In shock, Ae-ra says that it’s strange how she would understand if her mother had died, but it’s upsetting to see her alive and beautiful.
Landlady Hwang stops her from leaving, promising breathlessly to explain everything. Everything clicks into place when she squeezes it and her own voice calls out, “I love you, I love you! Ae-ra says she loves Mom!” Ae-ra turns to Landlady Hwang and asks accusingly, “Ajumma, who are you?” In the box was the stuffed critter that Ae-ra finds at Landlady Hwang’s house. Her dad had insisted she died, so Ae-ra pulled out a box of things she made in school for her mother and told him to throw it out. Her father had told her that her mother died, but Ae-ra said that she heard her mother got kicked out. She’d asked her father why she was the only kid without a mom, demanding that he produce one immediately. It triggers a memory of herself stomping home from school, angry that so much of her schoolwork had to do with mothers. Ae-ra wanders to the air conditioner to cool off, and she spots a stuffed animal in the corner of the room that looks very familiar. Landlady Hwang gets sassy about Ae-ra prying, but she says that she had breast cancer and is fully recovered now. Landlady Hwang complains that Ae-ra is always coming over unannounced, and when she asks what the vegetables are for, Ae-ra asks if she has cancer. Needing her soup pot back, Ae-ra takes some vegetables up to Landlady Hwang’s apartment. He says that he’s not okay, because he feels exactly the same about her as he did before: “When I see you, I want to hold your hand and take you home.” Ae-ra asks if they can’t even talk, but he tells her that he can’t handle it, so unless she plans to get back together, then he’d rather she didn’t speak to him. It’s cute how impressed Joo-man is by her driving.ĭong-man hangs back to help Ae-ra with some boxes, then he asks her how she’s so okay, only two weeks after their breakup. She even executes the sexy hand-on-the-back-of-the-seat reverse maneuver perfectly. When she sees him muck up his attempt to drive in reverse though, she takes pity on him and gets behind the wheel. He pulls Seol-hee aside to talk and shows her the new car he bought recently, asking if she wants to carpool.Īw, sweet, he’s decorated the entire inside with pink accessories, but Seol-hee refuses the offer. Ae-ra tells Joo-man to quit leaving lunches, and he says it’s between him and Seol-hee. The girls come outside and wow, that’s a lot of eye-rolling going on between Ae-ra and Dong-man. Apparently Joo-man missed the entire drama of Dong-man and Ae-ra dating then breaking up, and he asks if Dong-man is sure he didn’t imagine it, hee. He takes a lunchbox down to Seol-hee’s doorstep, saying that he’s going to provide all her meals, and Dong-man complains that he’s making him look bad. Upstairs, Dong-man finds Joo-man making mountains of kimbap in a frilly pink apron, claiming that he’s starting a lunchbox business.
Ae-ra barks that one of them shot himself in the foot and the other ran off to fight, then she growls Joo-man’s name and throws a box at the ceiling. She says sadly that she misses the four of them drinking at Namil Bar on the roof and eating breakfast together. Seol-hee says that everyone in her life drinks a lot, and grows happier when they do. His mother calls out, “Joo-man, look here!” and snaps a picture of the four children who have no idea that someday, they’ll all be best friends and more.īack in the present, Ae-ra helps Seol-hee pack up some orders of her plum wine and asks why she’s making wine when she doesn’t even drink. Dong-man complains that he’s scared in a seat by himself, and then a burly little boy jumps into Dong-man’s seat. It’s 1996, and Ae-ra, Dong-man, and Seol-hee climb onto a ride at an amusement park.
But wherever the world takes them, they will know that no matter what, they live life their own way. Somehow all the questions are answered, and the Fantastic Four can look forward to their new futures armed with a deeper maturity and understanding of themselves. 187 JJFight My Way: Episode 16 (Final) by LollyPipĭespite all of the many loose ends this final episode needs to tie up, it manages to do so nearly perfectly.