{"id":62210,"date":"2026-04-27T04:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=62210"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:24:59","slug":"if-wishes-could-kill-ending-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/if-wishes-could-kill-ending-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s If Wishes Could Kill: Why the Mid-Credits Scene Changes Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Girigo app functions as a &#8216;chain letter&#8217; curse where users must sacrifice their lives or pass the cost to another.<\/li>\n<li>Protagonist Yoo Se-ah destroyed the physical source of the curse in the finale, but the app remains installed on a recovered device.<\/li>\n<li>A mid-credits scene reveals a mysterious figure enabling a new user to access the app, hinting at a potential second season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hit South Korean thriller <em>If Wishes Could Kill<\/em>, which premiered on Netflix on April 24, 2026, has left audiences reeling after a climactic finale that suggests the deadly Girigo app may be resurfacing. While the central arc of the eight-episode series seemed to reach a definitive conclusion, a mid-credits sequence has introduced a significant, ominous shift in the narrative, signaling that the curse may have outlived its creators.<\/p>\n<h2>The Girigo Curse and the Price of Ambition<\/h2>\n<p>The series follows a group of students who discover Girigo, an app that promises to grant any wish in exchange for a recorded video. The reality, however, is a lethal trade: the user\u2019s life is forfeited within 24 hours unless they can pass the burden to another. As reported by <em>AOL<\/em>, the curse operates on a \u201cchain letter\u201d logic, forcing victims into desperate acts of betrayal to survive. The application was born from the trauma of Kim Si-won, a tech-savvy student who weaponized shamanic rituals to lash out against her peers, binding her spirit and that of her friend Do Hye-rung to the code.<\/p>\n<h2>A Final Confrontation in the Spirit Realm<\/h2>\n<p>In the series finale, protagonist Yoo Se-ah, guided by the shaman Kang Ha-sal, ventured into the spiritual realm to end the cycle. Following the tragic death of their friend Lim Na-ri\u2014who, consumed by guilt and manipulation, turned against her peers\u2014Se-ah successfully destroyed the phone containing the source of the curse. This act appeared to liberate the trapped spirits of Si-won and Hye-rung, offering a bittersweet resolution for the survivors, including Kang Ha-joon and Kim Geon-woo. According to <em>Koimoi<\/em>, while the physical threat was neutralized, the emotional trauma inflicted upon the remaining students remains a central pillar of the show\u2019s darker themes.<\/p>\n<h2>The Lingering Threat of Season 2<\/h2>\n<p>The status of the curse remains the primary point of speculation following the mid-credits scene. A mysterious figure is shown guiding a new student to Na-ri\u2019s abandoned phone, which still contains the active Girigo application. This development suggests that the malevolence behind the app does not require its original creator to function, provided there is a new target willing to make a desperate wish. As <em>Zoom TV Entertainment<\/em> notes, the true horror of the series lies in the persistent nature of human desire and the ease with which individuals seek shortcuts to their goals, making the prospect of a second season not only possible but narratively consistent with the show\u2019s exploration of unresolved trauma.<\/p>\n<p><em>The resurgence of the Girigo app through a new, unidentified user underscores the series&#8217; core argument: that the supernatural elements are merely vessels for human greed and resentment, and as long as those impulses exist, the cycle of violence remains fundamentally unbroken.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the season finale of the hit K-drama, a chilling mid-credits scene confirms the Girigo curse may be far from over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[5849,55352,23811,4445],"class_list":["post-62210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-horror","tag-if-wishes-could-kill","tag-k-drama","tag-netflix"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/if-wishes-could-kill.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/if-wishes-could-kill.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62219,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62210\/revisions\/62219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}