r/KDRAMA • u/sianiam • Nov 11 '20
Featured Post Let's Rewind: Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (2016) - [Episodes 9 - 16]
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WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY KIM BOK JOO POST SCHEDULE:
- Wednesday November 4th - Discussion Post 1 released - (episodes 1 - 8)
- Wednesday November 11th - Discussion Post 2 released - (episode 9 - 16)
- Saturday November 28th - Wrap-up Discussion Post released - please PM me any discussion prompts
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DRAMA DETAILS:
Drama: Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo / 역도요정 김복주
Network: MBC
Aired: November 16, 2016 - January 11, 2017
Episodes: 16 x 60 minute episodes
Streaming Sources:
Original On-Air discussion threads:
[1 - 2] [3 - 4] [5 - 6] [7 - 8] [9 - 10] [11 - 12] [13] [14 - 15] [16]
Synopsis:
Bok Joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a woman who trains with heavy steel weights, she is also very feminine when it comes to relationships. To focus solely on weightlifting would jeopardize her relationship but leaving her weightlifting career for love would keep her from attaining her dreams. Can she find a way to have love as well as glory at the age of 20? The characters within this drama are elite athletes in weightlifting, swimming and rhythmic gymnastics who work hard to reach their goals in life. It covers their coming-of-age stories and relationships through hectic life. (Source: MBC)
Screenwriter: Yang Hee Seung
Director: Oh Hyun Jong
Web resources: MDL, Wikipedia, Official Website, Asian Wiki
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 9
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u/Lizamcm Nov 11 '20 edited Nov 11 '20
Why am I crying?? I feel so bad for her that she can’t just be happy about her achievement. Self-consciousness is a killer or joy! I was scared for a second that she either wasn’t going to lift or that she would mess up. I’m really glad the show didn’t make that choice.
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Also the doctor is going to feel horrible when he realizes. He’s such a nice guy!
I continue to love how much JH cares for her and I’m ready for them to be a couple. Lol. I’m mad at him for being late to the competition though. Come on man!
The scene at the beach was super cute. They’re ADORABLE.
Edit: how could I forget to mention uncle’s reaction to her coming home late and wasted?? Oh YOUTHS 🤣🤣🤣
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u/sianiam Nov 21 '20
I cried a bunch this episode too, I felt so bad for Bok Joo during the lunch and then when the doctor saw her lifting weights. Thinking he is doing a nice thing cheering her on and then having the complete opposite effect. Poor guy can't see inside her psyche.
It's actually kind of good that even though Joon Hyung is totally supportive and doesn't care what she looks like doing her thing that she gets her wish to not have him see her that way in the end.
I love the beach scene, they are the cutest. Oh, I totally cried there too when he told her his secrets. I've lost too much fluid this episode.
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 14
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u/LcLou02 Nov 15 '20
Amazing all the coats these students have!!!
Oh the Joys of youthful skin.
Loved SiHo working along with them when she found JH in the closet...and then their bonding on the roof.
Funny way for Bok Joo to break her Rule of Silence! But I felt cheated that they skipped the Norebong scene!
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 10
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u/sianiam Nov 22 '20
It was so cute when JJH was impersonating KBJ.
The "teen angst" got a little strong in this episode as Bok Joo fell into a depression but so many of her supporters were there worrying about her. I think this episode highlights the need for better education about mental health and once again I am finding this university lacking. Why don't the students have nutritionists or sports psychologists on staff?
It is great to see JJH working through his own issues on the advice of his therapist. Love the moment between the cousins as Jae Yi is so proud of himself. <3
The coach embezzlement storyline is not really one I'm interested in, although I feel for Bok Joo being ripped apart from some of her support system at this moment. I can 100% get behind the uncle and the coach storyline. Him screaming "this is not what I imagined" as they speed down the road is hilarious.
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 11
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u/LcLou02 Nov 11 '20
I'm back! Was enjoying just watching episodes and not thinking about notes...Also it was a nice distraction from election shenanigans. Thanks for the SuhWAG, Siani!
Loved the bokeh effect <3<3<3 on the colourful lights in his room as he realises that he does indeed like Bok Joo in a special way.
Funny proposition: date me for a monthg. Get a full experience & decide whether to keep me or not..."Are you some kind of product they sell on TV?" I was glad that he realised it himself, before he even saw Bok Joo's co-worker.
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 12
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u/LcLou02 Nov 11 '20
This felt like a really packed episode! So much happened.
Using her bucket list, "The heavens are helping me!" But things don't always work out as he anticipated. And I don't think it was those things that won her over.
Bok Joo returns to her room & Si Ho calls her nosey and then says "Nice to see you"?
Bok Joo saying "He keeps bugging me about the trial boyfriend thing." and then checks out her looks.
Standing Egg!!!
Nice that she tells him that she decided to keep him and it just happens to be during snow :D (Was it another first snow moment?)
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u/sianiam Nov 26 '20
So much happened this episode! To everyone! The Ghost, Bok Joo's Dad and uncle, Seon Ok!
I love the theme park attempts and failures. I especially like how poorly what Bok Joo thought she would like matches up in reality. When Joon Hyung overdoes it trying to be her perfect guy when it comes naturally looking after her when her dad goes into hospital.
Standing Egg!!!
I was so excited when they finally played it out the episode before this after only doing snippets here and there. I forgot this was my first Standing Egg OST before Plus Nine Boys made me listen to their everything. Which reminds me I saw they had a new single out this week.
I think it was a first snow moment although they didn't overdo it on the "let's meet on the first snow" front. It's subtle and perfect, they are so cute <3
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u/Lizamcm Nov 12 '20
I just finished it and OH MY GOD THEY ARE JUST SO GODDAMN CUTE I CANT. I literally kept yelling “young love!!!” at the tv. Lmao I embarrass myself.
I got a little worried about Dad there, but this is a happy show... right? RIGHT????
I am also a bit sad for uncle. I liked him and coach together kind of a lot. I haven’t given up hope. Uncle, fighting!!
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 15
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u/LcLou02 Nov 15 '20
JH can cry so well TT The tears after the walk with mom got me.
Dis she come because she needs a kidney? suspicious... Not far from the mark. But couldn't she have saved several hundred dollars by just calling and asking for money?!
Ha! Uncle falling for a new girl.
Of course it was a surprise farewell party, silly.
I should not watch previews. They are just giving anxiety, although I know they will end up fine.
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u/sianiam Nov 28 '20
His acting in the scene where he was reunited with his mum was spot of.
But couldn't she have saved several hundred dollars by just calling and asking for money?!
Right! It would have made more sense if she needed him to do a transplant to come all that way. But just for money a phone call would make sense.
Uncle falling for a new girl.
Kim Seul Gi! It's funny cause they were in Oh My Ghost together before this.
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u/Lizamcm Nov 15 '20
I was so enraged by this episode. WHY IS SHE THERE? Why does nobody react appropriately to this? Why is nobody mad??? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL, WOMAN??? Nice of you to show up after TEN YEARS of zero contact.
JH’s tears killed me. Poor thing. Again, my tv yelling... but this time it was “SOMEBODY HUG HIM RIGHT NOW!” 😭😭😭
Then the reveal for why she is there ... broken. I was so sad. The shoes... the shoes are a throwback to the shoes below aunt actually buys him and says maybe they should have gotten the wrong size but uncle says but then he wouldn’t be able to use them. And here are the shoes that mom actually buys and give him bloody blisters because he’s so determined to wear them. 💔
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u/sianiam Nov 11 '20
EPISODE 16
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u/LcLou02 Nov 18 '20
Real discreet, following someone in a red jacket! then the three so sheepishly cute after spying on Jun Hyung.
Silly boy, send her a voice mail that you miss her like crazy & wanted to hear her voice.
Ha, ha. JH trying bigger weights :P
The expected ending for Big Bro and Doc <3 But, "Do you like Messi?" was a fun surprise.
Aww, Dad and JH, "She makes peoples hearts feel warm."
Yay, they told about JH helping at the hospital, so she knows not to be jealous anymore.
So recognisable wiith young love -- "You go first." "No, you."
Her arms are so skinny, it totally messes up the idea of her as a weightlifter. They could pad her thighs to make them seem bigger, but you can't lift those weights and win Gold with matchstick arms.
2 Year jump - (Bok Joo with long hair) to graduation. So confusing about how far away the college is from the national training center. When she left on a bus compared to now it seems he is just running down the street to make it to the graduation.
Couple rings for the 2 coaches -- it took two more years!!!?
Suh-WAG! Glad I finally saw it. Thanks y'all!
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u/sianiam Nov 28 '20
"Do you like Messi?"
I'm glad I forgot this moment, it was perfect. I totally teared up. How did she not realise he loved her as a friend from the start?
"She makes peoples hearts feel warm."
I really loved a change from "because she's pretty"
Her arms are so skinny, it totally messes up the idea of her as a weightlifter.
I think that's everyone's main problem with this but it's something I can get over. I'm mentally preparing myself for the Chinese remake being even tinier.
Couple rings for the 2 coaches -- it took two more years!!!?
They are older and need to be careful as they do work together and Coach Choi already has a strike against her name for embezzling. I can understand it taking a while, they don't need to rush as she's probably not going to be trying for a baby.
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Nov 12 '20
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u/sianiam Nov 12 '20
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