Jim Jong Jun

The only reason for ML's misery is ML himself. He just couldn't move on from his first love and kept waiting all these years even when she never said him to do so. Also later on when she rejected him, he still kept going back to her only to have his heart broken again and again. He can't even stand up to his toxic mother who hates FL and vice versa. Even now that they are sort of making up, both need to work on their scars and heal.
I hope they do go for the novel ending and it looks like the drama will end with that ending.

I hope they don't go for the epilogue from the novel but end it on a happy note.

It is an open ending where she has healed from her past. It is shown as if she is ready to move on from her scars and her first love.

Don't worry they ain't ending up together in the end.

Having read the novel, I knew FL and ML were gonna receive mixed reactions for their characters and will go worse if the drama has the same ending as the novel.

In case they are gonna go the generic K-drama style{

7-8: Them confessing and most likely begin a relationship by the end of E8.

8-9: Working on their relationship, keeping it hidden from the colleagues. FL and ML's daughter warming up sessions. Both will open up about their pasts to each other.

9-10: Past comes back to haunt them. Either his ex wife or her dad's death being related to him.

11- Breakup

12- Back together again

They are writing it to be a romcom while the webtoon was a total mystery, thriller. They did change the characters name from Do Jun and Yuri too Geyong Do and Ji U but I don't know how are they gonna shove comedy in it.
The webtoon sure is engaging till the end with a ML who is ready to go through hell for the girl he still loves after all these years.

Agreed to that, among Hee joo's entire family it is her who doesn't deserve redemption at all.

Frankly I didn't want the entire war scenario from the novel to be added to the drama thinking it will be rushed but they managed to pull it off quite well.

I really don't want the entire HeeJoo's mom redemption arc as that woman doesn't deserve any. Tormented the hell out of her daughter, never cared for her ex husband and gaslight her all her life only to regret it now and look how the drama is going different from the novel, maybe they will show them making up too which I would hate to see.

In short The novel has a plot ending where SaEon goes missing after the blast and is held captive for quite a while. Later Hee Joo goes to rescue him after receiving distress calls and they reunite. It was unnecessarily added and felt rushed to say the best so I am glad they aren't going that way.

I don't see any other reason for Sa Eon to have that look but this revelation. Maybe they will give a last 15 minute happy ending. He will disappear and after months of separation, when the pain and guilt has toned down will finally call her.

They have gone totally different from the novel which is actually for the better.

I am glad they didn't go full novel but did make changes to the script be it the characters or story arcs.

It is always that one moron who posts things just to get views. Only because of folks and media like these , celebs have to suffer.

A little melodrama but mostly lighthearted and more about friendship and healing.

The last 5 minutes were total bliss for the leads and viewers

From what I have read, it is an open ending in the novel where FL finally comes to face and accept her past but at the same time also move on be it her scars or her first love. So if they are going full novel then Happy Ending for the leads isn't happening and she will be going to move on in her life and fall for someone else.

All i hope is they don't go full novel but actually give a happy ending.

They made Baek Sa Eon quite a gentleman in the drama as compared to novel.