Info:
Title: Extraordinary You
Alternate Title: A Day Found by Chance, July Found by Chance
Hangul: 어쩌다 발견한 하루
Network: MBC
Director: Kim Sang Hyeob
Writers: In Ji Hye, Song Ha Young
Episodes: 32 (2x 35 minutes each) / 16 (1x 70 minutes each)
Airing Date: October 2, 2019 - November 21, 2019
Runtime: Wednesdays & Thursdays @ 21:00 KST
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Licensed Streaming Sources:
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Synposis:
What would you do if you found out that you were, in fact, a character in a comic? And an extra character on top of that? Change the course of the story, obviously!
Eun Dan Oh is a 17-year-old high-school student from a wealthy family who suffers from a lifelong heart condition that inevitably means she will not live past her teenage years. However, when Dan Oh realizes she is experiencing long gaps in her memory as well, she comes into the unhappy inheritance of another fact in her life: she is a character in a Korean webtoon and all of her actions are predetermined by the artist who draws her. To make matters worse, she discovers she is only a supporting character in the cast. With her newfound understanding of the world she inhabits, she is determined to find true love in her own plot-line and circumvent the author’s plans for her character by utilizing the flashes of storyboard she alone is able to see.
Based on the webcomic series July Found by Chance by Moo Ryoo.
Cast:
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Kim Hye Yoon as Eun Dan Oh
Ro Woon as Number 13 / Haru
Lee Jae Wook as Baek Kyung
Previous Discussions:
Ep. 1-2 & 3-4 | Ep. 5-6 & 7-8 | Ep. 9-10 & 11-12 | Ep. 13-14 & 15-16
Promotional poster |
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| 어쩌다 발견한 하루 |
| Eojjeoda Balgyeonhan Haru |
| Ha-ru Found by Chance |
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| July Found by Chance by Moo Ryuyee |
| Kim Dae-jin |
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| Kim Sang-hyeop [ko] |
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| "Walk This Sky" by Park Se-joon & Woo Ji-hoon |
| Various themes[a] |
| Park Se-joon et al.[2] |
| South Korea |
| Korean |
| 32[b] |
| Kim Dong-rae |
| Moon Joo-hee Namkoong Sung-woo |
| Single-camera |
| 35 minutes[b] |
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| MBC |
| MBC TV |
| Dolby Digital |
| October 2 – November 21, 2019 |
Extraordinary You[5] (Korean: 어쩌다 발견한 하루) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-yoon, Rowoon, Lee Jae-wook, Lee Na-eun, Jung Gun-joo, Kim Young-dae and Lee Tae-ri. It is based on the webtoon July Found by Chance which was first published in January 2018 on Daum Webtoon.[1] The series aired on MBC TV's Wednesdays and Thursdays 21:00 (KST) time slot from October 2 to November 21, 2019.[6]
Synopsis[edit]
The series follows high school girl Eun Dan-oh (Kim Hye-yoon) who is a student at a prestigious academy. One day, by chance, she discovers that the world she lives in is a fantasy world of comics. She and everyone else are merely characters in a comic book entitled Secret,[c] all under the authority of their omnipotent and omniscient Writer. Dan-oh is only an extra character and, worse, the Writer gave her a lame set-up: she is engaged to her long-time crush who despises her, and she has a heart disease and is expected to die soon.
Not satisfied with this fate, Dan-oh decides to forge her own destiny by changing the story's plot and finding her own true love. Her hopes of freeing herself from the Writer's control becomes stronger than before when she unexpectedly meets nameless Student Number 13 (Rowoon). But as the events around Dan-oh and Number 13, whom she named as Haru, gradually starts to have parallels with the Writer's previous work Neungsohwa,[d] changing her destiny could have a price to pay.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Kim Hye-yoon as Eun Dan-oh (Secret and Neungsohwa)[7]
- Rowoon as Number 13 / Ha-ru (Secret and Neungsohwa)[7]
- Lee Jae-wook as Baek Kyung (Secret and Neungsohwa)[7]
- Lee Na-eun as Yeo Joo-da (Secret)[8]
- Jung Gun-joo as Lee Do-hwa (Secret)[8]
- Kim Young-dae as Oh Nam-joo (Secret)[8]
- Lee Tae-ri as Jinmichae (Secret) / Geum Jin-mi (Neungsohwa)[9]
Supporting[edit]
Seuli High School[edit]
Note: The following characters are part of the world of the comic book Secret unless indicated otherwise.
- Kim Ji-in as Shin Sae-mi[9]
- Kim Hyun-mok as Ahn Soo-chul
- Jung Ye-nok [ko] as Kim Il-jin[i][j]
- Jung Mi-mi as Park Yi-jin[i]
- Jung Ye-jin as Lee Sam-jin[i]
- Han Chae-kyung as Kim Ae-il[k]
- Song Ji-woo [ko] as Park Ae-ri[k]
- Kang Min-ji as Lee Ae-sam[k]
- Jung Dae-ro as Kim Yang-il[l]
- Lee Wo-je as Park Yang-yi[l]
- Yoon Jong-bin [ko] as Lee Yang-sam[l]
- Jo Deok-hee as Kim Ban-jang[m]
- Oh Jong-min as Kim Bo-tong[n]
- Kim Joon-sung as Park Mo-bum[o]
- Shin Yong-ho as Shin Ba-ram
- Han Myung-hwan as Kang Chul-nam
- Jung Ji-hyun as Han Soo-da
- Lee Eun-hye as Kong Joo-hae
- Heo Soo-bin as Wang Bit-na
- Pyo Hyun-jin as Namgoong Dan-bal
- Kim Tae-jung as Chae Yook-in
- Kim Jung-hak as homeroom teacher
- Kim Jae-hwa as art teacher
- Lee Ye-hyun as Kim Soo-hyang
- Bae Hyun-sung as Baek Joon-hyun
Others[edit]
- Um Hyo-sup as Eun Moo-young
- Choi Jin-ho as Baek Dae-sung
- Yoon Jong-hoon as Dr. Lee Jo-hwa
- Yu Ji-soo as Ra Hye-young
- Yu Ha-bok as Oh Jae-beol[p]
- Ji Soo-won as Cha Ji-hyun
Episodes[edit]
Production[edit]
The series was tentatively titled as July Found by Chance (어쩌다 발견한 7월; Eojjeoda Balgyeonhan Chirwol), the same title as the webtoon which it was based on.[1]
The series was first scheduled to premiere in September 2019 but was pushed back to October 2.[13]
Original soundtrack[edit]
| November 20, 2019 |
| Soundtrack |
| 204:41 |
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[edit]
The drama's soundtrack is compiled in a three-part album released by labels VLENDING and MusicBuddy on 20 November 2019. CD 1 contains the drama's theme songs and their instrumental versions, CDs 2 and 3 contain the drama's musical score.[2][14][15]
Extraordinary You: Original Soundtrack
Singles[edit]
The following is the track list of singles from Extraordinary You: Original Soundtrack.
Singles from Extraordinary You (Parts 1–8)
Part 1
Released on October 2, 2019
| "Feeling" |
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| April | 3:08 |
| "Feeling" (Inst.) |
| 3:08 | ||
| 6:16 |
Released on October 9, 2019
| "My Beauty" |
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| Verivery[r] | 3:51 |
| "My Beauty" (Inst.) |
| 3:51 | ||
| 7:42 |
Released on October 16, 2019
| "First Love" (첫사랑) | Epitone Project | Epitone Project | Sondia | 3:45 |
| "First Love" (Inst.) | Epitone Project | 3:45 | ||
| 7:30 |
Released on October 23, 2019
| "First Love (Drama Ver.)" (첫사랑) | Epitone Project | Epitone Project | Epitone Project | 4:00 |
| "First Love (Drama Ver.)" (Inst.) | Epitone Project | 4:00 | ||
| 8:00 |
Released on October 30, 2019
| "Today I Wanna Say That I Love You" (오늘은 꼭) |
| GOTCHA! | GOTCHA! | 2:36 |
| "Today I Wanna Say That I Love You" (Inst.) | GOTCHA! | 2:36 | ||
| 5:12 |
Released on November 6, 2019
| "The Story That Has Never Been Told" (한 번도 하지 못한 이야기) |
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| Sondia | 4:04 |
| "The Story That Has Never Been Told" (Inst.) |
| 4:04 | ||
| 8:08 |
Released on November 7, 2019
| "A Story Never Ending" (끝나지 않을 이야기) |
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| Stray Kids | 4:05 |
| "Never Ending Story" (Inst.) |
| 4:05 | ||
| 8:10 |
Released on November 13, 2019
| "Draw You" (너를 그린다) |
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| Jeong Se-woon | 4:43 |
| "Draw You" (Inst.) |
| 4:43 | ||
| 9:26 |
Ratings[edit]
Average TV viewership ratings| October 2, 2019 | 3.1% (40th) |
| 3.5% (36th) | |
| October 3, 2019 | 2.2% (49th) |
| 3.3% (32nd) | |
| October 9, 2019[s] | 2.9% (37th) |
| 3.9% (28th) | |
| 2.7% (41st) | |
| 3.1% (35th) | |
| October 16, 2019 | 3.1% (36th) |
| 4.1% (36th) | |
| October 17, 2019 | 3.0% (24th) |
| 3.8% (32nd) | |
| October 23, 2019 | 3.1% (24th) |
| 4.1% (32nd) | |
| October 24, 2019 | 3.2% (24th) |
| 3.5% (32nd) | |
| October 30, 2019 | 3.0% (27th) |
| 3.7% (36th) | |
| October 31, 2019 | 2.9% (26th) |
| 3.3% (36th) | |
| November 6, 2019 | 3.1% (32nd) |
| 3.6% (33rd) | |
| November 7, 2019 | 3.1% (28th) |
| 3.6% (29th) | |
| November 13, 2019 | 2.9% (24th) |
| 3.1% (37th) | |
| November 14, 2019 | 2.7% (35th) |
| 3.0% (36th) | |
| November 20, 2019 | 3.0% (37th) |
| 3.3% (33rd) | |
| November 21, 2019 | 2.6% (39th) |
| 3.6% (29th) | |
- In this table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- The series did not air on October 10, 2019 due to the broadcast of a soccer match between South Korea and Sri Lanka. The episodes were aired the previous day, on October 9.
Awards and nominations[edit]
| 2019 | 32nd Grimae Awards | Best New Actor | Rowoon | Won | [18] |
| MBC Drama Awards | Drama of the Year | Extraordinary You | Won | [19] | |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Kim Hye-yoon | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Cast in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Lee Tae-ri | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Rowoon | Won | [20] | ||
| Lee Jae-wook | Won | ||||
| Jung Gun-joo | Nominated | ||||
| Kim Young-dae | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Actress | Kim Hye-yoon | Won | [21] | ||
| Lee Na-eun | Nominated | ||||
| Best Couple Award | Rowoon, Kim Hye-yoon and Lee Jae-wook | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | 56th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor (TV) | Lee Jae-wook | Nominated | [22] |
| Seoul Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Drama | Extraordinary You | Won | [23] |
Notes[edit]
- ^ The end themes used vary per episode but are all singles from Extraordinary You: Original Soundtrack. See the list of singles for details.
- ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[3]
- ^ a b c Korean title: 비밀, RR: bimil
- ^ a b c Korean title: 능소화 (stylized as 능소花, replacing 화 with its Hanja equivalent). The title refers to the flowering vine trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora).
- ^ Korean: 13번, RR: Sipsambeon
- ^ Korean: 하루, RR: haru, "day"
- ^ a b The names of the characters Yeo Joo-da (여주다, yeojuda) and Oh Nam-joo (오남주, onamju) uses word play to imply their status in the comic book. "Yeo Joo-da" is based from yeo-ju (여주), the shortened form of yeoja ju-ingong (여자 주인공, "heroine" or "female main character"), while "Oh Nam-joo" is based from nam-ju, the shortened form of namja ju-ingong (남자 주인공, "hero" or "male main character").
- ^ Korean: 진미채 요정, RR: Jinmichae Yojeong
- ^ a b c The given names of the three girl bullies Il-jin, Yi-jin and Sam-jin have jin (진) as the second syllable, preceded by the number 1, 2, or 3 in Sino-Korean (일 il, 이 i or yi, 삼 sam) as the first syllable.
- ^ Il-jin's name 일진 (iljin), in South Korean popular culture, refers to a notorious kind of bully in schools who is feared for his/her harsh and frequent harassment of fellow students. It could also refer to a group or gang of such bullies.
- ^ a b c The given names of the three members of Kyung's fanclub Ae-il, Ae-ri and Ae-sam have ae (애) as the first syllable, followed by the number 1, 2, or 3 in Sino-Korean (일 il, 이 i or ri, 삼 sam) as the second syllable.
- ^ a b c The given names of the three boy bullies Yang-il, Yang-yi and Yang-sam have yang (양) as the first syllable, followed by the number 1, 2, or 3 in Sino-Korean (일 il, 이 i or yi, 삼 sam) as the second syllable.
- ^ Ban-jang's name 반장 (banjang) literally means "class president."[10]
- ^ Bo-tong's name 보통 (botong) literally means "being ordinary or average."[11]
- ^ Mo-bum's name 모범 (mobeom) literally means "model" or "example."[12]
- ^ Jae-beol's name 재벌 (jaebeol) is a reference to the "chaebol", South Korean industrial conglomerate families.
- ^ In Moo Ryuyee's July Found by Chance universe, the "Stage" and "Shadow" (originally "Heads" and "Tails") are the two alternating phases of the comic world.
In the Stage, the Writer takes full control of the comic world as the scenes that are planned in the comic's "Storyboard" play out. Everything that happens and anything the characters say or do are all done as willed by the Writer, thus nothing happens in the Stage unless it is intended by the Writer.
In the Shadow, the comic world is temporarily detached from the Writer's control. All characters can move or act freely while spaces or objects that exist in the comic world but are not yet drawn by the Writer act strangely (e.g. floating, moving in reverse). Those who have gained self-awareness (e.g. Dan-oh, Jinmichae) can remember events from the Shadow. - ^ a b Performed by Verivery members Minchan, Gyehyeon and Yeonho
- ^ Due to the broadcast of a football game for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification during Extraordinary You's time slot on October 10, four episodes aired on October 9.
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "어쩌다 발견한 하루 OST" [Extraordinary You OST]. Bugs! (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. PressReader. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "동화 속 주인공 같은 김혜윤·로운...'어쩌다 발견한 하루' 포스터 첫 공개". Naver (in Korean). MK Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ "Extraordinary You [Title in the URL]". iMBC.com (in Korean). Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ "'어쩌다 발견한 하루' 김혜윤-로운, 대본 리딩 현장 포착 '벌써 훈훈해'". iMBC (in Korean). iMBC Entertainment. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "김혜윤XSF9 로운X이재욱, '어쩌다 발견한 하루' 주인공 낙점 [공식]". Naver (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "이나은·정건주·김영대 '어쩌다 발견한 하루' 출연확정...9월 첫방 [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). Sports DongA. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "'어쩌다 발견한 하루' 이태리-김지인 합류, 차세대 배우 집결". Naver (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ "반장 (班長)". Naver Korean-English Dictionary. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "보통 (普通)". Naver English Dictionary (Beta). Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "모범 (模範)". Naver Korean-English Dictionary. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "'어쩌다 발견한 하루' 김혜윤-로운, 가슴 두근 거리는 청춘들의 이야기가 찾아온다!". iMBC (in Korean). iMBC Entertainment. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "어쩌다 발견한 하루 OST" [Extraordinary You OST]. Naver Vibe (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "Extraordinary You (Original Television Soundtrack)". Spotify. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "어쩌다 발견한 하루 시청률 – Daum 검색". 다음검색 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ Kim, Eun-gu (3 December 2019). 김남길·정유미 '2019 그리메상' 최우수 연기자 선정 [Namgil Kim and Yumi Jeong selected as the best performers of the '2019 Grime Awards']. E Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2019 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Hyun-jung (30 December 2019). 김동욱, 영예의 대상...'특별근로감독관 조장풍' 5관왕 겹경사 [MBC 연기대상](종합) [Dongwook Kim, the subject of honor ... 'Special Labor Inspector Jo Jang-Pung' 5 Kings Double Slope [MBC Drama Awards] (Comprehensive)]. Xports News (in Korean) – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Hyun-jung (30 December 2019). 김동욱, 영예의 대상...'특별근로감독관 조장풍' 5관왕 겹경사 [MBC 연기대상](종합) [Dongwook Kim, the subject of honor ... 'Special Labor Inspector Jo Jang-Pung' 5 Kings Double Slope [MBC Drama Awards] (Comprehensive)]. Xports News (in Korean) – via Naver.
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- ^ "56회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 최종 후보 공개". Daily Sports (in Korean). 2020-05-08.
- ^ C. Hong (September 15, 2020). "Winners Of The Seoul Drama Awards 2020". Soompi. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Korean)
- Extraordinary You at IMDb
- Extraordinary You at HanCinema
- July Found by Chance at Daum Webtoon (in Korean)
Where can I watch Extraordinary You episode 17?
Available to Viu Premium members only.
How many episodes are there in Extraordinary You Season 1?
Extraordinary You | |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 32 |
Production |
Will there be Season 2 of Extraordinary You?
"Thanks to the support of many people, we will produce season two of Extraordinary Attorney Woo," Lee said. "The goal is to air season two in 2024."
What happens at the end of Extraordinary You?
Girl knows what she wants! Ha! Jokes aside, she decides that she is happy with Nam Joo, especially since Nam Joo needs her even more after his birth revelation. And in the “one year later” tag, the two are still happily together and even becoming more and more alike.