Choo Young-woo was Byun Woo-seok.tvN Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Gyeonwoo and the Fairy’ (directed by Kim Yong-wan and written by Yang Ji-hoon)has a similar context to the hit ‘Seonjae’s Pick-up and Run ‘.It is a first love salvation romance.

In the first episode of’ The Fairy and the Cowherd ‘that will air on the 23rd,’ Fairy of Heaven and Earth ‘Park Sung-ah(played by Jo Yi-hyun)falls in love with Bae Gyeon-woo(played by Choo Young-woo)at first sight when he enters the temple upside down.The grand operation to ward off bad luck to save her’ first love ‘who is destined to die is creepy but also brings about pleasant excitement.

The viewership ratings for the first episode of’ The Cowherd and the Fairy ‘recorded an average of 4.7% and a peak of 5.6% for households in the metropolitan area, and an average of 4.3% and a peak of 5.2% for households nationwide.The viewership ratings for the 2049 male and female demographic, which is tvN target audience, also recorded a nationwide peak of 2.0%, the highest figure among the first broadcasts of tvN Monday-Tuesday dramas in 2025.(Based on Nielsen Korea’s paid platform)


On this day, the beginning of Park Sung-ah’s difficult first love was depicted.Living a double life as a high school student during the day and a famously brave shaman, ‘Cheonjiseonnyeo’ at night, Park Sung-ah’s dream is to live an ordinary life like her friends her age.However, when her precognitive dream of a man standing upside down comes true, she becomes far from ordinary.Bae Gyeon-woo, her ‘ideal type’ who looks cool even when upside down, enters Park Sung-ah’s temple.To a shaman, being upside down means death is near.Park Sung-ah felt so sorry and pitiful for Bae Gyeon-woo, who was born with bad luck.

The relationship between Park Sung-ah and Bae Gyeon-woo did not end here.Bae Gyeon-woo transferred to Park Sung-ah’s school.Park Sung-ah was very excited by the unexpected fateful reunion.Her determination to eradicate Bae Gyeon-woo’s misfortune and protect her ‘first love’ was not easy from the beginning.The most difficult thing was to open Bae Gyeon-woo’s heart, who rarely gave her his side.Bae Gyeon-woo was in danger because a sign fell while walking down the street.Park Sung-ah was more heartbroken by Bae Gyeon-woo’s calm demeanor even in a situation where she could die than by Bae Gyeon-woo’s cold words pushing her away when she jumped in to save him.Park Sung-ah pulled out her secret weapon to deal with Bae Gyeon-woo’s continued crisis.She got her hands on the talisman from the famous flower boy(played by Yoon Byung-hee).Park Sung-ah’s plan to reveal her identity and start a romance by giving him the talisman she had obtained with difficulty went up in smoke in an instant.Bae Gyeon-woo, who was born with a destiny to die, borrowed the power of shamans to shake off his misfortune, but all he got in return was hurt.Bae Gyeon-woo, who was used only for the sake of being told that he could ward off misfortune, hated shamans.Park Sung-ah could not reveal her identity as a ‘celestial maiden’ to Bae Gyeon-woo.


However, Park Sung-ah couldn’t stop.Because Bae Gyeon-woo came in upside down while soaking wet.The fact that the cause of death was visible meant that Bae Gyeon-woo had only one day left to live.While looking for a reservoir near the school where he could drown, Park Sung-ah found out that there was a water ghost in the school’s men’s bathroom.She tried to keep the water ghost away from Bae Gyeon-woo by promising to help him achieve Buddhahood, but Bae Gyeon-woo’s bad luck was too strong.The moment the transformed water ghost was about to swallow Bae Gyeon-woo, Park Sung-ah shot a water cannon, and Bae Gyeon-woo, who was baptized with water without knowing what was happening, got angry at Park Sung-ah and said, “What are you doing?” The ending, where Park Sung-ah’s answer, “I protected you,” was buried under the pouring water, made us even more curious about the relationship between the two people who had been wrong from the beginning.Attention is focused on whether Park Sung-ah, who is hiding her identity as a ‘shaman,’ will be able to safely block Bae Gyeon-woo’s bad luck.

Episode 2 of ‘The Cowherd and the Fairy’ will air at 8:50 PM on the 24th.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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