I may be the only person who actually liked the ending. The two of them realized that they will always be drawn to one another but they never really understood each other. I particularly liked the fact that they pointed out tat they never went through a winter together. This is not to say that they could never understand each other but rather if tey ever started again they needed a better handle on communicating who they are to themselves and each other.

Love this @michh Third Charm left more to be desired in terms of a general romcom but as a melo-romance or even a slice of life, the ending was apt in terms of how much the couple had to strive to get there.

My conclusionn is, for my point of view,
Young Jae is never into him as much as he is into her. It's always one side from beginning. She is just accept him because of their encounter is memorable and makes her happy despite all her problem. Young Jae realised this when she caught up Joon Young with another woman. Their difference is one of the obstacle, but it can be overcome if both share the same feeling and can tolerate each other's flaw. She is realising her love is not that strong in that moment. The chemiatry is not there. It's getting stronger afterwards. Her rejecting Hoo Chul is just her trying to deny her interest with Hoo Chul. But she is already know which heart she want to choose. Henche, she is marrying Hoo Chul is totally makes sense. So my point is not overcoming the difference is just an excuse. It's come down where your heart is belong to. Don't force something that hasn't fit you. Joon Young is totally not into his fiance, Seu Eun. Despite their similarities. Joon Young realised this when he found out the similarities between his past relationship compare to his relationship with Seu Eun and how he felt. That's why the ending makes sense.

I love this writers take on different trajectory about love story between the main couple. Might be the public don't get used to it.

In the end I didn't even care if they got together, I was just pissed off about the lack of closure for Se Eun.

Thanks @michh for allowing us to go down THE THIRD CHARM memory lane and congrats on being published. I don't think I had a problem with the ending. I think that both Joon-young's and Young-jae's family situation had huge (negative) influences in their lives. JY came from a rather toxic family environment and YJ grew up without her parents and had to deal with her brother's disability. Being together was probably not meant to be.
Interestingly I was just thinking of TTC. I recently watched GO BACK SPOUSES and a part of GBS had to do with grief (in that case it was the death of a mother) and the effects it can have on families/relationships especially if it becomes chronic and the person doesn't receive professional help.
Back to TTC, one of my favorite scenes near the end is when both JY and YJ went back to the island to see the old-timer and walked together along the path when it began to snow (iirc).

I really liked all this drama. It was pretty realistic. The end was good after what she suffered and his relationship with Se Eun, it would have been weird to see them jump in new relationship. I liked how they still had an impact on the life of each other.

I like the ending because the two have finally come to terms with what they went through together and individually, to get the certain peace they need at that point in their life. And there is hope one day, maybe one day, they will be back together in yet different circumstances.

hi all, very glad to read so far that those who've commented liked the ending! because that certainly wasn't the case in some other places 😅 for the record: i'm perfectly fine with the ending too. in fact, i think it was better for them, considering what they'd both been through.

keep the comments coming :) would love to read more viewpoints!

I... actually like the melo side of things. It was unexpected, but it was what made me watch till the end (while I completely ignored the second meeting until the second breakup). The ending was actually incredibly nice and realistic. I didn't want them to end up together but I also didn't want them to end on bad terms, so it's perfect.

I didn't mind the ending I just hated that we never got to fully see Young-jae's journey except in glimpses and flashbacks. It's like making a pie and a slice is missing, there are crumbs and some of the filings, but the whole slice is just not there, while the rest of the pie is complete.