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🌈 Legend of the Blue Sea

The television series centers on the love story of Heo Joon-jae (Lee Min-ho), the son of a rich businessman who becomes a handsome and clever con-man after his parents' divorce, and a mermaid named Shim Cheong (Jun Ji-hyun).[3][4] Focusing on rebirth, fate, and unrequited love, their tale is juxtaposed with the parallel story of their Joseon era incarnations, town head Kim Dam-ryeong and the mermaid Se-hwa.

Dam-ryeong and Se-hwaEdit

During the Joseon era, a mermaid saves Kim Dam-ryeong from drowning when they were still young. Following the incident, they became friends and Dam-ryeong named her Se-hwa, after his younger sister. They ended up falling in love, but one day Dam-ryeong was forced by his family to marry another girl. Devastated by the news, Se-hwa decides to leave Dam-ryeong forever. Nevertheless, Dam-ryeong's love for Se-hwa forced him to leave his wife and to jump into the ocean to look for the mermaid. The distraught Se-hwa erases his memories of her and their love so that he may not look for her again.

After years of separation, the two grow as adults. Their paths cross again as Se-hwa was found by town folks trapped in a cave after a storm, and was brought to Dam-ryeong, now a town official. Their broken relationship starts back again. On the other hand, a nobleman named Yang made murderous attempts to steal Se-hwa for his own and to overthrow Dam-ryeong. Investigations on the covert killings of some individuals all indicate Yang as the instigator of the crimes. Dam-ryeong also saved a weak Se-hwa from Yang's concubine who apparently has beaten her to cry since mermaid tears turn into pearls.

Meanwhile, Dam-ryeong keeps on experiencing dreams of himself, Se-hwa, and their foes in the future, and feared that the same ill-fate that afflicts himself and Se-hwa will replay itself. To warn hisfuture self, he commissions a soon-to-be artifact-a time capsule containing a portrait of himself with a message to his future self that "everything is repeating itself" and he has to protect the mermaid from danger, particularly the reincarnations of Yang and anyone related to him. As Dam-ryeong was about to strike down Yang for his crimes, he is arrested for his relationship with Se-hwa and was sentenced to be exiled.

Whilst Dam-ryeong was escorted on boat for his exile, Yang and his associates search for Se-hwa. Urged by his suspicions, he requested the boat to turn around and fought with Yang and his gang. As men aim their harpoons, Dam-ryeong plunges into the water just as a harpoon, hurled by Yang's son, hits him from behind, saving Se-hwa. To end both of their lives, Se-hwa thrusts the harpoon deeper and stabs herself. The boats sink, carrying Dam-ryeong's belongings with them, and Dam-ryeong's jadeite bracelet apparently slides off from the dying Se-hwa's arm. Yang and his concubine were executed by sword and monkshood poison, respectively, for their crimes.

Joon-jae and Shim CheongEdit

In the modern days, young Heo Joon-jae runs away from home after the divorce of his parents. His father Heo Gil-joong (Choi Jung-woo) adopts stepson Chi-hyun (Lee Ji-hoon) and marries his evil mother Kang Seo-hee (Hwang Shin-hye). Joon-jae's mother Mo Yoo-ran (Na Young-hee) works as a housekeeper. In his search for his mother, Joon-jae becomes a con-artist, using his good looks, wits, and skills in hypnotism in making scams with his mentor Jo Nam-doo (Lee Hee-joon) and computer genius Tae-oh (Shin Won-ho).

Using the money he earned from his scams, Joon-jae flies to Spain, where he meets a mysterious pretty woman who went inside his hotel room unseen. Officials send her to jail, but Joon-jae retrieves her after being curious about the jadeite bracelet he saw on the woman's arm. Nam-doo receives from Joon-jae a photo of the woman with the jadeite and confirms over the phone that the jadeite is genuine and of high price. Meanwhile, Joon-jae is being chased by gunmen being hired by a rich businesswoman who have fallen for Joon-jae's scams. He brings the mysterious woman with him throughout the pursuit, until they end up cornered on a cliff facing the sea. They jump into the water, and the woman, who was a mermaid unbeknownst to Joon-jae and is now in love with him, kisses him to erase his memories of her but promises to follow him to Seoul.

Joon-jae returns to Seoul and is tormented by the gaps in his memories and by Jo Nam-doo's claims of him being with a girl with an expensive jadeite. After months of swimming, the mermaid also arrives in Seoul wandering around the city, until she runs into Joon-jae. He recognizes her to be the woman Nam Doo is referring to and interrogates her on her identity and why he cannot remember her, although the mermaid hesitates to answer. He brings her to his home and names her Shim Cheong. They live together and steadily gets closer with each other.

Kang Seo-hee hires the fugitive Ma Dae-young (Sung Dong-il) to kills Joon-jae as part of her scheme to inherit Heo Gil-joong's fortune. She also has secretly introduced Heo Gil-joong with small yet potent doses of anticholinergic andmonkshood extract, contributing to his failing health, particularly his vision. Chi-hyun dutifully nurses him, completely unaware of his mother's treachery. Ma Dae-young attempts several times to finish both Joon-jae and Shim Cheong but failed. Shim Cheong uses her power to erase Ma Dae-young's memories and, in the process, learns the sad fate of their Joseon era incarnations Kim Dam-ryeong and Se-hwa.

Linked by dreams and mysterious artifacts, including the jadeite bracelet, a vase with an image of a mermaid kissing a man in modern-day clothes, and the portrait of Kim Dam-ryeong with the inscription "everything is repeating itself", Joon-jae also learns of Dam-ryeong's world and his own fate, concluding that he and Shim Cheong are reincarnations of Kim Dam-ryeong and Se-hwa. Through his consultations with Professor of Neuropsychiatry Jin Kyung-won (Lee Ho-jae), he is able to bring back his lost memories and the full rendering of his dreams about Kim Dam-ryeong and Se-hwa. He can also hear Shim Cheong's inner voice; he learns that she is indeed a mermaid and that, unless she returns to the sea, her heart will harden and stop beating if he will not love her.

Joon-jae and Shim-cheong lived comfortably with each other despite conflicts and the fear of the impending ill-fate. Joon-jae also founds his mother Mo Yoo-ran, who gives up being a housekeeper. On the other hand, Chi-hyun wretchedly learns that his real father is Ma Dae-young and he is Kang Seo-hee's husband. He also learns of Kang Seo-hee's crimes and reluctantly consents to them. Kang Seo-hee finally kills Heo Gil-joong, using a strong dose of monkshood. Joon-jae, with the help of Shim Cheong, Jo Nam-doo, Tae-oh, and police officer-detective Hong Dong-pyo (Park Hae-soo), busts Kang Seo-hee, her real name "Kang Ji-hyun" and her schemes finally revealed. A maddened Chi-hyun steals a gun and aims at Joon-jae but Shim Cheong takes the shot to save him. Kang Seo-hee is detained while Chi-hyun kills himslef withmonkshood poison.

As Shim Cheong, being a mermaid, survives the fatal injury, Joon-jae learns that Ma Dae-young is visiting Professor Jin Kyung-won . As Joon-jae, Jo Nam-doo, and Officer Hong Dong-pyo rushes to get him, Ma Dae-young recovers his memories of Se-hwa and learns the death of his incarnation, Mr. Yang, and Yang's concubine, revealed to be by the hands of Park Moo, Jo Nam-doo's incarnation. Just as Professor Jin Kyung-won was about to be killed, Joon-jae arrives, and Ma Dae-young is seized by the police. Shim Cheong is discharged afterwards, but she still feels pain in her heart due to the gunshot. In order to fully recover, she has to go back into the water. Shim Cheong erases the memories of Joon-jae and of everyone who knew her [note 1] and returns to the ocean.

Three years passed since Shim Cheong left. Joon-jae becomes a prosecutor, Jo Nam-doo works as a lecturer, and Tae-oh is engaged to Cha Shi-ah (Shin Hye-sun), Joon-jae's acquaintance from college. Shim Cheong fully recovers her health and returns to Seoul. Despite his lost memories, Joon-jae recognizes Shim Cheong and it is revealed that he has been reading a diary where he recorded his life with Shim Cheong. With this, Joon-jae had untimately accomplished Kim Dam-ryeong's reminder to protect Shim Cheong from danger and they had evaded the bad fate that had been in store for them. The couple were finally married and lived happily in a home by the sea.

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