This is how I understood the ending: Se-ju wasn't a bug because he was initially protected by Emma, Emma created Marco the bug in the first place and when Jin-woo killed Dr. Cha, they both became bugs, because before the problem was solved, one killed and one died. Emma deleted Marco, that's why Se-ju was able to come back. She was supposed to be the only one to use the key because she was the only one to know how it works. Since Jin-woo discovered the solution, he took it upon himself to delete them since they were all directly connected to him and basically died because of him, it was a way to say goodbye. He let Emma delete him, but since he was the Master he created (probably unknowingly) the instance dungeon, making him invisible and trapping him in the game world. However, he is not hiding from any enemies like Se-ju was, so he is just invisible to people that don't play the game and game enemies. My guess is, that they either figure out how to unlock the instance dungeon or that another player has to conquer the next quest to become the new Master and therefore "removing" Jin-woo from that position, automatically dissolving the instance dungeon. That could be why Jin-woo is helping other players to level up. (Though I gotta admit, I am not sure how killing NPCs for someone else helps them to level up because before he did it to level up himself.)
I think the ending is perfectly fine. It would've been so weird to have an absolute happy ending, considering how action packed it was. With so much anxiety throughout the whole drama, this is a bitter sweet ending. A last scene of Hee-ju and Jin-woo locking eyes would've been nice but well, it's okay. Hee-ju would've been only crying anyways.
as sad as I am about the death ... I just gotta say that actually killing off characters in an highly dangerous plot is such a good storytelling tool bc it raises the stakes, the feelings and it brings a bit of realism into any kind of fantasy situation.
i was wondering if it's a part of when the game becomes real or just bad directing.
it's because of the game. Jinwoo was wondering about it too but just accepted it since he had to kill those terrorist NPCs but the preview of ep 11 shows that his limp is back, so it's not bad directing I'm sure.
who is watching this for the romance anyway? I mean I like PSH and I do think her character is technically realistic and relatable, but this drama is all about HB and how Yoo Jin Woo can escape or win the game. and it's all I need tbh.
i dunno why i just really don't care for anybody it's not even that i dislike someone, i just really don't care how their lives continue and i wonder why i still feel the need to keep watching
I could write a whole ass essay about why SJ's character doesn't make much sense to me and how she just chose to be ignorant about the situation so she can just eventually stop feeling guilty and paint herself the victim of the story. I really liked her in ep 5, but the writer really ruined it all for me in ep 6, so much that I start to dislike BS a little bit to be so much focussed on her, like boy, how long you gonna love somebody that didn't care for your opinion for 9 years????
Se-ju wasn't a bug because he was initially protected by Emma, Emma created Marco the bug in the first place and when Jin-woo killed Dr. Cha, they both became bugs, because before the problem was solved, one killed and one died.
Emma deleted Marco, that's why Se-ju was able to come back. She was supposed to be the only one to use the key because she was the only one to know how it works. Since Jin-woo discovered the solution, he took it upon himself to delete them since they were all directly connected to him and basically died because of him, it was a way to say goodbye.
He let Emma delete him, but since he was the Master he created (probably unknowingly) the instance dungeon, making him invisible and trapping him in the game world. However, he is not hiding from any enemies like Se-ju was, so he is just invisible to people that don't play the game and game enemies.
My guess is, that they either figure out how to unlock the instance dungeon or that another player has to conquer the next quest to become the new Master and therefore "removing" Jin-woo from that position, automatically dissolving the instance dungeon. That could be why Jin-woo is helping other players to level up. (Though I gotta admit, I am not sure how killing NPCs for someone else helps them to level up because before he did it to level up himself.)
I think the ending is perfectly fine. It would've been so weird to have an absolute happy ending, considering how action packed it was. With so much anxiety throughout the whole drama, this is a bitter sweet ending.
A last scene of Hee-ju and Jin-woo locking eyes would've been nice but well, it's okay. Hee-ju would've been only crying anyways.
I mean I like PSH and I do think her character is technically realistic and relatable, but this drama is all about HB and how Yoo Jin Woo can escape or win the game. and it's all I need tbh.
it's not even that i dislike someone, i just really don't care how their lives continue
and i wonder why i still feel the need to keep watching
I really liked her in ep 5, but the writer really ruined it all for me in ep 6,
so much that I start to dislike BS a little bit to be so much focussed on her, like boy, how long you gonna love somebody that didn't care for your opinion for 9 years????