Not every couple will live the dreamed ‘happy forever’ as these 5 doramas prove in which the main couple does not end together; Check it out!
In the doramas, when a plot, regardless of premise, presents a novel, the natural is to hope that the lovebirds find a happy ending side by side. However, there are several stories where they show that the perfect closure is not always with the beloved person, as the main couple ends up following separate paths.
Thinking about these narratives, Recreio has gathered a list of 5 serial productions from South Korea where the couple does not end together; Check it out:
1. Twenty -five, twenty -one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuffhnmgrm
“In a time of crisis, a teenage fencer goes after his big dream and meets a young man who wants to rebuild life,” says the synopsis of twenty-five, twenty-one on Netflix, a plot that follows Hee-Do’s relationship and yi-jin baek since they are known, which happens when they are 18 and 22, until they decide to separate at 21 and 25.
The plot, which shows the evolution of the relationship over the years, which begins with a friendship and becomes a love before it comes to an end, brings valuable lessons that convey the idea that only love is not enough to keep a couple united.
2. May Youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zak3H9gr_a
“May Youth” takes place during the Gwangju revolt in South Korea in 1980. The narrative follows a medical student, Hee-Tae Hwang, and the nurse, Myung-Hee Kim, who know each other amid the difficulties caused by the political scene of the time and fall in love, but due to the turnarounds of their destination.
Available at Kocowa and Viki, the story has the following synopsis: “Hee Tae becomes Gwangju’s pride when he enters the National University of Seoul medical school with maximum grades. His best friend Kyung Soo, an avid pro-democracy activist, insists that they open an illegal clinic for fugitive government students. One day a factory worker is injured during a protest. Discreetly yourself and the factory worker for her hometown, Hee Tae should go to a meeting with a potential marriage partner arranged by her father. Hee Tae knows Myeong Hee, a persevering nurse in life. Tae end up falling in love. In May 1980, amid heated passion and cries for democracy that echoes for Gwangju, Hee Tae and Myeong Hee find themselves in a turnaround. “
3. SnowDROP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff0deyyiyi0
In “snowdrop” the protagonist couple is lim soo ho (Jung Hae in) and Eun Young-Ro (Jisoo). He is a North Korean spy who ends up receiving her help, a South Korean university student, when she ends up injured. That’s because she takes care of the soldier’s injuries and forces him in her dorm when he needs a place to hide. In the meantime, the two fall in love, but due to their identities and situations, they cannot stay side by side.
Dorama is available on Disney+.
4. Mr. Sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpjso4fhtr
From TVN, “Mr. Sunshine” was released in 2018 and today can be seen on Netflix. In history, South Korean Choi Yoo-Jin was just a child when he was taken to the United States aboard a warship in 1871. Years later, he returns to his home country as an American soldier, and while finding himself in love with Go Ae-Shin, the daughter of an aristocrat, he will discover what is behind the attempt to colonize the Korea.
Situated at the time of strenuous political relations between Japan and Korea, the couple ends up tragically separating as a consequence of choices made during a conflict.
5. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljxyaaiphc
Based on the Chinese novel “Bu Bu Jing Xin” Tong hua“Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo” accompanies Go ha-jin, who lives in the 21st century, but ends up traveling in time in a lunar eclipse and suddenly finds himself in 941, during the Doryeo dynasty.
In the new reality, she gets involved in Wang family politics and falls in love with the princes Wang Wook and Wang So, but ends up with either of them next to her.
Source: Recreio
