Ever felt jealous of someone’s posts on social media and wished to have luck like them? An ongoing Kdrama called Battle for Happiness is just for you. It’s even gaining a lot of popularity after the release of its 2nd Episode.
In this world of social media, most people have become a slave to it and just can’t survive without it a day. There are influencers all over the SNS and we ordinary people are responsible for its subsequent increase.
But the moment these 3 women take their obsession to destroy each other seriously it leads to the death of one of them, and the story takes a jerking turn. Upside down many lives and revealing the true self of these women which was hiding behind the walls of Social Media.
The Kdrama features Lee El as Jang Mi-ho, Jin Seo-Yeon as Song Jung-ah, Cha Ye-Ryun as Kim Na-young and Park Hyo-Joo as Oh Yu-Jin. The drama is directed by Kim Yoon-Cheol and written by Joo Young-Ha.
So what’s waiting for, scroll down to get to know more about this thriller mystery drama.
Battle for Happiness: Preview
The drama starts with introducing Song Jung-ah, Kim Na-young and Oh Yu-Jin, who are popular influencers posting their happy life on social media. Out of these three women Oh Yu-Jin has the most followers and there’s always social media battle between these three. Whereas, Jang Mi-Ho is a sensible person who is the assistant manager of the Bank Marketing Team.
Whereas, Jang Mi-Ho find out about Oh Yu-Jin through a social media event held by their bank in which Oh Yu-Jin participated. They both met after years but their meeting wasn’t sweet it’s rather bitter, Oh Yu-Jin offers money to keep her mouth shut but Jang Mi-Ho refuses to take it and ended up following Oh Yu-Jin to her home to give back the money.
In the first episode, it was also seen that all these 3 women’s kids attend the same kindergarten. The kindergarten holds a winter function where they will perform Snow White, but only one snow white will be selected on the basis of singing, acting and outfit. The moms take this seriously and get their kids to practice for the audition fiercely.
In Episode 2, the play was cancelled cuz it was revealed by Hwang Ji-ye [an ordinary single mom whose daughter studies in the same kindergarten] Oh Yu-Jin’s daughter received training from one of the judges of an audition. To hide her false doing Oh Yu-Jin gives the plan to hold individual acts so that every kid can be the main star. All mothers agreed with her and so do the principal of Kindergarten.
Meanwhile, viewers got a hint of Oh-Yu Jin’s psychology. She seems sensitive whenever any of the other women posts on social media. She was seen arranging files in some mysterious pen drive which have some secret evidence to destroy other women’s happy life over social media and she is just waiting for the right time to reveal them.
Her life gets back to track again. She got collaborated with brands as an influencer and her life on social media seems to be more merrier. But this wasn’t for long.
Jang Mi-Ho leaves the apartment crying but she receives a very weird call from Oh-Yu Jin, in which she begs her to come and save her. Jang Mi-Ho couldn’t hear her properly as her voice was very dim, so she ignores it thinking it might be a mistake.
On the next day, shocking news comes up, famous influencer Oh-Yu Jin and her husband were found dead in their apartment. What could be the reason they both were dead? Was it a suicide or murder?
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Battle for Happiness Episode 3: Spoiler
From Episode 3 the story will take a serious turn. There’s, much not revealed but from the preview it seems that those 3 women and one ordinary mom Hwang Ji-ye also connected to this homicide and there is something these all are hiding under their Social media. What could it be? Make sure to watch the next episode as many truths and lies will unfold.
Battle for Happiness Episode 3: Release Date & Time
Battle for Happiness premieres its new episode on ENA South Korean Television Channel at 9.00 PM KST every Wednesday and Thursday. Episode 3 of Battle for Happiness is scheduled to release on 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 9.00 PM [KST]. However, the time of release is different in other countries. We have provided a list of times of release for a few countries below.
- For viewers in the USA, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 8.00 AM [EST]
- For viewers in Australia, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 10.00 PM [ACST]
- For viewers in the UK, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 1.00 PM [GMT]
- For viewers in India, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 5.30 PM [IST]
- For viewers in Indonesia, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 8.30 PM [WIB]
- For viewers in the Philippines,7th June 2023, Wednesday at 7.00 PM [PHT]
- For viewers in Thailand, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 7.00 PM [ICT]
- For viewers in Japan, 7th June 2023, Wednesday at 9.00 PM [JST]
Battle for Happiness Episode 3: Streaming Guide
For South Korean viewers the K-drama will be premier on ENA TV Channel. The new episodes of the K-drama will be released on TVING’s website but only locals can access it, international fans have to VPN to access it. Whereas it is available on Amazon Prime with English subtitles for a few countries only.
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