“Doona!” is a Netflix drama series based on the webtoon “The Girl Downstairs”, by Min Song-ah, and follows the journey of pop star Doona (Bae Suzy), who was the lead member of the famous musical group called Dream Sweet, who retired suddenly from the scene, and Won-Jun (Yang Se-Jong), a university student dedicated to his studies.
The two begin to live in a shared house and, little by little, fall in love. The South Korean series has 9 episodes and was directed by Lee Jung-hyo, the same director of “Pusando no Amor” and “Love is a Bonus Book”. While the romance between the lead couple is beautiful to watch, not everything is rosy and the conclusion of the story left audiences with a bittersweet taste. Check out the ending explained for “Doona!”
What happened in the last episode of the drama
To explain the ending of “Doona!”, we need to recap the last episode. Doona returns to the stage, now with a solo career, and Won-Jung leaves home and begins to focus more on his studies and finding a good job.
Doona has had her cell phone taken away by the agency, which has caused many unread messages from Won-ju, but she manages to sneak out and meet him to talk about their relationship, and although her feelings for Doona remain the same, Won -ju believes that distancing himself would be better for both of them, because he believes that there is no room for success in Doona’s life.
She argues with him for letting her go and the scene ends with Doona waiting for Won-ju to follow her into the subway, but he doesn’t, thus ending their relationship.
After serving in the army, Won-ju meets Jin-ju, who reveals that he is still in contact with Doona, who is about to release her new album. The friends decide to meet one last time at their old shared house, but Doona doesn’t show up.
Later, Won-ju returns home looking for a forgotten jacket and that’s when he finds Doona. He asks him for forgiveness for the breakup and asks him to do the same, while Won-ju shows remorse for his actions at the time.
Some time later, Won-ju managed to be among the top candidates to get a job as a national civil servant, while Doona continues to become more and more successful in her career. The drama ends with both of them at an event in Japan, but there is no interaction between them, although Doona looks back at the last minute, suggesting that the two have gone their separate ways.
Doona and Won-ju end up together in the end?
Among the dorameiros on duty there is speculation that the two ended up together in the end, yes, despite what the scenes suggest. The explanation of the ending of “Doona!” from this perspective is that the two may be having a secret relationship, each pursuing their own successful careers, but together.
The theory is mainly due to the fact that in the last scene in which they interact with each other, they forgive each other for what happened and hug each other, without stating or denying that from that moment on they would be together, but there is no evidence that the relationship between them had resumed.
The drama’s director, Lee Jung-hyo, said in an interview that he wanted to portray the story as a fantasy, but in a realistic way. “Who knows what life will be like? No matter where they are now, how they live, or whether they meet again or not, they will always remember each other,” he says, thus leaving the ending open to the audience’s interpretation.
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