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Plus Nine Boys: Episode 4

The show continues to deliver on the sweet and sad moments, as we learn more about each of our boys and their ladies. More of Kwang-soo and Da-in’s history is revealed, leaving us with more questions than answers. Jin-gu struggles with his desire to tell Se-young about his feelings at the risk of losing not one, but two friendships. And Min-gu continues his search for his mysterious ladylove, while Dong-gu’s adorable relationship becomes a love triangle. Our boys are learning about the gritty and difficult realities of love, and I’m loving every minute of it.

Track 4: “When love finds you”

Mom and Dong-gu practice his makjang drama expressions while Min-gu reads Destiny Girl’s date book for the umpty-jillionth time, and Mom laments over her family’s bad luck this year. She yells at Min-gu to study more and complains that Kwang-soo never comes out of his room.

Kwang-soo sits at his computer staring at the photos of himself and Da-in, clearly more affected by this ex-girlfriend run-in than any of the others. He thinks how some coincidences are unwelcome, and sighs that he didn’t even have enough courage to say hello.

The tour planning team sends Jae-bum and Se-young out for drinks while Jin-gu glowers at the “punishment” that they hold hands the whole time. The team misinterprets their awkwardness as interest, which just makes things worse, but they head out with hands clasped. Jin-gu jumps up to follow but the rest order him to make ramyun, and he can’t think of a valid reason to object.

Se-young and Jae-bum walk hand-in-hand, but soon drop each other’s hands (Jae-bum notably lets go first). Jae-bum has something to say but Se-young asks if she can go first, and they talk intently though we don’t hear what’s said.

Everyone’s eating ramyun by the time they return, still holding hands as ordered. Everyone teases them, assuming they got up to some hanky-panky while out, though Se-young insists it was just the penalty. The teasing gets more detailed and Jin-gu looks hurt, as Se-young hits people and Jae-bum just smiles. Jin-gu thinks how these two people are so precious to him, and that he needs to confess to Se-young before he misses his chance.

The next morning Kwang-soo waits for an elevator, but when the doors open, Da-in and her daughter are inside. The ride down is horrifically tense, and Kwang-soo attempts to say something but Da-in starts talking to her daughter and cuts him off. Having used up his daily allotment of courage, Kwang-soo only watches as they leave the elevator and head out to their day.

He watches them walk away and thinks back to happier times when he and Da-in were dating. Awww, he smiled so much then, it breaks my heart. In one memory he slips a soda can top on her finger in place of an engagement ring, and in another they smile at each other under the sheets, happy and in love.

Min-gu shares Destiny Girl’s notebook with his buddies (dude, that is so not okay), and they reveal that her name is HAN SOO-AH (Park Cho-rong). After a short McDonald’s commercial, they ask if he can find her using the date book, but there’s no address written inside (smart girl, otherwise some creepy teenage boys might find your book and try to track you down… oh wait).

Min-gu’s friends tell him not to worry, because if it’s really destiny, he’ll see her again. They suggest he wait at the bus stop where she got off last time, but then they find today’s date circled in her notebook with the name Blue Paprika, and Min-gu’s friend says it’s a cafe in his neighborhood. Bingo.

The tour planning team meets for more romantic vacation scouting, and Jin-gu announces that they’ll be working with partners again. But this time they’ll be trying out “telepathic dating,” where the girls and guys will each secretly choose a location from a list, and discover their partners there. The team leader reveals that whichever couple comes back with the most romantic couple-selca will win prizes.

The guys and girls split up, and Go-eun asks Se-young where she thinks Jin-gu will go, at the same time that Jae-bum asks Jin-gu where Se-young will go. Se-young chooses the Ridge of the Wind, and Jae-bum (unknowingly) chooses it too, frustrating Jin-gu as that’s where he was planning to go.

They all take in the local sights alone, and eventually Se-young makes her way up to the gorgeous outlook to wait for her “date.” Jin-gu and Jae-bum each head for their destination, and Jin-gu thinks that if they’re meant to be, they’ll attract each other like magnets.

Kwang-soo gets to work and is met with some more stupid trivia ideas by the Sponge writers, and pretty much bails immediately. He has coffee with Young-hoon, who immediately susses out that something exciting has happened to his friend. Kwang-soo tells him that Da-in moved in upstairs, but when Young-hoon gets excited, he tells him she’s married (he assumes, because of the daughter).

Young-hoon wonders what happened to Da-in after she dumped Kwang-soo, and how she could have gotten married so quickly. Kwang-soo breezes that she’s happy and he’s perfectly fine with her living upstairs, and that it’s not weird at all, nope not a bit. Young-hoon wants to know if he asked her about that “incident,” but Kwang-soo claims he doesn’t even remember that since it’s been over ten years.

Thinking back on the thing he totally doesn’t remember, Kwang-soo recalls how he and Da-in had sat in a live TV audience full of couples, and Kwang-soo had written in a love letter to read publicly to Da-in. His letter said that they had been together 500 days, but he didn’t want to count the days anymore and only wanted to be with her without beginning or end. Awww.

Kwang-soo kneels to present Da-in with flowers and a ring, not noticing that her face has remained stony throughout his whole proposal. He stays there on his knee for a long moment, a hopeful happy smile on his face, but suddenly Da-in viciously whacks him over the head repeatedly with the flowers and leaves without a word. His look of shock is just heartbreaking.

Back in the present, Young-hoon wonders what happened, since she had vanished after that, and Kwang-soo never knew why she left nor saw her again.

Se-young texts Da-in her selcas from the Ridge of the Wind, and they talk on the phone while Se-young waits for one of the guys to show. She tells Da-in about the telepathic dating idea, blaming it all on girl-crazy Jin-gu. Da-in asks, since it’s telepathic, who Se-young wishes would come — Se-young just says that Da-in already knows who. Iiiinteresting.

Se-young hangs up and looks up to see a guy approaching her… and it’s Jin-gu. He found her first! We see that thirty minutes prior, Jae-bum had found Jin-gu and asked to switch destinations, sure that Se-young would go eat in the market. Jin-gu gives Se-young a cheery smile and a wave, and she does this adorable “Dammit, why did it have to be you” thing. They’re so cute.

Jin-gu grabs Se-young in a headlock and whispers in her ear, asking if her heart is pounding (if it isn’t, she’s made of stronger stuff than most), and gets an elbow to the ribs. She walks away and he follows, grinning like an idiot, as he thinks that he needs to be honest with her for the sake of all three of them.

In the market, Jae-bum finds his partner – he’s stuck with the loud handsy coworker again. Even his expert poker face isn’t poker enough to hide his dismay. She chatters that Se-young nearly came here, and reveals that she went to the Ridge of the Wind, and Jae-bum looks sick that he sent Jin-gu right to her. Loudmouth blabbers that she thinks there’s something going on between Jin-gu and Se-young. They always fight, but they also always end up together.

Jin-gu and Se-young play on the mountain, and again he takes photos of her constantly. He can’t take his eyes off her, mooning at her whenever she looks away, and she seems not to even notice. She fusses at him for playing and not working, but he’s enjoying his day with her too much to care. He does have a moment of seriousness when he remembers his conversation with his friend, who’d assured him that it happened ages ago and he couldn’t help it, and Se-young has gotten over it. Gotten over what?

They find a beautiful spot over a creek and Jin-gu suggests they take a picture, reminding her of the contest for the most romantic photo. The mention of the beef prize sways her, and she consents. They pose for the shot but instead of snapping the picture, Jin-gu gets serious and asks her to hear him out.

He plays a slideshow of pictures he’s taken of her on his phone which, AWWWW, and she seems moved as she looks at the photos. Jin-gu watches Se-young watching the slideshow, with all his love right there on his face, and he draws in a breath to tell her his feelings… and tourists interrupt to ask Se-young to take their picture. Dammit.

Back in Seoul, Don-gu’s girlfriend Baek-ji whines that he promised her a bike ride, but he’s depressed and says they’ll do it some other time. She pouts, but immediately perks up to see his rival Do Min-joon approaching. She asks why he hasn’t been to acting class, and he’s a little snot as he brags that he’s been way too busy shooting.

Baek-ji thinks it’s great when she hears that the boys shot a CF together, thinking they can all be friends, but Dong-gu refuses and walks off. Baek-ji follows him and Dong-gu plays his “Don’t make a scene, I’m a celebrity” card, and she’s had enough and breaks up with him. Min-joon follows her out, but not before shooting Dong-gu a superior look. These kids are in their own little love triangle, it’s so awesome.

Se-young and Jin-gu continue their countryside not-a-date, and they’re adorable as she talks about how cute the sheep are and he’s all, “Yeah, sheep, cute” *snaps more pics of Se-young*. They work a bit on the sheep farm then rest, and Jin-gu tries to sneak his head onto Se-young’s lap but gets smacked for it.

He says the place isn’t very romantic and she argues that the couples could work together, but he says most girls are too busy wanting to look pretty on dates and not mess up their makeup. Se-young says she prefers down-to-earth places and good people. He teases her for wanting to be a writer, earning a few more punches.

Se-young muses that she only came to work at a tour company because she wanted to travel and write a book, but real life is being an office worker, and he playfully jokes that at least she gets to date him. This time he gets rib-poked, hee. Se-young suggests they take the romantic selca here, and they pose for a series of adorable couple shots.

Min-gu bikes like a man possessed to get to the Blue Paprika cafe where Destiny Girl’s notebook said she’d be. He waits for a long time but she never shows, and an employee tells him this is one of two cafes named Blue Paprika.

Min-gu is exhausted when he gets to the other location, and wilts when he doesn’t see the girl there. But he grins when he sees a girl with familiar hair sitting with her back to him, and he gathers his courage and taps her shoulder. But it’s not her, and he leaves disappointed. Min-gu takes a moment outside to tweet a dramatic selca and the phrase, “Soo-ah, my destiny, where are you?”

In the apartment parking lot, Da-in drives past a walking Kwang-soo without even looking at him. He looks resigned, but turns when he hears a loud CRUNCH. A man has backed into Da-in’s car, and he gets out angry and holding his neck, immediately on the offensive.

The man hollers at Da-in for being a terrible driver and not looking where she’s going, but she calmly points out that he backed into her, not the other way around. She keeps her cool until he makes a crack about how she should be in the kitchen and not screwing around in her husband’s car, and she fights back, though it’s adorably weak how she stammers that he should be in the kitchen himself. And by the way, this is her car.

The man actually raises his hand to her and Da-in bravely gets in his face and dares him to do something, but Kwang-soo butts in just in time to lie that he witnessed the accident. The man assumes he’s Da-in’s husband which she hotly denies, and Kwang-soo almost manages to hide how much that stings.

He rallies enough to say they can check the CCTV to see who was at fault, and the man suddenly backs down and offers a settlement. Kwang-soo starts to say something to Da-in but she cuts him off again, thanks him with a bow, and drives away before he can speak.

Min-gu reads Soo-ah’s date book again when Kwang-soo comes in on the phone, and he perks up to hear his uncle mention the words “Blue Paprika.” He finds out that Blue Paprika is the name of an indie band having a concert tonight, right now, and yells at Kwang-soo for not knowing where the concert is as he runs out the door.

Mom calls Kwang-soo to have some dumplings and mentions that she took some upstairs, as an apology for accusing Da-in of making all the noise. She says that Da-in told her she’s a divorced single mom and that she runs a coffee shop, which Kwang-soo takes in with interest.

Kwang-soo is lying on the couch in a tank top and boxers when the doorbell rings. Mom lets Da-in and her daughter in and he hilariously tries to hide under a pillow, but Mom yells at him to put pants on and he slinks past them to his room. He has a giant freakout in his room, then dies even more to hear his sister telling his ex how he lies around in his underwear all day.

Mom and Da-in smile as they listen to Dong-gu introduce himself as ”Dong-gu oppa” to tiny little Eun-seo, and tell her all about how he’s a celebrity. Mom asks Da-in her age (33) and exclaims at how young she is to be divorced, and gripes about how her boys are all still single.

Kwang-soo listens through his bedroom door (from where he slid to the the floor, ha) and flops in embarrassment when Mom asks Da-in if she has any single friends. She tells Da-in that Kwang-soo is a TV producer but he never dates, and that he claims to be too busy but that’s just an excuse, as Kwang-soo dies a thousand deaths and writhes on the floor, utterly humiliated.

Se-young is exhausted by the time she and Jin-gu find a sunflower field to take more couple selcas in, and says she gives up on the beef set. She’s hungry and wants to find a restaurant, but it starts to rain, and they hold hands and run until they find an old building for shelter.

Jin-gu tries to dry Se-young’s hair with his sleeve but she hits him and calls him a player. He’s not deterred and offers hugs if she’s cold, and gets denied again. He makes another broad hint about what always happens in these sorts of situations in the movies, and she shoots him down a third time. Ouch.

Min-gu searches the internet to find the location of the Blue Paprika concert, and when he gets there he walks through the audience, searching all the girls’ faces but not finding the one he’s looking for. Defeated, he leaves the venue and wanders down the street, but when he gets to the corner he looks up and sees his Destiny Girl standing on the other side.

The light turns green and Min-gu takes a deep breath, and walks towards his fate. The girl is on her phone and doesn’t even notice him, and they pass each other in the middle of the street. But at the last second, Min-gu snags her by the wrist and she’s pulled around to face him — they stand there, right in the middle of the street, face-to-face for the first time.

As they wait out the rain, Se-young whines about how she’s so hungry and should have gone to the market, and she asks Jin-gu which of the guys went there. He mutters that it was Jae-bum, and Se-young sighs that she should have gone there, making Jin-gu take on a guarded expression. But he smiles again when all she talks about is all the food she could be eating right now.

Se-young says this place reminds her of her hometown, and proposes that the three of them should go there someday, but Jin-gu isn’t listening as he just stares in awe at how pretty she looks in the light. She holds her hand out to catch the rain, and he holds his out next to hers. Slowly he moves his hand towards hers and entwines their fingers, and Se-young looks at him with an unreadable expression.

Jin-gu seizes his moment and leans in for a gentle kiss, and at the same time we see Min-gu and Soo-ah standing in the crosswalk, and Kwang-soo and Da-in facing each other at the elevator.

As Jin-gu kisses Se-young, he thinks how love comes unexpectedly. And once it comes, there’s no turning back. He ends the kiss and backs up, waiting expectantly for her reaction… which is a slap across the face. She calls him a crazy bastard and stalks off, and he follows, calling her name.

COMMENTS

Things are getting serious for all four of our lovelorn young men, though I don’t think any of them is enjoying the journey half as much as I am. I especially appreciated that we got to see a lot more of Kwang-soo and his relationship with Da-in, because it answered a lot of questions. For one, it’s now clear that her daughter isn’t his, which is something I bet we all considered, since she’s only four years old and their relationship ended ten years ago. I’m kind of glad, because I’m not really a fan of the whole secret-child trope. I think there are very few situations in which it’s okay to keep the existence of a whole entire child from his/her father, and I don’t like when innocent children are dragged into the conflicts of their parents. So I’m glad, for that reason at least, that the little girl is simply Da-in’s child from her failed marriage.

I’m burning with curiosity to know what happened to make Da-in so unhappy with Kwang-soo that she would beat him publicly with a bouquet of roses, during his proposal for pity’s sake, then leave him without a word, never to be seen again. I’m racking my brain, but I can’t think of a single thing that would be so terrible as to make her react that way, that he in turn would be completely unaware of. It does explain a lot about Kwang-soo though, and why he hasn’t dated in so long after having what sounds like a very, um… healthy dating life before Da-in. Filling in the blanks, it seems like he dated quite a lot from college through his army service, up until meeting Da-in, and he decided she was the one he wanted to marry. To be so publicly rejected, then never to get any explanation or closure, would be traumatic in the extreme. It would certainly give him adequate cause to swear off dating, and even become depressed. He’s in such obvious pain that it’s getting hard to watch, and I hope there’s a light at the end of his tunnel soon.

I liked Jin-gu’s struggle with whether or not to confess to Se-young, because he’s acutely aware that by doing so, he risks losing both of his closest friends. It’s a terrible position to be in, but it’s clear by the way he looks at Se-young that he can’t go on hiding it or it will destroy him. Either way, confessing or not, he risks losing the people he loves most — so he may as well confess and have the chance to keep at least one of them. It’s the worst sort of choice to make, and one that can’t be avoided by making no choice at all.

And Se-young obviously has a secret of her own, based on the hint she gave when Da-in asked which one of the guys she wished would show up to her location and she said that Da-in already knew. I thought, well, it can’t be Jae-bum because she rejected him, but then there was that talk they had on the way to get drinks that we didn’t get to hear. But if it’s Jin-gu, then why slap Jin-gu when he kissed her? And what in the world happened “back then” that was so terrible that Se-young had to forgive him for it? So many questions!

Let’s talk about how cute Dong-gu and his little love triangle are. So cute! Baek-ji is just the most adorable thing ever, and I love how she delivers her very adult-sounding complaints about Dong-gu and his treatment of her without sounding whiny. Do Min-joon’s entrance into their relationship is unexpected but hilarious, and I’m looking forward to watching the three mini-lovers’ romance play out.

As for Min-gu… I have to confess that I’m glad that Min-gu finally found his Destiny Girl and can start having real-life interactions with her, because I was getting a bit uncomfortable with the way he was following her around and especially reading her private date book. I know we’re supposed to think it’s romantic that he wants to know all about her, but reading a woman’s private thoughts and studying where she’s been and where she’s going, is more than a little creepy and stalkerish for my tastes. Then to let your grody teenage friends grope the book and read all about her too — just no. There’s nothing okay about that. So yes, I’m glad that he’s finally found Soo-ah and can start seeing her as a real live person and not an object to obsess over, because life is not a drama, not even when it’s a drama. I still hope that Soo-ah turns out to be, for lack of a better word, a real ball-buster, because Min-gu needs a big wake-up call about love and what it means to treat a girl like a person. Finding the girl of your dreams isn’t the end of the story; it’s just the beginning.

 
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Thanks for recap! I am excited for 39er Kwang-soo~

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I mean to find out more about him and Dain.

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I'm so in love with this drama.

My fave are JinGoo and KwangSoo.

I really love how JinGoo looks at the girl!!! Mannn..that's a guy in love, for sure. And I love his character so much.

So curious bout the incident that JinGoo thought SeYoung still won't forget.

And most of all, I hope he doesn't do anything stupid after this. T_T I'd be very sad if he does.

Can someone help me find all the songs they use in this drama??? *just the title, I mean*
Coz the music is so great! ♥.♥

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In the last post, someone left a comment saying that the Plus Nine Boys Soompi page has lists of all of the songs used in each episode.

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Yeah, all the songs are on the soompi forum. Ep 1 and 2 are on page 6 and 7 (I believe) and ep 3 and 4 are on pages 11 and 12 :)

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Re: JinGu and SeYoung

What if ... (and this is the only explanation I could come up with that satisfies me completely) ... SeYoung confessed her love to JinGu some years ago and got rejected. Maybe he did not know her well back then, maybe he didn't care for her boyish charms. But then he started feeling something, but she was already acting 'over it' so he didn't get a chance to confess.

And now here he is, secretly in love - and confessing it will a) destroy at least half his friendships and b) make him seem insincere. Why? Because SeYoung is the kind of girl who would suspect him of being insincere and using the fact that she loved him back then (and probably still, judging by her behaviour) to get her into bed. Because that's what she thinks he does. Quite a dilemma, lover boy!

9's story is hilarious; 19's story is not that interesting right now, but I do enjoy the 'recepies' his friend comes up with; 39 is awesome at looking like a sad puppy, which gives me all sorts of feelings. However, dude, just get over the fact that you got stuck with the stupid programme and be productive! urgh

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Yeah, but rejecting someone isn't something you need to apologize for...

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I don't think he rejected her, his friend said on episode 1 (or 2, can't remember) that it wasn't his fault what happened before.

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I think he might have gotten drunk and kissed her. Se young must have really liked him back then but maybe he might have treated it like one of his player antics which would have obviously hurt her.

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fan--

of the boys, 39er's dead pan style keeps me wanting more. he is so funny without trying to be. the scene of him lying in his underwear when she walks in...OY...just cracked me up!

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Am I the only one who isn't fond of him at all? In fact none of the characters have sparked my interest yet.
@Lollypip - can't find a reason to see why she'd do that to him? Uh.... let's see, it's emotionally pressurizing and terrible to be put in front of a crowd and make a decision right there and now. Granted her reaction may not have been rational but why do people think that's romantic?
A public relationship is cute but discuss it first. The effects on the other person being put on a spot like that is freaking terrible.
I don't pity him at all for being rejected. That's basically going like, "Hey - here's rings. Either accept them or people are gonna forever hate you for rejecting me in public."

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Wait, they were really dating and in love. They weren't really keeping their dating life a secret. I agree that not all women like public confessions, but truthfully most women do and her reaction was way overboard for someone who was just upset about the "event". There is definitely a bigger reason behind her reaction than just being distressed because she was put on the spot without discussing whether to go public with their relationship.

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Loving this drama. It's like a rom-com buffet! Four different love scenarios where you can either love all of them or just certain ones.

Park Chorong better have some dialog in the next episode. She's starting to remind me of that "Woman in the Red Dress" from the Matrix. lol

The kids are so funny to watch and Don Gu is just one self absorbed little diva. I keep wondering why he doesn't have any professionals backing him up if he was such a big child star.

I just hope they come up with a good backstory for why Da In vanished on Kwang Soo 10 years ago. If it turns out to be some noble idiocy ala Lee Gun then I will be a bit disappointed. hehe

I am really liking Se Young in this drama. She shows some hints of Kim Sam Soon every time I see her. She looks like Kim Sun Ah when she smiles.

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I actually think the actress who plays Seyoung looks like a less child-like version of Park Boyoung.

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i just marathoned the first 4 episodes---and i was surprised by how show kept me entertained.

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Se Young looks familiar to me from elsewhere. Turned out she played the younger version of Son Ye-jin in Shark.

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Love this drama! Officially my drama crack!!

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This was a great episode for all them.
For Kwang Soo finally running into Da In. I am very curious to their story and especially to hers; what made her reject him so coldly?! (I was honestly very relieved the little girl can't be his daughter). I bet it was something bothering her and he wasn't aware of. A la DOF...
Mom was hilarious when Da In came over, I cringed for KS. Pfffttt
Jin Gu is finally courageous enough to make a move. It seemed like forever, but I hope that they can talk things out( a misunderstanding?) and stay on a good note. I don't want their friendship to cool off.

The nine year old is getting his own wake up call. I was afraid Baek Ji would dump him for Do Min-joon just for the fame, but she was really mature, can't say that about Don-gu.

I am glad Min-gu has found his mysterious girl, I hope she'll be a spunky character that'll teach him a thing or two about maturity and self awareness...

Thanks for the recap, I've read it all!

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Love Kwang Soo's story. Mingu's too. I am rooting for them to overturn their 'unlucky' events and grab hold of their destiny. I found myself skipping Jin-Gu's parts because I don't think the chemistry is working for me. I am starting to believe that the Autumn Romance might be the 39er or even little Don-Gu.

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My guess is Jin Gu probably played Se Young around, like a "I-win-this girl over-and-I-win-the-bet" kind of ego trip. Hence the hesitation in accepting his feelings (thinking he's fooling around again) or even acknowledging her own (trying to protect herself).

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Yeah, I'm thinking that as well. That years ago, maybe when they weren't as close as they are now, he tried to play around with her, or maybe she confessed and he teased her or something. I'm assuming it's gonna be something simple like that, and nothing too serious.

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Oh no I hope not, it's so 1999!

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He I take that back: maybe it did happen in 1999. LOL

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What if Jin-Gu actually slept with Da-In after maybe a gathering (DI is Se Young's friend after all,JG might know her too) and got drunk. And that little girl is JI's daughter..oooooo..what a conflict! (I might become a drama writer one day.. ╮(╯▽╰)╭ )

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That would be too makjang for a light-hearted drama like Plus Nine Boys. I doubt the writers would ruin Jin Gu's character like that.

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That is one of my guesses, too: A college friend bet him he can't get that girl to go out with him, so he pretended to like her, and as soon as she liked him back, she found out it was all a joke. A la teen movie "She's All That."

Or my second guess: Jin Gu said to his friend, "I would never like someone like her," and Se Young overheard.

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Thank you for the recap! This show kind of feels like a series of related, beautifully shot music videos. I really, really love how integral music is to the show and how they've clearly taken the time to lovingly craft the shots in it. Seriously, this is a gorgeous show just visually. I love, love, LOVED all the shots of the beach and the countryside in this episode and the last.

Finally! Mingu met his girl. Now he can actually interact with her instead of just staring at her whenever he sees her. I hope she's awesome. Also totally agree about him reading her planner and letting his friends read it and touch it with their dirty, greasy hands. Also seriously, hon, this is why people have smart phones. His self-important, angsty tweets are hilarious though. Teenagers.

Can we just take a minute to appreciate how adorable Jingu and Seyoung were on their little faux-date? OMG. The millions of pictures, the moony eyes, the beautiful setting, (the mountains, the flower fields, the windmills!) the sheep, the couple shots, UGH. Can they just get together already? They're so cute I can't stand it.

It was really nice getting some background on Kwangsoo and Dain's relationship. The tension between those two is palpable. I am also relieved that the little girl isn't his daughter. That's a little too much drama. I loved that Da-in didn't back down in the face of that other driver though, even when he threatened to hit her. UGH, he was the worst.

That entire scene in the apartment where Kwangsoo gets sent to his room to change and his sister subsequently embarrasses him by airing out his dirty laundry and then asking Da-in if she has any friends to set him up with was SO FUNNY. I was cackling and feeling his pain all at once. Man, HOW EMBARRASSING. There seem to be a lot of incidents in these men's lives. Also ten years ago, would have put Kwangsoo at 29 when Da-in dumped him. This is why I don't go in for public proposals unless you KNOW the person will say yes.

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"This show kind of feels like a series of related, beautifully shot music videos."

-Right? I love it. At the end of each episode, I go back just for all the music moments and you'd be surprised how long that takes lol. You'd think that might be overkill, but they use all the songs with narrative purpose so it ends up working wonderfully. I DO hope the ratio of music videos to talking scenes changes in the case of Min-gu's girl though haha. Time to get that girl some lines!

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Agree -- I think this is the first time in a k-drama that I thought -- wow, the film editor is doing awesome work here.

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LollyPip ~

Thanks for the recap.

But at the last second, Min-gu snags her by the wrist and she’s pulled around to face him —

Why a wrist grab? I was hoping the girl would kick the random stranger hard in the groin for assaulting her on the street.

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I usually hate wrist grabs but this one did not come across as aggressive or forceful like they usually do, although that could be a result of the slow motion effect they used.

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Am so loving this drama! I've always loved Oh Jung Se. I guess he's one of my ahjussi crushes (although he's still way younger than I am.) He does everything well.

And Lee Chae-Mi! Ooh, i loooooooooove this little girl. She is just the best little actress! So professional and so endearing. And so cute!

And Kim Mi-Kyung! Oh my gosh! Love that woman! I am in drama heaven watching these three act.

Thanks for the recap.

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Carole, did you see him in happy together? He was hilarious when he relates his real life stories. It is the one with cha seungnwon too. On kbs world.

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Do you have any idea which episode that might be? Or how long ago?

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Hey, thanks. <3

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All you need is love~ ♡♥♡♥ and a slap across the face.

Thanks for the recap! Another drama I am hooked on.

Out of all the potential couples the one I am most intrigued with is kwang soo and da in. A single business owning mother with young child and a single underwear wearing couch potato. Match made in heaven.

Is there any negative view of a single mother in society?

One reason I can see for her hitting him over the head with the bouquet is because he called her the wrong name or found out he was also a player.

Also maybe se-young still thinks the kissing is jingu player side and he is not serious. I would have thought he would have confessed first.

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Thanks for the recap!!

Mingu's la la land story seems to be far removed from the realism of his brothers'.. So hopefully Chorong turns out to be , in your words, a total ball buster. Although he mooned over her diary, the drama did not narrate out any of her thoughts out loud, which was interesting..

And Jingu really should step up and not be taken as a wingman every effin' time.. The date-but-not-quite-one, the scenery, the windmills, and those love struck gazes.. I melted..!

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the kids' romance is annoying me.. i hate when kids don't act like kids.. when I was little, boys and girls either didn't notice things like gender while playing together or considered the other gender gross and icky (depending on their peer group and upbringing). there certainly were no adult like wranglings and love triangles in miniature. what's with dramakids jeesh.

The other stories are interesting I'm very curious to know what the two different problematic pasts could be and am inclined to think they may be one and the same. Se-Young and Da-In certainly seem very close while the other two are uncle and nephew, so it could be that the incident, whatever it was, soured both relations at once?

on another note. I had to look up the meaning of brody. slang is gotten way ahead of me these days ^^

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Yes, let kids be kids, I'd say. Under 10's love triangle? Not cute but more of an annoyance. The way DG's been carrying on and with his mom egging him on, he'll grow into a real pain in the butt. Unless the Show's setting him up for a smackdown later on to let him be a kid again..... :-D

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idk i mean when i was nine (i think that was fourth grade?) a lot of my friends had crushes on boys in our class and my friend marie was always claiming that one of the fifth grade boys was her boyfriend. there are 7 year old kids in the second grade class i volunteer in now that flirt with each other and hold hands on the playground. i mean, a full on love triangle is a bit much, but still..

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You need to read Manin's real life toddler love stories in the school that she teaches in China. She tells these hilarious stories on OT forum the past few months.

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That's exactly what I thought of with the youngest line, Manin's stories.

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Holy jesus. How did Jin Goo know my weakness is interlocking fingers (in the rain?!) before a kiss. If I were Se-young, I'm not sure how I'd slap him so whatever happened between them must be pretty big.

I love this drama so much and can't wait to find out more about Kwang-soo and Da-in.

Also I know a lot of people are bored with the 19 storyline. But, I'm not. I mean, I want it to get going (which it finally is yay!), but someone said it perfectly last recap. I find his no holds-barred approach to fate and love refreshing and I think that will make his courtship next episode very enjoyable. Loved the song that was playing when he grabbed her hand in the street, it's super catchy.

Anyway, only 4 eps so far and this drama already has my favorite OST of the year. That's pretty impressive.

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I have to crackle a little bit, because it isn't really fate, if you go to three different places because you want to (stalk) find her.

But then again, it might be fate, if you meet her at a crosswalk after you failed to find her on your own. xD
Ah, the irony.

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Haha, no I definitely agree that what he did this episode (cringe.) was definitely not fate. And it definitely got hard to watch. But I more mean that I was struck by the fact that even though I should be only creeped out by his antics, he was so earnest about it that I ended up getting endeared to him anyway. He sees fate as something that he can actively seek out on his own (albeit to an uncomfortable point, for us), and that's what I like about him. Plus, I think there's nothing wrong with seeing someone you like and wanting to ask them out, which is what he's trying to do. He's just getting very very ahead of himself and is going to have to learn that his fate isn't always just what he decides it to be.

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i think she slapped him because she thinks he got caught up in the moment and kissed her. after all, she thinks of him as a player. the problem is that she doesn't know that his feelings are sincere. WE know that he has a big crush on her, but she doesn't know that, so she could've easily interpreted the kiss as impulsive behavior of a player

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"Holy jesus. How did Jin Goo know my weakness is interlocking fingers (in the rain?!) before a kiss."

I love that part too! I thought it’s a really natural/refreshing/romantic progression to skinship (as opposed to, say, girl slips and guy catches her before she falls). Kudos to the writer for coming up with this. And I love the OSTs too! My fav is Alone by Coffee Boy in Episode 2. The only downside is the song slows me down so much that I felt like hibernating :(

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I think Se young rejected Jin gu because she sees him as a player. She keeps calling him a player and jerk. So even if she likes him, she doesnt want him to treat her like any other girl and be played with. I mean, he did kiss her suddenly without saying anything before. From her point of view he might not be serious.

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" Da-in viciously whacks him over the head repeatedly with the flowers and leaves without a word."

Personally that's how I think all women should react when proposed to publicly.

Is anyone else dying to know what "the incident" is in the past between Jin-gu and Se-young.

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Haha i hate the idea of public proposals too.But many girls/women really seem to like the idea of grandly expressing their love for entire world to see. :)

I think Jin gu played around with Se young's some friend OR i think Se young already sort of confessed to him her feelings before ( i think Se young does like him and not the other guy) but at that point of time Jin Gu didn't feel the same way for her and brushed her off.And they just went back to being friends.But by the time Jin Gu started returning her feelings,they had comfortably settled into buddies roles?!

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I don't see how either of those are things he had to do or couldn't avoid whatever his friend said.

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Oh Man...this episode had me squealing like a little girl.When Jin Gu entwined his fingers with Se Young i was screaming at my laptop screen-"Just kiss already". So the slap was as much as a shock to me like him. Hah.

I'm so curious about what could possibly have gone wrong with Dan ni and Samchoon. It must have been a big thing for Dan ni to publicly humiliate n dump him,but then how could have samchoon not noticed before that he had messed up ?!?

I think Jin Gu played around with Se Young's some friend, that's why Se young never takes him seriously and calls him a player.

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Thanks for the recap LollyPip.

enjoyed this episode very much.

PPL should have been the Korea tourism Board!!!

The stories of our guys are shaping up nicely. Am with them on their journey to LOVE.

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if the KTB is indeed sponsoring this show. Why else would a drama be sending its chars around the country, showing scenic places fit for romantic trips?

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This has probably come up already, and for an earlier Nine ep. Nonetheless, I'll forge ahead.

Kwang-Soo is the the older brother/PD from Mirae's Choice and my mind keeps getting the story lines interchanged. Like this is the former show's back story for the PD and it's being integrated into this story.

Having noted this, he's doing a fine job in this role and I like his new hair cut. I liked the sprawled-on-sofa-in-underwear scene. Slice of life, indeed.

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do I really want to watch a drama that so painfully reminds me of me?

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Oh the feeellllzzzz. Love when drama gives me feeelllzzz. :). Haha. Thanks for the recaps, lollypip.

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OMG I hope Soo Ah gives a Min Gu a good smack. I would be absolutely pissed if some random dude grabbed my wrist and pulled me around. I would freak out more likely. So LollyPip I hope your right that she will be a TOTAL ball buster, literal or figurative, don't care.

It's nice to see Kwang Soo in the past with Da In. Now I'm freaking curious up the wazoo to know where their wires got crossed.

I'm upset with Jin Gu. I don't think the kiss should of happened because she thinks of him as a player and doesn't take anything he does as meaningful. Why would she see the kiss any different? He should of just used his words.

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The kiss was a 'seize the moment' sort of situation. It was a natural, smooth follow up to them entwining hands, unforced, and I'm glad that it happened, for he'll surely get a reaction from that.

JG has been trying to TELL SY his feelings, using words, since last episode and has somehow always failed. Hopefully, after the slap, they'll really start talking and sort out their true feelings for each other. Much better than for JG to keep it in like he's been doing all this while. :-D

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Thanks for the recap LollyPip.

Poor Koo Gwang-Soo with the sudden arrival of Joo Da-In to the apartment...he was just dying of embarrassment.

Okay for Kang Dong-Goo's age 9 storyline with Jang Baek-Ji and Do Min-Joon, is anyone else wondering if the writer Park Yoo-mi has been reading Manin's classroom tales from China on the weekly Friday Open Threads like the rest of us Beanies?

Watching Kang Jin-Goo and Ma Se-Young as tour guides and employees of a tour/travel company on their not-a-date day trip jaunting through Korea reminded me of the not-a-date excursion in Okinawa Island, Japan by the characters Lee Yeon-Jae (played by Kim Sun-A) and Kang Ji-Wook (played by Lee Dong-Wook) in the 2011 drama Scent of A Woman. Which I just so happened to have watched for the first time and finished over a week ago.

The picturesque landscapes/settings in the countryside were idyllic and the sheep grazing in the grass were beautiful to look at. Hard to resist the subliminal advertising message from those scenes promoting Korea as a fun-filled travel trip/destination.

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Ok, obviously this drama was filmed in the summeer, right? Lol it's so funny if it really was and they're all super hot in their coats.

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She knows. And not because he kissed her; she knew before he tried to have "The Talk." It was obvious how uncomfortable Se Young got when Jin Gu got serious and her relief at the welcome interruption. I am betting she wants to avoid his confession due to the incident (I am pulling my hair out over what happened between them!) and also because she does not want to ruin their friendship. There is no way her "you already know who" is not referring to Jin Gu. When he told her "I know you're jumping for joy inside" at her pretend disappointment, you know he was talking about himself when Jae Bum switched with him out of the blue. I was so upset when Jae Bum "stole" Ridge of the Wind. As expected, Jin Gu knows her best. He has enough pictures of her to fill an entire room's worth of photo albums. Oh how I wish Da In was Se Young's real unni, so she could move in upstairs from Jin Gu.

I take it Mom doesn't know the girls her brother dated in the past. Poor Kwang Soo wanted to crawl into a hole at Mom's honesty. Da In's roses beating was brutal. Being publicly humiliated like that, it is odd Kwang Soo still has feelings for her. If Eun Seo is four, does the math add up right for Kwang Soo to be her father?

I can't stop laughing at the little people's (9-year-olds) love triangle. It is ridiculously cute how they broke up. Finally Destiny Girl gets to say her first word after four episodes. I kept screaming at Min Gu to get out of the street. Beware Truck of Doom. The Sponge experiments are pure comic relief.

Thanks for the recap, LollyPip!

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Tried to like the drama, can't watch anymore, but I look forward to the recaps. My issue with almost all the dramas are the women, they look so plain and unkempt. They all have long hair with bangs, no makeup, and just so plain. I know in reality no man would be interested in women who don't put in the effort.

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What????

Lol. From the hundreds and thousands of issues you could have with this show, or any show, the thing is the woman, who are generally so pretty, don't wear enough makeup?

Thanks for the laugh. :)

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Your comment is the reason why I turned off timed comments on Viki while watching Plus Nine Boys and why I have resorted to watching this drama at KDrama.com. All those annoying "He's too good for her! What does Model Oppa see in this girl?," and when he got his heart crushed in a million pieces at the sight of his best friend kissing the girl of his dreams, "Good, now he can find someone else." Yes, because every girl in this world looks like models, and personality counts for nothing.

Are you seriously bashing an 8-year-old (Baek Ji) for looking unkempt?

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No, I think she is just talking about the women. Go figure.
Really? People think that guy is good looking? I find him ugly, mouth and nose too big in a very thin face, taste is subjective but sometimes I wonder if people don't get too influenced by what market sells as pretty.

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He's not conventionally good-looking, but he's high-fashion model good-looking (think Kim Woo Bin). Then again, it's Viki, and commenters there have never not fangirl over actors. I used to dislike him based on his real-life personality, but I love him in this role, which is making me like him in real life.

Excluding Little Lee Chae Mi and only focusing on the women, I think Park Cho Rong is very pretty.

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They do this so female viewers dont hate on the pretty women.

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speaking as a man .... I find nothing more alluring ... than the natural beauty of a woman ... after all, every night, we go to sleep and we wake up in the morning to you ... in all your glorious messy hair and un-made up faces.

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I'm liking this! Especially 39 and 29
but that little boy 9, *cringe cringe* i have to have to have to skip so i won't have to watch his i'm a celeb parts urghhh!!!

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now i just realize that jin gu and se young both had appeared in brown eyed soul-you mv. hoho. thats why i have a feeling that i've seen them work together before.

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Thank you so much for the script and I want to ask you something about Han soo ah's notebook.
When Min-gu and his friends are looking at her notebook at MacDonalds....I want to know what soo-ah wrote on her notebook. I can't read Korean so I couldn't find out what was on her notebook.

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