Character Relationship Map: Another Way

Characters

• Su-wan (played by Kim Jae-uck) — protagonist

  One of the two strangers who meet online as White Bird and Black Bird and discuss dying together. Su-wan lets a drunk driver go, then faces the consequences when someone is critically injured; Su-wan...

• Yoon Jung-won (played by Seo Yea-ji) — supporting

  One of the two strangers who meet online as White Bird and Black Bird to discuss dying together. Yoon Jung-won works weddings and describes feeling trapped, while becoming involved with Su-wan in the...

• Jung-won's father (played by Kim Se-dong) — supporting

  Yoon Jung-won's father is part of the family's painful history, which includes violence and uncertainty about Yoon Jung-won's parentage. He explains that Yoon Jung-won's mother died in an accident whi...

• Jung-won's mother (played by Kang Ae-sim) — supporting

  Yoon Jung-won's mother is discussed through the family's painful memories and revelations. The account describes her death in an accident while she was going out to buy ice cream, and the story also r...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jung-won's mother → Yoon Jung-won (mother)
• Jung-won's father → Yoon Jung-won (father)

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Su-wan → Yoon Jung-won (Alliance Suicide Pact Partners) — Their shared plan brings them together, but the accident's consequences, their regrets, and unresolved feelings leave the pact unsettled.

  They use the online names White Bird and Black Bird to discuss dying together, meet in person, debate methods, and later agree to meet again.

Story Analysis

Two troubled strangers consider dying together as an accident, family secrets, grief, and regret complicate their plans.

Plot Progression

1. A Pact Between Strangers — Su-wan and Yoon Jung-won meet through online aliases and discuss dying together. They debate possible methods while trying to avoid a brutal one.
2. The Accident's Consequences — An encounter involving a drunk driver leaves someone critically injured, and Su-wan lets the driver go. The decision leads to an argument about responsibility and settlement money, while the pair's pl...
3. A Family History Uncovered — Yoon Jung-won describes feeling trapped and faces family tensions around a bedroom camera request. Revelations about violence, infidelity, her parentage, and her mother's death deepen her grief and un...
4. An Unresolved Journey — Su-wan seeks deposit money for medical expenses and help with the injured person. On February 14, the pair talk about regret and their mothers, then travel the next day toward a frozen harbor and an i...