"Strange Romance."
Hello.
(Cute)
Hi.
I'm a 14-year-old middle school student
who has a headache because of love.
"Ah! I love it! Ah!
I want a boyfriend!"
"No, don't break up!
Why? Why? Why?"
This is my sister who is 2 years older than I am.
My sister is like this because of romance comics.
"If I drop a book,
my prince will show up and pick it up for me."
(I'll pick it up for you...)
Then we'll fall in love.
There will be fireworks in the background
and we will kiss. Ah!
(Ah!)
She's living in her own fantasy.
"Oh no. Wake up. Wake up.
He's so handsome. I love him."
"It's 4 in the morning.
Go to sleep."
What will she become in the future?
Please stop my sister.
Let's bring her out.
Come on out, please.
(Who's concerned about her older sister?)
(Lee Jiu)
(Welcome!)
Please introduce yourself.
Hello.
I'm Lee Jiu and I'm here because
I'm saddened by my older sister.
How much is your sister into romance comics?
Since she was in 7th grade, she read novels...
I mean romance comics.
You don't need to slap yourself.
How cute.
When she gets home from school
she goes into her room without washing up.
On weekends she goes to sleep at 3 or 4 a.m.
She reads comics until 3-4 a.m.?
On weekends, she goes to bed around 6 a.m.
and wakes up at 5 or 6 p.m.
Does she eat?
She eats instant food.
She doesn't eat with family?
No. She eats by herself in her room.
She eats instant food in her room?
This may be your daughter in a few years.
You seem to be quite interested.
Yes, you're right.
Since when did she get into romance comics?
- Since 7th grade. / - Since 7th grade?
"What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?"
That's the drama based on a webtoon.
There was no age limit on that?
No.
But some scenes were quite romantic.
(Heh)
(She seems to know something)
So your sister likes romance comics.
How does that affect you?
She makes me read them, too.
Oh, she forces you.
She hits me when she reads cheesy scenes.
- What? / - She hits you during cheesy scenes?
Like this?
(Oh my)
"They kissed! Like this?
Like this?
When she's frustrated,
she instigates fight with me.
Instigates fight?
That's how kids say it these days.
Instigates fight?
- Instigate a fight. / - Instigate a fight.
Why don't you tell your parents?
When I tell her that,
she says, "You'll be dead meat."
- You'll be dead meat? / - Yes.
(That must be frightening)
That's the term you use these days.
Let's meet her sister now.
Let's ask her directly. Hello.
Hello.
I'm 16-year-old Lee Hagyeong.
Why did you start liking romance comics?
Why did you get into them?
I feel like the heroine in the comics.
- Vicarious pleasure. / - Fantasy.
When the two characters are lovey-dovey,
I feel like I'm in love, too.
When the two break up,
I feel like it happened to me and I get sad.
Escaping reality.
How many have you read so far?
More than 500.
Amazing.
Can you tell us some of the titles?
"King's Woman."
"This World's Queen."
"Maid Sama!."
"Our Relationship is..."
(What does that mean?)
- "Is"? / - Yes.
"Our Relationship is..."
How do you choose which one to read?
The characters must look handsome and pretty.
They must look pretty and handsome?
The plot needs to be fast-paced.
Which of us would be good as the main characters?
Over there...
Shownu?
(Male character: Shownu)
The hero.
What about for the heroine?
Me.
(Tee-hee)
(I'm the heroine)
(You really are into it)
(Yeongja was hoping that it'd be herself)
You really are into it.
How cute. How cute.
(I see this every day...)
So you can enjoy reading it by yourself.
Why do you wake your sister up?
When I like a comic, I want to recommend it...
- And share your interest with her. / - Yes.
I can't stand to read cheesy scenes,
so I ask her to read them for me.
What scene was so cheesy?
The girl caught a cold.
The boy felt so bad for her.
"Give the virus to me!" Then he kissed her.
(Coughing)
(Cheesy)
(Fingers and toes curling up)
What?
How cheesy.
Unbelievable.
Wait. So your sister reads it to you, right?
What is your tone like?
- I'm curious. / - How do you read the scenes?
Do you want to be the girl or the boy?
Boy.
You want to be the boy?
You must've done this a lot.
All right. I'll be the girl.
Cue.
You didn't know it was winter
and went out and caught a cold?
Did you take your medicine?
I took it.
(Love it)
Can I help you cure your cold?
How?
He gets closer to her.
You'll get better if you give the virus to me.
This is for your virus.
They kiss.
They kiss.
(Everything here)
(Makes them cringe)
(My heart is going to explode...)
(Yuck)
It's not cheesy because it's Taekyun.
I'll make it even cheesier.
Shownu, you be the boy this time.
Shownu will read this.
- There are two. / - Oh wow.
Here you go.
Hoyoung can be the girl.
Is that all right?
Kihyun was getting ready to read, too.
He has to go to the bathroom.
(Oh gee)
Close the door first.
(Hahahaha)
Sneeze first.
Ah-choo. Ah-choo.
Can I help you feel better?
How?
You'll get better if you give the virus to me.
This is to get your virus.
They kiss.
Don't fool around and kiss for real.
(Mischievous Dongyeob)
I don't think she can distinguish reality...
- Fantasy? / - Yes, from fantasy.
- She can't distinguish the two? / - No.
I think that's true.
Did you see earlier?
She named herself as the main character.
What about Nayeong or Kiyoung?
That's when I knew she was really into it.
They're both married,
but I'm still single.
(Haha...)
Run. Run.
She has lost her mind from reading too many comics.
How so?
She says she's the most beautiful person in the world.
- That's what she said to you? / - Yes.
"I'm the prettiest girl in the world."
I tell her, "Are you crazy?"
She wants a boy to confess to her
under fireworks and kiss her.
When I think about a guy kissing her,
I feel bad for him.
(This is reality!)
You don't feel bad for her?
That sister is crazy and this one's realistic.
She imagined it.
Do you really imagine that you're the heroine?
I imagine that when I drop my pencil case,
a boy picks it up for me and we fall in love.
Or when I'm about to fall,
he embraces me from the back...
How do you want to meet your love?
Like it's fate.
For example, what's fate?
A miraculous encounter?
Like a miracle of singing well out of the blue?
(He nods)
For example, we are in the same club
and we hate each other at first.
But suddenly we fall in love.
- She's so detailed. / - Yes.
She's very detailed.
We heard that you stay up all night reading comics,
so your grades are dropping.
Isn't that wrong?
Since I stay up until late and go to school
I doze off during class.
My average score was in the 80s in 7th grade.
Now, my average score is in the 60s in 9th grade.
- It dropped a lot. / - Yes.
In order to become like the heroines,
shouldn't you sleep more to grow taller?
Men like girls who go to bed early.
- Really? / - Really?
(I want my prince to like me)
Shownu, what do you think?
Girls must sleep by 10.
Yes, students must go to bed by then.
Okay. I'll go to bed early.
(She really thinks like a heroine)
(She'll do whatever the male lead wants)
If it affects your grade,
shouldn't you read comics less?
But there's an advantage, too.
What is it?
I'm going to study Chinese hard.
Why Chinese?
I started to watch Chinese dramas recently.
Wang He Di, Hu Yi Tian, (Source: Weibo)
and Darren Wang are so handsome.
- You want to meet them? / - Yes.
In the Japanese anime "Maid Sama!..."
- "Maid Sama!?" / - Yes.
The main girl is a maid.
I want to go to Japan and work as a maid.
(What?)
Oh no.
Do you know what a maid does?
Yes, she serves her master.
- It's a bit different. / - A bit different.
A maid is portrayed too beautifully.
She's living in a fantasy.
My sister wants to make
our little brother Uchan a celebrity.
- Him? / - Yes.
Your brother?
So that she can marry a Chinese man.
- Hi, Uchan. / - Hi.
Hello.
I'm 7-year-old Lee Uchan.
He's the same age as my Gahyeon.
Do you know that your sister wants you to be a star?
Yes.
Do you think you can become one?
No.
How cute.
He sighed as he said that.
- You don't want to become one? / - No.
Then what do you want to become?
A fisherman.
- A fisherman. / - He wants to become a fisherman.
Don't you want to know why?
It's my dream to catch fish and eat them.
He wants to catch fish to eat them.
His ultimate dream is to become me.
(I don't want to become a celebrity)
Is it tough because of your sister?
She told me to get her a glass of milk.
How can she ask a 7-year-old to do that?
Did you do it well?
I did, but I spilled a little.
Oh my.
(How cute)
What was your sister doing then?
Comics.
(Glance)
Uchan, you're starting to speak rudely.
(Heh)
I think the parents are here, too.
Did you know about this concern?
Whenever we go out to eat as family,
she would only join us once a while.
Even when she came, she was looking at her phone.
I didn't want to barge into her room
and check what she's doing.
- That's wrong. / - Right.
So I've tried hiding the wi-fi device at home.
- Hiding it. / - Hiding it.
Then I changed her phone to 2G
so that she would use it less.
I thought she was just using her phone too much.
I didn't know she was into comics.
- You didn't know at all. / - I see.
Won't it get better now that your parents know?
There's more.
(What other secret is there?)
- What is it? / - At home...
I'm the one who does all the chores.
Uchan goes to school.
The bus comes to our house.
My sister has never gone out to pick him up.
Since your parents come home late,
who takes care of Uchan?
I do.
If you tell us everything,
what if your sister makes you dead meat later?
(Just you wait)
Mom gives us chores to do.
She tells us to clean our rooms.
My sister tells me she'll pay me if I clean for her.
But she never paid me.
- That's not fair. / - An empty promise.
Why did you do that?
I'm busy reading comics,
but my sister has lots of spare time.
Then she lies and says that she did it.
She lied and said that she did it?
- To Mom? / - Yes.
My sister cooks very well,
but I can't, so I make her do it.
If you want to be a maid in Japan, you should practice.
Yes! That's right.
Why didn't you tell her no?
You did everything she told you to do?
I said no
and she threw a remote control at me.
She used violence?
She dug her nail into here as she cussed
and it bled.
A girl who likes romance comics cussed?
Right. You're dreaming of becoming a heroine,
but you are behaving completely the opposite.
You're not like a princess at all.
But she's nice to you at times, right?
No. She's like that outside of home, too.
(Aha)
She's like that outside of home, too?
What was the answer that you wanted to hear?
I wanted to wrap this up beautifully.
No, she was never nice to me.
Would you like another sister if it's possible?
Yes!
Oh my god!
We go to the same school.
When I say hi to her,
she ignores me and tells me to ignore her.
She tells you not to say hi to her?
She tells you not to say hi to her?
Mom just glared at her eldest daughter.
She ignores me when I say hi to her.
I said hi to her, too.
- You ignored her, too? / - Never.
- You never did that? / - Never.
She didn't see you.
You ignored me in the cafeteria!
- I didn't. / - Yes, you did.
Stop instigating fights!
How cute. How cute.
How funny. (Don't fight on TV)
What else are you upset about?
Get everything out today.
She always gives compliments to Uchan,
but she never told me I did a good job.
What did you do well? Tell me.
After I'm done cleaning,
she says, "You just finished your job."
- Like it's natural? / - Since it's your job.
Who is the one to decide who does what?
She's the second child,
so I think she should do the chores.
(How can you say that?)
The eldest is quite patriarchal.
I'm a second child, too.
My older brother was like that.
You never win when you two fight?
- Never. / - Of course.
I do understand how she feels.
Only the second children can understand.
Why do you only favor your youngest brother?
He's 9 years younger than I am.
What about with your sister?
She's 2 years younger.
He is cute, but she's disgusting.
How mean.
Since your sister and brother are
much younger than you are,
what if your parents favor them over you?
No, that's different.
You're so selfish.
We followed your theory.
Forget it. Go to bed early, get up early,
grow taller than her and hit her.
She keeps waking me up to read comics.
Ask a question, Shownu.
Since your parents are busy working...
You're too obviously reading the script.
No, no, no.
Romance comic book characters tend to
look elsewhere when they ask questions.
- You. / - Yes?
Shouldn't you look after your siblings as the eldest?
- Don't look at her. / - That's what I think.
Okay.
I'll take care of them from now on.
See? She has changed.
What's going on here?
What else are you concerned about?
What else are you worried about?
Since she's in love with romance comics,
I'm afraid she'll learn about love through books.
That's a curse.
What else are you worried about?
Since she doesn't go out to eat with us,
she might confuse our memories with comics.
You're afraid she won't have memories with family?
You admit that you're too excessive, right?
- Yes. / - What should you do?
Read less comics.
- How many hours a day? / - 5 hours.
From 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
That's still too much.
You're reducing to 5 hours?
You have homework to do and exams to study for.
I can do my homework at school and as for exams...
My grades are already ruined.
(What are we going to do with you?)
Wait. I'm getting that familiar feeling.
I am tired like I'm talking to a wall.
Didn't we have a similar concern?
I feel like I'm talking to a wall.
Reading romance comics and
imagining romance things aren't bad.
But I think now is the time to work on
your skills to make that romantic dream come true.
I want her to take the time to do that.
And to my lovely Jiu,
I will do my best to lessen her burden.
- Read after chores and homework. / - Okay.
Then you'll meet your prince.
(Then you'll meet your handsome prince)
Let's start with Kihyun.
If you are nice to your sister even just a little,
she will be very happy.
I want you to treat her better.
I also want you to read less romance comics.
Having a fantasy isn't the problem.
But because of that your sister is harmed.
I think it's a serious problem.
If the two can sort this out,
they can have a healthy sisterhood.
They're here because they can't sort it out.
If you can relate to her concern,
please press the button.
(What does the audience think?)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Please stop.
Tell your sister how you'll change.
Jiu, let's live good lives.
(Trembling)
Don't be vague and promise her.
Let's go together. Bye.
When you get home after the shoot,
you won't punch her saying,
"Why did you say that earlier?" You won't?
- I won't. / - Okay.
Please show us the result.
(Announcing the result)
(The last digit is a 4)
- They got over 100 votes. / - Really?
The winner so far has 164 votes.
124 votes.
(They got 124 votes)
"Don't Even Dream!" won this week.