There is something special about the stories that take you back in time and 2521 was one of those special shows. It’s okay that it was not the kind of ending we wanted for them bcz for me journey matters more.

Now shedding some light on their relationship and how the characters complemented each other. Baek ijin missed being carefree and happy. Hae do brought that cheerfulness back in his mundane life and that is what he needed during the struggling phase of his life.
Meanwhile Na hae do lacked the support she needed to motivate her to achieve her dream. She was struggling with the absence of
her mother’s support for her. She needed someone to believe in her, to listen to her and support her just like her father did.
Baek ijin gave that suppprt to hae do. In that way they both brought something in each others life that was missing from it. That’s how they completed each other and thts why they were perfect for each other but as we grow older and move into different phase of our life, our needs and what we require in that phase of life also changes. Hence when they both did achieved what they wanted to, their needs also changed and that created a rift in their relationship.
What 25 year old baek ijin and 21 year old na hae do needed was different from what 18 year old
Na hae do and 22 year old ijin needed. And it was as simple as this.

And for the ending, it doesn’t matter who Na hae do married in the end. The story was not about her husband or who came after baek ijin. It was about her first love. The story was about “Baek ye jin and Na hae do. The story is about how they both bring out the best in each other, how they were there for each other during their most challenging time. Obviously it hurt to see them apart but I like how the writer didn’t forcefully tried to bring them together in the end bcz it would’ve made the whole plot pointless. Because the story shows multiple times that Na hae do had conflicts with her mother for not being there for her and she hated to wait for her. Hence she was starting to face the same thing with baek ijin and decided to part ways than to keep on waiting for him like she did for her mother. I liked the fact that she knew what she wanted in life and wanted to move on. And thts how it should be in life.

And dear baek ijin, my heart goes out for him. 😭. I wanted to hug him soo bad. He was struggling soo much in his mind to fight depression. He struggled through out the show. He deserved to be happy and to be understood.I wish hae do had understood what he was going through but she couldn’t. And we can’t blame her bcz of her age too. Both of them were at different age so their understanding of things was also different.
In the end there are soo many ifs and buts but they just couldn’t make it together. But I still enjoyed their journey together, their support for each other meant everything.
I also loved the 2nd lead characters and their stories. Happy that atleast ko yorim and moon hi ung made it in the end.