Later that evening at his home, Ari explains to Jo-kang's father, a sushi chef, that people from NASA kidnapped her since the magnetic force in her body attracts the UFOs.

Filled with pain and confusion, Jo-kang visits Ari's uncle, a monk, and pours gasoline on himself, threatening to set himself on fire unless he learns the truth.

Jo-kang goes to an exhibit where Ari's photographs are displayed, and afterwards he piggybacks her to a grassy lawn where she explains that crop circles are signs left by a UFO.

Jo draws designs on the grassy lawn, and takes Ari there against doctor's orders, telling her to fulfill her destiny to leave the planet.

In the final scene, Jo-kang goes on with his life, narrating in voice-over that the scent of love that Ari left still lingers.

Cho Seung-woo and Kang Hye-jung were a real-life couple when Love Phobia was filmed and released, but despite their combined star power, the movie did not become a commercial success at the box office, receiving a total of 397,913 admissions.

[6][7] The Korea Times review praised Jo and Kang's acting, but called the film "a standard melodrama.