Character Relationship Map: Our Body

Characters

• Ja-young (played by Moon Choi) — protagonist
• Hyun-joo (played by Ahn Ji-hye) — supporting
• Ja-young's mother (played by Kim Jung-young) — supporting
• Min-ji (played by Noh Susanna) — supporting
• Hwa-young (played by Lee Jae-in) — supporting
• Min-ho (played by Choi Jun-young) — supporting
• Tae-sik (played by Kim Sa-Kwon) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ja-young's mother → Ja-young (mother)
• Ja-young → Hwa-young (Family Sisters) — The sisters provide one another with intermittent practical and emotional support.

  Hwa-young is identified as Ja-young's younger sister, occasionally seeks refuge at Ja-young's apartment, and joins her on a run.

Story Dynamics

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

• Min-ji → Tae-sik (Alliance Grieving Teammates) — They share grief within the disrupted running community.

  At Hyun-joo's funeral, Min-ji and Tae-sik struggle together to accept the loss of someone from their running group.

• Tae-sik → Hyun-joo (Social Running Friends) — Their group connection is revealed through Tae-sik's response to Hyun-joo's death.

  Tae-sik is part of the running group and struggles to accept Hyun-joo's death at the funeral.

• Min-ji → Hyun-joo (Social Running Friends) — Their shared running community becomes marked by grief after Hyun-joo's death.

  Min-ji is part of the running group, and she struggles to accept Hyun-joo's death at the funeral.

• Ja-young → Min-ho (Alliance Running Teammates) — Min-ho is one of the group members who helps Ja-young persist with running.

  Ja-young gradually improves after joining the running group with encouragement from Min-ho.

• Ja-young → Tae-sik (Alliance Running Teammates) — Tae-sik contributes to Ja-young's adjustment to running and group activity.

  Ja-young improves in the running group with encouragement from Tae-sik.

• Ja-young → Min-ji (Alliance Running Teammates) — Min-ji supports Ja-young's growing participation in the running group.

  Ja-young joins a running group and gradually improves with encouragement from Min-ji.

• Ja-young → Hyun-joo (Social Close Confidantes) — Their intimate conversations create one of Ja-young's most meaningful personal connections.

  Ja-young grows closer to Hyun-joo through drinks and conversations about sex, loneliness, ambition, and lives they have not experienced.

Story Analysis

Ja-young struggles to rebuild an adult life through work, family tensions, running, intimacy, grief, and unresolved uncertainty.

Plot Progression

1. The Unfinished Examination — Ja-young prepares for another civil service examination but finally admits that she did not take it. Her uncertainty is intensified by her mother's pressure and the changing family home.
2. Finding a Physical Rhythm — Ja-young takes temporary work and joins a running group. With encouragement from Min-ji, Tae-sik, and Min-ho, she slowly rebuilds confidence in her body.
3. Intimacy Before Loss — Ja-young grows closer to Hyun-joo through running, drinks, and candid conversations. Hwa-young also turns to Ja-young for shelter and companionship.
4. The Body's Fragility — Hyun-joo suddenly dies, leaving the running group in grief. At the funeral, Ja-young is forced to recognize the uncertainty and vulnerability of adult life.
5. An Uncertain Professional Future — Ja-young enters an internship where full-time employment depends on evaluation. A missing presentation file, old data, and exhaustion leave her facing unresolved professional and personal pressure.