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W–Two Worlds: Episode 3

It’s another fun episode of inter-dimensional hijinks, with even more embarrassment than last time. Apparently no one taught our heroine the concept of conflict escalation, because if every time you wanted to leave the manhwa world, you had to top the last exit you made… well, it leaves her with some pretty interesting (not to mention harebrained) options. And to think, it’s only the third episode! Oh, the possibilities.

 

 
EPISODE 3 RECAP

After being sucked into the world of her father’s manhwa a second time, Yeon-joo runs over to Dad’s workshop, only to discover that he’s packed up all his things and disappeared again. His assistant Su-bong tells her in this shell-shocked voice that Dad fired them all and left, so the rest of the staff has gone home.

Su-bong says that no matter how he looks at it, there’s something odd going on: He told Yeon-joo that Kang Chul was dying, but then Chul was alive, and then her dad fired them all. He points to his computer screen, showing a frame of Yeon-joo in the webtoon, and says that this means she’s… her, and she went in the manhwa, saved Kang Chul, and came back out.

Even as he’s saying all this, Su-bong doesn’t look convinced: “The thing that doesn’t make sense is, it doesn’t make sense that it appeared in a way that makes sense! But then the thing that doesn’t make sense started to make sense…” He looks back and forth between the screen and Yeon-joo, realizing that she’s wearing the exact same clothes.

Speaking slowly so as not to shatter his fragile mental state, Yeon-joo points out how much this dress costs, and asks Su-bong whether he thinks she’d spend her own money on clothes like this, and who else would blow that much money without batting an eye.

Su-bong tries his damnedest not to say Kang Chul’s name, like saying it out loud would confirm that he’s lost his mind. But in the end he whispers it, and Yeon-joo asks, “Now do you believe me?” He’s so shocked that his legs give out and he falls to the floor, and when she runs over to help him up, he screams and crawls away from her like he’s seen a ghost, ha.

Once he’s recovered, Su-bong chatters away like a geeky fanboy, asking how Yeon-joo goes inside the manhwa, and whether he can go too. She doesn’t know how she gets transported there, but she has learned a few things, like the fact that the manhwa world revolves around Kang Chul, and anything that doesn’t involve him directly gets skipped over.

She tells him that time passes differently too, because that’s also Chul-centric. Su-bong doesn’t see how that’s possible, but Yeon-joo reminds him that the serial manhwa has existed for seven years in their world, but in the story, it’s been fifteen years of Chul’s life.

Yeon-joo adds that returning to this world is also dependent on Chul, because something narratively significant has to happen to end an episode, which is why she “had to do that…” She trails off, and Su-bong gasps, “The kiss?! You really kissed Kang Chul?!”

She yells defensively that she had to come up with something to surprise him and end the episode, but Su-bong looks skeptical and says that’s just an excuse: “Everyone knows you’re a Kang Chul fan!” LOL. And then he follows it up with detailed questions about how the kiss felt. Maybe someday you’ll get to kiss him too.

Yeon-joo lies that she didn’t have time to feel anything, and insists that Kang Chul isn’t just a manhwa character—he’s a real person. Su-bong: “Is he cool?” She confirms it, of course, and I swear they both swoon simultaneously. He asks about Chul’s assistant So-hee too, though he seems most interested in the size of her chest. He wonders why he’s talking about these people as if they were real, but Yeon-joo says they ARE real.

Su-bong remembers now that Dad said he’d end the manhwa tonight, and guesses that he’s going to try to kill Kang Chul off again. Alarmed, Yeon-joo starts digging around in Dad’s office for clues, remembering what he’d said about killing Kang Chul on Hangang Bridge when he had the chance.

Su-bong says that storyline is from 2009, so she digs through Dad’s old notebooks and finds a note scrawled in one of them: “Yeon-joo has left. I am now alone…”

She flashes back to the day she moved out of this house to go live with Mom. Inside, Dad looked broken and weary, and spent all of his days drinking alone. He thought, “I am the only one left in this house. I have no family now.”

He was so depressed that he couldn’t see the point of continuing his work, and decided to kill his main character and end the manhwa then and there. He got to work and drew Kang Chul standing on that bridge, about to end it all, and drew him jumping into the river below with a big splash.

But when Dad woke up the next morning and went to his desk to go turn in the final issue to his publisher, he was stunned to see that his own drawings had changed. His eyes wide with shock, he stared at the image of Kang Chul hanging onto the bridge for dear life, and he’d thought, “He’s still alive! He was hanging on by one hand… all through the night…”

He wondered if he just imagined drawing Kang Chul’s death the night before in a drunken stupor, but he sat down at his desk again and thought, “But it feels like a divine revelation—to be strong again.” So he picked up his pen and decided to save Kang Chul.

As Yeon-joo closes the book (hur) on 2009, we see how in 2010, the manhwa took on a new life, as Kang Chul’s story sped up to young adulthood and the success of his venture company. He became rich enough to buy a broadcast station, in the hopes of catching his family’s killer.

With the help of Ajusshi (his father’s friend, the one who visited him in prison), Chul launched a criminal investigation TV show called W, short for “Who and Why,” intent on answering those questions about his family’s tragedy.

At the same time, Dad’s manhwa skyrocketed him to fame, and suddenly there were lines out the door to get his autograph, and he was a featured guest on the evening news. Dad was proud that he’d finally succeeded, and was sure that Mom was regretting leaving him now.

But the strange incidents continued—at times his drawings would change on him, as if Kang Chul didn’t like the direction of the story. Right before his eyes, a frame of Kang Chul driving angrily shifted, so that he was suddenly facing Dad and smiling as his speech bubble got rewritten to ask, “Where am I going?” AHH! That’s so freaky!

Dad wondered if it was the alcohol, or if he was going mad, and his paranoia grew day by day. Suddenly the close-up drawing of Kang Chul’s eyes hanging on the wall felt like they were watching his every move, and Dad thought, “He’s alive. That bastard is alive—I can feel it for certain. How? How is he alive?”

In the present, Yeon-joo reaches Dad’s notes in 2016, which are filled with research into violent car wrecks and other ways to die. On the last page is one last word: “Monster” and that copy of Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son. We see that as Dad wrote the note on the back about devouring Kang Chul before he gets devoured instead, he’d traced everything back to that day that Kang Chul should’ve jumped off the bridge and drowned… except he didn’t.

Yeon-joo returns to the hospital in the morning with a splitting headache, and avoids crossing paths with her boss Professor Crazy Dog when she sees him scowling over the latest webtoon episode on his phone. But she’s plagued with the image of that kiss wherever she goes, because literally everybody in the friggin’ country is reading it on their phones that morning. Yeon-joo sighs to herself that it’s like a hidden camera scheme that the whole country is in on.

Su-bong calls to say that he still can’t believe it’s all true, and asks Yeon-joo how she went to Kang Chul’s world the second time if he didn’t pull her in like the first time. He argues that if there are rules about how she gets out of his world, there ought to be rules about how to get there. And the real mystery, he points out, is—why her?

On the other end, Yeon-joo’s headache gets worse and worse, and suddenly she faints and drops her phone. Su-bong calls out to her, but when we cut back to the bus stop, Yeon-joo is gone. A woman finds her purse and phone abandoned and tells Su-bong, who gapes and runs to the bus stop to collect Yeon-joo’s things.

In Kang Chul’s world, his assistant So-hee goes to clean up Chul’s mess at the clothing store, and finds out from the manager that Yeon-joo slapped Chul, kissed him, and then the pair went into the dressing room together for a loooong time. Ha. The manager says the thing Chul wanted to keep under wraps wasn’t that stuff though—it was the fact that Yeon-joo disappeared.

So-hee doesn’t understand, but neither does the store manager, since she claims that Yeon-joo went in the dressing room but never came out. So-hee wants to see the dressing room for herself, and when she opens the door, she finds Yeon-joo passed out on the floor.

As soon as she calls Chul to tell him, he whirls his car around to go back to the store. He stops them from calling emergency and scoops Yeon-joo up in his arms, deciding that he’ll take her straight to the hotel (where he lives), and doesn’t want hospitals involved. He tells So-hee to call the doctor over to his place, and flashes her a smile so she’ll do as he asks. Well that’s just infuriatingly cute. So-hee is understandably flabbergasted.

As Chul gets Yeon-joo into his car, she opens her eyes for a brief moment and wonders why she’s back here. He wonders the same thing, and she murmurs that she doesn’t know.

Chul carries her inside to his penthouse suite, where a detective is waiting to talk to him about that strange suspect Oh Yeon-joo. Chul tries not to look suspicious holding Yeon-joo so that her face is hidden from the detective, and says it’s not a big deal if they can’t find her. The detective insists that they will, and pauses to look back at Chul as he carries the mystery woman into his room.

Bodyguard Do-yoon follows him in as Chul tucks her into bed, and then just sticks his hand up in the air. Do-yoon stares at Chul’s hand for a long beat before deciding to slap it in a high-five. Pfft, that was what you wanted?

Chul says that the key to his life is finally in his hands, and then tilts his head to look at her closely. Chul: “Is this woman pretty? Is this pretty? Why does everyone say she’s pretty?” Do-yoon is puzzled by his question.

It’s nighttime when Yeon-joo peels her eyes open, and Chul sits down next to her and says the dizziness is from the medicine the doctor gave her. He says it’s not a serious illness and checks her forehead again.

She asks drowsily where they are, and when he says it’s his place, she asks if it’s the penthouse on the 33rd floor. He’s surprised again that she knows so much about him, and she says she knows lots, like the fact that his family died suddenly, and he goes from hotel to hotel without a home ever since.

He prods her to tell him what else she knows, and she murmurs that he sleeps with a gun under his pillow every night even though it’s illegal, but he can’t sleep without it. That’s definitely not something many people know, and Chul’s expression darkens as he asks how she knows that.

Yeon-joo: “Because I saw it.” Dude, what kind of drugs did you feed her? Was there truth potion involved? She says that the scene that made her saddest was the one on Hangang Bridge: “I cried with you then, thinking that Kang Chul might really kill himself.” She starts to cry in her sleepy haze as she says this, and he’s struck by how much she seems to really know about him.

We see Chul’s body sinking in the river on the day that he was supposed to die, except this time he opens his eyes underwater. It’s a dream, and Chul is startled awake with a jolt. Hm, is he starting to remember the manhwa as Dad originally drew it?

Chul is clutching his gun in his hand when he wakes up, and he looks over at Yeon-joo, who’s still fast asleep. He gets up to walk around, but as soon as the bedroom doors open, he comes face to face with the black-hooded assassin, raising a gun right in Chul’s face.

Everything slows down for a split-second, and Chul is able to swing his body around defensively and push the killer away from Yeon-joo. When his bedroom doors safely close, he whirls around and kicks the gun out of the killer’s hand, and a fistfight ensues.

Kang Chul is fast, but the killer seems stronger and manages to get him in a chokehold. Chul tries to get a look at the killer’s face, but he’s hooded front AND back, like some scary faceless ninja.

For whatever reason, the killer sees an opportunity to flee and knocks Chul off his feet before dashing to the elevator. Determined not to let him get away, Chul scrambles up and runs to catch the elevator doors before they close.

He manages to get his hands squeezed in there before they shut, and he pries the doors open with a triumphant, almost evil smile… only to find the elevator empty. What the?

And in Dad’s motel room, he finally cracks and throws his computer on the floor—the drawing on the screen is of the assassin pointing his gun at Chul—and Dad starts attacking it with anything he can get his hands on, like a madman. He thwacks the screen over and over with a fire extinguisher, until the glass shatters.

Terrified, Dad crawls away from it and just runs out of the room, leaving all his drawing equipment behind. Oh, that seems like a bad idea…

Chul’s guards run back up in the aftermath of the attack and sheepishly report that they got a call from Do-yoon’s number to meet him downstairs, but the call wasn’t from him at all. Chul picks up the killer’s gun and slumps back down in his chair next to Yeon-joo, who has slept peacefully through all of this.

He looks up at the ceiling with a defiant glare—at whomever is up there trying to kill him—and thinks, “I will come find you soon. Wait for me.”

In the morning, Yeon-joo wakes up confused about how she ended up in Kang Chul’s bedroom, and jumps when Do-yoon comes in to tell her that she collapsed from overworking. She considers the two-month time-jump that she was technically awake for, and guesses that it could be the cause of exhaustion.

Do-yoon tells her that Chul will be back to have lunch with her, and that there’s a change of clothes in the bathroom. She takes a tour of the expansive bathroom in her robe, and her eyes bug out to see two pairs of lacy, barely-there underthings laid out for her. She picks up the black bra like it might burst into flames, and then remembers Su-bong’s warning about being summoned here against her will.

She runs back out to the bedroom and digs around for Chul’s gun, and finds it under his pillow, just like she’d said. Chul arrives at the elevator and doesn’t like that Do-yoon left Yeon-joo in there alone, though Do-yoon thinks it’s unreasonable to keep tabs on her while she’s showering.

Meanwhile, Yeon-joo is in the bathroom having a decision crisis: She holds a gun in one hand and the black see-through bra in the other hand, looking back and forth between them trying to figure out which is the lesser of two evils.

She wonders what on earth she’s supposed to do, and then when she hears Chul and Do-yoon open the door and walk into the bathroom, she shuts her eyes, whirls around, and opens her bathrobe to flash them. HAHAHAHAHA. I guess lingerie won out.

Both boys freeze in their tracks, though Kang Chul is characteristically cool as a goddamn cucumber. Do-yoon, on the other hand, looks like his eyeballs might pop out of his head. He backs out of the room slowly, though not before looking her up and down. He whirls So-hee around when she arrives a second later, stammering that Chul and Yeon-joo need some alone-time to talk.

Yeon-joo finally pops one of her eyes open, and is mortified to see Chul just smiling back at her like she’s amusing but crazy. He points out that she’s at it again, and wonders what she wants to do with him this time. She cringes and closes her robe with a “never mind,” and before he can finish asking her why, she pulls a gun on him.

Chul’s hands go up immediately, but rather than fear, he displays curiosity as he tries to puzzle together the woman who appears and disappears without warning, slaps him, kisses him, flashes him, then pulls a gun on him. She says it wouldn’t make sense to her either, but she has her reasons.

She warns him to stay back, but he just keeps walking closer, challenging her to go ahead and shoot. She ends up warning him to be careful because it’s dangerous, and he’s amused that she’s worrying about him while holding him up. When he gets right in her face, she points the gun up to the ceiling and pulls the trigger, but it just clicks and nothing happens.

Chul smiles and takes the gun out of her hands, and says he wouldn’t leave it loaded when she obviously knew he kept his gun there. He casually takes the bullets out of his pocket and loads the chamber, and then whirls around to point the loaded gun at her.

Yeon-joo asks why he’s doing this, and Chul says he’d rather talk without the guns. He has a hundred questions for her, but says he’ll ask just one: How did she disappear the other day? He threatens to turn her over to the cops if she doesn’t answer, and she pouts that he once called her his savior. He says that’s true, but she’s the one who broke her word and disappeared without giving him any answers, when he waited two months for her. He asks it another way: Why did she slap him and kiss him?

Yeon-joo can see that he’s not going to let this go, and finally says that she had to kiss him to disappear. That’s not really the answer he was expecting, and he reconfirms that kissing him was the way she disappeared. She nods, so then he gets up and walks over to her with a determined look on his face, and plants a kiss on her. Kyaaa!

This time it’s Yeon-joo’s turn to look like a wide-eyed statue, and Chul pulls back slowly and looks at her with this skeptical expression and asks why nothing happened. It takes a couple of tries for Yeon-joo to find her voice, and she sputters that it’s not the kissing in and of itself that made her vanish, but the change in emotion due to the kissing.

He argues that he didn’t particularly enjoy their previous kiss, and she points out that it did surprise him though, and an emotional shift is the rule. He says she looks plenty surprised now and her face is all red, and she clutches her cheeks in embarrassment and shouts that HE has to feel the change, not her. He asks why, since that rule makes no sense to him, and she screams, “Because you’re the lead character!” Uh-oh.

He obviously has questions about that, but she clams up, realizing her slip. Yeon-joo says she’s going to report him because kissing at gunpoint has got to be sexual harassment of some sort, and he argues that she sexually harassed him first, complete with assault. He points to the cheek she slapped, for emphasis.

Besides, he argues, he did it for science (LOL. He kissed her FOR SCIENCE!) to prove a hypothesis. He realizes now the pattern among her seemingly crazy antics, like slapping him or taking off her clothes, all in an effort to shock him. He admits that he was expecting an answer like superpowers or teleporting, but not this.

She swears that she’s not lying, but he says even if it’s not a lie, that doesn’t make it true. He says that she’s telling him about the phenomenon but none of the context that explains it, and pulls the gun on her yet again. He warns her to explain the real reason that she disappears when his emotions change, and starts counting.

Yeon-joo thinks it’s an empty threat, but he fires a shot at a vase to convince her that he’s serious. At the noise, Do-yoon and So-hee run inside, and So-hee tells Chul to stop when she sees how scared Yeon-joo is. They see that Chul isn’t going to budge though, and quietly back out of the room.

Chul says that Yeon-joo might’ve saved his life, but she’s also a danger to him. Yeon-joo is near tears, but she refuses to answer and says that he wouldn’t shoot her—she knows he’s not the kind of person to do that. But he says coolly that she doesn’t know everything about him, and pulls the trigger…

He shoots her in the shoulder, and the bullet goes clean through and lands in the mirror behind her, shattering the glass. He shot her!

She’s so stunned that she can’t speak, but she doesn’t fall down either. Trembling, Yeon-joo reaches to touch her shoulder, and is even more shocked to see her hand clean—there’s no blood. Chul watches her with keen interest, and notes that she didn’t know her own powers. Her powers? And you did?

Yeon-joo faints from the shock, and Chul runs to catch her in his arms before she falls. He has Do-yoon carry her back to bed, and So-hee’s jaw drops when Chul just casually says that he meant to frighten her a little and shot wrong. So-hee legitimately thinks he’s gone crazy, and Chul just scratches his head with the barrel of his gun, pretty much confirming her fears. When they walk out, he goes over to confirm that the shot he fired landed in the mirror.

So-hee is convinced that something weird is going on, and Do-yoon says that Chul is definitely weird, but so is Yeon-joo. So-hee storms into Chul’s room and asks if he kept Yeon-joo from the police to go all gangster on her, and says that turning her in is the right thing to do. Chul pulls the phone out of So-hee’s hands and says no cops, because Yeon-joo is the key to his life, and he needs answers.

Yeon-joo wakes up and gets a clean bill of health from the nurse, when Chul comes in and pleasantly asks if she’s mad. Mad?! Like you took the last Pop Tart or something? She says that “mad” isn’t the right expression after you’ve shot a person with a gun, but he just smiles and says he knew she wouldn’t die anyway: “Why don’t you know that? You’re invincible, aren’t you?”

He says that she’ll never die, and asks again if she really didn’t know that about herself. She asks how he knows, and he wants an answer to his question first before telling her. He says that they should just openly acknowledge that Yeon-joo is not a normal human being, and he guesses that she comes from a different world. He even puts forth the idea that she lives in a different dimension, where she’s a surgical resident at a hospital. He takes out her hospital ID tag as proof.

He asks the all-important question: “Where?” But she doesn’t answer. Chul says that’s fine, since he’s got nothing but time. Now that he knows she can’t leave on her own, he can keep her here as long as he wants, until she gives him some answers. He tells her to stay here with him and promises to protect her from the police and the media.

He figures that she probably has lots of answers that’ll shock him, and encourages her to tell him the truth so that she can shock him and get herself back home. He asks what kind of world she lives in, and where she saw the things she knows about him, but again she can’t answer.

Chul says he’s leaving for a business trip but will be back in a few days. Then he holds out his hand for a shake, with an apology for what he did earlier. She shakes his hand weakly with a sigh, but he holds on firmly until she looks at him and tells her, “I’m sincerely sorry.”

He gets up to leave with Do-yoon, when suddenly Yeon-joo bolts up in bed and says, “I love you!” Pwahaha. This would be so easy if Do-yoon were the mark. He looks shocked, while Chul is completely unruffled. Yeon-joo waits and looks around for “To be continued” to appear… but it doesn’t and she rolls back over in bed.

That just reminds Chul of her flashing him earlier, and he asks if she thought his heart would race if he saw her naked or something. Embarrassed, she says she thought it might work, and he chuckles, calling her bewildering. She readily agrees that she is, heh.

On their way out, Do-yoon points out that despite calling Yeon-joo not pretty, Chul seems to be doing everything with her that a lover would—from surprise nakedness, to kisses, to declarations of love, a lover’s quarrel ending with a slap, and now living together. Chul doesn’t argue, and tells Do-yoon to think of it however he wants.

They’re about to head down in the elevator when Yeon-joo runs up to ask where Chul is going, and he says Busan, then New York. He asks if he’s going to die on the way, and she says she doesn’t know those things when she’s here, and that means she can’t help him.

He asks if she can know those things when she’s not here, and she confirms it, which only makes him more curious about her. All she tells him is that she’s someone who wants him to have a happy ending, and adds with a big smile: “I’m your fan.”

He takes that to mean that if she were to answer truthfully, it would make him unhappy, and she says yes, that’s probably the case. She adds that he’s the first patient she saved on her own, and also the second patient, and says sincerely, “So always be careful.” He has no sly comeback for that, and agrees to be cautious.

He asks how old she is and learns that they’re both the same age—thirty—and then asks if she’s married. She says no, and he replies, “That’s good,” before getting on the elevator. He winks at her as the doors close.

As Yeon-joo stands there watching him go, she reaches a hand up to her beating heart and narrates, “I found out later, the reason I was the only one who kept getting summoned here—it was because this man said I was the key to his life. At that point, the heroine of this manhwa had already changed… from Yoon So-hee… to Oh Yeon-joo.”

 
COMMENTS

Awwww yeah. Of course you’re the heroine! There are far too many hijinks per episode for you not to be the main love interest. I’m still cracking up at Gun vs. Black Lace, and can’t believe Yeon-joo escalated from kissing to nekkidness so quickly. Really, where do you expect to go from here? Maybe now that he knows the rule, she has to use something other than surprise or shock, and it’ll require a different type of emotional reaction, like earnestly moving his heart. I just love this conceit because there’s so much potential for moments both comical and touching, to hinge on her exit strategy.

Kang Chul’s reactions to Yeon-joo are so the opposite of what she wants at every turn that now it’s her wah-waaaah reaction after the fact that I look forward to. Every time she has to mutter, “Never mind!” and slink away and hide her face puts me on her side just a little more. I mean, really, what kind of man is so calm and collected at see-through lingerie? She’s pulling out the big guns here!

I still can’t believe he shot her though. I’m not entirely convinced Kang Chul knew of Yeon-joo’s invincibility either—he turned out to be right about it, but was it just a hunch that he wanted to confirm? Or does he really know for certain that she can’t be killed in this world? He does seem to have a cold-blooded streak that Yeon-joo doesn’t know about, and it wouldn’t shock me if he shot her with fifty-fifty odds that she might live or die. It’s funny that he’s a fictional character who’s treating her more like an object—his key—while she’s the one treating a manhwa hero like he’s a real person. If there’s one thing that we’ve learned from Dad’s experience with Kang Chul, it’s that his will to live is so strong that it changed reality in a different dimension; I wouldn’t put it past him to just pull the trigger to find out how it affects his life. The other possibility is just as intriguing—does he know secrets about her too? How would he possibly know she’s invincible? This isn’t the kind of manhwa world where people have superpowers, so why is he so quick to jump to that conclusion?

The flashback into Dad’s past with Kang Chul was the story we’d come to expect based on the things we learned in the first two episodes, but I could see how seven years of this could slowly drive a person mad. When the images change overnight, it’s a shock but not as frightening, but when Kang Chul is rewriting the image and words right in front of Dad’s eyes, the effect is actually really creepy. If it’s not just a recent development that Kang Chul has been rewriting his story, it makes sense that Dad has grown weary and desperate to end the series, which at this point writes itself, literally. I loved that in the scenes from Dad’s point of view, I was made to feel his paranoia and fear, like Kang Chul was the scary one in this, and Dad was trapped. It poses a really fascinating dilemma between creator and creation, and now I can see why Dad feared that he’d be devoured by his own creation. Kang Chul has become more powerful than Dad, despite not knowing it. I mean, how is he having memories of events that were rewritten?? Will finding out the truth about his identity only solidify his resolve, or will it break him?

I like that amidst all the craziness, Yeon-joo and Kang Chul shared a small moment of genuine connection when she worried for his safety and he saw that she was earnest about that, at least. I’m all for Yeon-joo spending some time being roomies with Kang Chul in his world, though it does introduce an element of danger when she can’t anticipate how to save him. But with Dad on the run and out of his mind (and no longer in control), she might be making the biggest difference by staying in the manhwa world by Kang Chul’s side and changing his character for the better. Especially if she’s indestructible here. That’s pretty cool, and I’d say that it more than makes up for one incredibly embarrassing attempt to raise a guy’s pulse. Damn Olympian pulse-control.

 
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"It poses a really fascinating dilemma between creator and creation, and now I can see why Dad feared that he’d be devoured by his own creation."

Anyone thinks of Frankenstein?

Anyway! SUCH AN AMAZING DRAMA! PLEASE BE GOOD UNTIL THE END.

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thank for the recaps. keep it up girlfriday!!!
this drama totally beat Uncontrollably Fond. HAHAHA

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Re-watching ep 3 and I just have to point out that I love the part when the manager of the shop relayed what happened to Sohee. She made it seem like something happened in the dressing room between KC and YJ and Sohee's reaction was gold!!! hahahaha!

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I am so excited for this drama. It has exceeded my expectations. Which also makes me wary because I have been duped by a drama before (Yong-Pal anyone?) so I am enjoying the ride. This is the first time in a LONG time that I'm watching a drama week by week as it airs instead of waiting for a few eps to be out and I'm glad I'm doing it. I'll get to enjoy it that much longer.

I love how its just so different than the dramas that have been out lately. Also, dads hysteria is so understandable now that we know this isn't just a recent development but has been going on for about 7 years. I'm still convinced that once Kang Chul does know the truth, its not the culprit in the comic world he'll be looking for, but a way to get to Dad, the "real culprit" if you will, which I think is why Dad is so terrified.

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OMG YONG PAL. Exactly my thought! I am so scared right now because this drama is so good. Please don't be bad :(

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Yes, Yongpal became... something really bad. lol Drama gods please save W from having the same fate! I think I have to check what episode Yongpal took a very very bad turn and hopefully we'll surpass that. The writer of W is known for really good scripts, so I am less concerned but still... anything can happen. So far so good.

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This writer never disappointed us, so no worries. Look at this writer's past works :) Yong Pal was great too imo, even though it was un-favourite among beanies.

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Does an invincible heroine mean we won't have to sit through the required "female-lead-gets-held-hostage-by-murderous-mustache-twirling-villain" scene?

Does an invincible heroine mean we'll get to see a female lead rescues MALE LEAD FROM MUSTACHE TWIRLING VILLAIN SCENE?!?! :D

I LIKE THESE POSSIBILITIES

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I like it very much too. YJ saved KC twice already!! She'll set her record in dramaland of heroine saving the hero if she keeps this up until the end. :)

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Invincible heroine means Truck of Doom driver just lost a job in this manhwa...

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The truck of doom driver is elsewhere employed by the manhwa writer trying to kill off Kang Chul. If a driverless truck doesn't work, perhaps papa will realize that a driver might just do the trick?

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I wont be surprised if it still happens, we and they know YJ is invincible but the villains don't.

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Why I got the feeling that saves Kang Chul in Han River Bridge is Yeon Ju? Because she cried when she thought Kang Chul would die. Or maybe is just because Kang Chul has a strong will to find out who kill his family so he can rewritten the story.

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I think that could be right....maybe her emotions made these changes possible.

Man this drama is too good.

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I'm enjoying it so far and just loved his wink from the elevator....

So....anyone notice when he carried her off the couch and how her arm is placed to a few moments later and her arm is now over his arm? Lol.....hahahaha

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Yeah, I noticed it, but her whole positioning was different anyway in the later shots. He wanted to make the picking up looking effortlessly without readjusting (but no matter how light HHJ is, she's still almost 5'8) so initally held her quite low whereas after the change of camera angles he's carrying her in the perfect princess carry position. :-)

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I'm definitely thinking I was right about the drinking having an influence on Kang-chul's ability to deviate. I swear, all the changes occur right after Oh Sung Mo takes a drink. What I'm thinking, though, is that technically it was Oh Sung Mo's drastic change that led him to "end it" so what if Kang-chul's actions going forward have been more in line with the character Oh Sung Mo was originally setting out to create before his divorce? I enjoy the fact that the turning point at the bridge is actually what caused his fame and fortune.

I still think Oh Yeon-joo is involved in Kang-chul's survival on that bridge. Whatever it turns out to be will explain just why she is the key to his life.

Ugh, I have so much I want to write, but I'm just too damn sleepy (some really simple sentences above took 5 min to write...). That and the next episode will come 'quicker' the sooner I sleep!

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One correction to what was written in the recap:
The two sets of lingerie they set out for Yeon-Joo are drastically different! Only one was a pair of "lacy, barely-there underthings".

The pink/rose-colored set is full coverage, a padded and moulded bra and lace hipsters (i.e. covering everthing, buttocks and front) - sweet, innocent and rather teenish

The other one, the black lace set that she wore when she was flashing them, is a see-through balconette-style bra (sth that would lift your boobs and barely cover your nipples) and a see-through panty/thong [can't quite tell from the screenshot] - sexy, adult, more femme fatale

See here:
http://i.imgur.com/PZml4ru.png

Giving her the option to choose can either be seen as being considerate - or it is just another way to find out what kind of person she is...

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Note to myself: do not attempt to drink when Yeon Joo attempts to go back to her world : you will snort your drink!
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Correction to what is written in the recap:
The two sets of lingerie they set out for Yeon-Joo were vastly different! Only one was "lacy, barely-there underthings".

http://i.imgur.com/PZml4ru.png
The pink set consists of a full-coverage molded and padded bra and a lace hipster (i.e. covering both buttocks and front) => innocent, demure, sweet, teenish

The black set that she wore when flashing them are a black balconette-style bra (i.e. sth that gives your boob a good lift and barely covers your nipples) and a black panty/thong (hard to tell from the screenshot) made from the same sheer, see-through material => sexy, adult, more femme fatale

Giving her the option to choose can be seen as considerate - or yet another way to test what kind of person she is...

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OH LOL! But not that I'm complaining she's the kind of person though ahaha, feels like there would be more opportunities with her character like that

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Judging from her reaction to the see-through bra, the pink set would have actually more been her style, but she chose the sexy black set to have more impact .

Totally wasted on Kang-Chul - makes you wonder if he was the one to pick the lingerie personally °_°

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Omo! Maria! I was thinking about this, too, cause it bugged me that KC would give YJ that option. I mean, who lends sexy lingerie to strangers?

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Omo! When SH was in the clothing store, the saleslady implied that something went on between KC and YJ in the dressinh room. That's probably why there was a sexy undies option. SH placed them there.

And I guess this kind if shows that SH may be the original love interest, but she was not totally invested on KC yet. She's kind of like supporting a possible KC- YJ match.

That kinda lightens things up. Having a love triangle would be too makjang.

WHAT IS THIS CRAZY ANALYSIS OVER UNDERWEAR.

Wait. There's more. It's awesome how the webtoon episode did not end with YJ's showing her body. I guess it's kind of a critique on shows that use nakedness/oversexuality too keep the audience watching. I mean, many Western series do that a lot. In truth, many members of the audience are after good storytelling more than sexy things.

Ok. Ok. QED!

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*giggling* who tests a person they just met via lingerie choices?

Kang-chul, you perv!

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As much I love Healer and was a part of the fandom/hype, I knew one day there would be a drama that I would beat Healer. Oh man...this bites me in the ass now since I desperately wish it's popularity on DB in terms of comments will beat that of Healer...but I know it'll be impossible (*looking at episode 20 comment count*)

This drama is such a gem...I can sense it right away from the first episode like I did with Healer!

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Also, I love LJS's acting in all the dramas I've seen him in...but I never get how everyone sees him as "hot/attractive"...well that is until now. Omgosh this drama really brings out his "namja-ness" hehehe

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I agree... For some reason, this feels to me like his first grown-up role (despite all the mature kissing scenes he engaged in in pretty much all his dramas, and Pinocchio being set with him out of high school.) Man, his demeanor, his expressions, his body language with Han Hye Joo, I never would have guessed how alpha male Lee Jong Suk would appear. Thank you, W.

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Hear hear. I also never saw LJS's super hotness and attractiveness in his previous dramas but set him up as a manhwa character and boom I become an instant fangirl. lol

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I totally agree with you! Well, I was indifferent to his acting and his looks. He always looked too youthful/baby-face and pretty before. Actually, the last kdrama I watched him in was I Can Hear Your Voice. So maybe I wasn't feeling the romance back then.

But now. OMG! He looks super handsome and more manly. He looks so tall and lanky. I noticed this when he was getting into his car. His whole denim look too. *_*

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You should watch Pinocchio! He may not be as cocky and hot as KC as a character, but he's very sweet and caring. So much swoon-worthy scenes between LJS and PSH and they looked real. Viewers were sold to their pairing hence Darling Couple was formed.

However, it seems we will have another favorite couple if W keeps giving us these episodes. hehe! Like what a previous commenter said, LJS does falling and being in love really well. Like, insanely well.

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Agree! Like 200%!

I started watching for Han Hyo jo (Dong yi, cold eyes)
And always thought of LJS as a cute boy but here he really seems like a Man. Haha more please!
I truly hope this drama continues the good writing till the end!

Really enjoy reading your recaps.
W team fighting!

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Me too. He was too cute in ICHYV. I understood the attractiveness of LJS first in Doctor Stranger (the first few episodes), but then the drama went downhill so it kind of faded for me. lol I fully understood after watching Pinocchio. And now we have W and KC is killin' it!

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Ya know, for a champion shooter KC isn't very good at basic gun safety. I'm not talking about when he shoots people, I'm talking about waving it around and pointing it at people when he isn't shooting them, and setting it down on a table pointing at a person. Oh yes, and scratching his head with the barrel !!!!!!!!
Next time Dad wants to kill him off he just has to sneak an extra round into the chamber and wait for KC to scratch himself :)

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I think he loaded exactly two bullets: one he shot at the vase, one he shot at Yeon Joo. Which is bad no matter how you look at it and requires more a sincere apology. Odd, but I find that unhinged, sinister bit of Kang Chul fascinating. Made him seem Kind of like Sherlock, for some reason. O.o

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Yes, he definitely loaded 2 & fired 2. That's why Dad would have to sneak an extra in.
And you're always supposed to treat a gun like it's loaded even if you "know" it isn't -- just in case Dad sneaks in and....

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The way he holds the gun when not shooting too, with his finger just resting on the trigger. Argh!

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Chul is so suave...how can someone be so hot pulling a gun on someone?????

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I love this drama!! Definitely my genre! The thing is, if the Dad knows she went in the webtoon world and saved Kang Chul then he knows about entering and exiting that universe. Did he happen to do it before?!!

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I think so. Notice how he asked her if she was okay after her first appearance in the webtoon. If he only knows that the webtoon changes itself, then he wouldn't be worried that another character is introduced contrary to his plans. But he was worried about her daughter and even said later, "Then why did you have to do THAT?" So he must know that people can enter the webtoon and participate in the story themselves.

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Yay! Finally watched the episode and I want to say I'm really LOVING this show! And I'm finally here, albeit quite late, to join in the party!

Awesome how many theories everyone has for the show and how invested it has made everyone ?

I feel a bit bad for So Hee because she is suddenly booted from heroine to 2nd female lead, and she seems like a genuinely nice character, so I'm hoping there will be some female bonding rather than cattiness, because the original heroine can't be catty right?

And how awesome is it that we are 3 episodes in and already we have had 2 kisses?! And super squee worthy ones too!

Super glad they didn't drag out the secret that Kang Chul is in a comic, but I feel really bad for him because I think once Yeon Joo tells him, she probably is going to disappear because you can't get any more emotionally shocking than that. ?

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Yup
So Hee did what she thought was the best for her friend. At least to confirm her background.
I saw her honest side for standing up to Kang chul when she was scaring Yeon Joo with the gun. Still a bit shocked that he actually shot her..cringe

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When Kang-chul said "Are you married?" Yeon-joo should've answered, "Yes. To you." Maybe that will shock him. Maybe not.

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Awwww... Good one!

But considering KC's temper, maybe not going to shock him [I-Love-You/HJ's confession is not working].

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Maybe he's used to women fawning over him (he's popular in his own world too).

But if YJ drops a shocking "fact" about KC himself, he might care more?

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"But if YJ drops a shocking “fact” about KC himself, he might care more?"
*Is it on ep. 4 preview? Totally will bring HJ to real world.

Anw,
Telling him that he's a playboy is not a shocker, definitely.

What about something that he's not.
Such as: "KC, you're ugly!"

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"I killed your parents!"

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@givememylatte, I don't remember that part in ep3. Are you sure?

(And if you're talking about ep4 or ep4 previews, please avoid it. That's spoiler territory.)

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@mary Are end-of-episode previews considered spoiler territory? :O If I messed up your anticipation, I'm really sorry. :(

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Sorry for the late reply. So many comments to sort through!

Yes, episode previews are considered spoilers. :)

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Whoah !!! This drama is so good. I came into this drama with zero expectations, but it's proved me wrong.

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Last week episodes has shown us blood as much as lethal slap followed by fiery [?] kiss; while this week's episodes involves guns and confinement [???] of the female lead.

You can expect more and the best of K-drama BDSM in W - Two Worlds, every Wednesday and Thursday!

Lol :-DDDDDD

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*face palm over HJ's flashing scene while screaming at my screen, "Don't do the same embarrassing mistake as Go Byung-hee a.k.a. Go Hyun-jung from 'What's up Fox'!!!"

My brain hurts due to over-think who's who and all the crazy possibilities.

I LIKE IT!!!

Hyo Joo-eonni picks drama well. Her come back to drama is good...

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But I do have a question though. Why is yeon joo referred to as pretty? I mean, she is really gorgeous but it's still weird how nearly everyone thinks she's pretty except for kang chul. It's almost as if the other characters in the Manhwa are made to think the same way as the writer (who doesn't think their own daughter is pretty lol) EXCEPT kang chul. He seem to have thoughts of his own and may find her attractive but not enough to say it aloud.

I don't know but I feel like there's a hint here where yeon oJo's father still have input on the supporting characters, but no more on Kang Chul himself.

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The pacing of the drama is no joke. It's laying out a lot of good details and possible sub-plots without feeling rushed or going off-track.

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I agree. This drama is not dragging anything. It keeps on delivering something new. And while I find the pacing to be quick compared to other dramas, I am not complaining at all. It's amazing. We have so many episodes more to go, it means the writer has a lot left in store for us.

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I just finished watching episode 1 & 2 of W, so I wasn't involved in the hype and fan girl squealing moment from the previous recap.. It took 2 episodes for me to feel really invested in this drama, especially those last scene when Kang Chul's monologue appeared on my screen.

btw, is that the actor who play Chun Sang in Let's Fight Ghost? So is it okay for an actor to play in two different dramas from TV cable and the big three stations at the same time?

Also, is that Do Kyung's evil mom in episode 2? It felt so weird seeing her all nice and calm..

And I was giggling too much when I realized Lee Tae Hwan is playing a much older role from his real age.. and being lee jong suk's hyung on top of that (Lee Jong Suk has such a beautiful baby face, especially in his crying scene ><) I'm happy to see Lee Tae Hwan in W, because he didn't just stand still while being pretty like he did in Come Back Ahjusshi. He's cute tho :)

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First, thanks for the recap. I agree with the comments from Sho. I would like to add that, drawing this comic or the comic drawing itself, has slowly chipped away at Yeon Joo's father's mental state, but she is able to accept it. Hopefully, in future episodes they can explain that. I like how this is more of a mystery than a love story, at least for now.

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Seriously, this show is freaking awesome. It's gonna be the next big thing.

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God W is such a thrilling show. Some people are angry why KC shot YJ, but God thats what made me like KC, because God he is so unpredictable and grey and different from other male leads.
It makes him supercool and thats what makes my heart flutter. He is good an he is bad, he is soft and hard at the same time.. He can be gentle and ruthless..

I love how YJ has to think every time what to to surprise KC.. LOL that flash and ILU was too good..

I am in love with LJS all over again and this is my 1st HHY's drama and I am loving her.. Best show ever

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I swear I totally died at the wink at the end and came back to life again only to rewatch it and die again.

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I think KC says she's invincible because HE has decided to make her thus in the webtoon. I mean, he has the ability to change the outcome (ie. avoiding the car accident). So he shot her knowing that he was not going to kill her anyway.

She protects him and in a way, he is also now protecting her.

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Ooh! yes good thought! i thought of something like that, like how this drama is a bit like Inception where they infiltrate into another person's subconscious... In this case YJ going into the manhwa world is actually like her going into Kang Chul's subconsciousness, where he can manipulate his world in any way, so he can make YJ invincible if he wants, thats why he can't die because he actually controls the world...

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I just had this thought. Im sure someone has probably said it but I may have missed it.

This is giving me mind bending Inception like feelings, like how they had to do that "falling" thing in Inception to get out of a person's consciousness, except this time Yeon Joo gets to do much more fun stuff like kissing and flashing ;) In a sense she IS in Kang Chul's consciousness since the whole manhwa world does revolve around him.

And I'm wondering if Kang Chul will get to cross over to the "real world" and then get super powers too. because that would be fun and awesome if they both started being able to mess with each other's worlds.

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i super love this drama, ljs and hhj!

i was only like this when i was watching IHYV!
my W-day is like this:
i wake up scrimping information from soompi and tumblr
waiting till 10pm kst
updating at soompi
do roll calls at soompi at 9pm kst
tune in my livestream at 9:30kst
watch it live at 10pmkst
download torrent right after at 10:10pm kst
rewatch the downloaded raw
post some gifs and edits, if any
sleep
wake up to waiting for GF recaps
download subs
watch with subs during my lunch break at the officef 12nn
post some at soompi
do roll calls at soompi at 9pm kst
tune in my livestream at 9:30kst
watch it live at 10pmkst
download torrent right after at 10:10pm kst
rewatch the downloaded raw
post some gifs and edits, if any
sleep
wake up to waiting for GF recaps
download subs
watch with subs during my lunch break at the officef 12nn
post some at soompi
then wait for bts, previews and read reviews and recaps on W for the rest of the days before W-day
it's a crazy cycle and i know most of you have the same schedule
that's on top of working!

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*APPLAUDS your dedication and contribution for all of us*

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"Especially if she’s indestructible here. That’s pretty cool, and I’d say that it more than makes up for one incredibly embarrassing attempt to raise a guy’s pulse. Damn Olympian pulse-control." LOL!

Thanks again, GF!

I know that Dad can go to that other world but I didn't know that there is someone else other than YJ and himself. I am beginning to think that Dad is not the assailant (who I thought was) as the hooded figure is the same one who killed his family, right? It was that time when Dad was still in control of the drawings (or not?), and anyway, the assailant is as tall as Kang Chul, way taller than Dad if we're really going into detail, but well Lee Min Ho had a short stunt double in City Hunter, if I may digress...that really spoiled the running-on-boats and rappelling scenes but anyway, that drama still landed as one of my top kdramas of all time. However, back to the show, when the hooded figure disappeared, the next scene was Dad acting like mad. So is Dad the hooded figure? Well, probably. Maybe Lee Min Ho's stunt double is busy and MBC could not find any other double with Dad's height.

Like what you said, how in the world would Kang Chul know that YJ is invincible? I reckon it would only be through that hooded figure, isn't it? But he was as surprised as I am when he disappeared in the lift. So why did he shoot YJ like he doesn't care if she lives or not, or probably confident-a-hundred-percent sure that the bullet will not touch her? He probably did it before, but not on the hooded figure but probably he has met Dad before and shot him (or they're just one and the same, gosh, my head is spinning), who knows? I mean Dad has every intention of killing him so it will be no surprise to me if he actually tried to kill Kang Chul in his sleep. I mean now we all know now that Kang Chul keeps a gun under his pillow, aeh? Now I'm wondering what W is showing in the web? I mean, does it show that flashing as well? It shows everything, right? Well, that cracks me up! This show is mad, but I love it!

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Sorry, but I just would like to share. I just suddenly had an epiphany. I guess Dad sold his soul to the devil when he was so depressed about the divorce. He was left alone and was about to end everything but then he wished that his wife would regret leaving him. The webtoon became a success after the drawings had the mind of its own, or shall I say when Kang Chul start deciding what he wants to do. This show drives me bonkers, I tell ya!

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Whee, so many comments already!

This episode moved by so fast! I just want to keep watching more and more of Yeon Joo and Kang Chul!!

Loving this show. The next episode looks freaking good.

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24 hrs is such a tourtor already, don't know if I could last for 6 days of waiting.

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I know right. It's 1:47 AM where I live, and I'm waiting for subs. Can't sleep.

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You know you're in the thrall of a drama crack when you go to page 2 of the comments and leave no stone unturned with the theories and opinions that beanies are sharing together!!

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that is legit what im doing rn

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Puahahha me too! Reading the recaps and comments gives me life, time to reflect, and wind down from this addiction.

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"I mean, really, what kind of man is so calm and collected at see-through lingerie? She’s pulling out the big guns here!"

Maybe in the manhwa universe her guns were not big enough. He did look like he was squinting a bit.

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The bodyguard's eyes popped out though....

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He is comedy relief. Their eyes always pop out.

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So he doesn't mind smaller guns? *giggling*

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I know right? He was nonchalant. lol Meanwhile, Do Yoon was O.O hahaha

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He shoot her!! I wasn't expecting that, anyways I love this drama.
"I'm your fan" Me too

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I hope the quality of this drama stays the same or even getting better and better for the remaining episodes. I actually enjoy the first three episodes of this drama better than those of Queen In Hyun's man. And, OYJ is a really adorkable character.

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so I am late but I watch it over dinner, just tonight-- tough life

I think Kang Chul died from the drowning but wake up in the real world or in pilgrimage before really dying, getting confused but he still has the suicidal urge, he then tries to jump from the bridge again.

At the same time, yeon joo is reading the webtoon and scream No! to him, at the exact scene.

So the voice transfer and kang chul get some realisation to keep living. So he transfers in the webtoon world to keep living there.

That's how they got entangled, Kang Chul grab the pipe and lived while remembering the voice as "the key of his life"
While the girl didn't know what she did change him.

and
I love the yellows sheep shirt, it's cute

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Opinion:
The webtoon is pretty much based on the life experiences of the writer/creator/artist. Judging from the 4 episodes out, it seems as though OJY's father created W as an outlet of his emotional scars.
So it all starts with KC winning that Olympic gold medal -- I surmise that OJY's dad had the same type of achievement in his teens. Then that 1 bloody traumatic incident happened -- KC's family gets murdered, so probably the back end story is that her dad had a similar loss so he creates KC's tragedy as the story's backbone with initially having KY wanting to experience the 5 stages of death and deal with those emotional scarring immaturely -- ergo, he gets jailed, sentenced to life imprisonment then gets redemption not vengeance in the end. But OJY's dad had to deal with his family leaving him so he changes the storyline that gets KC to jump off the bridge.
So her dad finishes the series with KC drowning but I think there was a previous episode created where the storyline gets KC to find the answer he deserves. Knowing that the original storyline existed and the revision in place as well, KC gets to change the outcome since both KC and OJY's dad are somehow linked. To save the dad and himself, the story changes. (Note that with KC surving, the readers of W and its popularity surged. OJY's dad got recognition of sorts as KC's character did by becoming successful and powerful.)
When OJY's father finally caught drift that the story was taking a different route, he now resurrects the villain which sole purpose was to keep KC on his toes and not have control over the story... Fast forward to 33 books later, we first get a glimpse of OJY's dad as a crazed fella whose dependency on alcohol was that to our smartphones. The dad was so determined in finishing the series by killing off its main character. Why? Because I'm betting that the dad created that monster out of himself (again) bringing us to having 2 versions of KC. He can't kill the monster if the monster is himself... Dr. jekyll. Mr. Hyde feels..
Now, we get OJY in the picture because she's the key alright! Not by saving KC but saving her dad. Ultimately, it's hitting 2 birds with 1 stone
That's if she figures it out!! If not, it's like a break in the time-space continuum which like Fringe (TV series) and the Flash, 2 worlds collide and Ojy would then have to decide which world to save. There will be losses, so I'm bracing myself for the worst.
In KDrama land, most couples end up together anyways, but who knows???

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Does this air later than Uncontrollably Fond? There are already subs for UF, but none for this. Huhu. Can't W subs please come earlier? Is there such a thing as live subbing?

I've been reading recaps here for years, but I've never commented so much before. Hehe. I really like W!

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Let's just wait. It's not even 12 hours yet since show aired in SK. :)

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Since UF was pre-produced Dramafever got the episodes ahead of time and were able to start working on subtitles. That is why they post them as soon as the episode airs in Korea. However with W Viki has to wait till they receive the episode (after it airs in Korea). At that moment they start segmenting and subbing and it takes them a few hours.

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I just got curious about this one thing. Since everything that has happened in the comic world after Yeon Joo got there, was drawn from frame to frame in the manhwa ,where the real world people see it,

then would it mean that this whole thing which happened today in ep 3 would be just same in the manhwa . Wouldn't people find it strange, since, in this episode, there has been mention of two worlds, which is just totally different from the plot of this manhwa. On yeon joo exists in real world, and people might start wondering about this.

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I wonder about that too. But people might just dismiss it as another plot point. "Oh someone from our world enters to help him, cool."

After all, there's been a couple of books/manga/movies/shows where people from "real life" enter books and interact with characters (Inkheart is one I've read).

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I'm wondering about it too. Perhaps the readers would just think that the story is now about two fictional parallel worlds in which KC and manhwa-YJ belong to.

Also, I wonder who decides on the prints to show. Perhaps, he/she/they/it would ommit certain scenes where the real word is referred to.

I wonder if it is KC who - without his knowledge - is selecting the frames. They could be like visual memories , which are then transformed into the manhwa frames.

Or perhaps with YJ's dad breaking down his computer, the manhwa frames will stop appearing?

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A manhwa probably can't show every single frame that the live action shows, so I'm sure it won't have the part where they talk about two worlds, etc. Instead it could show an edited version where Yeon Joo is trying to seduce Kang Chul -- well it would seem like she is in an abbreviated story. It will be up to the reader to guess where she comes from, what her motive is, and if she's really dangerous to him or not.

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Solid 3rd episode. Girlfriday mentionned it, there are so many possibilities and opportunities for next episodes...

We re only at episode 3 and if we do a few maths :

within 20 minutes :

- The female lead was naked in front of the Hero,
+ They kissed again,
+ She was shot by the hero,
+ She confessed her love

= rollercoaster us viewers.

But a very good one.

I like how this show breaks a lot of codes and cliches from usual Dramas.

I cant wait later episodes when real angst will join the party. If the writing stay solid and smart on long term, angst will turn this show into a torture : how to wait 6 days without hair loss and bitting nails?

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*rollercoaster for us

sorry typed too fast

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After watching episode 4, I'm mind blown! This writer is a freaking genius. Just WOW every episode continues to surpass my expectations!!! Man I can't wait for the recap! Who's here felling this way like me?!

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Id say everyone. 330+ comments isnt usual for a show on dramabeans.

And yes this show is smart, clever and fun. This is only the 3rd-4rth episode but so far its well written.

But imho : I hear your voice is still better considering the two shows at this point.

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When i say at this point, and comparing IHYV and W i was referring to what both shows are ( were in case for IHYV) from only 3-4 episodes.

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My mind is TOTALLY BLOWN by the end of episode 4!!!!!! I'm still shaking. And, yeah - the last time I saw this kind of passionate commenting and high number of comments was for Healer. Folks, we've got another great one!!!

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I'm delurking to join the party!

Me too! With every episode I'm mind blown! It gives me goosebumps especially episode 4. WOW is all I can say. The writer is such a genius for coming up with this fantasy! Mind blown, speechless, amazing....there just isn't enough words to describe how awesome this drama is. Seriously more people should watch this. This kind of fantasy world is like nothing I've ever seen before, the story is so fresh, new, and original. This writer is a genius! As expected from the writer of Nine and Queen In -Hyun's Man. I knew this drama would not disappoint me, and it didn't. It surpasses my expectations with every new episode! Love love love ❤❤❤

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Haha I wonder if other Healer beanies are watching this too? Let's all join the fun again :D

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Hi @Bongsookie!!!!! It would absolutely take a great drama like this to bring a bunch of Healer Beanies out of hibernation. Good to see you here!!!!

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Yep definitely, I can foresee future Healer beanies either delurking like me (I've been watching this since the start) or coming out and starting to join the fun :D

You too @lunatic4kd, it so great to you and other familiar names :)

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I just realised what I posted above made me sound like a hyper fan girl hahahaha. Phew, haven't felt this way since Healer (and I Remember You) :D

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What other dramas are you watching currently? I'm so hooked on W and Beautiful Mind (another magnificent gem)! Also I'm watching Squad 38 too :D

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Hi @ Bongsookie - I'm also watching Task Force 38 (Police Squad 38) and LOVING IT! Let's Fight, Ghost is also wonderful - and I also love Uncontrollably Fond - but the one winning the prize for me, next to W which is my #1 fave now, is Beautiful Mind with Jang Hyuk. It is a deep, dark, complicated and poignant heart-tugging drama with the most realistic medical scenes of any med-drama I've ever seen - but Jang Hyuk is absolutely killing it in this role. SO MANY dramas to love right now!

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Me too! I just finished EP 4 and my mind and heart are still racing. OMG!

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thank you so much for the recap!! :D
"Damn Olympian pulse-control." hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that cracked me up!! I actually LOVE his pulse-controle but that will chage soon which I'm WAITING for it!! :D
I believe that Kang Cheol really believed that she won't die, he saw MANY strange and ordinary things like a truck without a driver, time stoping, HER DISAPPEARING, so he can conclude that she's invencible!! after all he's the genious here!!But Mr.Genious you shouldn't expect everyone to have your intelligence level!!
I really LOVED the episode that I didn't realise that an hour passed by (it's the same thing I feel every episode and I hope it will remain as great as it is till the very end!!), I loved Kang Chel and Yeon Joo's sencire conversation that was too good and I ended up swooning when Kang Cheol asked her about her age and if she was married telling her "tha's good" (that she's not married) and leaving after giving her a smirk and a big sweet smile!! Oh My Heart!! I love their concerne and protectiveness toward each other like how he held her tighter to his chest to cover her face from the cops or when the hooded man showed up, pulling him away from her using his back and only started the fight when the door of his room became shut!! and how she's keeping quiet not telling him the truth accepting to stay in his world as a concequence of her silent!! I REALLY LOVE THESE TWO!!! <3 <3 <3

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Calling it now. W Two Worlds will be dramabeans best drama of 2016.

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Omgosh yesss! Me too, I hadn't had this feeling about a drama since Healer. This one will definitely win if it keeps up this awesomeness for the entire run ❤

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Thank you for the recap! Have never been sooo invested in a kdrama again since You Who Came From Another Star. The whole idea of manhwa coming to life is soooo awesome!!! I was just thinking, what if this story turns out to be a manhwa within a manhwa... what a twist it will be then....

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Thank you so much for the recap! This has all the makings of drama crack! :D

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.... just watched the fourth episode. I'm in love. See you all tomorrow in OT, so we can squeal about it (with as few spoilers possible, presumably)! ^^

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