Hello everyone! I’ve been a big fan of Korean Dramas for about 15 years, and I used to blog about it in Bahasa Indonesia. I’m starting to write in English now, hopefully it’s not that bad! Haha.

Anyway, the story started by introducing Yoon Se Ri’s character (played by Son Ye Jin), which is like a leader of a big company, who’s very independent. It’s funny because the first scene was about her staffs being nervous about a scandal of her and her ex-boyfriend, but all she cared about was just whether people can see her earrings  or not. She’s like saying that the more exposure she gets, the better. Pretty much like what’s happening in real life nowadays with all the Instagram influencers, hahahahaha. And the story gets even better, because she was offered by her Dad to take over their family’s company.

The next day, she wanted to try the new apparel for paragliding, which is actually a product of her company as well. It’s like she wants to give the best for the company and she’s like an awesome businesswoman who gives it all! And suddenly there’s a big tornado in front of her eyes, and somehow she landed in North Korea! This storyline actually cracks me up, in a good way, cos it’s very comical – and I think it’s funny. Because in Korean Dramaland – anything can happen, and we’re happy about it as long as that handsome man and that beautiful woman can get together somehow. Hahaha.

Next is about the male lead of this drama, our beloved Hyun Bin as Captain Ri Jung Hyuk! He’s a South Korean army who’s leading a team in DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). In case you didn’t know, DMZ actually really exists in real life. It’s a strip of land across the Korean Peninsula, as a buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. Anyhow, Captain Ri was the one who found Yoon Se Ri, who’s literally landing on a tree. Being the cool, strict, obeying the rule kind of army, he wanted to report Yoon Se Ri as a stranger on a DMZ. But he accidentally stepped on a landmine, and he needs her to help him call help using the Walkie Talkie. So now that she saved his life, he can’t report her and she ran away thinking that she can go back to South Korea somehow. But she ended up arriving at a village full of unfamiliar activities like people suddenly get together and start an exercise routine, children marching to school together, and she saw the sign saying ‘The Great Leader is Always with Us’. That’s when she realized that’s it’s North Korea!

This leads us to the final scene, where the Captain protectively standing over her when a military vehicle came approaching. This scene is like a magic trick that makes me addicted to Korean Drama. Whilst she wants to look brave and independent, she came to realisation that desperately needs help in North Korea. And just like a perfect mix of fluffy pancake, he came in perfect timing to protect her. I don’t know how, but he just looks so perfect, protective, cool and doesn’t talk much but very reliable. Does this kind of person exist in real life?? Hahahaha.

There are other elements in this first episode, which is Yoon Se Ri’s brothers who apparently do not want her to be the one taking over the company – and they have their own issues, one had a fight with a union leader, the other one just got scammed and lost money. More interestingly, the one who scammed him also appeared in this first episode and he’s quite good looking, so I have a feeling that he’s gonna stay and be more involved in the storyline, probably? I don’t know.

And I love the fact that the Captain’s team were funny as well, one likes to drink and get drunk even when working, the other one likes to watch Korean Drama. I like that even though this drama is about army, North Korea, but there’s always sense of humour and it reminds me to not take things too seriously – because it’s Korean Drama.

The last element of this episode was the grave robbers who illegally digged and found the cultural artifacts, which I think will be important part of the story, with that Officer Chul Kang having agenda to do something bad – the fact that he killed those guys means that he’s the villain in this Korean drama. But hopefully he’s not gonna be that annoying – or even if he does, hopefully Captain Ri will always win! Hahahaha.

Okay, all in all this first episode of Crash Landing on You is very cute! Because you can from the epilogue of this episode – that when Captain Ri found Yoon Se Ri, he stopped for a minute and watching her throwing tantrum like ‘How can I land here? What the hell happened?’ And he was smiling watching her. Awwwh that kind of moment is actually the best! That melts a certain part of my heart when he does that. So cute!

I like how Korean Drama nowadays give equal recognition to women as much as men, because I remember years ago the female characters are more towards romance-driven, desperately wants a boyfriend, and those sorts of stuff, but now it’s moving towards new era of K-Drama. Not that I’m saying I didn’t like the previous K-Dramas, because I did and I still do, but I like the fact that it is keeping up with the trend of the world, and it’s thriving to be better and better.

I also think that Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin did a great job in building chemistry between them, it’s very addictive to watch them together. When I watch Korean Drama, one of the things that keeps me going is when I know that this perfect couple will end up being together somehow, and it’s gonna be okay. It’s a nice feeling to know that despite whatever shit is going on, it’s gonna be worth it! Hahaha.

Another plus point of this drama is that scene about villagers life in North Korea. It’s very interesting to watch more about what daily life in North Korea looks like, at least in Korean Drama – not the documentary kind of thing – because other Korean Dramas are mostly about South Korea.

So that’s it for today, I’m so happy to have shared my joy of watching this drama with you, and hopefully there’s someone who enjoys this episode so I have enough confidence to do next ones. Along with this blog, I have a podcast talking about Korean Drama.

Thank you and please comment below if you like Crash Landing on You too!