My Demon (2024) [+]
Jan 31 2024
My Demon is a Korean romance/drama starring Kim Yoo-jung (Clean with Passion for Now and Backstreet Rookie both very good) and Song Kang (who I haven't seen before).
Do Do-hee (Kim) is CEO of Mirae F&B, a dessert company. One night she is targeted by a serial killer and Jeong Gu-won (Song), a mysterious stranger shows up to "save" her. But he wants to offer her a deal in order to save her and before they can do that they end up pushed into the cold river and miraculously survive.
Turns out Gu-won is a demon who, for the past 200 years, has made deals with desperate people: a wish is granted but after ten years the wisher is sent to hell. But due to the accident his power tattoo ends up on Do-hee, who can't use those powers herself but if he grabs her wrist he can access his powers.
Do-hee's mother dies, perhaps murdered, leaving the Mirae Group (parent company of Mirae F&B) chair to Do-hee if she marries within a year. This makes the rest of the Noh family members quite angry since Do-hee is an adopted "sister". There is a further attempt on Do-hee's life and now that Do-hee knows Gu-won is a demon she enlists him as a bodyguard in return for helping him get his tattoo back.
Later they get "married" so she can secure the CEO of Mirae Group and forced to be together they develop feelings for each other...
Typical Asian romantic series. Very good production with more special effects than usual. Kim Yoo-jung is brilliant in these roles. There is a bit of deus ex machina in the last episode which I found more jarring than usual (spoiler: he dies and she grieves for an episode then she wishes him alive and suddenly he's back and there is no setup for this nor real reason why he comes back).
Did like this series though, as a commentary, now that I think of it most of these romance series the man is wealthier or has more power yet is emotionally detached and it's the (usually younger) woman who brings out his emotional side. Exceptions are The Rational Life (2021) which reverses the gender/age roles and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) which partially reverses the gender roles.
Do Do-hee (Kim) is CEO of Mirae F&B, a dessert company. One night she is targeted by a serial killer and Jeong Gu-won (Song), a mysterious stranger shows up to "save" her. But he wants to offer her a deal in order to save her and before they can do that they end up pushed into the cold river and miraculously survive.
Turns out Gu-won is a demon who, for the past 200 years, has made deals with desperate people: a wish is granted but after ten years the wisher is sent to hell. But due to the accident his power tattoo ends up on Do-hee, who can't use those powers herself but if he grabs her wrist he can access his powers.
Do-hee's mother dies, perhaps murdered, leaving the Mirae Group (parent company of Mirae F&B) chair to Do-hee if she marries within a year. This makes the rest of the Noh family members quite angry since Do-hee is an adopted "sister". There is a further attempt on Do-hee's life and now that Do-hee knows Gu-won is a demon she enlists him as a bodyguard in return for helping him get his tattoo back.
Later they get "married" so she can secure the CEO of Mirae Group and forced to be together they develop feelings for each other...
Typical Asian romantic series. Very good production with more special effects than usual. Kim Yoo-jung is brilliant in these roles. There is a bit of deus ex machina in the last episode which I found more jarring than usual (spoiler: he dies and she grieves for an episode then she wishes him alive and suddenly he's back and there is no setup for this nor real reason why he comes back).
Did like this series though, as a commentary, now that I think of it most of these romance series the man is wealthier or has more power yet is emotionally detached and it's the (usually younger) woman who brings out his emotional side. Exceptions are The Rational Life (2021) which reverses the gender/age roles and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) which partially reverses the gender roles.