I had so many problems with season 1 of Alchemy of Souls that even without the female lead change I would be starting off already so mad at the mess left behind when the first season ended. So perhaps the change of female lead is a good thing, which effectively returns Naksu’s soul back to her own body which is a good thing albeit perplexing for how to bring it about. The new poster is out showing the leads Lee Jae Wook and Go Yoon Jung staring intensely into each other’s eyes. It’s stirring and well framed and the two leads look beautiful in the same frame. But this poster is a refraction of the poster from season 1 (see below) so seeing it beside one another brings back conflicting feelings. Perhaps it would all be fine if the drama gave a meaningful ending to the body of Mu Duk who is really memory lost daughter Jin Bu Yeon.
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