JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T END UP TOGETHER AS YOU WISHED, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE ENDING IS BAD.

I don't understand the hate to the final episode. Look. First of all, if you hate this because you don't know Minchae's father, ask yourself, does it really matter? 2521 is never about Minchae's father. All you need to know is Heedo got married and not to Yijin. And did they give you that piece of information already? Yes they did. The moment you're told the name of Heedo's daughter is Kim Minchae, you should've known that they don't end up together in the end. That's it, period. If you're disappointed because Yijin is not revealed to be the father, then youre the one expecting more. Just like Seungwan's father who passed away without us knowing early on that she had a father, the same goes to Minchae's father. Whoever that is, it's not the main focus here as he does not have anything to do with Heedo and her group of friends. Second, the series clearly wants to depict how Heedo held on to the most beautiful memory she had in her life at the age of 21. Just because they don't end up together at the present time, it does not mean their relationship doesn't matter to her. This series exactly would like to demonstrate how in our lives, for many, even the most beautiful thing that happened to us can be temporary. And if you're disappointed that the end is rushed and so sudden, well, aren't things in life also like that? We love a phase of our lives so much that we often forget it could end in an instance when you don't put effort to cherish and protect it? Have you never lost a friend, a lover, or anybody that you love so dearly but then suddenly you just don't talk anymore? I bet you have. And that's what this series is trying to tell you. If anything, it is actually very realistic. We can grow apart from people that we love in an instant and we just can't help but regret what happened. The fact that people say the series portrayed their relationship so beautifully but the ending is disappointing actually proves that they really are successful in conveying the message of even something beautiful could end just like that. Third of all. Let the feeling sink in. You're sad because something so beautiful doesn't end well and leave you with so many questions? Well, that's exactly what Heedo is feeling. She's confused, just as you are. Do you think she would've even thought for once that her and Yijin would not end up together? This is just as surprising and shocking to her as it is to you. That's exactly what they want to show here. To me, this series successfully takes you to feel what Heedo feels. To be in that confussion. Left with so many questions unanswered. Only to find out about how Yijin really felt later on lin life when they couldn't be together anymore and it's too late. But you just have to move on. Like Heedo did. Which I really like, to be honest. This is a new way of storytelling. It lets you know how does it feel to experience something so beautiful ends in an instant without getting any closure because you're the one expecting more than what you should have.

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