This is the Recap & Ending for Netflix K-Drama Twenty-Five Twenty-One: Episode 5. Yi-Jin walks Hee-Do home. He asks her not to forget that he will always support her because she’s his hope. She agrees to it and offers to become better together.
Twenty-Five Twenty-One: Episode 5 Recap
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Hee-Do gives Yi-Jin the sword he used. She tells him to take it to fight with the bag guys. She waves to him and goes home. But she’s startled by Jae-Kyung. Jae-Kyung asks Hee-Do about Yi-Jin. She reveals she saw her giving the guy the sword.
Hee-Do tells Jae-Kyung that Yi-Jin is the one who supports her when her mom doesn’t do that. Jae-Kyung blames Hee-Do for hanging out with a guy after she tried her best to help her get into the fencing club. Hee-Do tells her mom that she’s going to take part in the tryouts for national team. She adds that she’s going to give her all for herself.
Chan-Mi takes Hee-Do to get into the gym. She tells her that she’s going to take away the fruits of victory once she leaves the place. Hee-Do is confident. The classmate throws the ball to Yi-Hyun by mistake. He apologizes to him for what he did. Yi-Hyun smiles. He calls Yi-Jin and wishes him to have a lucky day.
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Yi-Jin hangs up and sees the sword. He takes the sword and wishes Hee-Do to have a lucky day as well. Jae-Kyung’s colleague wants to interview Hee-Do after knowing she defeated the player. But he doesn’t know who is Hee-Do. Jae-Kyung feels happy after she heard it.
Hee-Do and Jeong-Hyeon are going to fight for the national team. Chan-Mi tells Hee-Do not to be afraid of Jeong-Hyeon because the player knows nothing about her. Hee-Do defeats Jeong-Hyeon. Chan-Mi is happy to hug Hee-Do. She tries to take her to the restaurant. But Hee-Do wants to call someone. So Chan-Mi walks in the restaurant.
Hee-Do tries to call Yi-Jin. But she finds out that she doesn’t know his number. She drinks with Chan-Mi. Chan-Mi feeds Hee-Do the meat. Yu-Rim greats Chan-Mi after she had the meal. But she’s cold to Hee-Do. Hee-Do runs into Yu-Rim in the restroom.
Yu-Rim congratulates Hee-Do on achieving her dream. But Hee-Do tells Yu-Rim that her dream is to become her opponent. Hee-Do gets off the bus and runs to the bookstore seeing Yi-Jin. But she’s told that the guy left. Hee-Do goes to Seung-Wan’s house to look for Yi-Jin.
Hee-Do runs into Seung-Wan. Seung-Wan takes Hee-Do to get into Yi-Jin’s room. They find out that the guy is missing. Yu-Rim arrives at Seung-Wan’s house after Ji-Woong called her. He greets her. But she ignores him and runs into the house to check Yi-Jin’s room. She tells him that only Seung-Wan’s mom knows Yi-Jin’s whereabouts.
Seung-Wan’s mom returns home. She’s happy to see Hee-Do and Yu-Rim. She tells the kids that Yi-Jin moved out. Yu-Rim tries to leave. Hee-Do stops her and asks her for Yi-Jin’s number. Yu-Rim writes the number on Hee-Do’s arm. She tells her to inform her once she finds Yi-Jin.
Hee-Do returns home. She sees the sword on the gate. She takes the sword and realizes that Yi-Jin left. Yi-Jin throws his paper and takes Yi-Hyun to see his uncle. He asks him for keeping them and promises to share the burden. Hee-Do walks into the broadcasting room to see Seung-Wan. She asks her for the tapes of Yi-Jin.
Hee-Do tells Seung-Wan that she knows Yi-Jin has a big trouble. She wants to support him. Seung-Wan cheers Hee-Do up. Jae-Kyung takes Hee-Do to take a photo because she thinks her photo is terrible. Hee-Do praises Jae-Kyung for finding her flaw. She complains that she didn’t congratulate. Jae-Kyung points out her job is to make people congratulate Hee-Do.
Hee-Do arrives at the training center. She becomes Yu-Rim’s roommate. Yu-Rim tells Hee-Do not to snore after knowing she has to live with Hee-Do. But she snores and wakes Hee-Do up. Hee-Do listens to Yi-Jin’s tapes. Yu-Rim returns to the school. She runs into Ji-Woong and smiles at him. But he ignores her.
Yu-Rim stops Ji-Woong and asks him why he did that to her. He mentions she ignored him as well. She remembers it and helps him carry the basketball. She explains it to him that she did that because of Yi-Jin. She leaks that Yi-Jin helped her do fencing. He shares the things he doesn’t want others to know. It makes her happy.
Hee-Do is hurt during the training. She’s sent to the infirmary. The coach goes to see her. He tells her not to get Yu-Rim involved after knowing she caught a cold. Yi-Hyun goes to buy fish with his classmates. But he pretends not to know Yi-Jin when Yi-Jin gives the fish to him.
Yi-Jin blames Yi-Hyun for doing it to him after he went home. Yi-Hyun admits that he looks down on Yi-Jin because of his job. Yi-Jin mentions he left the town for Yi-Hyun. Yi-Hyun points out that Yi-Jin used him as an excuse to run away. Uncle runs into Yi-Jin. He drinks with him. Yi-Jin admits that he’s a loser.
Twenty-Five Twenty-One: Episode 5 Ending
Yi-Jin walks to the phone booth. He gets a message from Hee-Do who tells him that she’s going to support him. Yi-Jin watches the news that Hee-Do won. He tears up and sees the taps. He turns on the tap and remembers he pushed Hee-Do to the water.
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Yi-Jin smiles and he finds out that it snows. He stares at the snow. Hee-Do stares at the snow as well at another place. He congratulates her after he saw her. She tries to turn off the tap. But he takes her to run to the lighthouse when he holds her hand.
Hee-Do tears up after she got the message from Yi-Jin who tells her to wait for him.
Twenty-Five Twenty-One: Episode 5 stars Kim Tae-Ri, Nam Joo-Hyuk and Bona.