"Twenty Five Twenty One" suppressed viewers, but did you watch the series below?
Not all Korean series have a romantic ending the way audiences hope. Like in real life, many couples in the series also end up parting, not even seeing each other again.
Song Hye Kyo - Jang Ki Yong (Now, We Are Breaking Up)
Ha Young Eun (Song Hye Kyo) and Yoon Jae Guk (Jang Ki Yong) have a vague open ending that inhibits the audience. Young Eun stayed in Korea while Jae Guk traveled the world alone.
Finally, Young Eun and Jae Guk met again in Busan, where they first met. They both smiled at each other and said nothing more.
"Now, We Are Breaking Up" is a story based on the breaking up of men and women.
Kim Go Eun - Ahn Bo Hyun (Yumi's Cells)
Thought Goo Woong (Ahn Bo Hyun) would be Yumi's destined boy. But no, the two broke up after a period of dating. The producer has also confirmed that season 2 of "Yumi's Cells" will have another male lead.
"Yumi's Cells" tells the relatable story of Yumi an ordinary office worker in her 30s from the perspective of the cells of her head.
She is not not good at expressing her emotions. She is growing up through love and work and starts seeking happiness from the small things.
Park Bo Gum - Park So Dam (Record of Youth)
Deciding to focus on their careers, Park Bo Gum and Park So Dam each took a place in "Record of Youth".
Maybe we can't have both love and career!
"Record of Youth" tells the growth record of youth who are working hard to achieve their dreams and love without losing hope.
Kim So Hyun - Song Kang (Love Alarm)
After many misunderstandings and differences in family circumstances, Jojo (Kim So Hyun) breaks up with her high school crush, Sun Oh (Song Kang).
She then chose to love and marry Hye Yeong (Ga Ram) in season 2, despite Sun Oh trying to hold on.
"Love Alarm" is about people who want to know their true heart in a society where people use an app to find out who likes them. To be precise, the app is telling people who like them in the 10 meters around.
Jang Dong Yoon - Chae Soo Bin (If We Were a Season)
The guy who was with you at the age of 17 can't be with you for the rest of his life. The film ends when the two have not yet had time to say love.
Gi Seok (Jang Dong Yoon) gives Yoon Hae Rim (Chae Soo Bin) a tight hug before she gets on the train to leave.
"If We Were a Season" is a melodrama about the pure and innocent days.
IU - Lee Jun Ki (Moon Lovers Scarlet Heart: Ryeo)
Of course, not much needs to be said about the ending of this classic tragedy. Hae Soo died of a serious illness, then returned to the modern world.
Wang So ascended the throne, raising their daughter. The series ends when Hae Soo bursts into tears at a painting by Wang So in the museum.
"Moon Lovers" is a Chinese original drama about a modern day woman named Jang-hyo time-slipping into the Qing Dynasty.
Kim Go Eun - Park Hae Jin (Cheese in the Trap)
Kim Go Eun is so charming with unhappy relationships. She also broke up with Park Hae Jin in "Cheese in the Trap", causing the biggest controversy in 2016.
"Cheese in the Trap" is based on a web-toon about Hong Seol and her senior named Yoo Jeong. The original was released in portal sites in 2010.
Hong Seol is a regular girl but she's thoughtful and sturdy.
Yoona - Im Si Wan (The King Loves)
"The King Loves" extremely troublesome love triangle also has an ending that makes the audience unhappy. Wang Won (Im Si Wan) takes the throne, but he and Eun San (Yoona) are not together.
Even, whether Eun San loves the male lead or the supporting male is still controversial.
"The King Loves" is an ambitious crown prince named Wang Won harbors an extreme thirst and ambition for power. As he desires to conquer, his childhood friend and bodyguard Wang Rin and the beautiful daughter of a rich man Han Eun San begin to shape his destiny.
Kim Tae Ri - Nam Joo Hyuk (Twenty Five, Twenty One)
Just joined the movie with an inhibitory ending, "Twenty Five, Twenty One" did not lose out when Na Hee Do (Kim Tae Ri) and Baek Yi Jin (Nam Joo Hyuk) broke up in the last episode because they couldn't stand love. Hee Do later got married and had children, while Yi Jin was alone until the age of 40.
"Twenty Five, Twenty One" is drama about the romantic story of two people who first met when they were 22 and 18, then again four years later at 25 and 21.
The story follows the pure and fierce growth of immature youth and the excitement and difficulties between friendship and love.
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