Dear X (2025)

Here lies Dear X: Born Brilliant, Died Confused.

I’m going to be honest right from the start: Dear X is a drama that made me fall in love, get betrayed, and then sit alone in the ruins wondering how something so brilliant could implode so fast. If I could freeze this drama at episode 5, I’d be singing songs of its greatness from rooftops. But since we have to consider the full package, here’s my eulogy for a drama that could’ve been legendary, but ultimately forgot its own identity.

Let me start with the praise, because the one thing I will always give this drama is Kim Yoo-jung’s performance. She was outrageous in the best way. Truly phenomenal. She didn’t just play Baek Ah-jin, she inhabited her like she was slipping in and out of different skins. The way she could shift from a wounded girl to a calculating strategist to someone who looked you dead in the eyes with nothing but ice behind them? That was masterclass level. She made emotional masking look like a finely tuned instrument. Even when the script was disintegrating in later episodes, KYJ kept delivering like she didn’t get the memo that the writing team had gone on vacation. If there’s anything I will remember fondly from this drama, it’s her work.

And honestly, those first five episodes were some of the best early-arc sociopathic drama writing I’ve seen in a long time. Tight. Sharp. Precise. The tone was controlled, the character motivations were clear, and Ah-jin’s world was built with this fascinating blend of trauma-driven instincts and strategic manipulation. I loved watching her. I loved studying her. She was a beautifully crafted paradox , someone who looked like a monster but was really just a broken girl surviving with the only tools she had left. If the drama had kept its momentum, if it had trusted the spine it built in those early hours, we could’ve easily been talking about one of the best psychological thrillers of the year.

But then came episode 6, where the show basically walked out of its own body and said, “What if we try being… a different genre?” And from that point on, it felt like the drama lost its confidence. Like it suddenly became terrified of its own brilliance and started backpedaling into blandness. Instead of escalating Ah-jin’s complexity, the show deflated her. Instead of sharpening the stakes, it softened everything into mush. Episodes 6 and 7 were such a nosedive that I almost couldn’t believe it. The drama suddenly didn’t know what story it wanted to tell, survival, revenge, fame, romance, comedy? It tried to juggle everything, dropped everything, and then acted like nothing happened.

Let’s talk about that fake romance arc. My god. It was already flimsy as an idea, but they dragged it out so long that I started aging in real-time. It wasn’t even fun, or spicy, or necessary. It just… sat there. A limp fish of a plotline that drained all the tension out of the show every time it appeared. And worse, it completely cheapened Ah-jin. This character who was introduced as a tactical, emotionally guarded mastermind suddenly… what? Decides seduction is her new superpower? I’m sorry, but that’s not character growth, that’s character confusion. I went from watching someone who played psychological chess to someone who suddenly decided her whole arc was going to be Jessica Rabbit cosplay. The whiplash was real.

Then there’s the marriage arc with the psycho chaebol. I don’t even know what to do with that storyline. It felt like the writers wanted shock value, remembered they forgot to escalate anything for five episodes, and tossed in a new plotline like a last-minute seasoning packet. It was rushed, messy, and honestly beneath the potential the show had. There were moments, tiny glimmers, where I thought, “Oh, maybe they’re getting their soul back.” But nope. It immediately collapsed into nonsense again. It was like watching someone try to revive a plant by watering the plastic pot next to it.

And the ending? Don’t get me started. Absolute garbage. A deus ex machina disguised as plot armor disguised as “meaning.” Suddenly Ah-jin is immortal. Untouchable. Invincible. The laws of narrative gravity don’t apply to her anymore. All tension evaporates because the drama refuses to let consequences land. This isn’t clever writing. This is the storytelling equivalent of shrugging and hoping the audience won’t notice the holes big enough to park a bus.

Then we have the symbolism. Visually beautiful, yes. Symbolically meaningful? Absolutely not. Symbolism only works if the story establishes a visual vocabulary early on and then builds on it consistently. Dear X didn’t do that. Instead, it slapped symbolic imagery onto unrelated scenes in the final stretch and expected us to clap like seals. I’m sorry, but no. That’s not profound. That’s the writers setting the script on fire and pretending the ashes spell poetry. The audience isn’t confused because we “don’t get it.” We’re confused because the drama never taught us the language it suddenly expected us to speak.

So here’s my verdict: Dear X is a tragedy, not in its plot, but in its wasted potential. The first half of this drama is a masterpiece waiting to happen. The second half is a slow-motion collapse that left me emotionally drained in the worst way possible. This is a eulogy for the brilliance we glimpsed but were never allowed to fully have. And while KYJ gave one of her best performances ever, everything around her simply fell apart. By the end, I wasn’t even angry. I was just sad, exhausted, and ready to move on.

If you ever watch Dear X, stop at episode 5. Pretend the rest is fanfiction. Your heart will thank you.

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"It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero..."

—What did she do for them?
*Nothing.
—What did they do for her?
*Everything.
—Why?
... 

What. A. Brilliant Drama!

She was flying up so high, that when she fell, she kept falling until she crossed the path of the bottomless pit of hell. Then she rose from the ashes of misery! This was an unusual story of an anti-heroine who fought and crawled her way out of hell to make you believe that when darkness persists, daylight will not come until you let it in. So it remained dark, without any hope of light.

It's been a while since I enjoyed a thriller/ suspense drama after Strangers From Hell. Witnessing the rise of Baek Ah Jin from one traumatic past to another, they kept me on the edge of the seat in every single episode. I couldn't fathom how far she would go for her success, even if it endangered people's lives.

Ajin, single-handedly, carried the show on her shoulders. She made me despise her every action because she never wanted to play safe. Her creepy smile made my skin crawl! If she doesn't get the best actress award for this, I don't know who will.
Other characters, Jun Seo and Jae Oh, were her constant partners through thick and thin as her life proceeded, even though they knew how little they meant to her. Kim Ji Hoon as Jeong Ho was outstanding.

Honestly, I kept this review as vague as possible because I want people to enjoy what I enjoyed. It's better if you know very little about it. I loved it but it wasn't without flaws. There were several plot holes which weren't solved, even addressed. But I cannot let go of that eerie, restless feeling that I got from this drama. Often I found myself deeply moved by this storyline, definitely not in a positive way. Regardless of all the negative points, I liked it more than I expected because it's a drama I didn't expect anything to be "good" because I shamelessly expected it to get worse for a character who's beyond the fixing. Let's say when she hit the rock bottom, you can't expect fighting, surviving and crawling the way up can't be anything fairytale like. She must trample to achieve the throne, that was all she knew.

Overall, it's a must-watch if you want to be entertained throughout the series. I ensure that your sudden dopamine rush will keep you thinking about it for a long time.

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THANK YOU to the creators of this drama for getting me out of my drama slump

It’s not often that a drama sucks me in and has me this invested within the first 4 episodes. I’ll admit - I’m a sucker for media that artfully plays with the morally grey. All too often, characters that are intended to be morally grey are either too hateable or too likeable in a way that feels inauthentic and uninspiring. This drama balances that line so well. The storyline so far is cleverly written and thought-provoking, and the actors are all holding their own in some pretty difficult scenes. I’m particularly impressed with Kim Young-dae - I saw a few of his dramas about five years ago and swore to never watch another because I thought he was such a flat actor - but he has improved massively and a clip of him in this drama is actually what drew me to watch it in the first place. He’s been added to my list of actors whom I think can actually pull off an obsessed, yearning to the point of losing their mind character like the male lead in this. Fingers crossed that the plot doesn’t fall off from here on out.

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For pple who compare this with webton! True psychopath was junseo!

Opinion of sb wise :
I honestly think this show was fundamentally telling a different story from what we expected in episode 1 and what’s in the manhwa. Jun-seo never really saw or understood Ah-jin. That “documentary” misrepresented her completely and was clearly designed to ruin her.. but not so she couldn’t hurt people anymore. That’s just what he claimed. Because if that was his interest, he could go to the cops so she could face justice for her actual crimes. But he didn’t do that. Instead, he wanted to make her dependent on him so he could be the one to control her, which is what he explicitly said in the car. He viewed it as him saving her but that was him lying to himself.

And also, does it even make any sense that he decided to go that far because of what Jae-ho did? He knew it was Jae-ho’s conscious decision and the show goes out of its way to make it clear he wasn’t coerced. And after being married, what did Ah-jin actually do wrong that wasn’t her trying to protect herself from someone who was determined to break her? Jun-seo didn’t do it for any noble reason; he did that because he wanted to be the one to control Ah-jin, as he himself admitted.

And when you think about it- isn’t he the true sociopath of the story? And I mean that just in terms of the clinical definition and not their actions. But isn’t he the one who couldn’t genuinely engage with Ah-Jin and make her laugh like Jae-oh did? Who couldn’t connect with Re-na (versus Ah-jin who actually did connect with In-gang)? When did you ever see him genuinely smile? Over the course of the show, Ah-jin showed more emotions than he did for sure.

And then there’s the part where we as the audience realize that this whole framing of Ah-jin as a sociopath is something that Jun-seo himself created from the documentary that was shown at the beginning of the series. It’s not actually based in fact or from any actual direct evaluation by a psychologist.

Now did Ah-jin do many terrible things that she should be held accountable for? Yes without a doubt. But I think any inconsistencies in the story or characters were very much intentional because Jun-seo, who was the source of much of our understanding of her, is an unreliable narrator who never truly saw her. so with that in mind, the ending blew me away and I thought this show was excellent. but I think if I’d read the manhwa first, I would have had a hard time because it seems the stories are very very different.

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disappointed

Throughout the series, I kept expecting they were going to take the show in some unexpected place. In the end, I think they took it to the almost obvious.

In the end, I felt like it was a 16 episode k-drama that ran out of budget at 12. There were so many loose ends. The ends that were closed, I felt that was dumb way to close them.

IMO, THE main reason to watch this show is to be treated with the stunning beauty of Kim Yoo Jung. She is perhaps the most stunning ever in this show. While watching the show, the thought of how other worldly beautiful she is keeps crossing my mind. I always thought it odd how she almost never is included in top ten lists of most beautiful Korean actresses. In my book, she has been #1 for a long time, and #1 by a comfortable margin. Maybe my tastes are unusual, but it doesn't seem so to me.

I do think it was pretty courageous for Kim Yoo Jung to take this role, considering how the Korean public often confuses the actor with the role. I hope this doesn't kill her career. I think she did quite a credible job.

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Captivating From Start to Finish

I’ll be completely honest — this is the best drama I’ve watched this year. Kim Yoo Jung is simply irreplaceable as an actress. I have no doubt that she will continue to show us even more of her talent in the future.

As for the story itself, I haven’t read the webtoon, though I’ve seen a few reviews, and I truly believe I’ll read it one day. But today, this review is about the drama.

From the very first episode, the series pulled me in completely, and I found myself eagerly waiting for each new week. That alone added an extra point to my final rating — as a viewer, it’s extremely important to me to look forward to the next episode and to keep thinking about the story throughout the week.

Even though some episodes were calmer, they were still so engaging that I barely noticed when they ended.

I truly believe that Kim Yoo Jung was made for this role, and it’s clear how much work and dedication she put into this character.

I’ve seen many discussions about the ending, and while I partly understand the criticism, after watching the finale several times I can confidently say that it carries a beautiful, poetic meaning. People like Ajin don’t disappear from life easily — they always find a way to turn situations to their own advantage.

This year, I struggled to get through most dramas, but this was the one I genuinely waited for every week — and it didn’t disappoint me even a little.

Final score: 10/10

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“Dear X: 12 Episodes of ‘WHAT Is Wrong With You?’”

I went into Dear X expecting psychological depth, morally grey characters, and maybe a slow-burn descent into darkness. What I got instead was a beautifully acted, well-shot exercise in “WHY are you like this???”

Let’s start with the good, because yes — there is good:

The acting? 9/10.
Everyone understood the assignment. Faces were face-ing. Eyes were acting. Micro-expressions were micromanaging my blood pressure. No complaints there. If talent alone could save a drama, this cast would’ve carried it on their backs like Olympic champions.

Now.
The story.
Oh. The story.

I don’t mind morally bankrupt characters. I love complex villains. I can appreciate toxic narratives when they are saying something. But Dear X made me want to reach through the screen, grab a certain manipulative, sick, sociopathic menace by the collar, and politely but firmly punch her in the teeth. For character development. For science. For my sanity.

This wasn’t “wow, fascinatingly twisted.”
This was “everyone should run — not walk — in the opposite direction.”

The plot kept dangling the promise of depth, consequences, or catharsis — and then said, “Actually? No ❤️”
It felt less like a psychological thriller and more like watching a slow-motion car crash where everyone involved has a driver’s license and still chooses chaos.

And let’s talk about the unforgivable crime:

She killed my pookie.
Hwang In-yeop was out here doing the most — acting his soul out, serving pain, vulnerability, and sincerity — only to be emotionally, narratively, and spiritually DESTROYED. I will never forgive this drama for taking him from me. Ever. That loss alone knocked at least two points off my lifespan.

Music? 5/10.
It existed. It played. It did not emotionally support me in my time of need.

Chemistry?
Yes, there was acting chemistry — tension, intensity, sparks — but instead of butterflies I felt impending doom. Not romance. Not yearning. Just vibes that scream “this will end badly and I will need therapy.”

Rewatch value: 1/10.
I survived it once. That’s enough. This is not a “rewatch for nuance” drama — this is a “thank you, next” experience.

By the end, I wasn’t crying. I wasn’t devastated.
I was just… tired. Tired and mildly enraged. Like I’d finished a beautifully written essay that concluded with the wrong answer on purpose.

Final verdict:
Story: 5.0
Acting / Cast: 9.0
Music: 5.0
Rewatch value: 1.0
⭐ Overall rating: 5/10

Dear X is the kind of drama that makes you appreciate good acting while simultaneously making you question humanity, free will, and why nobody in this universe goes to therapy.

Would I recommend it?
Only if you enjoy:
being stressed
yelling at your screen
mourning Hwang In-youp
and developing a sudden urge toward fictional violence
Respectfully.
Now excuse me while I cleanse my soul with a drama that doesn’t make me whisper “what the fuck” every ten minutes.

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A (Semi) Deep Dive Into the Tale of Dear X

I rarely write reviews on here... but I will do for this drama because how much I genuinely enjoyed & liked it. Now that I've finished and mostly processed the finale/show, allow me to yap...

So, I pretty much loved this show. It was very dark, I'll say that right now. Darker than most dramas I've watched, and I watched all 3 seasons of Penthouse lol. The atmosphere was perfect. BUT! The cinematography, OST, and the acting? Amazing! That BGM kicked ass too! Also, Kim Yoo-Jung is now one of my favorite actresses... this is my first time seeing her as an adult. She made a seriously great impression on me. It's almost like she became Ah-Jin, and it was chilling to see. Kim Young-Dae surprised me as the brooding(?), but flawed and unlikable Jun-Seo... I was never a fan of his before, but his performance was great here. Kim Do-Hoon, who played the loyal but tragic Jae-Oh (RIP to him, he was a real ride-to-die...) I'm checking out more of his dramas. I already plan to watch Moving, because he blew me away here. Lee Yeol-Eum as Im (or is it Kim?) Lena... nothing much to say. She did a fine job. The supporting actors were all great too (it was nice to see Bae Soo-Bin again!)

The story and characters... I will admit, yes, I rooted for Ah-Jin because I love a villain origin story! Did she do terrible things? Absolutely. But I partially rooted for her out of spite, because some of the things people were saying here were wild. I love villain protagonists (YEAH, SHE'S A VILLAIN PROTAGONIST. SHE'S *EVIL!* SUCK IT UP!!!) in general. BUT she was my girl, her backstory with her parents (SCREW the dad) was so sad! It's toxic, it's complicated. Moving onto... Jun-Seo. This is a weird one, because I didn't like him, I found him to be hypocritical and selfish... but that reveal at the end... I didn't expect it. 👀 I'm still confused, though. was he the real villain of the story all along, or was it Ah-Jin? Really makes you think. Onto Jae-Oh... again, very tragic. I didn't like him at first, but when I actually got to know him, I felt so sorry for him! 😭 He didn't deserve any of what he went through, and his relationship with Ah-Jin was so fucked up. Wow, my heart is still broken for him. Lena, I don't have much of anything to say about her, I didn't care about her nor did I like her. I was relieved when she left. Bye, bitch! Love how complex the main/central characters were.

BEFORE I CONTINUE! Let me say right away, I didn't give a single DAMN ABOUT THE ROMANCE IN THIS SHOW. I did not ship Ah-Jin with Jun-Seo or Jae-Oh at all, not even when they were in high school. Jun-Seo had a massive savior complex and Jae-Oh was essentially in a symbiotic toxic friendship with her. I didn't even care about Lena's little crush on Jun-Seo, and even the relationship with In-Kang (that poor man...) and Ah-Jin felt somewhat out of place. (Yes, I know it was a part of Ah-Jin's plan, but still.)

Do-Hyuk... okay, while I think he was a great villain and I loved his slow introduction... he felt... kinda random? I was cool with him getting away with the awful stuff he did since it reflects real life (all too well), but... I think the issue is that he felt underdeveloped. Yes, and ended up being underwhelming. He drove his wife crazy, tormented Ah-Jin, and seems to be this total control freak, but... why? A backstory would've sufficed, a flashback, anything! Ah... the supporting characters. Sung-Hee? Got what she deserved, and I feel like there was no point to her character. And she reminded me too much of Ha Eun-Byul from Penthouse. Probably why I despised her lol, but In-Kang... another unfortunate casualty of Ah-Jin's ambition. Also didn't care for him. CEO Seo was fine. Ji-Sun- I HATE YOU BITCH! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU AND I HOPE YOU DIED IN THE FINALE FOR REAL! GO TO HELL!!!!! (Yes, the actress did an amazing job.) The grandmother is the only one I had some sympathy for, along with the baseball player (Mr. Choi.) I like that Mr. Choi ended up being one of the few decent people in the end.

Critiques? Some scenes honestly felt too drawn out to the point where it was awkward. Lots of staring, lots of silence, interesting shots. It was likely a stylistic choice, but it kinda hurt the pacing of the drama for me. This is common in k-dramas, though, so whatever. Second, Ah-Jin being tormented by Do-Hyuk went... nowhere? It was beyond stressful to watch, yeah. I feel like she should've realized he was "toying with her", then faked being crazy and killed him "accidentally". Now that would've been WILD! Third, the final episode... I'm still confused. Was Ah-Jin really a sociopath or not? Was it all through Jun-Seo's perspective? What was the point of the documentary? Why did Jun-Seo pick up Ah-Jin when she went into the street? And why did Jun-Seo turn on her like that when he was enabling her all along? I loved the final scenes, though. I hope there's a season 2 that explains everything, or bonus/special episodes... something. (I also wish it wasn't a miniseries, but I can't complain.) I guess the ending being open-ended was fine, it's unconventional which is what I liked about it. Sometimes the best ending is a pyrrhic victory- getting what you want, but at the ultimate cost.

My rating... tricky. This is one of the best k-dramas I've watched in recent years. Of course, it's not perfect. But it was intense, I got hooked onto it, and I loved Ah-Jin and her ruthless climb to the top. Nailed it as a psychological thriller. So I'm giving this a 9/10. Would I rewatch this? Uh... probably not. Some parts were definitely heavy for me, I had to either skip it or look away lmao, but this was a great drama. And impressive for my first webtoon-turned-k-drama (which I've never been into/liked, personally.)

Thank you to SunOh and a few commenters on here for recommending it to me and pushing me to start it- glad I fell for the hype!

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Only aesthetics

Dear X — a drama obsessed with looking meaningful instead of being meaningful

Dear X has incredible set design, moody lighting, and a premise that could’ve been brutal and smart. Then it becomes a show where characters do things simply because the writer wanted an aesthetic moment.

The story falls apart the moment Baek Ah-jin becomes famous. Her sudden “I want this guy to fall for me” arc isn’t mysterious or twisted, it’s random. There’s no reason behind it, no consequences, no emotional payoff. It doesn’t reveal anything new about her. It’s a time-killer disguised as a plot.

The step-sibling obsession to THAT extent is the same problem. it’s just thrown in, and the show hopes you’ll accept it because the idea of it is dramatic. He was a blind dog on a leash, way too dramatic

Older Ah-jin’s emotional life never lands. The actress delivers anger and pain like she’s checking off expressions, but you never see those feelings change what she does. That’s why her rage feels empty: it doesn’t drive the story forward, it just appears and disappears between pretty shots.

The only relationship with real logic is the protector character. His backstory gives his loyalty weight. He clings to her because he knows what being abandoned is. He’s the lone emotional anchor in a show full of cardboard performances.

The pacing isn’t slow, it’s directionless. Scenes repeat ideas they never develop. Whole episodes exist for mood, dramatic hallways, long stares, expensive wardrobe, but nothing underneath evolves.

Dear X thinks darkness is enough. It isn’t. Darkness needs intention. Otherwise it’s just wallpaper.

The ending tries to go for tragic, but it never earns tragedy. Shock without setup is confusion. The finale doesn’t answer questions, it exposes the fact that the show never knew what it wanted to say in the first place.

In the end, Dear X is a beautiful optical illusion:
aesthetics pretending to be depth.

You keep waiting for the story to reveal something real about trauma, ambition, survival, or cruelty but the reveal never comes, because the writers never built anything beneath the surface.

It’s not a bad idea. It’s a wasted one!!!!!

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Ah Jin was truly a Sociopath (and I LOVED it)

Throughout majority of this drama I felt that Ah Jin could have redeemed herself (I know that's not how it works with a true sociopath but I thought that was where the writing was going (I didn't read the source material)). There were several points were I thought she genuinely cared about some of the people around her especially after the appearance of the grandmother of her boyfriend. She seemed to genuinely care for her and I still think that had the grandmother lived Ah Jin could have grown some humanity. I also realised very early on that romantic relationships mean nothing to Ah Jin and only familial relationships could have any emotional impact on her since her parents were the reasons she became like this.

As much as I wanted Ah Jin to grow emotional attachments to people, I LOVE that by the end she was truly a sociopath with no empathy or emotional attachment to others. Her ending surprised me because I thought that we would see her breakdown from losing everyone I thought she cared about, but at the very end, seeing her not care at all gave me the chills (despite knowing what a sociopath is). I really thought they would tone down her sociopathic tendancies as the drama went on because I feel like majority of the time when there is a female lead like Ah Jin, a female lead who has no empathy, writers decide to make the female character more emotional vulnerable out of nowhere. But that was not the case here, if anything she gets worse but you don't see just how horrible of a person Ah Jin is until the very end.

The only thing I didn't like about the end was Jae O's death being pointless. He sacrificed himself so that Ah Jin could live the life she wanted, the least Jun Seo could have done was expose Do Hyeok for killing Jae O if he wasn't going to help Ah Jin. Jae O was honestly the best character in this entire drama, and way better than Jun Seo with his annoying saviour complex. When Do Hyeok was introduced I thought he was too psychotic for Ah Jin (despite one of my reasons for starting this drama being the fact that I wanted to see them as a sociopath + psychopath couple). But after episode 12, I thought they were perfect together, a match made in hell. He also seemed surprised by Ah Jin being a sociopath (I don't think he could break her as he did his ex) and I'm really curious what would have happened to them had Jun Seo not exposed Ah Jin. I really wanted to see more of Ah Jin and Do Hyeok's relationship, they would have worked so well together if he wasn't trying to drive her insane. I wonder what he would do if he ever sees her again, he still seemed really interested in her at the very end and I feel like their dynamic would change in a more positive way (in favour if Ah Jin) because he knows she's as crazy, if not worse than him.

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Imperfect People Living Imperfectly

This Drama took me for a wild ride. It left me in the tizzy that Ah Jin had these men in.

The acting was magnificent. Everyone did so well, this needs to win all the awards. Impeccable.

Not much of a review, in that it’s structure is lacking. I am just vomiting my feelings for the characters and this show. They (my feelings) are so scrambled so I excuse me. (I may add more later)

Baek Ah Jin
I didn’t read the webtoon so BAEK AH JIN THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU.

For my girl to suffer all her life and hardly know a day of peace, I don’t care what she does or did. To grow up being abused and knowing that your father is always looking to sell you (as in sex trafficking because no one cares about that apparently)… Baek Ah Jin’s life was akin to someone frantically trying to dig themselves up from a pit with nothing to aid their escape. She’s in survival mode every time she resorts to extremes.

I wouldn’t diagnose her with ang disorder, she’s a person with her back against the wall constantly trying to better herself but being shut down at every turn. Why is no one marveling at her tenacity? Her will to survive and strive no matter how many setbacks she faced? She never wanted to be a celebrity. She thought about it but knew her background wasn’t suitable. I see that choice as something she was forced into obviously because they were trying to put her in jail.

Jae Ho
My sweet Jae Ho. That scene where he’s talking to Ah Jin and she didn’t remember calling him. That one tear he shed made me bawl. The fact that he loved her so much and was in pain when she was in pain, the actor portrayed that aspect of Jae Ho’s character really well. My heart broke for them both in that scene. I was hoping they were dropping him into water before the shot widened and I realized there was no way for him to survive it. I think about him and cry, literally tearing up right now thinking about his death. I agree that Jae Ho, without even knowing all the details of what Ah Jin had been through, Jae Ho knew her the best. Maybe because he also faced violence from the one who was supposed to protect him. I don’t know, but I do know after Ah Jin he’s my favorite. I love him so much and we were robbed that we didn’t get an alternate reality ending and to see him happy with Ah Jin.

In Gang
I loved him. When they got together and I saw how happy and content he was in the relationship and how happy Ah Jin was, I was so scared for how the relationship would eventually end. I wish Ah Jin would have broken up with him but then stayed with him to make sure he was okay. I think he would have still made the same choice regardless but it would have made me feel better.

Jun Seo
I loved him for so long, I find myself unable to hate him. I see the perspective that he also was trying to control Ah Jin and she realized that in the end as well. The documentary was nasty and cruel. I can’t forgive him for that.

My perfect ending would have had Ah Jin dying as well and then seeing a montage of everyone living happily and smiling and laughing. All the people I like anyway. I wasn’t upset that she lived but what kind of life can she even enjoy?

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Trying gain for the meaning overall the story of this drama

there is one thing I realized after finishing this drama dear x,
as an audience we also play a role as people who will guide Baek ahjin to goodness or who will always help bring her down & end her,
Junseo's death suggests that Baek Ahjin's destiny will never die and never change until someone really can change her into a better person,
if only Ingang didn't suffer from depression I'm sure Baek Ahjin would really change into a normal human being.
Baek ahjin will never stop she is a tough sociopath from childhood to adulthood she can survive well, like a wild animal that masters its wild nature.

I hope producer see this&there will be a season 2, but if it hasn't been produced yet, I won't expect it. I don't want Yoojung to be stressed for a long time because of this role.

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