Moon within the Day: Episodes 13-14 (Remaining)
by lovepark
Even after being trapped on this earth for over a thousand years, our spirit needs to remain a bit longer. Alas, if he stays, then his love won’t ever be secure, so although it pains him, he should let her go. Nonetheless, earlier than our couple can try for his or her completely satisfied endings, they must dispel the pesky ghost that needs to proceed this curse.
EPISODES 13-14
It’s time to say goodbye to this present and the 1,500-year-old curse that stored our heroes chained to the previous. Loads of unfastened ends are tied in neat bows — requiring a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief in some circumstances — and all in all, these last two episodes had been per the general high quality of the present. It’s a bittersweet ending that tries to color a love story that transcends time, however part of me wonders what may have been…
As soon as our essential characters reaffirm their love for one another, they comply with work collectively and beat the curse. Do Ha seeks out the monk once more for recommendation, and this time, he really helps since Do Ha has discovered the rationale for his existence (i.e., he exists to guard Ri-ta). Although nonetheless cryptic, the monk tells Do Ha that evil spirits are obsessive, and the reply to their drawback lies someplace between the opposite spirit’s obsession and Do Ha’s craving.
Whereas Do Ha is gone, Younger-hwa receives information about Min-oh’s essential situation, so she rushes to the hospital… and walks straight right into a entice. Chul-hwan makes use of Younger-hwa’s savior advanced to his benefit, and as predicted, she provides Min-oh her talisman to guard him. Utilizing herself as bait, Younger-hwa runs out of the room, and Chul-hwan chases after her whereas scoffing at their so-called love.
Chul-hwan reminds her of all of the ache she is placing Do Ha by means of, and for a second, she hesitates. Nonetheless, Do Ha seems in entrance of her, and Younger-hwa stops wavering. He taught her that love is about wanting to save lots of the opposite individual regardless of the associated fee, and he or she now not falls for the enemy’s taunts.
In that second, the items lastly click on for Do Ha, and he realizes what he should do. Pushing Younger-hwa to security, he confronts Chul-hwan alone and tells his father that he’ll shield his love till her thirtieth birthday which can imply the top for each of them. Throwing his father down the steps, Do Ha grabs Younger-hwa as they attempt to escape, and instantly, a automobile swerves in entrance of them: the legal professional has switched sides.
With the legal professional’s assist, our essential couple will get away, and in the course of the drive, Younger-hwa has her final dream. After she killed Do Ha, Ri-ta tried to finish her life, however together with his final breath, he begged her to reside. Waking up, Younger-hwa realizes that Do Ha has all the time been her guardian angel and hopes to reside with him for a very long time. Unable to reciprocate, Do Ha wonders to himself if she is going to forgive him for hiding the reality from her.
With per week left till her birthday, Do Ha and Younger-hwa cover in Jun-oh’s secluded home and benefit from the passing days with little fanfare. As their farewell approaches, Do Ha cries alone at night time since he’s unable to sleep as a spirit, and within the mornings, he spends each minute with Younger-hwa, ensuring to take advantage of his last days.
The day earlier than her birthday, they head to the market to purchase stuff for her social gathering, and Younger-hwa picks out matching rings for them to put on. Do Ha thinks to himself that this was the happiest day of his life, and that night time, with lower than an hour earlier than the curse is over, the lights flip off and Chul-hwan seems.
Do Ha holds off his father to let the others escape, however fueled by his need for revenge, Chul-hwan tosses Do Ha apart and goes after his goal. He corners Younger-hwa within the woods, and proper when it seems like they misplaced once more, Min-oh involves the rescue. Because of the talisman she gave him, he buys simply sufficient time for Do Ha to return and shield Younger-hwa.
Sensing his finish, Chul-hwan reveals to Younger-hwa that Do Ha will disappear if she lives, however Do Ha reassures her that every thing shall be alright. He impales his father on a department — ending what he ought to have accomplished way back — and watches him vanish into mud. The curse is lastly damaged.
As Do Ha falls to his knees, Younger-hwa cradles him in her arms and begs him to stick with her. He reminds her that he’ll all the time be by her aspect, and for the primary time in over a thousand years, Do Ha falls asleep. Dreaming of his previous, he realizes that almost all of his time was depressing however assembly Younger-hwa made him overwhelmingly completely satisfied.
Throughout their week of hiding, Younger-hwa and Do Ha spent a day resting underneath a tree and seen the moon within the sky. He advised her that he can be the moon for her — all the time there even when she can not see it — so she is going to by no means must be lonely. Within the current, Younger-hwa recollects this reminiscence as his final farewell and wakes up within the hospital with a heavy coronary heart.
Whereas Min-oh prepares his brother’s funeral for a second time, a miracle happens. Listening to the information, Younger-hwa rushes down to seek out Do Ha and instantly hugs him. Nonetheless, he pulls again from her, and her smile disappears as he asks who she is. She realizes that the person earlier than her is Jun-oh, which suggests Do Ha is actually gone.
A 12 months passes since then, and Jun-oh is now cancer-free after receiving chemotherapy (I assume ghostly possession helped him heal). Life goes properly for the star, and although Do Ha’s affect slips out sometimes, Jun-oh recollects nothing from that point. He does keep in mind Younger-hwa’s identify, and when he finds a field of Do Ha’s issues together with her image, he asks his brother to let him meet her.
Younger-hwa has additionally been doing properly since her final birthday: happening failed dates, returning to work, and hanging out with buddies. The 2 meet once more on the temple, and in contrast to Min-oh’s worries, Jun-oh is just right here to thank her for saving his life. He tells Younger-hwa that he intends to maneuver on since he doesn’t need to keep caught prior to now and miss the current. Listening to his phrases, Younger-hwa realizes that she ought to do the identical and tells him to reside properly.
Earlier than they half methods, Jun-oh fingers Younger-hwa a letter from Do Ha. He wrote to her that he may have repeated one other thousand years if it meant staying by her aspect, however he couldn’t lock her in hell for his personal egocentric wishes. He hopes that she is going to go away their farewell prior to now and proceed to reside life to the fullest. Staring up on the moon, Younger-hwa thanks Do Ha for the birthday current and recollects the reminiscence underneath the tree as not a goodbye however a promise.
Life strikes on as we see snippets of the opposite characters from the legal professional paying for his crimes in jail to Yi-seul making amends by means of volunteer work. As for Younger-hwa, she achieves her purpose of going to Antarctica, and in her desires, she rewrites historical past. As a substitute of killing Do Ha, she hugs him, they usually die collectively in one another’s arms. Simply as his craving stored him by her aspect for 1,500 years, she hopes her longing will attain him, too.
An undisclosed period of time passes, and a college scholar who seems like Younger-hwa snaps photos of the moon. Distracted, she practically falls over till a highschool scholar, who seems like Do Ha, catches her. They gaze up on the moon collectively earlier than smiling at one another, and it appears that evidently Younger-hwa’s craving reached Do Ha in spite of everything.
The ultimate scene appears to be a nod to the supply materials, although in additional of an Easter egg type of approach moderately than something substantial. I’m not a fan of age gaps that embody minors, so whereas I didn’t essentially just like the picture of their reincarnations assembly once more, the thought behind it was a pleasant deal with for followers who had been hoping for a contented ending. Total, I believe message of the present wasn’t my cup of tea which did hinder my enjoyment, however I can respect the conclusion as a love story about two people who find themselves meant to be collectively throughout time and reincarnations.
Among the logic surrounding possessions and spirits had been flimsy and overly handy, particularly in the course of the last showdown. Chul-hwan was tremendous sturdy when it helped the plot transfer ahead, however then weak at instances to ensure that the heroes to flee. As for the variations in ending, I’m assuming Chul-hwan was vaporized as a result of he was evil, and Jun-oh stayed alive as a result of Do Ha was “good.” Talking of, I’m wondering if the present would have been higher if Do Ha was by no means a vengeful spirit in any respect. His demise scene was poignant after seeing it in its entirety, nevertheless it did make me query how he forgot his mission.
The present made it clear that he held no resentment in the direction of her even throughout his last breath, but he thought he was offended at her for 1,500 years till he met Younger-hwa? This might have been remedied if the present spent extra time with Do Ha and depicted how his love morphed into resentment with every passing reincarnation, however as a substitute, the creators turned it right into a twist. The present set him up as a vengeful ghost, making the viewers imagine one factor solely to disclose in a while that they had been withholding data. On this occasion, the present sacrificed storytelling for a shock which wasn’t well worth the payoff.
It makes extra sense on this model of the story to have Do Ha been her guardian angel from the beginning since their historical past is rife with sorrow and pressure. There was loads of issues the present may have centered on and developed over the course of fourteen episodes, and I believe it really works a lot better as a drama about longing than it does as a faux out revenge-melo. Granted, the present has tons of different weaknesses that I doubt just a few modifications may have saved it on a elementary degree, nevertheless it’s indicative of a bigger grievance I had in the direction of the present: it tried to be an excessive amount of and ended up not fairly realizing what it wished to be.
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