Based on the foundation of the Korean and Taiwanese films of the same name comes the Netflix series starring Gingle Wang, Fandy Fan, and Ivy Shao.
More Than Blue was a beloved Korean film that came out in 2009. The original Korean title translates to "A Story Sadder Than Sadness" which holds true for the subject matter of the movie that is about K and Cream, two orphans who find each other. But K has a terminal illness that he hides from Cream so she can find happiness when he's gone. He tries his best to find a suitable partner for Cream before he passes away.
The film was also remade in Taiwan by the same name in 2018. Now, based on the foundation of these two films comes the 10-part Netflix series starring Gingle Wang, Fandy Fan, and Ivy Shao. Here's everything you can expect from the series, spoilers included.
Wang Po-Han and An Yi-Chi work at E-Shine Records where they need to find a suitable song for their singer, A-Lin. While going through unreleased songs, they find a gem. This sad ballad is a song by K and Cream whom they now have to contact to get publishing rights. But Po-Han is already aware that K has passed away due to leukemia and no one knows the whereabouts of Cream. When Yi-Chi discovers K's diary after she locates a photographer who had a personal connection with K, we relive his life with Cream through the pages.
We learn about K's high school life as he lived with a parent with a terminal illness and an absent mother. Meanwhile, Cream is orphaned after her parents die in a car crash. The two find themselves and go on to become a singer-songwriting duo who make beautiful music together. K becomes the singer and Cream writes these songs. They consider each other soulmates and even move in with each other. But just as everything seems to be going well, there is bad news.
K is well aware of Cream's fear of being left behind alone. So when he is diagnosed with leukemia, he does not let Cream know. He loves her very much but fears she will be left alone when he passes away. Instead, he decides to help her find a suitable and healthy man who will keep her company when he's gone. He even tells her as much when she asks him what he wants for her. As if fulfilling this wish of his, Cream reveals to K one day that she has fallen in love with a doctor. K is heartbroken but is happy for Cream.
Convinced that Cream is in love with the doctor, K even convinces his fiancée to break up with him. His fiancée is none other than the photographer who says in return for this huge favor, he would have to pose for pictures for her exhibition about "death and desire". It is revealed soon enough that Cream was aware of K's condition all along. She had lied about being in love with the doctor to put K's mind at ease. She had previously found K's medication and had decided to play along.
The song written by K and Cream gets picked by A-Lin who releases it. The lyrics reflect K's last moments of life. In flashbacks, we see that K performs the song for Cream as they share a moment together reminiscing their lives. Back in the present, the radio announcer says that the song was produced by K in the last few days of his life. The ending is a tearjerker with everyone mourning a loss of their own.
Even as Cream was believed to have vanished after K's death, she is shown standing by his grave, followed by a shot of the two embracing each other, suggesting she may have also ended her life after his death.
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