The Goblin-Korean Drama

Episode 1-13 Summary

This is a new kdrama that I have been completely OBSESSED with. I watched this in 3 days! Bad for my eyes, good for my heart (well, kinda..).

Summary:

Is it better to live forever or to finally be able to die? Kim Shin (Gong Yoo) is a decorated military general during the Goryeo Dynasty who is betrayed by the jealous king he served. When Kim Shin is faced with death instead of honor after fighting a mighty battle, God turns Kim Shin into a goblin instead, tasked with protecting certain people from a life of misery. But immortality is wearing on Kim Shin, and he longs to find the prophesied human bride who can set his soul free. Kim Shin becomes accidental roommates with Wang Yeo (Lee Dong Wook), the grim reaper who ushers people's souls into the afterlife. Kim Shin's nephew, Yoo Deok Hwa (Yook Sungjae), is a rebellious chaebol heir whose family has been caretakers of the goblin for many generations. Ji Eun Tak (Kim Go Eun) is a high school senior whose mother was saved from an accident by Kim Shin 19 years ago, and ever since then she has been able to communicate with dead people. Sunny (Yoo In Na), the owner of a chicken restaurant and Eun Tak's boss, crosses paths with Wang Yeo and becomes smitten with him. Can Eun Tak be the true "goblin bride" with the power to release Kim Shin from his eternal misery? 

This is essentially the very basics of this complicated drama. If you like that preview, you should definitely watch it. If you don't... you know what? STILL Watch it! It is AMAZING!

**Spoilers: Let's take a look at the true identities of these characters.

-Kim Shin: the Goblin, basically a warrior that won many battles and won the heart of the townspeople, as well as the immense jealousy of the young king; The young king killed the warrior. However, an unknown 'God', which can be suspected as Yoo Deok Hwa, who is Kim Shin's future nephew, revives him and gives him a punishment of powers and immortality (a punishment for those who Kim Shin has killed in battle). At first, Kim Shin thinks this as a blessing, rather than a punishment, but seeing his close ones die one by one reveal this punishment to be torturing. And so, he yearns for the day that he is killed, which can only be done, as said by the 'God', by the 'Goblin's Bride' who is given the task of pulling the sword out of the goblin and basically killing him.  The Goblin's bride shows up around 900 hundred years later, the modern day.

-Ji Eun Tak: Eun Tak started with the moment that her mother was killed by a car. Her mother did, I would say, actually die. However, the goblin, who has now at this time lived around 900 years, used his powers to revive the mother, who was pregnant with Ji Eun Tak. A few years later when Eun Tak is turning 10 years old, the mother dies and Eun Tak is then given to her aunt. Around this time, Eun Tak meets a grim reaper, which will be discussed with the character Wang Yeo. The aunt mistreats Eun Tak, but keeps her in order to take her mother's insurance money. Later, when Eun Tak is almost 20, as the story goes on, the Goblin, who builds a romantic relationship with Eun Tak, gets rid of the aunt and her family (because them abusing Eun Tak). Eun Tak is then revealed as the Goblin's bride, and is given the important task of taking the sword out of the Goblin, and therefore, killing him and freeing him of the punishment. It is also important to take notice of the fact that Eun Tak can see ghosts and other nonhumans. FYI, Eun Tak is also a smart and caring student, which can be seen throughout the drama.

-Grim Reaper/ Wang Yeo- Wang Yeo is the king that the goblin was serving. He was a man of jealousy and bad leadership. However, these faults can be seen as the result of a controlling man who ordered Wang yeo to do what he wanted, as well as the fact that Wang Yeo was given the heavy burden of a king at a young age. He also did not have the necessary factor of family love. At the last battle of the war, he orders Kim shin, later to be known as the Grim Reaper, to go into an unlikely-to-be-won-battle and fight, but to never come back, as the king was jealous of Kim Shin for the love he has received from the people and the trust his [Wang Yeo] dead father had given Kim Shin. However, Kim Shin won the battle and came back, which resulted in the growing of Wang Yeo's hatred and jealousy, ultimately causing Wang Yeo to threaten Kim Shin that he would kill everyone if he moved another step. And so, Wang Yeo did as he promised when Kim Shin crossed the line and took another step. 

Modern day, Wang yeo has reincarnated as a Grim Reaper. Grim Reapers are nonhumans that gather dead people and send them to the afterlife. A condition to become a grim reaper is that they must have done terrible things in their past life, which is what Wang yeo had done.  And one of the jobs the Grim reaper had was to gather Eun Tak's mother. But with the Goblin saving them, they became wandering souls. And so, every year that Eun Tak is close to a perfect age (10,20,30,etc.), the Grim reaper will come and try to take the souls away and put them in their rightful place, the afterlife (because they were meant to be dead). However, when Eun Tak was 9 years old, the deity ( a woman who is an old grandma at the beginning of the movie, but later turns into a beautiful, young woman in red) saved her. At age 19, Eun Tak was ultimately saved by the Goblin, as their relationship grows stronger.

- Sunny- Kim Sun hee- In the last life, Kim sun hee was kim shin's brother, and then Wang yeo's wife (because of the request of the late king who had deeply trusted Kim Shin). She reincarnated with the same name, but with the nickname, Sunny. The Grim reaper and sunny form a romantic, but unsteady relationship. In the latest ep, or ep 13, they seem to break off (but later episodes may allow them to get back together). She also owns a chicken restaurant that barely gets any customers. Eun Tak eventually becomes her part timer. In the later episodes, Kim Shin and the grim reaper finds out about Sunny's past life, and tells her about it; and so, kim shin and sunny reunites. Wonderful, right? No. You'll cry on the 12th and 13th episode; I assure you.

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Now, for ep 13. 

Summary:

The Grim reaper, the Goblin, and Sunny realizes their intertwined relationship. Obviously, the goblin and the grim reaper doesn't end up having a great reunion, but they eventually forgive each other and move on. Meanwhile, Eun Tak, who is given the job of killing the Goblin, is more and more prone to death as her duty/job/destiny remains unfulfilled (because of her reluctance to kill her hubby (lol), the goblin). Another thing to mention is that a new character is recently revealed, which is the evil advisor who controlled Wang Yeo, or later reincarnated as the Grim reaper. The evil advisor, who has escaped from the afterlife and is a ghost with immense power, yearns to kill the goblin because he destroyed his plan of controlling the king. At the end of episode 13, the grim reaper, the goblin, and Eun tak are on a roof, fighting the evil advisor who is in the form of a ghost. The only way for the ghost to be killed is for the sword to be pulled out of the goblin ( and use the sword to kill the advisor). And so, The goblin forces Eun Tak to take out the sword. The goblin kills the advisor (finally!), but then is left to die. Eun tak and the goblin has their last (or not; we'll see in the last few episodes) moments together. And btw, if you couldn't infer, eun tak is crying and the grim reaper is on the sideline watching their lovely moment, shedding a few tears as well. And so, the 13 th episode finally ends.

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There is also a special to explain all the unexplained. If you want, I can cover that as well.

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