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* DontLookBack: In episode 4, Chan Sung enters room 13 that houses a ghost who hates humans and seeing her would drive any human to madness. Jang Man manages to stop him from looking before the ghost could exit the closet and told him to not look behind. Chan Sung still almost turns around and Jang Man has to resort to a kiss to stop him.
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* AdaptationDeviation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: The first episode follows the structure of ''Beauty and the Beast'' quite faithfully, but otherwise adds lots of changes and original flair to the whole story.
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* AdaptationDeviation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: AdaptationDeviation: The first episode follows the structure of ''Beauty and the Beast'' quite faithfully, but otherwise adds lots of changes and original flair to the whole story.
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** The ghost introduced Episode 7 and 8 was just an innocent college student, and then she got raped. Her video was passed around and treated as titillating and/or entertainment by her male peers. She was DrivenToSuicide because of her rape finding its way to so many sites. Her spirit later gets destroyed by a deity because she was "harming humans".... This is after her sister reveals to Chan-sung, too, that the men who ruined her life were never punished by the authorities. Her entire life and afterlife are an enormous TraumaCongaLine. Man-wol even says that the deities must be crazy for letting the woman suffer and the perpetrators live a cushy life. [[spoiler:At least CEO Jung, a multiple-time predator and the one responsible for the woman's rape, dies and has his crimes exposed by the end.]]
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** The ghost introduced in Episode 7 and 8 was just an innocent college student, and then she got raped. Her video was passed around and treated as titillating and/or entertainment by her male peers. She was DrivenToSuicide because of her rape finding its way to so many sites. Her spirit later gets destroyed by a deity because she was "harming humans".... This is after her sister reveals to Chan-sung, too, that the men who ruined her life were never punished by the authorities. Her entire life and afterlife are an enormous TraumaCongaLine. Man-wol even says that the deities must be crazy for letting the woman suffer and the perpetrators live a cushy life. [[spoiler:At least CEO Jung, a multiple-time predator and the one responsible for the woman's rape, dies and has his crimes exposed by the end.]]
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* TeamMom: Mrs. Cho for the entire hotel staff. Even aloof Man-wol eventually admits that she has always regarded her as such.
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** Episode 16, [[spoiler: wherein most of the staff finally cross over, and Man-wol and Chan-sung finally bid their goodbyes.]]
* WhamLine: When Man-wol interrogates the jerk who spread the rape video that caused the ghost in Room 13 to turn vengeful, he has this to say, implying that he's done it so many times by now, their faces are practically interchangeable. A furious Man-wol, after being stunned into silence, understandably leaves him to be [[spoiler: crushed by an oncoming train.]]
-->'''Man-wol:''' You did it, how could you not know? Put some effort into it!
-->'''CEO Jung:''' Yes, yes, I did it! It's just ... I don't know which one of the girls she is.
** Episode 16, [[spoiler: wherein most of the staff finally cross over, and Man-wol and Chan-sung finally bid their goodbyes.]]
* WhamLine: When Man-wol interrogates the jerk who spread the rape video that caused the ghost in Room 13 to turn vengeful, he has this to say, implying that he's done it so many times by now, their faces are practically interchangeable. A furious Man-wol, after being stunned into silence, understandably leaves him to be [[spoiler: crushed by an oncoming train.]]
-->'''Man-wol:''' You did it, how could you not know? Put some effort into it!
-->'''CEO Jung:''' Yes, yes, I did it! It's just ... I don't know which one of the girls she is.
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* TheJourneyThroughDeath: The dead must first cross the long bridge across the Samdo River, beneath purple skies and shooting stars. The trip takes 49 days, and over its course the deceased lose all memories of their former lives, rady to sojourn in the other world, then be re-born.
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* FamilyOfChoice: By the penultimate episode, Chan-sung is happy to acknowledge the Hotel del Luna crew as one big found family.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After a dead girl phones "someone she loves" and [[{{Fangirl}} it turns out to be one of the members of her favorite band]], Chan-sung has this reaction. [[LampshadeHanging Man-wol tells him to stop snickering.]]
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''Hotel del Luna'' (Korean: ''호텔 델루나'') is a 2019 South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun (also known by her IdolSinger StageName IU) and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts. Written by the Hong sisters, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019. It was the most viewed tvN drama of 2019, and it is the twelfth-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
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''Hotel del Luna'' (Korean: ''호텔 델루나'') 호텔 델루나) is a 2019 South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun (also known by her IdolSinger StageName IU) and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts. Written by the Hong sisters, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019. It was the most viewed tvN drama of 2019, and it is the twelfth-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
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** Also applies to all the perverts who gleefully viewed and spread around a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:Her badly disfigured, vengeful spirit emerges from the screen to kill them.]]
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** Also applies to all the perverts who gleefully viewed and spread around a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:Her being raped. Her badly disfigured, vengeful spirit emerges from the screen to kill them.]]
** The ghost introduced Episode 7 and 8 was just an innocent college student, and then she got raped. Her video was passed around and treated as titillating and/or entertainment by her male peers. She was DrivenToSuicide because of her rape finding its way to so many sites. Her spirit later gets destroyed by a deity because she was "harming humans".... This is after her sister reveals to Chan-sung, too, that the men who ruined her life were never punished by the authorities. Her entire life and afterlife are an enormous TraumaCongaLine. Man-wol even says that the deities must be crazy for letting the woman suffer and the perpetrators live a cushy life. [[spoiler:At least CEO Jung, a multiple-time predator and the one responsible for the woman's rape, dies and has his crimes exposed by the end.]]
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* FanDisservice: Before her death, a woman was DrivenToMadness by her male classmates spreading around a voyeuristic video of her taped without consent. As a spirit, she wears much more revealing clothes than she ever did as a modestly dressed living human. However, her true form as a spirit is badly disfigured; the juxtaposition makes it all the more terrifying to her {{Asshole Victim}}s who continue to try and watch her video even after she ''died''.
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* FanDisservice: Before her death, a woman was DrivenToMadness DrivenToSuicide by her male classmates spreading around a voyeuristic video of her taped without consent.rape. As a spirit, she wears much more revealing clothes than she ever did as a modestly dressed living human. However, her true form as a spirit is badly disfigured; the juxtaposition makes it all the more terrifying to her {{Asshole Victim}}s who continue to try and watch her video even after she ''died''.
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** Also applies to a pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:Her badly disfigured ghost emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yoo-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
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** A pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yoo-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
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** A Also applies to a pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She [[spoiler:Her badly disfigured ghost emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yoo-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
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** The original Yu-na, [[spoiler:whom Man-wol tricks into having her soul burn into nonexistence.]]
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** A pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yu-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
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** The original Yu-na, Yoo-na, [[spoiler:whom Man-wol tricks into having her soul burn into nonexistence.]]
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** A pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via
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** The man who caused Detective Lee's death. He gets the DrivenToMadness treatment with a serving of implied AndIMustScream.
** The original Yu-na, [[spoiler:whom Man-wol tricks into having her soul burn into nonexistence.]]
** A pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yu-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
** The man who caused Detective Lee's death. He gets the DrivenToMadness treatment with a serving of implied AndIMustScream.
** The original Yu-na, [[spoiler:whom Man-wol tricks into having her soul burn into nonexistence.]]
** A pervert who planned to masturbate in a bathroom to a video of a woman undressing, evidently filmed without consent and yet going viral. [[spoiler:She emerges from the screen to kill him. Hardly undeserved, and the show explicitly identifies him as a creep via Yu-na; however, the killing would terrify probably anyone.]]
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* ShutUpKiss: In Episode 4, Man-wol gives Chan-sung one of these, to keep him from turning around and seeing the ghost in Room 13.
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* ShutUpKiss: In Episode 4, Man-wol gives Chan-sung one of these, to keep him from turning around and seeing the ghost in Room 13.
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* BeneathTheMask: At first, Man-wol ''hates'' that Chan-sung can "look into her."
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* CensoredChildDeath: In Episode 4, during a flashback scene of a little boy being run over by a speeding truck.
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** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness. Man-wol later says that he won't be having much fun in the afterlife either.
** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness. Man-wol later says that he won't be having much fun in the afterlife either.
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** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness. [[AndIMustScream Man-wol later says that he won't be having much fun in the afterlife either.]]
** For Yoo-na: the girl you murdered stealing your body, then seeing your parents destroy your very soul, all while being a teenager would qualify.
** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness. [[AndIMustScream Man-wol later says that he won't be having much fun in the afterlife either.]]
** For Yoo-na: the girl you murdered stealing your body, then seeing your parents destroy your very soul, all while being a teenager would qualify.
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** Jang Man-wol is instantly established as one, after being manipulated into killing hundreds of innocents. She spends a millennium helping troubled souls move on as her way of atonement.
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* RunningGag: Man-wol claiming that various foods relate to what they were previously working on, in some roundabout way, just as a thinly veiled excuse to eat something she was craving (e.g. saying that tigers are somehow related to red bean porridge, and that looking at mountains will have to make you hungry for fish).
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Gu Chan-sung is introduced in the present day [[AMinorKidroduction as a kindhearted little boy]] with a rather foolish father. It quickly begins, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast a loose yet faithful retelling of a tale as old as time]]: Chan-sung's father, on the brink of death, accidentally wanders into the lavish hotel and tries to pluck a flower as a present for his son. Man-wol finds him, but decides to spare him — as long as he gives Chan-sung to her within 20 years, so he can work for her.
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Gu Chan-sung is introduced in the present day [[AMinorKidroduction as a kindhearted little boy]] with a rather foolish father. It quickly begins, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast a loose yet faithful retelling of a tale as old as time]]: Chan-sung's father, on the brink of death, accidentally wanders into the lavish hotel and tries to pluck a flower as a present for his son. Man-wol finds him, but decides to spare him — as long as he gives Chan-sung (played by Yeo in adulthood) to her within 20 years, so he can work for her.
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* ManlyTears: Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. It takes her a long time to return, causing Chan-sung to think that she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
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** Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. It takes her a long time to return, causing Chan-sung to think that she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
** Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. It takes her a long time to return, causing Chan-sung to think that she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Happens quite literally between a ghost bride and [[spoiler: Chan-sung]] in one of the episodes.
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* ManlyTears: Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. She takes quite a long time to return, leaving Chan-sung to worry if she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
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* ManlyTears: Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. She It takes quite her a long time to return, leaving causing Chan-sung to worry if think that she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
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* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Basically what the hotel's main function is. Most of the ghosts living there have unfinished business, and Man-wol and her staff cater to whatever it is, so long as it is within their whims.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Let's just say a ''lot'' of misfortunes happen on Chan-sung's birthdays and leave it at that.
* BigEater: Man-wol, who despite her petite frame and height, is revealed to be a big foodie. It's implied that years of serving Hotel del Luna have made her bored, and constantly trying out new food is how she passes the time.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Though it looks like your standard five-star hotel on the outside, Hotel del Luna is ''massive'' on the inside, complete with its own ''beach,'' a spacious garden and gazebo, a sprawling bar that seems to take up an entire floor by itself, and thousands of rooms that cater to the guests' every whim.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The hotel's staff finally manage to cross over, but an equally heartbroken Chan-sung and Yoo-na are left behind in the world of the living. However, it's implied that Man-wol and the others will eventually reincarnate, and they will all find each other again someday.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Man-wol's ''entire life story'' is this. The rest of the hotel's staff's backstories qualify as well.
** Let's expand on that, shall we? Once upon a time, Man-wol was the leader of a pack of fearsome bandits. One day, they manage to take Chung-myung, the captain of the royal guard, hostage, and although their friendship begins on rather rocky ground, Man-wol and Chung-myung eventually fall in love. However, they are forced apart by the spiteful Princess Song-hwa, who then gives [[spoiler: Chung-myung the SadisticChoice of deciding between letting Man-wol die or letting Man-wol go ... in exchange for her people's lives. Man-wol is then ForcedToWatch as her best friend, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Yeon-woo,]] and their people are tortured before being hanged. This pushes Man-wol to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, which ends with her murdering the princess, Chung-myung, and various soldiers on her way out.]] For this, the deities punish her by forcing her to man Hotel del Luna until she sorts out her unfinished business, thus [[BlessedWithSuck giving her immortality, but rendering her unable to cross over to the afterlife.]]
** Kim Seon-bi, the hotel's bartender, [[spoiler: was once a scholar from the Joseon era. At a very young age, he managed to [[BrainyBrunette pass the state exam,]] but failed to pass the civil service exam every year after. To pass the time in between exams, he started to write about the lives of the common folk, which was a big taboo for a man of his rank. After being found out, he is publicly humiliated and forbidden from ever taking the exam. Heartbroken, he isolates himself from his wife and his faithful aide, and commits suicide.]]
** Next is Mrs. Cho, who is the closest thing the hotel has to a TeamMom. [[spoiler: It's then revealed that she was once the wife of a nobleman, but when she failed to give him a son, his family took away her baby girl and left it to starve. When her daughter died, Mrs. Cho was DrivenToMadness and went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against her ex-husband and his family, which led her to being killed herself.]]
** Finally, we have Ji-hoon, the hotel's ever-cheerful bell boy. [[spoiler: While transporting his beloved younger sister away from the Korean War, he was accidentally killed by his friend. Life becomes a little more enjoyable for him once he meets Yoo-na, but they're forced to part as well when his little sister--now an ailing old lady--dies, thus severing his last tie to life.]]
* BiggerOnTheInside: Though it looks like your standard five-star hotel on the outside, Hotel del Luna is ''massive'' on the inside, complete with its own ''beach,'' a spacious garden and gazebo, a sprawling bar that seems to take up an entire floor by itself, and thousands of rooms that cater to the guests' every whim.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The hotel's staff finally manage to cross over, but an equally heartbroken Chan-sung and Yoo-na are left behind in the world of the living. However, it's implied that Man-wol and the others will eventually reincarnate, and they will all find each other again someday.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Man-wol's ''entire life story'' is this. The rest of the hotel's staff's backstories qualify as well.
** Let's expand on that, shall we? Once upon a time, Man-wol was the leader of a pack of fearsome bandits. One day, they manage to take Chung-myung, the captain of the royal guard, hostage, and although their friendship begins on rather rocky ground, Man-wol and Chung-myung eventually fall in love. However, they are forced apart by the spiteful Princess Song-hwa, who then gives [[spoiler: Chung-myung the SadisticChoice of deciding between letting Man-wol die or letting Man-wol go ... in exchange for her people's lives. Man-wol is then ForcedToWatch as her best friend, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Yeon-woo,]] and their people are tortured before being hanged. This pushes Man-wol to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, which ends with her murdering the princess, Chung-myung, and various soldiers on her way out.]] For this, the deities punish her by forcing her to man Hotel del Luna until she sorts out her unfinished business, thus [[BlessedWithSuck giving her immortality, but rendering her unable to cross over to the afterlife.]]
** Kim Seon-bi, the hotel's bartender, [[spoiler: was once a scholar from the Joseon era. At a very young age, he managed to [[BrainyBrunette pass the state exam,]] but failed to pass the civil service exam every year after. To pass the time in between exams, he started to write about the lives of the common folk, which was a big taboo for a man of his rank. After being found out, he is publicly humiliated and forbidden from ever taking the exam. Heartbroken, he isolates himself from his wife and his faithful aide, and commits suicide.]]
** Next is Mrs. Cho, who is the closest thing the hotel has to a TeamMom. [[spoiler: It's then revealed that she was once the wife of a nobleman, but when she failed to give him a son, his family took away her baby girl and left it to starve. When her daughter died, Mrs. Cho was DrivenToMadness and went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against her ex-husband and his family, which led her to being killed herself.]]
** Finally, we have Ji-hoon, the hotel's ever-cheerful bell boy. [[spoiler: While transporting his beloved younger sister away from the Korean War, he was accidentally killed by his friend. Life becomes a little more enjoyable for him once he meets Yoo-na, but they're forced to part as well when his little sister--now an ailing old lady--dies, thus severing his last tie to life.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Man-wol, under Chan-sung's steady influence.
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* FairytaleMotifs: A beauty and the beast dynamic, but with the genders swapped. Man-wol is the "beast" who possesses beauty that's hidden by the cruelty that she developed over time; Chan-sung is the compassionate, handsome man who helps her heal.
* FishOutOfWater: Chan-sung is dragged into the world of spirits.
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* FairytaleMotifs: A beauty Man-wol and Chan-sung have a "Beauty and the beast Beast" dynamic, but with the genders swapped. Man-wol is the "beast" who possesses beauty that's hidden by the cruelty that she developed over time; Chan-sung is the compassionate, handsome man who helps her heal.
* FishOutOfWater: Chan-sung is dragged into the world ofspirits.spirits, albeit unwillingly at first.
* ISeeDeadPeople: In the first episode, Man-wol gives Chan-sung the sight, seeing as he is about to start working at her hotel. Yoo-na has this ability as well, [[spoiler: though it's because of the fact that she ''is'' a ghost inhabiting another human's body rather than a given ability.]]
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* ISeeDeadPeople: In the first episode, Man-wol gives Chan-sung the sight, seeing as he is about to start working at her hotel. Yoo-na has this ability as well, [[spoiler: though it's because of the fact that she ''is'' a ghost inhabiting another human's body rather than a given ability.]]
* ManlyTears: Chan-sung when [[spoiler: Man-wol finally forgives Chung-myung and takes him to the afterlife. She takes quite a long time to return, leaving Chan-sung to worry if she'd crossed over herself without even saying goodbye. Happens again when the two share one final embrace in the series finale, right before Man-wol leaves for the afterlife.]]
** Sanchez [[spoiler: when his girlfriend, Veronica, dies right before he could propose to her.]]
** Sanchez [[spoiler: when his girlfriend, Veronica, dies right before he could propose to her.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Chan-sung, oh so much. In between wrangling the hotel's more bizarre cases and keeping Man-wol's hedonistic tendencies in check, the poor boy regularly has his hands full.
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* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Basically what the hotel's main function is. Most of the ghosts living there have unfinished business, and Man-wol and her staff cater to whatever it is, so long as it is within their whims.
* StepfordSmiler: The hotel's staff. They have nothing against working for Man-wol and her hotel, and they really have genuine love and respect for one another, but it's quite obvious that years of being unable to cross over has taken its toll.
* TeamMom: Mrs. Cho for the entire hotel staff. Even aloof Man-wol eventually admits that she has always regarded her as such.
* StepfordSmiler: The hotel's staff. They have nothing against working for Man-wol and her hotel, and they really have genuine love and respect for one another, but it's quite obvious that years of being unable to cross over has taken its toll.
* TeamMom: Mrs. Cho for the entire hotel staff. Even aloof Man-wol eventually admits that she has always regarded her as such.
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* CelestialBureaucracy: Downplayed for the Hotel del Luna staff. They do guide the spirits and generate options for them, but they're often a lot more flexible and amenable than the usual strident bureaucracy.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Hotel del Luna is nothing short of palatial. However, it is frequented by deeply troubled souls, and its staff are themselves tormented by their prolonged limbo.
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* CostumePorn: Obviously! The series revolves around an opulent supernatural hotel, so of course Man-wol wears lots of stunning ensembles.
* FishOutOfWater: Chan-sung is dragged into the world of spirits.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Chan-sung's father is a walking disaster, but genuinely does love his son.
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''Hotel del Luna'' (Korean: ''호텔 델루나'') is a 2019 South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun (also known by her IdolSinger StageName IU) and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts. Written by the Hong sisters, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019. It was the most viewed tvN drama of 2019, and it is the twelfth-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
A millennium ago, Jang Man-wol (Lee) killed many people. To atone for her sins, she begins to manage Hotel del Luna, an establishment catering to ghosts. The hotel is not visible in its true form during the daytime, as humans can only come across the hotel under special circumstances such as an invitation or lunar eclipse. Its staff and clients are all souls/ghosts coming to terms with unfinished business in their former lives before they pass on to the afterlife and cycle of reincarnation.
Gu Chan-sung is introduced in the present day [[AMinorKidroduction as a kindhearted little boy]] with a rather foolish father. It quickly begins, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast a loose yet faithful retelling of a tale as old as time]]: Chan-sung's father, on the brink of death, accidentally wanders into the lavish hotel and tries to pluck a flower as a present for his son. Man-wol finds him, but decides to spare him — as long as he gives Chan-sung to her within 20 years, so he can work for her.
!!''Hotel del Luna'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationDeviation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: The first episode follows the structure of ''Beauty and the Beast'' quite faithfully, but otherwise adds lots of changes and original flair to the whole story.
* AndIMustScream:
** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness.
* TheAtoner:
** Jang Man-wol is instantly established as one, after being manipulated into killing hundreds of innocents. She spends a millennium helping troubled souls move on as her way of atonement.
** Chan-sung's father wisens up considerably after his awe-inspiring first-episode encounter with Man-wol, when he was initially a pretty lousy father.
* DrivenToMadness: Detective Lee takes revenge on [[KickTheSonOfABitch the man responsible for her death]] by haunting him endlessly, her presence described as being like a jail for his soul.
* FairytaleMotifs: A beauty and the beast dynamic, but with the genders swapped. Man-wol is the "beast" who possesses beauty that's hidden by the cruelty that she developed over time; Chan-sung is the compassionate, handsome man who helps her heal.
* AMinorKidroduction: Chan-sung gets introduced as a little boy.
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''Hotel del Luna'' (Korean: ''호텔 델루나'') is a 2019 South Korean television series, starring Lee Ji-eun (also known by her IdolSinger StageName IU) and Yeo Jin-goo as the owner and manager, respectively, of the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts. Written by the Hong sisters, it aired on tvN from July 13 to September 1, 2019. It was the most viewed tvN drama of 2019, and it is the twelfth-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history.
A millennium ago, Jang Man-wol (Lee) killed many people. To atone for her sins, she begins to manage Hotel del Luna, an establishment catering to ghosts. The hotel is not visible in its true form during the daytime, as humans can only come across the hotel under special circumstances such as an invitation or lunar eclipse. Its staff and clients are all souls/ghosts coming to terms with unfinished business in their former lives before they pass on to the afterlife and cycle of reincarnation.
Gu Chan-sung is introduced in the present day [[AMinorKidroduction as a kindhearted little boy]] with a rather foolish father. It quickly begins, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast a loose yet faithful retelling of a tale as old as time]]: Chan-sung's father, on the brink of death, accidentally wanders into the lavish hotel and tries to pluck a flower as a present for his son. Man-wol finds him, but decides to spare him — as long as he gives Chan-sung to her within 20 years, so he can work for her.
!!''Hotel del Luna'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationDeviation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: The first episode follows the structure of ''Beauty and the Beast'' quite faithfully, but otherwise adds lots of changes and original flair to the whole story.
* AndIMustScream:
** Jang Man-wol has spent a thousand years paying for her mistakes, and she doesn't know whether or not she'll ever be able to see the end of her "debt."
** The sleazeball who caused Detective Lee's death is explicitly condemned to this fate, via DrivenToMadness.
* TheAtoner:
** Jang Man-wol is instantly established as one, after being manipulated into killing hundreds of innocents. She spends a millennium helping troubled souls move on as her way of atonement.
** Chan-sung's father wisens up considerably after his awe-inspiring first-episode encounter with Man-wol, when he was initially a pretty lousy father.
* DrivenToMadness: Detective Lee takes revenge on [[KickTheSonOfABitch the man responsible for her death]] by haunting him endlessly, her presence described as being like a jail for his soul.
* FairytaleMotifs: A beauty and the beast dynamic, but with the genders swapped. Man-wol is the "beast" who possesses beauty that's hidden by the cruelty that she developed over time; Chan-sung is the compassionate, handsome man who helps her heal.
* AMinorKidroduction: Chan-sung gets introduced as a little boy.
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