Ever since 49 Days, I think Hotel Del Luna is one of the meaningful drama about life and death. It's truly remarkable to be able to have this kind of drama every once in a while. And thanks to my dear friend, letting me know this drama exists and for sure, I do recommend this drama.
It was clear right from the beginning that there is no such happy ending between Jang Man Wol (played by IU) and Ku Chan Seong (played by Yeo Jin Goo). They both know one day Man Wol has to leave and go to afterlife. To be honest, there was a bit of spoiler that Man Wol has died because she committed suicide after killing so many people, yet I do not see that background story. It's just that her time stopped and she's been living for 1,300 years and never aged.
Man Wol has been punished for her entire life because of her past. She has to attend to ghost who just died and still want to linger in this world with their unfinished business before the time comes for them to go to afterlife. Because once you go to afterlife (crossing the Sanzu River - or we used to call it as the bridge that separate the living and the death), you will forget all the memories during your living time and that's where the reincarnation theory will take place.
Man Wol could not let go of her past and instead dwelling upon it, tried to take revenge before she go to her afterlife. That revenge energy hold her to get punished in the world between the living and the death. Even after 1,300 years, she never once let of of Chung Myung who betrayed her and still want to take revenge on him. So irony, that human life is like that, maybe for some there are still some unfinished business during our living time, yet we still hold onto them - making our journey to the afterlife a bit complicated.
The subject of death is not an easy one to talk about, much less create lovely stories around, but I loved the tales of the hotel’s guests and the lessons they taught. For me, Hotel del Luna wasn’t so much about death as it was about concepts like peace, forgiveness, kindness, good and evil, and appreciating life while you can. Even though it took Man Wol thirteen hundred years to learn how to understand and forgive, she was eventually about to heal once she was willing to let herself be vulnerable, and by healing she enabled herself to move on and be happy. It’s a simple lesson, but an important one, and seeing her become capable of letting go is a help to me to be able to believe by letting myself be vulnerable, healing will take place and letting me be happy instead.
Hotel del Luna has taught us, it’s that parting is inevitable, but that goodbye is never forever. Life and death are a circle, and every ending is also a beginning. And it's our duty to start living and appreciating life as it is, be kind and always learn how to forgive and cherish life.
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