The Resurrection, Kim eunsook

2007 Bunchae on the traditional paper in Korea.

“There's a saying that there's no reason for love. It's a lie. How could someone love without a reason? I can tell you at least 100 reasons why I like you. Your voice, your fingers. Your scent, your shadow. I even like your amnesia. I like everything about you. That's my reason." -LOVERS IN PARIS

“Even if I turned my body away, my heart won’t turn away.” -SECRET GARDEN

“there’s something I’ve learned in life. You can never know when happiness is coming, but you can tell when sadness is about to come.”-A GENTLEMAN’S DIGNITY

“sometimes a harsh lesson is the right medicine. We take, we lose, we take over, we get taken over. Welcome to the world of greed.”- THE HEIRS

“Love compels us to do things for others that they can do themselves” -DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN 

“life is a momentary thing...You come and you go.”- GUARDIAN: THE LONELY AND GREAT GOD (GOBLIN)

“Be careful when you take a lady’s hand. we don’t always carry rainbows and sunshine.” -MR. SUNSHINE

The Resurrection, Kim eunsook

2008 Bunchae on the traditional paper of korea.

안녕하세요!

I’ve infected myself with the Korean fever. I once said, “Meh, I’m not really into K-drama. Those oppa-oppa aren’t really my type and their swooning-of-love-full-of-romance stories isn’t really my cup of tea.”

I spit what's in my mouth and started drinking from that cup of tea.

It all started back when I had some free time. Yes, wonderful and terrible things happened to me when I slowed down from work.

I got caught up in this new K-series titled “The Glory” which starred Song Hye Kyo. Since I’m familiar with her since her Full House era (and again I’ve got nothing to do, so my brain is ultimately at the high level of curiosity) I gave it a try, started watching the first episode and the plot was surprisingly good!

It’s refreshing to see Song Hye Kyo, people who we always adore because she plays nice, become the victim that turns into the villain (which still we rooted for) of the stories. So, I got hooked!

If Korean dramas are anything like how they developed The Glory, I said, “No wonder people get addicted to this!”

I started to dive deep into the making of The Glory while waiting for their second part of the series. While watching all those interviews, I stumbled upon the writer: Kim Eun Sook, which I find quite interesting.

I adore her, I think she’s one of the great writers there is. Based on her interviews, the way she is involved down to the smallest detail in making a film or series shows her dedication to the fictional world she created. She also cares about the character and how the characters would evolve towards the whole thing. Kim Eun Sook built a pretty strong backstory for her fictional characters which resulted in us as audience caring for the character too – again based on what she told in the interview regarding The Glory.

Since I find her quite interesting, I dive back and tracing back all of her previous work and found out some of the most popular K-dramas are actually hers.

Descendant of the Sun – by popular I mean all of my Instagram friends are talking about this. Descendant of the Sun is one of the most talkabout series in my inner circle.

I started watching this, and find it quite refreshing, especially since I watched this after I watched In the Name of God: Holy Betrayal. 

The Inheritors – I’ve already watched it back in my freshmen year because my friend told me so. It was interesting for me because Lee Min Ho was in it. Some of the plot didn’t make sense, but it doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying it (tbh I’m not enjoying it and refuse to rewatch).

Guardian: The Lonely and The Great God – the word “Goblin” never made sense to me until I watched this series. This is also one of the most talked about dramas in its year (not sure when). I regret that I didn't watch this back when this series was popular. But I never regret watching this because Lee Dong Wook as Grim Reaper serves us the peak of the fashion!

Also, the Goblin-Grim Reaper walk WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE NOT FAMOUS. This is the .gif I could hear.

Many more popular K-dramas on my Netflix recommendation were written by Kim Eun Sook: Secret Garden (idk what is this), The King of Eternal Monarch (i've heard of it but yet had intention to watch) and many more.

The point is, I find her to be fascinating and actually quite curious about what she will offers in the future K-dramas.

Kim Eun Sook, you brilliant human being, you got me hooked in the world full of oppa-oppa.