6/11/2023 0 Comments Oh my ghost![]() The largely jazz-piano backing music makes a change from the usual K-pop soundtrack. The side characters are all interesting, generally developing from a stereotype into a rounded character within a few episodes. The crime/mystery thread takes a little longer to get going, but on reflection it is teased from the start and becomes genuinely gripping. The ghost story features comedy, pathos, tragedy and revenge. The romance is sweet and it also has passionate moments. And it’s mostly well acted, with great chemistry between all the leads. It explores ideas around memory, personality and trust far more than I had expected. What I liked about this show – besides all the food and cooking, or the largely happy, cheery vibe – is that every time I had misgivings about where a plotline or character development was going, the show would pivot to deal with my specific issue. They come to an agreement whereby they will help each other – an arrangement that gets complicated when questions arise about Soon-ae’s death. Soon-ae has saved her career, improved her friendships and caught the eye of the man Bong-sun loves. When Soon-ae manages to end the possession, she is surprised to find that Bong-sun isn’t completely upset by what happened. Sun-woo and Bong-sun have great chemistry. Particularly when it comes to the very attractive but very arrogant Chef Kang, whose soft side comes out only for his sister. Soon-ae, meanwhile, is annoyed to be surrounded by men who see her as a sweet little sister and sets out to change that. She is acting outgoing, confident, flirtatious, but also appears to have memory problems and her friends are worried about her. ![]() While running away from a shaman, Soon-ae jumps into the body of Bong-sun and finds that she is stuck there.Īs far as Bong-sun’s colleagues at the restaurant are concerned, she has had a sudden personality transplant. ![]() Only a man with “good energy” will withstand intimate contact with her. Enter the ghost of Shin Soon-ae (Kim Seul-gi) who died a virgin and has been possessing the bodies of attractive young women and seducing men, only for all the men to nearly die before she gets satisfaction. Part of the reason she is so quiet is that Bong-sun can see ghosts and they are always bothering her. She aspires to be a chef and learn all she can from working at Sun Restaurant, but her crippling shyness means she is alternately ignored and shouted at. Na Bong-sun (Park Bo-young – who also played the lead in Strong Woman Do Bong-soon) is a shy assistant in the kitchen of superstar chef Kang Sun-woo (Jo Jung-suk). Which means this comes pretty high in my ranking of K-dramas, despite my low expectations. It discusses sex and passion reasonably openly, for a K-drama. Oh My Ghost is a combination of sweet romance, crime drama and supernatural comedy, and it handles all those elements really well. And the trailer for it looked light and silly, which appealed to me. Oh My Ghost (2015 tvN) also heavily features chefs and cooking, which I have recently realised I am a big fan of in my TV choices.
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