Doom at Your Service

Doom at Your Service is a 2021 South Korean television series that aired on tvN from May 10 to June 29 of that year. The lead roles are played by Park Bo-young and Seo In-guk. The story centers on Tak Dong-kyung, a web novel editor whose life unravels after she learns she has only three months to live due to a glioblastoma, discovers her boyfriend is married with a pregnant wife, and deals with an irresponsible younger brother and a subway pervert. Drinking soju on her rooftop, she sees a shooting star and drunkenly wishes for the world to end. This wish reaches Myul Mang, a messenger between gods and humans born between dark and light. Though his presence is tied to destruction, he does not cause countries to vanish when he breathes, seasons to collapse when he walks, or lives to end when he smiles—that is an exaggeration not supported by the actual canon. Tired of his immortal life, he chooses to fulfill Dong-kyung’s wish on his birthday, and she signs a hundred-day contract with him, risking everything.

The main cast includes Park Bo-young as Tak Dong-kyung, a six-year editor at the publishing firm Life Story who has worked hard since her parents died in an accident; Seo In-guk as Myeolmang (also known as Myul Mang), a messenger who follows fate without passion and decides to end the world to end his own suffering; Lee Soo-hyuk as Cha Joo-ik, Dong-kyung’s colleague and editorial team leader; Kang Tae-oh as Lee Hyun-kyu, Joo-ik’s roommate and a café owner; and Shin Do-hyun as Na Ji-na (pen name Lee Hyun), Dong-kyung’s best friend and a web novelist.

Supporting characters include Dawon as Tak Sun-kyung, Dong-kyung’s younger brother; Woo Hee-jin as Kang Soo-ja, their aunt; Song Jin-woo as Park Chang-shin, CEO of Life Story; Song Joo-hee as Jo Ye-ji, Dong-kyung’s friend and fellow editor; Choi So-yoon as Kim Da-in (pen name Shanghai Park), a colleague; Park Tae-in as Park Jung-min, a new employee dating Da-in; Lee Seung-joon as Jung Seung-joon (pen name Jung Dang-myeon), a neurosurgeon and web novelist; Heo Jae-ho as Jijo King, a web novelist; Nam Da-reum as Park Young (pen name Gwi Gong-ja “Young Prince”), a star writer who is actually a high school student; Oh Yeon-ah as Dalgona, a web novelist with cancer who is a fan of Park Young; Son Woo-hyeon as Siberia, a web novelist whose grandfather died; and Jung Ji-so as So Nyeon-sin the goddess.