Next/Rebirth ep 4-6
I hae to say that, while I'm not sure I'm sold on the modern story, the two past stories make it more than worth watching. Think of 4 angt ridden period romances, in the rame work of modern reincarnations of the historical lovers being involved in each others lives and replaying their roles(though hopefully, things will work out better in the modern era)
Ep 4 wrapped up the story from episode 3, and seemed to set up the ongoing theme of their incarnations: Ki-bum and Jung-hwa are meant to be together, but he's tied to Soo-hyun. Meanwhile, poor Ki-soo loves Jung-hwa, but she loves Ki-bum. The second story, however, throws a wrench in that equation. It's set during the Mongolian invasion of Koryo, and there, Soo-hyun is a courtsean loved by Ki-soo, a Koryo general. Against his will she's sent to infiltrate the Mongolian camp and kill a Mongolian general, who, of course, is Ki-bum(Jung-hwa is a there as a Mongolian princess-I think-who loves Ki-bum but while he's fond of her, he doesn't love her) Since it's an angsty historical romance, though, instead they fall in love and he becomes more human while she's torn between love and duty. It's the kind of thing
dangermousiecan go on for pages about and normally I'd go on about it much longer, but I'm still not feeling all that great, so instead, I bring you pics:
All from the Koryo/Mongolian hordes story, click to make them bigger.
Jung-hwa(urm...incidentally, yes, they DO have different names in the past stories, but it's troublesome to go "so-and-so but called such-and-such here" so I'm sticking with the modern names.
Soo-hyun:
Ki-bum(who needs to be introduced to a razor and hairbrush. or at least a razor)
I didn't find pics of poor Ki-soo from this story, so I bring you a different one:
Ep 4 wrapped up the story from episode 3, and seemed to set up the ongoing theme of their incarnations: Ki-bum and Jung-hwa are meant to be together, but he's tied to Soo-hyun. Meanwhile, poor Ki-soo loves Jung-hwa, but she loves Ki-bum. The second story, however, throws a wrench in that equation. It's set during the Mongolian invasion of Koryo, and there, Soo-hyun is a courtsean loved by Ki-soo, a Koryo general. Against his will she's sent to infiltrate the Mongolian camp and kill a Mongolian general, who, of course, is Ki-bum(Jung-hwa is a there as a Mongolian princess-I think-who loves Ki-bum but while he's fond of her, he doesn't love her) Since it's an angsty historical romance, though, instead they fall in love and he becomes more human while she's torn between love and duty. It's the kind of thing
dangermousiecan go on for pages about and normally I'd go on about it much longer, but I'm still not feeling all that great, so instead, I bring you pics:
All from the Koryo/Mongolian hordes story, click to make them bigger.
Jung-hwa(urm...incidentally, yes, they DO have different names in the past stories, but it's troublesome to go "so-and-so but called such-and-such here" so I'm sticking with the modern names.
Soo-hyun:
Ki-bum(who needs to be introduced to a razor and hairbrush. or at least a razor)
I didn't find pics of poor Ki-soo from this story, so I bring you a different one: