Honestly, was this for the audience to offer us a different take on Jang Uk vs. Jin Mu fight?
Not saying that Jin Mu's death was bad or underwhelming - it was actually a poetic justice in its finest that the man who probably performed more alchemy of souls than anyone avoided it for so long, only to use it out of desperation in order to survive and ultimately die anyway.
But you know, this fight in Dear Hongrang is exactly what us, viewers, would do because we have no magical abilities. We would drag Jin Mu to the edge of the cliff and kick him down. Or at least I would.











