Channel A‘s weekend drama ’The Witch‘ is receiving support from viewers for its sincere heart of Park Jin-young.

In ’The Witch‘, Park Jin-young plays the role of ’Dong-jin‘, who tries to break the bad luck surrounding Mi-jung (played by Noh Jeong-eui), who is called a witch. From a high school student wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a school uniform to a grown man with his shirt sleeves rolled up, he naturally portrayed Dong-jin’s natural growth over time as if he were wearing his own clothes. In particular, Dong-jin‘s heartbreaking struggle that only Mi-jung doesn’t know about was the reason why it captured viewers‘ hearts in the first week of airing.

To Dong-jin, Mi-jung, who is called a witch, was like a ’life‘s homework’. Even though Dong-jin, who was a high school student, had short hair and didn‘t show off, he couldn’t take his eyes off the pretty Mi-jung. However, strange things often happened at school during that time, and rumors spread that it was because of Mi-jung. Dong-jin thought it was a “error of hasty generalization”, but the incomprehensible thoughts continued, and Mi-jung was always at the center of them. That‘s why Mi-jung, who was afraid of people, always ate lunch alone in a remote corner under the blazing sun. Dong-jin persuaded his mother Mi-sook (Jang Hye-jin) to set up an awning. And he smiled happily as he watched her eat her lunch under the shade. It was the beginning of love.

In March, when the year changed and he was in his third year of high school, another male student was electrocuted to death, and Mi-jung was there again. The students eventually completely branded Mi-jung a ‘witch’. Dong-jin thought he had to talk to her, but Mi-jung, who was hurt, left school forever. In the end, Dong-jin had to keep his feelings to himself without even saying “Hello, I’m Lee Dong-jin”. However, Dong-jin gathered his courage once again. He went to Mijung‘s house with a graduation album and a bouquet of flowers for her, who couldn’t attend the graduation ceremony that she should have enjoyed. However, he missed the timing again. The unfortunate fate that kept going wrong made the sadness even greater.

Park Jin-young worked his magic to make Dong-jin‘s clumsy and immature appearance into a character that we can relate to.

The production team announced, “This week, the story of Dong-jin, a college student who entered the Department of Statistics to solve his life’s homework, will be drawn.” Between a high school student and a data miner, Dong-jin‘s empty narrative is expected to be filled.

The preview video for Episode 3 released right after the broadcast captured Dong-jin entering the Department of Statistics. Mi-jung, who sent him off without saying a word, became Dong-jin’s “life‘s homework that must be solved.” Those who watch will also cheer for Dong-jin’s passionate love to save her from the law of misfortune.

Here, the first meeting with Jung-hyuk (Im Jae-hyuk), a friend who reminds them of Mi-jung, was also foreshadowed. Dong-jin recalls the rumors surrounding Mi-jung and her past as he watches the students whispering to Jung-hyuk, who is eating alone, saying, “Are you in our department?” and “No wonder the kids say you‘re like a psychopath.” Jung-hyuk was introduced as Dong-jin’s only remaining friend. The story of how Dong-jin, who had many friends and was very active in high school, changed will likely be revealed through his relationship with Jung-hyuk.

Director Kim Tae-kyun said, “The previous parts 1 and 2 showed how Mi-jung became a ‘witch’ and how she became entangled with Dong-jin, but from part 3 onwards, the two characters form relationships with the people around them and the real events begin. So I hope viewers will enjoy it more.”

He continued, “Starting with the third episode, Dong-jin begins to dig into the laws surrounding Mi-jung in earnest in order to keep his promise to his mother. He tries to save Mi-jung through the process of objectively reasoning about when, how, and how close he has to get to Mi-jung in order for the cursed laws to be applied.” He added, “However, the method of proving the laws he thinks of can only be verified through experiments, so a story will unfold where he throws himself into becoming the subject of the experiment. You can think of it as the ‘mystery’ part of the mystery romance that is really developing. And in this process, I hope you look forward to the activities of Dong-jin and Mi-jung’s only friends, Jung-hyuk and Eun-sil.” He raised the anticipation by leaving a point to watch.

Channel A’s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Witch’ airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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