Doctor Slump (닥터 슬럼프)

DOCTOR SLUMP

DOCTOR SLUMP

ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS

DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS

I still vividly remember…

when I walked out of the hospital.

A patient being helped by her guardian.

A delivery scooter.

A dog going on a walk.

Caffeine.

Trees.

Everything in the world was normal.

But all it took for my everyday life to fall apart

was three minutes.

During that short amount of time, some people have a smoke.

Some solve a math problem.

Some feel happiness.

What in the world?

And some die.

- What do we do? The bleeding won't stop! - Gauze and a six-inch EB!

Please.

And some…

fail to save their patient.

The time it took for us to fall from our once stable positions as doctors…

was just three minutes.

The incident that occurred that day

was more than enough to ruin our lives.

DOCTOR SLUMP

BUSAN, 2009

THE PRIDE OF DADAEPO, NAM HA-NEUL

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING KOREA'S TOP STUDENT

Upsy-daisy. I'm coming.

Goodness, Wol-seon! Congratulations!

Thank you so much!

Congratulations.

It's not a big deal.

Thank you.

Thank you for your hard work.

Can you pull it so it's nice and tight?

All right, have some milmyeon.

Let me know if you need more milmyeon and dumplings.

I don't normally give out our food for free, but I'm in a great mood today.

Goodness. Since Ha-neul became the top-ranked student in the country,

her mom's opened up her factory, and her uncle's giving free food.

You must be over the moon.

Ms. Kong.

I can't believe such a genius was born here in Busan.

She's not a genius.

She just knew how to say the alphabet when she was one.

Then, she mastered factorization at age three.

And now, she's just the top student in the country.

Gosh, you're neither being humble nor bragging. How strange.

Then, is Ha-neul going to a university in Seoul?

Well, her homeroom teacher said

she could easily get into medical school at Hanguk National University.

It'd be easier to break into a bank vault than to get into that school.

And yet, Ha-neul got in for her achievements.

Did someone just pass by?

Oh, that's just Ha-neul.

I've never seen her walk before.

She's always running around like that so she can save more time to study.

That's not all.

She hates wasting time thinking, so she organizes and wears

socks, underwear, and all her clothes by the day.

She says her stomach has to be comfortable if she has to sit for a long time.

So regardless of taste,

she only eats easily digestible food in just seven minutes.

Excluding time spent on drinking water, flipping pages,

sharpening pencils, stretching, and other things,

she needs to spend 17 hours in total of just studying

before she can to go sleep.

My happiest memory?

When I worked on the Art of Mathematics.

I can't believe how unrelenting my daughter is.

She was just born to study.

SEOUL, 2009

CONGRATS YEO JEONG-WOO FOR PERFECT SCORE ON MOCK TEST

Gosh!

That's insane.

Now, why would they hang something up like that

and make me want to take a selfie?

Of course, you should. Take tons of them. You're the top student in the country.

- Give me your phone. - My phone?

- Yes. - Here.

- Stand over there. - All right.

Okay, pose.

What is that?

- What? - Peace signs? That's so uncool.

Give me the phone. Go over there and walk up.

Act cool like you don't know I'm taking your photo.

I'll do it like the paparazzi.

Hey, I like that.

- Right? - Finally, a nice idea.

- Okay. - A bit more. Okay, right there.

- That's good. - Okay.

Get ready. And action!

- That's it. Look up. - Looking up.

- Nice jawline. - Look left 45 degrees.

That's it.

Look right 45 degrees.

- That's it. - That's it.

Wave to your friends. Okay.

Look at the camera. Last one. And pose.

- Look straight. - That's it.

- Let me see! - Look!

- Let's see! - Let's see.

You're so handsome! I'm blind!

I can't see!

Goodness, yellow corvina was Man-seok's favorite.

Why didn't you buy the big ones?

These look like anchovies.

They're so tiny.

I know business isn't good, but it's his first death anniversary.

You should've spent some money.

What's wrong?

Is business doing that badly?

Rumor has it you're making half of what you used to make.

It's understandable.

Even fish cakes have brands now.

Like Gwangan Fish Cakes and Mandeok Fish Cakes.

I heard if you're not well-known, they won't accept you.

Maybe it's better to sell your factory before it goes under.

Goodness.

I'm home.

Hey, Ha-neul!

Hey.

Goodness, you're soaked.

- Take a hot shower. You could get sick. - Okay.

Are you seriously going to be like this?

I said now's the time to sell the factory, but why aren't you answering me?

But your father passed on the factory to us.

I'm not asking for equal shares.

You can take 50 percent.

I'll take 30, and Mi-ja will take 20.

Why am I only 20?

Wol-seon took care of the factory when Man-seok was sick.

Plus, she tended to him for eight years.

She deserves 50 percent.

That's not what I meant.

Why do you get 30 and I get only 20?

Watch what you say to me, girl.

You want me to make it your death anniversary today too?

Go ahead and kill me! I dare you!

Fine, you're dead meat today!

How dare you?

You little brat!

Come here, you brat!

- I'm your older sister! - Are you crazy?

- You little-- - Damn you!

My goodness!

Goodness, Ha-neul! Are you okay?

Mom, let's sell the factory.

Ha-neul, what are you--

It's already going under.

Exactly.

Right, sell it before you go bankrupt.

Let's take all the money from selling it and move to Seoul.

Dad's gone, so let's leave our dumb in-laws.

Exactly!

Right, your dumb…

Dumb?

You wanted me to go to med school, right? So let's go to Seoul.

- Hey, we're getting a transfer student. - Is it a guy?

- I saw a girl in the teacher's room. - Is she pretty?

- That's not important. She's from Busan. - I see. And pretty?

Yeah, she is. No, just shut up.

Attention.

I overheard the teachers talking.

She aced the mock test just like Jeong-woo did.

She's here now.

Jeong-woo, our top student.

So you're sure she's pretty? Just tell me the truth.

Did you hear me? That must bother you, right?

Not at all.

Here they come.

Sit down.

Why are you so chatty?

Today,

we have an incredible transfer student who'll be joining us.

Come in, Ha-neul.

She's so pretty.

She got the perfect score?

Ha-neul has spent her entire life in Busan,

and it's her first time in Seoul.

So I'd like it if everyone did their best to help her out, okay?

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Only one sun can exist in this universe.

And only one top student can exist in this school.

Thus,

the war began.

So I heard you're from Busan?

Is it true you have sea urchin roe rice, marinated seaweed, and boiled turbans

with chojang for lunch in Busan?

And flatfish sushi for special meals? Hey, my dialect's pretty good.

Does your family go out to sea and fish with your boat on weekends?

Yeah, that's possible.

Did you really ace--

Get lost.

What did you say?

Can't you see I'm studying? I said get lost.