If Wishes Could Kill, Episode 6 goes back in time to show how it all started. As Chae-yoon hinted earlier, the story starts with Hye-rung and Si-won, whose friendship leads to the tragedy that happens.
Hye-rung goes to Si-won’s house at the beginning of the episode to look for her. There, she meets Si-won’s mother, Eob-soon, who is a shaman and can tell right away that something is off. She sees a cursed splinter stuck in Hye-rung’s eye and uses her spiritual powers to get rid of it. Hye-rung is both shocked and moved by what happened, but Si-won has told her many times to stay away from her mother.
It’s clear that Si-won and Eob-soon don’t get along very well. She has even left home, saying that her father’s death was her mother’s fault because she drank too much and practiced shamanism. When Hye-rung casually says she might stop by her house, Si-won gets angry and upset.
The two girls miss the bus on their way back from their hideout because Hye-rung is too busy thinking about her crush, Gi-tae. Si-won says that he will keep Hye-rung’s feelings a secret as long as Hye-rung keeps her own secret—her identity as the daughter of a shaman—hidden from others.
Hye-rung wants to join the coding club at school, but Si-won subtly tells her not to. Hee-jin, on the other hand, teams up with Si-won, Gi-tae, and Dong-jae to enter an app development contest. Hye-rung starts to feel alone as Si-won spends more time with her new group. Si-won makes things worse by letting her teammates think that Hye-rung is the weird daughter of a shaman.
Dong-jae comes up with the idea for an app that can grant wishes during the project, drawing on ideas from shamanism. Si-won ends up doing most of the development work, which makes her even more distant from Hye-rung.
Outside of school, Si-won still stays away from her mother, but Hye-rung keeps running into Eob-soon. Hye-rung finally agrees to go see her out of curiosity. Eob-soon talks about her job as a shaman and says that only people who are naturally gifted can do it.
Si-won is very angry when she finds out. Si-won says that Hye-rung has betrayed their friendship and may be trying to tell everyone about her secret, even though Hye-rung tries to say she’s sorry. Si-won does forgive her later, but it’s clear that their trust in each other has been broken.
Si-won talks about the app she is making and even admits a dark desire—she wants to use it to wish for her mother’s death. Hye-rung tells her that she wants Gi-tae to fall in love with her when she asks her about her own wish. Si-won talks her into making a real video saying that she wants to test the app.
The next day, things get even worse when the girls see Eob-soon arguing with a store owner about alcohol. Si-won goes home feeling ashamed and angry and destroys the family shrines. This act angers the spirits, making Eob-soon do dangerous things to keep her daughter safe. The rituals do work, but they make her very weak.
The next morning, Hye-rung goes to the house and sees Eob-soon bleeding while doing another ritual. Eob-soon begs Hye-rung to secretly put a protective talisman in Si-won’s pocket, saying that it is the only way to save her life.
Hye-rung agrees, even though she is torn. But Si-won catches her in the act. She slaps Hye-rung, tears up the talisman, and ends their friendship right away because she feels betrayed.
The fallout spreads quickly. As soon as their classmates hear about what happened, they start to talk about it and judge both girls. Si-won gets angry and defensive when she hears what they say, especially when they question her identity.
Si-won uses the wish-granting app to show Hye-rung’s feelings for Gi-tae as a way to get back at her. She makes Gi-tae humiliate Hye-rung in front of everyone, even to the point of violence. This is the last straw for Hye-rung.
Hye-rung does a ritual that she learned from Eob-soon out of anger and heartbreak. She uses things that belong to Gi-tae and Si-won to make a cursed object, and then she makes her wish. The effects are immediate and terrible: Gi-tae has to kill himself in a horrible way.
Si-won tries to shut down the app when he realizes how bad things have gotten. But it’s already out of control. Si-won kills herself as well because she feels trapped by the curse and guilty. She tries to fight it off in her last moments, but she can’t. Instead, she makes sure that Hye-rung’s wish keeps coming true, which keeps them both in the curse.
Review of the Episode
Episode 6 gives us a powerful and sad story about how things started. Si-won’s actions are shaped by her fear of being found out and her deep anger toward her mother, which makes her more and more paranoid. Hye-rung, on the other hand, is motivated by curiosity and real concern, but she keeps crossing lines that Si-won isn’t ready to forgive.
Their friendship, which used to be warm and supportive, slowly falls apart because of jealousy, secrecy, and lack of trust. The public shame is the turning point that makes Hye-rung make a desperate and irreversible choice.
In the end, both characters suffer because of the choices they made. Their pain and anger give birth to a powerful curse that goes beyond them. The app’s creation and link to supernatural forces add a scary layer to the story, showing how technology and dark desires can mix with terrible results.