Brain-fficial () is a South Korean web television program on the History Korea channel, hosted by Kim Jong-min. Every week, a different guest appears, to have a one-on-one debate with Kim Jong-min on various topics. The show has aired on the channel's official YouTube, Naver and Facebook channels, starting from July 19, 2018.

On November 5, 2018, Brain-fficial opened its new channel and new episodes were released starting from November 15, 2018, after the last episode that was released previously on September 20, 2018.

On Season 2, the title of the show was changed from My Brain-fficial to Brain-fficial.

Starting from December 26, 2018, Brain-fficial started airing every Wednesday instead of every Thursday at 5pm KST.

Episodes

Season 1 No. Date of Release Debate Topic Stand Good-talker1July 19, 2018Do aliens exist?Kim Jong-min: NoJessie: YesJessie2July 26, 2018Is male Brazilian waxing necessary?Kim Jong-min: NecessaryYang Se-chan: Not necessaryYang Se-chan3August 2, 2018Is alcohol your foe or your friend?Kim Jong-min: Alcohol is your foeShin Ji: Alcohol is your friendShin Ji4August 9, 2018Is there a correlation between blood types and personalities?Kim Jong-min: No correlationDIA: There is a correlationChae-yeon, Jueun and Somyi of DIA5August 16, 2018Do such things as ghosts exist in this world?Kim Jong-min: No Haha: YesHaha6August 23, 2018Which is better, JonBuh or YeoPo?Kim Jong-min: JonBuh is the bestHong Jin-young: YeoPo are the bestHong Jin-young7August 30, 2018Impromptu battleYooA8September 6, 2018Which hero in Marvel is the strongest of them all?Kim Jong-min: ThorHyejeong: Dr. StrangeLee Seung-gook: Scarlet WitchHyejeong of AOA and Lee Seung-gook9September 13, 2018Which one is more accurate, Saju or Physiognomy?Kim Jong-min: SajuKim Hee-chul : PhysiognomyKim Hee-chul and Park Sung-jun 10September 20, 2018

Season 2 No.Date of ReleaseDebate TopicStandGood-talker1November 15, 2018Are friendships between men and women possible?Kim Jong-min: ImpossibleCha Tae-hyun: PossibleCha Tae-hyun2November 22, 2018Does food taste good when roasted or when eaten raw? Kim Jong-min: Food tastes good when it's roasted.Defconn: Food must be eaten rawDefconn3November 29, 2018Can a person tell a white lie?Kim Jong-min: One can tell a white lieGugudan's Sejeong, Nayoung and Hana: One should not tell a white lieGugudan's Sejeong, Nayoung and Hana4December 6, 2018Will you save a little bit of your salary or invest everything you have?Kim Jong-min: Save a little bit of your salary to investKim Joon-ho: Invest everything at one shotKim Joon-ho5December 13, 2018Is SNS your friend or your enemy?Kim Jong-min: SNS is my enemyShin Ji: SNS is my friendShin Ji and 6December 20, 2018Collection of viewers' topicsJi Sang-ryeol7December 26, 20188January 2, 2019Is geomancy a superstition or science?Kim Jong-min: The geomancy is supertitionHan Bo-reum: Geomancy is scienceHan Bo-reum9January 6, 2019Do people have superpowers?Kim Jong-min: NoKim Gun-mo: YesKim Gun-mo No. Date of Release Debate Topic Stand Expert10January 9, 2019 Kim Sung-jun (A calendarist)No.Date of ReleaseDebate TopicStandGood-talker11January 16, 2019What is the best martial arts in practice?Kim Jong-min: KendoSleepy: Jiu JitsuDinDin: BoxingDinDin and Sleepy12January 23, 2019Can you lend your money with your best friend?Kim Jong-min: CannotHong Jin-kyung: CanHong Jin-kyung13January 30, 2019What is the strongest of the three human needs?Kim Jong-min: SleepingKim Joon-ho: Sexual desireDefconn: AppetiteKim Joon-ho and Defconn14February 6, 201915February 13, 2019Shin Ji and 16February 20, 2019Where can you see a man's style? Kim Jong-min: ClothesShindong: HairShindong (Super Junior)17February 27, 2019What is ramen to you?Kim Jong-min: Ramen is ramen in the bag.Jung Eun-ji: Ramen is cup ramen.Apink's Jung Eun-ji18March 6, 2019What is the standard of old man?Parc Jae-jung, Kang Yu-mi and Christian Burgos19March 13, 2019What is the representative sport of Korea?Kim Jong-min: GolfPark Sung-kwang: BaseballGAMST: FootballPark Sung-kwang and GAMST20March 20, 2019Do you believe there is a thing call "previous life"?Kim Jong-min: NoSolbi: YesSolbi21March 27, 2019Do doppelgangers exist?Kim Jong-min: NoHong Jin-ho: YesHong Jin-ho22April 3, 2019Shin Ji and 23April 10, 2019Chan Mi, Young Bin and Genius SKLee24April 17, 201925April 25, 2019Kwanghee26May 1, 2019Is human nature good or bad?Kim Jong-minMoon Se-yoon: GoodMoon Se-yoon27May 8Dayoung, Soobin and Yoo Yeon-jung (WJSN)28May 15Doyeon, Yoojung and Sei (Weki Miki)29May 21 and 30June 6Lee Yong-jin31June 12Kim Ji-min and Kim Min-kyung32July 3Yoo Byung-jae33July 19Chaebin, Sunshine, Saebom (Nature) and Shin Ji34July 31Jang Do-yeon35September 18, 36September 2536October 2, 2019SinB, Umji (GFriend)36October 9, 2019Exy, Seola, Soobin (Cosmic Girls)37October 10, 201938October 16, 2019Are superstitions reliable? Kim Jong-min: Not reliableEun Ji-won: ReliableEun Ji-won39October 23, 201940October 30, 2019Oh Ha-young (Apink)41November 6, 2019Jang Gyu-ri, , (Fromis 9)

Notes

This is a special episode. Rather than the usual way where there is a fixed topic for every episode, for this episode, they will randomly choose three out of a number of colored balls and debate about the topic written on the slip of paper within.

This is another special episode where there's no fixed topic, but rather, they collected the viewers' topics and discuss 3 of them.

This is a special episode which is released on Sunday rather than the usual Wednesday in collaboration with My Little Old Boy.

This is a special episode which features Jong-min completing his 100 thousand subscribers pledge by singing 'Our Dream' (One Piece OST Part 1 Korean Version) which was sung originally by Koyote.

During this week, the edited version of Brain-fficial's 1st live YouTube video was released instead of the usual debating episode.

For this week, the edited version of Brain-fficial × KYT 20th Anniversary Fan Meeting live YouTube video was released instead of the usual debating episode.

This is a special episode to celebrate Brain-fficial YouTube channel's 1st Anniversary.

Awards and Norminations Year Award Category Result Ref.20192019 New Media ContentWeb Arts

References

External links Official Website Official YouTube Channel