18pts

Kiss Sixth Sense

(키스 식스 센스) 2022 Disney+

Ye-Sool (Seo Ji-Hye) works at an ad agency. She has recently been promoted, but her boss Min-Hu (Yoon Kye-Sang) is very hard on her, and yells at her a lot. Ye-Sool, however, has a superpower: whenever her lips touch another person, she sees their future. She never knows exactly when in the future, but it always comes true. One day, her lips accidentally touch Min-Hu's, and she sees them passionately making out at his apartment. Wha?

K-Drama Bingo Score

Using the Modern K-Drama set

Running commentary

This was a delightful ride. As someone in the comments at AsianWiki said, "It's nice that the main characters act like adults." And it's true; everyone generally behaves like rational adults (in weirdly supernatural situations), and not like rom-com cartoons.

The last episode is a doozy, too. They wrap everything up nicely with a bow, then tear it all back down, then smooth it out a bit for a wrinkled, but content, finish. Highly recommend.

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Childhood friends forgotten
(2 pt)
Notes
Characters knew, or at least encountered, each other in childhood, but somehow forgot
S01E12
It took all season to brew, but the truth finally comes out…
Vehicular tragedy
(2 pt)
Notes
Someone is/was hit by a car, truck, bus, or motorcycle
S01E12
Ye-Sool's mother's boyfriend is run over by a psychopath stalker
Bullying
(1 pt)
Notes
Be Best, Korea
S01E12
Minhu is bullied as a child, but Ye-Sool tries to protect him
Chicken & Beer
(1 pt)
Notes
치맥, anyone?
S01E01
Office chimek working late
Finger hearts
(1 pt)
Notes
Any use of finger hearts by a character
S01E02
Oh Jiyoung woos her fans
Korean Standoff
(2 pt)
Notes
Two principal characters have a serious, sometimes emotionally confrontational, conversation while standing at least 1m apart

Bonus point for: Three-person standoffs
S01E04
Cha Min-Hu and Hong Ye-Sool face off…when Oh Ji-Young arrives
Memorial service
(1 pt)
Notes
Funerals and memorial services
S01E12
Ye-Sool's father was tragically murdered
Middle-of-the-Road Soliliquy
(1 pt)
Notes
Verbal musings on deep existential questions and/or tragicomic situations while in the middle of the street
S01E07
"Wait…I wonder if he's been in a relationship before?"
Piggyback
(2 pt)
Notes
Someone gives someone else a piggyback ride
Bonus point for: A woman carrying a man
S01E02
Ye-Sool has to transport Min-Hu to his apartment after drugs knock him out in the car.
Pinky swear
(2 pt)
Notes
Two characters doing a pinky swear

Touching thumbs at the end is not a thing in America (based on my terrible polling), so that gets an easy bonus point for any wannabe K-drama.
Bonus point for: Touching thumbs at the end
S01E01
Weirdly, Ye-Sool does a pinky swear with her doctor, promising not to drink any more "Red Bomb." They thumb-wrestle for the final pinky swear connection. Immediately thereafter, Ye-Sool breaks her promise.
Rumble tummy
(1 pt)
Notes
Audible stomach rumbling to indicate hunger
S01E01
The slimy Mr. Yeom gets the rumble tummy after drinking a hangover concoction.
Wrist grab
(2 pt)
Notes
Dramatically grabbing someone by the wrist as they walk away
Bonus point for: A woman grabbing a man instead of the more common man grabbing woman
S01E11
Ye-Sool grabs Minhu's wrist when they were children

Unmatched Bingo Spaces

(Dis)possession
Ghosts, spirits inhabiting bodies, or body- or identity-swapping
Cartoony FX
Animal or cartoon visual and sound effects to reinforce behavior or mood
Cramped quarters
Sleeping in a repurposed closet, or on a balcony, or in insane tiny student housing
Crushing Debt
Characters are motivated by their debt (or a family member's), including the threat of foreclosure
Shamans & Talismans
Yellow paper talismans, written in calligraphic red ink; visits to a shaman for fortune-telling or body transfers
Son Hyeung Min
Mentions of Son Hyeung Min, or staying up to watch Tottenham Hotspur play
The Playground
Any scene taking place in a neighborhood playground
Thumbs up
Two thumbs up for "Good job!"
강한나 (Kang Han-Na)
The presence of Kang Han-Na makes everything at least 1 point better
내 친구 ("My friend…")
A character tells a story about "My friend" that is actually about themselves
한국어학교 (Language lessons)
Specifically linguistic wordplay, discussions about spelling, pronunciation, or Chinese root words