#man weol

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

April: Yellow Redux

Hotel del Luna / IU (Lee Ji-eun) as Jang Man-wol

This dress looks like it might be silk. The loose top has a crinkled texture and an interesting twisted closure in front, while the lower section (from the bust down) is smooth. The sleeves are loose to the mid-forearm, where they are gathered into long, tight cuffs fastened with four large brass buttons.

Man-wol's clothes often suggest previous eras of fashion. This one has maybe a hint of the 1970s about it, but mostly it seems to be a true original.

(Also, this was a very emotional scene, as anyone who has seen the show knows!)

#hotel del luna #yellow dresses #yellow dress #iu #lee ji eun #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #television costumes #tv costumes #kdrama costumes #kdrama #korean drama #jang man wol #jang man weol #yellow redux

[gizkasparadise]

Hi I loved your recs! I was wondering if you could rec some shows that have the found family trope? Thank you !

sure! here's a few of my favorites to get you started!

mystic pop-up bar is one of my favorite kdramas! premise is that a 20-something year old guy named kang bae has a weird ability where whenever anyone touches him, they're compelled to tell the truth/confess secrets. he comes across a pop-up bar one night ran by weol ju, an immortal shaman who is cursed to resolve the grudges of 10,000 humans or she won't be able to reincarnate and gwi, who is a former Ghost Cop who is helping weol ju complete her mission. kang bae teams up with them, because his ability is really useful for finding out grudges!, with a promise from weol ju that if he helps her resolve the grudges she'll remove his powers. the first ep is a little meh, but keep going! one of the best, most feel-good found family stories there is

a journey to love is a wuxia roadtrip that has a band of elite soldiers teaming up with the world's most dangerous assassin and a sheltered princess in disguise as a man. character-driven and centered on the bonds everyone makes!! warning: sad ending

vincenzo has a found family...mafia style! a mafia guy from italy comes to south korea in search of gold, teams up with a crooked lawyer, and collects a bunch of loveable weirdos as he takes on an Evil Pharma company

go ahead is a cdrama that completely runs on the premise of how important it is to have a family of choice. three kids are raised by two dads from separate families, and have to navigate the toxic relationships they have with their birth parents

tale of nokdu is a gender-reversal cross-dressing kdrama that also has a running theme of how important it is to have a family of choice. everyone by the end of the show becomes a big, motley family and the ending is a pure shot of serotonin. premise begins with nokdu disguising himself as a woman to enter an all-women's village in order to find out about some assassins that have been targeting his family

#mystic pop-up bar #a journey to love #vincenzo #go ahead #tale of nokdu #asks! #kdrama #cdrama

[trendingdrama]

I most recently saw ‘Destined With You’ and ‘Doom at Your Service’ and loved both. I want to watch something that is more serious than silly and I’ve discovered that I really like the whole theme of love that exists beyond time or just love happening despite tragic circumstances. ‘While You Were Sleeping’ is probably my most favorite kdrama. If there are some kdramas you can think of that have similar vibes to those, I’d love to hear about them.

at the outset with time travel or past lives / tragic love...I just know a few ...

Mystic popup bar :

this is more of mix of part comedy , drama , romance ( sub sub plot) and action. Weol Ju (played by hwang jung eum) is a pop up restraunt owner who sets her food tent at night where both the dead and the living can grab a drink and she helps people appease their grudges / problemswith a special drink...( i am sorry this synopsis seems weird but give it a go you might like this :) )

2.Hotel del luna

i think this a mix of romcom , fantasy and horror. The story revolves aroung jang man wol ( played gorgeously by IU ) who is the owner of the hotel del luna (she is bound by curse to look after the hotel for dead and make easy passage for them to the nether world). Things start to be different for manwol once she hires goo chan sung as the assistant manager ....While this synopsis sounds boring it is far from it ... It does explore on some thematic aspects of ' resentment ' letting go and found family themes . Also since you said you liked while you were sleeping it's from the same directors that's an added bonus. Also cinematography and OSTs are my absolute favs...

3. Youth of May

this one not a fantasy but rather a sad romance melodrama.. but the directing acting the story was amazing . It revolves around old school romance of two strangers who met at the time of gwangju uprising. (And this drama made me look into south korean history ) It just gives you that nostalgia of what it is to be in love. Also because it is in the backdrop of a major event in sk history it does depicts deaths and cruel reality of the olden time. Anyway this was one of the best dramas i have watched ( please be ready with lots of tissues when watching this )

4. My dearest

Was released as a two part series with total of 21 episodes with each episodes were a art in itself , set in historical times of Qing invasion Yu Gil Chae is a pretty, bubbly, and a bit spoiled young lady who's called the 99 tailed fox of Neunggun-ri. She is also a bit of an outcast because other young ladies are jealous of her. They seem to think she's too straightforward and her behavior is inappropriate for a young lady, while young noblemen think highly of her. Gil Chae knows how to get men to fall for her but fails to capture the heart of the person she likes. Lee Jang Hyun is a mysterious man who suddenly appears in the Neunggun-ri social scene. Nobody really knows anything about him. Young nobles don't like him, but the elderly are wrapped around his finger. He's been dating around a lot, but he becomes curious about a certain 99 tailed fox, and one day, the said fox quite literally crash lands into his arms.

Once war is brewing, the pair finds themselves separated before they could even start to make sense of their feelings.

But the drama isn't just about their love it is much more than that it captivates it's viewers to empathize with emotions of ongoing war and how wthe invasion affects each and every character ( not just the main ) and the beautiful storytelling and the cinematography with added acting brilliance of nam goong min and ahn eunjin you keep yearning for more and more...

this is definitely the most serious one out of this lot.

JUST another rec of a not romance in fantasy but just a thriller fantasy drama that i am currently watching seems absolutely good

5. TOMORROW

Choi Joon Woong seeks a job, but it's hard for him to get hired. One night, he witnesses a man trying to end his life and decides to stop him. He gets acquainted with grim reapers Koo Ryeon and Im Ryoong Gu, who belong to a crisis management team. Their purpose is to prevent people from committing suicide. After Joon Woong ends up in a coma and becomes half-human and half-spirit, he is employed by a company of grim reapers as the newest member of the crisis management team.

other dramas: that fit love in tragic circumstances maybe :

queen for seven days

it's okay to not be okay ( tragic past )

extraordinary you ( not tragic but how love transcends two webtoons / two stories in fantasy based story where characters are in webtoon and one of the side character relaises THAT FACT !!)

it's okay that's love

#kdrama #recs #tolkpopfan #hope this helps #only these four popped up at the outright when u said #whole theme of love that exists beyond time or just love happening despite tragic circumstances #while first one isn't exactly a love story

[luciehercndale]

How's Hotel Del Luna so far?

I finished it the other day 👀 it was good and some things reminded me of some other fantasy books I've read

I didn't get the ending, tho? All the ghosts finally left for the underworld but is the last scene with Man Weol and Chan Sung in the future or in the afterlife after he dies too? I'm a little confused 😅😅also... do you have more K-drama (or Asian drama in general) suggestions?

#posta

[survivalistghost]

hotel del luna

hotel del luna was just what i needed after doom at your service. iu as an amazing hotel owner with kickass fashion sense and yeo jin gu as a goofy cutie pie.

i. perfect example of started this show for the guy and continued for the girl. as much as i loved ku chan seong, jang man weol was an all rounder package, truly. she was sparkly, beautiful, vulnerable, soldier, warrior, fighter, lover all in one. ku chan seong, an amazing character which allowed man weol to shine so much while keeping her in check? definition of man written by women.

ii. our little hotel del luna family, beginning from mr. noh, ji hyun joon, ms. choi, mr. kim, chan seong, yu na and man weol, gave me so many feels. loved how truly deep man weol's bond with each of them went. she's not truly heartless, after all.

iii. loved how each individual character, from sanchez to every hotel staff was explored so in depth and beautifully, in a way that never felt forced. it all flowed in a very natural way that never makes you want to fast forward to the main characters.

iv. what was up with ma go. genuinely did not understand the sisters. also, faced an important question - does the interior of the hotel change with the current trend, man weol's financial status or the blooming of the flowers? because we saw the interior being the same when they shifted, despite the house being cheaper.

v. the friendship between each character. like the time when the staff finally involved chan seong in their "hwaiting!" thing, or when man weol was the only one who could convince hyun joon to meet his enemy. the end scene between ms. choi and man weol was so wholesome and made me cry more than man weol and chan seong. even man weol and mr. kim love-hate relationship was so cute. sanchez and his kindheartedness, my heart broke for the guy with veronica.

overall, this drama was a perfect fantasy show, enough to keep you intrigued. the main leads have everything, from chemistry, banter, fights, jokes and sharing power dynamic.

8/10

#kdrama #kdrama recommendations #kdrama review #kdramadaily #netflix kdrama #kdrama text post #iu #hotel del luna #yeo jin goo #yeo jin gu #jang man wol #ku chan seong #lee do hyun #kim so hyun #fantasy drama #tvn netflix

[dreamingsushi]

Mystic Pop-up Bar - Episode 1

Hello there! Yes, I'm starting something else, because as of now, nothing that I'm currently watching is really a treat for me. I know this drama aired a few years ago, but I have been wanting to watch it for quite some time already and there we go. I have high hopes for it, I heard it's really good, so hopefully... this is going to be my reward for those two others that aren't all that interesting to me!

Weol-ju is the kind daughter of a shaman and she possesses the power to help people through their dreams. She happily helps anyone in need and gets a reputation for it which reaches the ears of the Queen. As her son, the Crown Prince is sickly and nothing will heal him, she summons Weol-ju to the palace and have her treat the prince. Doing so, they fall in love, which spreads a lot of rumours in town about Weol-ju and leads to her mom's death as she pretended to be Weol-ju and sent her away to protect her. However, Weol-ju, filled with hatred, curses everyone before hanging herself on the branches of the sacred tree. The pin her mom gave her falls down and something magic seems to be happening, but what? Who knows?

So, for having hung up herself at the sacred tree, Weol-ju was punished to help 1000 or was it 10,000 souls through dreams. It's also a 500 years sentence. As of now, she needs to help 10 more people and runs a street bar to lure customers in and reveal their worries to her so she can help. However, as of lately, business hasn't been doing as well as in the past, since delivery services cause customers to be lesser and lesser and people are more open about their feelings on the internet instead of in person. For the last 6 months, she wasn't able to help anyone.

Han Kangbae is a young worker in a store. Whenever he touches someone else, these people pour out their heart to him and say whatever they're really thinking. So he tries to avoid contact as much as possible. One day, at the store, a client treats badly her colleague, who has a great reputation since she won the best employee award five months in a row. Weol-ju also happened to be there and she went on a rampage to punish that arrogant man, which puts Mi Ran (best employee) in trouble at work. Kangbae tries to speak up for her, but the manager goes by the customer is king rule.

Later that night, Kangbae sees Mi Ran jumping in front of a car and he jumps in to protect her from the impact. Fortunately, the drivers stops in time and they're both safe. Kangbae suggests that they go to the street bar across the street to have some food. There, when Mi Ran touches his hand by accident, she reveals that the manager at the store has been harassing her, which is why she wanted to die. Weol-ju sends Kangbae away and serves the sleeping alcohol to Mi Ran so she can fulfill her wish in her dream. When Kangbae comes back, he can see the bar that no one else sees and ends up joining the dream. They punish the manager and convince Mi Ran to stand up for herself in real life too.

The next day, Kangbae thinks it was all a dream until he finds Weol-ju's hairpin on the rooftop at work. He remembers she promised that she could help someone change their personality, so he goes to find her. Meanwhile, she gets a warning that she's having only one month left to finish her task, else she's going to hell. So she remembers of Kangbae's abilities and decides to have him help her to complete her punishment in time. She agrees to help him on the condition that he gives his body to her. Meaning she'll possess him or that she wants him to use his empathy abilities for her? We'll see next episode.

So far, I'm very happy with this. The main lead is a powerful woman with a lot of personality. I adore her. She funny and feisty, it's a nice change from who she was when she was alive too. Really loved it. I'm waiting a little bit more to see who Kangbae really is, but so far it's nice to have a guy that is a little bit softer than domineering. And there's also Gwi something something, that I haven't mentioned in the summary, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to love this guy too. Really looking forward the next episode! I will have to restrain myself, because I can't wait to watch another and yet I've got other stuff to do today.

#mystic pop up bar #choi wong young #yook sungjae #hwang jung eum #kdrama #k-drama #korean drama #drama review #drama recap #drama reaction

[beevean]

Niege: Ok repeat after me: you will abandon Weil because he's a bad man

Kraft: I will destroy Neo Arcadia along with Weol and everyone else in it because Weil is a bad man

Neige: NO

And Weil survives the attack :'D

At least... he got the spirit...?

#megaman #megaman zero 4 #i was sure that it was said that 20 million people died #but i re-read the script and it doesn't say how many people died

[wullu]

I have work tomorrow ( as in I have to go to office and have a long ass commute ahead of me) but like what's better than going through the Hotel del Luna tag and being in my feelings about Man Weol and Chan Seong and the way IU embodied the spectrum of all emotion? Sleep, I would assume cos it's 1.00 am but I am also an idiot and willing to suffer, so there's that.

#kdrama #hotel del luna #word vomit #im not smart ya'll #🤡

[herri-writes]

so hotel del luna ep 5 got me when i found out about the ghost marriage and i literally screamed when man weol said something when the bride kissed the groom and will be together in the afterlife and thought about idia getting married again but the bride is the reader and everything is in hotel del luna scenario and setting with one of the HdL ost playing in the back got me rolling

#from herri #twst #twisted wonderland #Ghost Marriage #i banned myself to write anything after that grim angst tho #so here's this clown brainrotting again for the nth time #this dumbass just remembered about the ghost marriage in twst and is rolling rn

[scenesstills]

"i'll keep you in my heart."

#saddest scene ever #alternative #edit #my edit #my post #aestethic #kdrama #lee do hyun #iu #hotel del luna #lee jieun #chung myung #man weol #yeon woo #friendship #korean drama

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

January: Red Redux

Hotel del Luna / IU (Lee Ji-eun) as Jang Man-wol

This dress has a 1940s feel, recalling Agent Carter's red dress from earlier in the month. The hat is very similar to the black one that Man-wol wears later in the show, leading me to ponder on the connections between these two scenes!

Her accessories include delicate pearl jewelry, a white handbag, and white pumps; it looks like she has white hose as well. Interestingly, her lipstick is more in the raspberry-pink range.

#hotel del luna #red dresses #iu #lee ji eun #lee ji-eun #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #television costumes #tv costumes #korean tv #korean drama #kdrama costumes #jang man weol #jang man wol #jang man-wol #red dress #red redux

[gizkasparadise]

Favorite kdrama characters and favorite cdrama characters?

nice! i'll do a top 5 off the top of my head. i'll do kdrama in this one and cdrama in another post.

FAVORITE KDRAMA CHARACTERS

dong gu, welcome to waikiki. he's probably my favorite male lead lmao. he's such a mess and so, so petty but i've got a weakness for grumpy dudes who are secretly soft and i think he's a good example of that trope executed well

kimura shunji, bridal mask/gaksital. LMAO favorite =/= endorsement, but he's my personal favorite villain/antagonist in a kdrama. his arc is just so well-executed and grim and park ki woong totally crushed it

yoon sae beom, happiness. she's a total gremlin but also very cool and kickass and there was something just really believable? about this character.

do hyun soo, who would like to be included with his wife cha ji won, flower of evil. my favorite performance of lee joon ki, and such a layered character mixed up with Wife Guy is pretty much an unbeatable combo.

eun dan oh, extraordinary you. SASS queen but also peppy/high energy without being annoying. dan oh brought so much life into the drama and she was my favorite part about it it

honorable mentions

kang bae, weol ju, and gwi, mystic pop-up bar

man wol, hotel del luna

moo hak, dali and the cocky prince

hwi oh, mad for each other

seo jin, kairos

empress ki/seung nyang, empress ki

jung in, one spring night

#welcome to waikiki #flower of evil #bridal mask #extraordinary you #tvn happiness #asks! #kdrama

[whatsapruthie]

Hotel del Luna Fan Art

#hotel del luna #fan art #art #sketch #IU #kdrama #man weol

[bexyiam]

“You.... who are you?“

#kdrama #hotel del luna #lee jieun #lee ji eun #Yeo Jin Goo #Yeo Jingoo #IU #man weol #chan seong #my gifs #gifs

[131moon]

"너는 다시 잘 살고있구나. 다행이다. 정말 다행이다."

#i'm so sad #hotel del luna #kdrama #iu #lee jieun #man weol #yeon woo #alternative #edit #my edit #my post #aesthetic #mine

[jullianaboop]

I know people have different opinions...like I get it...I just can’t understand how people are saying that Chan Sung and Man Weol have no chemistry... Like I really can’t understand the people who are saying that. They are fricken amazing together! If you don’t like his character cool but you really can’t be saying they have no chemistry. Just wanted to say something cause I keep seeing that on here.

#lowkey its kinda annoying #but like i said #i know everyone has their own opinions #but i disagree with that one #and also i cant understand the dislike towards Chan Sung #hotel del luna #chan sung #man weol #iu #yeo jin goo