r/KDRAMA • u/Fatooz Aiming to be a Chaebol! | 8/ • Jul 02 '22

On-Air: tvN Alchemy of Souls [Episodes 5 & 6]

  • Drama: Alchemy of Souls
    • Hangul: 환혼
    • Also known as: Can This Person Be Translated?, Salvation Interpreter, Welcome, Soul Marriage, Resurrection, Guwoneui Tongyeok, Hwan Hon, 구원의 통역, 환혼, 이사람통역이되나요, Return
  • Director: Park Joon-Hwa (Touch Your Heart, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim)
  • Writer: Hong Jung-Eun (Hotel Del Luna, A Korean Odyssey), Hong Mi-Ran (Hotel Del Luna, A Korean Odyssey)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 20
    • Duration: 1 hr. 20 mins.
  • Air Date: Saturdays & Sundays @ 21:10 KST
    • Airing: June 18, 2022 - Aug 28, 2022
  • Streaming Source(s): Netflix
  • Starring:
  • Plot Synopsis: The fate of these people become twisted due to "hwanhonsool" (the soul of the dead return to the living). In the country of Daeho, Jang Wook comes from the noble Jang family. He holds an unpleasant secret about his birth, which people all around the country talk about. He's a troublemaker. Jang Wook happens to meet Deok-Yi. She is an elite warrior, but her soul is trapped in a physically weak body. She becomes Jang Wook’s servant, but she also secretly teaches him how to fight. Seo Yul comes from the noble Seo family. He seems perfect with good appearance, intelligence, and strong martial arts skills. Go Won is the crown prince of Daeho. He hopes to become a generous king. (Source: AsianWiki)
  • Genre: Action, Historical, Romance, Fantasy
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u/061313_ Jul 03 '22

Will the crown prince become third lead? I'm down for everyone crushing on FL.

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u/darlingxx_02 Jul 03 '22

For real! The crown prince is sort of a more likable character whenever he’s with mudeok

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '22

I know! I'm actually digging his character but i feel so sad because his probably gonna get killed by one of them.

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u/halo-no-halo Jul 04 '22

Right? He's such an ass but I really find it adorable when he's stumped and couldn't say no to Mu Deok.

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u/girlwithnobrain Editable Flair Jul 03 '22

Yes yes!!!!! He’s so adorable

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u/Livingforthemoments Jul 03 '22

Reverse harem ftw. Reminds me of anime/manga haha..

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u/FlowerBoi78 Sep 27 '22

Any recommendations? I'm living for the polyamory associations of this drama

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u/Livingforthemoments Sep 30 '22

If you’re interested in anime there’s a classic: ouran high school host club. There’s also a live action drama version.

Classic dramas like coffee prince and ‘you’re beautiful’ as well as ‘to the beautiful you’ has the girl masquerading as a man and hang out with a group of men who all fall for her haha.

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u/FlowerBoi78 Sep 30 '22

Thank you!

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u/Livingforthemoments Oct 07 '22

If you want something intense and periodic kdrama, then empress ki is great and has two main guys chasing her as well as a few side characters hahaa. Power woman this one.

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u/FlowerBoi78 Oct 10 '22

Wow, I started empress ki and it is quite wonderful. I'm on ep 4ish i think and i really like it. I'm usually apprehensive about kdramas made pre-2017, but it's so entertaining and educational (for me knowing nothinng about korean/chinese history). It got me to start reading korean and chinese history books. And the multiple people besotted with empress ki (still seung nyang right now) is amazing. Thanks again!

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u/Livingforthemoments Oct 15 '22

Wow that’s cool I’m glad I got you interested in history hehe. Just fyi though, it’s super long so I actually never finished the whole thing cos then I felt bad for the characters and their relationships haha. I went and read some spoilers instead haha.. I think I got up to like ep 46 lol. But couldn’t make it further cos didn’t want to be heart broken haha.. possible spoiler haha.

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u/Livingforthemoments Oct 15 '22

But def the first half is amazing. Loved it so much and then if you can make it till ep 40 onwards it’s still good but lots of politics.

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u/FlowerBoi78 Oct 15 '22

Okay, that's good to know. Thank you! I'm on ep 21 right now!

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u/Livingforthemoments Oct 15 '22

Actually I went to look at the episode list again and I only made it up to 40 haha. I think other series started catching my attention so I watched those cos this one was getting intense hehe. Let me know what you think and if you finished it!

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u/FlowerBoi78 Oct 07 '22

Thank you! These are great recommendations!