Hotel Del Luna Ending Final

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.

Circle Korean Drama 2017 First Impression

Circle tells a story of two worlds connected, which feels like W: Two World starring Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Suk. But this Circle tells a more different storyline, which up till now, I am also curious as how the story will unfold. 

The drama is divided into two parts. The first is set in the present, The Beta Project (2017); which is about twin brothers who think they saw an alien in their childhood. The younger brother, Kim Woo Jin's (played by Yeo Jin Goo) university suddenly has an array of suicide cases. A student who looks like the alien (played by Gong Seung Yoon) but claims she's not and Woo Jin thinks that the suicides are actually murders. They work together to stop the organization behind it. The second setting is in the future, A Brave New World (2037), the story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the “Smart Earth” where people’s emotions are controlled and no crimes or illness exist, and the “General Earth” where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.

In 2037, there is a detective which name is Kim Joon Hyuk which I assumed, he is the future Kim Woo Jin or maybe one of the twins. Joon Hyuk insists on going to Smart Earth to find out the mystery of alien invasion in 2017 and dig the secret between the missing twins case. Which I guess, he is trying to find out what has happened actually in the past. 

In my opinion, Circle began with a literal bang this week, and after months of trying to find a fix for my drama slump, I’m almost hyperventilating at how good it is so far. I was nervous because I didn’t know whether the two timelines would mesh, or whether the whole dystopian future would be executed well. But, almost everything, from the fast pacing to the rich background stories to the high-quality acting, is on point. So without further ado, I give you Circle.

Upcoming Drama: Circle - Two Worlds Connected

tvN’s very first sci-fi drama “Circle: Two Worlds Connected” released some more stills of its characters.

The new stills show Yeo Jin Goo and Gong Seung Yoon sitting in front of their laptops and looking like determined college students.

The next still shows Yeo Jin Goo gazing at Gong Seung Yeon in the school library.

The two characters in the drama will try to uncover the truth behind some mysterious deaths. “Circle” will simultaneously take place in 2017 and 2037. Yeo Jin Goo and Gong Seung Yoon will be showing off their chemistry in “Part One: Beta Project,” which is set in 2017.

The drama will air its first episode on May 22 at 11 p.m. KST. So excited! Feels like W:Two World. I just hope that the writer won't drag the storyline just to finish the whole episode.