Channel A ‘The Witch’ Why did Noh Jeong-ui come to be called a ‘Witch’? That heartbreakingly lonely story will be broadcast today (the 16th) from her perspective.

In Channel A‘s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Witch’, which first aired on the 15th, the story of ‘Dong-jin’ (Park Jin-young), a man who tries to break the laws of misfortune surrounding women called witches, and ‘Mi-jeong’ (Noh Jeong-ui), a woman who has become the seed of tragedy and has cut herself off from the world, unfolded in a dense manner. The viewership ratings were 2.6% in the metropolitan area and a peak of 3.3%, renewing the highest viewership ratings for the first episode of a Channel A drama ever. (Provided by Nielsen Korea, based on households with paid broadcasting channels)

Mi-jeong in high school, seen from Dong-jin’s perspective, was always alone. She ate lunch alone every day in a remote corner of the school, and unlike her friends who would gather in groups of three or five on field trip days, there was no one by her side. During those days, strange accidents were constant at school. Some people got hurt, some got hit by cars, and some got struck by lightning and died. And rumors spread that the reason for the frequent accidents was Mijung. Whenever an accident happened, Mijung was always there. As the students said, “If you get involved with her, bad things will happen,” Mijung became more and more withdrawn and isolated herself even more.

The only one who didn’t believe the rumor was Dongjin. He was always worried about her being alone, so he secretly set up a sunshade for Mijung while she sat on a bench in the blazing sun and ate lunch alone. However, when another male student died in an accident, the rumors of “Park Mijung the Witch” became true. Dongjin decided that this time, he had to talk to Mijung. But Mijung left school and disappeared.

Ten years later, Dongjin met Mijung again. She was still alone, and she was tormented by the thought that she might have hurt someone today. Dongjin remembered that she had been confessed to by a drunk man when they met on the subway, and that the passengers were filming it, so he searched the Internet. And Dongjin also found out that the man who confessed to Mijung had collapsed with his heart pounding after getting off the subway with Mijung. The law of death that had been following her was still the same. Dongjin thought that there must be a reason why they had met again after going around and around for so long, so he decided to study that law and save Mijung from a terrible curse.

If this was the story from Dongjin‘s perspective, the story from Mijung’s perspective will be broadcast today (the 16th). How did Mi-jung come to be called a ‘witch’, what was going through Mi-jung‘s mind as she watched someone get hurt or die because of her, and why did she leave school forever that day? Her lonely story is expected to provide an immersive experience that will make you lose track of time. This is why you can’t miss the second episode, which will reveal her emotions and story that Dong-jin couldn‘t know from his perspective.

Episode 2 of Channel A’s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘witch’ will air today (the 16th) Sunday at 9:10 PM.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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