Arang and the magistrate - Lee Joon Gi & Shin Min Ah Shine.

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Arang and the magistrate is an underrated Kdrama that literally no one recommends. My LJG marathon continues with this series. Shin Min-ah who plays Arang the ghost, makes for a lovely pair for Eun ho, the magistrate played by LJG. 

The story is pretty fast-paced and hilarious for the most part while also keeping you hooked till the end and as the episode ends you're left wanting more. LJG in a comedy/action/romance role makes watching this series worthwhile.

I noticed that the old man who plays Lord Choi is one actor I like. The son of Lord Choi turns out to be the "My Shy Boss" lead and also the Jade emperor is so cute. Oh, what a lovely cast. I am floored. 

The son of Lord Choi wears robes that every Indian woman will be jealous of ... I love the colour combinations and the patterns he gets to wear, in fact, we Indian women, especially from the Southern part of the country have sarees in those combinations 😁

From the 6th episode or so, the story starts to drag a bit. They do try to maintain the comedy and spookiness rhythm but it still drags. You can skip most of the episodes because the story picks up really slowly. 

The second pair, Dol Sue and the Shaman, are funny and try to keep the tempo going.

It feels like the audience knows all the answers but the hero and heroine don't, and it's taking a super long time to get them to discover the truth. Uff! 

But if you're a Shin Min ah fan or Lee Joon Gi fan, you can drool over them 😂😂

Joo wal somehow has the opportunity to wear nice costumes whereas the hero wears plain, uninteresting clothes. The fight scenes are superb. Lee Joon Gi has done them all without any stunt doubles and it is highly commendable. 

I recorded some fight sequences on my phone - for your viewing interest. I am unable to paste some of the videos, please do watch them here:

Video 1



Excuse the video quality, since it is an older KDrama, I could only find a 360P video. Nevertheless, it was fun. Recommended for Lee Joon gi's fans. 

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