I
don’t keep it a secret that I love Song Seung Hun. The proof is Song Seung Hun
the Hand Towel and Don’t Call Me Mr. Hand Towel’s post which you could also
read in this blog.
Whenever
I look at Song Seung Hun’s perfect features my heart automatically screams ‘His
Gorgeousness!’
When
he closes his eyes I want to say His Gorgeousness may I have your eye lashes please!
When he smiles I pray His Gorgeousness may you always smile like that. When he
appears on screen I humbly say His Gorgeousness thank you for gracing us with
your presence!
Black
was a God sent for my sore eyes. The only reason I watched this drama was for Song
Seung Hun. I didn’t have any expectation but to drool over my man. So, it’s
quite a surprise for me to find that although it’s not perfect Black is
actually a rare gem.
Black
is supposed to be dark. I think. But I couldn’t keep myself from smiling during
all of Song Seung Hun’s scenes. His face alone is enough to make me happy. When
he starts to play that guitar in episode 15 and sings, I melt. Not only does he
has the face but he also has the voice!
I
expect a drama with a grim reaper as the main character to be grim or at the
very least solemn. But there is no ominous darkness in Black despite its piles
of corpses. The only darkness in this drama is the black shadows on those who
are about to die.
Although
Black is full of killers and mysteries it feels light hearted and speedy. Nevertheless,
deep underneath lies a substance that offers us food for thought. It provokes
us to think about human nature. And most importantly it forces us to think
about what it means to love.
Instead
of being scary Black our male lead, the cold hearted and legendary Grim Reaper Number
444 is actually very amusing. He is such a cutie pie. He looks adorable even
when he is being rude and cocky.
Although
I don’t like how this drama ends, for the first time ever in my long career of
watching Korean drama, I couldn’t bring myself to swear at its ending.
I
love love that conquers all obstacles. I love love that triumphs against all
odds. Naturally, I hate ending that ends the relationship between the male and
the female lead with a passion.
If
you love someone, you would want nothing more than to be together with that
person for as long as possible. But, if you can’t have that, if you’re
completely powerless to make that happens, what would you do?
Black’s
choice is to receive the severest punishment given to grim reaper because that
punishment allows the woman he loves to lead a normal life that she has never
had. It allows Kang Haram to love another man and live her life to the fullest.
My
heart hurts for him. It feels like a betrayal.
I
can’t accept the fact that Haram completely forgets Black and falls in love
with another man. I can’t accept that she has a happily ever after with a man
who is not Black. Not when she never loves any man but him. Not when she has
loved him her whole life. Especially because when she finally finds out that he
is not who she thought he was she loves him still. She loves him when she
thinks he is Kim Jun and she loves him when she thinks he is not Kim Jun. She
loves him regardless of who or what he is.
I’m
unhappy but the fact is if you love someone, if you sincerely love that person,
all that you would ever want is for that person to be happy.
Even
if that happiness means your extinction from their memories.
Black
who is always jealous when Haram pays even the slightest attention to another
man willingly lets Haram to marry another, has his children and spend the rest of
her life with him.
His
greatest parting gift to Haram is her happiness. Even if that happiness is
given to her by another man, it’s okay because he couldn’t personally give it
to her. He also leaves her another grim reaper in the form of a famous movie
star who is tasked to always protect her as long as she lives.
Black
breaks so many rules for Kang Haram fully aware of the heavy consequences that
he has to bear in the end.
This
drama tells us that we all have that special someone. The problem is we have no
idea where that special someone is. We don’t even know whether that special
someone lives in the same world with us.
If
we already have a special someone, the destined one, is it okay to love someone
else? Is it okay to spend the rest of our lives with that other person? What if
the person that we have in our lives is actually that special someone?
The
original Kim Jun who is loved by Kang Haram has always been in love with Yun
Suwan. Even when he dies and his heart ends up in Han Mugang’s body, he is
still in love with Yun Suwan. It is only after Hang Mugang dies and he returns
to Han Mugang’s body that he falls for Kang Haram.
His
loves for Yun Suwan doesn’t stop with his death. Because although he lost all
of his memories as Kim Jun and Han Mugang, his heart remembers her.
The
thing is, the cold and emotionless Grim Reaper 444, who looks down on mere
mortals is only curious why his heart reacts to Yun Suwan, because he himself feels
nothing for this human.
On
the other hand the girl called Kang Haram makes him feels and does thing that
no sane and respectable grim reaper would do.
Black
is in quite a shock when he finally learns that the symptom that he has is what
human calls love. It is hard for him to accept the fact that he falls in love
with Kang Haram. But, even when his memories return, and he realizes how much
he loved Yun Suwan both as Kim Jun and Han Mugang, his feelings for Haram remain.
The
only thing that changes is his indifference towards Yun Suwan turns into a warm
appreciation of her.
That’s
how the drama explains the ending of Kim Jun and Han Mugang’s love for Yun
Suwan, which I find rather unacceptable. Of course I’m happy that Black’s love
for Kang Haram is that great, but the ending of his love for Yun Suwan is a
little bit hard to swallow.
It
reminds me of Oh My Ghostess wherein the romantic lines as to which girl the
male lead really loves leave a bad taste in my mouth. Black isn’t as bad as Oh
My Ghostess since it is pretty clear that Black only loves Kang Haram. Still….
If
this drama makes Kim Jun’s love for Yun Suwan more trivial like ordinary puppy
love or less intense, it would be easier for me to accept the fact that he left
her just like that for Kang Haram.
Or
the drama shows or gives hints that although Kim Jun was in love with Yun
Suwan, the little Kang Haram was someone extremely special for him, so special
that despite his love for Yun Suwan he still put her as his priority.
Like
I said before Black is not perfect. There are things that could be done better.
But overall, I love it.
The
ending is not a plus but I have no grudge against it. It’s extremely difficult
to make a happy ending between two creatures of different races who come from
two different worlds.
Unlike
49 Days which deserves the wrath of its audiences for brazenly cheating them out
of their happy ending, Black’s ending is not unexpected. It won’t make you
happy but at least you would understand and feel sorry for Black. Hence,
forgive the drama for even more.
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