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A Masterpiece Destroyed by a Cruel Finale
Rating:
10/10 (until the final episode) --> 0/10 Emotional Impact
I am absolutely devastated and stunned. Doona! was a 10 out of 10 for me—a dreamlike, passionate journey that completely captured my heart. But the ending? The ending is simply unfair, unrealistic, and emotionally cruel.
It breaks my heart to see how much Doona reached out to Won-jun. Despite her fame and her deep vulnerability, she was the one to take the first step in the latest meaningfulsituations.
She stood before him like a little girl asking for love, pleading with him just to wait for her.
The way he reacted—so cold and dismissive in those moments—is incomprehensible to me and contradicts everything they built together.
Love should always win—especially a love this deep, passionate and genuine.
The show forces a sense of hopelessness at the end that feels artificial and contrived. When two people are still falling into each other’s arms in tears after years apart, there is a way!
The creators’ decision to leave the audience with this emptiness and despair isn't "profound" storytelling; it’s a betrayal of everyone who followed their story with passion.
Much like in La La Land, love is sacrificed for career or circumstances. To me, this isn’t realistic—it’s just unnecessarily painful.
I am infinitely sad and left heavy crying and deeply disappointed by how such a wonderful connection could be ended this way.
I will NEVER watch this traumatic K-Drama again, like LaLaLand :-(
10/10 (until the final episode) --> 0/10 Emotional Impact
I am absolutely devastated and stunned. Doona! was a 10 out of 10 for me—a dreamlike, passionate journey that completely captured my heart. But the ending? The ending is simply unfair, unrealistic, and emotionally cruel.
It breaks my heart to see how much Doona reached out to Won-jun. Despite her fame and her deep vulnerability, she was the one to take the first step in the latest meaningfulsituations.
She stood before him like a little girl asking for love, pleading with him just to wait for her.
The way he reacted—so cold and dismissive in those moments—is incomprehensible to me and contradicts everything they built together.
Love should always win—especially a love this deep, passionate and genuine.
The show forces a sense of hopelessness at the end that feels artificial and contrived. When two people are still falling into each other’s arms in tears after years apart, there is a way!
The creators’ decision to leave the audience with this emptiness and despair isn't "profound" storytelling; it’s a betrayal of everyone who followed their story with passion.
Much like in La La Land, love is sacrificed for career or circumstances. To me, this isn’t realistic—it’s just unnecessarily painful.
I am infinitely sad and left heavy crying and deeply disappointed by how such a wonderful connection could be ended this way.
I will NEVER watch this traumatic K-Drama again, like LaLaLand :-(
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