"Superman Returns" cutie Haru attempts banana mukbang and language study simultaneously at a fruit farm.
At KBS2 'The Return of SUPERMAN,' 17-month-old Haru challenges the harvest of his favorite fruit, bananas.
'The Return of SUPERMAN' (directed by Kim Young-min, hereafter 'The Return of SUPERMAN') has been loved by the public for 13 years since its first broadcast in 2013. Following Eun-woo in 2023, in the second and third weeks of June 2025, Jung-woo ranked within the top 10 for two consecutive weeks in the TV-OTT non-drama popularity category, and in the second week of August 2025, Haru and Shim Hyungtak simultaneously entered the top 10 in the same category, proving viewers' enthusiastic interest. (Good Data Corporation 기준) It also received the presidential citation in commemoration of the 14th "Population Day," showing the dignity of a "national parenting variety show."
The 629th episode of 'The Return of SUPERMAN,' airing Wednesday the 15th at 8:30 p.m., is titled "you, the prettiest to me" and features a fruit mukbang that explodes with the cuteness of 17-month-old Haru. After failing to harvest strawberries earlier, Haru regroups and challenges the harvest of his favorite fruit, bananas. Haru cannot take his eyes off a bunch of green bananas hanging on the tree. Reaching out with his tiny hand to touch the bananas and looking on with pleading eyes, Haru's appearance naturally brings a smile.
Haru watches the demonstration of picking a banana with intense concentration, then quickly identifies a target and boldly reaches out. Clutching a banana firmly in his hand, Haru exerts his chubby arm muscles as he attempts the harvest. After successfully harvesting the banana with a pop, he breaks into a radiant smile as if he had gained everything, unleashing cuteness. Shim Hyungtak said, "Haru's grip strength has gotten so good," expressing pride at Haru harvesting a banana by himself.
Haru also shows a magical appetite that makes five bananas disappear in an instant. Haru even snatches a banana from his father's hand and brings it to his mouth, popping the banana into his mouth before his father can even peel it, delivering a nonstop banana mukbang that causes bursts of laughter.
Meanwhile, Shim Hyungtak draws attention with word study that targets fruit-lover Haru's preferences. For Haru, who has started to mimic words after opening his mouth, he showed word cards saying, "Haru, this is a strawberry~" and then showed the fruit's taste to teach the names of various fruits. But Haru's adorable appearance, absorbed more in the tangy-sweet fruit mukbang than in word study, naturally brings smiles.
Viewers are increasingly looking forward to fruit-lover Haru's cute mukbang and charming word study moments.
Meanwhile, Shim Hyungtak, who is 17 years older, and Japanese national Saya legally became spouses when they registered their marriage in 2022, and held wedding ceremonies in Korea and Japan in 2023, respectively. They later welcomed their son Haru in January 2025.<
[Photo] KBS 2TV
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