It feels like a blast from the past when I have to write a post about K-dramas in the same week with the same theme. It appears next year 2025 is going to be about period era soul-swapping, what with the sageuk The Moon Flows Over the River getting cast and now this new sageuk drama Dear Bandit. The drama has offers out to Nam Ji Hyun and Moon Sang Min to play a Hong Gil Dong type female bandit and a magistrate, respectively, who end up soul-swapping. Other than being perplexed that drama land is not just recycling themes but doing so at the same time, I do love the casting and feel like if the set up of the soul-swappers is different enough it could work and not feel derivative. If these leads accept then it will be a great pairing IMO.