Line #93 Series/MyCountryTheNewAge


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3	''My Country: The New Age'' (나의 나라, ''Naui Nara'', meaning literally "My Country") is a 2019 South Korean series starring Yang Se-jong, Woo Do-hwan, Kim Seol-hyun and Jang Hyuk.
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5	During the end of the Goryeo dynasty and the start of Joseon dynasty, Seo Hwi and Nam Seon-ho start out as friends but become enemies after a fight.
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7	!!Contains examples of:
8	* AbusiveParents: Nam Jeon forces Seon-ho to practice archery when he's exhausted and his hand is bleeding.
9	* ActionPrologue: In the prologue Hwi's soldiers join forces with Bang-won's to attack Nam Jeon.
10	* AdaptedOut: Historically Seong-gye abdicated in favour of his oldest surviving son, Bang-gwa. Two years later Bang-gwa abdicated in favour of Bang-won. The series only mentions Bang-gwa briefly and portrays Seong-gye as handing the throne directly to Bang-won.
11	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Seon-ho rebels against his father and kills his father's servants to save Yeon... and she gets killed right when she's about to escape.]]
12	* AnnoyingArrows:
13	** Bang-won is shot in the chest twice and survives. In real life ''one'' arrow to the chest would probably be fatal, let alone two. [[spoiler: Justified because he was shot as part of a staged assassination attempt that he orchestrated, so obviously he was never in any real danger.]]
14	** Seon-ho gets shot in the arm, pulls the arrow out, then fights off a group of soldiers.
15	* ArchnemesisDad:
16	** Nam Jeon for Seon-ho. After [[spoiler: Yeon]]'s death Seon-ho sets out to kill his father.
17	** Seong-gye for Bang-won. Seong-gye manipulates Bang-won while Bang-won grows increasingly angry with the situation and finally lashes out.
18	* ArrowsOnFire: Hwi's soldiers set their arrows on fire before attacking Chwiwoldang.
19	* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: Bang-won framed Hwi's father. When Hwi discovers this it sets in motion the events that lead to his and Seon-ho's deaths.]]
20	* BackToBackBadasses: Hwi and Seon-ho fight back-to-back in episode one.
21	* BastardAngst: Seon-ho wants to become an officer so people will stop seeing him as just a concubine's son.
22	* BastardBastard [=/=] HeroicBastard: Seon-ho swings back and forth between both tropes depending on how much of an AntiHero he is at any given time.
23	* BittersweetEnding [=/=] DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Hwi and Seon-ho both die]], but Hui-jae and Hwi's friends survive and can live in peace.
24	* BloodFromTheMouth:
25	** Seol's illness makes her cough up blood.
26	** [[spoiler: Blood spurts from Seon-ho's mouth when he's fatally injured.]]
27	* CainAndAbel: Bang-won goes from being the Cain to Bang-seok's Abel to being the Abel to Bang-gan's Cain.
28	* ColdBloodedTorture:
29	** [[spoiler: Seon-ho]] is tortured after being arrested.
30	** Nam Jeon is tortured when Seong-gye finds out about his part in the assassination plots.
31	* CombatHandFan: Bang-won uses a fan to block Bang-gan's attack.
32	* ConvulsiveSeizures: Yeon falls to the ground and convulses when she has seizures.
33	* DamselOutOfDistress: Hui-jae's taken hostage by the man who killed her mother. While he's distracted she stabs him and shoves him away, giving Hwi the chance to shoot him.
34	* DeathFakedForYou: Seon-ho tells Hwi that [[spoiler: Yeon]] is dead. She's still alive, though with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
35	* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
36	** [[spoiler: Hui-jae]] is willing to kill a child.
37	** Seon-ho [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals kills a horse]] and no one does anything to stop him.
38	** Lampshaded in-universe: it's legal for General Jung to beat a commoner to death, [[SkewedPriorities but he'd be executed if anyone found out he was gambling]]. Seon-ho finds this darkly amusing.
39	* {{Determinator}}: Seon-ho is a dark example. Nothing will stop him passing the exam and becoming an officer. ''Nothing''. Not even the fact he has to defeat Hwi to pass. Not even the fact he has to cheat and betray Hwi to defeat him.
40	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Yeon]] and [[spoiler: Seon-ho]] both die in Hwi's arms.
41	* DrivenToSuicide: Hwi and Yeon's father killed himself rather than be executed.
42	* DrowningMySorrows: Seon-ho starts drinking after [[spoiler: Bang-won kills Nam Jeon, depriving Seon-ho of his revenge]].
43	* EmbarrassingNickname: Hui-jae nicknames Seon-ho "Pancake".
44	* EvilGloating: Nam Jeon indulges in this while trying to strangle Bang-won, telling him that he'll gain power over the crown prince and will become the real power behind the throne.
45	* ExactEavesdropping: Yeon eavesdrops on Hui-jae confronting Seon-ho and learns Nam Jeon is holding her hostage.
46	* EyeScream: One of Hwi's arrows hits a man in the eye.
47	* FakingTheDead: Hwi pretends to commit suicide. [[spoiler: Seon-ho witnesses his apparent death and thinks he really is dead.]]
48	* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone familiar with early Joseon history knows that Bang-won becomes king.
49	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen [=/=] WickedStepmother: Queen Sindeok wants her son to be the next king, and to ensure he gets the throne she conspires to have his half-brother murdered.
50	* GorgeousPeriodDress: All over the place, on both men and women. Examples: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seonho.jpg Seon-ho's blue]] and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/huijae.jpg Hui-jae's pink]] costumes.
51	* GroinAttack: Hui-jae kicks a guard in the groin.
52	* HarmfulToMinors:
53	** Hwi and Yeon witnessed their father's death when they were children.
54	** Hui-jae was a child when she saw her mother killed in front of her.
55	** Seon-ho was a child when he failed to save his half-brother from drowning, and immediately afterwards [[AbusiveParents his father]] told him he should have died instead.
56	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejong_of_Joseon Bang-won]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taejo_of_Joseon Seong-gye]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Sindeok Queen Sindeok]], and several other characters are based on real people.
57	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Seong-gye deliberately sets Bang-won against Bang-seok. This leads directly to [[spoiler: Bang-won's rebellion and Bang-seok's death]].
58	* HowWeGotHere: The prologue takes place in 1398. The rest of episode one takes place in 1388.
59	* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: This is how Hwi dies]].
60	* HumanShield: A criminal grabs Hui-jae and uses her as a shield so Hwi can't shoot him.
61	* ImpaledPalm: Seon-ho stabs a man in the back of the hand.
62	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
63	** A man gets impaled by a arrow through the chest in episode two.
64	** General Jung gets stabbed through the chest by Hwi.
65	** [[spoiler: Yeon]] dies after being stabbed in the chest.
66	** [[spoiler: Seong-rok]] dies by being stabbed several times, including through the chest.
67	** [[spoiler: Seon-ho]] dies by being stabbed in the chest and stomach at least three times.
68	* InterruptedSuicide: Seon-ho is about to kill himself when Hwi interrupts.
69	* JerkassHasAPoint: Nam Jeon is a horrendous person, but he's right when he says Seon-ho chose to betray Hwi and can't blame the betrayal on Nam Jeon.
70	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Yeon]] loses her memory after Hwi is taken away.
71	* LonelyAtTheTop: Bang-won's fate at the end. He gets the throne... at the cost of [[spoiler: Hwi]]'s life.
72	* MissingMum: Seon-ho's mother hanged herself after he was taken away from her.
73	* {{Multishot}}: Hwi shoots two men at once.
74	* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Tae-ryeong stabs Seon-ho. As Seon-ho's dying he picks up his sword and stabs Tae-ryeong.]]
75	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Seon-ho says this to Bang-won.
76	--> '''Seon-ho:''' You and I are alike. We both tried to harm our own fathers. You did what you could to give your father the throne and now you're trying to steal it. Actually, you put him on the throne to steal it away. It's what I plan to do as well.
77	* [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Korean Chanting]]: Shows up on the soundtrack occasionally, especially in episode nine when Nam Jeon barges into Bang-won's house.
78	* OnceMoreWithClarity: Episode eight ends with [[spoiler: Hwi shooting Bang-won]]. Episode nine shows the events leading up to the attack and reveals [[spoiler: it was staged by Hwi and Bang-won to trick Nam Jeon]].
79	* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
80	** Nam Jeon outlived his legitimate son, who died as a child.
81	** Seong-gye outlives his son [[spoiler: Bang-seok]].
82	* PrincelingRivalry: Seong-gye deliberately starts one between his legitimate son Bang-won and his illegitimate son Bang-seok -- though most of the rivalry is on Bang-won's side at first, since Bang-seok is just a child for half of the series.
83	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hui-jae gives Seon-ho a brief one in episode six.
84	--> '''Hui-jae:''' You walk and trample all over others. I know where else I've seen that type of behaviour. You're just like your father. Like two peas in a pod.
85	* RoyallyScrewedUp: The Yi family. Seong-gye deliberately stirs up trouble between his sons. His oldest son is an alcoholic. His second son is a womaniser with fifteen illegitimate sons. His third son is incompetent. His fourth son is an alcoholic and womaniser. And then of course there's [[TheUnfavorite Bang-won]], who Seong-gye goes out of his way to humiliate and who reacts [[TheDogBitesBack predictably]].
86	* SadisticChoice: Seong-gye gives Seon-ho one: either he shoots a fleeing, unarmed man, or Seon-ho and his father will both be killed. [[spoiler: Seon-ho shoots the man.]]
87	* ScarsAreForever:
88	** Bang-won has a scar above his eye that never fades.
89	** Hwi gains a scar under his eye early in the series and it stays for the rest of his life.
90	* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Bang-won kills Bang-seok.]]
91	* ShareTheMalePain: Hwi and Seon-ho wince in unison when Hui-jae kicks a guard between the legs.
92	* SlipknotPonytail: Seong-gye fires an arrow at Bang-won's head. It doesn't hurt Bang-won but tears out his hair-pin, undoing his topknot and making his hair fall loose.
93	* SweetPollyOliver: Hui-jae dresses as a man when she puts up posters around the city.
94	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Hwi kills a man by throwing his sword at him.
95	* UndyingLoyalty: Seong-rok for Seon-ho. Seong-rok follows Seon-ho everywhere, including to the Jurchen camp and in their attack on [[spoiler: Bang-won]].
96	* TheUnfavorite:
97	** Seon-ho. His legitimate half-brother was the favourite but died as a child, so his father has no choice but to treat him as his heir but makes no secret of his disdain for Seon-ho.
98	** Bang-won. His father prefers his illegitimate half-brother Bang-seok.
99	* UngratefulBastard: Seon-ho, [[BastardBastard in more ways than one]]. Bang-won spares his life and Seon-ho repays him by killing his soldiers and trying to kill him.
100	* UseYourHead: Hui-jae headbutts Hwi when he complains about the mess she's got him into.
101	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Hui-jae]] is about to kill Bang-seok, who's just a child at the time, before his guards intervenes. Somewhat justified, DeliberateValuesDissonance-style, since she thought they were about to be captured and killed by enemy soldiers.
102	* YankTheDogsChain: Seon-ho helps Yeon escape and she's reunited with Hwi. They're about to leave and go somewhere safe when [[spoiler: they're attacked and Yeon is killed]].
103	* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Yi Bang-won's young son is seen briefly. He isn't named, but he may be either the future [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great King Sejong the Great]], the future [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prince_Yangnyeong Grand Prince Yangnyeong]], or the future [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prince_Hyoryeong Grand Prince Hyoryeong]].
104	* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead:
105	** Nam Jeon tells Seon-ho he should have died instead of his half-brother.
106	** Seong-gye says this to Bang-won after [[spoiler: Bang-seok]]'s death.

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