My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho Episode 1 -with English: Subtitle- !!hot!!

Terrified by the encounter, Dae-woong flees and suffers a life-threatening fall The Life-Saving Bead:

. Though he initially thinks she is mentally ill, he soon realizes her true nature when her nine tails appear under the moonlight Where to Watch with English Subtitles

Rewatching the pilot over a decade later reveals both strengths and weaknesses. My Girlfriend is a Gumiho Episode 1 -with English Subtitle-

When Dae-woong wakes up, he finds himself face-to-face with a beautiful, quirky girl who claims to be the legendary creature. Naturally, he thinks she is crazy. This sets the stage for the hilarious dynamic that carries the show: Dae-woong’s constant fear of being eaten versus the Gumiho’s innocent curiosity about the modern world (and her intense craving for beef). Why You Should Watch Episode 1

She saves him, but in classic Gumiho lore, she inserts her "Fox Bead" (Yowoo Bead) into his body to keep him alive. This plot device is the anchor of the entire series. Terrified by the encounter, Dae-woong flees and suffers

Inside the temple, a mysterious female voice (Shin Min-a) instructs Dae-woong to draw nine tails on a painting of a fox

Mi-ho is not your average Gumiho. In Korean folklore, a Gumiho is a nine-tailed fox who eats human livers to survive. However, the Hong Sisters subvert this: Mi-ho has been trapped for 500 years for falling in love with a human. She is starving, naive, and utterly confused by modern technology. Naturally, he thinks she is crazy

The episode does an excellent job of laying down the mythology: