Early Access: Yumi's Cells 2 E6

E6. This was another great episode, with Yumi and Babi settling into their relationship, and crossing the various bridges that they encounter naturally, along the way.

This episode, the concept of stars representing our satisfaction levels with life, feels very relatable; I feel like many of us rate our days like this, whether consciously or not.

It's actually quite nice, to see the new routine that Yumi's gotten into, after quitting her job, starting the day with toast and coffee, then working on her study novel, before taking the bus to meet Babi for lunch.

I would absolutely believe that her lunch hour with Babi is where her stars get recharged the most; if I were Yumi, lunch with Babi would be the highlight of my day too. 😁🥰

It's also rather nice, that Yumi keeps in touch with Yi Da and Ruby, and has coffee with them, even though she's left the company.

It does seem like keeping her relationship with Babi a secret is wearing on Yumi a little bit, judging from how she reacts when Ruby shares the juicy news that Babi must be dating someone.

On that note, I don't actually understand why their relationship needs to be kept secret, since she's already left the company, so it's not like Babi's still dating a colleague..?

In this case, why not go public with their relationship? I wonder if this is something that she and Babi have talked about, or if this is just them on autopilot, and continuing to keep things under wraps, because that's how they'd started?

The idea that Yumi gets anxious when her stars are fully charged also makes sense, particularly since she's unemployed and not earning a salary, in favor of chasing her dream. It's perfectly normal that Yumi would have at least some level of anxiety around that.

That dinner date that she has with her old friend (cameo by Park Jin Joo! 🤩) sums up that anxiety perfectly.

While the rest of the world is continuing to move up the advancement ladder, Yumi isn't, and that's only fine and good, while she's in her own little bubble of happiness.

When her friend Eun Hee starts talking about her promotion and how everyone else is getting promoted, Yumi can't help but feel left behind.

And when Eun Hee expresses shock at Yumi's decision to leave her job in order to pursue her dream, it really is hard to remain unmoved, when Eun Hee keeps bringing up examples of people she's known, who've done similar things, only to end up losing everything in the end.

This is real talk, when it comes to going against the grain and leaving the path of success that everyone else is on, and I'm glad that Show shines the spotlight on this.

Yumi getting a bit of her star energy back, when she reminds Eun Hee that she doesn't need to go in to the office tomorrow, unlike everyone else, is a pretty nice little save. Yes, it's little things like that, that help to sweeten the sting.

It's a bummer that Yumi isn't gaining much traction with her writing dreams, but it is comforting to see Babi being so sweet and supportive, through it all.

He keeps a close eye on her competition results, but doesn't add pressure to her by asking her what those results are, and instead, lets her tell him, in her own time.

But, he also makes sure to be there for her, like how he offers to buy dinner over to her place, because he knows that she's probably feeling down about not placing in the most recent competition. Aw. He's so very thoughtful and sweet. 😍

This episode, I'm hugely tickled by what goes on in Yumi's cell town, when kissy times with Babi go in a hot 'n heavy direction.

Naughty cell needing it to be dark in order to be naughtier, and making that emergency call to the hand center, and the hand center being completely confident of locating the light switch even with Yumi's eyes closed, is very amusing to me.

Hahaha. I can totally see such a scenario happening, where all these little contextual surrounding tweaks are made as furtively as possible, so as not to interrupt the kiss that's going on. 😁

Too bad that their little rendezvous is interrupted by the arrival of Yumi's parents, oops.

Sweet ol' Dad getting all prickly and territorial over Yumi is classic dad behavior, and I'm not surprised that it's Mom who's more ready to welcome and embrace Babi as Yumi's boyfriend.

It's secondhand embarrassing, but still quite entertaining, to see Dad test Babi, and compete against Babi the way he does. I can see that Dad feels pretty threatened by this new male presence in Yumi's life, like Babi's going to replace Yumi's need for him.

Aw. That does make me feel a bit bad for Dad.

Dad falling off the stool while trying to fix Yumi's shelf is quite unfortunate, but it does force him to depend on Babi for a bit, and see for himself, that Babi's a good, dependable guy.

The whole arc about Mom suspecting that Babi's from a rich family is pretty entertaining too.

The way Mom puts it, that Babi's dripping with elegance, and therefore it's unlikely that his family's "small business" is actually that small, is quite persuasive, honestly.

I could believe that if Babi were some kind of chaebol prince, that he would be pretty low-key and modest about it, ie, I could believe that he would refer to the family business as a small business.

Babi's phone conversation with his sister also makes that theory very plausible, so I'm not surprised that Yumi's imagination goes into overdrive, as she remembers Babi talking about not liking his father all that much.

Hunger cell's yogurt test is quite amusing, and I feel like I've seen that in a drama somewhere (I think it might have been Dali and the Cocky Prince?), so perhaps this really is A Thing? That, or a parody, ha. 😁

I couldn't help but notice Babi's cheeky grin, as he tells a very distracted Yumi that he's going out to be buy more snacks for them, coz he's hungry.

This is the thing that clued me in to the fact that Babi's actually teasing Yumi, knowing that she's trying to process the idea that he might be some kind of rich young master, and the heir to his family business.

Writer cell coming up with the dramatic scenarios, while Emotion and Stingy act out said scenarios, is very cute. And what a fun touch, that Detective cell surmises that Writer cell is more cut out to be a drama writer than a novelist. Heh. This could be very true!

Ahaha, as it turns out, Babi's the son of a tteokbokki business, which is completely the opposite of Yumi's chaebol fears. It's really endearing, actually, the way Yumi hugs Babi and is so happy that he's not some kind of chaebol.

Our Yumi's not a gold-digger, that's for sure!

I am suitably extremely tickled at how the hand center successfully switches off the light again, when kissy times get hot 'n heavy.

How cute, that Right Hand completes the mission, and then goes off on his own, to touch Babi's spinal canyon. Which is when we get the visual, of Yumi's fingers running down Babi's spine.

And then, the way Right Hand gets trapped and is unable to move, because Babi's got Yumi in an octopus hug, and so decides to land on the nearest planet, H2 - Babi's left butt cheek -  instead, is as thrilling as it is hilariously entertaining.

I just love the way all the cells in the command center cheer at the successful landing of Right Hand, on planet H2. Tee hee hee! This is so cute! 😂😂

And what a great way to tie it all back, when we see Yumi contentedly cuddling with a very sleepy-sexy Babi the next morning, her stars already fully charged.

Love, love, LUFF. 😍😍

Next episode notes will be out on: Monday, 11 July 2022!