My Roommate Is a Gumiho
I ended up living with a gumiho.
Created by Park Joon-hwa
On tvN
A warm, playful fantasy romance built on the forced proximity of a 999-year-old gumiho and the college girl who accidentally swallows his fox bead, balancing supernatural strangeness with genuine emotional connection.
To become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead.
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Questions people ask
Does My Roommate Is a Gumiho leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of series.
Is My Roommate Is a Gumiho easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 86% of series.
Is My Roommate Is a Gumiho scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 70% of series.
Is My Roommate Is a Gumiho violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.
Is My Roommate Is a Gumiho sad? Not especially. Less sad than 63% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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