Oh My Ghost (2015)

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I found this drama after looking up Kwak Si-Yang, whom I fell in love with in Perseverance Goo Hae Ra. The plot looked promising and I was a fan of the two female leads from past dramas. When I went to look up some info about this drama before starting it I found out it was written by the same people who made Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo! You know how much I love that drama. Oh My Ghost also stars Kang Ki-Young, Bok Joo's uncle in the show. 

Oh My Ghost is about timid Na Bong-Sun (Park Bo-Young). She works in the kitchen of arrogant star-chef Kang Sun-Woo (Cho Jung-Seok), who constantly reprimands Bong-Sun for making mistakes in the kitchen. Bong-Sun has the ability to see ghosts, passed down to her form her shaman grandmother. She is possessed by lustful virgin ghost Shin Soon-Ae (Kim Seul-Gi). Soon-Ae believes she needs to lose her virginity to "resolve her grudge" and move on to the afterlife. When Bong-Sun suddenly becomes a confident and charismatic woman Sun-Woo starts to notice her. 

This was a good drama. Every character including the supporting ones have depth. Park did an amazing job acting out both timid and charismatic versions of Bong-Sun. Sun-Woo was lovable even if he was arrogant. The way he would word compliments about himself just cracked me up. Soon-Ae was a really lively character and many times over the top so you can see the extreme difference between her personality and Bong-Sun. The four kitchen staff at Sun restaurant (the main setting for the drama) are hilarious and have a wonderful group dynamic. 

The first few episodes I'll admit I found Soon-Ae rather annoying. She was incredibly rude and over the top with things. She didn't give a damn about who she had possessed and just caused trouble. Towards the middle the Soon-Ae and Bong-Sun started to become closer in personality. Bong-Sun became more confident and it was really good to see. Sun-Woo was such a good guy taking care of his erratic employee and accepting her "personality disorder." 

Oh My Ghost isn't all about comedy and romance though. It was unexpected but there's actually a very sinister plot throughout the episodes as well. So I would say definitely give this drama a shot, even if you find timid Bong-Sun or eccentric Shin-Ae annoying at the start you'll start loving them pretty soon. 

SPOILER ALERT BELOW!!

Alright let's get to business. While watching Oh My Ghost I felt so bad for Bong-Sun because she was possessed and Soon-Ae stayed inside for about two weeks. While possessed Bong-Sun has no idea what's been happening. I wasn't sure how the series would play out. Obviously Bong-Sun (either normal or possessed) would end up with Sun-Woo but Shin-Ae wouldn't be able to stay forever and Bong-Sun has had a crush on Sun-Woo since before she started working for him. Also, I was rooting for the real Bong-Sun. I was really happy to see her become more confident.

When we started seeing the police brother-in-law being sinister I was like OOOOOOO shit is going doooooown. But I wasn't too sure what was going to happen. I knew that he must have something to do with his own wife's hit and run accident that made her unable to walk again. For the first half of the series I thought that maybe Shin-Ae was in a coma and kept secretly somewhere by the brother-in-law. Then at the end of the series they would find her, her spirit return to her body and Bong-Sun tell Sun-Woo that he was actually in love with Shin-Ae. But then she had been "dead" for 2 years already and that's a long time to keep someone around. So I faced the truth that she probably was dead. 

I'm glad that Shin-Ae stopped possessing Bong-Sun around episode 9 so that gave ample time for Sun-Woo to actually know he was in love with the real Bong-Sun. It was pretty sad to see Sun-Woo bringing up memories that he spent with possessed Bong-Sun and her just sitting there like "okay the guy I like actually likes a ghost. Cool." So I'm glad she came clean about it all to Sun-Woo and he was able to see that he had in fact had feelings for the real Bong-Sun, even though it took possessed Bong-Sun for him to realise. 

I found Heo Min-Soo (Kang) really annoying. He was so full of shit and forced his company and ideas on the other kitchen staff. But, in saying that there are times when he was hilarious and overall you're glad he was included in the show. It wouldn't have been nearly as hilarious without him. My favourite scene is when he drunkenly plays a stalk. 

Seo Joon (Kwak) was such a sweetie. I loved how he didn't take Min-Soo's crap and how he would say the perfect thing at the perfect times. I think at the start of the show he was probably going to become a love rival to Sun-Woo but maybe the writers changed their minds later on. It was probably for the best. There was enough drama without that plot happening.

For the sinister part. I liked it, it made the show interesting. Also I liked how sinister they made the bad guy. Possessed by an evil spirit and had no hesitations about brutally killing people. It was great. The actor was really good with his expressions from being this lovely sweet man and instantly turning to a killer face. 

The way this show wrapped up all loose ends and had everything explained was perfect. In the last episode I didn't feel sad for anybody. I feel that everyone was given a good ending.

I'm going to give a shout out to Shin-Ae's brother who beat Sun-Woo to his senses and then quietly says "be happy" as Sun-Woo runs to reconcile with Bong-Sun. Man that made me laugh! 

8 out of 10 stars. 

I found a few characters annoying but other than that everything in the show was really well done and really fun to watch. 

Let me know your thoughts!

Until next time my drama queens and kings,

Sarah