The Problematic of the Unproblematic

  Episode 9: Are We Too Different to Stay Together? Cold Open: Repeats the end of episode 8 when Junu and the laptop guy see how Mi-Jo heals completely after being hit by a car. After credits: Junu clearly has piggybacked Mi-Jo all the way home. In the apartment, she tells him she is okay. He asks her what just happened, and she goes to show him the matching ring she has and tells him that she is the woman he saw as a boy. He’s keeping it together, but you can tell he’s freaking out on the inside. She goes on to tell him that she can’t die or get old. He asks if this is why she was pushing him away, and she agrees. She tells him that even though he says he loves her, there isn’t anything she can do, and he will come to see her as a monster. She says that now he should have no regrets and should just go away. He wants to say something, but what can he say? He leaves. Mi-Jo begins to cry. It's so sad. Sob.

Trotwood: For a show that is short with very short episodes, in these episode it asks its characters (and by default its viewers) some very philosophical questions about living. Do you try to avoid loss when you know it’s going to happen? How do you remain optimistic when you know something will end? Why do we keep going when we know we will die eventually? What would we do if we were immortal? Thus, none of you should be surprised that this squeecap is not as "mini" as the others. JoAnne: If we think about it for a minute, we all know that everything ends, eventually. Despite all evidence to the contrary, though, something in our brains doesn't really let us think about that until we get pretty old, or learn that we're fatally ill. We think about it a bit when someone near us dies, true. Perhaps a bit more when the death is premature, or particularly random. But in general, we avoid these thoughts. Poor Mi Jo cannot, though, because she knows that she'll b...

Episode 5: Does a Man Change? Or Does Love Change Cold open is of Mi-Jo gripping Junu's arm from end of last episode. He looks at her in surprise, but she just smiles slightly and says that she accepts his apology. He winces a bit though because she’s gripping his arm so tightly. She lets go and they both look awkwardly about. SakiVI: How strong is she?  She must've built tough fingers. 

Episode 3: Know Thyself then Know the Guy Trotwood: We open right after she falls breaking the lightbulb and watch how the hand she cuts nearly immediately heals itself. Wow. Immortality and no scarring. Impressive. The tense moment we thought we had at the end of last episode isn’t really that tense at all because he breaks it up with a smartass comment although she has to fan herself because she feels hot. JoAnne: And of course he didn't notice the abnormal healing. It's too soon. SakiVI: I wonder if that is why this woman never had any descendants, because her body would just reset itself? Or maybe I'm just assuming she hasn't had any since she seems so alone. 

I really enjoyed this show and think more people should watch. It really wasn’t something I planned to watch. It was about a rapper (I thought), and I don’t like rap. The official poster did not look appealing at all. However, I’m on constant look out for short satisfying drama, especially during busy times at work. This fit. At ten episodes at about 15 minutes apiece, it seemed perfect. Who knew that it would be so satisfying? JoAnne: Same in that I'd no plan of watching, but only because it wasn't really popping up in my news. I've got nothing against rappers per se - but then Trot was saying how enjoyable it was and when I looked, I agreed. Plus: fast episodes and two people I like as leads . For this recap project, I’m calling them a mini-cap because I’m going back to the pattern from Noble My Love and do two episodes each post. I want to try to finish during the winter slow period at work! SakiVI: I was surprised how interesting it was. We have this love ex...