My Roommate Is a Gumiho
TV Series2021 · 1 season · 16 episodes · Ended

My Roommate Is a Gumiho

Taste attributes: dramasci-fi & fantasyteencomedyromancemonster/alien/supernaturalfantasylightimaginarysimpleglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and polished: a fantasy series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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8.1 /10

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Season

Season 1

· 2021 · 16 episodes
Episodes (16)
  1. 1Episode 126 May 2021

    While walking down the street with a friend, Dami accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead. The next day, Dami moves in with Woo-yeo, hoping to find a way to return the fox bead to him.

  2. 2Episode 227 May 2021

    Dami is shocked knowing that she could die if she fails to get the fox bead out of her body within a year, and Woo-yeo writes a contract to protect Dami and the bead. Dami struggles to survive in college among Tiger men.

  3. 3Episode 32 Jun 2021

    Woo-yeo discovers a strange reaction of his bead to the woman where it’s currently settling. He also finds himself connecting to her emotionally, as Lee Dam empathizes with him as well.

  4. 4Episode 43 Jun 2021

    Woo-yeo starts to get annoyed by Seon-u texting Dami, and Hye-seon tries to become a college student using Woo-yeo's magic, promising Woo-yeo that she will watch over Dami.

  5. 5Episode 59 Jun 2021

    Dam feels love for Woo-yeo, and Woo-yeo, who was trying to keep his distance, also begins to feel special feelings for Dam. Woo-yeo is suspicious of a murder case in the downtown area that has become a issue.

  6. 6Episode 610 Jun 2021

    Dam is disturbed by the thought that Woo-yeo doesn't understand her feelings. Dam goes on a blind date with a disturbed heart, and Dam's mother visits the house where Woo-yeo is left alone.

  7. 7Episode 716 Jun 2021

    Just when Woo-yeo decided to let go of Dam, an unexpected person appears to be after Dam, he decides to keep her next to him for a little longer.

  8. 8Episode 817 Jun 2021

    Woo-yeo feels bitter and empty watching Dam lives on without him; Dam recalls something as Seon-woo confesses his love to her.

  9. 9Episode 923 Jun 2021

    Dam is bothered that she kept on running into the professor Woo-yeo yet is curious to find out the relationship with him and Hye-sun.

  10. 10Episode 1024 Jun 2021

    As Woo-yeo begins to feel hungry, Hye-sun tells him that keeping himself from physical touch would ease the hunger; Woo-yeo tells Dam to keep a distance to prevent his spirit from losing.

  11. 11Episode 1130 Jun 2021

    Woo-yeo feels bitter about the thread of fate that Dam and Sun-woo share but pretends to look calm; Hye-sun gets in the way of someone unexpected.

  12. 12Episode 121 Jul 2021

    Woo-yeo dreams of going on a date with Dam just like every other human but soon he is self-conscious about his real self.

  13. 13Episode 137 Jul 2021

    While Dam is indecisive about the breakup with Woo-yeo, she hears from Hye-sun that Woo-yeo's bead has turned blue.

  14. 14Episode 148 Jul 2021

    Dam searches for a way for Woo-yeo to become a human and moves in together. Woo-yeo finds it difficult to share his every minute with Dam.

  15. 15Episode 1514 Jul 2021

    Dam can't seem to get off her mind from what happened last night and feels the need for a new label with Woo-yeo; as Woo-yeo's trick fails more often, he assumes that he's becoming a human.

  16. 16Episode 1615 Jul 2021

    Woo-yeo tells that it's close to an end, and Dam misunderstands it as to Woo-yeo is getting close to being a human.

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  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

To become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead.

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Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2021
Episode length
65 min
Status
Ended
Studio
SLL
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