Gu Family Book: Episode 24 (Final)
by girlfriday
Uh… so THAT happened. There are words. They’re forming slowly because I have a melty puddle where my brain used to be. It’s finale time for Gu Family Book, and I’ll tell you one thing: It ain’t boring! Ha. Hahahaha. Heh. Heh. Heh… *cries*
The finale brought in 19.5%, which left it just shy of ever breaking that elusive 20% barrier. I feel that it’s fair, because the show left ME just shy of sane, so quid pro quo. Tit for tat, and all that jazz.
FINAL EPISODE RECAP
We backtrack a little to Kang-chi’s visit to Lee Soon-shin, where he says it’s time they take out Jo Gwan-woong. Or eons ago, but who’s counting? Lee Soon-shin says he’ll trust Kang-chi but in exchange he has to make a promise not to take any lives by his hand, in the name of revenge. Kang-chi promises.
After rescuing Yeo-wool from the Piñata of Doom, Kang-chi tells her to rest, but she says she wants to be there for the epic moment when Jo Gwan-woong finally gets his due. Well you can’t blame a girl for wanting front-row seats to that showdown. *grabs popcorn*
Now back to the confrontation with Jo Gwan-woong, where our good guys line up like sitting ducks for Jo Gwan-woong’s gun-toting minion to take his best shot. He lights the fuse, and Yeo-wool is the first to turn around and see him. Crap.
She sees that he’s aiming for Kang-chi (which confuses me since I thought we were going after Lee Soon-shin to pin the murder on Kang-chi, but whatever it hardly matters at this point) and jumps in the way.
She takes the shot in the shoulder. Everyone freezes, and Jo Gwan-woong scowls at the shot wasted on the wrong target.
She falls into Kang-chi’s arms and gasps, “Don’t go anywhere! Don’t disappear!” A tear falls, and then she closes her eyes.
Kang-chi’s eyes light up green with rage, and he storms over to Minion like the Terminator, not caring that the guy is fumbling to reload his gun. He’s not fast enough anyway, and Kang-chi yanks the gun out of his hands and starts punching him in the face over and over and over again.
Kang-chi strangles him as he bleeds, growling that a useless human like him needs to die. Whoa. So quick to forget our promises, Gumiho Baby.
Lee Soon-shin calls out to him to remind him that it’s an irreversible path once you spill blood, but he argues back that this one can die and it would be better for everyone.
He’s about to go over the edge when suddenly Yeo-wool calls out to him, and it works like an instant de-hulking pill. He runs over to tend to her like he wasn’t just about to kill someone two seconds ago.
The boys get ready to move her, when Jo Gwan-woong suddenly declares that no one can leave. Oh, you’re still planning to attack? Then why were you just standing around watching the show with the rest of us instead of attacking when you had a diversion?
So then we’re back to square one, with swords raised on both sides. Jo Gwan-woong orders them all killed, which is when Lee Soon-shin finally steps up to say that he can’t abide any more of his villainy, and calls in the troops.
Suddenly the place floods with his soldiers, and Lee Soon-shin arrests Jo Gwan-woong for framing innocent people as traitors, selling state secrets, and attempting to murder him. Uh, if he could just be arrested for these crimes, then why have we let him run around for twenty-four episodes?
The Japanese emissaries skedaddle post-haste, and Jo Gwan-woong is left to defend himself. Even though his guards have the slowest reflexes known to man, they use gas bombs to slip away. We don’t even get to see the chase, so I’m assuming that means he got away.
Next thing we know, Soo-ryun and Chung-jo are getting word that Yeo-wool is on her deathbed, and we see Master Dam sitting by her side as Teacher Gong says there isn’t much time left.
A flashback to Little Yeo-wool brings us to that day when she first asked Dad to teach her sword-fighting. He asks why, and she says that someone got hurt because of her, and all she could do was stand by and cry.
Little Yeo-wool: “If I don’t want anyone to be hurt because of me anymore, then I have to become stronger.” Aw. She learned to fight because of Kang-chi. Dad heaves another long sigh and stalks out.
Kang-chi is at So-jung’s house, asking for some way to save Yeo-wool. So-jung sighs that it happened after all, and that there’s nothing Kang-chi can do when a human meets her fate.
He doesn’t much like that answer, and insists, “There must be something I can do! Yeo-wool will die!” But So-jung says that’s how Fate works, and all he can do is accept it. He says that the best he can do is to go be by Yeo-wool’s side till the end.
When Kang-chi returns to the school, he finds out that Master Dam and Gon have gone after Jo Gwan-woong.
The hunting party scatters through the woods, and Jo Gwan-woong starts to show signs of a cracked noggin—when a guard asks for their next move, he mutters at him to ask Minion because he’ll know what to do. The same sidekick who got hauled off by Lee Soon-shin’s men?
It doesn’t take long for Master Dam to close in on Jo Gwan-woong’s location, and a fight breaks out. Even when he’s down to a few last guards, he manages to slip away… only to run right into Kang-chi.
Jo Gwan-woong orders his men to kill him, and Kang-chi just lets his green eyes glow and tells them they can live if they drop their swords and walk away. They choose life. It’s pretty funny to watch Jo Gwan-woong get ditched so quickly.
Even after all that, he’s still posturing and screaming that Kang-chi will die, and Kang-chi just super-speeds over to him and claws at his arm. They don’t show much, but he reacts like Kang-chi just cut his hand off. Or is that just wishful thinking?
Kang-chi looms over him: “Does it hurt? This is nothing compared to the pain you’ve caused us.”
We hear through gisaeng exposition that Jo Gwan-woong got hauled off to Lee Soon-shin, hog-tied and short of one hand. But… I wanted to SEE that. In all its bloody and ridiculous glory. What the hell?
Now that Jo Gwan-woong is powerless, Chung-jo can no longer be pushed around by the other girls, and they back out of her way.
Yeo-wool opens her eyes and finds Kang-chi holding her hand. She sits up and asks after Dad, worried and sorry for what she’s putting him through. Kang-chi holds her and says she should just hurry up and get better then. She looks up at him and says she has three wishes. Aw man, is she really gonna die?
That night the family gathers for dinner by candlelight, as we hear Kang-chi tell Master Dam that Yeo-wool’s first wish is to eat with everyone. I like that wish. They laugh and joke good-naturedly, though Master Dam is just sitting stoically, trying not to look at Yeo-wool.
They laugh about how Yeo-wool was taller than Gon until they were eleven, and how he still doesn’t eat carrots like a little kid. Kang-chi outs Tae-seo for picking carrots out of his food too. I’m taking that as a sign that they’re meant to be.
Yeo-wool starts to struggle against the pain, and both Kang-chi and Dad notice blood dropping on the floor. Kang-chi gently suggests they go back to her room now, but she wants to stay just a little longer. Oof, that one thing gets to me—her wanting to stay at the dinner table just another minute.
Dad finally turns to her and says she should go rest now. She starts to cry as she tells him: “I’m sorry, Father. I’m sorry, Father.” He just wraps her tiny hand in his, and says with tears streaming down his face: “You are my greatest happiness, Yeo-wool-ah.”
Once Dad cries, the floodgates open, and everyone starts to cry. He asks Kang-chi to take care of her, which is a bittersweet way to finally get that approval from Dad.
He carries her down the hall, and she asks for her second wish—to go on a walk with him. He takes her to the river where they sit for a while, and she asks something she’s always been curious about: “Why are you afraid of spiders?” Kang-chi: “Because they have too many legs.” It’s true! They have too many. What do they need all those legs for anyway?
He asks if she remembers what he said to her back then—to be his wife. “If I ask you the same thing now, what will you say?” She wonders when he remembered, and why he didn’t say anything about it till now.
He says the second he knew her name, he remembered, “But you had already begun to mean something to me.” He asks again:
Kang-chi: Will you marry me?
Yeo-wool: Even though I can’t cook?
Kang-chi: Will you marry me?
Yeo-wool: And my sewing is terrible?
Kang-chi: Will you marry me?
He starts to cry, and she wipes away his tears. “Don’t cry, Kang-chi-ya. I don’t want to be a sad memory for you. I want to be a happy one. I want to be laughter to you, not tears. When you remember me, I want you to be happy. That is my third wish.”
He takes her hand and makes her promise: “Let’s meet again. Let’s meet again. I’ll wait for you.” She nods.
Kang-chi: “I love you.” Yeo-wool: “I love you.”
As they kiss one last time, blue lights come floating in around them. Kang-chi thinks in voiceover: “When we meet again, I’ll recognize you first. When we meet again, I’ll love you first.”
And then her hand drops away from his, and she falls onto his shoulder. He calls her name, but there’s no answer.
He holds her close as he breaks down in tears, and then he narrates: “And like that, the sound of her breath stopped. And in that moment, my time stopped.”
Time stops for everyone as they mourn Yeo-wool’s passing, and then when we find Kang-chi sitting in her room, staring at the flower he gave her, now wilted.
Tae-seo finds him there, still numb and not knowing what to do. He asks if Tae-seo thinks Yeo-wool might still be alive and happy if it weren’t for him, and Tae-seo says that if he had to choose between living a hundred years or only living a hundred days but with the person he loves, he’d choose the hundred days.
Tae-seo: “Yeo-wool was happier than anyone because of you.”
Tae-seo leads him out, and that’s when we see that Kang-chi has a bag packed. Everyone is outside waiting to say goodbye, and he bows to Master Dam to thank him for everything.
Master Dam asks if he’s going to find the Gu Family Book, but Kang-chi says no—he’s going to spend some more time living as he is, waiting until he re-meets the person he wants to grow old with.
Teacher Gong gives him medicine and takes a ring off his finger and places it on Kang-chi’s hand, saying that it’s a sign that he is his disciple. Aw. Dad hugs him goodbye, and then Master Dam presents him with Yeo-wool’s sword, telling him it’s his to keep safe now.
He bows one last time, and takes his leave.
Gon, who’s been conspicuously absent from the proceedings, steps out to watch him go. He says to himself in a quiet voice, “Go well, Choi Kang-chi.”
Kang-chi doesn’t turn around, but he knows Gon is there. He just raises Yeo-wool’s sword above his head as he thinks: “Be well, friend.” Okay, that was kind of badass.
Chung-jo gets a package—it’s the shirt she made for Kang-chi, returned to her. She wistfully recites a proverb that means that first love makes a person grow, while last love completes them, and then sets out towards the prison with a purposeful look in her eye.
She bribes a guard to get inside, and walks right into Jo Gwan-woong’s cell. He does in fact have a stump for a hand. And the reason we were deprived of that violence is…?
She says she came here to pour him a drink, and tells him it’s time for him to die now. He takes the gesture as a sign of mercy, given the punishment he’s about to face, but she just steels her gaze and says that she just wanted to cut off his breath by her own hand, that’s all.
He takes a drink, and asks for another, as he calls his life un-fun and muses that he wasn’t greedy—he just wanted to feel alive. Her expression doesn’t change as he starts to cough up blood, and then she leaves him there to die alone. Farewell, Stumpy. It wasn’t nearly painful enough a death for you, but we’ll take what we can get.
Kang-chi runs into Lee Soon-shin on his way out, and says he doesn’t really know where he’s headed. Lee Soon-shin tells him there’s no real answer to being human, save for trying, every day. He tells Kang-chi, “Of all the people I have met in my life, you are the warmest, kindest person.”
Kang-chi promises to come running if he ever signals for help, and asks if he really thinks that the Gu Family Book exists. Lee Soon-shin says that if he believes in becoming human, then it must exist.
Kang-chi smiles and continues on his path.
And then in Yeo-wool’s room, the blue lights return and bring her flower back to life.
Fade out, and then when we fade back in, it’s 422 years later in present-day Seoul. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. WHAT. Suddenly he’s Hong-Giljimae?
In a fancy modern apartment are very familiar old relics: Gon’s sword, Teacher Gong-dal’s medicine jar, Yeo-wool’s sword, her purple flower. We only see a man from behind as he showers and gets dressed, and then a close-up of the ring on his finger, and a familiar red shirt hanging in the closet.
As he flips through a magazine we see that Teacher Gong-dal has been reincarnated as a doctor of eastern medicine, and then he gets a call from Yoo Yeon-seok, which is Tae-seo’s actor’s real name. This is getting too meta for my liking. So this is Tae-seo’s soul reincarnated, and he shouts at his friend to hurry up and get to the party.
Kang-chi looks out his window and narrates: “The 5221st crescent moon I’m meeting alone.” And down below in the street, a familiar voice cries out, “Excuse me!” as she runs through the streets.
Kang-chi finally turns his face to the camera as his butler calls to him, and it’s Servant Choi. What, you made your dad a butler? WTF, Kang-chi-ya? And even Ok-man is a valet downstairs.
As he drives through the city, we get glimpses of modern life (and a little moment where he smiles up at the statue of Lee Soon-shin, ha). Kang-chi narrates: “The world changed so quickly, and the way that people live has changed so drastically.”
At an intersection, a woman runs past his car in a blur, and it makes him do a double take. But the light changes and he keeps driving ahead. As he arrives to meet his friends, suddenly he hears a woman crying for someone to save her.
He sighs and pretends not to hear it, but she screams again, and he can’t ignore it. The woman screaming turns out to be Yeo-wool’s teacher, reincarnated, and she’s currently about to get her purse taken from Ma Bong-chul, who’s still a loan shark gangster even in this life.
Kang-chi shows up to save the day, only to beam when he sees Bong-chul and Teacher. “Are you taking money from people even here?” Ha. He counts to three just like the old days, and flashes his pretty green eyes at him before he beats them to a pulp.
He’s just about to have his hero moment, when a familiar voice calls out behind him to freeze. Everyone else takes off running, and Kang-chi puts his hands up with a sigh, saying it’s all a misunderstanding.
But when he whirls around, he stops cold. It’s Yeo-wool, inching closer to him with her gun raised. Is she a cop? Seems fitting.
She comes closer and tells him to freeze, which he’s already doing because his mind is blown, and he finally manages to say, “Yeo-wool-ah…”
She looks back at him quizzically: “How do you know my name?” Huh, so she’s the only one who has the same name?
She asks if he knows her, and we hear Kang-chi’s voiceover again that when they meet again, he’ll recognize her first and love her first.
He finally answers cryptically with tears brimming in his eyes, “I might know you, and I might not.” And then he looks past her to find a peach blossom tree and a crescent moon hanging up above. He finishes in voiceover: “And my time that had stopped… began to flow once again.”
End credits… and then an epilogue.
Kang-chi’s doorbell rings and he’s shocked to find Gon at his door, bearing a national security ID tag. The man behind him takes off his sunglasses… and it’s Lee Soon-shin.
COMMENTS
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Is this writer on crack? The thing is, I totally see what she was trying to do, and it’s even theoretically the kind of ending I would love for a hero’s journey. Really really, promise promise. But dude, you can’t just slap that ending on without doing the legwork to make it organic, lived-in, and earned… hell, even remotely sensical. There’s a finesse to the execution! You can’t just decide your hero’s gonna be Iljimae and then shove us into the future. That’s messed up. I feel manipulated out of tears, and worse, cheated out of the hero’s journey that would have brought us here in a satisfying manner.
You know, I actually watched this series much like Jeon Woo-chi–with low expectations for a cute, fun hero story, delivered with cheeky laughs. It was never going to be epically amazing, but I wasn’t going to hold it to that when it was trying to be lighter fare. But this—trying to turn Kang-chi into one of those iconic in-every-generation heroes in the eleventh hour—was done so poorly. I may even have cringed less if they didn’t decide that he had to be Bruce Wayne, or that everyone from 422 years ago just happened to be reincarnated in the same lifetime. (Or was this the seventeenth Tae-seo he’s been buddies with? Who knows?) Just because you have a supernatural world doesn’t mean you get to do ALL supernatural things all willy-nilly. There are rules. What you sacrifice for that fancy surprise twist ending is that you went there on your own and left us all behind.
Kang-chi could’ve been that kind of hero… if that was what you were building towards for the past twenty-three episodes. But it wasn’t. And I know because I was there for all of it. We started in a good place, with an epic backstory and a great beginning for a hero. We set up a fantastic character who stood up for the weak and used his strength for the greater good. But then we let that sit there for the love story to take center stage. Living, loving, and dying was what he desperately wanted, and he fought for his human side to win out. So we wanted that for him. Because he told us so. We spent the rest of the episodes wondering if Kang-chi would ever get to the goddamn book and become human, and then gave up hope that this show would complete anything other than the romance. Because we spent SO MUCH time on the romance. And it was sweet, and cute, and all it needed was a pretty pink bow happy ending to satisfy us. That’s it.
Instead we got a death to wring tears out of us, and then a left-turn fast-forward so sharp that my whiplash is having whiplash babies. And the crux of it, really, is that it gained nothing in doing so. All we did was come back around to the romance. I suppose if you’re in it for a sequel, that’s another story, but then I hate people who shunt an ending in service of a sequel even more. Basically, if your endgame was this all along, then you should’ve done a better job shaping Kang-chi into a hero of the people. A champion. Someone who, I dunno, sacrifices becoming human to save the world? For instance?
And this is all before even getting to the fact that they pulled the reincarnated soulmance ending, which drives me crazy. The straight version: Kang-chi is still Kang-chi, but Yeo-wool is reincarnated, and he’s going to love her all over again. The fanwank version: Yeo-wool is also still Yeo-wool, because she still has the same name while no one else does, and her purple flower power gives her the right to do this. I dunno, I’m making it up. The point is, this kind of soul-in-new-body ending always leaves me with that niggling feeling that something’s not right. Because it’s not the same. Because she died, and he didn’t, and there wasn’t even any time travel for anyone who wasn’t us, and because then the healthier thing to do would be to move on with your life and date Catwoman or something. I get that pining for 5221 moons is, well, moony, but I thought the entire setup of the parents’ doomed tragedy of a romance was that the kids were going to get it right. And they did everything right every step of the way, only to get rewarded with a 422-year engagement.
I was all ready to put this show to bed with satisfactory B-marks, because it was fun and chipper, and a cool twist on gumiho lore. Though it didn’t explore the full extent of the beast/man divide, I thought that it had interesting ideas at the center and that we were just going to wrap up our narrative neatly. Even the sadder version that ends at the fadeout with Kang-chi walking down the dirt road—that would’ve been better. Less than stellar, but it would’ve been an organic ending. I might’ve even liked it. I’d still be upset at Yeo-wool having to die (because that’s just plain mean, is what) but I could be okay with Kang-chi setting out to live his life as half-human half-beast without her, and learning to accept himself as he is.
But so much of the emotional payoff I wanted was never delivered. And a finale that did that would’ve been enough for me to overlook the obvious flaws, like stretching story for 16 episodes into 24, or the unfortunate inverse stakes for Wol-ryung (epic, tragic, life-and-death) and Kang-chi (heartfelt, but juvenile, and not nearly as earth-shattering by a long shot). We were even shafted on the villain’s big comeuppance, which I know was not cut for censorship, (Remember when Wol-ryung yanked the still-beating heart out of a man and liked it?) not to mention that the drama’s over-reliance on Lee Soon-shin to come and save the day steals our hero’s thunder. I had fun with this show, even if it was never on a deep emotional level, but these last two episodes really took the wind out of my sails. It was such an interesting universe, rich with potential. To sacrifice closure in that world, for this… what a damn shame.
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251 marine_maiden
June 27, 2013 at 7:29 AM
These last 2 eps fell really flat after the death of Seo Hwa. Kinda disappointed with that fanfic type of ending. But better have an ending where they meet again rather than not o(╯□╰)o
Seriously if someone attempting to make a 2nd season with this modern setting (which I'm quite sure wouldn't ever happen), I'm going to laugh my teeth off. Cause of course, Kang Chi have to be a president of a company where he can get involved with national security issue while all the Academy students are members of the National Security Defense (including Yeo Wool) *snort*
I guess they're actually aiming for an ending that allows fanfic growth, therefore prolong the drama life slightly. Fizzled out effect rather immediately wilted lol
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shelly
June 27, 2013 at 7:36 AM
if he got to live up to 440 years old and hadn't seen any of the rest of the world and hadn't amassed a huge fortune, he's not worth meeting again for any so-inclined re-incarnated girl.
also, if he didn't grow any wiser and experienced and less goofy in 422 years of separation, he's also not boyfriend material. i get it that men learn slowly (in dramaland anyway) but not THAT slow.
so how would any fanfic solve the time difference? she's a 20-some girl with modern ideas, and he's a world-weary half-gumiho who didn't even move out of his city. (yeah imagine she was reborn somewhere else? :D)
WR and SH - now there's some fic material :D
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shelly
June 27, 2013 at 7:38 AM
p. s. moving out - meaning after he denned. his daddy did, and didn't he say he's his daddy's boy :D
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MysteryGirl2014
June 13, 2014 at 10:33 PM
I like him goofy its kinda cute. And Kang Chi didnt move out waiting for Yeo Wool. And there is a thing that "going-out-of-city/country-for-the-buisness" so.... And did u see his place? and car? Thats hard to gain.
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252 Jennifer
June 27, 2013 at 8:23 AM
It pains me to see what could have been and what has become of this drama.
It started out awesomely, pulling you in with the twisted fates of the parents and then Kang Chi discovering what he is and accepting himself. It could have been a beautiful story about growing up, accepting yourself as what you are and love. Instead, the writing went so bad that the last few episodes I only ended up annoyed.
I hate that Yeo Wool died in the original story arc. Also, the cause that she died was so convenient. She jumped in front of it to save Kang Chi. Now let me ask you; why the fuck did Evil Minion point the gun at Kang Chi when the guy is immortal and can be healed within no time? Such a waste of bullets. And then Yeo Wool jumps to save him from the pain which I can actually understand on personal level (she doesn't want him to hurt) but which actually isn't that smart rational-wise. She's mortal while he is immortal. To die for that is a bit... Meh. And I hated that it was used only to prove that Fate cannot be overcome.
Second point: Why call your drama Gu Family Book when in the end, the hero doesn't even try to get the book? Wtf Show!
And then the whole reincarnation thing. Well, if that wasn't something pulled out of a box. When Kang Chi promised to recognize and love her first when they'd meet again, how would he know for sure they'd ever meet again? It would make more sense if we would have seen earlier in the series that reincarnation was possible in this world. But we hadn't. Then the boy spends centuries waiting for the girl he's not even sure gets reincarnated, in the meantime encountering other reincarnated versions of the people he loved. It's as if he's having a collector lol and uh yeah he uses his dad as his butler, wtf. And they made him this rich guy (which I can imagine if you've been around for 500 years) but to me it seems like a convenient tool to make him this chaebol-like guy which everyone loves seeing in dramas as the main char.
And then he encounters Yeo Wool in this weirdest sequence ever; why is she pulling her gun? She wasn't even wearing a police outfit or anything and to pull a gun in a situation like that seems a bit too much, not to mention everyone except Kang Chi had run away already. Why is she the only one having the same name? Also, I kind of like that they met under the peach tree with a crescent moon again but the monk told us 'anyone who Dam Yeo Wool meets under a peach tree and a crescent moon is she better off avoiding.'. It gives me the feeling that Fate will have a hand in this again.
And the whole reincarnation thing makes me scared of the reincarnated version of the Suckiest Villain ever. Still don't get why it took 24 episodes to arrest and kill him.
And then about the series in a whole; wtf happened to Tae Seo's and Chung Jo's story arc? It still bothers me that we didn't see Chung Jo grow as a gisaeng after she accepted her fate. She was suddenly turned into a convenient story tool just like many others. The Head Gisaeng also showed a promising back story but nada. Like ugh, all the wasted potential of this show. It began so addicting but it ended up as such a waste of time :( I hate when this happens to shows I'm invested in.
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hhisc
June 27, 2013 at 11:01 AM
not that it matters but she did not jump in front of him. I think the guy was just lousy at shooting a gun lol
I liked she died, and he moved on. I wish he had married and not waited. At least he was not a weakling like his dad and kept on living and learning no one should be dependent on another to live a good life, a love partner is just icing on the cake.
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253 Gufanatic
June 27, 2013 at 10:08 AM
My consolation from this drama is that I got to watch LSG for 22 whole episodes. I honestly love his smile, going to slumberland soon, hopefully I get to dream of his dimples!!
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hhisc
June 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM
I know, He is a joy to watch.
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254 Debicka
June 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM
I knew she would die I didn't have a problem with that cause she knew what her fate would be and she didn't care, she just lived. I even didn't mind the 422 years passing or the reincarnation ending for there was humor in that seeing they were all still together again. The problem I had is they set it up as if there will be a season two like we would finally see him find the book and a new set of adventures with finding her again and all the regulars from the past in a modern setting. And we know that just won't happen. I mean what are the chances of a Gu Family Book part II??? Prpbably not likely unless Korean viewers demand for it. Sighs... I hate coming to a ending without a sense of a ending. To be honest I'd love to see this whole cast again in modern times just to see what they would do with it in modern times. Sighs... I hate wanting something you just know will never happen. I think me finding my own red jade bracelet and green eyed powers are more likely...
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255 zandria
June 27, 2013 at 11:17 AM
They had so much they could have used yet they failed badly.
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256 Anna
June 27, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Please, let there be season 2.
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257 16rainydays
June 27, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Can I forget this with a ending that is FUCKING worth... Quick ppl gime me one
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258 Melon
June 27, 2013 at 5:41 PM
Am I the only one that loved the ending? I was so happy about the ending, it was like the best kdrama ending ever, i thought it was quite unique... maybe its just me.
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zodd
June 27, 2013 at 6:37 PM
It's just you.
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laraffinee
June 28, 2013 at 11:34 PM
I thought the show was mediocre at best, with a really lousy, lazy script with way too many stupid points, similar to "Faith".
It seems like a whole high school got on DramaFever and posted five star "Awesome!" "OMG!" "The Best!" reviews, so you are not alone, but I thought it was poorly done and a waste of good actors, and that it wouldn't have taken much to leave out the stupid parts and make it better, but the mediocre writer and director thought that slop was good enough for us.
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KCYW4ever
June 27, 2013 at 10:18 PM
It is not just you
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Dream
June 27, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Don't forget to count me in...
I admit my first reaction to the ending was "shock" (not that I didn't like it but I just didn't expect it to be like this). Originally I thought I would just cut out the last 10-min and pretend the show ended there. But now I appreciate this ending more because it gives out "hope".
It's been two days now, and the more I ponder on it the more I appreciate the ending. I think KC made a way better decision than his GMH daddy... who chose to sleep while KC choose to wait for his true love...It is passive-aggressive. It actually take courage to make such a big decision.... give up on the Book, which was once his dream, because the whole purpose was to grow old with his love one... and he waited for 400+ years... Imagine all those long and lonely nights!!
It is up to the viewers to fantasize the new romance. I think KC will find the book (I bet he read the "instruction" that the monk passed onto him cover to cover so many times he had the whole process memorized.) and will love the new YW in this life....yes, she is a new soul who know nothing of the past, but they are fated - once again under the peach tree w the crescent moon. This time around they should be able to fight that destined fate....that KC did not give up because of this "fate". It's ironic but it is beautiful.
I appreciate the writer-nims for being insightful and dare to be ...radical and ....different.
And of course, regardless, the fact that KC and YW's beautiful love story that spanned the 22 episodes... even for those who didn't agree with the ending, can't you at least try to remember all the good terms? Looking back at the comments from all the previous episodes, didn't we all LOVE KC and YW all along? It was a well-loved drama...I know, because the subs were out within hours each episode came out...consistently for the past three months.
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sadako92
August 23, 2013 at 5:13 AM
At last a wise comment, the 2nd one here that I find nuanced (somoene else made a very insightful comment previously in this thread)...
As for the ending, I felt the same as you and I'm pretty sure it was exactly the intent of the writer. And well, it was not that complicated to get although radical like you said.
So your comment was nuanced about the ending and also about the drama itself. It's nice to read.
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Micaela
January 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM
Oh yeah. It's just you alright!
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259 Herlene
June 27, 2013 at 9:49 PM
if yeol-wool really had to die, i wish kang-chi continue to look for that damn book and turn human and continue his life.
then they can both reincarnated at later time like arang ending... they could bring back the child actors in modern times and had him fall for her first....and if they really want a twist they could make yeol-wool a gumiho this time with all the crescent moon and peach blossom to challenge their fate one more time.....
oh well, at least that's my preferable version of ending
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260 Mylanh
June 28, 2013 at 5:39 AM
Mmh ... We have to wait for the "Gu Family Book 2" now ? Lol
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261 yeonu
June 28, 2013 at 8:15 AM
I couldn't even cry because of yeo wool's death because i thought she would come back later in the episode haha i dont know how but ... that would be nice.
But so.. she really died hmm
The time skip reminded me of hong dil dong but i hate it...
i was like uuhh huh what is happening here. The final episode dissapointed me so much, i loved the whole show 23 episodes i loved them all.. but the last one just really dissapointed me. And i wanted jo kwan woong to have a much more painful death. I wanted him to get stabbed by 100 swords and then kang chi would become a gumiho and do some awesome gumiho things and then jo kwan woong would have a very painful death.. Why is this show called gu family book when in the end he isn't going to search for it and he isn't going to become a human uuhh.. And did tae seo and chun jo finally get the 100 year inn back ? and did tae seo and gon become a couple and have a nice life together hehe?
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262 feliciawst
June 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM
i just finished the last episode and it's 2 am where i'm at but i just can't sleep because of what i just saw. the ending was seriously bad! i agree with you girlfriday that they should have just ended it with Kang Chi walking down the road and figuring out what to do with his life. the yeowool dying came as a shock to me but it was inevitable. sung jo made such a big fuss about that fate and having one of them die so if both yeo wool and kang chi survived, that wouldn't make much sense about the prophesy/fate that was mentioned a lot. going into the modern world, i could kind of accept that but the epilogue of gon and lee soon shin at his doorstep, that was seriously WTF! why out of the blue are they showing up at his doorstep? unless they have a season 2, that part is just not going to stick with me. i apologize for the full on rant here but seriously, i love this show and how the storyline and how they depict each character but the ending could have been so much better.
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263 Net-chan
June 29, 2013 at 5:40 AM
OK. I must say I didn't like the ending :///.
WTF. I hate flash-forwards and this one is... whuuut 422 years?! Seriously?! The guy waited for her for FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO YEARS. OK.
The whole episode was too long too. I mean, it was just about Yeo Wool dying. Wow. Annnd... I like Suzy but I found her especially bad in this last episode lol.
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264 T_T
June 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
I AGREE!!!!
Everything DB said is true. They sacrificed EVERYTHING for a sequel. Dumbest ending ever. And Gu Family Book WAS my favorite kdrama. Why couldn't Wol Rung just save Yeo Wool? Why couldn't the mysterious Gu Family Book that no one ever tried to find be a mythical object that could just save her?!
ANYTHING would have been better than the ending they wrote.
And what's with the opulent apartment?! AND the reincarnated Yeo Wool is a horrible policewoman!!!!!!
WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE STOP THE WRITER?!!!!
>_<
We feel CHEATED and MANIPULATED!!!!
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265 Oppawannabe
June 29, 2013 at 4:22 PM
What a disappointment. The last few episodes got weaker and weaker until Episode 24's ridiculous ending. Welcome back, everybody! What about Jo Gwan-woong? Where is he? Oh, maybe he is reincarnated in Pyongyang instead of Seoul.
By the way, I want to nominate young Yeo-wool and young Kang-chi for the BEST COUPLE AWARD! (I can't find any credits for the young actors.) Yeo-wool and Kang-chi appear in Episode 5 and elsewhere in a flashback to their childhood (maybe 8 years old?) where Kang-chi saves Yeo-wool from a wild dog.
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266 hana
June 30, 2013 at 2:33 AM
this is suck. i keep thinking during his 422 years of living. how lonely must he has been, seeing everyone he know died as time passes.
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267 bluesky
June 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM
I totally agree with all of your comments. Although, it is nice to see the two soulmate together, but it felt as though something is missing. The writers and producers did such a great job in creating rich characters only to kill them and then send them all to the future to start all over again. I really did not expect this kind of ending. I really wished that they answered one important question:
-Is there really the "Gu Family Book"? It is the title of this drama.
Really, is this journey to become a real human a "farce"? Who came up with this Book thing? Did that person/divine creature really became human in order to pass down the information (although incomplete)? Where is the MONK? Wonder if Kang Chi learned all of the monk's books throughout his 422 years of living?
So many questions, and so little answers. I feel that the story left us incomplete. Does this mean that the writer/producer are considering a sequel? Please don't joke with me because I am not in the mood. Overall, I did like the love story, but I expected more of this drama than what it provided. Unfortunately, I do agree with Dramabeans comments. The ending did shame to the potential of this drama.
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268 Anis Farhana
July 1, 2013 at 2:16 AM
I'm still unable to exactly say what I really feel about the ending. Somehow, I feel a little happy that at least it is not a sad ending story. But at the same time, I can still feel that its such a nonsense ending and hate it a little. It's just so incomplete. Making us wondering about the story after a long 24 ep is just so cruel TT
Tbh, I love KC parent love story even better. You guys had no idea how much I bawled out crying when it comes to SH and WR story. And during the closure of their story, when WR laid next to SH, that was probably the best scene ever, and as the story kept on going afterwards, my brain can't stop thinking if that was the end and my heart wish that SH and WR will have a better ending. But, seriously, they should've wrap this story up even more better, it's such a waste of a very good drama. prolonging it like this are even more stupid. i can't help but wonder if there will be a season 2, and i will probably watch it too.
BUT, I WISHED IT COULD'VE BEEN A BETTER ENDING. sobss
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269 Aeea
July 1, 2013 at 10:56 AM
I seriously read, not the recaps, but your reviews. XD
Still laughing to tears with the whiplash having whiplash babies. LOL
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270 jnie
July 2, 2013 at 3:21 AM
wow... i should have stopped watching after episode 22. That was a horribly messy ending.
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271 Noona
July 2, 2013 at 5:01 AM
I miss the Kangdam couple !!
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272 Anon
July 2, 2013 at 5:05 AM
I must say one thing that save the show for me is the chemistry between the two leads. I had fun watching them, feel for them, cry with them, smile at their cuteness etc etc. Kangdam couple you are the best.
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273 kimchilee
July 2, 2013 at 10:48 PM
What about Gu Family Book? where is the quest for it at all? what happen to the wonderful characters like Chang Jo and her brother, Tae Seo? It seems they both just faded out in the end.. I was expecting some awesome role happening for Chang Jo who learned the drums .. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED to this drama???
so in the 21st century, he meets her again and NEAR THE SAME CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE.. does this mean she will also die again in this century? If they are suggesting a season 2 with this kind of ending again, then what is the point of the whole story in the beginning? WTF!
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274 sylvias
July 3, 2013 at 8:57 AM
I thought for a long while and finally decided to post my comments. I thank you again for making the viewing possible. The ending is not so sad, as I was expecting a very sad one. So the law of Karma apply; In this samsara world of birth and death, we can be reborn having the same name. I would like the story to continue as "Kang Chi (2): In this story, all the actors and actresses are there. The evil one, should appear with a handicapped only one useful arm. All the Japanese, his hand-men. Chung Jo and Yeo wool sisters, both fighting for the love of Kang Chi. But this time, Kang Chi and Yeo Wol should married and have many Blue eyed children. Kang Chi's is green, dilute green to blue, yellow eye is too ugly.
Wol Ryung used all his magic power to preserve Seo Hwa body. In due course, Seo Hwa's soul was raised and upgaded to be a magical being same as Wol Ryung. From heaven, both parent help and guide Kang Chi and Yeo wol an parenting..... Do you think you can tell the K-drama people to start the story line?
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275 Nadia
July 3, 2013 at 2:25 PM
The best thing about Gu Family Book was the storyline of Wol Ryung and Seo Hwa. They did a wonderful job with their roles.
As always, it was a joy to watch Lee Seung-Gi portray the character Kang Chi. Mostly all of the other cast were great in their roles.
After watching the train wreck "Big" last year, I had doubts about watching 24 episodes of Suzy A portray the female lead. Believe me, I stuck it out for Lee Seung-Gi. Suzy A was tolerable with her portrayal of the character Yeo Wol.
I think that the writer skimped out on the ending for Jo Gwan-woong.
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276 kangdam
July 3, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Writer Kang said she was seriously considering writing season 2. Writer-nim, please do so only if you can get the original cast! (https://twitter.com/tryp96
season 2 :D
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277 kangdam
July 3, 2013 at 7:50 PM
from : tryp96
Writer Kang said she was seriously considering writing season 2. Writer-nim, please do so only if you can get the original cast!
season 2 :D
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278 June
July 3, 2013 at 9:21 PM
Just my 2 cents worth, though the ending really left me with a bad aftertaste, the peach blossom tree ending can actually signify a good ending this time. Coz the last time Yeo Wool was the one who saw it, that's why she died. So, since Kang Chi is the one to see it this time, this will mean that he will be able to find THAT Gu Family Book after all, coz he's still immortal at the moment and can't die? Unless the writers really want to be so cruel and make Yeo Wool die a 2nd time, leaving us with no good possibilities... =p
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Traveller
July 8, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Or seeing the peach blossom tree with the crescent could mean that Kang Chi managed to turn into human but dies...which is a stupid ending... (I'm being pessimistic here due the effect from watching ep 24)
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279 June
July 3, 2013 at 9:34 PM
I think they were trying to mimic City Hunter when Yeo Wool appeared in suit and with a gun, for what reasons I don't understand... =p
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280 143412
July 3, 2013 at 9:59 PM
oh show. so sad. I realized about half way into the dying scenes the writers were likely going the time jump / reincarnation route. Which never works. It's such a cop out. It doesn't count as character resolution when the character didn't experience any of the previous events. Did the good writer quit at some point? Or have a nervous breakdown? I don't think they were intentionally aiming for a sequel so much as they just ran out of good ideas or had their life force sucked out by a 1000 year demon. Note the pinata of doom from ep 23 - yeah, not a lot of good ideas going on the last two episodes. oh show....
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281 kaitlyn
July 8, 2013 at 10:08 AM
the last fifteen seconds when Gon and Lee Soon Shin come in, didnt anyone feel that it was a hint to the beggining of another drama series? why were two national security agents looking for him in the first place? i hope they continue this drama into another series that can show how everyone has changed and to see Kang-Chi romance Yeo Wool and become the human he had been striving to be before she'd died.
even so, great drama. mediocre ending...
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282 Traveller
July 8, 2013 at 11:52 PM
I don't get the ending.
Why can't Kang Chi follow his father's example and just die off?
Or why can't Wol Ryung just remain with Kang Chi until he met Seo Hwa again?
Weird. Especially dislike the part of the crescent moon when Kang Chi meet Yeo Wool again....
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283 Alex
July 12, 2013 at 1:53 AM
I loved the ending...and I think it was needed...I mean, what the hell did you people think would happen when Kang Chi said that stuff about waiting for her and that he'd recognize her first. Also, you guys do know that reincarnation is a common belief in Asian cultures, right?
Oh, well, I loved it and hope there's a continuation like the name suggests.
Also...the Inuyasha discussion...Kagome was Kikyo's reincarnation...so that's another similarity.
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284 L
July 15, 2013 at 4:31 AM
Well. If you think about it the ending could have been worse. Like what if it was all a dream? And Kang Chi wakes to Mi Ho as Dae Woong. Lol. He'd probably be like, "Mi Ho. I had the weirdest dream!"
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285 flavy
July 18, 2013 at 12:16 PM
I just saw the last episode....
I am also very disappointed, i don't really understand why they made the reincarnation in the present time, i don't think it brings something to the story....
And why calling this drama "gu family's book" if the hero don't even try to find it?
I have mixed feeling about YW's death, in some ways, i like the "fate" story but making her died in the last episode just make me feel that saving her during the 20 first one was a waste of time...
Then i have a question, when YW got shot and is about, why KC didn't try to wake up WR in order to ask him to save his love. After all, he is also a mythical creature and he is not "really" dead.....
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286 jasmine
July 20, 2013 at 3:55 PM
yah, i didn't expect such ending. i thought they could find the gu family book but what can we do?
since, it's finished, i would like lee seung gi to be paired with yoon eun hye. i guess it's about time. plssss....
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287 earthna
August 1, 2013 at 4:19 PM
Finally finished this drama after a break due to school and work. And... well, I felt cheated. I knew that we'll get a future ending because I caught a glimpse of it while subbing but seriously, writer-nim?
I know that they're gearing up for a possible season 2 but still.. I wonder if they ever think about the 24 hours of my life and other viewers' lives I invested to this drama. I guess it's really hard to have a good ending nowadays. Last drama I've watched that I was satisfied with the ending was Queen InHyun's Man.
This drama was good until the latter half. I'll just hold on to the memories of Seo Hwa and Wol Ryung. A better love story.
Thanks for the recaps!
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288 jerryhoy
August 20, 2013 at 12:42 AM
About the final episode.... I thought that the Gu Family Book would appear in front of KC and KC saves YW by marrying her and WRITING HER NAME IN THE BOOK. that way she is part of the GUhimo FAMILY BOOK. and then she herself becomes a Guhimo, heals her wounds, and lives with KC as protectors of the Jiri mountains, Village, and 100 year inn. I think that is how it would happen because it would make sense that in order for wol ryung and KC to become human, all they need to do was get the book and then ERASE THEIR NAME from the book, therefore not being a gumiho, but human instead. THAT would have been a satisfying ending for me. but thats not how it played out. I thought they did an alright job. It's just that the ending seems like a segue into a sequel.
So this is what I think (mostly hope) is going to happen.
Yes, they will make a season 2. Remember that the flower came back to life? Usually something like that symbolizes that YW didn't really die. Somehow a mystical force resurrected her and put that same soul into a reincarnated version of her 422 years later. It's not a different person. It's the same YW that has come back so many years later and some heavenly force, fate, or whatever is repeating the same event of KC and YW meeting by a peach tree with a crescent moon hanging from it. Maybe the writers had the intention of making a season 2, because the tragic love story that happened to wol ryung and seo hwa and KC and YW had no chance of becoming successful. At least in that era.
Aside from the obvious Gon and LSS epilogue, there are some indications that there's more to the story. We also did not see what happened to the monk. maybe he somehow found a way to resurrect YW? That's why we don't see how he ends up. He's working on someway to make sure she lives. I don't think he's the type of person to just leave KC hanging like that without at least attempting to help him.
If there is a season 2, I hope that it goes something like this:
-KC thinks that YW is just a reincarnated version, same person but still not the SAME person. But then we find out that it actually is the same YW and she survived somehow by some mystical loophole or Gumiho magic. She then starts to get visions of her past life and then eventually realizes her love for KC. Seo Hwa's love for Wol Ryung made his memories return, so why shouldn't KC's love for YW cause her memories to return? Albeit Seo Hwa did also break the curse by stabbing herself in the heart...
-Wol Ryung wakes up from his sleep and actually has time to bond with his son. and maybe that same Gumiho magic resurrected Seo Hwa the same way. Although i do realize this is kind of just fulfilling that "complete family" wish and a drama isn't supposed to grant us all of our wishes to make us happy.
-And I kind of just think this will be a hilarious and great plot twist: In the present time, YW father is Jo Kwan woong.
well yea. thats my take on the ending and hopeful future of GU FAMILY BOOK.
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289 Jahfunmie
August 25, 2013 at 5:22 PM
You guys have said it all but I think the Gu Family Book does really exist. WR isn't the first person to search for it, if you can remember. When speaking with SJ, he said he was gonna be the second gumiho to find it and become a human. I really hope there is a sequel to this drama which should @ least shed more light on what KC has been doing for 422 years.
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290 Jahfunmie
August 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM
I just can't help but wonder. If someone had found the book before, what happened to it? Shouldn't it be in some treasure trove or something n thus be easier to find? Also, what is the relationship between Kageshima and Master Dam? What was the letter Master Dam sent to Kageshima all about? This drama sure leaves a lot of unanswered questions about the nitty-gritty of its epic features on ppl's mind. All the same, I was amused @ some of the characters most especially JGW. The guy sure has some attitude and he is the perfect caricature of a villainous wretch.
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291 ms. wol ryung
September 5, 2013 at 4:59 AM
arghh why did dumb(sorry) yeo wool have to take the bullet when she knew she can't be healed by kang chi anymore. she should have just let kang chi take the bullet which his body will just spit out and heal himself...
did she purposely jumped in or was she just got shot unluckily while turning to warn kang chi...
i feel like i just wasted my tears from earlier episodes/moments
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292 ms. wol ryung
September 5, 2013 at 5:58 AM
he called his father butler choi so i guess yeo wool is not the only one to keep her name. or was he just fooling around like eok man - ki ban
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293 sieg
September 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM
hey girlfriday,
one thing i agree with u, is that this drama was draggy, and drudgery at times, tbh.
some episodes required a high endurance level to get through. 16 eps would have been perfect.
however, the ending was great tho!
the unexpected ending was the one saving grace that makes it outstanding.
if it had ended as u expected it to be, pretty much like what everyone else had expected, then it would have been a real disappointment.
tell me, had there ever been a drama that created such a twist that made u feel like; "ohh, so I havent wasted 24hours(24 eps) watching this drama!"
almost everything that had happened in the story was, imo, quite corny. like its been done before, tried and tested formula. (except yeowool(not the modern one) and kangchi's last conversation; it was so damn sad that it could beat titanic's)
call me a sadist, but I prefer dramas with at least one death out of the main characters. this was probably caused by stairways to heaven, hong gildong etc.
precisely because a main character dies, it is a worthy cry. I would call it a cheap attempt to scam audiences of their tears if they had found a way to save yeowool. I would go like "what kind of magic is this?"
it has long been foreshadowed that yeowool or kangchi would die because of that "fate".
so u cant say they hadnt warned us. (perhaps they could have found a better way to kill her off)
yeowool's death was necessary, in fact a master-stroke, to put across the message that "choosing to live 100 days with the person u love, over living a lonely eternity.
yeowool's parting words ensured that kangchi is happy (although I find it impossible if I were him), and yeowool herself did not try to escape her fate of death by deserting her one true love.
that is the whole point of the story, not some hero-in-the-making. (I would be watching Ironman instead)
I was all ready for a flat ending mirroring those forgettable dramas with simple happy endings, but it turned out to be a drama that have given me a thing or two to ponder over (with regards to love).
all in all, I felt that the ending totally puts Gu Family Book into my all-time fav kdrama.
the question is: will there be a sequel? (if not, f*** them for misleading us with that final seconds)
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294 sheesh
September 9, 2013 at 4:23 AM
WHAT?
TBH, i wasnt disappointed at all. i'm ok with what happened like yea she died and all. I'm happy with the ending probably just want more. anyway, kudos to the actors and actresses. definitely one of the best dramas I watched.
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295 lailan
September 11, 2013 at 10:03 AM
even if i'm late yeah this is my opinion...
i'm having post drama depression after the ending for a long time... because of all characters i love yeo wool the most! i sincerely love her! i'm not a fan of suzy before but after gfb i started to love her... and its all because of yeo wool...the most inspiring,motivated, and lovable female lead character i've ever seen...
i didnt like it when she died but after some thinking and reading other people points of views, i find the ending is great!!
the ending part sure is shockable and unexpected but that's what make the drama more remembered and have more impact to public... if she did saved by certain power or magic than it will be more cliche! plus her death was warned and it was shown in couple episodes of how many time she was in danger and in near-death situation..so no matter how much u try to deny or avoid it, she will die anyway..
and for the reincarnation, i think peach tree with moon scene does not depict that one of them will die but imo, it want to indicate that the modern yeo wool that kc meet is the same yeo wool that was fated with him, fated to be his person, and that's what make me believe that she will also love him the same way as the past yeo wool did.. did u notice that before kc saw the tree in the last part he said, 'idk, i may know u but i may also not know u'..which means he himself not sure wether that is the same yeo wool which he promised to meet although only she has the same name compare to other people whom he met in d future.. but then after he saw the tree, he smiles means he confirmed in his heart that she is d yeo wool that he searching for with the narration and my time that stopped started to flow again..that word is perfect! idk about others but i find this writer is a very poetic person.. because what she show to us has deep meaning that u must make out by careful and out-of- box thinking and her message in the whole story is lovely.. very beautiful! that's what make kang chi wait for 400 years..his pure love to yeo wool.. and i actually find its cool for kang chi to wait for yeo wool.. remember wol ryung wait for 1000 years to meet seo hwa, so isn't it natural for kang chi to wait for yw for 400 years?
for yeo wool, its irony when she died by a gun and when reincarnated she use gun in her job.. but at the same time she didnt lose her fighting and strong woman nature! thanks writer for that!
the whole 24 ep are really enjoyable to watch, it gave me so many feelings and there are some beautifully worded quotes that some people may find it corny or cheesy but for me, they are very inspiring..
definitely i will forever remember this drama and the true love of kang chi and yeo wool.. a very worth 24 ep indeed!
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296 Kazuki
September 17, 2013 at 1:13 AM
this drama actually has a title as : "Kang-chi : The Beginning" and also called "Gu Family Book" and it's ended get the popularity as "Gu Family Book".
Because the main Title is "Kangchi : The Beginning", so I expecting a sequel from it that told us the story when he finally searching for the book and live peacefully with yeo-wool.
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297 LOL
October 2, 2013 at 4:44 AM
OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT! I LOVE THIS DRAMA BUT THE ENDING RUINED IT FOR! Why did they freaking have to kill the girl couldn't they have kept her alive that way it would've been a happy ending! I SERIOUSLY WON'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT! IT WAS SOO GOOD AND THEY JUST HAD TO DO THAT RIGHT AT THE END T_____T
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298 chupachups
October 11, 2013 at 1:17 PM
SIGH...
what a lousy lousy ending.
what's worse is that the intended gun shot was not even aimed at Yeo Wool.
We see a firing, then scene cut to yeo wool shouting "Kang Chi ah" with 2 steps, which does not even seem to be standing in the way of Lee Soon Shin, SHOT! and then dead -.-
like WHAT THE..... -.-! if you want her to die, or set her up to die in the end, then let her have a proper death, die for some proper cause at least. but noooooo she had to be dead due to a misfiring. which is just retarded!
It makes one feel like the writer mid-way of drama screening, decided to happily add the additional twist that Kang Chi/divine being can only heal human ONCE with his blood, just so to ensure that the so call "FATE" predicted by the monk was going to come true.
Like the focus of the entire story shifted to being the monk can predict the future, and that the fate he predicts will and MUST come true..
I would even be satisfied if the writer do the cliche, ohh the couple manage to overcome their so-call fate.
OK, ALRIGHT, if to the writer, the message intended to be brought forth is going to be that the leads can't escape their fate, then build up the monk story well then, is like ohhhh the monk predicted that Lord Park would not have died if Kang Chi left the Hundred Inn, then do a proper layout on how so, if Kang Chi had left what would have happened otherwise...
Is like this fate thing was not even properly established.
SIGH, feel like i've wasted 24hours of my life.
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299 Ogundoro Taiwo
October 23, 2013 at 6:42 AM
the writer really impress me alot,because i can't image the drama becoming a city film at the end with change of location.it a great work to the scprit writer
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300 MysteryGirl2013
November 15, 2013 at 6:47 AM
I just watched it I felt.....crying I dont know why but anyway this is not the commment is all about I know this is ep 24 but I am wondering because in some country where I live I watched the translated version of Gu family book in our language and when ok-man is a valet downstairs kang chi went down first and this is how their conversation goes...... ok-man: im sorry im late and kang chi: its ok ok-man ok-man : sir I told you Im not ok-man kang chi: sorry, im already old.
What im talking about is does kang chi's aging affect his memory?Im not expecting someone to answer this. But if someone has something to say about this pls reply :)
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Emilia
November 21, 2013 at 2:29 AM
I think he is just used that (that he is old) as an alibi because he is used to call him ok-man
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