“When life gives you mandarins”, which has already brought the audience to tears through three acts of deeply emotional history, should offer an even more excruciating ending. It seems that the last act represents the “winter” of the life of Ae-Soon (played by IU and Moon so-de), and the fans are preparing for the most painful moments ever.
A tragic ending in sight?
Netflix recently released Teaser Images for the last four episodes, aired on March 28th. These images have quickly become a hot topic between the Netizen, as they apparently suggest an incomplete and painful end that reflects the melancholy shades established by episode one.
In the last preview, the spectators noticed signs that indicate the passage of Gwan-Sik (played by Park Bo-Gum and Park Hae-Joon) in front of his wife. Geum -myg scenes that cries while someone is brought to the hospital, an elderly Ae-Soon sitting alone with swallowing hair and wrinkled skin and a sweet and sour flashback of Ae-Soon who happily greets with his three children, everyone suggests that Gwan-Sik may not get to the end.
In addition, the series started with Ae-Soon who lived alone in a nursing home, standing on the ocean, who remembers his mother who was taken away from the sea. These thin hints from the beginning seem to prefigure the devastating winter that awaits it in the final.
In fact, the reality of life and death is inevitable and seems likely that Gwan-Sik died of old age. In the scenes of his daughter’s marriage, he already seems fragile. However, fans are struggling to accept the idea of ​​another loss in AE-Soon’s life. Throughout the drama, he has already endured the death of his parents, son and grandmother. Losing Gwan-Sik the person who has remained by his side for life seems too cruel.
In an emotional moment from act 3, AE-Soon expresses her only desire: to age and pass with her husband. However, it seems that this simple dream will remain unattainable, leaving the public broken.
Fans’ reactions to the ending
While the final result remains uncertain, the fans have already flooded the social media of frustration, pleading the writers to reconsider. Many argue that while life and death are natural cycles, the script must not be so ruthless. The title “When life gives you mandarins” (The Korean title literally translated into “You did well”) suggests healing and resilience, but the story through all four arches seems to be without comfort or hope.
Below are some comments by Netizens:
- “Writers can keep the last four episodes for themselves. I can no longer manage this crack.”
- “My heart is completely made to pieces. This is too much.”
- “They had to age together! AE-Soon will really end up alone in a nursing home?”
- “Even the strongest pillar can collapse in the end, and that’s all.”
- “Please, someone tells me that if Gwan-Sik survives after the last episode. If I die, I finished watching. I have not remained more tears.”
With the emotions that go up, the public is preparing for what could be one of the most devastating finals in the recent K-Drama story. Want “When life gives you mandarins” Do you really provide a tragic farewell or is there still hope in a miracle? Fans will find out soon when the drama reaches its expected conclusion.
