Welcome to the K-drama treasure hunt, where we all go looking for K-drama treasure in the form of tiny drama details that we know and love. Sometimes these details take the shape of well-worn tropes (oppa Band-Aiding) or storytelling devices (Top Secret Deadly Allergy), but other times it’s just details we know we’ve seen in other dramas, but need help putting all the clues together.
Each week we’ll put you on the hunt for a piece of K-drama treasure, and you can report your findings in the comments.
There’s no umpire in this game, so if you find the detail we’re looking for, drop the drama title (or even better, drama title + episode number) in the comments, and we’ll all take your word for it. Or, we’ll go binge watch just to see it play out.
And remember, we’re here to map our way to the treasures not to the plot twists! We know how exciting as it can be to have all the hard-earned details stashed in your head, but let’s try to keep the spoilers out of the comments.
This week’s treasure:
Falling book rescue moments.
Your mission:
Find all those fast-reflex moments where a stack of books is about to topple down on a girl’s head and a guy swoops in to take the hit — or maybe even catch the books. Sometimes she’s trying to edge a volume out of a tall pile (a la this week’s installment of Twinkling Watermelon) and other times the whole shelf is coming down. If there’s a falling-book rescue involved, it counts.
Reference drama:
Twinkling Watermelon (Episode 3)