Ji-Dwi openly shows that he has a crush on A-Ro similar to Sun-Woo’s feeling for A-Ro. Meanwhile the young king tries his royal robe and throne in the episode7 of "Hwarang: Poet Warrior Youth..
Ji-Dwi, the young king in disguise made his first move by kissing A-Ro. She was surprised by the unexpected situation, but suddenly Sun-Woo enter the room and she tried to hide the incident from him.
However, Ji-Dwi came to Sun-Woo and said that he loves Sun-Woo’s foster sister A-Ro face to face. Sun-Woo punched Ji-Dwi, but Sun-Woo soon realized that he must be a good brother to her. So Sun-Woo look for A-Ro and promised to better take care of her.
The young king also met his mother the queen regent who takes the throne in his stead. He dressed in the king’s robe and his mother asked him whether he had enough power to wear the robe and sit on the throne. His mother told him that if he had enough power to wear the robe and sit on the throne, he could quit Hwarang and took the throne of Silla.
Ji-Dwi answered that he hadn’t.
Park Hyung-Sik who plays the young king in the drama received special mention from KBS. His acting as king and also member of Hwarang makes him become the main character in the drama.
The particular scene when Park to wear king’s robe and talked to his mother also noted by Seoul Daily News. The scene will become the important turning point for the drama.
In its fourth week of airing, “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth” managed to stay at the Top 20 list of the program based on the ratings. Its Episode 8 ranked 19th in the AGB Nielsen Korea with 7.6 percent after a lower rating in the Episode 7 and out from the list. While in the TnMS, the drama stayed at 7.2 percent for the Episode 7 and 8 in the 19th position.
Watch “Hwarang” Episode 7 preview from KBS World with English subtitle below:
