Blessing of the Sea

Blessing of the Sea (Korean: 용왕님보우하사) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee So-yeon, Jae Hee, and Jo An. The series aired every Monday to Friday at 19:15 (KST) on MBC.^[1][2]

Blessing of the Sea
Promotional poster
Also known as	Protect the Dragon King
Hangul	용왕님보우하사
Literal meaning	Protect the King
Revised Romanization	Yongwang-nimbouhasa
Genre	Melodrama Comedy Tragedy
Written by	Choi Yeon-kul
Directed by	Choi Eun-kyung
Starring	Lee So-yeon Jae Hee Jo An
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	121
Production
Executive producers	Jang Kyung-ik Kim Woo-taek Syd Lim
Producer	MBC C&I
Running time	35 minutes
Original release
Network	MBC
Release	January 14 (2019-01-14) – July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)

Synopsis

Shim Cheong-yi, a woman with an absolute vision that reads thousands of colors from all over the world, meets pianist Ma Poong-do who sees the world only in black and white. He shares love and life's beauty, and discovers the secret of her lost father.

Cast

Main

• Lee So-yeon as Shim Cheong-yi
• Jae Hee as Ma Poong-do
• Jo An as Yeo Ji-na
• Kim Hyung-min as Baek Shi-joon

Supporting

• Ahn Nae-sang as Shim Hak-kyu (Cheong-yi's feed father )
• Geum Bo-ra as Bang Duk-hee (Cheong-yi's feed mother)
• Ha Eun-jin as Jo Hun-jung (Shi-joon's cousin / Cheong-yi's friend)
• Jun Ah-min as Lee Woo-yang (Hun-jung's husband)
• Lee El-bin as Lee Tae-yang (Hun-jung & Woo Yang's son)
• Oh Mi-yeon as Ma Young-in (Ma Poong-do's grandmother)
• Im Ji-eun as Ma Jae-ran
• Park Jung-hak as Seo Pil-doo
• Lee Seul-ah as Oh Kwi-nyeo (Jae-ran's daughter)
• Yoon Bok-in as Jung Moo-shim (Shi-joon's mother)
• Kim Do-hye as Jung Yeol-mae (Moo-shim's adopted daughter)
• Baek Bo-ram as Go Yong-jung
• Min Chan-ki as Ryan (Poong-do's manager)
• Im Ho as Jo Ji-hwan (Shim Cheong-yi's biological father)

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[3]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	January 14, 2019	8.2%	8.2%	9.5%
2	January 15, 2019	8.1%	7.9%	10.5%
3	January 16, 2019	8.9%	9.3%	10.3%
4	January 17, 2019	7.8%	7.8%	10.9%
5	January 18, 2019	8.2%	8.4%	10.7%
6	January 21, 2019	9.0%	9.0%	10.3%
7	January 22, 2019	8.7%	8.1%	11.9%
8	January 23, 2019	8.4%	8.0%	10.2%
9	January 24, 2019	8.1%	8.2%	10.4%
10	January 25, 2019	8.3%	8.4%	10.0%
11	January 28, 2019	8.9%	8.5%	10.8%
12	January 29, 2019	8.1%	7.5%	10.2%
13	January 30, 2019	8.7%	6.3%	6.4%
14	January 31, 2019	8.5%	7.8%	10.9%
15	February 1, 2019	7.8%	7.4%	10.1%
16	February 7, 2019	8.2%	8.2%	9.4%
17	February 8, 2019	7.4%	7.2%	10.1%
18	February 11, 2019	8.0%	7.7%	9.9%
19	February 12, 2019	7.9%	7.4%	9.5%
20	February 13, 2019	7.9%	7.3%	9.3%
121	July 12, 2019	5.7%	6.1%	6.4%