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Even a beast in love can never be completely tamed...
The penultimate chapter of The Beast Must Die leads to a bittersweet and poignant ending.
Nakyum:“Things I like: The sound of his voice when he calls me by my name, his large hands, smiling eyes and large embrace. Things I don't like: Anything and everything that keeps me away from the things I like.”
Having one's hair cut in Joseon was considered the greatest ignominy = they believed a person inherited it from their ancestors. It's the ultimate tie to one's family. The loss of his topknot & headband (a symbol of his nobility) symbolises Jihwa severing ties with his past.
Awwww🥰, it's not wonder then that Nakyum gave Seungho his first genuine smile when those warm hands cupped his face so completely and wholesomely.
Kirin's best birthday ever and his many presents - (1) Kang Moo comes to his office before midnight strikes, (2) brings him a strawberry birthday cake to the office because Kirin has to work overtime and can't make it to their celebration at a hotel,
Kirin is frustrated that he's a DWNL (daytime winner - night time loser) instead of DLNW, but it's Kang Moo who, after almost 10 years, realises the irrefutable truth - that he's a loser 24 hours a day because he is utterly whipped in every sense of the word (and he doesn't mind)
Nakyum is a person to who the Joseon society and its legal system full of caste bias would never give justice or protection. How beautifully poignant and tragic is it that Seungho, a noble, gives him both even if it means sacrificing himself? And he does it without any hesitation