Waaait. I am confused. So she did die but then they regressed again? Please explain.
MY REASON TO DIE ended with A MERRY BAD ENDING.
●Merry bad ending: Ending where the audience finds it sad or disturbing but the characters themselves are happy.
She was shot and so she died but she wanted Cha gyeol to live on unlike their past lives where he unalived himself after her death. She promised him that if something goes wrong and they regress again, she will be the first one to greet him in the bus with a smile. So he lived on with her memories and died of old age.
It was shown that they regressed again after that. In all of their lives Cha gyeol was the one greeting ji-o in the bus during their first encounter. But Ji-O was indifferent to him everytime because she never remembered him.
One day He opened his eyes and saw his grandmother telling him to wake up for school. The 1st day, the day they everytime regress in. He had this dream countless of times after Ji-O passed away so he started for his day thinking it was yet another dream. But when he reached the bus stop, he saw Ji-O sitting at the bus stop looking at him with a smile. That's when he realised it's not a dream and that they have regressed once again.
The future is still certain whether they'd have a happy ending this time or not. But they were given another chance AND HONESTLY I'LL BE TAKING IT AS A HAPPY ENDING. Hope it helped<3
<<I'm not sure if I could explain things properly but you can read the last chapter from the link on my previous comment if you want. Also if you read the authors afterword after finishing the story, you'll fully understand what happened>>
OMG. Thank you!! I really thought it was just a tragic love story and was so upset, thank you so much! I definitely take this as a happy ending, albeit bittersweet! I’m so happy! In my mind, they were finally able to have a happy ending.
The ending has me sobbing TT
Last chapter link: https://makchopi.blogspot.com/search?q=My+reason+to+die
Also, read the author's note/afterword, it'll help you understand the ending better and clear some confusions if you have any. It was a happy ending for me cause they regressed and met again. She remembered her promise and greeted him first with a smile, hopefully they had their happy ending in this timeline♡
In case yall wanna read the author's afterword, I'll drop the link here.
Afterword: https://makchopi.blogspot.com/2023/11/afterword-my-reason-to-die.html