Character Relationship Map: Master's Sun

Characters

• Tae Gong-sil / "Sun" (played by Gong Hyo-jin) — protagonist

  Tae Gong-sil is a gloomy woman who began seeing ghosts after an accident. When she touches Joo Joong-won, the ghosts surrounding her disappear, leading her to plead for permission to stay by his side....

• Kang-woo (played by Seo In-guk) — supporting
• Tae Yi-ryung (played by Kim Yoo-ri) — supporting
• Cha Hee-joo / "Hanna Brown" (played by Hwang Sun-hee) — supporting
• Tae Gong-ri (played by Park Hee-von) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kang-woo → Tae Yi-ryung (Romantic Interest) — Kang-woo develops feelings for Yi-ryung
• Tae Gong-sil / "Sun" → Tae Gong-ri (Family Sisters) — Gong-sil and Gong-ri are sisters with complicated relationship
• Tae Gong-sil / "Sun" → Tae Yi-ryung (Family Sisters) — Gong-sil and Yi-ryung are sisters with complicated relationship

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Tae Gong-sil / "Sun" → Cha Hee-joo / "Hanna Brown" (Conflict Rival) — Initially rivals for Joong-won's affection, later develop mutual respect
• Tae Gong-sil / "Sun" → Kang-woo (Social Friends) — Kang-woo supports Gong-sil and develops feelings for her

Story Analysis

The single-season narrative follows a ghost-seeing woman through supernatural cases, emotional attachment, separation, and reunion with a powerful businessman.

Plot Progression

1. Season 1: First Encounters — The CEO meets a woman who can see ghosts, and their difficult relationship begins. A haunted fountain and a dead shop owner's wife expand the supernatural mystery.
2. Season 1: Ghostly Complications — The ghost-seer is allowed to remain close to the CEO while a ghost matchmaker warns her about spirits seeking access to the living. Her growing connection with Kang-woo adds emotional uncertainty.
3. Season 1: Secrets and Possession — The CEO learns about Kang-woo's hidden motive, while the ghost-seer reveals her secret to him. A dead pianist's wife possesses her, and the CEO saves her from the supernatural threat.
4. Season 1: Love Beyond Death — The ghost-seer helps resolve several unfinished ghostly stories, including the case of a hidden-identity mall CEO and a missing child. Her kiss with the CEO is followed by his apparent death and ghost...
5. Season 1: Separation and Reunion — The ghost-seer works with the ghost matchmaker while the CEO suffers from a hole in his memory. After revelations about the twins, a returning child ghost, and a period of self-discovery, the two reun...