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The titular character is so thoroughly good and kind in every circumstance that it just makes me want to let my guard down a bit, and be kind without hesitation. Think lesser when it comes to offering kindness. It truly is such a memorable character.
- mchinni-42999
- 26 सित॰ 2021
- परमालिंक
There's plenty of fish in the sea. It wouldn't be a cliché, otherwise, right? There's just not many fish in Kang Ho-Gu's pond.
HGL is a 2015 release that is rated 91 on AWiki. It is 1 season consisting of 16 65-minute episodes. It is a live adaptation of the webcomic "Hogooui Sarang" by Yoo Hyun-Sook. HGL is simple escapism; It's a guppy and has no aspirations to be a whale. It's a steady stream of smiles with waves of laughter here and there. It doesn't dredge or drag. The characters are well developed and the dialogue flows without many hiccups. It has the feel of an 80s/90s romcom in the best way.
Choi Woo-Sik plays ML Kang Hogu. He played Ki-woo in Parasite. If IMDB didn't tell me that, I never would have figured it out on my own, as Hogu bears no resemblance to the calculating Ki-woo. He's as sweet as a Rummy Nose Tetra (a friendly species of fish). His sister says he's a 🐙. He's never had a gf. He /thought/ he did 〰more than once 〰 But he only had platonic friends. Hogu is kind, thoughtful, unassuming, and responsible. He thinks the best of others. He loves manga (he's a geek!). He's had a crush on Choi Woo-Sik, a superstar swimmer, since they went to HS together. What Hogu doesn't realize is that all the disappointments, heartbreaks, bad investments, and all the times he dropped his line in and came up empty were just placeholders until he could hook the right one.
His father (a goldfish) is a timid and sweet comic bookstore proprietor, and his mother (a lion fish) is as outlandish & bawdy as a barmaid in a burlesque. Mom seems like a free spirit, while dad's a big softie who can't help but spread love wherever he is. Hogu takes after dad. His sister, Kang Ho-Gyeong (Lee Soo-Kyung - Law School-8, When Life Gives You Tangerines), is a piranha; a pretty and sparkly one. She's part carp, too. She'll wear the same tracksuit for 2 weeks without washing it. This actress has a huggable quality. She's very engaging and I was an instant fan. She sorta steals the show.
Uee is Do Do-"Hee", an Olympic swimmer. She is a sailfish. Sometimes she's a mermaid. She can win races, and she can also make hearts race. She's never won the 🏅. Silver; it's always 🥈. She doesn't have friends. Lots of men are interested, but that ain't love. It ain't friendship either. Uee plays an athlete well. The way she moves and holds herself says "JOCK". Im Seul-Ong is the beautifully meticulous Byun Gang-Chul. He's a tarpon - one that's nearly dead 〰he's almost completely sideways〰 floating at the surface. Neither piranhas nor carps can resist that! Where did they find that baby? S/He is cuter than Nemo. Director Pyo Min-Soo also worked on Moon in the Day & IRIS 2, while the creator, Yoo Hyun-Sook, penned this webcomic and Flower Boys Next Door-7. Yoon Nan-Joong (Because This Is My First Life-7.7) is the screenwriter.
Soon, Hee, the Olympic swimmer, wins another silver & announces she's taking some time off. Around that time, she and Hogu run into eachother on the street. The encounter gives Hogu the courage to show up to the HS reunion. There she is. Their first outing is after the reunion, walking along the river. She takes the empty drink container and gives him an object lesson on getting rid of things you don't want to take home; but it hurts your conscience to throw them away... Things you don't want to remember 〰 put them in an empty container and walk away (just don't litter).
Hee is pregnant. Not married. Not dating! Just preggers. She's taken time off to deal with it. She goes back-n-forth about an abortion. In the middle of 🤰this is when she strikes up a friendship with Hogu. In an effort to exert control & force her into an abortion so she can come back and make them money, the agency refuses to support Hee. With no income, she's homeless. Homeless AND pregnant. Hogu won't stand for that! He brings her home to his room. It's in the basement, it's spacious, it has a separate entrance, and his parents don't even know she's there for quite awhile. Before long, Hogu's more invested in the pregnancy than Hee. Their lives become completely wrapped around eachother.
By ep4 the viewer sees the romance-of-opposites they are setting up for Hogu's outrageous sister. I was getting excited. The secondary romance is a blast, and Sis should have her own show, They put her man through some stuff! (And he ain't the type that can take much).
Ho-Gu's Love. That's the main theme. "That b@$+@rd. He's making everyone weird," is one complaint we'll hear. Hogu's love transforms the lives of those around them. He loves fully and freely, without holding back.
One thing about Asian programming that comforts me is the affirmation that people are the same the world round. Love, hate, pity, anger, respect, disdain, pride, generosity... the range of human emotions knows no single ethnicity. In HGL we see how submerged women can be. There has never been a case of a woman getting pregnant on her own (Not even the virgin Mary, who was impregnated by God), but only the women seem to be blamed for it. Hee is thrust into circumstances that are beyond her control, and yet she must endure all the pressure, scorn, and pain, while the man lives freely. It's Scarlet Letter syndrome. 'Look at the bad woman!' Most people aren't even curious about the dad. People enjoy pointing the finger, to glory in feelings of superiority, to the point that a sense of decency and fairness escapes them.
One attorney will argue in court that a woman corrupted Korean ideals by becoming a single mother, and later that night he scolds his ex girlfriend for not having an abortion, declaring that he has no responsibility toward their baby. The mindset is inexplicable and the hypocrisy Is staggering. Yet that is how men have behaved throughout history Beyond the M/F dynamic is a wider human failing: Blame the woman, the weak, and the minority for things over which they have little control. This is commentary about how people abuse power.
Hate is never right, and love is never wrong. HGL addresses some systemic problems not only in 🇰🇷, but worldwide. The moment we hate we are not in the right. Part of why we hate is that we are seeking heaven-on-earth. We have our idea of what a good society looks like. The irony is that a truly good society will not be rage and hate filled. The changes must start in us, and I'll throw in here that the right thing to do is rarely the easy path.
I'll fuss for a moment about where HGL is in need of a change. There's alot of writing for which we get no interpretation. That baby is nothing like a newborn - he doesn't cry nearly enough. (Of course, no one wants to watch that). In the final third of the show they start to drag things out just a little. They slowly drained the oxygen from the show. The set up is excellent, but many things flopped and struggled for air by the end. Ep15 gets weird, and it's not good. They swam out an overdone Kdrama standard: MSS, or mandatory separation syndrome. In HGL it's an unforced error. Up until ep14 the show was freestyling at a winning pace. Ep14 into 15 it hit the wall. It sets up a weak pretext for ep16 in which it does make a recovery, but it's incomplete. It was enough for me to downgrade the rating by a point. HGL was swimming with the 8's, based on its breezy fun-factor alone, until ep14. In the end, ironically , they get 🥈 and let the 🏅 slip past them.
There is much more to commend than condemn, though. The director successfully augments the fun-factor by cutting between what family and friends are discussing and the reality of Hogu's life. At times they are calling it right, but the reality starts to eclipse the wildest imaginations of those on the periphery. Once Choi Woo-Sik runs into Hogu and muses that she "would like to go to the ocean..." Hogu embarks on an exclusive celebrity cruise. Hogu describes his first kiss to his friends: "It felt like the stars were whispering in my ear." That's enough to make those geeks float belly-up for a day. They effectively use animation for comedic effect and to lighten the mood. Lots of little things add up to lots of fish-eating grins. Hogu is good at spotting shoplifters, but nabbing pickpockets? Not so much. It will get him into trouble on their first outing, and Hogu will learn that Choi Woo-Sik is a sloppy, angry drunk. Hogu steps out of the hospital room for a breather. He greets another man who has done the same. 'What room are you in?' They query e/o and wince at the blood curdling screams emanating from the birthing chambers behind them. It's solid comedy. When couples form and get lovey-dovey, others are repulsed by it, and they milk that for laughs.
For K-Kountry this is pretty racy. Sis is in sex studies, there's unwed parents, and Hogu's parents are pretty liberal. The writing is clever, particularly between Hogu and Byun Gang-Chul (Im Seul-Ong), the class president. Gay Rights are also a theme of the show.
Ohe thing viewers new to Kdramas will miss is some of the Easter-eggs they throw in. In ep1, Manager Oh, from Misaeng-9.1, comes into the comic shop. After Hogu recommends a volume, he tells Hogu: "Convince me to buy one." Is Hogu about to become the new intern at One International? Lololol. {Perhaps the biggest surprise of Misaeng is that Mgr. Oh, an average looking middle-aged man with sloppy hair absolutely stole the show}. Misaeng was released a year earlier, so this cameo is precious. Then, they take the connection a level deeper by having Hogu commence a rooftop chase of a thief, a scene lifted from Misaeng.
Hogu is the bigger thief. He stole Hee's heart. Will he be in a school of 1, 2, or 3? Dive in and see!
QUOTE📢
It wasn't a relationship I wanted. I just wanted to love you.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.6 📝7 🎭8 💓7 🦋5 🌞7 🎨7 ⚡3.5 🎵/🔊6 😅5.8 😭4 😱2.5 😯2 😖1.5 🤔6 💤1.5 🔚7
Age 16+ PG-13 language, sexual content.
HGL is a 2015 release that is rated 91 on AWiki. It is 1 season consisting of 16 65-minute episodes. It is a live adaptation of the webcomic "Hogooui Sarang" by Yoo Hyun-Sook. HGL is simple escapism; It's a guppy and has no aspirations to be a whale. It's a steady stream of smiles with waves of laughter here and there. It doesn't dredge or drag. The characters are well developed and the dialogue flows without many hiccups. It has the feel of an 80s/90s romcom in the best way.
Choi Woo-Sik plays ML Kang Hogu. He played Ki-woo in Parasite. If IMDB didn't tell me that, I never would have figured it out on my own, as Hogu bears no resemblance to the calculating Ki-woo. He's as sweet as a Rummy Nose Tetra (a friendly species of fish). His sister says he's a 🐙. He's never had a gf. He /thought/ he did 〰more than once 〰 But he only had platonic friends. Hogu is kind, thoughtful, unassuming, and responsible. He thinks the best of others. He loves manga (he's a geek!). He's had a crush on Choi Woo-Sik, a superstar swimmer, since they went to HS together. What Hogu doesn't realize is that all the disappointments, heartbreaks, bad investments, and all the times he dropped his line in and came up empty were just placeholders until he could hook the right one.
His father (a goldfish) is a timid and sweet comic bookstore proprietor, and his mother (a lion fish) is as outlandish & bawdy as a barmaid in a burlesque. Mom seems like a free spirit, while dad's a big softie who can't help but spread love wherever he is. Hogu takes after dad. His sister, Kang Ho-Gyeong (Lee Soo-Kyung - Law School-8, When Life Gives You Tangerines), is a piranha; a pretty and sparkly one. She's part carp, too. She'll wear the same tracksuit for 2 weeks without washing it. This actress has a huggable quality. She's very engaging and I was an instant fan. She sorta steals the show.
Uee is Do Do-"Hee", an Olympic swimmer. She is a sailfish. Sometimes she's a mermaid. She can win races, and she can also make hearts race. She's never won the 🏅. Silver; it's always 🥈. She doesn't have friends. Lots of men are interested, but that ain't love. It ain't friendship either. Uee plays an athlete well. The way she moves and holds herself says "JOCK". Im Seul-Ong is the beautifully meticulous Byun Gang-Chul. He's a tarpon - one that's nearly dead 〰he's almost completely sideways〰 floating at the surface. Neither piranhas nor carps can resist that! Where did they find that baby? S/He is cuter than Nemo. Director Pyo Min-Soo also worked on Moon in the Day & IRIS 2, while the creator, Yoo Hyun-Sook, penned this webcomic and Flower Boys Next Door-7. Yoon Nan-Joong (Because This Is My First Life-7.7) is the screenwriter.
Soon, Hee, the Olympic swimmer, wins another silver & announces she's taking some time off. Around that time, she and Hogu run into eachother on the street. The encounter gives Hogu the courage to show up to the HS reunion. There she is. Their first outing is after the reunion, walking along the river. She takes the empty drink container and gives him an object lesson on getting rid of things you don't want to take home; but it hurts your conscience to throw them away... Things you don't want to remember 〰 put them in an empty container and walk away (just don't litter).
Hee is pregnant. Not married. Not dating! Just preggers. She's taken time off to deal with it. She goes back-n-forth about an abortion. In the middle of 🤰this is when she strikes up a friendship with Hogu. In an effort to exert control & force her into an abortion so she can come back and make them money, the agency refuses to support Hee. With no income, she's homeless. Homeless AND pregnant. Hogu won't stand for that! He brings her home to his room. It's in the basement, it's spacious, it has a separate entrance, and his parents don't even know she's there for quite awhile. Before long, Hogu's more invested in the pregnancy than Hee. Their lives become completely wrapped around eachother.
By ep4 the viewer sees the romance-of-opposites they are setting up for Hogu's outrageous sister. I was getting excited. The secondary romance is a blast, and Sis should have her own show, They put her man through some stuff! (And he ain't the type that can take much).
Ho-Gu's Love. That's the main theme. "That b@$+@rd. He's making everyone weird," is one complaint we'll hear. Hogu's love transforms the lives of those around them. He loves fully and freely, without holding back.
One thing about Asian programming that comforts me is the affirmation that people are the same the world round. Love, hate, pity, anger, respect, disdain, pride, generosity... the range of human emotions knows no single ethnicity. In HGL we see how submerged women can be. There has never been a case of a woman getting pregnant on her own (Not even the virgin Mary, who was impregnated by God), but only the women seem to be blamed for it. Hee is thrust into circumstances that are beyond her control, and yet she must endure all the pressure, scorn, and pain, while the man lives freely. It's Scarlet Letter syndrome. 'Look at the bad woman!' Most people aren't even curious about the dad. People enjoy pointing the finger, to glory in feelings of superiority, to the point that a sense of decency and fairness escapes them.
One attorney will argue in court that a woman corrupted Korean ideals by becoming a single mother, and later that night he scolds his ex girlfriend for not having an abortion, declaring that he has no responsibility toward their baby. The mindset is inexplicable and the hypocrisy Is staggering. Yet that is how men have behaved throughout history Beyond the M/F dynamic is a wider human failing: Blame the woman, the weak, and the minority for things over which they have little control. This is commentary about how people abuse power.
Hate is never right, and love is never wrong. HGL addresses some systemic problems not only in 🇰🇷, but worldwide. The moment we hate we are not in the right. Part of why we hate is that we are seeking heaven-on-earth. We have our idea of what a good society looks like. The irony is that a truly good society will not be rage and hate filled. The changes must start in us, and I'll throw in here that the right thing to do is rarely the easy path.
I'll fuss for a moment about where HGL is in need of a change. There's alot of writing for which we get no interpretation. That baby is nothing like a newborn - he doesn't cry nearly enough. (Of course, no one wants to watch that). In the final third of the show they start to drag things out just a little. They slowly drained the oxygen from the show. The set up is excellent, but many things flopped and struggled for air by the end. Ep15 gets weird, and it's not good. They swam out an overdone Kdrama standard: MSS, or mandatory separation syndrome. In HGL it's an unforced error. Up until ep14 the show was freestyling at a winning pace. Ep14 into 15 it hit the wall. It sets up a weak pretext for ep16 in which it does make a recovery, but it's incomplete. It was enough for me to downgrade the rating by a point. HGL was swimming with the 8's, based on its breezy fun-factor alone, until ep14. In the end, ironically , they get 🥈 and let the 🏅 slip past them.
There is much more to commend than condemn, though. The director successfully augments the fun-factor by cutting between what family and friends are discussing and the reality of Hogu's life. At times they are calling it right, but the reality starts to eclipse the wildest imaginations of those on the periphery. Once Choi Woo-Sik runs into Hogu and muses that she "would like to go to the ocean..." Hogu embarks on an exclusive celebrity cruise. Hogu describes his first kiss to his friends: "It felt like the stars were whispering in my ear." That's enough to make those geeks float belly-up for a day. They effectively use animation for comedic effect and to lighten the mood. Lots of little things add up to lots of fish-eating grins. Hogu is good at spotting shoplifters, but nabbing pickpockets? Not so much. It will get him into trouble on their first outing, and Hogu will learn that Choi Woo-Sik is a sloppy, angry drunk. Hogu steps out of the hospital room for a breather. He greets another man who has done the same. 'What room are you in?' They query e/o and wince at the blood curdling screams emanating from the birthing chambers behind them. It's solid comedy. When couples form and get lovey-dovey, others are repulsed by it, and they milk that for laughs.
For K-Kountry this is pretty racy. Sis is in sex studies, there's unwed parents, and Hogu's parents are pretty liberal. The writing is clever, particularly between Hogu and Byun Gang-Chul (Im Seul-Ong), the class president. Gay Rights are also a theme of the show.
Ohe thing viewers new to Kdramas will miss is some of the Easter-eggs they throw in. In ep1, Manager Oh, from Misaeng-9.1, comes into the comic shop. After Hogu recommends a volume, he tells Hogu: "Convince me to buy one." Is Hogu about to become the new intern at One International? Lololol. {Perhaps the biggest surprise of Misaeng is that Mgr. Oh, an average looking middle-aged man with sloppy hair absolutely stole the show}. Misaeng was released a year earlier, so this cameo is precious. Then, they take the connection a level deeper by having Hogu commence a rooftop chase of a thief, a scene lifted from Misaeng.
Hogu is the bigger thief. He stole Hee's heart. Will he be in a school of 1, 2, or 3? Dive in and see!
QUOTE📢
It wasn't a relationship I wanted. I just wanted to love you.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.6 📝7 🎭8 💓7 🦋5 🌞7 🎨7 ⚡3.5 🎵/🔊6 😅5.8 😭4 😱2.5 😯2 😖1.5 🤔6 💤1.5 🔚7
Age 16+ PG-13 language, sexual content.
- 50fiftillidideeBrain
- 9 जून 2025
- परमालिंक
It is a good k-drama and the story is wonderful and also it has all the different kinds of emotion in it that hits the viewers watching it, in the end i like to conclude that Hogu-ui sarang is a good drama. Thank you.
- pynbhalangsohtun
- 10 जन॰ 2021
- परमालिंक
Hogu makes women and children feel safe and happy.
All men should be like Hogu.
A man with a heart. Hogu is a caring, kind brother, and awesome friend.
He loves children and people alike with a strong sense of justice for each and everyone. This show made me laugh. The hilarious misunderstandings between the innocent Ho goo and the neat freak lawyer.
Do Do Hee is a strong woman in her decisions such as her right to consent.
- elizabeta-75468
- 25 जुल॰ 2018
- परमालिंक