kchelsea

As someone who loved the webtoon so much after reading it 10 years ago, I was ready to be underwhelmed by a live action adaptation, but I was pleasantly surprised. I think the webtoon and the drama each have their own charms in different ways. The cast was excellent and really breathed life into each of the three main characters. There are certain things I liked about the webtoon more than the live action, but one thing I found myself more invested in with the live action was the characters, which I really attribute to the actors. I especially don't remember loving Il Deung's character so much in the webtoon, but he was my favorite character here.

Lol yeah, that's what got me. My parents have papers from 60+ years ago. But considering how much moisture and insects and what-not it's been exposed to, and considering how even the clothes had disintegrated by then, that was just bizarre to me.

As horribly sad as it was, that was honestly one of the best sad endings I've seen in a Kdrama and maybe the best "closure"-type epilogue I've seen. I feel like a lot of endings where the lead finds closure in the end tend to feel forced, but this one made sense and I really felt that sense of closure along with Hee Tae. I'm really glad that he got to see the tragic events in a new light so he could move on with his life. But even before that, I’m glad it showed that he was still living his life all those years after constantly saying he would have nothing without Myeong Hee; I was really ready for him to be a broken person like the homeless guy from the flash forwards, but I think it showed that Hee Tae’s outlook really changed because of Myeong Hee, even if she isn’t still there with him, so it was perfectly fitting. I didn't cry when Myeong Hee died because I knew it was going to happen, but that epilogue got me good.

I'm also glad Hee Tae's dad didn't get a redemption; I was half-expecting it and that would've been too cliche. And as infuriating as the cause for her death was, I felt that it was fitting that Myeong Hee died for her family instead of while saving Hee Tae (would have also been really cliche). Honestly an amazing ending, and there are a lot of things about the ending that were unexpected despite Myeong Hee’s death being predictable (but also fitting). For me, most dramas fail to stick the landing, but this ending exceeded all my expectations, and I couldn’t have asked for much more.

The only unsatisfactory thing about it was how illogically intact that vow letter was after 41 years. Like all the writing was perfectly intact and legible. I'm trying not to think about it too hard though.

Thank you so much!

Does anyone have the translation for the radio report at the end of ep 8? Viki subs weren't working for me. I do get the vague idea of what's going on, but I feel like I'm missing pretty important details here.