1000 years ago, Hwal and Sang Un were the only Bulgasals in the world and they were a couple, living far from the humans, until Sang Un found two orphans and she decided to leave Hwal and live with them until they grow up.
Those two were Shi Ho and Do Yoon and they lived with Sang Un and Hye Suk, until the siblings witnessed Eul Tae killing his brother. The latter then tried to kill the witnesses as well, but Sang Un saved them, causing her to be accused of being the Bulgasal who killed Eul Tae’s brother, as he claimed to his father.
And when she is stabbed and the villagers are ordered to be killed, Hwal appears just before she passes out. When she comes to it, she discovers that everyone she cared about is dead and she kills herself, while Hwal curses her that he will find her after he had killed all of them once again.
After that, he and Eul Tae leave, and that is when the latter gets the black hole on his chest.
In the present day, Hwal gains his energy back after drinking Ho Yeol’s blood, which he offered to him before dying. And he confronts Eul Tae, defeating him by taking his blood. However, that leads to Hwal gaining back his monstrous self.
He then goes into the woods, where Sang Un finds him. He tells her that he has only one choice to keep everyone safe. And he stubs himself with a knife.
Sang Un morns for him, but finds the strength to call her sister, who rushes to the forest to get her. Sang Un gives her her hands and Shi Ho sees what happened to Hwal and Ho Yeol. However, she also discovers that her sister is hurt. Shi Ho tries to help her, but Sang Un tells her that she has finally done what she needed to do and kept her safe.
After her sister’s death, Shi Ho and Do Yoon stay at Hwal’s home, raising Shi Ho’s child. They grow up together and, after many years, Shi Ho finally finds a woman looking like Sang Un and sends her a photo of the house with an address.
The reincarnated Sang Un feels that she needs to go there and she does. There, she finds Hwal, who is there to buy the house. The two don’t seem to know each other, but Sang Un accidentally drops a pot, and Hwal, trying to save her, gets cut on the hand, on the same spot where his old scar was. That is when they regain some memories and Hwal asks her if they had met before.
The drama wraps up everything in the last episode for everyone. Yes, it is tragic, but it was the right one for the overall mood of the story. However, the whole Bulgasal mythology was confusing and it changed according to the situation.
And even though the cinematography and OST were amazing, the drama got boring at times and got too long to get to reveal what had happened in the past.
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