanied with similar captions saying, “I’ve kept my promise!”.
In the photos, KARA members can be seen with pouting expressions and pulling on their foreheads. They seemed to have made some kind of promise to their fans during their recent fan meeting and kept their word through the photos.
Despite the unflattering poses, KARA’s Goo Hara, Jiyoung, Nicole and Seungyeon still manage to look pretty and adorable.
Boyfriend announced their comeback with the release of Love Style MV teaser,check out the video here.
The full MV is expected to be released on 14th June,check out Min Woo's cute dance here!
Actress Kim Ha Neul flaunted her sexy figure in a bikini.
On the June 9th episode of “A Gentleman’s Dignity”, a photo of Kim Ha Neul in a sexy sky blue bikini was revealed. Jang Dong Gun’s character Do Jin visited Seo Yi Soo’s (played by Kim Ha Neul) house and was surprised at a picture of Kim wearing a bikini on her laptop computer while she was gone to bathroom.
According to an official for the series, the picture, which portrays Kim wearing a blue bikini and her real figure, was recently taken in Kangwon-do.
Netizens commented, “Kim Ha Neul is the original bagel girl” (Innocent face and glamorous body) and “I thought she was only innocent looking, she had this kind of body hidden away.”
The colorful expressions of actor Song Seung Hun received attention.
Song Seung Hun is playing the role of top surgeon Jin Hyuk in 21st century who time traveling to Joseon Dynasty in MBC weekend drama “Time Slip Dr. Jin“.
The rich and colorful expressions of Song Seung Hun in “Time Slip Dr. Jin” has attracted the attention of viewers.
Song Seung Hun is perfectly portraying the calm and incisive on reality as a genius surgeon Jin Hyuk, while showing the side of meticulous towards the lover “Mi Na” whom he loved, and demonstrating loss and sadness when Mi Na suddenly encountered accident.
In addition, he who returned to Joseon Dynasty is also perfectly and finely portraying the image of once again become a real doctor, and intriguing feeling towards lady Young Rae who is resembling Mi Na. His excellent performance for so many events that happen in short span of time making the role of Jin Hyuk easier to understand.
There are growing stories of hero and heroine and other interesting plots, coupled colorful attractions which made “Time Slip Dr. Jin” worthy to watch, and the drama has gained popularity.
“Time Slip Dr. Jin” which features passionate performance of Jin Hyuk airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:50pm.
Source: Nate via dramahaven
G-Dragon garnered the top honor for placing first in receiving the highest amount of copyright fees. [Ignored due to irrelevancy]
Kangta ranked 2nd. [Ignored due to irrelevancy]
BEAST Yong JunHyung is the 2nd runner up for receiving a huge amount of copyright fees and is the newest rising star among idols.
During a broadcast of BEAST episode, Yong JunHyung admitted that he’s the largest income receiver among the members. Although income from group activities and solo activities will be divided equally, Yong Junhyung’s copyrights fees for composing and penning lyrics are considered as his personal income, causing an unequal distribution among members. Towards this, Yong JunHyung expressed, “The large copyright fees I received made me burdened”, whichleads to even more attention.
Since debut, Yong JunHyung is known as the rapper for BEAST. He participated in the penning of lyrics very since their debut song “Bad Girl”, and followed by, “Shock”, “Soom”, “Fiction” and more. In fact, JunHyung even composed and wrote the lyrics for “Freeze” which was included in their first full-length album. Not to mention, he collaborated with S. Tiger to produce Jang WooHyuk’s “Time is Over”. And even Hyuna’s “A Bitter Day” and 4minute’s “Huh” had his footprints all over them. Currently, there are 29 of Yong JunHyung’s songs that were registered under the Korean Music Copyright Association (name may differ)
source : KR-CN: 100度BEAST吧; CN-EN:MrsDooB2uty@LoveInDaCube.wordpress.com
IU’s hot cover of “Trouble Maker” during her first concert is currently making abuzz amongst netizens.
A number of online community boards were posted with a video of IU’s “Trouble Maker” performance at her first solo concert “Real Fantasy.”
In the clip, IU came up with a series of dances. The singer first dressed fittingly into a more masculine attire and danced to Black Eyed Pea’s “Boom Boom Boom”, Rain’s “Rainism” and Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous.”
IU then wrapped up her dance segment “Troublemaker” as HyunA in the choreography. She confidently showed off her hidden talent in dancing and melted the fans with her sexy charms.
SBS’s “Rooftop Prince”, which eventually emerged victorious from the intense competition between the Wednesday-Thursday dramas of the three major broadcasting stations. In the confrontation between the three dramas, which began and ended on the same day and at the same time, there were a lot of twists and turns, but for the final episode, it was “Rooftop Prince” which ended with the highest viewership ratings. At the centre of this drama is Park Yoochun. His acting abilities have been recognised as he played the three roles of the crown prince from Joseon, “Lee Gak”, “Lee Gak who was pretending to be Yong Tae Yong” and “Yong Tae Yong” naturally. He made his transition from a singer to an actor, and this is his third successful production since he achieved much success with “SungKyunKwan Scandal” and “Miss Ripley”. We met with Park Yoochun, the “crown prince” who descended from his rooftop house, at a Western restaurant in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.-The drama has finally ended with first place in viewership ratings. We were particularly impressed by your tears.“In the drama this time, there was not once when I had to force out the tears. There were no instructions in the script that said ‘cry’… There were two kiss scenes in the drama, and I ended up crying both times? The first was when Lee Gak admitted that he liked Park Ha. Thinking of how, as the king of a country, he would have to give up many things, I ended up tearing. The second time was during the wedding scene in episode 19, I cried a lot because I felt it was such a pity. Ji Min nuna started crying even during the rehearsals. All the staff excluding the director cried. If I were Lee Gak, I would not have let go for sure. He really is an idiot. In the time when they let go of their hands temporarily, Lee Gak disappeared and returned to Joseon.”
-There was much worry as to whether everything could be concluded nicely since there were many loose-ends to tie up, but the ending received good response.“It is different from the original ending, but I think it is even better. As everyone may be aware, the wife of the scriptwriter passed on. It can be felt from the script how much the writer misses his wife, because I can understand those feelings, I could immerse myself in the scenes. This is particularly so for the 20th episode. During the after-party, the writer himself also said, ‘It is also my own story.’”
-In the drama this time, you had to use three different manners of speech, Lee Gak’s manner of speech, Lee Gak’s manner of speech as he was getting used to modern life and Yong Tae Yong’s manner of speech. Was it not difficult? Whose idea was in to use the spectacles to mark the transition?
“In the beginning, it was already written in the script for spectacles to be worn, so it was very helpful.Lee Gak and Yong Tae Yong could be differentiated through the spectacles. The modern day manner of speech is faster, while the ones used in period dramas are slower, so it is not easy to mix both.There was quite a bit of difficulty. At the beginning, because I was ambitious, I ended up having even more NGs. I did not want to just get it done poorly.”
-What was the most difficult part and the part which you regret the most?“Having to work late into the night everyday, and only going home once every week. I would fall asleep without even getting to watch the broadcast. As most of the scenes were filmed outdoors, the filming schedule was the hardest because it was so tight. We almost had broadcasting accidents. I felt it was a bit of pity that aspects such as in the middle of the drama, when Lee Gak discovered that his feelings towards Park Ha were changing, and why his attitude towards Sae Na were as such, could have been developed further. It is a drama that actually requires a lot of expression, but quite a lot of the process was omitted.”
-During this period of time it seems like you’ve totally immersed yourself in the role of Lee Gak. Many people say “Lee Gak” is very similar to how “Yoochun” is in real life.“Yes. So it felt more comfortable, but at the same time I was more ambitious. When I looked at the script, I was already thinking about how to portray it. I did not feel it while we were filming, but after that I realized that I received a lot of comfort from Lee Gak all the time.”
-Do you feel like you have grown a lot through the production this time?“During ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’, because it was my first production, I did not have time to think much and it was over very soon. During ‘Miss Ripley’, I felt a lot of pressure. During the filming of the first episode, I came this close to saying ‘I can’t do this.’ Even lines that could just be said easily made me think so much. For the production this time, to be honest, I did not think ‘I must do well’. There was no pressure or stress, so I could naturally immerse myself in the character. I had more freedom.”
-What was it like working with Han Ji Min, who is 4 years older than you? Did you see her as a woman?“Ji Min nuna is really as easygoing as people say. It feels like she’s the girl (older sister) next door? I did not have to intentionally try, we became closer naturally. But on set, I did not call her nuna, but rather as ‘Park Ha’. It is the same for everyone else. I addressed them by their characters, such as Sae Na, Chi San and Man Bo. Seeing Ji Min nuna act, I really did think that if a person with a character like Park Ha’s really existed, she would be very charming. But after filming ends, she returns to Han Ji Min, so it wasn’t much of an issue.” (laughs)
-During the ceremony of the “Baeksang Art Awards” which was held previously, you were together with your younger brother Park Yoohwan, who has begun acting?“It was a totally different feeling from when I attend awards ceremonies with the members. Seeing Yoohwan doing well along his own path, I can enlist without worries. I plan on enlisting within the next 1 to 2 years. I worry about whether my family will be well taken care off while I am not around, so I am thinking I should take care of everything for them before I enlist. If i were to talk about a dream I have, it would be to attend the ‘Cannes Film Festival’ with Yoohwan one day. I want to work on a project with Yoohwan one day, something like ‘a story of brothers’. It’s like we are not brothers, but acting like we are brothers. In the future, if we become veteran actors, we should be able to do that right?”
-What do you want to do now that the drama is over? Your next project is?“I spoke with Tae Sung hyung about this before, we want to bring tents and cookware, and tour the country by car for about 1 to 2 weeks. Personally, I hope that be it through television broadcasts, a play, or an album, I hope to come back soon. Without breaks in between, I hope to make a decision by the end of June, then I want to undergo acting training. I guess the role of the bad guy will have to wait. At the filming site, there were young female fans who took a few steps backward upon seeing Tae Sung hyung (laughs). In the future I want to try out the intense role of a bad guy, something like a psychopath.”
-Do you not want to date?“Hmm, I’m not sure. Someone who is good to my mother? If we were in love, is it not natural to be filial to the parents of both parties? I hope it will be someone where I can proudly introduce no matter where we go. Someone that everyone will approve of. No matter what, because I am an artist, so when we are together I think it is important for her to be able to adapt to the situation. If it is that kind of person, I would have thoughts of going public with the relationship.”
Source : BaiduTVXQ + Sports Kyung HyangTranslated by : dongbangdata.net
2PM's main vocal Junsu sings for drama "I Love Italy",check out his new solo song titled "Love....Goodbye" here,do you like his new song?
Child actress, Seo Sinae confessed her love for BEAST’s Yoon Doojoon.
On MBC TV’s “Let’s Play” (name may differ) which was broadcasted on the 4th, Seo Sinae appeared as one of the guests. Seo Sinae who is undergoing puberty now said, “Listening to Beast’s songs” is one way to cope with it.
Everybody on the set was surprised that her favorite Beast member was Yoon Doojoon and not former “High Kick” co-star Lee Kikwang.
She acted differently when she’s talking about Lee Kikwang and Yoon Doojoon. For the latter, it was obvious that her eyes was seemingly brighter and even her voice changed on the mention of Yoon DooJoon’s name. Everybody burst out into laughter. She then confessed her feelings, “If I have the chance to meet Doojoon oppa, I’ll push away every schedule and meet him”
The broadcast will be aired on the 4th 11.15pm KST.
credits : TVReportKor-Eng trans by MrsdooB2uty@loveindacube.wordpress.com
Ahn Jae Wook was giving a mobile phone to junior actress Shin Da Eun.
On June 7th, 2012, Shin Da Eun tweeted a touching message on her Twitter account, “Our brother Ki Tae also proves himself as a superman who helps to solve others’ problems in reality. He coolly bought me a mobile phone directly from the store. He is a gentleman. Ah, I want to tell the whole world, I respect Ahn Jae Wook.” At the same time, she posted a photo.
In the photo, Shin Da Eun held a mobile phone and a note that wrote “I respect brother Ki Tae” on the one hand, and thumbed up her another hand to say “the best.”
Earlier, Shin Da Eun tweeted on June 2nd, 2012 through her Twitter account that she lost her mobile phone, “I lost my mobile phone. I want to take it out to view. The mobile phone has been taken away by bad guy. Weekend also cannot call through, why want to treat me like this?”
Netizens reponded, “Kang Ki Tae is different from the crowd,” “Ahn Jae Wook has moral principle,” “Wow, really is a gentleman,” “Like brother and sister in reality,” and so on.
Ahn Jae Wook and Shin Da Eun are starring in MBC Monday and Tuesday drama “Lights and Shadows” as brother and sister.
Source: TVDaily via dramahaven
On June 14th, 2NE1 will be meeting Andrew Garfield, along with the other cast members and director of the movie, “The Amazing Spider-Man”.
2NE1 will join the leading stars of “The Amazing Spider-Man”, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, along with Director Marc Webb and producers for the world premiere red carpet event at Lotte Mall Gimpo Airport. 2NE1 will spend some special time with the leading stars, director and filmmakers during photo session for the world premiere red carpet event on June 14th at 7:00 PM. 2NE1 will be attending the event a bit earlier than the actors at 6:30 PM.
The members reveals that they are big fans of Spider Man and have watched the Spider-Man series. They said, “Spider-Man is one of the world’s best and most beloved superheroes. And it’s a great honor to meet the team behind the new story, “The Amazing Spider-Man” . It is said that the “The Amazing Spider-Man” team is also excited and looks forward to meeting 2NE1 too.
The Amazing Spider-Man is set to open in theaters everywhere on July 3. Peter Parker (played by Andrew Garfield) an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Peter then discovers a clue and so he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance. Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Source: News.Nate via Newsen and tvdaily
Translated by: sieljjang@CLTheBaddestFemale.com
Girl’s Day’s Minah is garnering attention by showing off her shapely legs.
On June 11th, Minah tweeted, Here’s Yeosu!! I also want to wander around and play, but… I wanted to pay a visit to the world’s biggest aquarium, but… I have to hold in my tears and go back to Seoul” and attached a couple of photos.
In the photos, Minah can be seen fashioning red jacket paired short-pants while posing in front of the coastal waters of Yeosu. The Girl’s Day member is holding up a v-sign poses and wearing big smiles. Fans were amazed by Minah’s long and slender legs.
Credit: SHIRINA~@girlsdaydaily
Actress Park Min Young is shedding tears in “Time Slip Dr. Jin“.
The stills of Park Min Young who is playing the role of elegant lady Hong Young Rae shedding tears in sadness were released.
In the photos, Park Min Young showed a grievance expression, arousing curiosity.
Producer said, “The acting of Park Min Young continued to improve, and she has been well received by the audience in this drama. In the drama, Hong Young Rae played by Park Min Young is intended to be portrayed as queen of tears, do look forward to it.”
Source: Dramahaven
IU’s hot cover of “Trouble Maker” during her first concert is currently making abuzz amongst netizens.
A number of online community boards were posted with a video of IU’s “Trouble Maker” performance at her first solo concert “Real Fantasy.”
In the clip, IU came up with a series of dances. The singer first dressed fittingly into a more masculine attire and danced to Black Eyed Pea’s “Boom Boom Boom”, Rain’s “Rainism” and Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous.”
IU then wrapped up her dance segment “Troublemaker” as HyunA in the choreography. She confidently showed off her hidden talent in dancing and melted the fans with her sexy charms.
JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong recently revealed his difficulties due to his extremely busy schedules.
On June 10, Jaejoong shared a series of photos taken from the set of his latest MBC drama “Time Slip Dr. Jin.” The JYJ member tweeted, “How long has it been since I had long hair…” and attached a photo of himself dressed in his drama character.
A few hours later, Jaejoong made his fans worry and tweeted another photo of himself with a bruised face along with the comment, “I really want to go home.”
He then wrapped the night with the message “But let’s all do our best..!!!”. Accompanying the message is a photo of himself sitting on a chair, while throwing up V-sign with both hands.
Netizens commented, “Cheer up and shoot the series well”, “Jaejoong, we’re always behind you”, “It looks like the shooting makes him tired” and more.
On June 8th, 2012, KBS 2TV Monday and Tuesday drama series “Big” published the stills of lead actors Gong Yoo with miss A member Suzy.
In the photos, Suzy was embracing Gong Yoo from the back wildly. Although the embrace of Suzy can tempt the hearts of all the male fans, but Gong Yoo is an exception. Gong Yoo showed an expression of pain, and in order to get rid of Suzy, he kept squirm his body. In order to prevent Gong Yoo from breaking free, Suzy held Gong Yoo even firmer, her lovely expression raised the curiosity.
The scene of Suzy hugging Gong Yoo is about Jang Ma Ri (played by Suzy) returns from United States in order to find her boyfriend Kang Kyung Joon (played by Shin Won Ho), and meets with Kang Kyung Joon who is possessing the body of Seo Yoon Jae (played by Gong Yoo).
Source: dramahaven
Hallyu stars So Ji Sub and Han Hyo Joo visited Japan to promote their film ‘Only You’ which will open on the 30th of this month.
During a press conference held in Tokyo on June 7th, the two stars gave their impressions of each other with So complimenting Han about her “serious attitude towards acting, which was different from her bright image on screen.” Han said So was “warm and relaxed,” filling in parts she lacked and allowing her to work comfortably.
So also talked about how his character is called “middle-aged” by Han in the film. He said “she kept calling me middle-aged before filming began, throughout the film and even now. It’s become like a nickname for me and it doesn’t make me feel bad.” He jokingly added that he’s being called “middle-aged” more often in real life.
The two attended the Japan Premier event held at Tokyo’s Marunouchi Picadilly later that night, where So and Han told the fans who gathered to do their best to the ones they love while they still had time.
Only You is a love story between Chul Min (played by So Ji Sub), a former boxer with a dark past and Jung Hwa (played by Han Hyo Joo), a woman who slowly losing her sight due to an accident. It was the opening film for the 2011 Busan Film Festival.
Source: KBS World
Girl group KARA held a surprise fan meeting for about 400 Korean fans.
On June 11, DSP Media, KARA’s agency, reported that KARA held a closed fan meeting with their fan club Kamilia at NH Art Hall located in Choong-Gu, Seoul on June 10.
The event was held as a small-scale surprise fan meeting for about 400 Kamilia members. It has been a year since KARA has held an official fan meeting and nearly 2,500 fans signed up online to attend the event.
At the fan meeting, KARA stated, “Last year at the fan meeting, we set June 11 as Kamilia’s Day. We’re so happy to see you again this year.” While KARA was performing “With All Of My Heart”, the fans surprised the members as they held up placard that had a heart and KARA’s name on it.
Towards the end, the members expressed, “We’re very sorry that we haven’t really had many chances to see you because of our schedule in Japan. We’ll soon come back with our new album.”
Source: Star News
Now THIS was quite the interesting episode! I’m happy to say that the ‘phantom’ serial killer case gets wrapped up in this episode, but that’s not why I’m so excited. Rather, I was quite excited to see that there are consequences to the Woo Hyun-identity swap. It was a twist I was not quite expecting, much like how I didn’t expect Woo Hyun to be killed and be replaced by Ki Young. And to top it all off – Uhm Ki Joon is here!
Back to the underground area of the theater – now it’s starting to feel like “The Phantom of the Opera” when Christine ends up in the underground tunnels of the opera house, guided by the Phantom. Except this time it’s Kang Mi being led through the tunnel by the Magician. She freaks out, understandably so, until suddenly she’s pulled into the light. Stage lights, that is. The Magician has brought her out onstage as part of his “magic trick.” In the audience, Woo Hyun is visibly relieved.
The Magician kneels down and slips a ring on Kang Mi’s finger. Fireworks shoot up from the stage, and everyone cheers at the good show. Kang Mi looks up to Woo Hyun and slightly shakes her head – the Magician didn’t harm her at all.
Seung Yoon isn’t allowed to go home alone, even though she didn’t sit in the cursed D7 seat, so Kang Mi escorts her in her car. She doesn’t think the musical is anything harmful, even though it’s too coincidental for the last two victims (or three actually) to have attended this musical. She suggests Woo Hyun go back to the bureau and see how Hyuk Joo is coming along; he should have arrested the suspect Yang Seung Jae already.
Woo Hyun goes back to the theater to ask the manager about who sends out event emails. Everyone pretty much pitches in and helps, and no one keeps track of who sends the email and when, so that lead is pretty useless. As he leaves, he passes by a bulletin board of fans taking a picture with the Magician, and also the recent lucky ladies in seat D7. There’s Han Yoo Ri on May 26th, Baek Young Seo on May 29th, and Jung So Eun on June 3rd; it’s the first time Woo Hyun finds out all three victims were at the musical. The musical totally has something to do with the serial murders.
And now, Kang Mi will be the next victim.
Hyuk Joo has no concrete evidence against Seung Jae, so he’s forced to let the suspect go. He doesn’t believe the suspect is 100% innocent (“There’s no such thing!”), so when Sang Woo walks Seung Jae out, he advises Seung Jae to stay within the area and be reachable. They pass by Woo Hyun, who arrives at that moment. Young Suk tells him that Hyuk Joo’s been looking for him and Kang Mi, but since Kang Mi is taking Seung Yoon home, Hyuk Joo won’t be able to meet with her.
Seung Yoon arrives home, safe and sound, and Kang Mi wants to also check her computer to make sure no virus is in it. But Seung Yoon closes it – she’s absolutely fine, and she will notify Kang Mi if anything weird happens.
Hyuk Joo brings Woo Hyun up to speed based on his interview with Seung Jae. Yay – everyone is finally on the same page. It appears that although Seung Jae was the initial target, because he sent the musical invite to Yoo Ri, she ended up being the one with the computer virus and sitting on the Seat of Death.
Whoever ‘phantom0308′ is, he’s been using the musical as a way of finding out who the hateful commenters were. The killer knows the victims’ email address based on their usernames for the comments, so he sent them the email invite with the virus embedded in them. Once they opened it, the virus entered their computer, and the killer would be able to hack it. They would also accept the invitation to go to the musical and sit at D7; there the killer would see who they were, stalk them home, and then kill them. Seung Yoon was targeted because of her article on “True Story.”
But since Kang Mi sat in Seung Yoon’s seat, she’s the one in trouble. Woo Hyun tries to locate Kang Mi, while Hyuk Joo assembles a police team to find her.
Kang Mi leaves Seung Yoon’s apartment building. As she exits the lobby, she walks right past a man dressed in a dark hoodie and backpack, and dragging an empty luggage case. Kang Mi ignores him as Dark Hoodie enters the elevator. Um hello?! Is he not in the least suspicious to you? At all!? She does think she’s being followed through the parking lot though, and hurries to her car. I half-expected for Dark Hoodie to jump out from the backseat and strangle her – but thankfully no one else is in the car.
She finally picks up her cellphone, which has been ringing off the hook because of Woo Hyun. He warns her that the killer/Dark Hoodie/phantom0308 will be going after her since he thinks she’s Choi Seung Yoon, and tells her to get out of that parking lot ASAP!
Kang Mi quickly pulls out, but then stops the car. If he thinks she’s the reporter, wouldn’t he already be after her? She flashes back to the Dark Hoodie she passed by at the lobby – Dark Hoodie isn’t after her. He’s after Seung Yoon! He knows how Seung Yoon really looks like! She jumps out of her car and runs for the elevators again.
And suddenly, Seung Yoon’s computer starts blasting “The Phantom of the Opera.” She’s lost all control over her mouse, and the message “Remember the sin made by your hand” pops up on her screen. She’s spooked, but has enough sense to quickly dial Kang Mi’s number. She grabs her jacket and opens the door.
Dark Hoodie is standing right there, wearing the Magician’s mask!
Kang Mi is freaking out because once again, she’s let a suspect escape when he was within her grasp. She runs for the elevators, and as she goes up, the other elevator is coming down… Seung Yoon’s door is open, and there’s an overturned chair to show a sign of some struggle. Kang Mi sees the haunting message displayed on the computer screen as well, but there’s no body. Seung Yoon’s been kidnapped and stuffed into the luggage bag.
Seung Yoon’s home becomes a crime scene and the team starts taking pictures of her apartment as it was. Woo Hyun loses himself in his memories in front of Seung Yoon’s little bulletin board of stories for “True Story,” thinking back on the good ol’ days when he was still Ki Young. Kang Mi gets a severe scolding from Hyuk Joo for losing the suspect. Suddenly, Woo Hyun pushes Tae Gyun aside and inserts his own USB into Seung Yoon’s computer. Though protocol states that they need to bring the computer in and make a copy of the hard drive, Woo Hyun argues that Seung Yoon is still alive, and they need to find her as soon as possible.
Surprisingly, Hyuk Joo agrees, and he allows Woo Hyun to go through the computer, effectively “tampering with the evidence.” He orders Young Suk to check the CCTV cameras, Sang Woo to investigate the Han Yoo Ri case, Woo Hyun and Tae Gyun to investigate the computer, and he himself will go with Kang Mi to the theater to investigate everyone in the company.
Woo Hyun locates the virus within Seung Yoon’s computer, and sees the music file for “The Phantom of the Opera.” Tae Gyun and Woo Hyun wince at the music, but they recognize which musical it is from. It suddenly makes sense for Woo Hyun, who has an idea on who ‘phantom0308′ may be. Since he had seen photos of Hyo Jung in “Phantom of the Opera” costume on the suspect’s hard drive, the suspect must be someone very close to her in that same production.
Though Hyo Jung was never said to have been in a musical, it was possible she worked on one before she became famous. He knows that the production company The Musical is the only one that handles “The Phantom of the Opera” productions in Korea, so he goes to meet them. Am I the only one sniggering at the reference of The Musical because it’s really Ki Young/Daniel Choi in Woo Hyun/So Ji Sub’s body?
Woo Hyun meets with the production manager of The Musical, and he sees the very same costume that Hyo Jung and another actor had worn in those photos. The production manager says that Hyo Jung never played the female lead role of Christine for the play, but she was definitely part of the company as an extra. The production manager takes out one of her photo albums and shows Woo Hyun the same pictures he saw on the hard drive. For the extras, it was a bit of a tradition to wear the costumes of the leads at least once so that they can keep holding on to the hope that one day they will be successful.
At the same time, Kang Mi is flipping through the theater’s roster for “The Magician’s Dream,” and becomes interested in the profile of Ha Jung Ho. He looks a lot like the suspect in question, but he’s also The Magician on certain nights. In fact, that evening he’s actually performing onstage again. Kang Mi gets his schedule and notes that every single time the victims attended, it was when Jung Ho was performing.
Hyuk Joo goes through the dressing room and checks out each locker. He freezes at the sight of one of them holding a dark sweater. It has the words “Bidangil” on it – the same words that were on Dark Hoodie’s back the night of So Eun’s murder. The locker belongs to Ha Jung Ho.
It’s the end of the musical, and a new girl has been chosen to be the Magician’s bride for the night. The lights go dark, and when they turn on again, a team of cops surround the Magician onstage. He’s under arrest!
Hyuk Joo and Kang Mi conduct their interrogation in the dressing room, demanding him to tell them where Seung Yoon is. Um, who? OK – so he’s not going to admit so easily. Hyuk Joo accuses him of avenging Hyo Jung’s haters because he became friends with her during the production of “The Phantom of the Opera” a few years ago. But Ha Jung Ho really has no idea what they’re talking about. He doesn’t know any of those people, and after each performance, it gets so crazy backstage that he wouldn’t have had the time to kill those women anyways! He has witnesses to prove that he’s at the theater all night too.
Camera pans to the doorway, where the entire theater company is watching the proceedings unfold. It’s a nice break for comedy that they all raise their hands, as if saying “I’m his witness.” Heehee!
At The Musical company, the production manager informs Woo Hyun that the man in the Phantom costume beside Hyo Jung is her friend Ha Jung Ho. But Woo Hyun sees another face that catches his attention. The production manager explains that “that face” also performed with them and was quite close to Hyo Jung. The two of them nicknamed themselves as “Bidangil” – an acronym for the phrase “The Only Way that Dreams can Soar.” Hyo Jung even hired him into her production company after she debuted.
“That face” Woo Hyun recognized is none other than Yang Seung Jae.
Hyuk Joo throws the sweater at Jung Ho’s face – what is the suspect’s sweater doing in Jung Ho’s locker then? Ha Jung Ho says that his manager gave it to him. He’s close friends with his manager and performed with him in “The Phantom of the Opera” too. Cold realization falls upon Hyuk Joo and Kang Mi’s faces as they discover Seung Jae is now Ha Jung Ho’s manager, and that they both let the suspect out of their grasp.
Seung Jae had known who Seung Yoon really was because when he was leaving the bureau, he overheard Woo Hyun say that Kang Mi had escorted Seung Yoon home. That’s how he knew to go after the correct person.
Sang Woo calls Hyuk Joo with some new information that he discovered regarding Han Yoo Ri’s case. Yoo Ri and Seung Jae had had a fight because Seung Jae knew Yoo Ri was one of the hateful commenters against Hyo Jung. Basically, Seung Jae lied while giving his statement; he wasn’t the “real” target – Yoo Ri was from the start. On top of that, one of the theater company people remembers that Seung Jae offered to send out invitation emails for them, so that’s how he got his victims to come out.
In an unknown location, Seung Yoon is all bound and gagged, listening to Seung Jae rattle off her crime. He’s killing her because she wrote a slanderous article on Hyo Jung. Legally her punishment would be up to 3 years in jail or she pay a large fine, but for him – he thinks she should just die. Seung Jae sounds like a lovesick psychopath. He’s incensed that the girls involved in Shin Jin Yo didn’t even care that Hyo Jung died, because they even emailed each other saying “If Shin Hyo Jung never died, we wouldn’t have met!” To him, it wasn’t one person who killed Hyo Jung, but rather all of the netizens who wrote those nasty comments.
And he goes back to editing the Shin Hyo Jung video with Seung Yoon’s face on it.
Hyuk Joo and his team enter Seung Jae’s apartment, searching for clues on where he could be. Kang Mi spots his phone bill and sees some of the extra charges on his phone. She immediately calls up Woo Hyun, who is en route to Seung Jae’s apartment. It appears that Seung Jae had downloaded a cell phone tracker into his phone that served as a GPS. If they make a duplicate of his phone, they could find out where Seung Jae’s been to and where he could have gone with Seung Yoon.
Kang Mi can’t do it herself, since she’s a police officer and she doesn’t know how to do it. But Woo Hyun… well he’s technically a hacker posing as a cop, so he should be able to do it, right? Without responding, Woo Hyun pulls up to a curb and starts typing away into his computer – ha!
Woo Hyun hacks in to the phone company’s database and changes his phone’s serial number into Yang Seung Jae’s serial number. With a few clicks and a redirecting of numbers, he tricks Seung Jae’s phone company into sending the information to his phone. A list of his last GPS locations come up, and he rattles them off to Kang Mi. Kang Mi identifies each location as either a victim’s neighborhood or locations related to work. But there’s one address that they can’t identify. Woo Hyun searches it online – and they get Palace Tower.
Seung Jae took Seung Yoon to Hyo Jung’s old apartment. He’s going to kill her in the same way that Hyo Jung died.
Kang Mi quickly informs Hyuk Joo that Seung Jae is at Palace Tower. It’s been left empty because Shin Hyo Jung’s family has been fighting over her possessions. Hyuk Joo demands to know how Kang Mi knows all this, but she doesn’t give it away. All she says is that the previous murders have been staged to look like suicides. If this is going to be the last murder he will commit, then he will stage it in the most glorious way possible – imitate Hyo Jung’s death.
That doesn’t satisfy Hyuk Joo, because he knows something fishy is going on without his knowledge. But Kang Mi glares at him – yes, she glares! She’s only trying to fix her mistake for letting the suspect go, so she has no time to try to explain how she found him. The point is, she found him, and now she’s going to catch him. Hyuk Joo can come along if he wants.
At Hyo Jung’s apartment, Seung Jae prepares Seung Yoon for her death. He rips the tape off her mouth, but Seung Yoon doesn’t scream. “I did write the truth,” she says. “Shin Hyo Jung was murdered!” But Seung Jae believes that the killer is Hades (as everyone initially did) and that Hades is dead (as everyone should believe). He believes the netizens are at fault as well, because they ruined the dream that he and Hyo Jung had.
Woo Hyun arrives at Palace Tower, and suddenly, just like in episode 1, something crashes through the glass awning. Instead of a body, it’s a backpack with a laptop, its hard drive damaged by the fall from 11 stories up. Gosh, those building owners must seriously hate that they have to fix the awning. Kang Mi calls to let him know that Seung Yoon’s video is up. That’s not good news…
Up in Hyo Jung’s apartment, Seung Jae chloroforms Seung Yoon and then picks up her limp body. Just as he’s about to throw her over the window, Woo Hyun appears, gun in hand. He orders Seung Jae to let Seung Yoon go. (Side note: If I were the killer holding a victim over the edge, I’d literally let go and let her fall to her death. Can’t you cops say something more specific like, “Put her on the ground” or “Step away from the window”?)
Seung Jae inches closer to the window, and Woo Hyun fires a bullet through one of the windows. He will shoot if Seung Jae doesn’t let her go. “Shin Hyo Jung’s real killer is alive,” he says. “You know the watch with the world map? It’s that person.” Seung Jae freezes – he does know the person who owns that watch, but he didn’t know that person was the killer. He has a moment’s doubt, but then figures that he’s being lied to again.
A bullet fires into Seung Jae by his heart – it’s Hyuk Joo who fires. Kang Mi quickly checks on Seung Yoon, while Woo Hyun goes over to Seung Jae. Whispering, he tries to get Seung Jae to tell him who that person is, but it’s too late – Seung Jae dies.
The case of ‘phantom0308′ is closed. ’0308′ actually stands for the date when Seung Jae and Hyo Jung first performed the musical together. Kang Mi promises to try and find the picture in Seung Jae’s hard drive, though Woo Hyun holds little hope that it’s retrievable. He even wonders if he did the right thing in becoming Woo Hyun. Inside, he’s still Ki Young, and inside, he can’t shoot his gun at a suspect. The old-Woo Hyun would have been able to.
Seung Yoon appears, wanting a word with Woo Hyun. Why did he say that the person who killed Hyo Jung is still alive? Woo Hyun says that it was just a lie to stop Seung Jae from killing her. One more question: “How did you know my name was Choi Seung Yoon the first time we met?” Woo Hyun: “I heard Ki Young mention you one time.” Ooooh….slick.
Chief Shin and Director Jun listen to the results of the case and are ready to close it up. But Hyuk Joo has one more point to make. When they handed over Jung So Eun’s hard drive for investigation to Eung Jin, they discovered a dead Hades virus. How could Hades’ virus exist if Hades is dead? On top of that, Eung Jin tracked down the virus and saw it was sent through the police department IP address. So… Hades is in the police department!?
Woo Hyun and Kang Mi shift uneasily in their seats. Woo Hyun even says, “Park Ki Young is dead” to help finalize the issue. But Hyuk Joo won’t stop – he wants to be allowed to investigate further into the matter and see who in the police department used Hades’ code. Chief Shin wants to let this go. Why!? Director Jun doesn’t, and he approves the investigation.
Now, before Hyuk Joo closes in on them, Woo Hyun and Kang Mi have to work faster in catching Phantom – the real Phantom.
Kang Mi works late into the night, calling up any production company that could possibly know if Hyo Jung had a boyfriend or anything. She’s ready to give up, but the one thing that helps her regain her strength is Woo Hyun’s last voicemail. She still saved it, and it seems like she always goes back to it whenever she needs that reminder to be a good police officer.
She heads home, and finds Woo Hyun checking out her building. He’s surprised to see her there too, until she clarifies that she lives in that building. Woo Hyun: “Oh. Hmm.” He tells her to get into his car – he’s been doing some investigating on his own, and he’ll fill her in on the way.
Since Woo Hyun was able to duplicate Seung Jae’s phone, he did the same with Woo Hyun’s old phone that was blown up in the explosion. Most of the GPS locations were the office, crime scenes, and home. One was a camping place in Gangwon, and another place is one they’re heading to right now. Kang Mi guesses – is it Yangpyeong?
They arrive at a traditional Korean home in Yangpyeong. Kang Mi had not told him this before because she hoped they’d never have to come to this place. No matter how busy old-Woo Hyun was, he would make time to visit this place where his sickly father lived. Kang Mi had lied to the father and his helper that Woo Hyun had gone abroad for a long term program so that Ki Young-as-Woo Hyun would never have to come by.
Yeah well… now they’re here.
Woo Hyun looks at Mr. Kim awkwardly, not sure how to act. He’s just discovered that his best friend’s father is sick and dying, and now he must act the role of a son. And then, a little boy appears, half-asleep and in pajamas.
Woo Hyun stares. I stare. The kid stares back.
Kid: “DADDY!”
OH SHIT! Woo Hyun’s a daddy!!! This just makes things more awkward for Ki Young-as-Woo Hyun. WHOOO! Woo Hyun stares blankly at the kid, Seon Woo who’s just hugged him around the middle. Um – hug back?
Kang Mi knows Seon Woo too, so it means that she’s been here with Woo Hyun herself, instead of just having heard it from Woo Hyun. She does know that before she joined the police, old-Woo Hyun had married right after graduating from the academy (which Ki Young missed) and they divorced soon after Seon Woo’s birth. She never mentioned this family since she’d eventually tell them that the real Woo Hyun had died.
She’s shocked that Ki Young knows so little about Woo Hyun, but since he left the police academy, he couldn’t exactly go meet Woo Hyun. He was a hacker at that point; criminals and cops don’t exactly go to each other’s weddings. Kang Mi wonders why Ki Young left the police academy, but he doesn’t answer. He in turn asks why she continues to be a police officer when Hyuk Joo is so mean to her, and she doesn’t answer.
Ki Young-as-Woo Hyun picks up on the fact that Kang Mi likes (liked?) old-Woo Hyun, but she denies it. How could she like her boss? He points out that on old-Woo Hyun’s navigation system, every location held a sweet memory. His GPS showed that he stayed outside Kang Mi’s house every so often, waiting and watching her go home. It actually warms Kang Mi’s heart, but now she wonders whether their relationship could have been different if she had seen him waiting outside.
Woo Hyun drops her off home, and notes that Kang Mi is much kinder to him now. “Do you really see me as Woo Hyun now?” he asks. Kang Mi freaks – of course not! New-Woo Hyun and old-Woo Hyun are totally different! Hee.
The following day, a trading company experiences a crisis – their servers are completely frozen, thus not providing real time updates to their traders on the stock prices. It causes a frenzy within the company, and Hyuk Joo and Woo Hyun are called in to help investigate quietly.
Phantom receives a message from Winter again – this time about the Hades virus being found in Jung So Eun’s computer. I now have a feeling ‘Winter’ might be Director Jun… His assistant then comes in and informs him that it’s time for the meeting. Phantom opens up a drawer and picks out a watch; he does not choose the watch with the global map.
The trading company board gather in the meeting room 30 minutes before the market opens. They’re worried because they received a threatening call after their servers had frozen for approximately 10 seconds. The company is to wire $ 1 million dollars to a bank in Hong Kong or else the hacker will attack their home trading system. If that happens, it can affect approximately $ 6 billion dollars in the market. They’re not sure on what they should do; though they are loath to send the money, they also don’t want to get financially ruined and lose the customer’s trust.
However, the final final decision lies with one man – and he enters the room just in time. It’s JO HYUN MIN (Uhm Ki Joon), the president of Sekang Securities.
Comments:
Dun dun dun! Woohoo for Uhm Ki Joon! I’m kind of excited over the fact that we know who the killer is right away. We know it’s Jo Hyun Min (and if it’s not, there better be a good explanation!), but the other characters don’t. I love this cat and mouse game where the mouse sneaks around thinking the cat can’t see him, but the cat can see all. Things are probably going to start getting awkward since old-Woo Hyun knows Hyun Min, but Ki Young-as-Woo Hyun doesn’t. I wonder how that dynamic will play out…
And then we have a blind cat in the form of Hyuk Joo, who lords over the mice and yet can’t figure everyone out. It’s funny that Hyuk Joo gives everyone a nickname – Tae Gyun is “Know Nothing,” Sang Woo is “Mr. Reliable” because he always says that Kang Mi is reliable. But it also indicates that he’s putting down his members and reinforcing the fact that he is the leader of the group. He must realize that without his ever capable group, Hyuk Joo would be nothing. I’m sure he’s a brilliant detective, but right now he’s just an annoying thorn in mine and Woo Hyun’s sides.
The editing of this drama is a little choppy, and time of day is such a huge inconsistency in this drama. Scary scenes would happen in the dark, and then next thing we know, the police arrive not much later and it’s already morning. The choppy editing might also explain why it gets confusing in this drama. There are so many threads that not everyone figures out the same thing at the same time. It’s great because it drives home certain points for the viewer, repeating it often enough so that you understand what’s happening. It’s not so great because then I start thinking, “Wait, you didn’t know that already?” The whole situation on who knows about the Magician and who could possibly be the killer was a little confusing because I’m following Woo Hyun’s line of investigation, and I forget that he doesn’t share his findings with Hyuk Joo and the others.
On a final note, I know there might be some romantic tension between Woo Hyun and Kang Mi, and I’d be grateful if it were Ki Young-as-Woo Hyun being in love with Kang Mi, even though that would be quite complicated. But frankly, I don’t give a damn who she ends up with. The romance isn’t pulling me deeper into this drama at all.