The Girl Who Sees Smells

The Girl Who Sees Smells
Also known as The Girl Who Can See Smells
Genre Romance
Suspense
Comedy
Based on The Girl Who Sees Smells 
by Man Chwi
Written by Lee Hee-myung
Directed by Baek Soo-chan
Oh Choong-hwan
Starring Park Yoo-chun
Shin Se-kyung
Namgoong Min
Yoon Jin-seo
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Yong-jin
Producer(s) Lee Yong-seok
Min Yeon-hong
Jang Sung-wook
Editor(s) Jang Si-yeon
Cinematography Lee Gil-bok
Jung Min-gyun
Running time 65 minutes
Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production company(s) SBS Plus
Broadcast
Original channel Seoul Broadcasting System
Original airing April 1, 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Hyde, Jekyll, Me
Followed by Mask
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 냄새를 보는 소녀
Revised Romanization Naemsaereul Boneun Sonyeo

The Girl Who Sees Smells (Hangul: 냄새를 보는 소녀; RR: Naemsaereul Boneun Sonyeo) is a 2015 South Korean television series adapted from the webtoon of the same title.[1] Starring Park Yoo-chun, Shin Se-kyung, Namgoong Min and Yoon Jin-seo, it airs on SBS on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes beginning April 1, 2015.[2][3][4]

Its early working title was Sensory Couple (Hangul: 감각남녀; RR: Gamgaknamnyeo).[5]

Plot

Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When the murderer is distracted, she escapes but is hit by a car. Eun-seol's parents are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, the work of the "Barcode" serial killer. The lead detective on the case, Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness.

On that same night, Choi Mu-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister, also named Choi Eun-seol (Kim So-hyun), who's being treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. But when he returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.

Six months later, Eun-seol comes out of her coma. But she has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned blue with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. To protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he's her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Another six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedienne, and works as a gopher for a small, struggling theater company called Frog Troupe.

On the other hand, Mu-gak had been so traumatized by his sister's death that after two months of no sleep and constant pain, he'd fainted and was clinically dead for ten days. When he woke up, he'd lost the sense of smell and taste, and is unable to feel pain. And unlike his previous warm personality, Mu-gak is now stoic, emotionless, and speaks in a monotone. He leaves his job at the aquarium to become a police officer, vowing to reopen the case and catch the killer. But to do so, he must first get promoted to detective, and has to prove himself to the head of the homicide unit Detective Kang Hyuk (Lee Won-jong) in ten days or else never ask for a promotion again. Cho-rim also needs a skit partner for her upcoming audition in ten days, and when she offers to help him with his cases in exchange, they decide to team up. After a model (Park Han-byul) turns up dead, seemingly another victim of the Barcode serial killer, Mu-gak joins the investigation headed by Lieutenant Yeom Mi (Yoon Jin-seo), and he hones in on two possible suspects: the model's boyfriend, chef Kwon Jae-hee (Namgoong Min) and her doctor (Song Jong-ho).

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Guest/cameo appearances

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[6] AGB Nielsen[7]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 1 April 2015 5.6% 7.1% 5.6% 6.1%
2 2 April 2015 6.0% 6.6% 6.1% 6.8%
3 8 April 2015 6.6% 7.1% 7.0% 7.9%
4 9 April 2015 7.8% 8.8% 7.8% 8.0%
5 15 April 2015 7.4% 8.4% 7.1% 7.5%
6 16 April 2015 8.5% 9.8% 7.5% 7.7%
7 22 April 2015 7.3% 8.0% 8.1% 8.4%
8 23 April 2015 9.2% 10.5% 8.3% 8.5%
9 29 April 2015 7.9% 8.5% 6.8% 7.0%
10 30 April 2015 9.3% 10.7% 8.0% 8.4%
11 6 May 2015
12 7 May 2015
13 13 May 2015
14 14 May 2015
15 20 May 2015
16 21 May 2015
Average

References

  1. ↑ Sung, So-young (28 February 2015). "New drama from a webtoon". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  2. ↑ Kwon, Ji-youn (6 April 2015). "Convincing plot key to supernatural drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  3. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (6 March 2015). "Park Yoo Chun, Shin Se Kyung, Nam Goong Min and More Read Scripts Together for The Girl Who Sees Smells". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  4. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (10 March 2015). "JYJ′s Park Yoo Chun and Shin Se Kyung Unveil Opening Scene Filming for The Girl Who Sees Smells". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  5. ↑ Jones, Julie (27 February 2015). "Park Yoochun To Romance Shin Se Kyung in Sensory Couple". KDramaStars. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  6. ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  7. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-04-01.

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