Blood mercifully ended today, wrapping up a 20-episode run that was probably 20 episodes too long. This drama can best be described as the narrative crap equivalent of Hyde, Jekyll, Me but without good acting from at least one of the leads. Ji Jin Hee probably feels like he did the best he could for the paycheck, but I want nothing more than for male lead Ahn Jae Hyun to go back to supporting roles for the foreseeable future until he learns how to up his acting game, while Gu Hye Sun confirms for me that she’s about as hit-or-miss depending on role and story as it gets.
After quitting in episode 6, I checked back into Blood to watch the final episode and actually understood everything when it came to the vampire virus and whatnot. It still didn’t make the drama good but what boggles the mind is the production electing to go with an ending that makes Hyde’s lame ending look like a masterstroke of sense and logic. In the eternal drama telling struggle between a sad ending with tears and death and a happy ending with smiles, the drama chose both and never bother to explain why or how. Now that’s a bitch slap if I ever saw one to the remaining loyal Blood viewers. Oh KBS, way to join SBS in the fail department to start off this year.
At the end of Blood, Ahn Jae Hyun’s male lead dies in the arms of Gu Hye Sun’s female lead, complete with the vampire poetically watching the rising sun on the rooftop before expiring so very dramatically. Cut to sometime in the future and Gu Hye Sun’s character is in the fictional Eastern European country of Kochenia, where she encounters vamps and is saved by none other than Ahn Jae Hyun’s character. He smiles and reaches out his hand, she smiles back takes his hand without a word. THE END.
No explanation of how he’s suddenly alive, or this was a figment of her imagination, or his doppleganger or twin, or anything that could pass for providing a reason however far-fetched. Maybe the Blood team got confused in the very end by how very bad the writing has been for this drama and thought it was a story about zombies. I’m so glad this drama is over, this year alone both Hyde and Blood have shown how low K-dramas can possibly go in terms of producing utter waste of celluloid and the audiences time.
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its over now? :D ... looking forward to the next drama, hopefully not as yucky.
only a broad thinkers can understand the whole story
I guess a lot didn't really understood what happened. Luckily I did. I'd love to explain if necessary. Lol.
The reason I think he came back to life is, remember when he was cut and his wounds healed I think his body slowly was healing when he was shown and instead of being dead he was actually unconscious or he was in fact dead however his cells were slowly healing him but the girl thought he was dead which was in fact not true so actually long story short his cells healed him because he is a mutation of the infection
U want to see him alive or ur mind is not ready to accept that he was gone... that's why ur mind wants to convey you that nothing happened yet... but honestly we all are know he can't be back...
@Salma I'm sorry but she is kind of right...Actually the truth is that because he is a pure infectee and his blood is stronger that normal infectees he can live even without a heart.
One of the doctors found that his cells (at the end) can make hum stronger when his blood turns green 30 mins before he dies or something like that. So maybe he recovers and start looking for the other vampires to convert them.
"An ending that makes Hyde’s lame ending look like a masterstroke of sense and logic." Ouch! Whenever I give up a show because it makes no sense, my one comfort is looking forward to Koala's post-mortem. When a show is this bad, you tell it like it is. Thank you!
I, personally LOVED the whole drama and even the ending... I would like a season 2 to explain it but it was a great and unexpected twist!! Idk.. maybe I'm just weird, but if you're a loyal Kdrama watcher... You'll get!!!
It really teaches the value of life. Though it's a bit fantasy it really works and it's not at all bad.I loved it
The ending was TERRIBLE...and they killed off practically everyone else who wasn't on the Dream Team
I COULD NOT AGREE MORE UGH IM SO CONFUSED LIKE THE HECK WAS THAT BRAH ONE MIN THEY WANTED THE MAIN CHARACTER TO BE THE CHAMPION NEXT MIN THEY KILLED HIM
AND ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS LIKE THE FUVK WAS THAT A FUNERAL ?!?! And then all of the sudden out of nowhere
He’s alive yaay
Or probably she’s on weed
Fsfbsfbdfn im so mad ugh I wasted my time on nothing
Regretfully I have to agree with you. I thought the plot and acting was okay, and I liked it except for the fact that the romance was almost non-existent, and of course the weird ending. What is it with these writers, about 25% of the time, the ending is terrible. So disappointing. Sigh.........
Haha~ I needed a good laugh, thanks!
Good thing I didn't watch!
Hahaha.
What happened to the JJH character? He had grey hair in the photos.
I don't think we care about spoilers in this drama. Who's going to actually watch from ep 1 now?
He was turned into a human so he aged very rapidly.
Great job Blood team! I really enjoyed the drama more power to you guygs!
Finally! Someone actually enjoys the drama. The drama is the first ever drama where I never felt the urge to leave and watch other stuff cuz sometimes the characters gets too annoying but obviously I get over it and move on. Blood has a very interesting storyline and even though I’m 4 years late, I’m happy that I watch the drama!
I just finished the drama and the ending got me confused, that's why I tried to search for an explanation. But then it hit me! At some point, Dr. Jung (I hope i didn't butcher his name) said that he could live even without a heart, that's how powerful his blood is. The weapon was carefully chosen haha. I even enjoyed watching the scenes filmed in Romania (it's Kochenia in the movie) and the heartwarming letter for the kid.
I have been this bored ,This so cold blood was a rubbish after worsting all my time ,Producer of this drama mwari ave newe
I loved the drama and I hate how these people talk trash about it.Also I finally get the ending now...WOW I cried for 10 minutes to find out that he stayed alive.
brilliant episode one a bit cheesy but loved the rest would love to see a season 2
so true... the thing that makes it unique and special is that even though it is a drama about vampires and yet they are talking about their minds, intelligence and hearts and not just their sexual urges or thirst for blood.... so I could watch it without worrying about forwarding every few seconds...the acting was very understandable as well since they were vampires and not normal human beings ....
Have you ever heard anything of open endings? Open endings where the writer leaves it to the audience's imagination and mind to decide what really happens at the end...in fact the writer gives them a choice and respects their productive minds...but I guess there may be some audience without the slightest power of mind or imagination who just want the ending to be completely written and lucid for them so that their lazy minds don't have to do anything ....In that case the the writers of Blood weren't made for this world of cliche and boring plot lovers...seriously if you guys here were the critics of literature half of the literary genres would have been dead by now, you leave no way for new ideas whatever they maybe
Writing a crappy script is hardly a new idea. People have been doing it for thousands of years.
haha. Everyone's fighting over the ending. IF YOU REALLY WATCHED THE DRAMA you'll see that they really gave the reason why Ji sang was alive! in episode 20 Doctor Jung said "Ji Sang's blood is very unique he can even live without a heart, cos its his blood that makes his heart beat"
That's why he resurrected again bitches. stop commenting if you didn't even watch the drama. cos you know nothing . :)
Spoiler!!!
Yes!! I agree!! During the drama chief gave the reason as to how Ji Sang's blood is super specia...also before Ji Sang left to save his girlfriend he said he was confident and didn't need luck because he was sure he was going to come back alive...he most likely new he had special blood! :D
it was his blood. he can live without a bleeding heart because he is unique. he didn't have any worries that he'd die. so rita knew she would see him again at some point in the future and told him that they must meet again (whenever he recovers)
If u watch well u will know the heroin is in love with ji sang so well. Then later when dhe went to her trip she was attacked by vampires and saved by ji sang. In my prospective i think she was saved by a nice vampire who must have existed through jjh making vampires and he probably was kind hearted and saved the herione but in her imaginations it was ji sang that saved her again. Think about it
@ Negin
Your argument is so flawed I can't even. Just because there is something called an open ending doesn't mean any and all open endings are necessarily done well and therefore deserving of praise. You conflate not liking THIS open ending to viewers not having the intellectual heft to appreciate a well crafted open ending.
An open ending means the foundations have been laid so the viewer needs to do certain critical jumps to reach a conclusion that isn't explicitly explained but with enough previous clues rendered plausible. That did not happen here. Writing an open ending without any well laid markers is the very definition of fail. It's even worse that writing a definite ending that is so obvious as to be ringed by blinking lights.
Let me illustrate for you:
The equation of 1 ( ) 4 ( ) 5 is an a good open ending because we normal people would fill in the missing but logical gaps within the parenthesis of 1 (+) 4 (=) 5.
Having ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 5 is not a good open ending because too much information is missing so even if I see the final number is 5 it means nothing to me. How do you not see that and then proceed to attack viewers who disliked this terribly laid open ending as incapable of imagination is beyond me.
But how do you know that the foundation for you to fill in the blanks hasn't been laid if you skipped 13 episodes leading up to the finale? I haven't and don't intend to watch the drama so I can't argue the clues do exist, just wondering.
Agree with @me. Too unfair Miss Koala !
If we were talking about an intricate, complex plot with many players and fully explored, complex characterizations, then yes, maybe skipping the middle episodes would mean you missed some clues. But this is obviously a cartoon, a haphazard, ill-constructed plot with cardboard characters acted with nuance. When there is only two dots on a page, it is easy to draw the straight line between them. It is also easy to pick out a scenario that come out of left field, such as this one.
make that "without nuance". No one could possibly think otherwise.
As I said, I haven't watched the drama and it doesn't interest me. I do like reading most posts and comments here, those related to K-ent. It struck me that Koala missed more than half the drama and could assert that there was nothing that may have linked to the open ending at some point. I like her style and I never meant to defend Blood. It was just an observation with no animosity at all behind it. It may very well be that the ending came out of left field but I found it odd to be sure about that if you haven't been following for more than half of its run.
i just finished watching the entire drama. no clues provided in any of the episodes leading up to the finale. hated the ending (still not as terrible as doctor stranger though). hated Ahn Jae Hyun's acting too. so your review is surprisingly accurate haha. but to be fair, apart from these two (major) aspects, Blood was quite decent imo.
Well, in fact we DO know why he's alive.
Just by watching the 20th episode you would normally be able to tell that there was data let by Park Ji Sang's friend before he died and that the Dream Team discovered that Park Ji Sang wouldn't die even if his heart was to get broken. This is explained by the fact that the heart isn't the one to make the blood circulate but that it's the blood that makes the heart beats.
So everybody would die from a stab in the heart since all the blood would be lost. However there's one exception: Park Ji Sang. The Dream Team discovered that Park Ji Sang's blood was regenerating so fast that even if his heart was to get stab, he wouldn't die.
Of course it doesn't mean he wouldn't get GREATLY injured by it.
In fact it's what we don't know. What will happen to Park Ji Sang when he gets stab in the heart? Is he only loosing consciousness? Does he ''die'' and resurrect? Does he become human? Maybe his vampire blood will fortify himself and he will not only be the only pure vampire but also be a brand new type of vampire. Who knows.
This is why the dramatic response to the ''death scene'' of Yoo Ri Ta was kinda itchy for me, since I thought she knew that he wasn't suppose to die.
This is when your (1)( )(4)( )(5) equation comes in handy. There's a lot of possibilities that can enter those ( ). I don't like that much open ending and I would way prefer a season 2 to explain what the fuck was going on. But since I have no idea if there will be a season 2 or not, I made up my mind on the ( ) missing.
Firstly I would like you to remember that when she was chased by the vampires she didn't look really frightened at all. And when she saw Park Ji Sang, she clearly wasn't surprised. Meaning: She knew that he was alive and she knew he was there with her, which means that they probably came to Italy together.
(1) would be the discovering of Ji Sang's blood.
(2) would be the reason x Rita reacted dramatically: in my case I think it's because of the medecine Ji Sang took before dying. When they came in the office of the doctor, Rita asked him to save Ji Sang and Ji Sang asked him the medecine [to die probably]. In my opinion, the doctor did gave medecine to Ji Sang, but I don't think he gave him the medecine he was asking for but made the couple think it was so Park Ji Sang would actually take it and believe he would die no much longer after. Because I'm sure that Park Ji Sang wouldn't cooperate if he was to get healed by the doctor and that he would just go die by himself.
(3) would be the death scene when Ri Ta reacted quite dramatically.
(4) would be the moment when he regains consciouness. Of course, I do have a lot of ideas in this part. Did his vampire blood and body just regenerate themselve and got immuned to the sun? Did he loose conciousness? Did he actually die from his wound and then resurrect? They are all possible, but what I stick with is him loosing consciousness because his body was too tired from the blood lost, sun burns and fights. Very simple, but the simplicity is sometimes the best answer!
(5) would be when Ri Ta saw Ji Sang, not suprised at all.
Finally, I would like to apologize for all my spelling mistakes since I know I did a lot of them. I did my best since it's my second language...
Hello,International fans is here too.
@Negin, this is her (koala's) playground. So let it be her thought play in here. Thou, tbh, its way too harsh for someone who's only skipped to watch the finale.
Well, i never expect much from blood (say, i never love GHS work before and didnt know much AJH), but suprisingly, i love the storyline. Later,im become enggage with the cast, the acting, ost. Love it all..up till the end (not so much in 7 last minute thou).
So, chill, be happy. For we've 20 epd to rewatch.
Hoping for season 2 in here? or special eps will do.
Hello Kuaci, Negin,
1) Let's talk about the negative parts first. It started off with pretty awful reviews on the actors' lack in some aspects so sadly, some viewers didn't watch the rest of the episodes. It also needs a bit of tightening on the plots, directing and flow.
2) Now the positive parts:
- the 'vampire' concept is pretty original and they stay consistent to the concept of viral infection rather than some jumbo jumbo curse - so the title is very much spot on - Blood
- the actors may not be your typical OTPs but there's something very sweet about the two socially awkward individuals sharing, giving and caring.
- I have not seen the last two episodes yet but without the subtitles dawn I still find dying clip to be very very touching. For the moment the last clip of Park Ji Sang look alike appearance probably does not make sense as I missed key elements in Ep 19 and 20 but somehow it was greatly "comforting" to know RiSang won't be alone...
- And I strongly believe the Park Ji Sang lookalike rescuer is not a figment of Rita's imagination but whether he is a man/vampire - I will discuss that after watching the final 2 subtitled episodes
You never read reviews and recaps on dr-myri-blog.blogspot isn't it? You gonna be surprise how they recapped Blood. hehe
The recap was gross it heavily underrated the series..
Yes. Thats true. Another thing is that did they really watch the ending of hyde jekyll me? How come they said that its low, for me it was very good. And they keep saying bad things to ahn jae hyun.
Hi Paula,
Yeah I dunno why so much negative things are said about ahn jae hyun. He took the challenge offered to him and he did well. Lots of other first timer leads performed badly but they don't get such poor treatment...
Anyway it's a good thing that he is being acknowledged by others on his efforts and talents.
EXPLANATION OF THE ENDING:
Jeong Ji-tae (Kim Yoo-seok) had previously mentioned about Park Ji-sang's blood "His blood is unique with its self-vitality, he might be able to survive even without a heart". As Jeong Ji-tae had predicted, Park Ji-sang resurrected even after he had lost his heart. And it led to the reunion between Park Ji-sang and Yoo Ri-ta.
Yes totally true I agree with the explanation I was totally thinking of what is going but I could not find it out this was helpful. It’s my mistake that I didn’t notice his saying
And you missed this part when Dr.Jung ji tae mentee ask Dr. Jung to check the the microscope in which he had put jae sang decomposed blood but it was most old decomposed one .. so it reacted with the infected bloods and form most powerful capusle or whatever.. and evn when jae sung goes to save yu rita that time Dr. Jung give tell jae sung to take something with him .. and that somthing was jae sung much older decomposed blood which he inject in jae wook. So hence jae wook come back to being human ... And died becoming old...and jae
Thankyou!! I totally agree...I loved this drama and even though it ended on a total cliff hanger it wasn't that cliched crap like they live happily ever after or he dies and she is forced to move on. It was different and creative, and I really liked the way they mirrored what happened when they were children.
But in the end is it really the chief that saves her from the vamps? like did he resurrect or is it just a reincarnation?
Trying to cover up a stupid ending with a "live it to the audience' mind" explanation is such an insult
Sir/Mam this is called an "Open ending" meaning they leave us on a cliffhanger and we decide what happens,which is better than having them do an ending that nobody likes.
Its not only about main character..how about patient in ward 21a..are they cure from those vaccine n how about their own original illness..its it cure or what..or their experiment just fell apart..if those patient cancer cure by those vaccine n then those vaccine cure by vth17 then it is a new drug that can be use widely..so director did success..there r so many thing left unfold...if they want us to imagine it ourself..why bother to make it to 20 episode..it just waste of time..as for ji sang i get that he can live even without his heart..but they did use his decompose blood to make vth 17..what happen in those process etc..how come rita doesnt know he still alive n just met him at kochenia..do they just threw his body after take his blood..they should elabote it a bit..for me its not just a love story between rita and ji sang but their strugle to find a cure...
Oh come on ockoala that's an unfair assessment. I think you better watch your language you are too critical. We international fans believe this is a well made drama.
Hello Negin!
However I agreed Koala's words is very bold whether she love the actors or not I have to agree that this is not a good drama. Beside we are international fans. However im amazed how loyal and rabid ghy and blood fans are. That is some dedication since Blood has become among top watched dramas in most streaming online.
GHS
Please don't say "we international fans" say "most international fans".... Cause I for one do not agree!
You could also say, "some international fans," because I am not sure that it is easy to know for sure how many international fans love or like a drama. Not all of them write on blogs, or on forums like Soompi.
I am also an international fan and I thought Blood sucks as well as the acting.
Maybe "few international fans" would be more accurate...
I am international fan as well. I thought it was suck.
International fans? Who? I'm international fans and sorry to say but Blood is suck.
Actually I and a lot of international fans I know who checked this drama out hated it, fyi. I think, may be most GHS fans?
I won't comment on ending because I don't even know what happened, just wanted to see if this drama managed to end on a high note...
Why she has to watch her language?! If Koala doesn't like a drama, she doesn't and it is her right to express her opinion: freedom of speech and such.
Ikr? I LOL at that comment. Yes mommy...
She has to watch her language because it is common sense that swearing is rude. And honestly I don’t even know why she is swearing and criticising this drama if she hasn’t watched all of it. Yes, her opinion is her freedom, but others shouldn’t have to listen to her swear about the bad things and it is true that she was being a little too negative. Her statements were kind of offensive to any fans of this show and her rude remarks and insults to the actors, as people, are unjust and harsh. It’s true that Ahn Jae Hyun isn’t as good or professional actor as others in the industry but it was pretty much his first time getting a lead role and I think he did an excellent job. He is originally not an actor so he did not have much experience. As for the ending, I guess they could have been clearer, but they did give out an open ending so people could imagine and take things their own way, make up their own versions of the ending and actually think about it later on instead of going ‘well, I see. So he died. Well, that’s sad. Moving on!’ or going ‘That was a cheesy ending. Happily ever after? Yeah yeah. Let’s watch another show’. The audience can decide what they want to believe happened and I think that’s a great technique. My version of the ending is that he did survive the ultraviolet light of dawn and did live without his heart, therefore giving off a kind of resurrection. Sacrificing and living for himself. It’s a very clever trick that the writers used. But, I guess, for people with set endings and not much imagination, it could look like a faulty ending. I completely understand.
Please don't speak for all of us honey, I am an international fan and I thought it sucked.
I'm an international fan too and I really loved the drama! I must admit I wasn't all that fond of the last couple minuets though... The ending was a bit confusing and disappointing, but I have followed the drama with excitement from the very beginning so not even the ending can make me dislike the drama ^^
I really liked the storyline and the characters as well, especially Ahn Jaehyun and his best friend.
Whaaaa? "we" international fans most certainly DO NOT think this is a well made drama. Most international fans, along with Koreans apparently, dislike it, at least to me it seems that way. Also, it's not unusual for sucky dramas to be on the top streaming list. In case some haven't noticed a pattern, usually ALL currently airing dramas top those lists because....they're currently airing lol. I know some say Koala is too harsh but I don't think so. Plus, I generally find international fans to be harsher, sometimes unfairly, with dramas because we are use to a different level of quality/style in shows. (depending where you are from) DO NOT GET ME WRONG! I am not saying one country's shows are better than another. I'm just saying it's a matter of perspective for some people. That being said. Blood sucked. This ending was worse than Hyde, Jekyll, and Me. And I didn't even think that was possible! However, the actors presumably worked hard for this show so I hope it's at least comforting for them that some people liked it. It's a tough blow to Ahn Jae Hyun's status as a leading man (I presume he will be doing supporting roles for a while now) but I hope he takes it as learning opportunity and comes back in his next role better and improved!
We international fans?
I'm an international fan. For me, Blood sucks big time thanks but no thanks to crappy acting by GJS and AJH!
I'm an international fan and I LOVED the drama and I LOVED both leads. I thought they had great chemistry and the fact that they got married in real life made me very happy. The drama aired on DramaFever in the US and had high ratings, it also aired on Viki and also had high ratings and the majority of the comments on youtube are positive, so I believe that MOST international fans loved the drama. You international fans here that hated it are the minority. As far as the ending, I think he was able to recover and live without his heart. It people would pay attention when watching instead of brain farting though the drama, they would have been able to figure out the ending. Also the review written by the OP was poor. Skips a lot of episodes and has the nerve to write a review. It's like a food critique writing a review when he didn't eat the food. The acting was good IMO and I that jae Hyun did a great job for it being his first leading role. GHS never disappoints me.
The only swearing she had in the article was in reference to the type of slap the ending felt like. Would it appeal to you more if she had used "a backhand in which one is struck with thoughts of female dogs"?
I enjoyed watching Blood from the very beginning to the end ....kudos to all actors and crew...After such a long time I saw something different in drama land
Hi negin,
I like the drama blood too. Could you help to analyze the ending for us? What would be the reason that park ji sang has a lookalike at the end of the show? Is there any indication of a twin? A clone? A revived Park Ji Sang (he did die in earlier episode after the "injection" but he came back alive) thanks negin
Ji Sang died because he was shot in the heart but if you can remember in episode 20 Doctor Jung said "Ji Sang's blood is very unique he can even live without a heart, cos its his blood that makes his heart beat"
That's why he resurrected again :)