A Good Day to Be a Canine: Episode 11
by Unit
It’s an excellent day to make decisions! Following final week’s dive into the previous, our heroine lastly learns concerning the origin of her household’s curse. The excellent news is: the curse could be lifted. However the unhealthy information is: it’s going to price her greater than she may ever think about.
EPISODE 11
A Good Day to Be a Canine has totally leaned into its darkish facet, and it makes me surprise what occurred to the enjoyable doggy present we began out with. This has turn into fairly the tedious watch, and that’s by no means an excellent signal.
Shifting on to the happenings of the week. Ji-ah recovers the recollections of her previous life in bits and items, and she or he makes good on Cho-young’s promise to search out Bo-gyeom. At first, he acts like he has no concept what she’s speaking about. However when she persists, he insists that previous lives are a factor of the previous, and she or he ought to dwell a peaceable and comfy life within the current. Actually, Bo-gyeom? This whole story is hinged in your refusal to let go of the previous, however okay.
Ji-ah sees past Bo-gyeom’s partitions, and she or he guarantees to be on his facet and assist him in order that he doesn’t proceed to endure from the harm of the previous. Nonetheless, he tells her to not ever come to see him once more. However afterward, we glean from Bo-gyeom’s dialog with the vice principal that he shutdown Ji-ah’s makes an attempt to succeed in him as a result of the Bo-gyeom that Cho-young knew is gone. No kidding.
On to some excellent news: Woo-taek was capable of revive Hae-na’s canine uncle, and I’ve by no means been happier for an uncle who isn’t mine. Phew! However the present mentioned “maintain my beer,” and offered us with even higher information: canine uncle transforms again to human! The way in which I gasped! This transformation is a miracle that shocks Woo-taek and excites Hae-na’s total household.
The transformation arc can be fodder for some humor now that Uncle has to re-learn human habits. Like consuming along with his arms as an alternative of gobbling down meals, and choosing issues along with his arms as an alternative of his mouth.
Uncle has no concept how he turned again to human. However because of his time as a canine, he was capable of sniff a tiger scent from the suspicious bracelet the vice principal gave to Hae-na. I virtually forgot concerning the existence of this bracelet. Uncle’s commentary doesn’t make any sense to Hae-na, so she pays it no thoughts. For now, what’s most vital is determining how Uncle remodeled with no kiss. And my guess is Bo-gyeom’s go to to the vet clinic had the whole lot to do with the “miracle.”
Hae-na figures issues out when Bo-gyeom involves their home — this time, dropping his “bizarre highschool instructor” pretense. “I put the canine curse on you,” he reveals, and to show that he’s not mendacity, he immediately turns Yoo-ra right into a canine. Messing round with people should be enjoyable for this mountain spirit.
“Who’re you?” Hae-na spurts. And this time, Bo-gyeom returns to his beloved obscure persona. He tells her to take her time and give it some thought. However he offers her a touch: he had been round their household for a for much longer time than she would possibly suppose. Curiously sufficient, Yoo-ra transforms again to human after Bo-gyeom leaves, however she has no recollection of both his go to or being become a canine.
Hae-na pours by means of outdated image albums and finds Bo-gyeom within the background of one among her childhood images. However it appears to be like like she’s not the one one with a childhood encounter with the vengeful mountain spirit. It seems that Web optimization-won additionally met Bo-gyeom again when he was a boy. And of all instances to drop by, Bo-gyeom selected the second little Web optimization-won was virtually attacked by a canine. Yunno, the incident that led to his canine phobia.
Bo-gyeom just isn’t performed placing Hae-na and her household by means of the wringer, so he turns Uncle again right into a canine. What!? When Hae-na calls for to know the rationale behind his actions, Bo-gyeom takes her down reminiscence lane to her Joseon previous. Within the reminiscence, Soo-hyun is flat on the bottom (presumably lifeless), and an indignant Bo-gyeom holds his favourite sword to Mak-soon’s neck. When she begs him to spare the kid in her womb, a minimum of, he positioned the canine curse on mentioned youngster and all its descendants.
By means of a newer flashback, we see that Bo-gyeom orchestrated the occasions that led to Hae-na kissing Web optimization-won and activating the curse — which in flip led them to falling in love. Within the current, Bo-gyeom tells Hae-na that he’ll elevate the curse on her household on one situation: she’ll must put issues again to the way in which they have been initially. Which means Web optimization-won will lose all his fond recollections of Hae-na. Sigh. Not this present giving me horrible flashbacks of See You in My nineteenth Life.
Hae-na is given in the future to make the most important selection she’ll in all probability ever must make in her life: will she elevate her household’s curse? Or will she select her love for Web optimization-won as an alternative? Curse you, Lee Bo-gyeom! Curse your mountain and curse your sword!
When Web optimization-won learns about this, he goes to confront Bo-gyeom and within the course of, he grabs the sword. Ugh! If I see this sword another time! “Due to the 2 of you, I misplaced [Cho-young]. It’s solely truthful that you simply two pay for it too, don’t you suppose?” Bo-gyeom calmly states. However Web optimization-won is assured that even when his recollections of Hae-na are wiped, they’ll nonetheless fall in love once more. “All proper, then,” Bo-gyeom smirks. And the sport is on!
Web optimization-won reiterates his stance to Hae-na and tells her to decide on lifting the curse over him. He cherished her earlier than the curse-activating kiss, and even when their recollections are gone, their emotions will stay. “So I’ll go to you. If you happen to take a step again, I’ll take two steps in direction of you. Even when I get a little bit misplaced, I’ll be okay as a result of I’ve walked the trail earlier than.” How reassuring.
We get some extra boring and repetitive scenes from final week’s Joseon flashback. *Yawn* However we be taught one thing new: when Mak-soon heard that Soo-hyun can be beheaded for serving to Cho-young escape, she ended up ratting Cho-young out to the authorities in a bid to save lots of his life. Rattling!
So Mak-soon snitched. Massive deal. I’m not precisely defending her actions, however I nonetheless can’t empathize with Bo-gyeom’s plight. Perhaps the issue is me, or possibly it’s in his characterization that simply screams “villain.” Certainly, he’s a “sufferer” of the previous life incident, however he simply doesn’t really feel prefer it. As an alternative, he’s primarily giving off antagonistic vibes that makes me need to facet with the perpetrators of his misfortune.
We finish the week with Web optimization-won and Hae-na strolling previous one another with no phrase. However whereas Web optimization-won turns round giving off a posture of familiarity, Hae-na walks away with no backward look. Hmmmm. Hae-na is constructed like me for actual, as a result of I’m virtually tempted to stroll away from the present. That is what occurs whenever you over-stretch a narrative past its capability in an try and squeeze out pointless angst.
On a lighter be aware, we received the “stranded on an island and caught in a one room” trope with Yoo-ra and Woo-taek. They poke enjoyable at themselves for falling sufferer to the stereotypical trope, however issues quickly get awkward. I’m wondering when the present will make them official. Additionally, when will the present bear in mind it has a personality named Yul and convey him again to the forefront? And when are we going to return to the sooner cuteness? So many questions, so few solutions from the present.
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