1% viewership, dropped again… "Disgusting" Seo Kang-joon, whose family background involves a gangster's son, and the off-the-rails "A Different Romance Than You"

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In "A Different Romance Than You," Seo Kang-joon and Ahn Eun-jin ultimately failed to put an end to their "different romance."

In Episode 13 of the KBS 2TV weekend mini-series "A Different Romance Than You" (directed by Hwang Seung-gi and Lee Ga-ram, written by Yoo Su-ji), which aired last month on the 31st, Namgung Ho (played by Seo Kang-joon) and Lee Mi-do (played by Ahn Eun-jin) were shown promising to see their remaining "one-month different romance" through to the end. The episode recorded a nationwide household viewership rating of 1.6%, down 0.3 percentage points from Episode 12 (1.9%) (provided by Nielsen Korea).

On this day, Lee Mi-do had started out with an egotistical desire to relieve her guilt over the different fluttering she could no longer feel for her lover. However, after witnessing firsthand the miserable and painful moments of Namgung Ho's deepening feelings for Park Su-ah (played by Jo A-ram), she came to understand his pain instead. Therefore, she did not want to leave any regrets behind.

Furthermore, when their "different romance" was exposed even to family members, including her older brother Lee Young-do (played by Kim Nam-hee), Lee Mi-do found the courage to stop hiding for Namgung Ho's sake. An angry Lee Young-do pressed Namgung Ho and made a slip of the tongue mentioning his father's death. In turn, Namgung Ho unleashed his suppressed emotions, saying, "Every day was hell, but I thought I had lived paying off my life with all my might—was that still not enough?" The atmosphere froze at his confession that he had not been happy for even a single moment since returning to life. At that moment, Lee Mi-do stepped forward. She revealed for the first time that she was the one who had begged her father to save Namgung Ho and that she had been hiding out of fear that everyone would hate her, apologizing to Namgung Ho for being sorry.

However, the past time shared by Namgung Ho and Lee Mi-do was not filled solely with such deep guilt. Namgung Ho did not think of himself as a "sucker." In fact, he had felt energized and happy when he could do something for people he cared about. Therefore, he wished that Lee Mi-do, who had foolishly clung to her dream of making films, would not grow up too much and continue to dream. Lee Mi-do knew that such a Namgung Ho was a "happy sucker" who had the ability to share because he loved deeply, not because he wanted to be loved without self-esteem. They were two people who understood each other's true worth more deeply than anyone else.

Namgung Ho and Lee Mi-do began to settle their "different romance" in their own ways. Lee Mi-do, who had met her college classmate Tak Se-young (played by Lee Sang-i), now a successful rookie director, and sincerely congratulated him, acknowledging his efforts for not giving up, had moved beyond petty-mindedness. She also helped Han Tae-seung find the reason he had been wandering around Myeong-dong every night. The place he had unconsciously headed to was a udon shop filled with memories of Seo Jae-hyuk (played by Gwak Si-ang), who had defended him in the past. Even after Seo Jae-hyuk became someone who used him, Han Tae-seung could not let go of the benefactor who had believed in his lonely sixteen-year-old self. The last words Lee Mi-do left before seeing him off contained her wish and encouragement that Han Tae-seung, like Seo Jae-hyuk at that time, could become a good lawyer.

Namgung Ho conveyed to Park Su-ah how to survive while staying true to one's principles. To her, who was angry at the reality that the corrupt parties were unscathed while only she had been excluded from her work, he advised her not to run away or break down and stay in place, but to move forward even if it meant compromising on some things, and to grit her teeth and hold on at headquarters. He then revealed a secret he had not even told Lee Mi-do. Namgung Ho had quit painting after learning that his talent was inherited from his biological father, who had been a gangster. The source of that talent, which had made him feel the world was somewhat fair, was disgusting and shameful. Namgung Ho bid farewell to Park Su-ah, revealing even the secret he had never wanted anyone to find out.

However, Han Tae-seung and Park Su-ah ultimately could not let go of the two people. Han Tae-seung pleaded with her not to abandon him, promising to try to become a better person. Park Su-ah also ran to Namgung Ho, breaking their one-month promise by saying she would continue to like him and stay by his side even if he married Lee Mi-do. Han Tae-seung shedding tears in Lee Mi-do's arms, and Park Su-ah clinging to Namgung Ho while refusing the breakup. Just as the episode's subtitle asked, "Who will we be with ten years from now?" the unresolved feelings of the four people heightened curiosity about what ending the ten-year romance and the one-month different romance would meet in the final episode on the 1st.

Episode 14, the finale of "A Different Romance Than You," airs at 9:20 p.m. on the 1st. It will be released simultaneously to viewers in over 240 countries worldwide through the global streaming service Amazon Prime Video, alongside its domestic broadcast.

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