Channel A‘s weekend drama ’The Witch‘ is making Park Jin-young’s love for Noh Jung-eui even more heartbreaking.

‘The Witch’ Dong-jin (played by Park Jin-young) is struggling to give up his successful job and return Mi-jeong (played by Noh Jung-eui) to her normal life with a sincere determination. Mi-jeong has been stigmatized as a ‘witch’ by the world, and has been living in seclusion, avoiding people and only going out late at night when there are few people. Dong-jin firmly believes that if he finds out the law of death surrounding Mi-jeong, she will be able to live like ordinary people. In the last episode, we looked back at Dong-jin‘s desperate love that exploded with affection with his confession, “It hurts when I think about it.”

● Life’s homework toward first love

For Dong-jin, Mi-jeong was his first love that he wasn‘t aware of, and his life’s homework. In the past, during high school, Dong-jin was always concerned about her because she would always go to remote places alone. He installed an awning to block the scorching sunlight and diligently erased the graffiti that students had drawn on benches: “Park Mi-jung Witch.” After sending her off without even saying goodbye to her, he entered college and worked several part-time jobs to earn reference books and online lecture tickets. He did this in the hope that Mi-jung, who had not yet finished her third year of high school, would take the college entrance exam. However, when he went back to his hometown Taebaek during the vacation, Mi-jung was nowhere to be found. Dong-jin, who was a little late this time, finally realized that he “missed you” and burst into tears for the first time.

The first love that had been forgotten as time passed became Dong-jin’s life’s homework once again because of his mother Mi-sook (Jang Hye-jin). Mi-sook, who had a sense of guilt and regret for kicking out Mi-jung, who had no place to go and no one to know, from the village, read and reread the report on ‘The Denial of the Existence of Witches’, full of errors written by her son, and firmly believed that Mi-jung was not a witch. So, sensing death, she left a will saying, “Please tell her that I am sorry”, and Dong-jin vowed, “Just as my mother earnestly wished, I will definitely prove that you are not a witch”.

● Big Data Mining by the Industry‘s Top Data Miner

Just as Mi-sook said, “You will meet the people you are meant to meet someday”, Dong-jin met Mi-jung again after 10 years as if by fate. Mi-jung was still living alone, isolating herself from the world. Her entire world was her small attic, and she made a living as a translator with the help of her only friend Eun-sil (Jang Hee-ryeong), a broadcasting station PD. The only time he went out was at dawn when there were few people, and feeding stray cats. Watching her, Dong-jin felt his heart ache.

As a data miner who received the highest treatment in the industry, Dong-jin started his journey to lift Mi-jeong’s curse by doing what he did best. He investigated accidents related to her, interviewed victims, collected data, and analyzed statistics. Based on this, the hypothesis he came up with was as follows. It is dangerous to be within 10 meters of Mi-jeong, have a conversation, know her name, and confess your love to her. Also, if you break all of these rules, you will definitely die. Dong-jin actually got within 10 meters of her, and the tape measure that bounced and rewound grazed his neck, causing him to bleed.

● A test that risked death

However, a hypothesis is just a hypothesis, and there was still a possibility of an error that had not been identified. There was also a limit to reducing errors by relying only on past memories. Here, Dong-jin comes to the conclusion that he must personally check whether the ‘Law of Death’ still applies. And the test subject was Dong-jin himself. If the hypothesis was correct, Dong-jin, who had all the prerequisites, could die. However, he did not hesitate. He had to predict the danger and prevent further damage so that Mi-jung could come back out into the world.

Dong-jin eventually approached Mi-jung disguised as a mart deliveryman. However, in the preview video for Episode 7 released right after the broadcast, Dong-jin was captured in an extremely dangerous situation where he almost got into a motorcycle accident in front of Mi-jung‘s house and fell and rolled down the stairs. This part arouses anxiety as to whether the Law of Death was also activated for Dong-jin. What kind of ending awaits Dong-jin’s sorrowful journey? With only 4 episodes left, anticipation is growing for the story of ‘The Witch’.

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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