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''[=ManXMan=]'' is a 2017 KoreanDrama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent for the NIS, Agent K. After another agent goes missing, he must retrieve three wooden statues, and the only way to do so is to become a part of Hallyu actor Yeo Woon-gwang's entourage. Therefore, Agent K takes up the identity of Kim Seol-woo to go undercover as Yeo Woon-gwang's bodyguard, while butting heads with Woon-gwang's manager Cha Do-ha.

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''[=ManXMan=]'' (also known as ''Man to Man'') is a 2017 KoreanDrama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent for the NIS, Agent K. After another agent goes missing, he must retrieve three wooden statues, and the only way to do so is to become a part of Hallyu actor Yeo Woon-gwang's entourage. Therefore, Agent K takes up the identity of Kim Seol-woo to go undercover as Yeo Woon-gwang's bodyguard, while butting heads with Woon-gwang's manager Cha Do-ha.



* DismantledMacguffin: The three statues are storage containers that each contain one third of the key to the late Chairman Mo's slush fund.

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* DismantledMacguffin: The three statues are storage containers that each contain one third of the key to the late Chairman Mo's slush fund. When assembled, the key has marks indicating the gps coordinates of vault. [[spoiler: And when disassembled, they can be used to opened a [[ConcealingCanvas safe hidden behind the late Chairman's portrait.]]]]


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** Later, K uses this ability to [[spoiler: fake the death of an enemy ghost agent after he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]], in exchange for evidence to clear Do-ha's father's name.]]


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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: The villains arrange for Lee Dong-hyun to get hit in what looks like a drunk driving accident while he's delivering key evidence to the NIS director]]
* MistakenForPregnant: The rumor mill at Chewing Entertainment decides that Do-ha is pregnant after being caught at a hotel with Bodyguard Kim. Her friend is horrified when she suggests they get a [[OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby drink together.]]
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* ClearTheirName: Cha Do-ha's father get's framed for the murder or Robert Yoon due to his connection to the victim and a criminal past making him the perfect scapegoat for the villains.
* DismantledMacguffin: The three statues are storage containers that each contain one third of the key to the late Chairman Mo's slush fund.


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* GetIntoJailFree: In the first episode, Agent K gets arrested as part of a rescue mission to break an officer out of prison.
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* NotAMorningPerson: Yeo Woon-gwang hates getting up in the morning, and is constantly late to his shoots as a result. Kim Seol-woo threatens him with a bomb on the first day of work to get him out of bed on time.
* NowYouTellMe: Kim Seo-woo quits his job and rejects Cha Do-Ha harshly after completing the first part of a mission, only to be told that he still needs his job so he can be close to Do-Ha.


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* TrackingDevice: Kim Seol-woo has has a coin with a tracking device. He gives it to Cha Do-ha when she gets targeted by the villains.
* VehicularSabotage: An assassin attempts to kill Yeo Woon-gwang by cutting the breaks to the car he's supposed to use in a stunt shot.


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* WildGooseChase: [[spoiler: The agent that kidnapped Cha Do-Ha discovers the coin with a tracking device, so he leaves it by a bomb, as a trap for Seol-woo.]]

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''[=ManXMan=]'' is a 2017 KoreanDrama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent who must go undercover as an Hallyu actor's bodyguard to complete a mission.

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''[=ManXMan=]'' is a 2017 KoreanDrama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent who for the NIS, Agent K. After another agent goes missing, he must retrieve three wooden statues, and the only way to do so is to become a part of Hallyu actor Yeo Woon-gwang's entourage. Therefore, Agent K takes up the identity of Kim Seol-woo to go undercover as an Hallyu actor's bodyguard Yeo Woon-gwang's bodyguard, while butting heads with Woon-gwang's manager Cha Do-ha.

Meanwhile, third-generation chaebol Mo Seung-jae wishes
to complete a mission.
retrieve the three statues for himself, and get rid of Yeo Woon-gwang because of Woon-gwang's history with his wife.


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* FakingTheDead: Agent K likes to clean up all loose ends from his fake identities lives by pretending to die in a car bombing. When he plans on doing this for his Kim Seol-woo persona, his superior points out that the bombing would create too much of a media buzz, and his face would be plastered all over Korea ruining his ability to do undercover missions.


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* WallPinOfLove: When Kim Seol-woo wants to lose some men tailing him without alerting Cha Do-ha to their presence, he ducks around a corner and holds her in this position until they leave.

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ManXMan is a 2017 Korean drama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent who must go undercover as an Hallyu actor's bodyguard to complete a mission.

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ManXMan ''[=ManXMan=]'' is a 2017 Korean drama KoreanDrama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent who must go undercover as an Hallyu actor's bodyguard to complete a mission.




FireForgedFriends: Kim Seol-woo forms this with Yeo Woon-gwang and Cha Do-ha over the course of the series.
PluckyGirl: Cha Do-Ha deals with with all the Danger Agent K brings into her life with common sense and courage.

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\n* FireForgedFriends: Kim Seol-woo forms this with Yeo Woon-gwang and Cha Do-ha over the course of the series.
* PluckyGirl: Cha Do-Ha deals with with all the Danger Agent K brings into her life with common sense and courage.courage.
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FireForgedFriends: Kim Seol-woo forms this with Yeo Woon-gwang and Cha Do-ha over the course of the series.
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ManXMan is a 2017 Korean drama and spy caper about An Elite ghost agent who must go undercover as an Hallyu actor's bodyguard to complete a mission.

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PluckyGirl: Cha Do-Ha deals with with all the Danger Agent K brings into her life with common sense and courage.

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