# A Girl Who Sees Smells

A Girl Who Sees Smells (Korean: 냄새를 보는 소녀; RR: Naemsaereul Boneun Sonyeo; MR: Naemsaerŭl Bonŭn Sonyŏ) is a 2015 South Korean television series adapted from the KTOON webtoon of the same title by Seo Soo-kyung a/k/a Man Chwi. Starring Park Yoo-chun, Shin Se-kyung, Namgoong Min and Yoon Jin-seo, it aired on SBS on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes from April 1 to May 21, 2015.
Its early working title was Sensory Couple (감각남녀; Gamgangnamnyeo), before reverting to the name of the original webtoon. The drama managed to top the Contents Power Index (CPI) rankings for the most influential dramas.

## Synopsis

Choi Eun-seol (Shin Se-kyung) arrives home to find her parents murdered. When the murderer is distracted, she escapes but is hit by a car. Eun-seol's parents are later found with a barcode carved into their skin, the work of the "Barcode" serial killer. The lead detective on the case, Oh Jae-pyo (Jung In-gi) realizes that the now-comatose daughter Eun-seol is the sole surviving witness.
On that same night, Choi Moo-gak (Park Yoo-chun) is at the hospital visiting his younger sister (Kim So-hyun), also named Choi Eun-seol, who's being treated for mild injuries after a bus accident. But when he returns to her bed, he finds her dead with her throat slit.
Six months later, Eun-seol comes out of her coma. But she has no memories at all of her life before waking up at the hospital, and her left eye has turned blue with no scientific explanation. She has also gained the unique ability to "see" smells as visible colors and shapes, and can even trace where people have been because their lingering scents are like a trail. To protect her, Jae-pyo adopts her and invents a new life for her, telling her that he's her real father and that her name is Oh Cho-rim. Three years and six months pass, and Cho-rim is a cheerful girl who's adjusted to her ability. She dreams of a becoming a comedian, and works as a gofer for a small, struggling theater company called Frog Troupe.
On the other hand, Moo-gak had been so traumatized by his sister's death that after two months of no sleep and constant pain, he'd fainted and was clinically dead for ten days. When he woke up, he'd lost the sense of smell and taste, and is unable to feel pain. And unlike his previous warm personality, Moo-gak is now stoic, emotionless, and speaks in a monotone. He leaves his job at the aquarium to become a police officer, vowing to reopen the case and catch the killer. But to do so, he must first get promoted to detective, and has to prove himself to the head of the homicide unit Detective Kang Hyuk (Lee Won-jong) in ten days or to never ask for a promotion again. Cho-rim also needs a skit partner for her upcoming audition in ten days, and when she offers to help him with his cases in exchange, they decide to team up. After a model (Park Han-byul) turns up dead, seemingly another victim of the Barcode serial killer, Moo-gak joins the investigation headed by Lieutenant Yeom Mi (Yoon Jin-seo), and he zeroes in on two possible suspects: the model's boyfriend, chef Kwon Jae-hee (Namgoong Min) and her doctor (Song Jong-ho).

## Cast
### Main

* Park Yoo-chun as Detective Choi Moo-gak
After the murder of his sister, Moo-gak is determined to become a police inspector and take revenge for his sister's death. He is desensitised and is unable to smell or taste his food.
* Shin Se-kyung as Oh Cho-rim/Choi Eun-seol
Cho-rim witnessed the murder of her parents and lived on as the sole witness of the barcode serial murders. She has a strange ability-being able to see smells as patterns in the air. She forms a team with Moo-gak, and together, they work to solve the series of barcode murders.
* Namkoong Min as Chef Kwon Jae-hee/Jay Kwon Ford
* Yoon Jin-seo as Yeom Mi

### Supporting

* Jung In-gi as Oh Jae-pyo
* Nam Chang-hee as Jo In-bae
* Oh Cho-hee [ko] as Eo Woo-ya
* Jung Chan-woo as Wang Ji-bang
* Park Jin-joo as Ma Ae-ri
* Lee Won-jong as Kang Hyuk
* Choi Tae-joon as Ye Sang-gil
* Jo Hee-bong as Ki Choong-do
* Kim Byeong-ok as Chief of Police
* Choi Jae-hwan [ko] as Tak Ji-seok
* Jung Hyun-suk [ko] as Detective Kim
* Kim Gi-cheon [ko] as Kim Joong-in
* Song Jong-ho as Dr. Chun Baek-kyung
* Heo Jung-eun as Ji-eun

### Special appearances

* Kim So-hyun as Choi Eun-seol (ep 1–2, 5)
* Kim Dong-kyun [ko] as Park Hyung-jin (ep 1)
* Bang Eun-hee as Yang Mi-yeon (ep 1)
* Heo Joon-suk [ko] as Kang Sang-moon (ep 1)
* Kim Bo-mi as Convenience store clerk (ep 1)
* Kim Il-joong [ko] as himself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1)
* Jang Ye-won as himself, TV Entertainment Tonight hosts (ep 1)
* Running Man cast as Themselves (ep 1)
* Park Han-byul as Joo Ma-ri (ep 2)
* Oh Jung-tae [ko] as Autoclub employee (ep 2)
* Park Young-soo [ko] as Arrested man at the police station (ep 2)
* Dan-woo [ko] as Driver that hit a car in the mountain (ep 2–3)
* Son Se-bin as Driver's girlfriend (ep 2–3)
* Ha Soo-ho [ko] as Hwang Ki-soo (ep 4)
* Kim Ho-chang [ko] as Tak Min-seok (ep 4)
* --- as Chef Hong (ep 5)
* Oh Tae-kyung [ko] as Yang Seok-jin (ep 5)
* Lee Jung-shin as Himself (ep 6)
* Julian Quintart (ep 10)

## Ratings

| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | April 1, 2015 | 5.6% | 7.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% |
| 2 | April 2, 2015 | 6.0% | 6.6% | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 3 | April 8, 2015 | 6.6% | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.9% |
| 4 | April 9, 2015 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 7.8% | 8.0% |
| 5 | April 15, 2015 | 7.4% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 7.5% |
| 6 | April 16, 2015 | 8.5% | 9.8% | 7.5% | 7.7% |
| 7 | April 22, 2015 | 7.3% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 8.4% |
| 8 | April 23, 2015 | 9.2% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.5% |
| 9 | April 29, 2015 | 7.9% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 7.0% |
| 10 | April 30, 2015 | 9.3% | 10.7% | 8.0% | 8.4% |
| 11 | May 6, 2015 | 8.0% | 9.4% | 7.5% | 8.1% |
| 12 | May 7, 2015 | 8.6% | 9.8% | 6.9% | 6.7% |
| 13 | May 13, 2015 | 9.1% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 9.2% |
| 14 | May 14, 2015 | 10.1% | 11.4% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| 15 | May 20, 2015 | 10.9% | 13.5% | 9.6% | 9.5% |
| 16 | May 21, 2015 | 11.9% | 14.4% | 10.8% | 11.4% |
| Average | Average | 8.4% | 9.7% | 7.8% | 8.2% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2015 | 8th Korea Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Park Yoo-chun | Nominated |
| 2015 | 4th APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Se-kyung | Nominated |
| 2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Park Yoo-chun | Won |
| 2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Shin Se-kyung | Nominated |
| 2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Won |
| 2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Yoon Jin-seo | Won |
| 2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award | Park Yoo-chun and Shin Se-kyung | Nominated |
| 2015 | Melon Music Awards | Best OST | "Spring Is Gone by Chance" by Yuju & Loco | Won |