W-Two Worlds Apart

episode 10

Rewind to the night that Dad is about to give No-Face Killer a face: Dad starts drawing the issue of the webtoon according to the outline he and Su-bong came up with, and as he’s drawing the big reveal with No-Face coming out of the shower and looking into the mirror, Su-bong interrupts to ask if Dad would like a midnight snack.

After Su-bong shuffles out, Dad calls out to him again to ask him something, but Su-bong is already gone. This is already starting to get creepy…

As Dad reaches for a file of notes to look something up, his copy of Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son drops to the ground. He picks it up and reads his own message on the back: “Rather than be devoured, I will devour.” He decides then and there to rip it up, but as soon as he does, his drawing tablet glows with an eerie white light.

Dad jumps at the sound of his own voice coming through the tablet: “You’ve finally kept your promise.” It’s not Dad who’s speaking though—it’s No-Face, who will now have to be called New-Face, because I’m literal like that. Now that he’s been given form, New-Face renders himself on a blank page: It’s the same killer who’s been terrorizing Kang Chul, but with Dad’s face.

As the black-and-white outline fades into color, and then into the manhwa world, New-Face looks into the mirror—but also out at Dad in the real world (symbolism!)—and says, “Was this my face? Yes, this was me. I was you. This face suits me well. You wanted to kill Kang Chul too, just like me.” Oh hell, New-Face is scarier than No-Face.

Flashback to the night Dad came into the manhwa world to stab Kang Chul on the roof: Someone was watching the whole time, and as Dad was running away from the scene, No-Face came out and grabbed him by the scruff and Dad turned to him, eyes wide in horror. That’s when they met face-to-no-face for the first time.

Back in the present, New-Face smiles at Dad and says that’s when he knew: “That you and I have the same soul.” He touches his new face and says with satisfaction, “Is that why? I think it fits perfectly.” It’s the way he says it like it’s a new suit that’s extra creepy.

Dad is terrified, and as soon as the glowing light turns off, he scrambles to unplug his tablet. But as soon as he nears the desk, hands pop out from the screen and grab Dad by the collar with a death-grip, and then New-Face emerges to look him in the eye.

Dad screams that he kept his promise, but New-Face knows that Dad is planning to kill him off in the manhwa. He calls that a betrayal and argues that all he’s done until now is follow Dad’s orders.

New-Face declares, “You’re now me. I am you. From now on, YOU follow MY orders!” He yanks Dad into the screen, and then they’re both gone.

Back in the manhwa world, New-Face slicks his hair back and breathes a sigh of relief, looking like a serial killer after a kill. Gack, I’m imagining horrible things like New-Face gauging out Dad’s eyes just before this.

Su-bong returns with a midnight snack, and that’s our cue to brace ourselves, because this is the scene that closed out the last episode. Su-bong finds Dad slumped over at his desk, and when Dad lifts his head, he has no face. Yup, still crazy scary the second time around.

His words pop up in chyrons out of thin air, because he no longer has a mouth, and he calls out to Su-bong to help him because that bastard took his face. Su-bong doesn’t register any of this, of course, because he’s out of his mind screaming for dear life. As Dad ambles toward him blindly, Su-bong passes out.

New-Face calls out to Dad through the tablet and orders him to sit down, and then demands that Dad draw him a gun and a bunch of bullets, because he plans to kill a lot of people. Ack, Dad, don’t do it! But he does, of course. (Seriously though, WHY?!)