But some lead couples in K-Dramas don’t get their happy endings together. They win our hearts with their heart fluttering chemistry and break our hearts with their separation. Here are three K-Drama couples that we failed to protect. This compilation holds couples from dramas that aired in or till 2022. This article contains spoilers.
1. ChangHo And MiHo From “Big Mouth”
“Big Mouth” tells the story of Park ChangHo (Lee JongSuk), a lawyer with barely any victorious cases. But despite so, he was happily married to the love of his life, Go MiHo (Girl’s Generation’s YoonA). His life takes a turn for the worse when he gets entangled in a murder case, that puts him and his family in a life-threatening situation Park ChangHo and Go MiHo are high school sweet hearts who have been together for years and through every phase. Park ChangHo struggled as a lawyer, but MiHo still stayed by his side. When he was framed as ‘Big Mouse’ and sent to jail, she promised to free him. MiHo suffered immensely at work too but didn’t complain. Similarly, ChangHo protected her. When she visited the jail, he confront her colleagues to stop harassing her. Whilst their story delighted us and their adorable moments made us feel all giddy, our hearts broke for them too. MiHo was diagnosed with cancer. In the last episode, ChangHo took her to the hospital. The two conversed and shared “I love you"s when MiHo said that she felt sleepy. Soon after she closed her eyes, the line on the heart monitor went flat, declaring her death. Fans were absolutely devastated about her ending. Their storyline kept fans rooted to the show. Some debated that the death was not necessary, whilst some believe that her death gave ChangHo’s character another push.
2. Na HeeDo And Baek YiJin From “Twenty-Five Twenty-One”
“Twenty-Five Twenty-One” tells the story of Na HeeDo (Kim TaeRi), who is a fencing athlete and has been unable to secure any medals for quite some time. During the financial crisis in South Korea, her fencing club dissolves but she was not ready to give up on fencing. Also a victim of the South Korean financial crisis, Baek YiJin’s (Nam JooHyuk) family went bankrupt and all members had to flee to live in different parts of the country. Their sweet moments warmed the hearts of the viewers. The two characters were desperate to have someone by their side. Someone to cheer for them. YiJin had to part ways from his family and make a living for himself. He took up multiple part-time jobs and looked for more. He would fall into despair whenever he was rejected. In the same way, Na HeeDo was an ambitious fencer but her mother did not support her dreams. She, too, was busy making a living for herself and her daughter and she could not give her enough time. This created distance between them and Na HeeDo is left lonely. She does not even have any close friends except the one she talked about over the computer. With YiJin’s arrival, she received the attention and support she needed. We even see how her performance excels and she becomes one of the greatest fencers.
But as time proceeds and the two are further burdened with stress from work, they are unable to provide the same amount of support. Especially after YiJin is sent to New York in order to cover the story of 9/11. The grief of the incident really got to him and he was too emotionally exhausted to give HeeDo the same affection. HeeDo experienced loneliness again even though she had friends. The two decide to end their relationship and move forward in their lives. Fans who claimed them to be their comfortable couple mourned their break up.
3. Yu Babi And Yumi From “Yumi’s Cells 2”
“Yumi’s Cells 2” followed the story of season 1, after Yumi (Kim GoEun) broke up with Gu Woong (Ahn BoHyun). She struggles through the time recovering from the heart break till Yu Babi (GOT7’s JinYoung) makes his move, making her heart flutter again. The show progresses as their relationship develops and how Yumi takes on new challenges. After her breakup, Yumi’s self-esteem declines drastically though she keeps her head high and pretends that she is fine. She did everything to feel better but failed to do so till Babi asked if she was doing well. She never realized that it was all that she wanted to hear. At first, when Babi confessed his feelings, her self-esteem sky rocketed. She was hesitant at liking him at first, but soon she began to pay him attention and his fan club was created in her cell’s village. Babi brings a change in Yumi. She began to like things that she usually didn’t. In an episode, when her dislike cell opened the list of things that she disliked, it barely found any. Similarly, we were introduced to Yumi’s passion for writing in season 1, and the reviving of her Writer Cell. Even in season 1, it was Babi who identified her talent and offered her to join the marketing team instead. Later, in “Yumi’s Cells 2”, Yumi’s desire to start a career in writing became stronger and Babi completely supports her. Even when everyone discouraged her about quitting her job, saying that it was too late for a fresh start. Babi stood beside her. Every time Yumi lost a contest, he was there to comfort her and make her feel better. Their relationship began to falter when Babi had to transfer to Jeju. Babi got tangled up with an intern, Yoo DaEun (Shin YeEun) He kept his space and didn’t initially feel anything till she confessed her feelings to him, he was swayed by her. This was unacceptable for Yumi and the two broke up. Later, they got together again but Yumi was unable to feel anything for him. In the end, the two decide to finally part ways. Netizens gushed over these couples and were thrilled by their journey. They even shed tears at their ending, even though all the dramas did not necessarily have a bad ending but we wished the couples stayed together. Which one is your favorite couple that broke your heart? Share with us in the comment section.
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