Two extra episodes and it’s farewell to “Moon within the Day”! This present’s been an absolute delight from begin to end by way of characterization and chemistry. Virtually each fact is out within the open, so this week, the previous takes middle stage as we be taught all the things main as much as Do Ha’s (Kim Younger Dae’s) and Han Ri Ta’s (Pyo Ye Jin’s) fates in Goryeo. And Younger Hwa (Pyo Ye Jin) solely has one query: is a cheerful ending attainable this time round, or had been she and Do Ha doomed from the beginning?
Warning: spoilers for episodes 11-12 and the “Moon within the Day” manhwa and mentions of suicide under.
1. Han Ri Ta killing Soribu
We’ve seen Do Ha’s dying scene out of context a number of instances now, and every time Ri Ta appeared like she was robotically killing Do Ha. It was like there was nothing left in her. Younger Hwa, alternatively, has solely simply been knowledgeable by Seok Chul Hwan (Jung Woong In), who’s actually Soribu (Lee Kyung Younger), that she killed Do Ha. She doesn’t wish to imagine it. She is aware of that Do Ha’s suffered drastically due to his dying. When she tentatively asks if it harm to die, she tears up listening to how painful his dying was. However Younger Hwa’s by no means shied from the reality, and she or he goes to sleep, decided to relive what occurred.
And because it seems, Han Ri Ta was one hell of an incredible girl. On the eve of her wedding ceremony day, Soribu instructed Younger Hwa that he could be sending Do Ha into battle after her wedding ceremony evening and make sure that Do Ha died there. He assumes that since she’s been compelled into marriage and hates Do Ha for killing her dad and mom that she’ll be glad about this. He tells her that each one she must do is drug Do Ha’s tea, in order that he’ll be clumsy and sluggish the following day. His males, the identical males who’re purported to be Do Ha’s military, will maintain the remainder. However he doesn’t know that Younger Hwa’s had 100 possibilities to kill Do Ha and simply hasn’t been capable of do it. And he or she’s already realized that the explanation Do Ha needed to turn out to be the weary, killing machine that he’s, is as a result of Soribu used him like a looking canine his total life. Do Ha is nineteen, and at that terribly younger age, he’s been compelled to take so many lives. He’s even described himself as dwelling in hell and thinks he deserves it. That is the person Ri Ta fell in love with, and she or he is aware of the one method to save him from that hell is to kill Soribu. In order that’s what she does.
As a substitute of drugging Do Ha’s tea, she medicine Soribu’s. And in the course of the evening, when she walks in along with her father’s sword and kills him, she makes certain he is aware of why. As a result of it’s the one method to set Do Ha free. As he dies, Soribu curses her, saying he’ll discover and kill her throughout a 1,000 years. She’s discovered with Soribu’s corpse and is arrested, however she’s okay with dying as a result of she’s freed Do Ha from hell. If something, dying appears like a aid as a result of it appears like punishment for falling in love with the person who killed her dad and mom. However Ri Ta’s additionally solely 19. And he or she underestimates simply how a lot Do Ha loves her. And it’s that love that undoes all the things.
2. Do Ha doing something to guard Rita
Do Ha is aware of what Ri Ta’s completed the second he sees her sword beside Soribu’s physique, however the look on his face is superb as a result of for only a second, he thinks she’s useless. His males (the identical ones who had been attributable to kill him) inform him that she’s captured and awaiting execution. He asks her why she did it. And these two have all the time laid themselves naked earlier than one another as a result of Ri Ta explains that it was the one method to save him. And that’s sufficient. Do Ha slices via her bonds and slices via each man who tries to cease him from leaving along with her. And Ri Ta realizes then, that by eradicating one shackle, she’s placed on one other.
Earlier than, Do Ha was a homicide machine as a result of his father demanded it of him. However now, he’s doing it as a result of Ri Ta is his cause for dwelling, and he received’t let anybody harm her. However the complete metropolis is looking them down as criminals and that implies that Do Ha must kill increasingly to maintain them protected. All he needs is to flee the town and discover the remainder of the Gaya survivors and reside there in a small village, lastly freed from burdens that ought to by no means have rested on their shoulders. However Ri Ta’s hit all-time low. She is aware of simply what number of lives Do Ha must take to make sure that their dream comes true. Each time somebody finds them, Do Ha must kill them. That isn’t dwelling. And he or she merely can’t do it anymore. She must free them from this cycle of violence, and that’s why, when he will get as much as go away and homicide a complete squadron looking them, she kills him. And Younger Hwa wakes up, understanding all the things.
She breaks down, apologizing to Do Ha and is shocked to comprehend that he all the time knew. Do Ha admits that he simply wished to know why she did it. He freely admits that he cherished her with all the things he had so he by no means understood why. However when Younger Hwa explains what Ri Ta was considering, he relaxes utterly. He already knew he was in love with Younger Hwa, however this seals it. Ri Ta killed him out of affection. That’s all he wanted to listen to. Solely, Younger Hwa’s being cussed now. She’s determined that their relationship was doomed, then and now. Harmless folks maintain being harm due to them (although these Goryeo guards didn’t appear all that harmless). Despite the fact that Soribu’s behind the bloodshed this time, she will be able to’t take being the reason for a lot ache. She storms off, however Do Ha is not having it.
It’s nice to see a person who communicates, and Do Ha’s nailing it. He doesn’t let her shut him out however runs after her and opens as much as her within the hope that she’ll reciprocate. And he or she does! Simply such a inexperienced flag man. However Soribu strikes once more.
3. Soribu victim-blaming Ri Ta and Do Ha
Then and now, Soribu stays a grasp at gaslighting. He has this unusual mind-manipulation energy that he’s used on Goo Tae Joo (Jung Heon), Han Min Oh (On Joo Wan), and now Jung Yi Seul (Jung Shin Hye) to nice success. This time, he has Yi Seul push Younger Hwa in entrance of a truck. Solely, Younger Hwa’s loyal good friend Choi Na Yeon (Moon Ye Received) takes the hit as a substitute. Younger Hwa’s distraught and breaks down much more when Soribu vows that he’ll come after her and everybody she loves till she’s useless.
He confirms that he’s been behind the dying of all Younger Hwa’s earlier reincarnations. All it takes is one whisper by him in the fitting ear, and he amplifies each evil intention the individual already had and directs it towards Younger Hwa. Plus, the individual doesn’t even do not forget that they weren’t those from whom the preliminary intention originated. That is related as a result of Younger Hwa’s presently satisfied that Soribu have to be proper—that all the things right here occurred as a result of she fell in love with Do Ha. Younger Hwa’s all the time been somebody who dangers all the things to avoid wasting lives, therefore her selection of career as a firefighter. So to have folks harm as a result of Soribu’s making an attempt to get to her hurts badly. Therefore why when Younger Hwa begins appearing suspiciously vivid and pleased with everybody round her, Do Ha suspects that one thing scary is at play.
4. Ri Ta’s and Younger Hwa’s selections
Ri Ta makes her resolution to kill Do Ha out of affection for him and for the folks whose lives he’d take. Younger Hwa does it for a similar causes however inverts the sword on herself. She wonders if she ought to have completed this from the beginning and simply taken her life to tie any ensuing curse to her in order that Han Min Oh and Na Yeon wouldn’t have been harm. She feigns happiness round everybody and silently makes her farewells, giving Do Ha the second protecting bracelet she discovered and prepares to drown herself within the Han river. She runs via each second she had with Do Ha and tells herself that it’s okay. That she’s grateful for on a regular basis she had with him. However it seems like she’s simply making an attempt to persuade herself.
Do Ha arrives simply in time to cease her. She tries to argue that that is her dialogue, however he factors out that Soribu is expert at manipulation and that the Younger Hwa he knew did all the things she may to reside and assist these round her reside. Soribu has killed 18 of her reincarnations already, how does she know that he hasn’t gotten in her head the best way he acquired in Min Oh’s and Yi Seul’s heads? He asks her to make a wager with him in a name again to Ri Ta doing the identical 1,500 years in the past. Again then, it was Do Ha making an attempt to stifle his emotions and guarantee her security at the price of his sanity by serving to her escape earlier than their wedding ceremony. This time, it’s Younger Hwa’s flip. He vows that he’ll discover a method to break this curse and for them to lastly be glad on this lifetime. And it’s Younger Hwa’s flip to cease. She admits that she’s terrified that she’ll remorse not dying when she had the prospect, however she really needs to reside. And eternally stoic Do Ha additionally tears up however guarantees that she received’t remorse it. And identical to they did 1,500 years in the past, they seal that promise with a kiss.
Cease, they’re so cute. SO CUTE.
The present’s diverged fairly removed from the manhwa at this level, particularly with Ri Ta’s motivations for killing Do Ha. Plus, the ultimate week’s preview exhibits Do Ha vowing to Ri Ta that their ending will probably be a cheerful one this time. However there’s a lot to nonetheless wrap up: Jun Oh’s physique nonetheless has most cancers, and Soribu appears fairly omnipotent at this level. Plus, is there a cause that Younger Hwa must die earlier than she hits 30? It appears fairly related on condition that Do Ha and Soribu talked about that they’re rising weaker as her birthday approaches. Regardless of the manhwa’s tragic ending, the best way the present retains telling us that Do Ha and Younger Hwa have vowed to vary their destiny hints that we aren’t going through a tragedy. Make it occur Do Ha! We’re all cheering you on!
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