The Grim Ripper: A Story of love and Guilt

 The Story of Reincarnation.

"Countless nights pass, and a new day have come.
But still, I am at the same place waiting for you with the guilt in my eyes." - Yoo Do-Hyuk.

               According to Korean mythology, there are different views on what happens to the soul after death. One of the oldest and most widespread beliefs is that every human has two souls: a Hun and a po. The Hun is the spiritual, ethereal, yang soul that leaves the body after death and ascends to the heavens. The po is the corporeal, substantive, yin soul that remains with the corpse of the deceased. Another belief is that the soul enters a spiritual world called Jeoseung, which is similar to a country with its own laws and rulers. The soul is judged and punished for its sins in Jiok, which is a state of hell within Jeoseung. The soul may also be reincarnated or reborn, depending on the will of the gods and the karma of the individual. Human life if the most precious gift of God.
            If a person takes its own life which means, it's the disrespect of God. In that situation a person's soul Stucks in Jeoseung or a person becomes Grip Ripper. As a punishment of his sin Yoo Do-Hyuk becomes Grim Ripper and he has to work for an endless time. Even in the coldest days of his life he feels warmness when he remembers the last words of So-Hee " I will be born again, I will find you again and shine on you, I will be the light for you in the dark."  He is passing his years with the hope. Almost three centuries have been passed. Again, It's the auspicious full moon night. It seems like a beautiful flower has been blooming under the blue moonlight. Yes, It's the day when Han So-Hee is Reincarnated. 

Han So-Hee

           She is the blue moon of the dark night, who filles the sky with love and joy. Yoo Do-Hyuk felt her birth, but he was not sure. Han So-Hee born in a wealth family. She has everything in her life which is needed to live a fulfilled life. Time flies away and soon she turns 23. On her 23rd birthday, she felt heart ache it was the same day when she died in her past life. The Grim Ripper received a letter of her name. It was her death letter, and the date and time was same as her past life. When the Grim Ripper came to take her with him the scar on her chest shined bright, it was the same scar when she got stabbed in her past life. The Grim Ripper remembered her last word and felt her presence. He was ready to receive any punishment, So, He did not take her that day. From the next day he started noticing her closely. With the same innocence in her eyes and a smile with thousands of lives it was confirmed for him that she is Han So-Hee. In a few days again he received her death note. The reason of death was same, A heartache. Again, she felt pain, but he did not take her. Her parents got worried about her and went to a shaman for a solution because according to her medical reports she was absolutely fit. The shaman told her about her destiny which was connected with her past life. Her parents asked for a solution but there's nothing which can change her destiny. The Yeomna (God of death) called the Grim ripper and told him that this is his last work. He will get released from his work as Grim ripper. So, he can be reincarnated. His last work was to take Han So-Hee with him. In a few days he received the death note of her with the same reason of death. Han So-Hee felt heartache and her parents hospitalized her. She went in coma. She was practically in between life and death. Grim Ripper met her in her subconscious mind. When she saw him, she remembered her past life. She saw that he is living with the guilt and told him to get free from that guilt so that they can live a beautiful life together. She did not want him to live another eternity as a Grim Riper. She made another promise to meet in next life. They went towards tea house and decided to meet in a next life. 

               Yoo Do-Hyuk got released from his work of Grim Ripper. In the season of autumn, another reincarnation happed. Han So-Hee and Yoo Do-Hyuk meet in this life, they fall in love and living a life which is full of love. A life where there is not thing as separation, betrayal. but lots of warm moments of love. 

     In a long journey of two life, I realized that I was never running alone whenever I look back, he was also running towards me. I made a promise to meet him, but he waited thousands of years for me to fulfill my promise. - Han So-Hee.