Character Relationship Map: Spring, Again

Characters

• Eun-jo (played by Lee Chung-ah) — protagonist

  Eun-jo is the story's central figure, grieving Ye-eun's death and determined to change the events that led to it. Moving backward through time with memories of what has happened, she warns Ye-eun's te...

• Ho-min (played by Hong Jong-hyun) — supporting

  Ho-min is a central character who dies beside Eun-jo and, like her, experiences time moving backward while retaining memories. His father's dementia led to the tragedy surrounding Ye-eun, and Ho-min l...

• Young-min (played by Oh Hyun-joong) — supporting

  Young-min is connected to Eun-jo's reflections about her relationship and her future. As she faces the possibility of risking her life to save Ye-eun, Eun-jo recognizes that she must make her own choi...

• Ho-min's Father (played by Park Ji-il) — supporting

  Ho-min's father is connected to the tragedy surrounding Ye-eun: Ho-min's apology admits that his father's dementia led to it. The summary does not describe his actions directly, but Ho-min confronts t...

• Ye-eun (played by Park Soi) — supporting

  Ye-eun is the child whose death is at the heart of Eun-jo's grief and determination to change the past. Her death is associated with a tragedy caused by Ho-min's father, whose dementia is acknowledged...

• Mother (played by Pang Eun-jin) — minor

  Ye-eun's mother protests outside the courthouse, furious that the man responsible for the tragedy is receiving hospital treatment. Her public protest reflects the grief and anger surrounding Ye-eun's...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ho-min's Father → Ho-min (father)
• Eun-jo → Young-min (Romantic Relationship) — Eun-jo considers what she wants for her future while urging Young-min to make his own decision.

  Eun-jo reflects on her relationship with Young-min and encourages him to trust his own choice about the future.

• Eun-jo → Ho-min (Romantic Cross-Timeline Bond) — Their growing closeness is complicated by moving through time in opposite directions and by unequal memories.

  Ho-min grows close to Eun-jo, and their shared conversations suggest a bond across more than one version of their lives. Ho-min remembers her, while s...

• Mother → Ye-eun (Family Mother) — Ye-eun's death drives her mother's public protest and grief.

  Ye-eun's mother protests outside the courthouse over the handling of the man responsible for Ye-eun's death.

Story Analysis

A woman moving backward through time seeks to save a child while confronting grief, uncertain relationships, and the possible cost of changing fate.

Plot Progression

1. Loss and Reversal — Eun-jo wakes beside the dead Ho-min as the story reveals the grief and guilt surrounding Ye-eun's death. Both Eun-jo and Ho-min begin moving backward through time with memories of events still ahead f...
2. Learning the Rules — Eun-jo and Ho-min encounter others who are also being pulled into the past. A traveler describes a possible second chance while warning that time reversal could erase someone before birth.
3. A Chance to Make Amends — Eun-jo tries to protect Ye-eun, while Ho-min confronts the consequences of his father's actions. Eun-jo and Ho-min grow close despite their opposing experiences of time.
4. A Choice Without Certainty — Eun-jo learns of the meteor shower and the chance to reverse time again, but saving Ye-eun may cost her life. She commits to her decision, and the story ends without confirming Ye-eun's fate.