Where Arang excels beyond its peers is its mythology. The drama constructs a full bureaucratic afterlife: three gods of the underworld (Yama’s envoys) track rogue ghosts; a sly, fox-faced Jade Emperor plays chess with mortal fates; and the grim reapers are overworked civil servants filing death reports on lotus-leaf paper.
Don’t come looking for a light, fluffy romance. Come for the ghost in white, stay for the magistrate who learns that seeing the dead is nothing compared to losing the living. For fans who have already watched it, the series rewards repeat viewings—look closely at the early episodes, and you will see every clue about Arang’s death hiding in plain sight. Arang and the Magistrate -2012- Complete Series