Marry My Husband Korean Vs Japanese – Episodes 14 – 16

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This series started as a one to one comparison of each episode. However, due to the different lengths of each drama, I found that no longer possible. The timelines just don’t match up. So, I will be providing detailed summaries of each episode and then doing a final comparison of each series as a whole. Episode ten is the final Japanese episode, so the posts to follow will only include the Korean episodes.

Click here for episodes 11 – 13.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yan Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Oh Yu Ra – Ji Hyuk’s ex fiance

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Suzuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 14

Episode 14 begins with Ji Hyuk being released from the hospital. Ji Won takes care of him while he recovers.

At the office, Miss Yang comes back. She plans to catch her husband in the act. They don’t care him doing anything but the situation is enough like her own that Ji Won breaks the coffee table. Miss Yang and her husband argue and he pushes her. She lands where the table had been.

Ji Won decides she needs to seduce Min Hwan in order to give Su Min her fate of dying by a cheating husband. She stages an incident at work for Min Hwan to see. She tells him the chairman paid her to break up with Ji Hyuk.

Su Min meets with Mr. Kim.

Min Hwan decides it’s better to get back together with JI Won than kill her. He tells Su Min he wants a divorce.

Eun Ho shows up to work to learn that Yu Ra bought the restaurant. Ji Hyuk enlists the help of Yu Ra’s assistant and sends her a pair of red high heels. Ji Won no longer wants to seduce Min Hwan.

Yu Ra stages the Mom and Dad’s suicide.

Su Min agrees to the divorce then calls Yu Ra.

While working late, Ji Won gets a creepy phone call. All the lights go out and Min Hwan calls her name. He attacks her and tries to strangle her.

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 15

Repeat of the strangling scene. Min Hwan and Ji Hyuk fight. The two are arrested, Ji Won is taken to the hospital.

Su Min meets with Yu Ra, plays a recording of the call Yu Ra made, telling the Mom and Dad to go to China.

Min Hwan calls Y Ra to bail him out. He’s informed he’s been fired. Loan sharks are calling and show up at his house. He finds out Su Min has 80 million won, plus cash.

Miss Yang’s husband makes a scene in her hospital room. Mr. Lee steps in .

Ji Hyuk meets with Su Min, tells her he knows Ji Won and Min Hwan are seeing each other. He wants Su Min’s help to get them charged with adultery.

Yu Ra plays a game with the chairman. Ji Hyuk comes in, says he’s going to introduce the woman he likes to his grandfather and he doesn’t want Yu Ra coming around anymore. Ji Won comes in. She speaks with the grandfather, who initially tries to get her to leave Ji Hyuk, but Ji Won wins him over.

Su Min shows up at the office and confronts Ji Won about supposedly sleeping with Min Hwan. Ji Won calls security.

Min Hwan receives the life insurance policy from the company. He goes to see Yu Ra, asks for her help in getting rid of Su Min. Things are set up for Su Min to catch Min Hwan and Yu Ra in the act, though she’s expecting Ji Won. She catches them and intends to call the police but Yu Ra’s assistant subdues her. Min Hwan takes Su Min to another location to kill her and make it look like an accident. She gets free and the two fight, resulting in Min Hwan’s death when Su Min pushes him and he falls on the glass coffee table.

Ji Hyuk warns Ji Won that some people will never stops.

Su Min stands outside their apartment building ominously.

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 16

Yu Ra is being questioned at the police station but is quickly released. The chairman is waiting for her in the parking lot. He tells her to resign and to go volunteer in Africa. She refuses. Ji Huk appears and says he has evidence against her. The Mom and Dad step out of a car. They are arrested and Yu Ra is taken back into custody.

Miss Yang wakes up from her surgery and is filled in on what happened with Min Hwan.

Eun Ho goes to the office and talks with Hui Yeon, who, after some awkward conversation, says she likes him.

Ji Won has dinner with Ji Hyuk’s family.

The group gathers together at Ji Won’s apartment. The see everyone off after the part and Ji Won returns to clean. A Storm stars outside. Her doorbell rings and she opens the door. Sun Min appears and tases her. She wakes up to see Su Min spreading gasoline. The two talk. Su Min admits to what she did. Then Ji Won takes her down and points to a security camera. Flashback to them preparing for the encounter.

Ji Hyuk arrives with the police and Su Min is taken away.

Yu Ra leaves the police station, and plans on leaving the country before a travel ban can be implemented. Annoyed, she fires her assistant and takes off on her own, driving dangerously.

The next day, Ji Hyuk discovers the heart on his chest is gone. A new reports shows Yu Ra was in a car accident and died.

Miss Yang gets her divorce. They celebrate at Eun Ho’s new restaurant.

Ji Won and Ji Hyuk go to the place they first spend a night together. Initailly Ji Won proposes, but he walks away and then comes back with flowers and proposes to her properly.

In prison, Su Min obsesses over Ji Won and tells lies to her cellmates.

Ji Jyuk and Ji Won get married in a beautiful ceremony that even the highschool bullies attend.. In 2016, Ji Won opens the Second Chance Foundation. In 2017, the couple have twins. On the day Ji Won originally died, they go to an art gallery together. The show ends with them being happy and in love.

Stay tuned for the final comparison.

Marry My Husband Korean vs Japanese Episode 11 – 13

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This series started as a one to one comparison of each episode. However, due to the different lengths of each drama, I found that no longer possible. The timelines just don’t match up. So, I will be providing detailed summaries of each episode and then doing a final comparison of each series as a whole. Episode ten is the final Japanese episode, so the posts to follow will only include the Korean episodes.

Click here for episode ten.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yan Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Oh Yu Ra – Ji Hyuk’s ex fiance

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Suzuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 11

Episode 11 begins with Ji Won and Ji Hyuk kissing. He suddenly stops, remembering his own death in 2023. He tells her he’s not the right person for her, because he wants her to be happy, and pushes her out of the apartment.

At the office, Ji Hyuk has taken a sick day so that night Ji Won makes him porridge. When she goes to give it to him, she hears a commotion inside and uses the passcode he gave her to go inside. She finds him partially passed out on the floor. Based on things he says, she realizes he was her “drunken mistake” back in college.

In the morning, he wakes up and s he’s next to him. He doesn’t really remember what happened so she tells him what he said. She hugs him but he tries to push her away again. She tells him she thought she might have gone back in time for him and he hugs her.

At work, the two are all smiles. When Ji Won goes to the elevator, Min Hwan follows her, wanting to talk. He’s mad because she’s treating him like he doesn’t exist and she tells him he shouldn’t have done something to cause that.

Su Min meets Min Hwan’s mother, who makes it sound like she had a great childhood.

Miss Yang’s parents tell her husband to start working at their restaurant and to stop expecting her to do everything.

Ji Won and Ji Hyuk go on a date.

Everyone in the office goes for dinner to celebrate Miss Yang’s promotion. When Mr. Lee arrives he sees Miss Yang’s husband, having just been kissing another woman.

Su Min and Min Hwan start making wedding plans but his mother completely takes over. Sun Min sends a wedding invitation to Ji Won and the wedding is announced company wide.

On the day of the wedding, Ji Hyuk gives Ji Won a beautiful necklace. At the wedding, Su Min’s “mother” arrives a bit late. Ji Won and Ji Hyuk arrive together. Min Hwan is surprised. Ji Won and Su Min speak before the wedding begins and Ji Won congratulates her on picking up Ji Won’s trash.

Flashes between the present and past wedding.

After the ceremony, the High school bullies show up and make a scene.

Miss Yang tells Mr. Lee she has stomach cancer.

At the apartment building, Ji Hyuk’s ex finance is waiting.

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 12

This episode begins with a flashback to Ji Won in middle school. People around her gossip about her mother leaving and she meets Su Min for the first time.

In the present, Ji Hyuk’s ex ( Oh Yu Ra) is waiting outside their apartment building. Ji Won walks away and goes to her apartment. Hui Yeon calls and tells her about Miss Yang’s cancer.

At work there’s problems with the meal kit project. Hui Yeon suspects Mr. Kim might be behind it.

Ji Hyuk explains about his ex, but Ji Won is too scared to accept it. He hands her a business card for a doctor he recruited who specializes in stomach cancer.

Ji Won meets with Yu Ra.

She returns the necklace to Ji Hyuk. Ji Won realizes her fate isn’t so much about marrying Min Hwan as it is about the type of people.

Min Hwan tells his mother they were scammed. When his mother tries to blame her, Su Min defends herself. She later tells Min Hwan there is no baby and claims she miscarried.

Hui Yeon brings Ji Won snacks while she’s working overtime. She tells Ji Won why her brother got engaged in the first place and what kind of person Yu Ra is.

Su Min is sent information about Ji Won and Ji Hyuk, who shares it with Min Hwan. She decides to get back at Ji Won.

Suddenly, Ji Won’s mom contacts h er. The two meet, talk about the past. Ji Won asks her to spend time with her the next day. They go shopping together and Ji Won buys her all kinds of expensive stuff. After, the mother lets it slip that she heard Ji Won was dating rich man. Ji Won suspected from the beginning that she was after money. The mother asks for money but Ji Won tells her no and leaves.

Yu Ra meets Min Hwan.

Ji Won visits her father’s grave. Someone follow her when she leaves. A big garbage trucks goes barreling towards her while s he’s at a red light, but Ji Hyuk cuts off the truck, getting hit instead of her.

Marry My Husband Korean Episode 13

Ji Hyuk is rushed to the hospital and into surgery.

Flashback to 6 days prior. Yu Ra and Min Hwan conspire together. At the office, Min Hwan confronts Ji Won in the elevator.

Min Hwan conspires with Yu Ra to kill Ji Won. Ji Hyuk moved 80 billion won worth of property into her name. If she dies, her mother will inherit and by extension, Su Min’s father, who was the man Ji Won’s mom ran away with.

Back to the night of the accident, Ji Hyuk finds out what’s going to happen and takes steps to prevent it. On his way, he leaves JI Won a voice mail, telling her he died it 2023. The accident happens. In the hospital, Ji Won charges her phone and listens to the voice mail.

Ji Won and Su Min meet. They fight and stuff about their past is revealed. Su Min wanted to take everything from Ji Won because she still had a good home life, where Su Min didn’t.

Yu Ra goes to Eun Ho’s restaurant and asks him how he knows Ji Hyuk.

Ji Hyuk wakes up in the hospital and tells Ji Won he loves her.

Alchemy of Souls 2: Light and Shadow – Review

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Title: Alchemy of Souls 2: Light and Shadow

Language: Korean

Episodes: 10

Where to Watch: Netflix

Genres: Action, Historical, Romance Fantasy

Objectionable Content: Violence

Summary (from mydramalist): Jang Uk returns from death, and three years later, the story of the mages unfolds anew. Jang Uk becomes a hunter of the soul-shifters when a young woman, a prisoner in her own home, seeks his help to reclaim her freedom.

My Review of Alchemy of Souls 2: Light and Shadow

**note that this review will contact huge spoilers for the ending of the first season of Alchemy of Souls.**

So, I started watching this extremely eagerly after I finished the first season. In the final episode of Alchemy of Souls, Mu Deok was being controlled by Jin Mu and forced to kill several people. When the mages from Songrim confront her, Janu Uk protects her and she stabs him in the heart. She comes back to herself long enough to realize what she’s done she see him die. Jin Mu’s control takes over again and she goes to the Lake and jumps in.

Jangu Uk’s funeral pyre is held and the power of the ice stone brings him back to life. Two unknown people are seen pulling Mu Deok’s body from the Lake and the episode ends.

I was expecting (hoping) that season 2 would pick up from this point. Annoyingly, there’s a three year gap. Jang Uk has only been allowed to keep the ice stone if he uses his power to kill soul shifters and no other reason.

I have a suspicion that the writers of the show had different intentions from the beginning and that, perhaps, Netflix didn’t give them the green light right away so when they finally did get the go ahead for a second season, the lead actress, Jun So Min, was probably unavailable to reprise her role. Instead, they had to come up with another way to continue the story.

It’s extremely unfortunate that it worked out the way it did. Three amazing relationships were ruined by the ending of season one. This show could have ended with a beautiful happy ending, with all the characters in the relationships that were built up over 20 episodes. Instead, we got…this.

I don’t know if I enjoyed it as I was also annoyed with how it had that three year gap and so many things weren’t explained. The actors all did a great job with what they were given so I can’t fault them for that. Overall, there was this overwhelming sense of sadness through the whole thing. I kept watching because I wanted to know how it would all end and it was only ten episodes.

More or less, I feel more like I want to rant than give this show a proper review. I kind of want to pretend that the last half of the last episode of Alchemy of Souls didn’t happen and that everyone got to have their happy endings.

My rating for Alchemy of Souls 2: Shadow and Light is 3 out of 5 stars. I don’t know that I would necessarily recommend it though if you have season one you’ll probably want to know what happens after. Just try not to have high expectations like I did.

Have you seen Alchemy of Souls? Please let me know what you thought.

As always, thanks for reading!

Alchemy of Souls – KDrama Review

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Title: Alchemy of Souls

Language: Korean

Episodes: 20

Where to Watch: Netflix

Genres: Action, Historical, Romance Fantasy

Objectionable Content: Violence

Summary (from MyDramaList): In the fictional country of Daeho, young mages struggle to overcome twisted fates caused by the forbidden “alchemy of souls,” a spell that swaps souls between bodies. Naksu, an elite assassin, finds her soul trapped in the weak body of Mu Deok, a servant to the noble Jang Family. Jang Uk, the young master of the Jang Family, harbors a dark secret about his birth and seeks Naksu’s help to change his destiny.

My Review of Alchemy of Souls

Right of the bat, this drama has a little bit of everything: action, magic, romance, forbidden love, and even a little comedy. It’s one of those few shows that manages to capture all those little elements without losing the plot. The set designs are fabulous, the magic looks real and the costumes are fantastic.

Honestly, when I initially started watching Alchemy of Souls I wasn’t really into it. I watched a couple of episodes then stopped. I recently restarted it and must have been more in the mood for it, but I loved it. I devoured it and cursed every time I had to stop watching to do things like sleep.

One thing I really prefer about Asian dramas as opposed to American made shows, is the character and relationship development. I find that Asian dramas focus on that much more, even when the show is a romance. It’s very rare to see the main characters even kiss until like 10 episodes in. There are many relationships in this show, some new, some long established, that go through so much change and development. Between the leads in particular, their relationship starts out very rocky. They each have their reasons for needing one another. At first, their relationship is more of a business contract, but it develops into much more over time. The lengths these two will go to protect one another is extensive and heartwarming.

The other characters were also interesting. I don’t think there was anyone I didn’t like. They all had their roles and did them well. It never really felt like there was an outright villain, like all the things that happened were a domino affect from one well meaning decision. Everyone wants to protect someone, but keeping secrets leads to misunderstandings and unintended consequences.

The last episode is so heartbreaking. Everything comes to a head and so much shit happens. Naturally, it ended on a huge cliffhanger. I’m very glad that I waited to watch Alchemy of Souls so that part two is already available. I will absolutely be starting it asap.

My rating for Alchemy of Souls is 5 out of 5 stars and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a good fantasy drama with action and romance, or any combination there of.

Have you seen Alchemy of Souls? I’d love to know what you thought!

Marry My Husband – Korean vs Japanese Episode Ten

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This series started as a one to one comparison of each episode. However, due to the different lengths of each drama, I found that no longer possible. The timelines just don’t match up. So, I will be providing detailed summaries of each episode and then doing a final comparison of each series as a whole. Episode ten is the final Japanese episode, so the posts to follow will only include the Korean episodes.

Click here for episode nine.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yan Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Suzuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband Korean Episode Ten

After the meeting with Min Hwan’s parents, he fights with his mother. He goes to her apartment, yelling and banging on the door, only for an unfamiliar man to open the door. Ji Won has moved to a new apartment in the same building Ji Hyuk lives. Ji Hyuk and Hui Yeon arrive to help Ji Won unpack. Later, Hui Yeon follows Ji Hyuk back to his apartment, questioning him about his feeling for Ji Won.

At work, Min Hwan angrily tries to confront Ji Won, but she slaps him before he can say anything. She accuses him of cheating and shows a pair of red panties as proof. She throws her engagement ring and it shatters. Rumors start spreading around the office. Mr. Kim returns but no one cares.

Outside, Min Hwan gets mad at Su Min about the panties, but she says they’re not hers.

In the break room, Hui Yeon and Miss Yang comfort Ji Won. Eun Ho calls but she stays she’ll call him later. Ji Won explains that they were at Eun Ho’s restaurant and he saw her upset.

Su Min tries to comfort Min Hwan telling him he only followed his heart, but he puts her in her place, saying she isn’t marriage material. Mr. Kim sees them together and freaks out. He tries to attack Min Hwan but just sort of flails around. More gossip spreads.

The allergy incident is discovered and Miss Yang questions Min Hwan about it. He and Su Min have meetings with HR. He is to be transferred and her contract is terminated.

Su Min tries calling Ji Won, who doesn’t answers. She then starts hand writing a letter.

Mr. Kim is told that Miss Yang will now be his supervisor. He objects and is told that he can resign if he prefers. In the lobby of the building, the couple involved in the allergy incident are demanding to see Ji Won. She approaches then and the wife hits her. The husband shows her his phones when asked, which shows a a letter she supposedly wrote saying the couple were just trying to get free things and that Su Min was innocent in the incident.

Ji Won calls Sun Min out, who was trying to leave unnoticed. Ji Won pulls her over and forces her to kneel and apologizes to the couple and begs Ji Won for forgiveness, claiming she’s pregnant.

Min Hwan gets drunk and passes out in an alley. Two men pick him up and tie him to a chair. Min Hwan thinks they are debt collectors. He promises to get their money once he gets married and his parents buy him a house. Min Hwan goes to Su Min, who is sulking. He tries to comfort her, telling her Ji Won must be really upset. He asks her to marry him.

Meanwhile, Ji Won is out with her friends at Eun Ho’s restaurant. Mr. Lee reports to the Chairman (Ji Hyuk’s grandfather) what happened. The chairman wants to meet Ji Won. The two meets at his home. Ji Hyuk bursts in, but the grandfather didn’t say anything bad.

Su Min posts on a second hand marketplace, looking for a positive pregnancy test and a sonogram picture.

Ji Hyuk teaches Ji Won to shoot a shot gun.

Ji Won and Hui Yeon have a meal at Ji Won’s place. Eun Ho calls and Hui Yeon pretends to have plan to let them go alone. She goes to her brother’s apartment and talks about them. Ji Hyuk looks depressed and eats ice cream from the pail.

Ji Won and Eun Ho go ice skating, but she keeps thinking about Ji Hyuk. At the end of the night, she tells Eun Ho he’s a great friend, which he graciously accepts.

Returning home, Ji Hyuk is waiting for her. She says she needs to tell him something and they go to his apartment, where he has decorated for christmas. She tells him about her date with Eun Ho but that she doesn’t have feeling for him. She confesses how she feels to Ji Hyuk and the two kiss.

Marry My Husband Japanese Episode Ten

Tomoya is rushed into emergency. Wataru and Misa arrive. The police question Misa about her relationship with Tomoya and Reina. Wataru wants to help with the investigation. They return to his place, her makes her soup.

Misa resolves to end things with Reina. She confesses she hopes Tomoya dies and Wataru lives.

Wataru tries to propose the food delivery service to his grandfather, but he won’t even look at it.

Reina called Wataru pretending to be someone else. She begs to see Misa, promises to turn herself in after. Wataru doesn’t Misa about Reina’s call.

Misa and Miku go to the funeral of the restaurant owner.

Wataru goes to the meeting place Reina indicated. Under cover police are everywhere.

Tomita approaches Misa at the funeral. He tampered with Tomoya’s brakes at Reina’s request.

Reina poses as a server where Wataru is and gets him to leave.

Tomita gets Misa away from others, goes on a rant about Misa ruining his life and Reina saving him, then pulls out a taser.

Wataru and Reina arrive somewhere in a car. Reina asks him to kiss her and she’ll tell him where Misa is. Instead, he tries to strangle her and she stabs him. Reina gets in a car with Tomita and an unconscious Misa, leaving Wataru behind.

Misa wakes up in a ferris wheel with Reina, who is covered in blood. They have a somewhat honest conversation and Misa confesses she’s always hated Reina, tries to convince her to let go, but Reina pulls out a knife.

Tomita stops the ferris wheel at the top. Wataru arrives but Tomita locked the controls.

Reina wants Misa to die with her. Misa refuses and the two fight. Wataru and Tomita struggle on the ground and Wataru gets the key. During the struggle between the women, the car door opens and Reina almost fall but Misa pulls her back in. Misa says they should go their separate ways. Reina purposefully falls from the car, mimicking Misa’s orignial death.

Misa gets down, crying, she hugs Wataru who then collapses.

At the hospital, the doctor tells them to prepare for the worst. Misa begs him to wake up when his vitals start dropping. Wataru sees his mother in a dream and she tells him to go back.

Tomoya dies and Wataru wakes up. Misa visits Reina’s grave, then brings snacks to Wataru.

At Tanbe’s cafe, they celebrate Wataru and Sumiyoshi recovering, who says she’s filing for divorce. Miku wants to ask Tanbe out. She confesses to him but he tells her he’s closing the cafe and moving to France. She gets upset and runs away.

Snippets of the next ten years. Misa reopens the restaurant, Wataru goes back to studying plants, the food delivery takes off during Covid.

On the day Misa originally dies, they for for a drive, pass a cab with her father driving.

At a secluded spot Wataru prepares to propose but Misa does it first. The get engaged and the series end.

Marry My Husband – Korean vs. Japanese – Episode Nine

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This series was meant to be a one to one comparison of each episode of the Korean vs Japanese versions of the drama Marry My Husband. However, due to the different number of episodes, the timelines are vastly different. Therefore, from here on, I will not be making a comparison at the end of each post. Instead, I will post the detailed summaries of each episode and then at the end, compare the two dramas as a whole.

Click here for episode eight.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yan Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Suzuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband – Korean Episode Nine

At Ji Won’s birthday party, after the proposal, Su min approaches Ji Won on th4 docks. She asks Ji Won to forgive her, but Ji Won pushed her away. Su Min calls out as Ji Won walks away. She standing on the very edge of the dock. Inside, Ji Hyuk hears a splash. Ji Won jumps in to save Su Min, who hold Ji Won while smiling like a maniac. When Hi Hyuk reaches the docks, they’re both out the water, coughing.

In the house, everyone goers to bed except Ji Won, who’s drinking hot chocolate. Min Hwan find Su Min in his bed.

Ji Won tells Ji Hyuk what happened in the water. They hear someone coming and hide.

Ji Hyuk takes her out on a boat to calm down and watch the sunrise. She thanks give for the proposal.

At the office, people notice her ring and she announces she’s engaged. On the rooftop, Ji Hyuk asks why she’s telling people if she’s going to call it off. She says that it will be that much worse for him when she does cancel it.

At home, Su Min shows up at Ji Won’s door to her a birthday present: a pair of red high heels like the ones Su Min wore in episode one. She also says she wants to give Ji Won a wedding present: a cooking class.

At the cooking class, Min Hwan’s mother is there, though she doesn’t know who Ji Won is. She pushed Ji Won around immediately.

Miss Yan is at work on Sunday when she gets a call from her young daughter, who has been left home along. Miss Yang takes a cab but traffic is at a standstill. Mr. Lee pulls up next to her on a motorbike and she asks him for help. He drives her home. Inside, she comforts her daughter then starts to get stomach pain.

Back at the cooking class, Min Hwans’s mother compliments Su Min, then berates Ji Won, who is purposefully being slow. At the end of the class, Ji Won presents a perfect dish.

Ji Won and Min Hwan go shopping and she buys tons of expensive stuff on his credit card. Eun Ho calls while t hey get coffee and Min Hwan answers. He asks about Eun Ho’s restaurant, hoping for a discount if they have the meet the parents dinner there.

The three high school bullies are with Eun Ho. They want to apologize to Ji Won and Eun Ho was calling to set up a meeting. Ji Won calls back to apologize and Eun Ho says he will host the dinner.

Ji Hyuk visits his grandfather who has been admitted to the hospital. He berates Ji Hyuk about Ji Won.

At Min Hwan’s house, his mother is yelling at her husband about what to wear to meet Ji Won. Su Min texts Min Hwan that she’s outside.

At the restaurant, Min Hwan arrives first, followed by his parents. Ji Won shows up wearing a very provocative outfit. The mother immediately starts telling Ji Won how she’ll live once married. At first, Ji Won agrees, then she says the wedding is off, angry at how the mother looks down on her father. She storms out and Min Hwan follows. She says she’s breaking up with him. When he grabs her arm, she Judo throws him to the ground. The episode ends with her smiling in triumph.

Marry My Husband – Japanese Episode Nine

The next morning, Miku arrives to take care of Misa. Sumiyoshi calls Misa and they leave to go to the hospital. Wataru got her a referral to better doctor. Her cancer is operable, unlike Misa’s, and Sumiyoshi will likely survive. Tanbe calls Misa, and they go to his cafe. Wataru left an envelope containing a bank card, a letter of attorney and some other items “in case something happens to him.”

In Toyama, Wataru rents a car.

Tomoya and Reina are at the hospital with Tomoya’s mother, who had a stroke and is unconscious. Tomoya gets a text from Wataru. The two men talk on the phone and Wataru offers Tomoya a fresh start. Tomoya leaves for Toyama.

Misa and Miku go to Wataru’s apartment. Using his laptop which has his calendar on it, they discover he’s gone to Toyama. There are other significant dates marked in the calendar.

Tomoya’s mother wakes up and spews hate at Reina, who get upset and hits the mother, breaking her nose.

Wataru pays respects at Misa’s father’s grave. Tomoya arrives there and they get in the car together, heading toward the bridge where Wataru died in 2025. Misa steps into the road, forcing Wataru to stop the car. She pulls Tomoya out of the passenger seat, get in and tells Wataru to drive.

They have a conversation and he finally tells her what happened to him after she died in 2025, how he also died, was in a cab with her father driving and then woke up in 2015. Misu berates him for trying to die and take Tomoya as her substitute, then confesses her feelings for him

Reina walks about Toyama singing and taking pictures.

Flashback to Reina and Misa as children. Reina lies about her parents, making her life sound great. Misa’s date arrives and takes her home to have dinner.

In the present, Misa and Wataru walk by the ocean. He apologizes for the mean things he said to her. As he’s about to say he loves her, she gets a call from Miku, who asks if Reina is with them.

Reina takes Misa’s grandmother from her nursing home and walks down the road with her in the freezing cold. Mis and Wataru search for them and find the grandmother’s wheelchair abandoned. Misa runs off and finds Reina. The two fight. Reina tries to strangle her. She leaves when she hears Wataru calling Misa’s name. The grandmother was found.

Tomoya finds his way to a convenience store, where he’s able to charge his phone and call his parents. His mom suggests killing Reina for the insurance money.

On a bus heading home, Tomoya tells Reina they should go on a trip, that she’s his precious family and that he loves her. They part ways at a bus stop with Tomoya continuing on to his parents. Neither believes the other. Reina throws her phone in a garbage can.

Back in Tokyo, Wataru gives Misa an investigation report about Reina and find out what really happened to Reina’s parents.

Tomoya, back at his apartment, looks at an insurance policy for Reina with him as the beneficiary. He actually looks up on the internet how to get away with murder.

Reina calls, claims his mother is comatose. He immediately rushes out, with Reina still on the phone. She reveals her true colours and that the brakes in his car have been tampered with. Tomoya calls Misa, crying, apologizing and want to start over with her. The call ends with the sound of Tomoya’s car crashing.

Marry My Husband – Korean vs. Japanese – Episode Eight

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This series was meant to be a one to one comparison of each episode of the Korean vs Japanese versions of the drama Marry My Husband. However, due to the different number of episodes, the timelines are vastly different. Therefore, from here on, I will not be making a comparison at the end of each post. Instead, I will post the detailed summaries of each episode and then at the end, compare the two dramas as a whole.

Click here for episode seven.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yan Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Suzuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband – Korea Episode Eight

Min Hwan and Su Min arrive at the water together only to find the number on flag is already gone.

Flashback – Ji Won had previously had number 4, Su Min had number one. Min Hwan went to Ji Won’s tent. Ji Won hopes things will progress if Su Min ends up in the tent. Su Min gets the number four flag, then see Ji Won. She tries to steal Ji Won’s name badge in order to gain the flag but Ji Won fights back. Su Min is hurt in the struggle. Though she initially walks away, Ji Won goes back to check on her. Su Min hides and takes Ji Won’s name back and flag. Ji Won fought back again and gets the flag back.

After the winner are announced, Su Min approaches Ji Won, wanting to know why she’s behaving the way she is. Ji Won responds that she doesn’t like Su Min anymore, that she’s going to marry Min Hwan and start a new family.

Su Min and Min Hwan talk alone, start kissing. Ji Won sees and starts to cry. Ji Hyuk arrives and leads her away. He comforts her and they have a heart to heart conversation.

The next morning, Min Hwan approaches Ji Won, calling her heartless for sleeping in the camper while he had to sleep in a sleeping bag. She says she went to bring him hand warmers last night but he wasn’t there. They go for breakfast and Min Hwan acts like a good boyfriend. Su Min watches jealously.

At home, Su Min scratches Ji Won’s face out of photos.

At the gym, Min Hwan brags to his friend about sleeping with Su Min.

At the office, Min Hwan is scheduled for a work outing with Su Min. As they’re leaving, Su Min gives Ji Won a letter.

At the work outing Su Min keeps acting provocatively around Min Hwan. When she leaves to get the allergies sign, he follow her. They go to a private area and start making out, but Min Hwan gets a call. At the tasting a man is having an allergic reaction. The man is taken to the hospital where Min Hwan apologizes profusely. The man decides to let it go.

Min Hwan’s stocks tank and he’s unable to sell them, but the used credit and a loan to buy them so now he’s huge in debt.

Min Hwan tries to break things off with Su Min, who subtlety hints at tell Ji Won.

Min Hwan and Ji Won for for a drink. He asks her to marry him sooner than planned.

Ji Won tells Ji Hyuk about the kitten she used to feed in college. She feels bad for not taking him in after he disappeared. Ji Hyuk tells he was discharged early from hi military service because he hurt himself saving a kitten from being hit by a car. Ji Won realizes it was the same cat and is overjoyed that the cat was saved.

They go to his apartment to see the cat. Ji Won laments that she’ll have to endure Min Hwan’s lame proposal again. Flashback to show how terrible it was.

A much nicer proposal happens involving drones.

Marry My Husband – Japan Episode Eight

Episode eight begins with a flashback to Reina’s childhood. She chases after her mother, is left with her father and unwanted by her step mother. She gives her mother a mother’s day gift, but just gets yelled at. One day she comes home to find her mother on the railing of the balcony, saying she’s going to kill herself. She throws a glass at her daughter and then falls over the railing. After the funeral her father tells her he’s moving and can’t take her with him. She’s to be left with relatives. The step mother gives her some friendship bracelets.

Later, she comes across young Misa crying in the park, gives her one of the bracelets, and tells her that she’ll be Misa’s friend.

In the present, Reina returns home. Tomoya calls her, angry and tells her to get to his parents house. She hangs up. She finds old pictures of her and Misa. Flashback to them promising to be best friends forever. She sets the pictures on fire.

Back to Misa and her friends. She leaves the dinner to go to a neighbouring apartment she is now renting to look for wasabi. Miku asks her brother why Misa doesn’t just move in with him and he says they aren’t in that kind of relationship.

They celebrate the new year’s countdown and then watch the first sunrise together. Wataru gives Misa a white envelope.

At a hospital, Misa gets an MRI. Wataru’s gift to her was a health check up. Flashback to times he said things that imply he might know the future. She asks him if there’s something he hasn’t told her. She asks if he ever met her father but he doesn’t get to answer.

The restaurant they frequented closes.

Reina goes to the real estate office, pretending to be Misa.

At work, Tomoya looks miserable, people are talking behind his back. He gets a call from a debt collector.

During lunch, Sumiyoshi tells Misa and Miku that her husband is cheating. They offer to go with her to catch him in the act. They go to the girl’s apartment. Things play out like the beginning of episode one, when Misa caught Tomoya and Reina together. Misa prevents Sumiyoshi from falling over the balcony but then she suddenly clutches her stomach in pain, collapses and falls down the stairs.

At the hospital, Sumiyoshi has survived but the interaction with the doctor is like Misa’s before. It looks like Misa’s fate was transferred to Sumiyoshi.

Tomoya finally comes clean to Reina about his debt and she tells him that she lied about being pregnant and blames Misa for tricking her into stealing him. Reina vows to ruin Misa’s happiness. Tomoya’s mother overheard everything and collapses in the doorway.

At work, Sumiyoshi tells Misa she has cancer and asks her to take over the project they’ve been working on while Sumiyoshi gets treatment. Misa is devastated. Her own health exam came back as excellent.

At the end of the work day, Misa calls Wataru to ask if he has some time. Near the end of the call, Tomoya shows up. He starts blaming her for his life being ruined and attacks her. Wataru finds her bag on the ground. He saves Misa from being strangled and Tomoya tries to choke him too, but Misa pushes him away. Tomoya tells her it’s her turn to take responsibility for her actions and that she deserves to die for what she’s done.

Wataru takes her to a safe place and she treats a wound on his hand. She tells him everything, but instead of revealing he too came back after dying, he basically calls her crazy and says they won’t meet in private again.

Wataru goes to meet Tanbe at his cafe, then to the airport.

Marry My Husband – Korean Vs. Japanese – Episode Seven

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This is a one to one comparison of each episode, each article will contain spoilers, especially when we get to the later episodes. Let’s begin with an introduction to each series. Click here for episode six.

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): Kang Ji Won’s marriage to Park Min Hwan is strained due to his selfishness, unemployment, and a domineering mother. Ji Won is the family’s sole breadwinner and does all the household chores. When she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, her world shatters further as she discovers her husband’s affair with her close friend, Jung Soo Min. A confrontation leads to her tragic death at Min Hwan’s hands. However, Ji Won wakes up 10 years in the past, before she married Min Hwan. Determined to change her fate, she plots to make Soo Min marry him instead. Meanwhile, Yoo Ji Hyeok, her colleague, secretly harbors feelings for Ji Won and conceals a hidden truth.

Release Year: 2024

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kang Ji Won – Main Protaganist

Park Min Hwan – Ji Won’s Husband/Boyfriend

Jung Soo Min – Ji Won’s Best Friend

Yoo Ji Hyuk – Ji Won’s Boss

Yoo Hui Yeon – Ji Won’s coworker and friend

Baek Eun Ho – Ji Won’s highscool classmate/ first crush

Yang Ju Ran – Ji Won’s senior co worker

Kim Gyeong Uk – Ji Won’s supervisor

Number of episodes: 16

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): The protagonist Kanbe Misa, who has always lived a life of a “supporting character” because she is too kind and always puts others first, believes in her best friend and husband and continues to do her best, but she loses her life due to their betrayal. However, she suddenly realizes that she has traveled back in time to 10 years ago. Misa plans revenge to ruin her former best friend and husband, but her encounter with Suzuki Wataru, a department manager with whom she had no connection in her first life, brings about a new change in Misa’s heart as she seeks revenge…

Release Year: 2025

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime

Characters:

Kanbe Misa – Main Protagonist

Hirano Tomoya – Misa’s Husband/Boyfriend

Esaka Reina – Misa’s Best Friend

Suzuki Wataru – Misa’s Boss

Sizuki Miku – Misa’s coworker and friend

Sumiyoshi Yuriko – Misa’s senior coworker

Tanbe Yuto – Misa’s highschool classmate/first crush

Section Chief Tomita: Misa’s direct supervisor

Number of Episodes: 10

Marry My Husband – Korea Episode Seven

On the rooftop, Ji Hyuk and Ji Won discuss how Su Min needs to take Ji Won’s place in order to prevent her death. Ji Hyuk hadn’t realized how things worked. Ji Won imagines what her funeral must have been like. Ji Hyuk suggest they talk elsewhere.

He takes her to his apartment. His cat immediately loves her. They talk how there must be a substitute, a marriage for a marriage, a death for a death.

In 2023, after watching Ji Won’s urn be sealed in a mausoleum, his car won’t start. Frustrated, he stand in the rain when a cab suddenly appears. In the cab, Ji Hyuk expresses regret over all the missed chances. The cab driver asks what he would do if he had another chance. Hi Hyuk replies that he would take the chance and protect her.

In the present, Ji Won asks how he came back. He lies and says he fell asleep and when he woke up it was 2013.

The next morning, Miss Yang enters the office building when her husband calls. He says he can’t pick up their kid later. She hears their daughter in the background. He was supposed to take her to daycare but instead he’s playing video games. After she hangs up she wonders why her life is like this.

Mr Lee, who works closely with the Chairman, arrives and walks past her. Flashback to him telling her he hates people like her. Ji Hyuk wakes up to a call from his sister and suddenly rushes to work. Mr Lee stars unpacking his stuff. Hi Kyuk arrives and they to a conference room. Ji Hyuk is informed his relationship with Ji Won is under investigation and Miss Yang will be taking over the meal kit project, though Ji Won can join the team.

In a meeting, they’re all informed of the decision.

Outside, Min Hwan gives Su Min strawberry milk and encourages her to use this opportunity to get ahead of Ji Won.

Ji Hyuk goes to the restaurant where Eun Ho works. He asks him if he knows Dynamite and Spring Day, testing if Eun Ho also came back. Hui Yeon arrives to pick up Ji Hyuk who is passed out on the table.

At home, Ji Won tries calling Ji Hyuk but doesn’t get an answer.

During a conversation with his grandfather, Ji Hyuk is advised to get along with Mr. Lee. The grandfather then says he wants to meet Ji Won, but Ji Hyuk says that probably won’t happen because he wants her to be happy.

Ji Hyuk decides he will protect Ji Won this time, though he doesn’t think they can be together because he will die 2023.

At work, people are talking Royental stocks going up. Min Hwan says those are the stocks he sold for Ji Won. Min Hwan calls Ji Won outside. Su Min see the stocks she was looking at on her computer and buys some.

Min Hwan wants to Ji Won out somewhere nice and asks about the money he gave her when he sold the stocks. She says she invested it in insurance. He loses his temper and starts calling her names. She offers to lend him money, though she knows the stocks he still has are going to fail. She suggests they go out that weekend with Su Min.

The three of them go on a picnic in a park. Ji Won has memories of good times she had with Min Hwan. Miss Yang calls Ji Won, who leaves, though it was actually Eun Ho calling. She just wanted an excuse to leave. She meets up with him and gives her flowers.

In the office, Ji Hyuk explains why he couldn’t make her the leader of the project.

Ji Hyuk goes to Eun Ho’s restaurant again, tells him he wants to get to know him better and make sure he’s not a player.

Hui Yeon is asked to organize the upcoming workshop.

There a treasure hunt will decide sleeping accommodation. Min Hwan says the women should hang back, that he will get the number one flag for them.

Ji Won remembers that originally, she got the number 4 flag, Min Hwan got number 5 and Su Min ended up with the number 1 because Mr. Kim helped her. This time, they overhear where the number one flag is. Su Min wants to use Min Hwan to get it.

Ji Hyuk and Ji Won cross paths in the forest. She tells him she want to do things herself and doesn’t want him to do things he normally wouldn’t because of her. He shows her the heart on h is chest and tells her to use him however she wants. She insists that she wants to do things on her own, that she wants him to be happy as well as herself.

Su Min comes across Min Hwan, hurts herself on purpose then asks him to help her get the number one flag.

Ji Won sets out to get the flag. Ji hyuk over hears that the water is dangerous and goes and pull hers her out of the lake. He demands to know why she won’t let him help her. She doesn’t want to be like Su Min. She wants to do what’s right because that’s who she is.

Marry My Husband – Japan Episode Seven

Misa goes out with her friends, who are worried about her after Reina’s announcement, but she’s never felt so relieved or free.

Reina has dinner with Tomoya’s parents. His mother becomes overbearing, demanding that they get married as soon as possible. She’s already booked a venue for christmas eve. She says she will take care of everything. Tomoya flees when Reina looks to him for help.

Misa stumbles home drunk and crosses off the wedding in her day timer. Wataru calls and asks her out for the next day.

The next day, Wataru asks Misa if Tomoya or Reina have tried to contact her. She thinks Reina is lying about the pregnancy. He then asks her what she wants to do with her life and she tells him she has a list.

At the cafe, Misa looks at the christmas decorations while Tanbe and Wataru talk. Tanbe expresses regret for never telling Misa how he felt about her. When Tanbe asks him about his feelings for Misa, Wataru says he has things he needs to do.

Tomoya sees Wataru and Misa outside the cafe and freaks out, running between people to get there but when he arrives they’ve already left.

Wataru and Misa go to their oil school. When Misa asks how long it’s been since they’ve been there, Wataru initially says 20 years, then corrects himself to 10. They sit by the pond and she tells him about when the pond dried up and found the note on the tree. He doesn’t tell her it was him that saved her turtle. It starts to rain and they run together, laughing.

Reina goes shopping with Tomoya’s mother, has a flashback of chasing her own mother as a child.

The next day, Misa has lunch with Miku and Sumiyoshi. They ask about her “date” with Wataru, but Misa insists it wasn’t a date. They overhead coworkers talking about Reina’s upcoming wedding. Miku shows Misa the invitation and Misa says “it’s the same.”

Reina and Tomoya fight about wedding preparations and he suggests they call it off.

When Misa returns home, Reina is waiting in the lobby of her apartment building, and Misa lets her in. Reina vents about wanting to call off the wedding since no one is going to show up. Misa promises to help get people there. Tomoya calls while Reina is there but Misa doesn’t answer. Outside, Reina smiles and says to herself “look like she’s still worth using.”

Sumiyoshi walks with her daughter. When they get to her husband’s restaurant, she opens the door to see her husband kissing one of his employees. Misa makes phone calls to convince people to go to the wedding. Tomoya texts her, asking to meet. At the restaurant where he proposed to her, he tells her he wants to call off the wedding because he loves her. She tells him off. As she goes to leave her asks about her relationship with Wataru, which she informs him is none of his business. She encourages him to take responsibility for his actions and that they are never getting back together.

Wataru meets with a client about creating a food delivery service within his company, knowing it will be in demand in the future.

At the wedding, Misa thanks everyone for coming. Her highschool classmates show up wearing flashy clothing and they apologize to her for how they treated her in High School. Wataru arrives just before the ceremony. Offering his arm, they walk in together.

As the wedding takes place, the scene transitions between the present and Misa’s wedding to Tomoya. Misa looks emotional and Wataru takes her hand. Misa gives a speech that sounds nice on the surface but has very insulting undertones. She turns the microphone off then says something else we don’t hear. She leaves the venue, walking alone on the street. Wataru arrives and puts a coat on her. They to try to find a place to go but all the restaurants are fully booked (it’s christmas eve) so he invites her to his place.

At his apartment, she sees the turtle and realizes it’s Kamekichi and that Wataru is the one who saved him. She starts crying and he shows her christmas decorations to cheer her up. It starts snowing. She asks him if she’s going to kiss and, after a brief hesitation, he does.

Reina moves into Tomoya’s apartment. Reina tries to call Misa, but discovers she’s been blocked, so Reina goes to Misa’s apartment and finds it empty. Using Instagram, she find Miku and Tanbe food shopping and follows them back to Wataru’s apartment building. Reina watches them from outside.

Flashback to Misa telling Reina Wataru was a womanizer, all the times Misa pushed Reina towards Tomoya and Misa at the end of her speech saying “Thank you for picking up the trash I threw away.” and Reina realizes what Misa did. She throws her wedding ring in anger.

Inside, Miku asks Misa to get tea leaves. When she opens a jar to look she finds and origami candy wrapper like the ones her father used to make for her.

Episode Comparison

As the two timelines are now completely different, I’m going to stop trying to compare them one to one. Instead, I will post the detailed outlines of the episodes, then do a final comparison to the two series over all.

Click here for episode eight.

The Bride of Habaek – KDrama Review

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Title: The Bride of Habaek (or The Bride of the Water God)

Language: Korean

Episodes: 16

Where to Watch: Roku Channel, Tubi

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Drama

Objectionable Content: Suicide

Synopsis (from MyDramaList): What would you do if you had to continue a strange family legacy? Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her family has been tasked with serving Ha Baek, a reincarnated water god, for many generations, and So Ah is forced to do the same. Ha Baek starts to develop feelings for So Ah, but he has competition for her heart from Hoo Ye, the CEO of a resort company, who clashes with So Ah over a piece of land but then falls in love with her. Moo Ra is a goddess from the Water Kingdom who has been living on Earth for hundreds of years. Working as an actress, Moo Ra loves Ha Baek and doesn’t appreciate So Ah stealing him away from her. Meanwhile, Bi Ryum is a wind god who has always had a one-sided crush on Moo Ra despite knowing her feelings for Ha Baek. Can a relationship between a mortal female and a god have a future?

My Review of The Bride of Habaek

The Bride of Habaek is supposed to be an adaptation of the manwha The Bride of the Water God by Yoon Mi Kyung. I say “supposed to be” because other than character names, the most basic premise of a water god falling in love with a human woman and a few small details, the two properties are completely different. I had considered doing a comparison post of the drama vs the manwha, but considering how little they have in common, I decided against it. Instead, I will probably do a reread of the manwha and review it separately. For this review, I will be mentioning the drama only and do my best not to mention the manwha.

Alright on to the actual review.

Habaek, the water god, was born to be the king of the gods. The appointed time has finally come and in order to ascend the throne he must retrieve 3 scared stones from the human world. He’s given a map to find the guardians of the stones, and a seal that will awaken a human servant of the gods. With only that and his trusted servant Nam Su Ri, Habaek travels to the mortal realm. Unfortunately, when he arrives he’s lost everything including his clothes and his powers.

Yoon So Ah is a psychiatrist with some pretty severe financial problems. The last thing she needs is a crazy person claiming to be a god following her around, insisting she’s his servant.

At it’s core, Bride of Habaek is a romance, just not a very good one. From the very beginning, Habaek is arrogant, demanding, and basically insufferable. He is a god who has always had his every whim catered too in the past, so he doesn’t know how to behave like a normal human being, or how to treat others. So Ah mostly seems to put up with him because she doesn’t have much choice. He won’t leave her alone and she’s just sort of bullied into dealing with him.

This is one of those dramas that I wish would break away from the mold. It’s so unfortunate that the male lead and female lead will inevitably end up together. I was rooting far more for Hu Ye, who is actually nice to her and wants her to be happy. Habaek just gets jealous constantly, but more because, in my opinion, he views So Ah as belonging to him than actual love.

Hu Ye is probably the most interesting character of them all. He’s neither god nor human, but a mix of both. According to the other gods, he shouldn’t exist, and therefore they hate him. The guy made one mistake as a child and he’s branded as evil. As an adult, he’s kind of a saint. He fears his own powers and what they can do so he tries to compensate as much as possible. He does actual good in the world. I very much wanted So Ah to choose him.

Sadly, this is a romantic Korean drama and Hu Ye was not the lead male character so he never stood a chance.

The ending is satisfying enough. The couple get to be together, random loose ends are wrapped up.

My rating for the Bride of Habaek is 3 out of 5 stars and I’d recommend it to anyone who just wants a predictable romance to sit back and not really have to think about.

Have you seen the Bride of Habaek? Let me know what you thought!

Den of Thieves – Ancient Blades #1 by David Chandler

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Title: Den of Thieves

Author: David Chandler

Series: Ancient Blades

Sexual Content: None

objectionable Content: Violence

Buy Now From: Amazon

Synopsis (from Amazon): A thief must steal a crown to join a guild, but it comes at a catastrophic cost in this epic high fantasy trilogy debut.
Born and raised in the squalid depths of the Free City of Ness, Malden became a thief by necessity. Now he must pay a fortune to join the criminal operation of Cutbill, lord of the underworld—and one does not refuse the master . . . and live.
The coronet of the Burgrave would fulfill Malden’s obligations, though it is guarded by hungry demons that would tear the soul from any interloper. But the desperate endeavor leads to a more terrible destiny, as Malden, an outlaw knight, and an ensorcelled lady must face the most terrifying evil in the land.

My Review of Den of Thieves

Malden was born the son of a prostitute in a brothel. As such, he had little chance in life. With circumstances stacked against him, he became a thief to survive. Now, the leader of the Guild of Thieves has offered Malden a place in the guild, which would grant Malden certain protections. The problem? The entry fee. So when a impossible job comes his way that he would normally never even consider, he accepts with the entry price to be his reward.

Soon, Malden is twisted up in a plot that goes deeper than he knows. The consequences of his job now see him trying to steal the item he already stole, but this time from the most powerful sorcerer in the city. With the help of an incorporeal card sharp and a knight with a very high sense of honour, Malden will have to devise the most clever scheme he’s ever come up with, though he may die achieving it.

I liked Malden from the very beginning. He comes from very humble roots with very little going for him. Despite this, he’s extremely clever and to an extend, optimistic. Though he’s aware the life he lives isn’t the most respectable, he hasn’t lost himself to depression or in drinking. In comparison,, Croy feels almost comical. From the moment he appears in the book and every moment after, he just feels like a caricature of a stereotypical knight. I admit though, he does stick to his principles when push comes to shove. He won’t give up his honour or morals even if it means his death.

Cythera is the glue that holds them together. Both have feelings for her and want to free her from her imprisonment. Saving her might be more motivation for Malden to steal back the object than saving his own skin. She is an interesting character. She is magically trapped with the sorcerer Hazoth, but somehow hasn’t given up all hope. Her life is miserable, she’s constantly tortured while her mother is held captive as well. Thankfully, despite being beautiful, she doesn’t try to use her “feminine charms” to entice Malden to help her. In fact, she tries to deter him from doing so at first.

The story was enticing as well. It kind of feels like a heist movie, leaving the reader wondering how Malden is going to get out of increasingly impossible situations. I really like that it was just “oh by the way, this,” no there’s evidence through the story, foreshadowing, towards just how clever Malden really is and the different scenarios he’s thought through.

The ending was satisfying, wrapping up most things. However, this is the first book in a trilogy, so I look forward to the next installment. I have a feeling I know what may be coming next. I won’t spoil this of cours.

I can’t think of anything I particularly disliked about Den of Thieves. It was a good and satisfying read. It didn’t end on a cliffhanger but I still want more of Malden and his story.

My rating for Den of Thieves is 4 out of 5 stars and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a heist-like book with a fantasy setting, a bit of romance and a few freaky demons thrown in.

Thanks for reading!