No Tail to Tell (오늘부터 인간입니다만)

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NO TAIL TO TELL

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What the…

There's nothing in the bag.

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You've been digging up this whole mountain for three months straight.

Who… are you?

Where is Hanyang?

- What? - I need to get to Hanyang today.

So, tell me. Which way is it?

Hanyang is that way.

Oh, that way?

But it'll take at least 20 days to get there.

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What?

Oh, I almost forgot.

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Dig that up and brew it carefully for half a day.

It will help with your mother's illness.

What?

This is an ancient tale.

I found it!

It is the story of a nine-tailed fox

who wished to become human,

spending her days cultivating virtue on Myohyangsan Mountain.

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Can you leave us for a moment?

Chun-sim stays.

Chun-sim.

That's you!

What did you do with Chun-sim?

Pardon?

What do you…

Look.

It's so obvious.

You seemed completely human, yet your cunning is all fox.

How did you know?

Your scent.

I smell the earth on you.

The scent of Myohyangsan Mountain's soil that I've known for centuries.

Have you been well?

I was just bored without you around.

By the way, don't worry about Chun-sim.

I bet she's dozing off in the kitchen.

All right.

How do you feel?

It's your long-awaited wedding day.

It still doesn't feel real

that I've become human and will be wed to my beloved.

Goodness.

Fine, leave me behind and go live a happy life.

Come here, Eun-ho. Let me hug you. It's been a while.

Geum-ho…

This is usually where old tales end.

She finally became human and married the one she loved.

And so, they lived happily ever after.

The end.

Get over here!

Wow, amazing.

Look at this.

These hairpins must be new.

Oh my gosh, they're so pretty!

Don't they look good on me?

- Geum-ho? - Yes?

What's got you staring like that?

Well, look at you.

What?

So that's why you wanted to come to the market.

You had an ulterior motive.

It's not like that.

If you're done looking, let's go.

My lady!

So we meet again.

Yes, my lord.

What a coincidence running into you.

Be happy, Geum-ho.

- - But I didn't know then…

That way!

…that human life is endlessly fragile,

and their happiness shatters far too easily.

That life is hard, and death is always near.

That was the future that awaited.

So in the end, Geum-ho would not find happiness.

All because she loved a human and chose to become one.

PRESENT DAY

And so, I became who I am today.

A nine-tailed fox who refuses to love humans

and does not seek to become one.

That's who I am.

Why should I want to become a human?

So trivial, powerless, aging, sickly,

and in the end, doomed to die.

Here and now,

one life ends…

And another begins.

And this story began nine years ago.

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EPISODE 1 AN INEVITABLE EVENT

Here! Over here!

SOSIN HIGH SCHOOL

HYEON WOO-SEOK

Pass! Over there!

Cover! I'm coming through!

NINE YEARS AGO

That's it!

He's good, isn't he?

That's Hyeon Woo-seok.

He just became a high school senior.

Since he was first selected for the U-13 national team,

he has been the starting striker across all youth squads.

- Hey, Woo-seok! Pass! -

- Pass! - Cover this side!

Hey! You crazy idiot!

Woo-seok was open!

Stop messing around and just pass the ball!

He's asking who that player is.

Which one?

That one. The one who was messing around earlier.

- That's a foul! - That's Kang Si-yeol.

Gosh, that kid is just crazy.

He's all flash and no substance. And he never passes.

He tries to do everything himself.

Hey, Si-yeol, you brat! Just tap it in!

Stop showing off!

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Damn, that little…

Woo-seok, nice assist.

- Assist. -

You think what a coach says is a joke?

I told you to pass to Woo-seok whenever you get the ball.

The new youth national team coach came to watch Woo-seok play today.

The least you could do is help your friend,

not get in his way.

How is me scoring a goal getting in Woo-seok's way?

So why did you have to score a goal?

I told you to play defense today.

When did I tell you to score a goal?

You got carried away trying to stand out.

Straighten up.

You've never even paid your club fees on time,

and you give me this attitude.

Good work.

- Hey, boys. - Eat up.

Woo-seok's father is treating us,

so make sure you thank him before digging in.