What’s your opinion about K-drama? Who doesn’t enjoy watching a romantic and comedic story at the same time? And, if you are a fan of K-drama then your drama list must include “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God” in short “Goblin.” Let’s review this famous drama. I hope this article will dig into your memory with ‘Goblin.”
Goblin episode 1
Kim Shin was a brave warrior who was killed by his king and cursed with eternal life. Only the goblin’s bride could remove the sword stuck in his chest and grant him salvation. Eun Tak, the goblin’s bride, lost her mother at a very young age and lived with her abusive aunt. Eun Tak made a wish on her birthday and met Goblin for the first time. This story always reflects the fairy tale of a simple girl
Episode 2
Eun Tak started a job at a chicken restaurant, the owner of the restaurant was Kim Sun. The grim ripper found her and wanted to take her, but the goblin came at a crucial moment and saved her. Some people abduct Eun Tak to avenge her aunt. Goblin and Grim Reaper save her. so, the entry of the hero happens to the poor, miserable life. There is no doubt how much people connect with the eun-tak story.
Episode 3
Every drama needs some saltiness and here is Dwak Hua ( goblin’s niece) goblin makes a plan to teach Eun takes aunt a lesson by gifting her some gold biscuits. Eun Tak leaves her aunt’s house And we have our other lead, grim reaper, and Kim Sun Hee meets at the end of the episode. So, people love the consequences
Episode 4
Finally, our heroine is in a safe place, and people start loving their relationship. That’s the thing that attracts more people. Eun Tak starts living in the goblin’s house. Goblin reveals that only she could take out his sword. They both spent some time together and Goblin realizes his feelings for eun tak. So, it’s weird to fall in love with a 940-year-old man. That’s the plot twist of this drama and I guess this drama was successful to make this concept more interesting
Episode 5
In this episode, we can see grim reaper and Kim sun hee have met each other. They are the second lead couple in this drama. We can see their romantic journey blooming in this episode. The trip was smooth and this is what can be the reason for boredom. But this drama covers that as well as
Episode 6
As I said, the twist that happens will never make you bored. So, Eun Tak learns about the goblin’s past. She agrees to take out the goblin’s sword not knowing it would end his life. Goblin started to have doubts, as he had started to get attached to her and didn’t want to leave her. Hmm, what’s happened with the feeling? That’s the fact why viewers wished to continue their journey with this drama.
Episode 7
The story continues with the sour sweet moments of Goblin feeling jealous seeing eun tak meet her first love tae hee. So, the sour moment appears and this little thing is really fun for viewers. But what happens with our second lead? Grim Ripper finds a goblin’s sister’s portrait from her past life.
Episode 8
Grim Reaper reveals the secret to Eun Tak that the goblin will die when she draws the sword out of him. So, our viewer asked, what will she do next? Hearing this she leaves his house with a heavy heart. But the consequence has to happen, right? Every drama has to go through this heavy heart moment and our playful viewers may not like that.
Episode 9
Goblin finds his bride with the help of dark hua. And makes a confession of his feelings for her with a beautiful back hug. It took 9 episodes to express his feeling, what if the viewers are not patient that much? But on the other hand, this drama’s plot always draws interest. And Eun Tak returns home. This episode ends with a beautiful family reunion. A Good ending!
Episode 10
In this episode, we learn about the past life of Kim Shin—the story of his sister who died as a queen in a tragic death. Also, grim ripper reveals that Kim sun hee is Goblin’s past life sister. This episode leaves a heavy sigh for our viewers. But we expect a beautiful reunion also.
Episode 11
The episode starts with the heartwarming scenery of the goblin and his sister’s reunion. Yes, that makes our viewers happy. And Eun Tak finishes school. Now the question is what will happen if the Grim Reaper reveals the secret? Grim Reaper reveals his secret to Kim Sun-hee about his identity which eventually leads to a short breakup. The ending can be in a different way, right?
Episode 12
The episode needs a big twist and another big twist reveals in this episode, that King Wang Yeo is a grim ripper. His memory has been wiped off. Sun Hee was the former Queen of Wang Yeo. Our viewers expect something joyful.
Episode 13
Kim Shin confronted the Grim Reaper and left his house. Grim Reaper’s memories were returned to him as a punishment for misusing his powers for personal use. And we feel the pain of our past king and this episode has more tragedy. Kim Shin and Park Woong’s spirits have a battle. Kim Shin died and his existence was wiped off from everyone’s memories. Every viewer cries with Eun-Tak. Those episodes draw on memories, which clears the doubt from the beginning episodes.
Episode 14
Our viewers lost interest but at a time wanted to see a good ending. And already 9 years have passed. Eun Tak grew up with a successful career but unfortunately lost all the memories of goblin. Kim Shin returns. This episode mainly focuses on the new life of the characters. And how are Kim Shin and Eun Tak’s love?
Episode 15
Why does Eun-tak forget? But then Eun Tak revives her memories in Canada. Then they return to Korea. Goblin and Eun Tak spend a very joyful time together. At the end of the episode, Goblin proposes to eun tak for marriage. And with this beautiful scenery, this episode ends. This episode is a good memory but there is one more episode left. So, any other twist?
Episode 16
Finally, Kim Shin and Eun Tak are married. Yes, The long-awaited moment has come. They have a wonderful wedding. But this happiness didn’t last for long. Eun Tak sacrifices her life to save a bus full of children. That time a tragic incident happened where Eun-tak sacrificed herself. The last moments of Eun-tak and Goblin union still makes us cry. And After some time the Grim Ripper also left for the afterlife. 30 years later Wang Yeo and Sun hee were reborn. Eun Tak also found a goblin in her next life. And all of them had a lifetime of happiness.
A sweet drama with lots of twists and turns always attracts people. And a simple love story starts with a fairy tale and touches on comedy enough to catch the viewer’s attention. I think every K-drama viewer has watched this at least once. But the number of episodes and the ending may hurt the viewer. But at least every lead ended up together.
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Atika Afia Broty
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YSSE