Lee Jae-wook, Go Yoon-jeong, 'Hwanmoon' ends with 9.7%

tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Hwanmoon: Light and Shadow' (hereinafter referred to as 'Hwanmoon') achieved the feat of breaking its own highest viewer ratings until the final episode. According to Nielsen Korea, an audience rating research company, 'Hwanhoon' recorded an average of 10.6% and a peak of 12.3% in the metropolitan area, and an average of 9.7% and a peak of 11.0% nationwide. tvN's target audience rating for men and women in their 20s and 49s was an average of 3.9% in the metropolitan area, a peak of 4.7%, and a national average of 4.1%, with a peak of 4.7%, ranking first in the same time slot across channels including cable and general programming.

The final episode of 'Marriage', which aired on the 8th, showed Jang Wook (played by Jae-wook Lee) and Jin Bu-yeon (played by Go Yun-jeong) becoming an official couple. Jin Buyeon regained his real name, Jo Young, and the two spent their time together like any other ordinary couple and made happy memories.

But in the meantime, the Great Tiger Kingdom fell into chaos. The greedy king (played by Choi Kwang-il) retrieved the gold plate of Crown Prince Go Won (played by Shin Seung-ho) and imprisoned him, and while the disenchanted Jinmu (played by Jo Jae-yoon) took out Jin Yo-won's flowers and birds, Jin Ho-kyung (played by Park Eun-hye) and Kim Do-joo (played by Oh Na-ra) ) was trapped in the collapsing Jin Agent, creating a feeling of regret. Park Jin (played by Yoo Jun-sang), who lost his beloved wife, left behind the words, "Evil follows its own path so unstoppably, so why does good have to constantly prove itself?" He then fights against the royal family and Manjanghoe magicians to break the barrier of flowers and birds. While protecting, he was eventually killed by Jinmu.

However, Park Jin, Kim Do-ju, and Jin Ho-kyung, who were thought to be dead, survived thanks to Jin Bu-yeon, whose soul disappeared. At the same time, Jang-wook was shocked to hear from young Jin Bu-yeon that the tribulation experienced by Teacher Seo-gyeong and Jin Seol-ran would return. The only person who could stop this was Jewangseong, or Jang Wook, who could not have existed in this world but came into existence.

Jang Wook personally went out to save the world in chaos. He gave his gold plate to Crown Prince Gowon and asked him to stop the king from moving his troops. In the meantime, Jang Wook woke up the flowers and birds and announced that they would be eliminated, saying, “If something must happen, it is better to do it in advance when we can control it and then change the outcome.” Afterwards, Jang Wook, who visited Jinmu, said, "See clearly what it is like for someone with power to wield that power with greater power," and used the fire energy of the flower and bird to burn the Manjanghoe magicians and Jinmu to death. At the same time, Jin Bu-yeon woke up the flowers and birds at Cheonbu-gwan Suseongdae and flew them to Gyeongcheondae Lake where Jang Wook was. Jang Wook and Jin Bu-yeon saved the world, following Seo-gyeong and Jinseolran, by putting flowers and birds to rest in the sky of Gyeongcheon Lake.

Young Jin Bu-yeon said, "It is a shadow that returns to you the light that saved the world. The light that embraces the shadow will never fall into darkness," and in return for Jang-wook preventing the tribulation, he saved the soul of his beloved Nak-su. . A year passed and Jang-wook and Jin Bu-yeon were still using their power to save the world by hunting down Yo-gi who escaped from Agent Jin. Park Dang-gu (played by Yoo In-soo) and Jin Cho-yeon (played by Arin) gave birth to twins. Seo-yul (played by Hwang Min-hyun) became a footnote in the new Jeongjingak, and Kim Do-joo also became pregnant, giving it a happy ending.

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr