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KOREAN TITLE: 더블유

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2016

GENRE: Fantasy, Suspense, Romance, Thriller

STARRING: Lee Jong-Sok, Han Hyo-Joo

# OF EPISODES: 16 + 1 Special

PLATFORMS TO WATCH ON: Viki

SYNOPSIS: 

Oh Yeon-Joo (Han Hyo-Joo) is a second-year cardiothoracic resident doctor. Her father, a famous comic book creator, suddenly disappears one day. While trying to look for him, Yeon-Joo is taken by a strange man covered in blood into a different world.

Kang Chul (Lee Jong-Suk), is a handsome and intelligent man who is also skilled in shooting. He is a former Olympic gold medalist and self-made millionaire. Due to certain events he comes to meet Yeon-Joo. How will these two meetings impact their lives? The answer to that is a lot, their lives will be impacted a lot.

REACTION: (Times Watched: 2)

So obviously I love this drama (i’ve seen it twice...so far). The concept of it is incredibly awesome! The
fact that the majority of this drama takes place in a manhwa (Korean Comic book) is so creative. The
first time I watched this I couldn’t help but watch one episode after the other. The second time I
watched it the same thing happened. Even though I was able to remember the main points of
everything that happened, I couldn't remember how or why they happened. Because of that, it had me
watching episode after episode again. 

The storyline is very interesting and will have you experience a lot of emotions since it is an action,
thriller and romance. The way they set the show up was basically the same way as a comic. So for us,
the viewers, it felt like we were watching a comic book instead of reading one. 

I am going to stop here because this is DEFINITELY a drama that you have to watch. This is the first
drama that I always recommend to people because it has something for everyone since it is a
multi-genre drama. It was also directed and produced so well that you will forget that they are
speaking an entirely different language. 

HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO: 

• LITERALLY EVERYONE
• Anyone who likes comic books
• Anyone who likes the idea of comic books but doesn’t like to read them

FAVORITE SONG FROM OST: 

So I am going to write about two songs: one that I liked from the drama that played a lot and one that I
liked but I think should have been played more.

“Please Say Something Even Though It Is A Lie” by Park Bo Ram is my favorite song from this drama.
It has so much emotion in it that you can’t help but close your eyes and sway to the music. Then once
the chorus hits, you will want to learn the words to sing along. When this song was played with a
scene from the drama I swear I was crying like a baby (while also singing the chorus).

“In The Illusion” by Basick and INKII is also a favorite of mine from this drama. I was really sad
because this music was only played during the credits for the last few episodes. It was played for
such a short time that it made me look it up online to listen to it. Once I heard the entire song it made
me more sad that more of the song didn’t play in the drama. The rap verses and incredible vocals at
the chorus were a great combo that really complimented the unique melody of the song. 

Honorable Mention: “Where Are U” by Jung Joon-Young, “Without You” by N and Yeoeun

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