If you been round me do the past few months. You know that I been overdosing on TV shows when I should be sleeping. Yet a couple of weeks ago, I hit a wall. The shows that I been religiously watching were done ( Answer me 1997, which was just a great story and To the beautiful you, which was nothing but fluff). How was I going to fill my insomnia full nights. I seen pictures of this new show for a while. It was named "Arang and the Magistrate" if you looked at the description you just scratched your head and said wtf!
Here it is....
The beautiful Arang, the daughter of a magistrate during the Chosun Dynasty, is brutally murdered. The woman returns from the dead as a ghost, still full of light-hearted mischief and spirited fun. When she meets a young magistrate, Eun Oh, she discovers that he has the unique ability to communicate with the dead. She convinces him to help her uncover her killer and bring the person to justice. Can a ghost and a magistrate team up to solve a murder mystery and punish the wrongdoer? - KimchiDrama
What?? A ghost trying to solve her murder?? The magistrate can see dead people?? A historical drama where they have to wear weird clothes & speak different. What no love story??! Nope it's not going to happen. Yet it did & am glad.. Let the story begins..
We meet a couple of men walking trough a dark forest. It's obvious that one is a servant the other is the boss. Meet Kim Eun Oh ( we will call him Eunoh from now on). The other man is his servant, Dol Swe. Dol Swe is not happy to be traveling at night time. This mountains are rumor to be hunted. Why is master making him do this?
On another part of the forest we see a girl who looks very angry. She murmurs out loud. " Where are they? Did they really leave without me" she then hikes up her dress & takes of flying? running? Maybe it's a mixture of the two. This is Arang (played by Shin Min Ah). I already like her.
Finally Arang finds the group that left her behind. It's a ghost gang that has turn highway robbers. I'm not sure how that works but they posses the humans & then take their stuff. Arang is angry "are they trying to cheat her?" A fight starts but before things escalate someone shouts "grim reapers". We then see men dress in black that start chasing the ghost. They hit them with a green light & they disappear. The grim reapers leader looks at Arang, who has now taken off running and shouts ARANG!!!!!.
It's during the chase that our main characters meet, Arang is being chased by Reaper runs by Eunoh who pretends to not see them. It's during this chase that we also learn that both ghost & grim reapers can be hurt by flower petals ( I'm still not sure how this works, if its just any type of flower or specific flowers or if its anything natural. In a later episode Eunoh defends himself with grains.)
Arang is about to get caught but throws the petals at the reaper & distracts him long enough to get away.
While Arang is making her getaway it starts to rain ( guess what?? Ghost get wet too!). This is how Arang, Eunoh, & Dol Swe end up in an old abandon house, taking shelter from the rain. Here Arang how is very lonely talks & talks & talks to Eunoh. He is still pretending not to see her and a hilarious sequence is play with her talking and he answering everything in his head. Eunoh wants nothing to do with ghost. He has learn that once they find he can see them. They want help, he does not want to help them.
This is not how it ends but I don't want to type anymore!! There will be a part 2.. Maybe by then I have figure out how to include pictures :)
What I think so far...
Arang is just awesome. She's not your typical heroine waiting to be rescue. She is tough, has a smart mouth & she's not afraid to get dirty and take chances.
Eunoh is a puzzle so far. He seems like a selfish person, the usual Kdrama hero in dress robes (handsome & cold). Can't wait to meet them better!
