AGAIN MY LIFE
EPISODE 1
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 The first episode of Again My Life dispels any doubt
that it is a drama which is in a league of its own. The unique time-travel AgainMa
is simply spectacular. Thanks to lead actor Lee Joon Gi, Director Han Chul
Soo, the screenwriter, the action and martial arts directors, the cinematographer, the editor, the wardrobe
department and the other members of the cast and production team, Again My
Life has ushered in a new era of sensory stimulation and changed the face
of South Korean drama adaptations. The Again My Life
adaptation opens with an apt quotation by Pablo Victoria. ‘A country can survive war, illness, and
poverty. However, one cannot survive in a country where justice does not
exist.’ This essentially sets the
tone for the story. Justice is an absolutely essential component of this Time Travel, Crime and Punishment, Legal and Action story. The drama fractures the narrative of Kim
Hee Woo’s first life into flashbacks related by the protagonist, Kim Hee
Woo. 
THE PROSECUTOR’S OATH KIM HEE WOO THE TURRITOPSIS DOHRNII
 The opening scene juxtaposes the young prosecutor with an older version of himself. Those 10 minutes will change the way you perceive Lee Joon Gi, and how he brings Kim Hee Woo, his Again My Life character to life. Kim Hee Woo goes back 15 years to the past. It
is almost an impossible task for any actor to morph into his younger self but
the amazing 40-year-old Lee Joon Gi, The Actor with a Thousand Faces, has
done it. The opening scene is so vital. Lee looks so insanely young in his
prosecutor’s robes. The amazing sight of such
transformation and the recitation of the prosecutor’s oath (in his masculine voice) tingle the brain. 
The director is right. It should therefore come as no surprise that he has chosen the right actor for the part. No other actor could have played the role as well as Lee Joon Gi. None can argue that Lee is far too old to play a character who is twenty as dictated by the novel and the adaptation.
Kim Hee Woo cheats
death and starts all over again. Like the immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis
Dohrnii, Kim Hee Woo reverses
his own life. The astonished viewers, perhaps cannot believe their eyes. One
wouldn’t be surprised if they had stopped the drama in its tracks and rushed to their
screens to examine Kim Hee Woo’s
face. Lee Joon Gi must have ingested some age-defying potion. It is a magical
moment for the audience. They must have shivered with excitement and
pleasure. One’s only grouse is that the incredulous segment showcasing his face
is far too short. One wants to savour the astonishing experience for a bit
longer. Unbelievable.
THE FIGHTING AT THE DOCK (15 YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH AND RESSURECTION) THE OVERSIZED PROSECUTOR’S INVESTIGATIVE AND
PROSECUTION POWERS
The next moment sees Kim Hee Woo as a droll prosecutor. The rascally, swashbuckling, hero swayed jauntily to his own beat and rhythm as he smugly walks from his car towards to a confrontation between the police and some thugs at a scenic dock at night. Wrinkling up his nose at the distaste at
what he would be forced to do, the hard-boiled prosecutor probably envisioned
an easy non-fussy fight.
  The jaunty whistling tune, that accompanies the lithe and frisky prosecutor, stirs the senses. It makes the audience want to sway in rhythm with the frivolous music although they know something serious lies ahead of the prosecutor. One smiles as he sets off on his mission with a light heart. When you talk about AMSR, this is one of them that abound in the first episode.    Luxury yachts dot the coastline. Irritated by the passiveness of the police, the prosecutor rushed in like a raging bull to fight with the thugs but not before framing them by whacking himself on the head with one of the wooden sticks that he had slyly gotten from them. Blood dripped down his forehead. Wink. Wink. This was the cue, the excuse for fighting the ruffians, and bringing them in. The cheeky and rash prosecutor had signalled the police to get a slice of the action.             The nimble and light-footed fighter, like a raging bull, would soon get the situation under control. This rash fighting scene is the prelude to the many exciting fighting scenes that Kim Hee Woo (Lee Joon Gi, The King of Action), would be involved in, in episode 1.
  Just in case, anyone is inclined to think the prosecutor, with oversized powers of investigation and prosecution, is mean and revolting, the assumption is quickly dismissed. Kim Hee Woo, in his voice-over, proudly proclaims that he had a heart of gold and cared for the weak and the marginalised in his previous life. He even bought the gimbap of an old female peddler as a lunch feast for the prosecutors. The narrator, in the telling of his story from his own perspective, gives the audience an insight into his character and seemingly aims to win their support. Although narration and voice-overs are not new to dramas or movies, the technique does add interest and depth to the visual storytelling. What's most important is Kim Hee Woo's silky and compelling voice lulls us into sympathising with him.     A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FUTURE AND THE PAST A PEEK INTO THE FUTURE
     THE ARROGANCE OF AN ILL-PREPARED PROSECUTOR In his previous life, the naïve, cocky and unworldly Kim Hee
Woo, laboured under the delusion that as long as he had the law behind
him, criminals could be brought to justice. But Cho Tae Sup was no
common criminal. What the bull-headed and reckless prosecutor didn’t realise was
extraordinary times needed extraordinary strategies or measures.
Meanwhile, the evil but powerful Cho Tae Seop faced opposition from Yoon Young Hoon, a 7-term assemblyman who was the President’s father-in-law. He blackmailed President Heo Jae Geun whom he held in the hollow of his hand. The set of photos of the president with his mistress would be Cho Tae Seop’s trump card. Kingmaker Cho had got him elected as President so that he could be a puppet. Now, he would be able to dictate terms to the top leader of the country. Unbeknownst to the assembly man, the room had been wiretapped. The message sent to the audience is those who cannot be faithful to their spouses should not aspire to top political leadership.
   Kim Seok Hoon, the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecution Service, refused to allow Kim Hee Woo to prosecute the powerful Cho Tae Sup. To the prosecution head and stalwart, Kim Hee Woo should not stir up a hornet’s nest unless he knew for sure that he could win. The prosecutor suspected that his superior was in cahoots with Cho Tae Seop.
The brilliant but deeply-flawed prosecutor was impervious to reason. Nothing could deter him from pursuing his investigations. He thought he was fully prepared since he had an important witness but he was wrong. The dreamer would pay the price for his folly.
THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE PROSECUTOR AND THE POLITICIAN AN ERROR THAT TORPEDOED THE PROSECUTION CASE Cho Tae Seop, charged with aggravated crimes, was summoned by the Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office. The powerful politician unperturbably walked the gauntlet of cameras.
The meeting of the prosecutor and the criminal was unpleasant. Kim Hee Woo was unfazed in the face of evil and power. He had unwisely brought Cho Tae Sub in on the strength of the promise made by his informant, ChunHa's Director of Business Strategy, that he would appear as a witness in court.
The split screen technique of partitioning the screen into two sections to compare the different expressions of the prosecutor and the accused, is startling but interesting. The close-ups which show more details of their emotions strengthen the visual storytelling. The audience get to see the different camera points of view. The kingmaker sized the prosecutor up and tried to win him over with pleasantries but Kim Hee Woo was not easily swayed. No prosecutor, until Kim Hee Woo, had the temerity to summon him. The lawman confidently and dismissively brushed aside Cho Tae Sub’s attempts to worm his way into his affections.  Smirking, Kim Hee Woo warned him not to make himself at home as he was not a guest. He didn’t pretend to be polite. Sneering at Cho Tae Sub, he put the politician in his place. The political public enemy number 1 may be powerful in the outside world but not in the interrogation room. Both laughed as they traded insults. Kim Hee Woo was described as brimming with sass by the politician. The prosecutor returned the compliment. Cho Tae Sub was 'brimming with ambition.' A ghost of a smile played on Kim Hee Woo’s lips. He took great delight in attacking the politician. With venom in his voice, he called him a scumbag. Cho Tae Sub, wounded with indignation, claimed that whatever he had done was for the people. With a glint in his eyes and an indulgent smile on his face, he contemptuously advised the politician to look contrite and face the music.         Cho Tae Sub lectured the prosecutor, who had not fully grasped the situation. Anger without power is useless. He drew the analogy of a village to compare the powerful feudal lords and the powerless peasants. Kim Hee Woo, not unlike the peasants, was ignorant of what justice constitutes. The feudal lords owned the village. Justice is not something that one can have. Justice chooses who can have it. Cho Tae Sub was the personification of Justice. He pointed out that what Kim Hee Woo was trying to do has nothing to do with justice. He was being foolhardy; his pursuit of justice was built upon ignorance.
           Surprisingly, Cho Tae Sub revealed the most important secret of politics; he enlightened the prosecutor about the SYSTEM on which his power was based. ‘Had you wanted to take me down, you should’ve first destroyed the system that was built to protect me.’
  The advice was lost on the prosecutor. Kim Hee Woo's keen eyes glinted dangerously. He arrogantly told the other straight from the shoulder. ‘I will destroy the system and everything that supports it one by one.’
  The shrewd politician made a stunning revelation. He already knew that there was a witness who would testify against him. Kim Hee Woo was taken aback by the suggestion that the witness might not be able to perform his duty in court.
   Unbeknownst to the prosecutor, the witness, the Director of Business Strategy of ChunHa, had been rendered weak and harmless by injection spiking. Kim Hee Woo’s eyes were clouded in an instant. His instincts told him something was wrong. It was a moment of enlightenment. Shocked to the core, he was at a loss for words. His face froze. He had been careless about the investigation. Too late, he had suddenly realised that he was unequal to the task of trapping the wily politician. He was betrayed by someone in his prosecution team. The realization seeped into his brain. His brows knitted. He knew at once that the witness would be killed which was soon confirmed. The victim was overpowered in his hotel room. Dr K’s hand suddenly reached out and subdued him. The victim was spike injected. It was a precursor of what would be waiting for Kim Hee Woo.
There was a staring match between the naive prosecutor and the ruthless criminal.
The lesson he learnt too late is the primary goal of Power is to stay in power. Power corrupts. Once corrupted, Power may often stop at nothing to assure its own survival. That’s why Kim Hee Woo had to understand that the Conspiracies of The Powerful would be a fact of life. THE CIRCULAR ROOFTOP Death was waiting for Kim Hee Woo. He had been lured to a skyscrapper. The camera and the editing
magic foster the illusion that time travel is possible in this segment of Episode 1. The viewers are shown the 4-leaf–shaped top of the skyscraper with a central elevated tube which ends in a circular rooftop. 
There is a square and a circle on the floor of the rooftop. The staircase looks like a triangle from a certain angle. The Square-Circle-Triangle motif is probably based on a famous painting of Sengai Gibon (1750 – 1837). The circle-triangle-square is Sengai's picture of the universe.
Zen painting at Kennin-ji
D.T. Suzuki, who
introduced Zen to the West, interpreted Sengai’s painting to represent
formlessness and infinity, in accord with his view of emptiness as the essence
of enlightenment. Suppress the ego. Discipline your mind. Understand
the oneness of all things. Get back to basic purity (or in Zen
terms, Buddha nature). The founder of
Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei, put forward similar ideas. ‘The body should
be triangular, the mind circular. The triangle represents the generation of
energy and is the most stable physical posture. The circle symbolizes
serenity and perfection, the source of unlimited techniques. The square
stands for solidity, the basis of applied control.’ Enclosed in the
circle is the letter H which could mean Heaven and / or Hell. The unconventional design concept of the stage in the sky represents a journey
through time and space. The upcoming fights take the spectator from Earth to Hell and
Heaven and then back to Earth again. THE MAGNIFICENT FIGHT
SCENES THE TWO FEMALE FIGHTERS
Kim Hee Woo decided to climb the building. When he reached the
bottom of the stairs, he was confronted by 2 tough female fighters whom he easily defeated. This is the image of the power of women, as Cho Tae Sub has referred
to, ‘The females are getting stronger by the day.’ At first, he was skeptical about the women but he soon realised the seriousness of the impending fight; he was surprised by their physical strength. 
An exciting fighting scene ensued. It is thrilling to see three figures, in black jackets and pants teamed with white shirts, fighting. It is a captivating picture of masculinity - a masculine man and 2 women who had been masculinised. Kim Hee Woo kicked and leapt into the air. Punches came fast and furious. He was not letting them off easy just because they were women; they were dangerous. One of them tried to give him a vicious kick with her long legs but he managed to roll away. It was a foregone conclusion that Kim Hee Woo would defeat them. The wide shots allow the audience to savour Kim Hee Woo's fighting skills as well as his physicality and the flexibility of his body, particularly his sexy long legs.     https://www.instagram.com/p/CcHF5u3DLiQ/
THE SPECTACULAR FIGHT BETWEEN KIM HEE WOO AND DR K Ascending the stairs to the rooftop, the prosecutor met Dr K, Cho Tae Sub's hired killer. Both men were confident of their fighting skills.   Silhouetted against the darkening skies, the two buildings 'with horns' make one’s flesh creep. It gives one a premonition of disaster. It feels like the audience are viewing the scene on a rotating platform or stage; it is as if they are moving halfway round the building along with the camera. Kim Hee Woo haughtily proclaimed that he, unlike other prosecutors, was
not a sissy, Kim Hee Woo’s eyes blazed, and he bristled as a hunter
bristled at the scent of an enemy. 
They fought at a fast and furious pace. Punches. Counterpunches.
Kicks. Kim Hee Woo, while making an amazing leap into the air,
executed a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu attack but failed to make a killing. He executed
another impressive flying kick. His suppleness and flexibility is obvious. The
assassin gave a him a near fatal kick. Choked by Dr K, Kim Hee Woo refused to surrender. He
baited the killer that he would kill him.        Although the prosecutor’s face was red, badly bruised and hideously swollen, he was still cocky. The vein on his forehead popped out. Using his amazing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu leg choke, Kim Hee Woo suddenly clamped his leg together around Dr K’s neck in a death trap. The prosecutor’s leg muscles bulge through the fabric of his pants. 
He twisted tightly and then freed himself by kicking Dr K away. More fighting ensued till the bitter end. With more Ju Jitsu leg moves, Kim Hee Woo was able to trap Dr K with his legs again and he warned the latter that he would dislocate his shoulders if he resisted, and he did just that.
Although, Kim Hee Woo’s fighting skills were not to be
sneezed at, he just talked too much. He threw caution to the wind by reciting
the Attempted Murder Act. He had not thought of the perils that awaited him. It
is always this overconfidence that makes the fighter less cautious.  Dr K gained control. Kim Hee Woo was pummelled incessantly by the villain. The punches that rained down on him completely made him groggy and weak. The prosecutor’s efforts of bringing Cho Tae Sup to justice had assumed a grave character. Everyone who got in the way of Cho Tae Sup’s ambitions died under strange circumstances. The politician had no sense of decency. Having incurred Cho Tae Sub’s wrath, Kim Hee Woo became another lamb to be sacrificed. The greenlight was given to the assassin to kill him. Like what had happened to his informant, Kim Hee Woo was another victim of injection spiking with a perfect mixture of alcohol and methamphetamine. It would be reported that he was a corrupt and drug-addicted prosecutor who had committed suicide. It is amazing to watch Lee Joon Gi’s brilliant performance in this scene. But, one is in total despair and in pain to see Kim Hee Woo’s face twitching and trembling like a leaf when death set in. The spasms that went through his body probably scare and distress the audience. It must have grieved them to watch Kim Hee Woo in his painful death throes. The death scene rips the hearts out of the audience. Kim Hee Woo’s death scene is a cautionary tale about pride. Pride before a fall. What happened next was Kim Hee Woo’s literal fall. When he was thrown over the steel barrier to his death, he fell headlong into the abyss of darkness.          A MATTER OF DEATH AND LIFE
SPECIAL EFFECTS THE SPECTACULAR ROOFTOP SCENE The death scene is beautiful and made spectacular by Lee Joon Gi’s top-notch acting performance and outstanding physicality. The descent to the ground is shown in slow motion. Fascinated, the audience can feel the indelible moment. Lee Joon Gi’s flexible physical form and his stunt artistry capture the imagination of the viewers. They must be spellbound. The fall sequence is spellbinding and tinged with magic.        Time is suddenly frozen with the arrival of a spiritual being. Dr K is frozen in his act of lighting a cigarette. Bewildered and lost like a young, helpless child, Kim Hee Woo seemed to have lost his bearings. Perhaps he thought that he was already in heaven but was surprised to find himself still alive. His once bloated face, back to normal, had lost the angry emotions that had infested his life.      Then he saw the lady in red and they joked about pain in the netherworld. To his shock, he learnt that she was not human.    The audience, who noted her beauty and sensual appearance, finally get to see her attire. The fiery red pantsuit she wore has a sort of billowy see-through wing-like cape, making her look like an angel. The Red Angel is a joyful departure from the dark Grim Reaper of the manhwa or novel.
NESTED STORIES A STORY WITHIN A STORY She wanted to walk him through his previous life. With a flick of her fingers, the sky had become a giant screen, a stage in the skies. And both human and non-human were viewing a short movie about Kim Hee Woo's past life. Suddenly, the realisation that the drama is A Story Within a Story hits the viewer. There are perhaps three (3) layers in the storytelling; it is a fascinating way to tell Kim Hee Woo's story. The story about Kim Hee Woo reminds us of peeling layer after layer to reveal a character. The nesting dolls from Holland, Russia and China come to mind. Again My Life, the drama about Kim Hee Woo's life that we are watching, contains The Narrator's (Kim Hee Woo) Story, which in turn encompasses The Story told on the Screen In The Skies (Backstories). This storytelling technique is quite unique and ingenious. We discover Kim Hee Woo's character by opening up the biggest Kim Hee Woo doll and then revealing doll after doll, layer after layer.  The split screen technique is used again and to greater effect. The giant sky screen is partitioned but without demarcation lines to compare the past and the present. Impressive. The visual design, depicting both worlds, switches with ease between The Present (the circular rooftop) and The Past (the screen in the sky). The Present is filmed in technicolour while the flashbacks of the Past, look ethereal in muted colours. The prosecutor viewed his horrendous past life when he was bullied as a student and when he mourned his parents’ death due to a hit-and-run accident. Kim Hee Woo’s eyes glistened with tears of regret. He lacked filial piety and had shown utter disrespect for his loving and tolerant parents; he was a wretched, mean and ungrateful child to his ageing parents. It was too late to regret. This segment of the drama is a lesson on life for the selfish, self-centred, self-entitled youths of today who should learn to cherish and love their parents.
    KIM HEE WOO THE TIGER   One of the most exciting segments in the sky show is Kim Hee Woo’s training in mixed martial arts under a master trainer in an old gym to help him survive and protect himself against bullies. The screen, split into many sections, sometimes as many as ten sections, chronicles his journey to strengthen himself physically. One spellbinding and visually complex photographic montage speaks of his physically punishing schedule of transforming himself into a fighter. Boxing. Taekwondo kicks. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu chokes. And so on and so forth.    The audience would agree that the Mixed Martial Arts competition is the sexiest fighting scene in episode one. The fight shows Kim Hee Woo’s sexy muscular arms and legs. The fantastic future prosecutor, fighting like a ferocious tiger, emerged as the champion. In his victory, the triumphant boxer roared like a tiger and waved his arms as the crowd of revellers bellowed their support. He jumped and ran round the boxing ring, blowing kisses at the crowd. Many ladies must have hyperventilated.      THE MISSION GIVEN BY THE ANGEL IN RED JUSTICE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT TRAP CHO TAE SUB PERFECTLY MAKE SURE HE IS PUNISHED SHOW HIM THERE IS PAIN The Power Above had sent the Angel in Red to reset Kim Hee Woo’s life. The Red Lady baited him, suggesting that he tried to mess with Cho Tae Sup. Indignant at the accusation, he explained as a prosecutor he had to bring the criminal to justice. But he failed and got murdered. He wanted justice but had no power to execute it. Justice without power is meaningless. He was killed even before he could try.
  Then the audience see the horned buildings with blue lights in its full splendour. One thinks of the Horns of Justice, a brutal sport in a deadliest battle where the player, who succeeds in mastering the weapons, spells and tactics, would emerge victorious and becomes the ultimate player. The audience sees the name of the skyscraper, Zenith, which signifies the pinnacle of success.
    After piercing together the jigsaw of his previous life, Kim Hee Woo, a man from The Future, was given a second life to reset his history and the history of justice. He was asked, If you had one more life remaining, would you use it to arrest Cho Tae Sub again? (Does the drama assume a man has many lives?) His response was he would ‘put his life on the line for it.’ It had been decided at the beginning and it was his job and duty to do it.
The lady in red instructed him to take his time to prepare the perfect trap for Cho Tae Sub. The prosecutor was warned to refrain from acting recklessly. He had to be cool, calm and collected. If his attacks were premature, he risked dying in vain again. Her mission for him was to make sure Cho Tae Sub was punished and Kim Hee Woo must also show him that there was pain in this world.   'Can you make him suffer?'
Kim Hee Woo promised that he would do that. She warned, 'You can’t catch the devil unless you become an even worse monster.' From his facial expression, one can tell that the upright prosecutor was conflicted. Becoming a monster was in direct contradiction to his philosophy and values. In exchange for his second life, she asked him as a favour, ‘Make sure you succeed.’
   Kim Hee Woo instantly time-travelled back to the past to rewrite history.  https://twitter.com/i/status/1512675660917280771 KIM HAN MI
Kim Hee Woo was transported back to a convenience store where he worked after graduating from high school. The first person he met was Kim Han Mi, the illegitimate daughter of Kim Seok Hoon who wanted to buy a box of cigarettes and a lighter. Smoking was quite the thing to do for wayward girls. He knew her from his high school days.      Kim Hee Woo (or shall we say, Lee Joon Gi) had morphed into his younger self. He was astonished that his travel back in time to 2007 was successful. Rushing to the toilet, he checked for wrinkles in the bathroom mirror. He tested for the suppleness of his skin. He was stunned at his great looks and youthfulness. He had come back to life. He didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. His black striped shirt, which stands out against his yellow-blue store vest, made him look even younger. One loves the music. He had come back to life and looked so good. Incredible. The viewers must have rushed to the screen once again to check Kim Hee Woo out. They want to bang at the screen and tell him that it is all true.
  Again My Life tells us this is the beginning of Kim Hee Woo’s new and
extraordinary life. The audience wonder what strategies, measures or policies
he would implement or practise since he is given a new lease on life. This
must be repeated. Extraordinary times need extraordinary measures. IF YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE
AGAIN, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? THE START OF KIM HEE WOO’S
SECOND LIFE THE IMPORTANCE OF FILIAL PIETY If he was sent back to the past and if his parents were alive, what would he change? He rushed out of the store to find out. It was beautiful autumn and you can see the wondrous yellow and brown leaves. The scenery of his housing neighbourhood is picturesque. His house, located on a slope, overlooked the city. He was huffing and puffing as he ran up the slope. His heart was beating hard; it nearly jumped out of his throat in his anticipation and excitement.
As an adolescent, Kim Hee Woo had felt many negative emotions. Resentment. Ingratitude. Rebellion. Sense of Entitlement. In one incident, upon arriving home, he had totally ignored his parents and rudely walked past them. It was their last day with him for they died from a hit-and-run accident that night. His warm and loving parents must have endured and tolerated his bad behaviour for a long time. What could they do? If they had chided him, he would have turned totally against them and they would have lost their only offspring.     LEE JOON GI’S AMAZING None can cry like him. THE TRAGIC FACE In The Past, anxiety flushed over his face as he agonised over their deaths. The moment of terrible realization that they were gone hit home. Mourning their death at the funeral, he knew it was too late for tears.   
KIM HEE WOO THE PUPPY Kim Hee Woo returned home; he was tearful and devastated. Regret came too late. He frittered away his chances to be good to his parents. He lifted the note left by his mum who had told him that they were busy to cook delicious food for him. He could eat the bulgogi in the fridge. It was the last meal prepared by his mum so he ate it readily. Looking pinched and tearful, he spooned the morsels of food into his mouth but he was choked with emotion. He looked like a hurt, injured yelping puppy. Sadness, regret, helplessness, despair, loneliness and loss overwhelmed him. Choking on his tears, he tried to swallow his food. The lump in his throat brought another flood of tears to his eyes. The tearful and tragic face reduces everyone in the audience to tears. They could also feel the lump in their throat.
         The screen, as if sympathising with Kim Hee Woo, slowly but surely turns black. It resembles the broken young man who was submerged in his
abject sorrow and misery. RETURNING HOME HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL In The Present, the tearful future prosecutor hoped his parents would be alive. To his joy, his hopes turned to reality; they were alive. He saw them through a mist of tears. Hugging and kissing his parents warmly, he became one with them. One happy family. 
Kim Hee Woo noted that he had retuned to 8 May 2007.
KIM HEE WOO THE MUNCHKIN KITTEN Kim Hee Woo was still a cat (big or small) but at home, he resembled a cute, lovable and adorable munchkin kitten. His puzzled parents didn’t know why he had changed 180° but they didn't mind their transformed son.
What amazed his parents furthermore is they discovered to their delight that Kim Hee Woo was an old soul in a young body. He even opened the gate for his parents like a real gentleman and hugged them when his parents went on their night shift work at the factory. Imagine him taking on the role of the wise head of the household and advising his old experienced parents to be careful on the road and to watch out for cars. 
Was it a dream
or reality? Was he in The Past or in The Future?
The young man promised himself to live a different life and become stronger so that he could protect himself his family and everyone. He registered himself for a course at Number One Academy, a cram school for the university entrance exam. It was a big step in the right direction.
One of his classmates was the immature and rebellious Kim Han Mi, the illegitimate daughter of Chief Prosecutor Kim Seok Hoon.
Having lost the touch for Maths, he enlisted the help of his Maths teacher who lent him a book of formulas to memorise. He also learnt about oxymorons in his English class.
During one of his lessons, he was reminded of his parents' death in his previous life.
Having registered for the pre-U classes, he made his uneducated parents proud of him.
Meanwhile, he thought of various ways to pre-empt his parents' hit-and-run accident. Would he succeed?
  AGAIN MY LIFE ADAPTATION THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOVEL AND DRAMA  One notices the story has departed from the manhwa. The changes are astonishing. Kim Hee Woo goes 15 years back to the past to 2007, not 25 years to 1997. He becomes 20 years old and works as a shop assistant which is something new. Those who have read the novel or the manhwa can expect some more stunning changes which will make the drama even more unique among the other 2022 dramas . Another well-received change is Kim Hee Woo is thrown off the metal barrier of the circular rooftop of a skyscraper, and not into the water. Because of that, the audience have been granted a very thrilling and moving experience: The spectacular scene on the rooftop, and Lee Joon Gi's amazing performance - Kim Hee Woo's sensational fight with Dr K and the moving aftermath of the fight; his awe-inspiring and awesome descent from the rooftop, and the amazing screen in the sky scene with The Red Angel. But what is most unique and astonishing about the drama is Kim Hee Woo is able to seamlessly morph into his younger self. This shows Lee Joon Gi could change his amazing, youthful face at will. But then, he had shed some weight to look younger than what he already looks. Like what Director Han Chul Soo has said, Lee Joon Gi is the only choice to play the role of Kim Hee Woo and after watching the first episode everyone must have agreed that he is absolutely right. The Top Actor and The Top Action Star’s fighting and crying scenes are just as spectacular. Lee Joon Gi also impresses the audience with his broad range and complexity of emotions. For all these, he should already get many top awards. And Han Chul Soo, the drama director, Lee Byung Hun, the screenwriter, Lee Soo Min and Won Jin, the Action and Martial Arts Directors, the
cinematographer, the editor, the wardrobe and the music departments, meaning,
the cast and crew of Again My Life should be presented with numerous
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