My Demon came to a heartfelt and emotional end by focusing on sacrifice, love that defied time, and the unexpected softness found in those believed to be without mercy. What started as a supernatural romance laced with power imbalance and suspicion grew into a story where trust had to be earned one decision at a time.
The final chapters allowed the emotional growth of each character to come through, especially as danger increased and choices became harder to make. The end of the show gave space to both resolution and sorrow, treating the love story at its centre with depth and weight.
Do Do Hee taught him how to feel (Photo: My Demon/Studio S and Binge Works)Do Do Hee and Jung Gu Won had been walking a path filled with obstacles from the moment they entered each other’s lives. She came into his world as someone filled with grief and suspicion, while he stepped into hers with arrogance and centuries of indifference to human pain.
Over time, their connection stopped being about power or strategy. It became about learning how to care for someone beyond surface needs, and that formed the emotional core of the final episodes.
How Love Grew in a Place Filled With Fear
Gu Won began the series as a demon, confident in his strength and detached from human emotion. But once he started living with Do Hee, that sense of distance slowly began to fade. At first, he treated her pain like a curiosity. Later, he could not ignore it.
Her constant resilience, even when faced with betrayal and loneliness, forced him to look inward. He began to feel what he had spent his existence avoiding—genuine care.
Do Hee, who had been fighting to stay emotionally guarded, started letting herself trust again. She had lost people, experienced betrayal from those closest to her, and lived with the fear that love would always end in pain. But Gu Won’s presence, even when frustrating, helped her realise that vulnerability does not always lead to destruction. Her relationship with him created a chance for healing.
The turning point came when both of them had to face danger not from outside enemies but from the emotional weight they carried. Gu Won’s powers started to fail, and this forced the two to think beyond survival.
They had to decide what they were willing to give up to protect one another. At that moment, love no longer came with jokes or sarcasm. It came with hard decisions and painful goodbyes.
Revenge, Justice, and Personal Redemption
While the emotional story between Do Hee and Gu Won took the spotlight, the theme of revenge and justice sat heavily throughout the show. Do Hee had been surrounded by people who either used her for their gain or wished to erase her entirely.
Her rise in power had attracted enemies who did not want her to succeed. Much of the series showed how those in control often bend rules and hurt others without consequence.
The show did not brush aside these challenges. Instead, it made them part of the larger emotional battle. Do Hee’s strength came not just from her business skills but from her refusal to bow to those who treated her like a target. Her efforts to uncover who had betrayed her family became more than personal revenge. It became a fight to clear the lies that had kept her under control.
Gu Won’s presence added a supernatural element to that battle. His powers allowed him to step in when physical danger arose, but his real role was emotional. He helped Do Hee understand that her pain did not need to be buried. It needed to be acknowledged.
Through this process, the people around them—friends, enemies, allies—began to reflect on their own choices too. Some characters tried to find redemption. Others refused to change and met consequences that matched their actions.
Every sacrifice brought them closer together (Photo: My Demon/Studio S and Binge Works)The Emotional Weight of the Ending
As the story moved closer to its close, the emotional intensity began to rise. Gu Won’s powers started disappearing without clear explanation. With each lost ability, the question hung in the air—what would be left of him if he no longer had the traits that defined him as a demon?
The answer came slowly, showing that love had already changed him. He was no longer guided by deals and contracts. His heart had become his strongest part, even if it made him vulnerable.
The most painful part of the ending came when Gu Won disappeared. After risking himself to protect Do Hee, his body vanished. This was not just a physical loss. It was a symbol of what he had been willing to give up to ensure that she could live freely. Do Hee’s grief was not loud or dramatic. It was quiet, with every word she spoke holding a weight that reflected the depth of what she had lost.
Her return to everyday life was marked by a kind of calm sadness. She continued her work, made her presence known in the business world, and carried on. But every action hinted at the empty space left by Gu Won. The show allowed her grief to exist without rushing it. There was no immediate healing. There was just the passing of time and the slow return to normal routines.
Hope That Refused to Disappear
Even with all the pain, the story refused to settle into despair. The final scenes gave something different—a soft, quiet return of what had been thought lost. Gu Won came back, but not in the same form. His return was not treated like magic fixing everything.
It was shown as the result of something deeper. Love had changed him to the point that he was no longer bound by the same rules. He returned not as a demon needing power, but as someone who had chosen to stay with the person who made him feel human.
The reunion between Gu Won and Do Hee was not loud. There were no declarations or dramatic speeches. Instead, there was peace. Two people who had spent the story running from pain finally stood still and faced each other. It was a moment that honoured everything they had been through. It recognised the cost of love but also its reward.
Their story did not need perfection. It needed truth. And the ending gave just that. It showed that even when the world is built on deals and loss, love can create something that breaks through the expected. What started as a contract turned into a bond that neither time nor power could erase.
My Demon is available for streaming on Netflix. Viewers can check their local region for access to the series on the platform.
