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I heard that the ending to this drama was bad, but honestly I don’t think it’s bad at all. It teaches us about how first love doesn’t always last and that things don’t always have a happy ending but regardless we should accept it no matter how difficult it may be. This idea was portrayed so beautifully in this drama, although Hee-Do and Yijin grew apart after being together for so long, they still recognise how important they are to each other and how much of an impact they had on one others lives simultaneously. Yijin provided Hee-Do with comfort and company while she grew up alone, and Hee-Do provided Yijin with support and hope for the future. They do grow apart eventually, but I think their supportive sense of love for one another led to this happening.
In a sense I can relate to why people say that this ending is bad, disappointing and upsetting. But I think that the ending sticks very well to the theme of the show in the fact that it is disappointing. It’s a part of life, sometimes things don’t go the way we want them to.