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It's always 11pm kst.

Back to 9.1????

We got stills of Yijin with Heedo's diary. He either reads it or writes in it. Very sure it's with Yijin.

Spoiler about the diary released by TVN below

You're definitely not the only one and I personally didn't like it either.

Just think that might have been part of the thought process.

I agree it was a bit OTT but I think it was so ~hitting~ that it made Yijin's actions make sense. I mean, people can hardly understand him even now, let alone if it was a "minor" tragedy in Korea.

Lol.

Huh? I don't know why you have been negative about this drama every single week but he literally returns next episode so clearly they will have a conversation about it. Just watch the show.

And did we hear his side of the story? Did they show us him applying and purposely ignoring Heedo's calls???

Last week, everyone crucified him for giving a bad reporter on Yurim only to discover she asked him to.

Give him some credit. He has his own thought processes but one thing is for sure, he never acts with the intention of hurting Heedo.

I just don't understand because no one would suggest that Heedo should give up fencing, or her dreams, if it took her half way across the world. It's very strange to see how people act as if Yijin's deep suffering is a purposeful slight against Heedo.

Some of you really don't even try to understand Yijin's perspective.

He is a college drop out with no qualifications who has been given ONE chance at a career. He transferred departments because he was so worried of jeopardising his love. That doesn't mean he doesn't have dreams and aspirations of his own. We see in this episode how deeply and strongly Yijin feels about reporting in the right way. It's become his passion in the same way Heedo came to love fencing. His current predicament stems from trauma and depression. He's not being a terrible boyfriend because he's work obsessed, he's suffering deeply.

I can't really formulate thoughts on the episode and my enjoyment of it will depend on the ending tomorrow but I do have to wonder if Heedo would break up with an absent boyfriend only to end up with an absent husband.. ? Feels more likely that they learnt to work at it but......

It'd be too severe to not make them endgame and the friendships not to last. It's ultimately a story of friendship so I'm sure there's a link between them in 2021.

I was responding the original poster, not yourself! I definitely agreed with you.

I took issue with the idea that NJH/KTR should choose lighter projects to appeal to audiences instead of using their own creative licenses. I really loved hearing their reasons for choosing this project so I thought it was a bit insulting.

First slot and 10% on a cable channel with 30 mins of ads and the drama airing immediately after on Netflix in Korea, with controversies midway and many many people waiting to know the ending before they watch. It's super successful for the genre. Many of you did not follow this drama from promotion to airing but it has surpassed expectations, ESPECIALLY internationally. Episode 14 reached 300k tweets on twitter, something I never could have imagined.

Whichever way you do end up feeling about the ending, it cannot diminish the feeling the drama has given people week to week

Literally what?

This is drama depicting real stories. Not everything can or should be a happy lovey-dovey
story which doesn't have any resemblance to real people. 2521 is a show that has touched many hearts and it's silly to pretend that MDL ratings can measure its impact. We are not about to pretend averaging 10% and topping engagement lists is a sign that people didn't enjoy the story through out.

The intention of the writer was to make you root for these characters that feel real. Characters that could feel like you.

You don't have to enjoy it but they are actors who choose scripts based on their own wishes for their career. Not everyone wants to do sappy romcoms their whole life. If all you took from Mr Sunshine was the ML dying then IDK what to tell you...

During that scene, her grandma asks her "Do you know Baek Yijin?" kinda implying that she might not know him. Minchae replies "No, I don't know him".

It seems like whatever drives them apart will be an external force and not an issue between them so I guess that is how the writer will overcome this.

I hope it's not a reporter issue because it's very hard to understand why Yijin couldn't simply hold out for a year and transfer to a non sports department 😭

I mean... I agree they dangled it around a bit but Heedo's daughter literally says she does not know Baek Yijin or recognise him 😭 Of course it was slightly more complicated than that, but if it was intended to be taken at face value... I think it was pretty clear?

People just edit it online, it doesn't come from the production team. It has always been marketed as youth drama.