Once upon a time my favorite drama was Fashion King but it has now become one of the worst dramas I have ever watched, all because of the horrible ending. It had a promising start, the plot was great, the male lead was interesting, the female lead was cute and sexy. At one point I was so into Fashion King that I actually downloaded a raw episode(without subtitles) just to see what happens next. I made it through 5 min before giving up and deciding to wait for the subbed episode.
The first time around, I watched Fashion King all the way until episode 18 then decided to wait and watch the last two episodes together. I'm glad I did that because I don't how I would have reacted to that ending without being prepared.
The first indication that anything was wrong was when I went online to download the last two episodes and saw how the comments section had blown up. People were talking about the last episode using some pretty strong language. Some were actually asking for the writer, producer and director to be fired because of the last episode.
Of course in hindsight there were indications that something was up way before the last episode. The interactions between the male lead Kang Young-gul and female lead Lee Ga-young could often be frustrating and the viewer was sometimes left wondering if she really loved him. Anyway that was in 2012, I decided to forget about Fashion King and move on.
Last night I finally watched the last two episodes and I really regret it, I mean what the hell how can it end like that? As an avid drama watcher I am used to sad endings and sometimes even ambiguous endings but this ending is by far the worst I've watched so far. The second male lead Jung Jae-hyuk interfered by intercepting a letter so Young-gul and Ga-young don't meet in New York. In the end Ga-young goes to New York with Jae-hyuk and Young-gul is shot dead, drunk and alone in a pool wearing a fur coat while on the phone with Ga-young. telling him she misses him. All I could think was how sad and pathetic an ending for such a complicated character.
Fashion King has made me wary of kdramas, I still love watching drams but if an ending like that can happen once whose to say there won't be another one. Of course Fashion King isn't the only drama with a horrible ending, before watching Fashion King I would have said the worst drama I had watched was a Chinese drama called Summer's Desire. I am sure other people have their own ideas about what is the worst drama they've watched. The ironic thing is that there are actually parts of Fashion King I liked and still remember fondly but whenever I do that horrible ending comes to mind. I am going to find another drama to watch soon to be a palate cleanser and hopefully the disgust I feel will fade with time.
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