Special episode

omg really???? I came here just to see if anyone mentioned

oh wait the creator's note or special ep? everyone's saying the former

I did this topic esp for youヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Y'know I can only base on a dictionary, "an epilogue" or "next promise".

Edit: ok, I've searched her account and 후기 she used in reference to that Q&A which was published after the special episode - which is 특별편 - *me falling into a pit* ╥﹏╥

nawww I had the tiniest bit of hope but thats it for us ig



either way thanks for making the topic <3 you're too sweet

So we got another ensuring there will be happy ending ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
And this artist really... She wanted DETAILS for realism so she started to look at photos from endoscopy XDDD That's devotion!!! Hats off! However her PD told her it looks like a documentary on the human body - I'm imagining this situationXD
It was a nice panel of Jaeshin that got deleted tho :< More panels like this, and less like from the endoscopy (but keep some of them XD)

And you know? I've changed my mind and now I think we won't see their happy living in the underworld.
Ananas wrote she hurt her arm (somewhere in the middle of the series?) but it's getting better - doctor says it's fine now. However she wrote a note by hand also - my ocr doesn't read it and I'm too lazy to rewrite it - do you have any idea, someone commented on it, what's this about?

P.S. It's worth it to peek at the KR site and receive all the gifts they've sent you. I was able to add 2 chapters to my collection :D (dunno if it's for good, but I have one from previous bonuses and it's still there :33333)

"finally,

I read each and every letter you sent me with gratitude and treasure them:)

You don't know how much strength the words you wrote in your letter gave me ;; I thought you did a really good job drawing.

♡♡

When I see readers who send me warm words through handwritten letters and on SNS and enjoy my work, I think about whether there is something more I can do for them, and I promise to work even harder every time.

I hope that this song(*night song*) will bring a little joy to the readers' day.

♡♡

Then see you in part 4~!!

thank you" - thats what she wrote.

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never doubted that we wouldn't be getting a happy end even once but yeah being left at the cliff hanger for possible the rest of the year hurts </3

also the fact that there were no specials. but i kind of saw it coming cause atp we dont really have any background info left to be told about them right. or more like jaeshin's past since previously they were focused on him.

btw I found this on someone's post on X - "I looked up the meaning of the aster flower... 'unrequited love', 'passion', 'independence', 'reunion', 'resignation', 'sad memories', 'memories are only yours', 'waiting for the day we meet again', 'unfulfilled love', 'death', etc. are the flower meanings used in foreign countries, while in Korea, it mainly means 'sad memories', 'death', 'reincarnation', 'lost memories', etc., from positive to negative meanings."
- death i knew , the others not so much . reincarnation being mentioned kind of makes me think we may go down that route. and well yeah them living in the underworld, idk if we think the current nok actually gets well , still he'll have responsibilities as the future king. if we think of him getting reincarnated, then that kind of contradicts with the major plot points of humans and their way of life according to the story. and if we think of ghost nok ... well jaeshin's still gonna need those yin energy so there's that.

anyways , i also remember you mentioning that reincarnation is common in the Chinese works than korean(i apologise i dont rememberif i replied then or not). but these days its manhwas have been using that arcs as well. haven't read them myself but one of BWAT's work (ig it was taming the tiger if im not wrong) , dawn of the dragon , dreaming of the dokkaebi are a few ive come across where atleast one of them do. not common , yes but still

Thank you sunshine :)

Spider lily became kinda Jaeshin's trade mark. I once found a great site with many symbols from TGN explained, but I've lost it ;_; and couldn't find it again. So thanks for sharing this all the more.

Ok, maybe while waiting for s4 I'll read more Korean (taming the tiger wasn't my cup and I've dropped it pretty quickly), but it's harder to find decent art. (or even if it's kinda passable, the style is turning me off)
In Chinese fantasy dramas and novels it's very common tho. But I shoudn't be surprised. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Loose thought: if seasons in TGN kind of matched with seasons in Korea, we'll have to wait till the next spring for s4...

wait next spring means april - June 2026 :")))
that's torture. but also kinda satisfies the time frame for hiatus (hasn't it been almost 8 to 10 months for previous seasons??)

I'm actually trying to act like i won't be seeing them atleast until the new years so that they come back sooner (reverse psychology ftw)

and as for art well after finding crj's works well ive yet to encounter some thing that comes even i little close to its brilliance. so atp I just read other works for the sake of reading and the stories. they have good art yes but nothing will ever be as majestic as this one.

The historical aspect seems very dear to the author and artist so I would guess both would rather maintain the current plot environment? While Nok is stuck in the afterworld waiting for his reincarnation (if ever he's truly dead), there's a chance Jaeshin will look for ways to still save him. I was thinking Jaeshin giving up on his immortality would be the solution. Maybe there's some secret rule about that. But then how would Nok reappear in the mortal world all fresh after being buried? xD It doesn't really makes sense on this part.

Can't believe we'll have to wait for almost a year before next season. We gotta stay strong dear friends :,)

Dreaming of the dokkaebi is something else!! I highly recommend it, It should be more popular (〜￣△￣)〜

*trying to reading but haven't gotten hooked into it yet*
I can recommend Blue Sky Complex - so normal XD

oh a manga?? I always appreciate a good manga recommendation T_T
(honestly I feel like its more easier to find a manga where the leads are green flags than a mangwa. so i turn to them from time to time.)

also may I suggest Unblossomed - its a bit angst in wouldn't lie but a good story none the less

I'll add it to my list, I love manga.

Yes! I'm more into manga in general ;) Webtoons are too... cartoonish? However I admit there're some good ones.
I've forgotten to add BSC art style deteriorated with times unfortunately.
The finished one I can recommend is Given. I like Gusari's art style very much. However the anime has really stolen my heart, since the plot is around music.

Another one recently read by me, it's not finished though and chapters are rather short, so the story feels a little snatchy... BUT I still like itXD "The guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all" - that's the title, for a change of mood ;)

8 chapters left for me in Unblossomed, and ooh it's good. Thanks for suggesting<3 At first it was a little slow and the art is... not much my style, passable let's say. Even "nice" at times ;) Smth has kept me into the plot. But it's also still ongoing (︶︿︶)

ahhhhhh Given is one of my MOST fav thing out there and I can't emphasize it enough but I can go on and on about it. Both the manga and anime are so precious to me. (now i know the anime missed out or sometimes even glossed over certain emotional scenes in animating it BUT Given's soundtrack makes it a whole new experience all together. – ive become a fan of Centimillimental, the people behind the tracks)

I've been meaning to read TGSWII but I'm just a bad binge reader and it has so many chapters if i recall T_T
CRJ has really raised your standards for art XP , but valid cause nothing will come near it. I wonder if you'd like the art for "Clandestine Affair" . its a manhua but ive yet to read it. I can suggest you two more stories tho idk if the art will be of your taste or not.
We have , "Reunion" and "Bongchon Bride", the latter one is a bit more heavy plotwise tho, so a disclaimer for that. (the ml is pretty sweet and green flag however) :(
Reunion is pretty slow burn. the art maybe a but passable or not for you but if you manage to stick through, i hope it'd be a good experience to real (〃´ω`〃) ( its distributed on multiple official platforms but the one on lz is still ongoing but I'm sure you can find the completed one)
And as for Unblossomed, it ends with around 45 chapters so you probably won't have to wait so long :P