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So it’s time for me to talk about a really popular title that’s gotten the attention of a lot of manhwa and k-drama fans. This time I’m here to talk about Marry My Husband.

The Basics

There’s not a lot of info I could find out about this series. It was originally a web novel and then was adapted to a webtoon. You can read it on Webtoon. It was adapted into a live-action K-drama on tvN in South Korea. It is available to watch on Amazon Prime.

The Premise

Kang Ji-won is terminally ill with stomach cancer. She’s been mostly left alone in the hospital with only her friend, Su-min, visiting her. The hospital informs her that her bills hadn’t been paid and her husband doesn’t answer phone calls. She’s forced to go home to confront him. Once she gets home she discovers that her husband, Park Min-hwan, is having an affair with Su-min!

A fight ensues and poor Ji-won is shoved and she falls into the glass coffee table. She slowly bleeds to death and she laments her life. The next thing she knows, Ji-won suddenly finds herself in the office kitchenette where Min-hwan just casually approaches her for a talk. She understandably freaks out and attacks him. Ji-won runs away in a panic and slowly realizes the shocking truth: she’s gone back in time! Ten years in the past to be more precise.

Ji-won is no longer a cancer patient and she’s just Min-hwan’s girlfriend rather than his wife. This is her second chance to make new choices! Can she prevent her terrible death? And why is her boss, Yoo Ji-hyuk, acting strange? You’ll have to read the manhwa or watch the TV series to find out!

General Thoughts

I wasn’t initially interested in this series until a co-worker of mine asked me if I had seen this new K-drama. I was confused until she explained the premise. I just put it on my list of things to watch, but didn’t think much of it. She was obsessed with reading the manhwa and watching the show during lunch break. Her fascination made me give it another look.

She explained the manhwa was on Webtoons and this was the series that finally convinced me to try reading comics on there. After I found the series I started reading. The twists and turns were pretty interesting. I found myself rooting Ji-won on her journey.

But of course you might be wondering, why in the world is this series called “Marry My Husband?” It is an actual thing Ji-won says in the comic. As she makes some subtle changes and new choices, she soon discovers that there are just some events that are inevitable. It doesn’t matter whether she gets burnt by the spilled coffee or her co-worker does. Someone is supposed to get burnt that day. She comes to the realization that one of the best ways to avoid her death is that someone else needs to end up with Min-hwan. So why can’t it be Su-min? I mean if she wanted Min-hwan so much, why not let her have him.

Su-min, I have some trash to throw away. Will you do it for me?

And we get to see the results. And they are a doozy.

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