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What made their love so special?

They navigated through a heartbreak and loss together.
Mu Jin- his Mom's death, and Aeng Cho who was then nameless- her life altogether (as she was made to live with the old Shaman, had to "kill" her old self in order to survive). Pain was amplified considering that they were just kids then.

They've been together until adulthood. Whatever happened between those time periods, is enough to make one understand that the love they had for each other was so special.
They were each other's confidante. Remember, they both lived different lives but they still managed to be there for each other, to console and support when needed.
Their foundation is very solid that the hope to meet again in their next life and be happy together was too believable and convincing.

I think Yura's been getting typecasted.
Her character here is pretty similar in Forecasting Love and Weather, and also reminiscent of that in Radio Romance

He also did so well in SHE WOULD NEVER KNOW.
That was one good office romance with mature storyline.

Pretty valid. She managed to hug him in the process.

The first visitor died because of his own negligence. He stepped on something, presumably a bottle, which rolled and caused him to fall and hit his head on another object. The area, when wet, is slippery too. Even Hong Jo slid and fell on her back the first time she visited the shrine.While it wasn't explained in full, the Gardener is presumably from the lineage of his past life. Just like how Shin Yu is a direct descendant of Jang Mu Jin.Hence, he's into black spells because his ascendants were doing that too. Were the talismans taoist though? Those kind of talismans are what Korean shamans are known to be using. Yellow talismans with red marks have been quite commonly shown in k-dramas as well. Besides, these shamans date back to pre-Joseon dynasty, where Korea still uses the Chinese language. So the markings on the talismans even until today are in Chinese.

Mercy killing. There is no way Aeng Cho could escape again from the royal guards.
They were about to dismember her with bulls and horses. Mu Jin couldn't bear the thought of it.

I agree!!! I am very happy that I'm not alone in this take. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing style of the writer here.
Rewatch value is also insane. 😍

The gardener and KJK are also the reincarnation of their past lives although they're not meant to remember it. They just continue doing what their old selves have been doing as it's the same soul (just like Hong Jo being so nice yet has no family like Aeng Cho and how Shin Yu is so upright and very intelligent like Mu Jin).


In the present, the Gardener is still into black spells and dark magic like his old self (a Shaman who casted black spell on the Crown Prince and killed him) while KJK is still very loyal to the higher authority he is serving-- here, the Mayor, in the past-- the King. The difference is that the Mayor got revealed to be corrupt whereas the King then was genuinely trying to protect the Kingdom from Aeng Cho who was thought to have killed the CP.

And the other person who remembers the past life was Shaman Eun Wol herself. She's the reincarnation of the old shaman who took Aeng Cho under her wing.

HJ knows that they can only catch Na Jeong Beom if she's the trap herself. It's been weeks since the police and their own private guards have been searching for him, but nothing happened.
They can't live in fear forever.

When the grandfather finally confessed to HJ about NJB's plan, HJ took it as the sign she's been waiting for to finally catch NJB.
Of course, she was pretty confident it wouldn't be that bad considering that the old man will notify the police ASAP and she has her smartwatch and defensive tools witn her.
She perhaps didn't think that NJB's plan was to kill her all along.
Maybe she assumed he won't hurt her.
But oh well, NJB was a total psycho.

Thank you for this response. I was about to answer myself.
I didn't know people were still confused about these details when it was already laid out in the drama, although not by spoonfeeding every detail.

He's EXTRA TALL. Revealed as 190.5cm a few years ago but recently he just appears a bit taller, especially after his back injury.

My Lovely Liar's SML is really great too. You might want to check that out

I was also confused but people in Twitter said that it was just a clarification that it was indeed Mu Jin who orchestrated everything that happened 300 years later.

It was him who buried the spell book and created a shrine, hoping that one day he and Aeng Cho will be reincarnated and be happy together. It wasn't revealed in the previous episodes as to how the spell book got kept inside the Jang Clan's land in Mt. Oju, that's why.

And then Mu Jin's wish got answered as it was him himself through Shin Yu who found the spell book and brought it back to its real owner--- Aeng Cho/Hong Jo.

I'M GOING TO MISS THIS SERIES SOOOO BADLY. 😭😭And that was a VERY satisfying and full-packed finale. Thank you, screenwriter and PD-nim for this masterpiece.Thank you as well to all the actors and production crew who served their best in every episode. EVERYONE ACTED SOOOOO WELL IN THIS DRAMA, ESPECIALLY THE MAIN LEADS!!!Jo Bo Ah, Kim Seok Woo/Rowoon, it was a privilege watching your craft every week. Thank you very much. I love you! 💓

I just know the direction and cinematography of this is going to be soooo good and expensive considering this is also directed by the Crash Landing On You PD-nim 😍

I JUST MET HWANG MIN HYUN IN PERSON AND BOY, HE LOOKED ETHEREAL!! UNREALL!!

What made Shaman Eun Wol's call extra funny is that both Shin Yu and Hong Jo were virgins and with their first consummation, they were able to conceive right away.
It just shows both were naive in the contraceptive department. 😂
They're soooo cute.

Hong Jo was Aeng Cho 300 years ago (Joseon Dynasty). She was abandoned as a child and was placed in the care of a Shaman. Her original name was never disclosed as she said she already died, but Jang Mu Jin named her "Aeng Cho". Shin Yu is a reincarnation of his ancestor Jang Mu Jin who was heartbroken after his mother died of an illness and he was not permitted to say goodbye (the entire family was scared that he'll contract her sickness too. He was an only child of a prominent clan so his father had a very strict upbringing of him). The only place where Mu Jin can grieve for his mother openly was in the mountains, presumably within their family property, and that's where he met the young nameless shaman (Aeng Cho). It was love at first "encounter" for Mu Jin as Aeng Cho helped him in his grief. They then grew up together, taking shelter in the mountains from their respective problems.

They eventually made their relationship official after Mu Jin became an adult (there was a ceremony in Joseon for affluent males). His father knew about their relationship and disapproved of it. He made Aeng Cho break up with him by threatening the life of the old shaman who raised her (presumably a reincarnation of Shaman Eun Wol).Fast forward to years later, Mu Jin became a young royal guard (he was also very smart, the youngest to pass the exams) and Aeng Cho became a well-known great Shaman that the King's concubine secretly hired her (Shamanism was forbidden in the royal family/palace) to help her beget a son. Mu Jin saw Aeng Cho in the palace and they finally came clean with each other and got back together, dating freely in the palace.Eventually, a son was born to the concubine. She then became ambitious and wanted to make her own son replace the Crown Prince. She ordered Aeng Cho to use black magic against the Crown Prince in order to kill him. Aeng Cho pretended to work on it but she couldn't bear to use black magic and kill the CP. She nonetheless used a black magic presumably to put a curse on herself that whoever kills her will be cursed. The CP suddenly died. The King found out about Aeng Cho and sentenced her to death. Aeng Cho then publicly revealed that whoever kills her will be cursed for generations. The King and all of his subjects got scared and thought of ways to circumvent the curse. Also, all parties were after Aeng Cho's Book of Spells for their own personal gain.Unbeknownst to all of them, it was the Concubine herself who ordered another Shaman to use black magic against the CP. This shaman was the past self of the Gardener. Aeng Cho managed to escape with the help of MuJin and was chased after by the head of the royal guards (Kwon Jae Kyong's past self) and his team. Mu Jin tried to protect her and secured her Book of Spells but he was later on captured by the royalbguards. The head then revealed that they'll kill Aeng Cho by dismemberment, using bulls to rip her apart. When Aeng Cho got captured as well and there was no other way out for her, Mu Jin decided to kill her instead with his own knife rather than making her face a more gruesome death. Commenters here also said that this could also be because Koreans believe that the soul of a dismembered body won't be able to reincarnate. Mu Jin didn't want that so he killed Aeng Cho and willingly took the curse. Aeng Cho also understood that she was killed out of love. Her last moments were of her comforting Mu Jin by caressing his face with her bloody hands (the Red Hand the present Shin Yu is suffering from). Nayeon's past life was never revealed but she might be the Concubine's reincarnation as she once mentioned that she feels like she used to be a Princess and had lived in the palace.

THAT LOVE SCENE WAS THE SMOOTHEST ONE I'VE SEEN IN K-DRAMA LAND.

Rowoon is on fiiiiire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The fact that their first child is a daughter means that the Jang family curse is indeed lifted. Yeyyyy