Another teaser is out for tvN’s upcoming fantasy romance See You in My 19th Life, and I’m certainly anticipating its premiere next week. Shin Hye-sun (Mr. Queen) stars as our reincarnating heroine Ban Ji-eum, who possesses the memories of all her previous lives. In her current life, her main aim is to seek out Moon Seo-ha — played by Ahn Bo-hyun (Yumi’s Cells 2) — her unfulfilled love from a past lifetime.
The latest teaser opens with a young Ji-eum showing off her flamenco flair at a talent show, impressing her enraptured audience with an elegant twirl. Her dancing prowess extends to adulthood, and we see a grown-up Ji-eum strike a confident pose, to the astonishment of both Seo-ha and his secretary Ahn Dong-goo (The Law Cafe).
Ji-eum’s talents don’t end there. She’s also a certified polyglot, and her fluency in seven languages is equal parts impressive and doubt-inducing. When a skeptical Seo-ha asks her how she learnt Arabic, Ji-eum responds that she once worked in an Arab country — but we see that she actually owes her Arabic proficiency to a previous life as an alchemist in the Middle East.
That’s not all, because Ji-eum’s skills extend beyond the artistic and the linguistic. She’s also retained combat strategies from her time as a Goryeo warrior, allowing her to successfully defend herself against an oncoming attacker. Taking aim as if drawing a bowstring, Ji-eum easily incapacitates her would-be assailant with a swift jab to the neck, all while barely breaking a sweat.
Needless to say, Ji-eum’s never-ending qualifications sound preposterous to Seo-ha, who winds up asking, “You have a tendency to exaggerate, don’t you?” Bewildered, Ji-eum simply blinks in response, unsure of how to answer. Hah, Seo-ha’s certainly in for a shock once he finds out the truth about Ji-eum.
Closing out the teaser, Ji-eum reminisces about her past lives, including ones as a Joseon maiden and a modern musician. Amongst them all, one life in particular stands out as the most special — presumably the one in which she first met Seo-ha — and Ji-eum declares that she’ll tell the tale of that unforgettable incarnation.
Directed by Lee Na-jung (Mine, Fight My Way) with scripts penned by Choi Young-rim, the webtoon adaptation See You in My 19th Life premieres on June 17.
