K-Drama Review: The Girl Who Sees Smell / Sensory Couple (2015)

Hello hello, here I present to you my current favorite Korean Drama ^____^

It's "The Girl Who Can Sees Smell" or as known as "Sensory Couple". Well, I guess this is my first time being so up to date about K-drama, I watched this series every 2 new episodes every week (till today I finished it)! See how addicting this drama is :3 Finally I could watched Yoo Chun in this drama and as I expected, this drama is really good! I will explain more on this post!

THE GIRL WHO SEES SMELL a.k.a SENSORY COUPLE

Also known as	Sensory Couple
Genre	Romance Suspense Comedy Fantasy
Based on	The Girl Who Sees Smells by Man Chwi
Written by	Lee Hee-myung
Directed by	Baek Soo-chan Oh Choong-hwan
Starring	Park Yoo-chun Shin Se-kyung Namgoong Min Yoon Jin-seo
Country of origin	South Korea
Originallanguage(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Kim Yong-jin
Producer(s)	Lee Yong-seok Min Yeon-hong Jang Sung-wook
Editor(s)	Jang Si-yeon
Cinematography	Lee Gil-bok Jung Min-gyun
Running time	65 minutes Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Productioncompany(s)	SBS Plus
Release
Original channel	Seoul Broadcasting System
Original release	April 1, 2015
Chronology
Preceded by	Hyde, Jekyll, Me
Followed by	Mask

STORY

Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When the murderer is distracted, she escapes but is hit by a car. Eun-seol's parents are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, the work of the "Barcode" serial killer. The lead detective on the case, Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness.

On that same night, Choi Mu-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister, also named Choi Eun-seol (Kim So-hyun), who's being treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. But when he returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.

Six months later, Eun-seol comes out of her coma. But she has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned green with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. To protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he's her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Another six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedienne, and works as a gopher for a small, struggling theater company called Frog Troupe.

On the other hand, Mu-gak had been so traumatized by his sister's death that after two months of no sleep and constant pain, he'd fainted and was clinically dead for ten days. When he woke up, he'd lost the sense of smell and taste, and is unable to feel pain. And unlike his previous warm personality, Mu-gak is now stoic, emotionless, and speaks in a monotone. He leaves his job at the aquarium to become a police officer, vowing to reopen the case and catch the killer. But to do so, he must first get promoted to detective, and has to prove himself to the head of the homicide unit Detective Kang Hyuk (Lee Won-jong) in ten days or else never ask for a promotion again. Cho-rim also needs a skit partner for her upcoming audition in ten days, and when she offers to help him with his cases in exchange, they decide to team up. After a model (Park Han-byul) turns up dead, seemingly another victim of the Barcode serial killer, Mu-gak joins the investigation headed by Lieutenant Yeom Mi (Yoon Jin-seo), and he hones in on two possible suspects: the model's boyfriend, chef Kwon Jae-hee (Namgoong Min) and her doctor (Song Jong-ho).

CASTS

Main characters

• Park Yoo-chun as Choi Mu-gak
• Shin Se-kyung as Oh Cho-rim/Choi Eun-seol
• Namgoong Min as Kwon Jae-hee/Jay Kwon Ford
• Yoon Jin-seo as Yeom Mi

Supporting characters

• Jung In-gi as Oh Jae-pyo
• Nam Chang-hee as Jo In-bae
• Oh Cho-hee as Eo Woo-ya
• Jung Chan-woo as Wang Ji-bang
• Park Jin-joo as Ma Ae-ri
• Lee Won-jong as Kang Hyuk
• Choi Tae-joon as Detective Yeh
• Jo Hee-bong as Detective Ki
• Kim Byung-ok as Chief of Police
• Choi Jae-hwan as Detective Tak
• Jung Hyun-seok as Detective Kim
• Kim Gi-cheon as Kim Joong-in
• Song Jong-ho as Dr. Chun Baek-kyung

First Impression:

To be honest, title of this drama is really attractive, and I can't help myself to not watch it! After I finished 2 first episodes, I want more! Then my body and mind naturally wanted to follow this series week by week, after new subbed episodes out XD

Choi Eun-Seol, the poor little sister of Choi Moo-Gak :"(

1st episode: the meeting of Oh Cho Rim and Choi Moo Gak

Cho Rim and Her senior

Cho Rim and Moo Gak started dating

hug from best friend and lover is the best

Moo Gak was comforting Cho Rim

Moo Gak the hilarious trouper XDD

When you have ability to see smells, what do you want to do?

If you lost your sense, what will you do?

The handsome Chef: Jae Hee and Lieutenant Yeom Mi

main characters and film director?

Overall Thoughts:

I'm glad because I watched it during its airing period (so I can hold my curiosity for next week), I can imagine if I watched it when the series finished, I would have up all night just to watch this series XDD hehe. Overall I love this series! The story line is 98% unpredictable and I'm amazed by its story development! The chemistry between Park Yoo-chun and Shin Se-kyung were also bonded naturally and nicely ^.^ This drama is so entertaining, funny, romantic and thrilling! I will surely recommend this drama to anyone who doesn't like typical and boring love-triangle romantic drama :D :D

Pros (+)

+ Unusual and unique idea

+ 98% unpredictable story line
+ Nice casting

+ Funny and entertaining
+ Happy ending

+ Addicting!

Cons (-)

- Some scenes seemed unnatural for me..

(for instance, why Cho Rim didn't remove her makeup and contact lens during bed time? -_- and why Yeom Mi's makeup didn't look messy after being kidnapped?)

Rating: 8,8/10

Minus 0,2 because there were few minor mistakes that I notice :p :p 

But overall, I LOVE THIS THIS DRAMA!

Favorite OST:

Honey - Acourve
Jubi & Jang Yi Jeong – Confusing (아리송해)

So have you watched this drama?

What do you think? ^.^