Doone in this scene is not a girl looking for and accepting closure. It is not closure for them, it is reunion. Throughout the series and also in this scene, she is a strong girl fighting for her love. The way she hugged him was holding on, not letting go. No way that Doona will let go when she knows that he still loves her as much. That is obviously a happy ending.
I believed it is a happy ending as well. This is not a getting closure scene. It is a reunion scene. Also the short vignette at the beginning of episode 6-9 right after the opening music credits suggest they meeting together in Japan. Especially beginning of episode 9 with them meeting in the park (?) and him wearing the same tan overcoat as the ending scene.
This scene and the scene where he breaks up with her and she keeps looking back from the train hoping that he'll chase after her are just perfect scenes. Although this one ends better obviously. This is one of those special dramas that you think about for days after you finish watching it .
Lol same. I'm still thinking bout it now. I feel like the guy should be the one chasing her. I don't feel satisfied that Doona has to be the one chasing him 😭😭😥😥😥😥😥 and reconciled. But someone has to step up, if not they will not be together eventhough they love each other. So I think Doona made the right decision.
@@NurulAin-f9hwell Won Jun is literally a man that girls dream of, very reserved, calm, and definitely a gentleman, sure Won Jun left Doona but you should also understand that Won Jun just want to support Doona in her career even if it costs their relationship and Won Jun was just thinking realistically, definitely the reason why Doona is yearning for him all these years because he is definitely that Man.
They are finally together not breakup, here is why： 1. The scenes just after opening song showing they both met in Japan at least twice, one Doona wore black outfit at a railway crossing and the other she wore checker hat in pink brushes... 2. Episode 7 where Wonjun asked Doona to say sorry and want him back then they made-up back together...Episode 9 they did the same thing but now was Doona's turn, then the result is the same as before. 3. The final scene where they encountered is cruial： Hilton Hotel of Ananti Cove Resort. That means Doona scheduled her stay in the same hotel where Wonjun will be there when he was assigned to work aboard (Japan). So they could be together in hotel at night when they both finished their own day works. 4. Episode 9 Doona and Wonjun both drinking at an open bar publicly after reunion, compared to where they needed to sit in a private room for dinning before breakup in railway platform, that means Doona was then free from idol contract and able to date whoever she want without public pressure.
I agree with your point 4, and that's why all assumptions about their secret relationship don't hold. Doona has long said that she's open about her relationship with Wonjoon, so why now, after so many years, would they need to hide? The only possible happy ending we could have is that after crossing paths at the mall, they rekindled something, and therefore the encounter scene at the train station (if it really exists in the diegesis) would be the true ending, possibly hinting at a reunion, or not... but in any case, this open ending would be easier to digest.
Over on Netflix's K content Instagram they're studying clues as well to see that they're together. It's funny . Seems they meant for it to go down like this to create Buzz . Or maybe they just stopped people were smarter.😅
I loved this scene. I was sad but it was emotionally fulfilling.They had such a great chemistry.Suzy as Doona is perfection.Her acting is amazing.Doona is my favourite character now💗
@@sada-ne8gzIt will depends of each point of view. I saw a lot of comments in YT and I noticed that is fifty-fifty about the end. For me, this was on purpose.. each one decides it's own end. I decided the happy end.
I guess people have missed the hints throughout the show ! Its a happy ending - post their reunion in ep. 9 they are dating. To understand this carefully watch the scenes right after the opening credits post episode 1, 2 and then 6 to 9. It shows them secretly meeting in Japan looking longingly. In episode 9 beginning, he smiles subtly. Episode 9 ends in Japan showing that all these cut scenes were post that scene when they meet in japan in secret. Basicallly since they cant date publicly they have found their ways!
For those of you that think they broke up - this whole drama was from the past. In the last episode when he sending her all those messages that is in the present and they already dating in secret. There’s no other logical explanation
This scene is definitely a reconciliation. It's just like before, WonJun told Doona to apologize for leaving him at grandma's cabin. Now roles are reversed.
I like the series, and this was actually the second K-drama I had ever seen. I've realized why they are so popular. I, and from what I've read by so many other people, was really annoyed by the ending. LOL. At first I thought it was because it wasn't a happy fairy tale ending, but then realized the ending wasn't good or bad, just that the director wanted to leave it open ended. But what annoyed me most was all the conflicting easter eggs all along the drama.There were just too many unclear, contradicting and vague references that didn't provide any clarity but only clouded the story. Was Doona! just a memory of a past relationship, or a story about how some love stories can't work out because the 2 people are from different worlds or going in opposite directions? What was the director trying to say? He's a good director and not some hack, but I find myself not understanding the underlying "theme" of this story. I was more annoyed with that than the actual ending. If it was a memory of a past love, then it was an unresolved memory. And based on how Doona acted throughout the series, it is not in her personailty to let things lie. Also, you don't sit crying and contemplating in your apartment by yourself from dusk till the dark of night (hours) if you don't still feel something for that past love and have actually moved on. And you certainly don't keep his address after 4 years and drive across the city to bang on his door for just an apology and then move on when he let's his guard down and you turn the tables on him exactly the way he did when you "begged" for him back in an earlier time when you wronged him by leaving him standing and going off with your Manager. Clearly, Doona didn't move on and based on WJ's short (one word) answers to her when she tried to talk to him at the bar after they met up again, he was still angry. That's what people who are angry and don't want to talk about how they feel, act. If you no longer in love with someone anymore, you either act indifferent, or you generally act friendly and reminisce pleasantly together. WJ hasn't moved on. Heck, WJ even hoped that he could rekindle a relationship with Jin Ju previously after he thought she rejected him years earlier in High School. He sounds like a guy that wouldn't give up, easily. The different worlds and opposite directions argument doesn't hold a lot of water. She's a beautiful, sucessfull and famous singer and he's a good looking, well mannered, educated, professional. Her job is to entertain people and his is to improve the world. Would her fans be so against this guy? Are they really worlds apart? They both said at different times in the series, that they "wanted it all" they "wanted more". Seems like they have a very similar mindset. They both seem very driven in having their careers, it's not like WJ let his heartache interfere with his aspirations. He was disciplined enough to not let his schoolwork suffer, and all the while working and paying for his education. The guy has goals too, it's not just her...
The part where he said “I should have fought for us, I was wrong, so just leave me alone, I’m begging " @Jonavan:Is actually “I have not gone past a day without regretting, so stop making me waver, please.”
Doona and Wojun are BACK TOGETHER, check every new episode there is a BEGINNING or the PRELUDE scene right? Check it, it's the scene where they both see each other (the train tracks and the one in the garden beside the lake) they both see each other again despite their busy schedules they are still able to keep their relationship.
Yes I agree with you that's why in the ending youn jun was happy and looking at the pastries because he wanted to visit there with doona they both knew that they were in Japan so yeah makes sense.
Such a touching scene…It really hurts watching soft hearted Wonjun and a little tougher girl Doona tearing up and letting off the bottled up emotions ❤but at the same time we are happy to see them together again ❤❤❤❤
They are definitely in a secret relationship now based on opening clips. I just notice in the scene where they walk opposite to each other, It is blurry but I think Won-jun smiles as the camera focuses to Doona looking to the direction he is walking then he release a deep breath when the the camera focuses to him
Throughout the drama i just got that doona fell harder and loved wonjun more than he loved her, if it wasn't, she would have just moved on with her luxurious life of an idol but she obviously had her heart with wonjun, suzy seriously did a good job playing a strong but deep down vulnerable girl and sejong he is just so good with emotional scene, excellent combo.
Quite the opposite wonjun loved her more. He forgave her for abandoning him in the village when her manager came to pick her up. Do you know what it is to invite a guy to remote village and completely leave him there alone for another man. Still can't understand why he forgave her for that.
Your are quite right!! I was worry about the screenwriters that I forgot all about it however always thought that need it to be apart to archived their own path. Spot on !!
Although in the Webtoon series it was a sad ending but this Netflix version is obviously a happy ending. I don’t know about you but I’ll be damned if crying hard for your ex even after 5 years of separation is anything but love! Both Doona and Wun Jun are still waking emotional time bomb for each other when they meet again. Once you found the love of a lifetime your life will never be the same again. Even Doona came down from heaven to see Wun Jun and they’re not even arguing who love less and more but why they can’t be together. In the end they just can’t stop their feelings and confessed their misery to each other. Doona explicitly said it that she redeemed herself because of her relationship with Wun Jun and now that she’ back at the pinnacle of success she doesn’t need any man anymore because of Wun Jun. Simply mean Doona doesn’t want any man but Wun Jun because at her level of fame there’s no man there that can come close to the quality of Wun Jun that she fall in love with. My 10 cent worth as 50s something married man with two kids for 20 years. 😅
I wouldn't exactly call it a happy ending. He gave her a few chances, he was not exactly a pushover. Things got complicated and he made his choice. I doubt they will ever end up in a relationship ever again. I was hoping for a better outcome, i like good endings.
@@jinshin85 then why does the dude say " please leave me alone. "??. I Still think it was the final straw.... a last goodbye ....why is the dude crying if she intended to be back with him. Its more like sadness...letting go something of something good......ok that was my last..... now i'm all broken about it 😢...
@@KP-ky1sn Oh come on, don’t tell me after confessing feelings to your girlfriend you want her to dump you right then and there? Wun Jun tearfully admitted his mIstake for breaking up with Doona and he is simply being pathetic for saying those “oh I’m an idiot man please leave me I’m useless!” 😂 People who are in love sometimes do silly things without them realizing it. Fortunately, Doona was equally stupidly in love in that level that she takes Wun Jun’s “leave me alone” as “please don’t torment me anymore, take me back I beg you!” 😆 and she did replied with how she missed him so much. Of course, don’t get me wrong I’m talking only about the series not real life. In reality, they’d probably end up getting divorce in the long run. Happy endings in love story only happens to normal people like you and me, even then life has no sad or happy endings nor in death.
@@Pongzkie1974 ok so this is where i raise the white flag. See I'm still on the fence about that last scene. It doesnt mean i think you're dead wrong. I shall thus quietly return to the fence and listen to Moon for the hundredth time. With that i put my thoughts to rest. Better not to know what really hapenned.
This scene literally break my heart 😭 I wish more of their sweet moments and i need more of episode of them 😭 I hope they can reunion soon in other drama 🙏🏻❤️
Yes, being in a relationship w an idol is hard. Had one myself. We sustained few years after his debut. But, ended the relationship since we don't see each other anymore. I think once in year, we only met in person thrice. After we broke up, I went to study abroad and now live here permanently. I dont get in touch w him anymore. And if you're wondering if people know, only some of our friends and parents. They were supportive, we had a 6 yr relationship after all. Some of our highschool friends we made them think we broke up halfway through his training years. And what group? No will not ever tell. They are still active, still one of the biggest and him one of the most biased. What we had was special. He is really a kind person, the type I wont hesitate to marry if ever we are still together. I'm glad many people love him. He have been working so hard all these years. And you wont ever know guys if i'm telling the truth 🥲
I'm glad for how this scene played out, the two of them just opening up and being honest with each other. Most dramas would have them lie about not missing each other but internally they are dying from wanting to be together or they play it off as they are over each other but is a wreck inside. I hate the fact that public opinion dictates her love life, so unfair.
Don't forget the roommates lecture about dating being a muscle you need to exercise. I took that to mean both of them learning to better hide the relationship they resumed.
The first time I saw this I was heartbroken beyond words. Then I found that a lot of people were saying after this they stayed together in secret. I know it's just a show and all but it's just crushing to think that they just split after this...
Yeah, a lot of people reacted one directionally and thought it ended bad, but that wasn’t even the ending…the real ending was at the beginning. The last episode was obviously out of order sequentially.
I no longer need you --- "I want you!" guys read the lines in between..Remember the time Won Jun was asking Doona their big fight like this "Tell me that you are sorry, tell me that im the one you WANT"! Donna needed him when she was a mess, now that she has healed, level headed not a mess anymore -- she WANTS him! Watch this and then the scene of the other fight..and youll get what i mean.. Ohhh this hidden messages are sooo cool! haha Happy ending!
@@KP-ky1sn I agree with you. The first time I saw this scene, I was so happy, thinking they were going to get back together. But after watching it again and again, I understood that it was just about being on good terms, so they could live their lives without regrets. That's why there's the next scene where they go their separate ways and barely notice each other; they're over it. So sad...
I am so glad I found this clip and read the comments. I was so disappointed by the ending, but now understand the ending and the scenes by the railroad tracks that appeared in most of the episodes. TY
Une rare série Coréenne d'une histoire d'amour avec une réalisation qui s'adresse autant aux émotions qu'à l'intelligence du spectateur, le jeu des acteurs tout en nuance qui remplace du dialogue par des regards et des silences est extrêmement efficace. Plusieurs ont et vont déplorer la fin qui peut laisser perplexe et qui n'est pas dans la traditionnelle fin heureuse avec mariage et plusieurs enfants et pourtant on comprend très bien avec l'introduction du dernier épisode, qu'ils vont se revoir de façon anonyme pour vivre leur amour. Bravo à l'auteur, au réalisateur, aux acteurs pour cette magnifique histoire d'amour improbable, mais qui nous permet tellement de renouer avec les joies et les peines qui composent le grand Amour.
Tout a fait d'accord avec votre analyse, le scénario, la production et les acteurs ont été excellents et nous on permis de comprendre parfaitement chaque émotion via des silences et des regards. Je pense qu'ils ont livré un des futurs grands classiques du genre. Je comprends la fin de l'histoire de la même manière que vous, je ne comprends pas trop les réactions frustrées de certains, tout est clair dans la dernière scène, il est évident qu'ils ne se perdront plus de vue. Ce sentiment est également renforcé par la dernière scène additionnelle, ou Won Jun semble avoir débuté sa carrière, et ou Doona se retourne vers lui sans le reconnaitre. Bien qu'ils sachent pertinemment qu'ils sont au même endroit.
I guess people have missed the hints throughout the show ! Its a happy ending - post their reunion in ep. 9 they are dating. To understand this carefully watch the scenes right after the opening credits post episode 1, 2 and then 6 to 9. It shows them secretly meeting in Japan looking longingly. In episode 9 beginning, he smiles subtly. Episode 9 ends in Japan showing that all these cut scenes were post that scene when they meet in japan in secret. Basicallly since they cant date publicly they have found their ways!
This a msg fir the screenplays people and director who i like his work. I think a better and happy ending for us would be Seen them back in the house or her grand mothers house (all renovated). Doona writing a song, WJ bringing her a suit cake and seating next her while she is writing, that would it be nicer and refreshing for us. Doona said that she was an ordinary girl and WJ he wanted a simple life.
She don't deserve her bro, literally. She was a mess before he came to her life and yeah, she got good for a while but she still got issues. He was tackling his own issues but left to fend for himself when all of a sudden she just left her. On the other hand, cant really blame her cause they are both at the time of their lives where uncertainty is certain and their careers are yet to be made but still, he didn't deserve being the scapegoat of her instability.
He also left like that for her to become an idol…Sure he did for her sake but she did fight for him..He did what the others did to her…he abandoned her..She hates that the most…He could have supported in her career too…He did kinda contradict himself…He himself said that he should have fought for them..She said she would wait for him till his military service gets completed and was still in love with him…sure she was unstable but she tried her best to develop and change despite all the hardships thrown her way(grooming,stalking, harassment,manipulation, depression,abandonment)…And at the worst time…her career came where she really finally gained her confidence back to want to sing(she knows only that..she must do that sometime ) plus she was forced too because of the contract…the penalty is too high….She changed in the end….in this scene…you could see that but she still loved him…she did wrongs too but she tried to make up for it and apologised and regretted it..WJ is a green flag and deserves support too but so does Doona…WJ wasn’t super clean either and neither was Doona a red flag..their circumstances were like that! Each one did what they thought was right(it was the best decision acc to them)…in the end,maybe they didn’t patch up because the relationship was too painful or maybe they did patch up because they already went through hell and could fight now strongly through all hardships and are stable in their career too! It was open ending and it’s upto one’s own interpretation! This is just my perspective…I just don’t think Doona is a bad person at all..they both deserved each other
It's cool that they left the actual ending vague so that people can choose to believe whatever they want to believe happened but personally, I'd like to think of this scene as the actual ending. It's good enough for me
As a native Korean speaker, I am sure it is a 100% happy ending, but the director might have added a little twist for some people who want to make up their own ending. When Doona says 'I don't need you in my life anymore', it doesn't mean that she doesn't need Won Joon. It means more like 'I want you but not because my life still desperately needs someone'.
But the last thing Won Jun said to her is please leave me alone. They were hugging but that happened over and over again through the entire series. I think Won Jun is a big baby for not being able to accept that a relationship with Doona is going to have its challenges. I think she was worth it.
@@jaseman32Doona grown up and both of them are now mature and stable enough to maintain healthy long term relationshop (unlike before when Doona was dependent on Won Joon or mr P). It is up to each of you to make up your own stories but the tone of script and various hints clearly shows director's will - stay with me
@@nzstarful I don't see it that way because throughout the entire series Won Jun is always pushing her away, right up until the end. If they were in a long term, long distance relationship the ending would have been different. The ending, where they just miss each other, is a summary for their entire relationship. Won Jun was constantly pushing her away and in the end, she moved on.
I have,n't even finished the show yet, don't know why I have ruined it by watching this lol, But although she said I don't need you in my life, I took it the same as you I don't NEED you in my life but she WANTS him in her life.
They were to live apart from the started. Although I think hey still love each other, I can feel they pain however to have a personal walk in life you need only your self. If you want THAT happy ending a similar movie call “Notting Hill” will stop you being upset with the screenplay people. The difference is the time in life proportional to the type of ending.
@@charleszr853I think Doona was a very trouble soul. People took advantage of her and she was abandoned by her father, mother and grandmother in a way. She was hungry for love and recognition however she had the skills and the ambition as she said it her self. That was a coattail of emotions, she need it to get better to make better decisions I think. I watch again the series and I think they are together now after a second thought. Just checking episode 9 the beginning and the meeting KEY in his room make me think that he never took that job and they have a secret love history.
@@charleszr853she love her “job” she said I’m only know singing and dancing” also she was ambiguous and selfish with a big EGO she born to be an idol. She went to a changing path when he meet him to see herself.
I'm not a fan of the non endings of a lot of the asian dramas, they basically end with a question mark inviting another season, however for most of them it never comes just leaving unanswered questions and disappointment
Posted many months ago, but accidentally deleted: The final "Happy Ending" is very clear to me: the penultimate (second-to-last) scene before they cut to both of them being in Japan, Doona returns to Won Jun and they clearly make up. She went out of her way to run to him to ask him to say (1) he's sorry, (2) he regrets not chasing after her and allowing them to drift apart, and (3) he says he's missed her after she first says "I missed you". The emotion is clearly "lovey dovey" and the camera even pans a bit to the left (where the bed is located). He is very happy when shopping in a cake store in Japan and obviously they've synchronized their calendars to be at the same place. The fact that they are walking in opposite directions is only a metaphor that each is doing his or her own thing (she's an idol, he's now a Civil Worker) BUT they are doing different things in the same geographical location: that is, they are no longer separated by space or time. They merely have different jobs and both of them were very private people anyway, so it's okay that they keep their relationship secret for the sake of her career. She herself said that she had planned to work for a few years enough to make money so she wouldn't be worried financially (this happened when she tried to convince him in an earlier episode to remain together even while he went to serve in the military). Logically, there is also NO reason in the world for two lovers who never stopped loving each other, never cheated on each other, and already said they are sorry to each other and have missed each other (with tears and a deep amorous hug to boot) will end up breaking up. They would end up in that bed located next to them that the camera pans towards as they hug in Won Jun's bedroom/apartment, which Doona went out of her way to visit after she had already returned back to her luxurious apartment after first visiting Won Jun and cried upon seeing the sunset, which reminded Doona of the morning sun she watched with Won Jun the morning after they had made love in her childhood (grandmother's) country home. She felt empty without him. Personality-wise, it's also consistent that Doona is not the type to give up on love. Even though her manager didn't treat her well, she was hooked on him like an addict (there's the suggestions he's both a father figure and perhaps lover, but married, and thus not free to be with her; she even patterned her smoking habit to mirror her manager's chain-smoking). Doona even runs into the street shoeless on her birthday after the manager has left her a birthday present without saying hello. Doona has a great need to feel real deep love she has never felt from a father she never had and a mother who abandoned her. Her manager gave her a career as a child so she was fixated on him. But the way Won Jun looked at her and treated her was "tender" and a "profound love." He also never betrayed Doona.He was hurt that Doona ran off with the manager, though she returned to Won Jun, after Doona chose Won Jun over the manager. Doona's personality, craving a real love and someone who would never abandon her, would not be the type to let a loving Won Jun go. She also knows that they are both similar: both are very private, both have loved a person with what they perceived was unrequited (unreturned, or at least, not fully returned) love. But in each other, they have similar, yet different, deep love that will never betray. Plus they are hot for each other physically. So clearly they are keeping their relationship secret. When Doona looks back towards Won Jun, there is not look of "surprise" on her at all. She knows he's around. And he was smiling while there. Clearly, they were going to hook up later. In a few years, celebrity Doona would announce -- as many idols have done (e.g. NS Yoon -- see my Wikpedia note on NS Yoon. I contributed the part about Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 and her husband) that she has married a non-celebrity she has dated for years and thank her fans for her loyalty. That is the sequel not filmed here, but we know that will happen. Yes, it was a metaphorical ending, but not an open-ending. It's clear that they are hiding, even to us. The filmmakers won't even reveal to us that they are secret dating because that's how private Doona and Won Jun will be about their dating. It will be their private happy world. Happy ending!! Others here have correctly commented that the metaphorical ending where they are hiding their relationship points to how idols and actors are forced to suffer in their private lives by having to hide that they are dating. In that sense, the end scene elicits our compassion and unstated argument against this regrettable situation that not only affects the idols and actors, but their beloveds. In the case of Doona and Won Jun, however, they can bear it happily because they've resolved their relationship into a happy union. They survived his military separation and her being an idol and busy. Won Jun waited for his first love his entire live, and it is clear from the scene when he sleeps with Doona, that it was his first time. He saved himself for when he would fall in love. And Doona was the right woman for him to share his soul and body with. She, though apparently not a physical virgin (she took charge in the lovemaking scene, and she picked up a guy in a bar, which hinted at that she's done so before, and it seems she's slept with her manager/father-surrogate), was a spiritual virgin. She had never made love to a man who loved her equally, until Won Jun. Again, there's no way this couple would ever leave each other when they both are super nice and love each other. It just wouldn't happen. He was okay with her career and she with his. And they are clearly coordinating their schedules to be at the same place and time. That's love:making the seemingly untenable irreconcialble schedules and lifestyles synchronize. In time, they will be together in a more normal way. But what is "normal" anyway? Isn't love always a compromise turning uncertainty into a win-win? Addendum on October 23, 2023: The fact that the ending is to be interpreted as a metaphor is signaled at the beginning of episode 1, where Doona is shown to be "drowning" as she simultaneously performs on stage. Since she is not literally drowning, yet they show her falling into water and being submerged (swallowed up) by water, that's a key that there are figurative/symbolic moments in this drama. And as so happens in literature and movies/dramas, there is often a "frame" structure at work. Here the frame that in an otherwise "realist" movie (I am speaking of literary realism as a movement, not the everyday sense of the word: in literary realism the story, whether print or film, attempts to mirror the verisimilitude ("realness") of life -- instead of being realist, the start and end of the drama (episodes 1 and 9) begin and end with metaphor. But whereas Doona was drowning in the opening of episode 1, in episode 9 she confidently walks around, interacting as idol with her fans, dutifully accomplishing her work. And that's because in her life (and in Japan), she has her love. Thus after showing us they've made up, the director metaphorically shows that although the world of the idol is still plagued by a lack of freedom, having someone to share one's life helps make it a bit bearable. The drama is called DOONA, and begins showing only Doona, but later we see both Doona and Won Jun in a "long shot" together in space and time, though each is working their respective jobs. See above for more details about this end scene.Addendum #2 on why the ending is in one sense "sad" though the two are happy in a secret relationship: I certainly would have handled the ending differently, and like others here, personally prefer a clearer, less metaphorical and happier ending. Even if Doona and Won Jun have found true love and are sharing/at-least-partially-enjoying a secret relationship, such a situation arguably is NOT happy, since it's straining for poor idols and actors to have to hide their love. In that sense, we may perhaps speak of the ending as "successful" rather than "happy" insofar as the drama showed how even people in mutual love are forced to suffer due to current Kpop anti-dating rules by companies and CEOS, and by overintrusive so-called STANS/FANS, who often descend into stalkerdom and uncaring views about requiring their FAVS to be unattached so they could enjoy fantasizing about one day dating them, or whatever reason they are against idols and actors they allegedly love to date and marry. Fun to think about alternative interpretations. I get that. But I do believe they are happy at the moment we see them at the end of episode 9, and thus, I stick to my intepretation that they are a couple enjoying a secret relationship. Addendum 3: In ep. 1 (from 42'12" mark to the end; I fixed a typo re: the second time) we learn that this story is told as a flashback from Doona's point of view, and later also Won Jun's flashbacks. Hence the end scene in episode 9 is not the end scene in the story, it is actually the beginning, so the story is told in a chronological loop. Another reason this was a happy ending. In fact, that the author/writer are playing with "time" is underscored that this scene of Doona walking to take a seat in class next to Won Jun is repeated twice in succession. Doona at 43'23" calls their meeting an act of destiny. That, my folks, are positive words told in flashback.Postscript: After reading so many of your kind comments, I wished to gift you one of my "for fun" RU-vid Kpop playlists (I've got others) I put together over the years. I added three of Miss A's BOPs at the top to honor Suzy and the other Miss A members, who already showed great acting talent. Enjoy, Kdrama fellow fans: ru-vid.com/group/PLbBHkE6P0XZiCaS9uCj0N_5_x6H1VWPPb
Like the Chad manager of Doona says, life is not some bullshit about reincarnation or destiny; sometimes, people just encounter and then leave - it's just life. They came from two different worlds, two anomalies not supposed to encounter: while she lives a warm, shiny, and glamorous life, the dude has to deal with cold loneliness and poverty. For me, not knowing exactly if they met again in the end or not is the best ending.
In the manhwa that's the thing that happened between them. All their precious moment became a fleeting memories. But i don't think that's the case in this adaptation.
This is the worst movie in history and the ending is the biggest piece of garbage ever. The only loyalty this character shows to anyone is to her scumbag agent. Miserable miserable movie!!!!!!!!
For people unfamiliar with K-Dramas, I think part of the secret to their popularity is the number one traditional values. People are sick and tired of perversion and political ideology 😊 I mean when did boy meets girl they fall in love, become evil, and incarnate, yet in Hollywood, that storyline is toxic 😂 So besides traditional story telling they do it really well. In fact in my opinion I would put K-dramas up against anything coming out of Hollywood ❤
With all the little future scenes mixed, it's heavily hinted that these two are together in some lasting capacity. That, or I'm coping cause I can't accept them not being together
I did, but probably for a different reason. I was married to a beautiful Korean girls for 37 years. She passed away 17 months ago from a terrible long term disease. So many things from Korean dramas remind me of her.
The acting in this drama was on point but their relationship definitely had a toxic vibe. So exhausting. I’ve never rooted for a couple NOT to be together more than I did for these two.
@@elithluxe7568 that's true but this relationship had poor communication, neglect, feelings of unworthiness, co-dependency, jealousy, selfishness, and levels of dysfunction. I mean sis straight up yanked her hand out of his and jumped into a car with another man without a word...ignored his calls...then expected him to have waited for her...then came back and tried to act like nothing happened. Nope! Where was she when he needed support with his mom and sister? She told him she loved him and he never said it back. Hmmm. They both needed a healthy series of therapy before they could date anybody...Doona more-so. She clearly had daddy and abandonment issues. Won-jun had self esteem issues. To me, this was a classic case of Won-jun breaking the 80/20 rule. Jin-joo was the clear 80% and Doona was the 20%. Jin-joo came clean to Won-jun about her feelings and why she hid them from him. She had good reason and if his head wasn't up in the clouds, he would have picked up on it. Sis even had the emotional maturity to properly remove herself from the situation after she was rejected so she could heal and she told him about it to his face instead of just ghosting him. That's someone ready for a healthy relationship and something worth fighting for. It was not too late for them if he'd let himself think with his head AND his heart. The series ended and he still barely knew anything about Doona. But he saw the 20% in Doona - the feistiness and allure and mistook it for love when it was pure lust. If that's not toxic, I don't know what is. Everything that feels good isn't good for you. ijs.
@@marialopezflJinju never be the good choice in every version of Doona: webtoon, Chinese anime, and drama Because she's the one who left Wonjun first, really bad at communication, selfish, and thinking only her who had a problem Thankfully she's sane, be better, and not ruining Wonjun-Doona relationship Fyi: That man was Doona's manager, like her father figure, he's in the higher place than her, unlike Wonjun-Doona relation. If you as a girl holding your boy hand then meet your strict and dominating father, what will you do? That's the situation for Doona
The underlying reason Donna and WJ struggle is because they both are horrible at communication. Doona seems to have a tendency to not tell WJ important facts (ie She was sued and her Manager came over...only to have WJ find the guys cigarettes in the trash...just leaving without a word and showing up months later on the bridge) and WJ keeps everything inside and won't speak up unless pressed (his friend I-ra called him out on it during their last get together). Misunderstandings is the killer of relationships.
They should’ve ended the series with this!! The world needs happy endings. With so much crap in the real life at least dramas should have happy endings
I think this drama is only for couples who had that fairy tale, love, and relationship. Then, somehow, the environment pulls them apart, even though there is nothing wrong with them. Trying to understand this is either accepting that even if you are not with them, you did not stop loving each other.
Too bad that wasn't the ending. This series is absolutely brilliant. The cinematography is off the charts excellent. No other work of film/TV comes close. The balance between artistry and storytelling is perfect. The use of soft imagery, versus high def images, is brilliant, along with the relatively long periods of silence, allowing the story to be told visually. Suzy and Se-Jong did such a great job in this series that they should receive some sort of artistry medal from the UN. Or from God.
Doona is like the feral cat they keep showing in the episodes, the feral cat will never be happy as a house cat and will always try to escape to the outdoors if the door is left open. Doona lived her young life as a loner without friends living with her grandmother in the country. Her mother dumped her to be raised by her grandmother. At a young age she is groomed by the greedy manager to sing and dance; to perform before a crowd. Won Jun wanted a normal life and enjoyed just living with the simple joys that life has to offer like a good meal with someone you love at the end of a hard work day. He could never live in the spotlight world of Doona and would have been miserable and Doona couldn’t life outside of the spotlight of being in the center of the world stage. Like the feral cat that Won Jun fed and tried to tame, the feral cat scratched his hand when he tried to pet it, he couldn’t tame Doona and make her live in his world.
Tbh they never actually broke up, it was a no choice situation because donna is gonna be in a lot of debt if she breach the contract of her agency, it's a good thing that he found a guy that not only loves her but who knows what is best for her and made her mature. They never really moved on after the break up and her bf is just waiting for her because his world is incapable of reaching her to her world, thus the only thing he could do is wait and of for the star to fall again to the earth.
some people think the ending sucked and they didnt end up together. they did. just secretly. in the beginning of the final episode, they meet at an open field of flowers...won jun obviously looks older....smiling at doona. punk ass idiots its a happy ending.😂
Episode 9. (18:20 min) It is sept 2027 (see billboard) when Wonjun sends a message about their 2 different worlds. Then watch episode 1 (42 - 44 min). And listen carefully to what she says.
Ok, I am getting confused. Are they together or not? I thought they were not. This is why I did not like the ending. I like this scene but not the ending because it was confusing.
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