India, May 13 -- Fresh off the massive success of The King's Warden, which became one of South Korea's biggest box office hits ever, Park Ji Hoon seems to have landed another crowd-pleaser with The Legend of Kitchen Soldier. At first glance, the show's premise sounds completely absurd. A soldier working in a military kitchen suddenly starts seeing floating quests, level-up notifications and game missions only he can see. But somehow, the series makes it work.

The story follows Kang Seong Jae (Park Ji Hoon), a young man still struggling with the death of his father, a well-loved local chef. Soon after the tragedy, Seong Jae begins his mandatory military service carrying unresolved grief and emotional trauma.

Because of his unstable emoti...