Man... It still stings after all this time Tbh when I first read I thought the 'what if' extra consoled me just a bit, it was kinda like aftercare almost... But now thinking about it, the reason why the separation of jihun and Liza is because jihun was the one getting left behind. And yet, Liza was the one who got her own jihun, and jihun, the REAL one who spent time with Liza, LOVED Liza and was loved back by Liza was ultimately, and still utterly left behind.
The only way I could probably ever be satisfied with a 'what if' scenario is if Liza came back at one point as HERSELF in the other world or if, the drifting wanderer was actually jihun, the one with the memories of the time they spent together in the other world
Cause, well, jihun made her promise they would meet again, but only Liza met him again, it never showed HIM meeting her again Orrr maybe I'm just overthinking and maybe it was actually the real jihun getting isekaid to Liza and I'm just to dumb to read between the lines
Anyway I feel like Im a tiny bit frustrated with the 'what if' than happy, I would've been happier with that bittersweet ending they actually had, since no matter how sad it made me, it was really realllyyyy beautifully sad, the 'what if' just felt like kind of a sloppy almost slap in the wrist reunion (even tho I admit I kinda cried a little when I first read it)
Man... It still stings after all this time
Tbh when I first read I thought the 'what if' extra consoled me just a bit, it was kinda like aftercare almost... But now thinking about it, the reason why the separation of jihun and Liza is because jihun was the one getting left behind. And yet, Liza was the one who got her own jihun, and jihun, the REAL one who spent time with Liza, LOVED Liza and was loved back by Liza was ultimately, and still utterly left behind.
The only way I could probably ever be satisfied with a 'what if' scenario is if Liza came back at one point as HERSELF in the other world or if, the drifting wanderer was actually jihun, the one with the memories of the time they spent together in the other world
Cause, well, jihun made her promise they would meet again, but only Liza met him again, it never showed HIM meeting her again
Orrr maybe I'm just overthinking and maybe it was actually the real jihun getting isekaid to Liza and I'm just to dumb to read between the lines
Anyway I feel like Im a tiny bit frustrated with the 'what if' than happy, I would've been happier with that bittersweet ending they actually had, since no matter how sad it made me, it was really realllyyyy beautifully sad, the 'what if' just felt like kind of a sloppy almost slap in the wrist reunion (even tho I admit I kinda cried a little when I first read it)