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‘My Girlfriend Is The Man’ is now all about love rivals, jealousies, confusion, and panic. Ji-Eun (Arin) seems to be in real danger of losing her boyfriend Yun Jae (Yoon San-Ha) to the cute, flirtatious Kang Min-Ju (Chuu), especially since she cannot assert her dominance while trapped as Ji-Hoon (Yoo Jung-hoo), a handsome man, due to a weird family curse. To add to her troubles, photos of the hot Ji-Hoon go viral on social media, bringing new problems.
Recap of ‘My Girlfriend Is The Man’ Episodes 3-4:
Episode 3 of the series started with Yun Jae punching Min Hyeok to stop him from discovering Ji-Hoon has turned back into Ji-Eun, only for her to quickly switch back to her tall, dashing male form. The new episodes also bring in Kang Min-Ju, a flirty junior whose interest in Yun Jae sparks jealous, awkward moments for Ji-Eun/Hoon.
Yu-ri (Park Joo Won), Ji-Eun’s writer best friends struggles to handle how attractive her bestie is as a man, while Min Hyeok’s (Hur Hyun Jun) clinginess with Ji-Hoon fuels more comic tension. A weaker subplot sees Ji-Hye chasing an old classmate, though it does lead to the sisters finally telling their parents about Ji-Eun turning into a man. Episode 4 ends with Yun Jae fainting at a college party, so both Ji-Hoon and Min-Ju are at the hospital with him, where Min-Ju lets Yun Jae’s parents falsely believe she is his girlfriend. This makes Ji-Hoon lose his temper.
Episodes 5-6 of ‘My Girlfriend is the Man’
Titled ‘Breaking Orbit’ and ‘Utter Chaos’, episodes 5–6 of the comedy focus on Ji-Hoon’s growing insecurity over Min-Ju’s blatant flirting with Yun Jae. The true star of these two episodes, however, is actor Park Joo Won, who is a total scene-stealer as the cute, confused Yu-Ri, completely crushing on Ji-Hoon despite knowing it’s her best friend Ji-Eun, only temporarily transformed into a man. Yu-Ri’s romantic panic over Ji-Hoon only worsens (funnily of course) when he decides to be her fake boyfriend to help her shut down some bitchy author peers.
On the other hand, Park San-ha’s Yun Jae gets a lot more comfortable around Yoo Jung-hoo’s Ji-Hoon, more at peace with the bizarre circumstances. Their onscreen chemistry is buddy-buddy cute, and the flashbacks to Arin as Ji-Eun are far and few in these two episodes. And in a slightly predictable twist, Hur Hyun Jun’s Min Hyeok develops mild romantic interest in Yu Ri, who he still hilariously calls ‘Yu Ri 4’. Because that’s how many Yu Ris he knows.
Actor Chuu is lovely to look at as the high-spirited, bold Min-Ju, intent on making Yun Jae her boyfriend, despite knowing he has a serious girlfriend. But ugh, the character isn’t the kind of comic-relief I enjoy, change the background music a little, and she would be the villain in the drama – the shameless snake trying to steal another person’s man. She literally laughs at Yun Jae’s face when he once again tells her “I have a girlfriend’. Definitely the least likable character in ‘My Girlfriend is the Man’. It would’ve been funnier if she pursued Ji-Hoon, since unlike Yu Ri, she isn’t even aware that he is a woman.
True (kinda) to its title ‘Utter Chaos’, episode 6 of ‘My Girlfriend is the Man’ delivers a bunch of funny twists, which includes photos of Ji-Hoon going viral as the ‘mystery doe-eyed’ hot guy on campus, from the incident where he carries Yun Jae. Yu Ri comes up with a hare-brained plan to solve the issue of Ji-Hoon’s near celebrity status. Meanwhile, Min-Ju ups her efforts to win over Yun Jae. This of course leads to a very crazy misunderstanding between all the characters.
Overall, these two episodes of ‘My Girlfriend is the Man’ are more entertaining than the last two, packing in some really funny moments between its characters.
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