In an emotional curler coaster journey finale, our characters get closure together with comfortable endings. However earlier than we attain stated ending, we’ve got some points to handle in addition to a mini separation and time skip.
The drama ties its plot factors in a pleasant bow. However similar to the standard case with finales, some elements really feel rushed, and the ending leaves us longing for extra moments to spend with our leads.
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Episode Recaps: 01 & 02 | 03 & 04 | 05 & 06 | 07 & 08 | 09 & 10 |
No Acquire No Love Finale Week Recap
As we come to study, scared her abusive father would discover her there, Ja-yeon transferred faculties and left the foster dwelling. However regardless of her efforts, that man got here in search of her and killed Hae-yeong’s father. After that, Hae-yeong moved out and her mom stayed alone in the home, calling the foster dwelling quits. But she took Ji-wook in as her final foster little one since she was acquainted with Ji-wook’s grandmother.
It was due to Hae-yeong’s mom that Ji-wook couldn’t inform Hae-yeong the reality since he had promised her mom that he would maintain his keep in the home a secret from Hae-yeong. However now that every part is out within the open, Hae-yeong is fuming and doesn’t even give Ji-wook an opportunity to elucidate. Really, Hae-yeong is madder at her mom than Ji-wook for taking in one other little one even after her father died like this.
The stunning half is that Hae-yeong was left in the dead of night about the actual identification of her father’s killer. Solely Ja-yeon and Hae-yeong’s mom knew about that merciless fact. Or, so that they thought, since Hae-yeong was conscious of every part and, regardless of all of that, she determined to take Ja-yeon in, for the reason that latter appeared like she was residing in hell and wanted somebody to save lots of her.
서로의 마음을 확인하자마자 마주한 진실
밀어내는 해영과 애타는 지욱 •́︿•̀ ｡[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/qpAtzmFNVR
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After kicking Ji-wook out, Hae-yeong takes a time off and screens Ji-wook’s calls. Lovesick, Ji-wook fools Gyu-hyeon (who’s simply as lovesick) into serving to him find Hae-yeong by promising to assist Gyu-hyeon attain Ja-yeon in return. But Ji-wook breaks his promise and hightails his method out after studying Hae-yeong’s location.
🐱 (지방 어디?)
🐝 시방 어디?!
지욱 규현은 진짜 유명한 덤앤더머임풀버전은 👉🏻 #tvNDRAMA유튜브 #네이버tv
[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/rBJb2n7RsW
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Hoping to search out her mom’s diaries and get some solutions, Hae-yeong went to the home, the place her mom stayed after retiring to the countryside. However unluckily, Hae-yeong finds nothing, as her mom had already cleaned the home earlier than transferring to the nursing dwelling. Nonetheless, Ji-wook reveals Hae-yeong a video he took of her mom, the place she acknowledged Hae-yeong as her daughter.
After calming down a bit, Hae-yeong is able to hearken to Ji-wook. However she will get disenchanted after studying that Ji-wook disappeared after the marriage due to the promise he made to her mom. That promise meant extra to Ji-wook than his rising emotions for Hae-yeong.
해영이 좋아졌지만 약속을 지키려
곁에서 떠났던 지욱😥[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/z5Rpzjjb9d
— tvN drama (@CJnDrama) September 30, 2024
In the meantime, Ja-yeon falls into hazard when her abusive father breaks into the home whereas she is alone and begins beating her up. He’s brazen sufficient to threaten to kill Hae-yeong, similar to he killed Hae-yeong’s father, to get Ja-yeon to hearken to him. Fortunately, Gyu-hyeon involves Ja-yeon’s rescue and offers that abusive man a beating, although he sustains some accidents of his personal as nicely.
The spotlight of this sequence is Ja-yeon realizing Hae-yeong knew the reality all alongside and the ladies speaking it out. Hopefully, Ja-yeon can now cease feeling responsible and recover from that tragedy. Higher but, Gyu-hyeon assures Ja-yeon that his emotions for her haven’t modified in any respect. He’ll even do his finest to overthrow Hae-yeong and turn out to be the particular person Ja-yeon leans on probably the most.
누가 우리 자연이 얼굴에 상처냈어(っ °Д °;)っ
해영과 자연에게 무슨 일이..?[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/npWJLQW0Rr
— tvN drama (@CJnDrama) September 30, 2024
Sadly, our characters get struck by one other tragedy that night time. Hae-yeong’s mom passes away. At first, Hae-yeong pretends to be robust, however she finally breaks down into tears in Ji-wook’s arms. Hae-yeong’s mom has left her behind earlier than Hae-yeong might reconcile together with her.
After the funeral, Hae-yeong takes off Ji-wook’s ring, breaking off their pretend marriage. It isn’t as a result of he lied to her. Hae-yeong has forgiven Ji-wook for that and thanked him for retaining her mom firm. She even listed his title as her mom’s son on the chief mourners’ checklist. The rationale why Hae-yeong lets Ji-wook go, although she likes him, is as a result of she doesn’t need to be Ji-wook’s objective in life. Ji-wook has lived his life retaining his guarantees to others and denying himself within the course of. So, Hae-yeong needs him to reside freely for himself.
Listening to that Ji-wook was leaving Korea, I believed he would go to see his mom in Canada. However disappointingly, Ji-wook goes to Hong Kong as per Gyu-hyeon’s mom’s needs. That isn’t proper, Ji-wook. Hae-yeong needed Ji-wook to reside freely, however he was nonetheless following different individuals’s needs. Not less than we acquired a reconciliation between our two half-brothers, with Gyu-hyeon attempting to cease Ji-wook from leaving and the latter calling him “Hyung”, getting Gyu-hyeon moved.
해영이 반지를 가져간 이유는
지욱의 짐을 덜어주고 싶었을 뿐 ( ˘•_•˘ )[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/vjprE8FiL2
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6 months later, Ja-yeon and Gyu-hyeon are fortunately relationship and sporting couple rings. Hae-yeong stop her job and arrange her personal startup, coaxing Gyu-hyeon’s secretary to hitch her. However issues aren’t going nicely for Hae-yeong’s startup and he or she is about to go broke. To safe cash, Hae-yeong places her mom’s countryside home on sale. When this fails, Hae-yeong turns to Gyu-hyeon with a gross sales pitch. Fortunately, Gyu-hyeon agrees to put money into Hae-yeong’s startup, however not with out calling her a traitor and teasing her for a bit.
복사장님~ 투자해 주실 거죠? ( •͈ᴗ-)ᓂ-ෆ
안 해주시면 ‘자연’을 보호할 거예요!!#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/eT86Q2PNON— tvN drama (@CJnDrama) October 2, 2024
Amidst all of this, Hae-yeong misses Ji-wook and retains pondering of him. Recognizing him with one other lady, Hae-yeong wrongly assumes Ji-wook is already over her and getting married to that lady. However that lady is Ji-wook’s youthful sister and Ji-wook isn’t getting married however attending a relative’s wedding ceremony on his stepfather’s behalf.
We don’t get many particulars but it surely appears Ji-wook has been travelling around the globe and went to see his mom in Canada as nicely. I’m glad to listen to Ji-wook is on good phrases together with his mom’s household and isn’t on his personal anymore. The principle purpose why Ji-wook is again in Korea is as a result of he misses Hae-yeong. He got here again to the place his coronary heart lies, and gained’t go away her aspect once more. Hae-yeong feels simply the identical. And this time, she’s going to love him with all her coronary heart with none calculations.
“너무 그리웠어”
이 한마디를 뱉기 위해
먼 길을 돌아온 해영과 지욱💖[월화] 저녁 8:40 | tvN X TVING#손해보기싫어서 #NoGainNoLove#tvN_TVING_오리지널_드라마 pic.twitter.com/1uWqFVIrMA
— tvN drama (@CJnDrama) October 1, 2024
Like this, the drama has come to an finish. Truthfully, I hoped we wouldn’t get a separation and time-skip trope. However I perceive Hae-yeong’s choice. Even when she loves Ji-wook and desires to lean on him, it is just proper to do that after he’s free from the issues that shackled him. The Ji-wook we met after the time-skip appeared extra comfortable than once we first met him. My fundamental difficulty, although, is that I needed to spend extra time with our leads and maybe get one other wedding ceremony, however I’ll simply settle with this and picture them residing fortunately collectively.
No Acquire No Love Sequence Fast Recap
A lady who hates incurring losses finds herself on the verge of shedding out on a job promotion simply because she is single. Cue: her plan to discover a pretend groom to get married to. And who else might be a greater match than our long-time part-timer who has some secrets and techniques of his personal?
No Acquire No Love Sequence Highlights and Musings
In a Kdrama yr stuffed with mysteries and pointless plot factors rearing their ugly heads into romcoms, No Acquire No Love was a breath of contemporary air that knew precisely what it got down to do with out attempting to chew greater than it might chew, gifting us with a enjoyable and fascinating present with numerous heartfelt moments. Usually, Kdramas flip darkish or go downhill within the second half, however the present sustained its light-hearted tone all through its run, even when I had some points with the ending.
Shin Min-ah slaying her roles, as typical, is sufficient of a purpose to look at, and her chemistry with Kim Younger-dae was shining. Including to the sweetness, the second leads additionally got a fair proportion of the highlight and weren’t used as plot units as dramas normally do. Gyu-hyeon and Ja-yeon’s story was simply as compelling as Hae-yeong and Ji-wook’s and I’m glad they acquired their spinoff the place they would be the fundamental leads.
One other factor I appreciated concerning the drama was the sismance that includes Hae-yeong, Ja-yeon, and their third good friend, Cha Hui-seung (Joo Min-kyung). There was so much to cowl, so I couldn’t point out Hui-seung within the recaps. However the bond between the three ladies was one of many drama highlights, particularly the scenes the place Hae-yeong stood up for the opposite two, enjoying the elder sister determine. The bromance between Ji-wook and Gyu-hyeon added to the enjoyable aspect as nicely. And I’m glad their fallout didn’t get dragged out for lengthy.
When you crave a enjoyable and simple watch to elevate up your spirits, No Acquire No Love is your go-to drama. The brief episode rely additionally makes it an ideal alternative for a weekend binge-watch. That is one drama which I went into not anticipating a lot but it surely endeared its method into being considered one of my favourite romcoms this yr. And once I discover myself in want of a very good chortle, I’ll dive in once more for a rewatch.
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