When it matters most, Ki-joo succeeds after days of attempting and failing to touch Bom and everything else in the living world. To the astonished disbelief of everyone watching, he manages to grab her hand in the nick of time and pulls her back up over the building's side. He gives her a firm hold once she's secure. But when midnight, his birthday, approaches, he vanishes completely. He's either failed to break free from the curse or he's awakened once more in his body.