Mysterious Personal Shopper (2018)

A TV drama with a dragging storyline, but still worth watching

This has been the longest K-Drama I've watched, the last one being My Only One and Queen Seonduk. I originally planned to watch all 103 episodes in about 2 weeks, but managed to finish in just 5 days. I must admit that in the beginning, I got really annoyed on how the story is dragging especially on the mid part, but I've grown to like it until the last episode.

This is a "makjang" drama. Main plot twists are quite predictable, especially the main character's arc. But what makes a makjang drama effective is not just a great storyline and script, but also having superb and amazing actors to pull off such story.

Park Ha Na and Wang Bit Na are truly amazing in this drama. Kyung Hye (Wang Bit Na) is the character I'm attached the most. Kyung Hye somewhat reminds me of another Wang Bit Na's character Boo Young in the period drama Hwang Ji Ni. Both characters started off as villains, but eventually became the likeable ones towards the end. It is no wonder that both Park Ha Na and Wang Bit Na won awards for playing Se Yeon and Kyung Hye, with Ha Na winning the Best Actress in a Daily Drama award and Bit Na winning the Top Excellence Actress award back in 2018.

Can I also say that Kyung Hye and Se Yeon's affection towards each other is lowkey gay? To be honest, Se Yeon and her boyfriend Jae Jun have no chemistry at all, but Se Yeon and Kyung Hye? I ship them like the Titanic. I prayed hard they'd end up together, but the writers decided to make them straight and that's very disappointing. I've read somewhere that the writers might be testing the waters by writing such characters to see if Korean audience is ready and accepting. But man, international audience is thirsty and dying.

103 episodes could be too much but hey, it's not bad especially when you're under quarantine. I recommend this drama.

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