Misunderstandings
In the latest episode of Yumi’s Cells, Woong’s Cell Land is in overdrive as Love Cell is fast asleep but Reason shows up probing whether they should accept Yu-Mi’s marriage proposal or not. Well, part of this mission involves picking up the marriage box buried deep underwater.
Cells band together to propose marriage to Woong, but two sharks representing Woong’s doubt and instability thwart the proposal. They bring up his financial situation, but all this deliberation answers Yu-Mi’s question - the silence is a deafening “no.” ..
Woong eventually gets the bus home but when he leaves, Yu-Mi’s disappointment is clear. She’s clearly disappointed by his choice to leave and Bobby’s girlfriend only makes things worse. ..
Yu-Mi is worried that Bobby’s smile will break his heart. She tells him this and then breaks up with him. ..
Yu-Mi feels bad for her colleague, something that extends across to the next day when she shows up at the marketing department ready to work. With Woong’s fancy new keyboard for her, Bobby greets her but she immediately notices his ring missing.
Yu-Mi is a little flustered as she hands the ring back over to Bobby. After some deliberation, Bobby throws it in the bin.
Yu-Mi quickly realizes that she has to be careful with her words and not say anything that could upset her coworkers. She’s also been recommended by Bobby, so she knows he’s a good guy. However, she can’t help but feel a little left out when the others are all together for dinner. Finally, after dinner, Woong tells her that he has something important to tell her and they leave for the night. Yu-Mi is curious but doesn’t want to know what it is. The next day, she finds out from Woong that he’s going to propose to her during their trip back home.
Woong wanted to wrap up these drinks and head home at 10pm, intending to make Yu-Mi feel better after the awkward encounter back home. It’s not very subtle but they do eventually agree to leave after their glass. And after downing the last bit of their drink, Ruby understands what they’re doing and decides to open another glass of wine.
Ruby is a clever little minx, intentionally filling her glasses so that hers is empty. They’ll have to open another bottle!
Woong passes out after drinking too much and wakes up to see that Bobby and Yu-Mi are flirting. He becomes worried that they might be planning to cheat on the test, so he takes action. The final straw is when Bobby gives Yu-Mi his jacket. ..
Woong wakes up to find himself in the bed of Yu-Mi, who has a nasty hangover. The events from the previous evening look like they’re going badly until Woong takes off his own jacket and gives it to Bobby like a gentleman. It’s a really kind thing to do and something that immediately subverts expectations, especially as it looked like he was going to lash out.
The next day, Bobby and Woong exchange their jackets in a pretty charming move outside. The trouble is, Woong still feels threatened by the suave gentleman, believing it could lead to some romance with Yu-Mi in the future.
At work, Yu-Mi learns that during a game of truth or dare earlier at work, Bobby admitted that he liked someone with the letter “U” in their name. And since Yu-Mi has a U, she immediately suspects it could be her. Or…could it be Ruby?
While they all gossip, Bobby shows up and their meeting goes ahead as scheduled. After, Yu-Mi oversees Ruby and Bobby being cute and flirtatious together, seemingly reinforcing her thoughts that it’s Ruby he likes. However, it’s definitely not.
In private, Bobby rules out that his crush has the letter B in their name. Is this causing him any trouble?
That evening, Woong waits for Yu-Mi as she gets off the bus, but she does so with Bobby. Woong continues to doubt what’s happening and comes to a bold decision as they walk together. He’s going to move out of Yu-Mi’s place. Woong refuses to give her a reason and walks away sadly, leaving Yu-Mi dumbfounded and confused.
The Episode Review
The episode begins with Bobby and Yu-Mi working on a project together. Woong watches them from a distance, feeling threatened by the closeness between them. He starts to feel like he’s losing control of the situation and starts to doubt his own abilities. This is a common feeling for people who feel like they’re losing their place in the world. Woong is worried that he won’t be able to keep up with Bobby and Yu-Mi, and that he’ll be left behind. ..
The jacket incident at the bar was a great way to subvert expectations though, despite it leading to a big misunderstanding.
Woong decides to move out, which is a pretty weird way of actually handling this situation. Still, the drama continues and it appears we’re far from finished when it comes to Woong and Yu-Mi’s continued will they/won’t they happy ending.
With a second season already confirmed, the ending leaves things wide open for where the final week may go with this story.
