I've already commented but I think many are missing it...there is an 'ending' so to speak, within the end credits. Without being spoilery,   IMO it makes sense of Ahn Joon-ho's actions in his final scene.

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I've already commented but I think many are missing it...there is an 'ending' so to speak, within the end credits. Without being spoilery,   IMO it makes sense of Ahn Joon-ho's actions in his final scene.

Can you please elaborate? I did not understand why he ran? or stood still?

jiha, did you watch what Luffy did at the end?

Hi, I have watched till the end credits where Luffy open fired the bullies. However, about Jun ho running, I don't think he is running away or trying to desert the army or anything as such  (like one of you have mentioned above).  Rather, I think he is still a  D.P soldier and was being summoned to catch a deserter (most probably Luffy). He was running worried because he knows firsthand how dangerous it could be to leave a mentally unbalanced deserter on his own.

so all the characters and all these events are based on REAL EVENTS??!!

like, was Jun Ho and the others in this drama based on real people?

tbh, i think junho ran because he had enough--he just realized that after everything, no one gave a shit that seokbong killed himself. at the end, training continued and the soldiers weren't even allowed to feel "gloomy". 

the show itself is a commentary on the brutality of the military, so it makes sense that ultimately, the one who is supposed to bring back the deserters will desert. even the officer in charge was constantly worried that they would desert when they were out, knowing that deserting might be better than staying. imo, it was all foreshadowing his final decision. 

the "enemies" or the bad guys were always the bullies and not the deserters. once junho realized that bringing them back wouldn't change the brutal reality that the bullies would never be charged and that bystanders would continue to just watch, he couldn't figure out why he kept doing his job. i think the author's shows that being a deserter is not inherently bad and that in some ways, it's a brave act. so i don't think it's unreasonable to believe he would make the main character, the hero, become a deserter himself. i read that the show is based on the author's own experience in the military--maybe he had imagined deserting and lived out his fantasy through junho