Main Characters:
Park Shi hoo as Baek Shi yoon
Jo Sung ha as Im Tae ho
Lee Soo hyuk as Choi Chang gyu
Kwon Yuri as Bae Jung yeon
Song Jae ho as President Hwang
A friend of my sister recommended this drama and only now I got the chance to watch it. There wasn't any expectation when I started watching it but along the way I began to have some. The premise was good, showing a group of agents, Shi yoon, Jin woo and Seo Ahn, following a lead on a case they were working on but they were discovered by those people they were investigating and it ended with the death of Jin woo. Past forward to the present, after three years, Shi yoon was shown getting out of a prison. It was his punishment for not pulling his team out of the case even after it was ordered by his superior and for jeopardizing their investigation resulting to Ji woon's death.
Now that Shi yoon is out, he decided to gather information regarding the case they were working on three years ago. He swears to find out why they were suddenly told to stop investigating the case which resulted to Jin woo's death. But of course Shi yoon's main reason is revenge.
He then comes to Neighborhood Bar where retired agents frequent to, thinking he could get information there. Lucky enough, he immediately sees someone he recognizes from the case three years ago. But unfortunately, the bar owner, President Hwang, is now retiring and decided to sell Neighborhood Bar. The new buyer wants to put up a new business to replace the bar but President Hwang, having been working in Neighborhood Bar for 30 years doesn't want it to be replaced with some other type of business where retired agents can't go to anymore. Jung yeon, a writer who works part-time at the bar, also doesn't want President Hwang to sell the bar but she can't do anything about it. So Shi yoon, feeling the same and thinking he can't question the other agents anymore once the bar is sold, decided to buy and run the bar himself with two conditions: he is to run the bar exactly as it is now and to leave a place for President Hwang to come to everyday. President Hwang gladly accepts his conditions but he has his own conditions: his coffee and beer would be free and writer Bae will remain as an employee.
[President Hwang and Write Bae]
Being the new owner, Shi yoon starts gathering information from his customers. He meets new people like Chang gyu, an aspiring police officer who works a part time job under Tae ho, a police officer.
Chang gyu is tasked to follow some people around and those people, being retired agents, are always in Neighborhood Bar making him a regular in the bar too. There he meets Jung yeon who thinks he is Shadow, the guy who saved her and her friend a couple of time.
The Shadow first shows up when Writer Bae and her friend, So Mi, are attacked by a couple of social workers who are pestering So Mi to leave her shop in culture district because Hallyu Core Mall is going to be built there. A man wearing a mask and a cap saves them and that's when the news about the Shadow starts. When the social workers keep on showing up at the culture district, scaring the people, the Shadow always comes to the rescue to protect them.
President Hwang, upon hearing the news about Shadow, realizes that it's Shi yoon. But Shi yoon, not wanting to admit that he's protecting the people and saying he's not the kind of person who minds other people's business, denies it. He also tries to gather information through President Hwang but President Hwang doesn't just tell others what his customers have shared with him whenever they are at his bar. Shi yoon understands him but as a murder occurs, he starts to become aggressive on gathering intel.
Now that Shi yoon is out, he decided to gather information regarding the case they were working on three years ago. He swears to find out why they were suddenly told to stop investigating the case which resulted to Jin woo's death. But of course Shi yoon's main reason is revenge.
He then comes to Neighborhood Bar where retired agents frequent to, thinking he could get information there. Lucky enough, he immediately sees someone he recognizes from the case three years ago. But unfortunately, the bar owner, President Hwang, is now retiring and decided to sell Neighborhood Bar. The new buyer wants to put up a new business to replace the bar but President Hwang, having been working in Neighborhood Bar for 30 years doesn't want it to be replaced with some other type of business where retired agents can't go to anymore. Jung yeon, a writer who works part-time at the bar, also doesn't want President Hwang to sell the bar but she can't do anything about it. So Shi yoon, feeling the same and thinking he can't question the other agents anymore once the bar is sold, decided to buy and run the bar himself with two conditions: he is to run the bar exactly as it is now and to leave a place for President Hwang to come to everyday. President Hwang gladly accepts his conditions but he has his own conditions: his coffee and beer would be free and writer Bae will remain as an employee.
The Shadow first shows up when Writer Bae and her friend, So Mi, are attacked by a couple of social workers who are pestering So Mi to leave her shop in culture district because Hallyu Core Mall is going to be built there. A man wearing a mask and a cap saves them and that's when the news about the Shadow starts. When the social workers keep on showing up at the culture district, scaring the people, the Shadow always comes to the rescue to protect them.
President Hwang, upon hearing the news about Shadow, realizes that it's Shi yoon. But Shi yoon, not wanting to admit that he's protecting the people and saying he's not the kind of person who minds other people's business, denies it. He also tries to gather information through President Hwang but President Hwang doesn't just tell others what his customers have shared with him whenever they are at his bar. Shi yoon understands him but as a murder occurs, he starts to become aggressive on gathering intel.
The story picks up when President Hwang is murdered and so it happens that Chang gyu is monitoring him under Tae ho's order.
Due to a financial problem, Tae ho agrees to manage a subcontracting company which is offered by his friend, Park Sun hoo. The company monitors officials and persons and Tae ho then employed Chang gyu. The first person Chang gyu monitored died so Sun hoo assigned him another person to monitor. This time it's President Hwang. Chang gyu reluctantly agrees after what happened to the first person he monitored but since Tae ho raised his salary, he returns to work. President Hwang and Shi yoon are aware of what Chang gyu is doing and they let him do his job. It's actually funny how amateur Chang gyu is that President Hwang lets him catch up with him on pedestrians.
Shi yoon and everyone at the bar mourn the death of President Hwang. It also fuels Shi yoon's rage because now he knows that everyone who knew about the case from three years ago are being targeted. Chang gyu is also arrested for the death of President Hwang but Sun hoo bails him out and tells him to see who really cares for him in times like that. Pfft. And then he receives the name of the next person he's going to monitor now that President Hwang is dead. It's Shi yoon.
Tae ho, on the other hand, still works for Sun ho and is afraid to disobey his orders because he needs the money Sun hoo is giving him. And even though he wants to investigate the death of President Hwang and the prior murder, he can't since Sun hoo told him not to.
Meanwhile, the conflict between the people at culture district and the people behind Hallyu Core Mall starts to heat up. Yoon Sang min, the man behind Hallyu Core Mall, wants the Shadow gone because he keeps on protecting the neighborhood. He sends his men to fight the Shadow but they are no match against him. In one incident, Chang gyu accidentally sees the Shadow fighting Yoon's men and recognizes Shi yoon when he takes off his mask. From then, he looks up to Shi yoon and wants him to train him so he can be the next shadow.
At first, Writer Bae believes that Chang gyu is the Shadow so she treats him nicely by giving him free food.
And since Writer Bae keeps on asking if he's really the Shadow, Chang gyu finally gets to work up his courage and starts fighting the bully. They also start seeing each other.
Going back to Shi yoon, he learns that his friend and his former team leader, Jung Soo hyuk, has something to do with the murders that happened. Jung Soo hyuk is actually working to cover up everything that happened from three years ago up to now because it's his job. He works with Yoon Sang min, covering every dirty work they've done just so Yoon Sang min can build his Hallyu Core Mall and Hong Gyoo man will be the next Prime Minister.
Yoon San min, Jung Soo hyuk and Hong Gyoo man are all people working with the New York Study Group composed of four high profile people in Korea. They work for them because they have the money to back them up.
Shi yoon then teams up with Ri soo and Min after learning that Soo hyuk has already turned his back to the Intelligence Agency. He also finds out that JJ, a friend of Yoon Sang min, was the one who killed Jin woo. And now that there were other people who also died because of what happened three years ago, Shi yoon and the others work to flush out the people behind Yoon Sang Mi and Jung Soo hyuk. Tae ho, Chang gyu and Write Bae also help even though Shi yoon doesn't want to put them in danger.
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I continued watching this drama with my sister and we loved it! She actually likes Park Shi hoo now because of this. Haha :D
[Screencaps]
I love love love Chang gyu and he's actually sweet.
Write Bae: Why so suddenly?
Chang gyu: If the shadow you're looking for doesn't show up, I want to take his spot. Write Bae's shadow.
I also forgot but Shi yoon's love interest is Seo Ahn.
In the end, Shi yoon and the others are able to reveal the people behind the New York Study Group and their crimes. Yoon Sang min, after getting kicked out in the group, made a deal with Shi yoon that helped them identifying and testifying against the New York Study Group. Jung Soo hyuk, after deciding not to kill Shi yoon, is killed by his own team, Chang gyu becomes a constable police officer and Writer Bae finally got her book published. And Shi yoon? He's still out there protecting the neighborhood! :)
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I hope you enjoy this drama as much as we did! :)
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