I just finished ep13, didn't watch 14 yet and I know this probably isn't a popular opinion but I can understand their breakup and I'm okay with it.
Of course I'm a bit sad but I think she did a good thing by being honest with herself first.
Still have to watch ep14 so I can get a better understanding for things from babi's perspective so I'll read this then.

I’m disappointed that after adhering faithfully to the webtoon, they didn’t complete the darn thing. Why show us the wedding picture in Season 1 and then never show Yumi’s love story with the groom? With better pacing this season, they could have shown it all. God knows there was plenty of filler. They could have given 8 episodes to Yumi and Babi and 6 to Yumi and Soon-rok, or 9 and 5. All they managed to do was piss off fans of each of the guys lol.

I’m also disappointed that they brought Woong back just to have him pine over Yumi. I know they were following the webtoon, but this is one instance where they could have changed things. Bring him back once to show that he became successful and then send him away. It would have given them additional time for Yumi and Soon-rok. That said Yumi and Woong’s scenes were probably my favorite from these episodes. I think three-and-half years is too long to pine over your ex, but Ahn Bo-hyun always manages to make Woong so endearing.

I was never invested in Yumi and Babi, but I thought the final breakup was handled fairly well and telegraphed a mile away by Love not being there during the whole reconciliation.

Overall, I didn’t think this season was quite as good as Season 1, but I still liked it. The cells are always a treat and Yumi did show some growth.

@missvictrix Thank you for reflecting what I am feeling.

I saved this drama to watch after I got through another drama’s ending. I settled in to watch but couldn’t enjoy it because I kept checking how much time was left as there didn’t seem to be a way to end things neatly in the time left. I really was not interested in the wedding scenes as I didn’t care about the couple AT All.
On the whole the drama was great and one that stays in my top 10 of all time for now but…it didn’t end as expected or wanted.

Oops, this season is already over? And I thought there would be two more episodes. Too bad, I was hoping to at least get a first real glimpse of Shin Soon-rok.

At the beginning of episode 13, I couldn't believe that Yumi actually accepted the proposal. It was so clear that it was made at the absolute wrong time and was a panic decision because Bobby was afraid of losing Yumi.

I liked episode 14 a lot better than the last episodes, I was glad that Yumi had finally drawn a line as it had been apparent for a long time that the relationship with Bobby had no future. This episode brought season 2 to a good end.

While the first season had a common thread, the sequel sometimes seemed not to know which direction it wanted to follow. Some scenes even seemed like gap-fillers (e.g. the episode with the editor).

For Woong's sake, I hope he gets over Yumi in season 3 and becomes happy.
Bobby will find someone else pretty quickly, he's like a butterfly. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he gets together (or is already together) with Da-eun later on.

I feel like the show wanted to show a mature Yumi and as a drama watcher, I just wanted her to suffer a bit more. Give me more angst. However, looking at now I think the ending was okay. Everyone got an ending that basically said life goes on. It was an okay drama, but honestly, I am mainly hyped in the beginning of the series and lost the momentum towards the end.

I completely understand your ambivalence, missvictrix. Watching this season I often felt the drama was objectively good and enjoyable to watch. The writing is both funny and poignant, and those cells really grew on me. At the same time, I was never sure where we were going--Would the show follow the webtoon to the end? Would Yumi end up back with Woong? Would Babi prevail?--and so my heart never fully engaged. I was simultaneously rooting for both men and some mysterious third option, and that ultimately made for a less than satisfying viewing experience.

I agree with your point that two (hot, successful, kind) men hanging on to Yumi for so long is deeply unrealistic. Yumi's great, but it wasn't necessary for her ex-boyfriends to hold on so strongly for so long to prove to me that she's great. Their continued all-in devotion started to irritate me as the season went along, and it also made me feel sad for them, which undermined the fun of watching the show.

I'll watch a season 3 if there is one, because I'm curious to see how her final relationship compares to the other two.

idk. I read the webtoon after watching season1. And I loved the ending of the webtoon. But, I don't like the ending of season 2, especially ep 13 and 14. I can't feel the magic anymore.

I should just read the webtoon again, i guess.

I didn't like this season at all. Someone should've told me that this season was going to be about Yu Mi's Boys not Yu Mi's Cells, that could've saved me some time.

This season felt like watching anime filler episodes, tbh.

Nah, those fillers are less messy. This was like "main character needed motivation to follow her dreams, and the easiest way to give her that motivation was through a boyfriend, right? But wth are we going to do with a male character now? Idk, let's just say they dated for a year. Now let's break them up, since there's nothing else happening. Now what? Love triangle always works, where's her ex? Wait, but wasn't this about her being a writer? Oh right. Omo, but we need to end this... Uhm, let's get all this men out of the picture and say she wrote two stories and that she's successful. But also that she's ready for new love. The end."

Why make such a meaningful first season if now they were going to make... this?
I'm so frustrated.

So I’ve not watched any episodes the last 2 weeks because I felt it was going back and forth between Babi and Woong too much. And I did mention that now I’d like a BL with these two, 😂.

So until I’m guaranteed a 3rd season to wrap this up, I think I’ll just keep these on hold for now.

Glad I went ahead and read this recap instead of watching epis 13 and 14 themselves. Now, I may never watch them and would just treat epi 12 as the finale. I haven't read the webtoon and now I probably never would since its fans kept saying the drama "adhered" to it. lol. I might hate it.

The writers really milked Babi for all he's worth, squeezed him dry, and we are supposed to feel better because Yumi's cells gave his cells the Best Cells award? (eyeroll) I'm glad that they broke up, what I hated was how the writers hinted at him fibbing so as not to worry Yumi (triple eyeroll here). You should have let the man move on. Webtoon fans kept saying he will move on as he is like a "butterfly" but I wish the drama showed that at least, with a better woman than Yumi and DaEun.

Thank you for the recap, @missvictrix. The screen caps too. I would surely miss JY's warm smiles as BaBi now that the drama has ended.

Also, webtoon fans kept saying that the drama gave Shin Soon Rok scenes to Babi and this made Babi shine more. WTH, drama??? Why would you do that? Maybe there won't be a 3rd season and the drama just decided to keep the ending open, what with Yumi having meaningful interactions with her exes and the hint of a new man entering the scene. I was told that Love cell said she wasn't sure if she returned to the village a few days ago (when she had a meaningful interaction with Babi) or if she returned Christmas eve (when she met the new editor). WTH, drama?? Nope. Imma put epis 13 and 14 on hold then.

Thank you so much for these wonderful, insightful recaps!! They were a lot of fun to read and helped me get caught up with the show.

Sadly, I cheated after Season 1 and went and read the web-toon so I already knew how her relationship with Bobi would fare (I had to, since I was traumatized by her breakup with Woong lol), so for this season, I was mostly following to see if they'd cover her meeting with Soon-Rok and delve into their relationship at all (I especially wanted to see which actor would win the coveted role.) Now that I see it went in a different direction entirely, I was saved all that extra drama/love-triangle nonsense, and avoided an extra 3 hours of disappointment!

If Season 3 is ever announced, I'll happily go back and watch the last handful of episodes . . . but for now, I'm content to remember it for the sweet, funny, inspiring show that it was. I'll definitely miss those adorable little cells. :)

I feel bad for Babi because he really didn’t do anything wrong except for unfortunately clashing with Yumi’s #1 dealbreaker 🥺 The reason is, it is normal and ok to be attracted to someone whether you’re attached or married, as long as you don’t ever act on it.. because it’s only human to have feelings… and Babi did not once even act on his weakness and even went the extra mile to move away from Daeun.

I’ve been reading comments online and no one feels bad for Babi (except for 2 comments below). Many call him a cheater/ an emotional cheater. This is upsetting. Like WHEN did he cheat?!?? 😤 He was just tempted for one moment and he did not act on it by finding opportunities to be with Daeun. He apologised for having those feelings and said that he didn’t wanna hurt Yumi and even “changed” for Yumi by telling Daeun to leave and also even deleting her contact… so how else he could have “improved” his behaviour?

On top of this, he is genuinely kind and considerate to Yumi, treats her as his priority and puts her first etc and I feel such a waste that the show tramples on such a good guy’s character like this!!! I saw 1 user who commented below how the show milked Babi… How true. They conveniently cut him off after the engagement and because Yumi does not love him in return (as her love cell was in space). WHAT?!! Even we know Woong made a mistake of his pride that rightly led to their break up… but what did Babi do but just wait for Yumi!?

I do understand from a female’s pov that our guy being attracted to other lady (albeit momentarily) is a very hurtful situation that makes us insecure. But look… a break up just because of that without talking it out? Like Babi said, how easy was it for her to just break up like that?

If I can summarise, it’s just a fatal mismatch between the both of them. And Yumi could not take the hurt, so she left. I hope Babi sooner or later he will meet a girl who doesn’t have the trauma/dealbreaker Yumi has and who understands that he is not a cheater who acts on his temptations, so I hope that’ll be a good ending and justice for him :’)

At the end of the show, I empathise and side with Babi more cus I feel he really did everything he could on his part already for Yumi, right to the very end where he told her he has a gf so she does not feel bad/burdened by him; parallel to when he was in the hospital and didn’t wanna worry her.. I really believe he did everything he could to make her feel loved and secure. Hence I feel that in this show, he gave the most, but has the greatest loss, and that itself is an unjust tragedy to me for such a creature of love….. he deserves so much better 💔

I read through this thread and I still can't understand - will there or won't there be a season 3?! Has it been confirmed or just rumours?

Show me Soonrok's face! Who plays him?

This drama did such a disservice to Babi's character. How is it that the last two episodes had none of Babi's cells? Heck, Woong's cells got more screen time than Babi himself did. What was the point of giving Babi so many of Soonrok's scenes? It's not as if Babi didn't have his own scenes in the webtoon. Not only did we never see his prime cell Detective Cell, but he had all of five cells and zero backstory. He was barely a character.

Congratulations, Da-eun, you just broke up his relationship twice. Poor Babi got broken up with, and it wasn't even his fault this time. I was relieved he knew Yumi's door code to be able to nurse her cold, but I can’t with how time skipped their relationship was.

At least Yumi's cells acknowledged him with the Best Cell award because no matter how you feel about Babi, he was the biggest contributor to Yumi's career change. He has always supported her even before they were dating and after their breakup. Babi is the reason why Yumi is a writer.

So in the end, neither of her exes moved on.

Shin Soon Rok should be Gong Yoo. i wanted to see that, knowing i would literally scream....

If the end of the drama season 2 is just the end of the season then I can accept the open ending. But if the end of season 2 is the end of the drama and season 3 is not going to be, I don't like the ending. In addition, being aware of the existence of a webtoon, where the fate of the characters continues. In Season 2, I remember best the breakup scenes, good character chemistry, good acting of all actors. Unfortunately, it remains with the impression that the scriptwriters did not cope with the task of satisfying the viewer. Not in the sense of a happy ending, but in the sense of clearly communicating what were the motives of all the characters. Cut scenes, playing with time in the narrative made me sometimes have to go back to certain scenes to make sure what event was after what. In the case of one characters, Babi, there was one more tiring element of unnecessary mystery in my opinion. As a person with psychological background, I understood where his behavior comes from, but I doubt that many people will judge it properly. I apologize if I insult someone with this statement, but with this character the plot should really be more specific, without any understatements, because when I see this character's defense online, I am sorry how easy it is to manipulate people through the TV broadcast. I have to write it. Women, run as far as possible from men with the same personality and behavior as Babi. Don't defend this type of character in fiction. This type of behavior perpetuates social stereotypes to hate women because they have underestimated the efforts of the "ideal". What I see in this figure is the manipulation of the viewer's feelings. I am writing this about the character, so please don't think that I have anything against the actor. Personally, I really appreciate Park Jin Young's talent and I think he will make a big career as an actor. And I think that it was his talent and the charm that he conveyed to Babi that made many viewers get caught up in this character. In terms of manipulating the feelings of viewers, there was really a lot in this drama. Apparently nothing new with k-dram, but here I felt it to a greater extent. I remember the scene at the end of Episode 12 especially well. The audience felt very good, if they were expecting another breakup, that should have happened then. Words about marriage were illogical and only served to evoke strong emotions in the viewer. Positive or negative. In the last episode, Yumi spoke to her editor, and it struck me that the drama directly admits that it doesn't know what ending to present. The words about mean comments show that the authors of the drama, at the time of writing the screenplay, were too focused on the opinion of future viewers instead of creating a script they would be happy with. It is never a good thing when creativity is created under the pressure of the audience's opinion. If the creator does not have the strength to create his work with the thought that this...

Season 1 is in my Top List of best kdramas. Season 2 did not make it. While I like it enough to watch till the end, with many moments that made me tear up or flutter, the last 2 episodes left me with questions and frustrations. (I did get my Soonrok tease. It wasn't satisfying though. Can't they give me a face?)

While I cannot deny Bobby played such a huge role in Yumi's career as a writer, I really wish that Yumi's writing cell got an award. I mean, if Yumi didn't write, even with Bobby's belief in her skills, nothing will come out of it. We all saw how her Writing Cell struggled in the beginning. This cell was resurrected! I am so proud of this cell for trying again.

I would give Woong the award for giving life to Yumi's Love Cell. She loved again, so fully and completely. She made a giant leap. I love to see her interactions with Woong, as much as I wish he doesn't appear so often. They suck me in.

One question: Why was Love Cell lost in space? Who/what brought her there? What brought her back? Is this destiny? A mysterious selection? A mysterious power? Or it chemistry? It's whether you love the guy, or you don't?

Best Season 2 scene is Yumi's interaction with Love Cell, whom Yumi held in her palms, comforting her, telling her to step back (and rest). She had worked so darn hard. Yumi realised that happiness comes in many forms. I am so proud of Yumi at that moment, for finally realising what is truly important to her.

I love the Nurse Bobby scene too. It was so tender. Yumi was funny when she keeps repeating Hawaii in that dazed state, in disbelief. Who wouldn't be overjoyed when a dream may come true.

Finally, I enjoyed reading the comments. Many gave insight to the characters, especially Bobby, when the show couldn't do as much for him, this season. I don't mind if there is no S3.

The artists and voice actors did a wonderful job.

Goodbye and thank you.

I still loved s2 of this show but the 1st season was still better in terms of plot and storytelling pacing. The ending did feel both satisfying (Yumi's growth & not needing to be with a guy) yet incomplete (They still teased Soonrok's character)😅 I was imagining a more telling open-ended scene similar to Itaewon Class with Jang Na Ra & Park Bo Gum where they just met but you know that sparks were going to fly between them in the future..💕

I did appreciate how they showed Woong & Babi's impact in Yumi's life despite not being togethe anymore. Especially when Yumi found out that it was Woong who left a lot of positive comments on her webtoon, she wasn't offended but rather appreciated it as it cheered her up at the time😁 I understand though that if you haven't read or spoiled yourself with the webtoon, it would be frustrating that Yumi ended up with neither of the 2 guys that this season advocated for her.. in the end, I think that it was important that they showed Yumi being okay & having moved on from both as a good closure to these relationships😊 I just wish that they showed Yumi as a "single" person more like eating alone at restaurants but not caring because the food is delicious, travelling, meeting up with Yi Da and Ruby, etc. aside from just focusing on her writing career..😅 But overall, I still loved this show & the soundtracks!

With the caveat that I didn’t watch all of season 2, there’s been one thing bothering me about this show since season 1. Where are her cells that are interested in and care about other people outside romantic relationships? Other women are just competition. Her cells are never occupied with worries about her parents. We see no concern about people in difficult situations around her. It really bothered me. Where is her humanity empathy cell? I love romcoms but this seemed obsessively focused on honing in on only that part of life in a way that made Yumi feel selfish to me.

This season was quite disapointing. The first one was fun because we could see how both characters were thinking and reacting.

For this one, it didn't make sense that we barely saw Babi's Cells but got the editor's ones... So it was a one sided season, with Babi being just there. It's sad because he did so much for Yumi. He's the one who always pushed her to become a writer. He gave her name in their compagny to write things for them, then she changed department, she quit her job to be a writer. When she was failing, he was there for her, never asked her to change her mind, etc.

I think the end made sense because it was really weird how we never saw some scenes : when they got back together, when she said yes to his proposion. The fake business trip was so bad, it didn't make sense at all for Babi as a character and Yumi continuing with him...

Woong shouldn't come back in this season, he brought nothing to the story. I wasn't a fan of the side characters.

Kim Go-Eun was great as Yumi! 🥰

I absolutely love the webtoon and even I cannot deny that everything from breaking up with Babi to meeting Soonrok was filler max! I adore Soon-rok. I wish the webtoon had spent more time on his arc and less on Babi's. So I'm actually glad that we get a separate season with him. I liked his character very much and I hope the show delves into it as well. And while S2 is pretty much hit or miss, I cannot fault the writers for letting Jinyoung shine so brightly as Babi. He did a stellar job, I almost forgot about the webtoon Babi (who was so dull to me lol).