“Moon in the Day” is settling into its stride, alternating between previous angst and current confusion. It’s doing an ideal job at peeling again the layers one scene at a time, however the bulk of the magic remains to be occurring prior to now greater than the current. The opening episodes didn’t reply all questions, and this week gives a bit of extra perception however nonetheless retains us on our toes. Here are some mysteries that had been answered and an enormous query mark that is still up within the air!

Warning: spoilers for episodes 3-4 beneath.

1. ANSWERED: Who is attempting to kill Jun Oh and Young Hwa

Do Ha as Jun Oh (Kim Young Dae) assumed that the one hazard round him and Young Hwa (Pyo Ye Jin) was that which he supposed to inflict on her. But after he and Young Hwa are kidnapped and practically killed by a gang, he realizes that there’s another person who needs them useless. That particular person seems to be Seok Chul Hwan, performed by Jung Woong In, who actually at all times performs villains. Seok Chul Hwan, Jun Oh’s former company CEO, was additionally behind the accident which killed the actual Jun Oh and allowed Do Ha to enter his physique.

But there’s extra at stake than a disgruntled, murderous company CEO as a result of Chul Hwan isn’t actually Chul Hwan! The actual man was stricken by voices in his head ordering him to kill and ended up useless whereas attempting to flee them. Then, a spirit enters his physique. We’ve bought one other vengeful ghost within the image! And he has a severe grudge in opposition to Jun Oh and Young Hwa.

2. UNANSWERED: Lord Seo’s hyperlink to Do Ha and Ri Ta

The ghost is proven as being Do Ha’s adoptive father Lord Seo (Lee Kyung Young). It isn’t clear as to why Lord Seo hates Do Ha and Ri Ta a lot simply but. We know that he noticed Ri Ta as a brand new, fairly maid, and he eyes her creepily. But it seems that he’s additionally been trapped in the identical cycle as Do Ha for 1,500 years. So how is it that the 2 ghosts haven’t seen one another? Have all of them been hovering round Ri Ta’s reincarnations all these years with out crossing paths? Do Ha doesn’t appear to have a clue that his murderous stepfather is possessing folks and attempting to kill him and Young Hwa.

3. ANSWERED: Whether Young Hwa is aware of about Jun Oh’s terminal sickness

Young Hwa hasn’t been having an excellent time of it. First, she’s kidnapped by a gang on Chul Hwan’s (possessed by Lord Seo) orders. And as a result of she’s no damsel in misery, she knocks down 4 guys earlier than dropping to the fifth. He’s about to kill her when Do Ha exhibits up livid and practically kills all of them. Young Hwa’s unconscious and doesn’t hear him quietly promise her that she gained’t die by anybody’s fingers—apart from his that’s. The factor is Do Ha appears so conflicted about even the considered hurting her. He might have taken her life proper there. He had each likelihood and will have blamed her demise on the gang members. But as an alternative he does this:

Afterwards, the police blame the gang members’ accidents on Young Hwa, and she or he’s suspended from work for 3 months. That means goodbye to her dream of going to the Antarctic. She’s upset but additionally afraid, questioning why she will be able to’t keep in mind hurting these males. But her status is in tatters. And that’s when Do Ha instructs Han Min Oh (On Joo Wan) to swoop in to the rescue. Han Min Oh comes clear with Young Hwa that his brother has solely a month to reside and pleads along with her to be his bodyguard throughout that period as a result of it’s actually Jun Oh’s final want. Young Hwa thinks again to all of the occasions Jun Oh acted like he would die with out her and mistakenly thinks that he’s fixated on her as his savior as a result of he doesn’t have a lot time left. That, plus a tender coronary heart, makes her conform to being his bodyguard. But that’s solely the beginning of their troubles.

4. UNANSWERED: Why Young Hwa is remembering her life as Ri Ta

Young Hwa’s spate of unhealthy luck continues when Lord Seo/Seok Chul Hwan mindcontrols Goo Tae Joo (Jung Heon) into driving his automotive into Jun Oh. She leaps in entrance of him and takes the hit. And Do Ha simply freezes. All he can take into consideration is that he promised that she wouldn’t die by anybody else’s fingers. And she’s bleeding out in entrance of him.

Before with the gangs and now, that’s not the face of somebody who needs Young Hwa to die. He’s by no means as soon as been merciless to her, and even now, when he has each motive to hate her, he can’t see her die and for causes greater than his personal salvation. This present is unimaginable. And there’s one other layer to this. When Young Hwa falls unconscious, she doesn’t fall asleep. She enters her life as Ri Ta!

And that is after we see the reality play out.

5. ANSWERED: When Do Ha discovered of Ri Ta’s identification

From the beginning! He knew from day one! The present makes use of flashbacks to nice impact right here. The identical scene when considered in isolation finally ends up that means one thing altogether completely different when put in context. Do Ha hears when Han Ri Ta creeps into his room, getting ready to take his life, however his first intuition isn’t to even kill the murderer however to wound her, and even then, to ensure it’s not life-threatening. He solely has to take one take a look at the mark on Ri Ta’s sword to understand that she’s the daughter of the overall he simply vanquished in battle. And that additionally implies that he hanged the incorrect one who’d pretended to be her.

But in a transfer that’s wildly refreshing and bewildering for Ri Ta, he does nothing. He actually even tells her that he is aware of who she is. When she chooses to work for him as a maid within the hopes of trying to kill him once more, he agrees. And he doesn’t use his place to blackmail, threaten, or assault her! He even helps her in her archery classes, exhibiting her how to kill him. That and the quiet, stoic approach he lives (Kim Young Dae being all stoic is simply perfection) confuses Ri Ta as a result of he acts like a person with a demise want. She isn’t incorrect.

6. ANSWERED: Why Do Ha fought in opposition to the dominion of Gaya

Do Ha is lauded in courtroom by the king for annihilating the Gayan rebels. But Do Ha refuses all reward and as an alternative directs it towards his adopted father Lord Seo, who very clearly despises his adopted son. Do Ha clearly lacks political ambition and sends all items and glory Lord Seo’s approach, however that’s not ok. Lord Seo doesn’t like him, doesn’t belief him, and sends him on conflict marketing campaign after marketing campaign within the hopes that Do Ha will die in battle and that he’ll get a ton of wealth, energy, and pity from the king in consequence.

The motive for this hatred isn’t clear as is the rationale why Lord Seo would undertake a boy he dislikes a lot. But it’s resulted in Do Ha having been emotionally uncared for his whole life. He even has to taste-test all his father’s meals in case it’s poisoned. Naturally, Lord Seo doesn’t care whether it is and if Do Ha dies in consequence. Ri Ta is perturbed upon witnessing how Do Ha is handled and even angrier when she sees Do Ha constructing a secret monument to the fallen Gayan folks. She accuses him of attempting to earn pity and forgiveness, however he sadly factors out that the useless can’t forgive. He was following orders, however that didn’t imply he favored what he did. And he is aware of there’s no atonement for it. He simply needs nothing greater than for his struggling to finish. Ri Ta realizes that Do Ha needs to die and hopes she’ll do it. She grows livid and refuses to kill him, saying that she would solely be doing what he needs and that isn’t vengeance. Rather, she orders him to reside. And the second he needs to reside greater than anything on this planet is the second she’ll kill him. Of course, that is when Young Hwa wakes!

Meanwhile, Do Ha’s been standing over her mattress, realizing that he’ll most likely don’t have any higher likelihood than this to kill her whereas she’s already weak and comatose. He grips her neck and hesitates and retains hesitating. Young Hwa opens her eyes, and she or he calls him “my lord,” simply as Ri Ta did. And Do Ha is gone. He’s utterly misplaced. He actually runs however can’t keep away. He waits outdoors her house. He watches her longingly and wonders who she is and why she would name him the best way Ri Ta did. It actually shakes him to his core.

 Can’t blame him. She’s attractive!

He is aware of he doesn’t wish to kill her and doesn’t know what to do about it, so he overdoses on meds simply to cease himself from hurting. She finds him, struggling to breathe, and thinks that he tried to finish his life due to his most cancers. She orders him to reside, the identical approach Ri Ta as soon as did. But can that truly occur this time round?

What a rollercoaster! This present is fully going to tug a faux out and provides us a contented ending or rip our hearts out! Next week guarantees extra of the previous and extra confusion on why Young Hwa appears to be remembering her life 19 incarnations in the past. We even have Jun Oh’s annoying ex Jung Yi Seul (Jung Shin Hye), who doesn’t even need him again, attempting to get pleasant with him for good PR. But Do Ha and Young Hwa stay the center and soul of this present, and right here’s hoping the main focus continues to remain firmly on them and the presumably very ill-fated relationship that’s blooming within the current.

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