Unlike her twin, Eun-byul is stylish and popular at school, and has an inner circle of friends with two girls, Song-joo and Shi-jin.
But interestingly, when Mom sees the matching sweatshirt in Eun-byul’s suitcase, she doesn’t recognize it-it’s Eun-byul who must have sent it down using her mother’s name. The two have a healthy, affectionate relationship, and Eun-byul good-naturedly groans at her mother’s overzealous packing for her upcoming school trip to a famous temple that’ll have them in Tongyeong for four days. It’s not so much a mystery to us, though, when we cut to Seoul to meet GO EUN-BYUL, who looks exactly like Eun-bi-and her mother’s name is Song Mi-kyung. The orphanage director wonders at this generous benefactor, and Eun-bi marvels at how perfectly the gifts fit her size and her taste. This note is signed with the name Song Mi-kyung and says that she bought a sweatshirt for Eun-bi while she was out buying one for her own daughter. Ra-jin, who already looks up to Eun-bi as her shining role model, thanks her and says, “Unni, you’re a present God gave me in place of a mother.”Įun-bi receives a gift in the mail, from a woman who appears to have been sending her gifts for some time. She refuses to leave until Ra-jin gets an apology and a promise not to pick on her again, and they get it.Īs they leave, Eun-bi urges Ra-jin to speak up when things like this happen, and to assert herself so the bully recognizes she won’t just be pushed around. She doesn’t accept the “they were just playing” excuse, pointing out that both sides ought to be having fun for that to qualify. The bully’s mother dismisses Eun-bi huffily, but Eun-bi stands up to her boldly, unwilling to be turned aside. She lies that she just fell while playing with the other kids, but Eun-bi gently pries the story out of her-and then marches over to the home of the boy who did this to her. She’s the eldest and makes the kiddos eat their vegetables and is lovingly naggy.Įun-bi notices ripped clothing in the wash and checks on one of the other girls, Ra-jin, who’s hiding a large bruise on her side. Her home life is more pleasant, and her bright personality is allowed to show through as she acts as de facto mother hen at the orphanage, Love’s House, where she’s spent most of her life. So she’s left completely adrift while everyone gawks and laughs at her openly, enjoying her misery. Her teacher pulls her aside to ask why she’s always in gym clothes and whether she’s being bothered, but doesn’t press when Eun-bi lies that nobody’s doing anything. She has to dress in her gym clothes for the rest of school, and everybody makes a big show of recoiling at her stink from the fish sauce. So-young and her posse laugh maliciously while Eun-bi chokes back tears. They’ve cornered Eun-bi and proceed to make a “birthday cake” of her, flinging eggs, flour, and fish sauce over her head. She works multiple part-time jobs and aspires to be a teacher-one who understands her students, their lies, and what they’re hiding.Įun-bi has a cheerful way of speaking, but once we join her at school, the reason for her answers becomes clear, because she’s the target of some vicious bullying.Ĭase in point: A girl, So-young, is led by her friends to the special “birthday present” they’ve prepared for her. And if she weren’t able to go, she’d want to.Įun-bi lives in the southern province of Gyeongsamnam-do, in the city of Tongyeong. We open with an interview-style introduction on LEE EUN-BI ( Kim So-hyun), a second-year in high school who explains her contradictory feelings about school sheepishly: She doesn’t like going, but not going makes her nervous. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tiger JK – “Reset” from the Who Are You-School 2015 OST Īudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. I don’t expect it to go full-on rom-com, but I wouldn’t want that of this show anyway just a little bit of light to give shape to all the shadows. This first episode is on the heavy side with all the setting-up required to show us what the outcast’s life was like before the big twist, but I also think there’s room in there to add cute, funny touches. It’s partly because the show deals with issues like bullying in a rather stark light, and partly because this is also a mystery-thriller on top of being a school drama. Phew, Who Are You-School 2015 has quite the dark streak, but I like it. 130 ApJanuWho Are You–School 2015: Episode 1 by javabeans
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