Felt Like A Self Help Book To Me

There’s a debate regarding how the show was ended. I think that the ending was a risk for a Korean Romantic Drama, however, I do think that it was a risk worth taking. A lot of romantic dramas have happy endings. Twenty Five Twenty One took a route I’ve never seen done before. The ending was meant for the characters, not for the viewers. I think Hee Do held a huge regret regarding how she ended the relationship. There were words she said to Baek Yi Jin that she wished she said and wished she hadn’t said. On the other hand, Baek Yi Jin was able to find closure because Hee Do’s journal where she wrote how she truly felt ended up on his door, while Hee Do never got closure til the end of the show. I honestly liked how the reasoning behind why they had to break up, Baek Yi Jin chose his career and did not want to share the pain he was going through as a reporter which shows the trauma he went through at the beginning of the show. Hee Do decides to initiate the breakup because she wanted someone who could share both their happiness and sadness which Yi Jin was unable to do. In the end, Yi Jin and Hee Do broke up because they wanted different things for each other. One thing I got from watching Hee Do’s closure as she reads and imagines an alternative breakup with Yi Jin is that when you choose to end a relationship build from love and support it is best to end it the same way. I truly enjoyed watching this drama. I do not by means think it is the best Kdrama I have seen but it is definitely the drama that made me think about my relationship with myself and my relationship with others and how I treat them.

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