Eternal Butler

A wonderful love

This series was amazing.
The story was unique and interesting and I felt the story many times.
The actors made everything even better - they were talented and made me feel like this series was real..
At some points I even was like "I want an AI Roboter like he has too" because their love felt so pure.
I'm glad I watched this series (I had a break in between watching but I continued watching) and hope more people will enjoy it like I did.
Also I liked the song at the beginning and ending of every episode!
All in al I think I would want to rewatch it because it was sweet and entertaining.:)

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Immortal Robot love

I must say I did not realize that this series was related to the other one that came out last year "Anti-Reset". I love the whole "each robot gets its own story and has different personalities and functions" thing.

This series was fun and definitely worth the watch.

The impression I get is that we won't get anymore series like this because the whole premiss is that the bots aren't supposed to have this 'issue' of falling in love with humans. But next, I need Immortal 2, the secretary, and Immortal 7, he was so cute and we love a good ally. Looking forward to mopremise is that the bots aren't supposed to have this 'issue' of falling in love with humans. But next, I need Immortal 2, the secretary, and Immortal 7. He was so cute, and we love a good ally. I'm lookingre from this writer and company.

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Bait & Switch

After Anti-Reset (and the preceding Stay By My Side and You Are Mine), I already did not have high hopes that this newest product from VBL would delve into the SF aspect or even the philosophical aspect of Human-Android relationships.
But what I got was even worse, a Bait & Switch.

They lured us with an intriguing opening scene (AI rights -- a often-discussed question in SF stories, should a self-aware machine with a free will have rights, just like a human?), tantalised us with more knowledge about how the Ever series androids work, the androids bleed, have a heartrate -- basically seem to have a human body, but are enhanced (at least Ever 4 is), and don't age, the story also gave us glimpses of the other Androids (talked about Ever 2, we saw Ever 7, who is a look-a-like to Gu Bu Xia) and so on.
The questions if a human-android relationship would work, and how this would impact society, or what "love" is (can a machine love?) are not new to the genre and are extremley obvious in the premise itself ... and the story gives us crumbs, only to leave us with nothing.
Instead, they gave us the switch: A clichéd story about a young man who still carries trauma related to his mother (ugh!) and who only needs a devoted butler/confidant/lover to heal him, and we never get any more information about the world they are living in.

Characterisations are weak. I already mentioned the ultra-chlichéd background story for Lo Bus Shi. Ever 4 also did not have a consistent character. He is supposed to be mainly a bodyguard/fighter/strategist type of android, who is not supposed to give emotional support to his master, so he should have not been given data for this. He talks about struggling with emotions, asks Ever 9 for advice, but then proceeds to do everything perfectly (like a stereotypical top, see below). This would have been an interesting avenue to explore: Where do emotions come from? How do they work? Or another aspect to explore: The inherent power imbalance between master and slave (in this case, android) -- what does this mean for a romantic relationship? And if they'd further developed the dom/sub vibes Ever 4 and Lo Bu Shi gave throughout the series, this would have added another layer to the question of power imbalance.

Other things that irritated me:
* Ever 4's glasses didn't make any sense. Not only the "dom mode", that is just another Bait&Switch, but especially when he takes them off because "He trusts Lo Bu Shi" -- why does he not put them on again whenever he is alone or in a confrontation. Feels like the director just wanted an excuse to put the glasses away.
* The whole top/bottom dynamic was stronger than in the other VBL productions I've seen, and it made me angry when several characters (Lo Bu Shi included) implied that to bottom during sex between men means that you are less manly for it. Couple interactions were written along the lines of stereotypical dynamics, and, of course, the top is more than capable of doing anything, while the bottom is the one who is cutesy and must be protected.
* The secondary couple was superfluous. There wasn't enough time to develop a good progression, and there could have been another reason for the fall-out between father and son. The writer should have taken the time to further explore the really interesting questions (see paragraph two) or to make Ever 4 more consistent.


Was it good?
As before, VBL take an interesting (and, for a BL drama, unusual) premise -- and only briefly dip their toes into it only to then give us another fluffy romance without much substance. I did not mind so much in You Are Mine, because that one was a comedy first and foremost, and it did that well (even if the power dynamics between boss and employee should have been more developed), but it had already frustrated me in Stay By My Side to the point that I had to put it on hold for a while. Here, in a drama with such an intriguing world, it's sad, even for VBL standards. And no, the last ten minutes of episode 12 dd not save it.
Did I like it?
I wanted to like it. But with this Bait & Switch, I couldn't. It was watchable, but also irritating because it could have ben more, at least a bit. Overall, for an android-human relationship, I'd rather rewatch Anti-Reset, which at least knew what it wanted to tell us, than this.
Do I recommend it?
Only if you are seriously into the looks of the actors. If VBL decides to make more BLs for the other Ever Series androids, then there might be some background informations that could be useful. But that's hard to say at the moment.

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My daughter, if you can hear me, I knew you would return as well

Sorry, I love FNAF, and I think this is a pretty good headline. I finished this a long time ago, and I'm actually on my second rewatch. This show is phenomenal, and just watch it. I would give it an 8.9 out of 10, and let's get into what I liked, what I didn't like, and then an overview.

Okay, so starting off strong, I like this one so much more than the other one because they did the robot shit better in my opinion. I think the dynamic was better because it was less of a power dynamic. While I do still think it had one, they did it pretty well. These two have good chemistry, and they are both very good-looking. The guy who played the spoiled brat really brought his character to life, and overall, I think his character was very well written, and it did have some shortcomings, but the good things genuinely outweigh the bad by so much. Maybe it's because I love insufferable brat characters, but his character was so much fun, and I like how they actually gave his character dimension and not just a brat to be a brat. This show was actually very good. And I also like how it's a money can't buy happiness kind of story because with his mom dying and he blames himself and no one being able to "tame" him or take care of him, even though in reality he's just a kid who misses his mom and needs attention that no one will ever give to him. Good character writing. Okay, Robot butler, Jesus Christ, y'all have no idea how obsessed with this trope I am now. I can't lie, AI scares the fuck out of me, but if I could have a sexy robot bodyguard that breaks his code for me, well, shitttt. I think they cast the right guy for this because he genuinely has such a robotic-looking face, even when he shows emotion. I also love that he was so freaky lmao, it was so fun, and he didn't even know he was doing that. Good character writing as well, he is programmed to not really feel anything, but he is breaking his code and what he is set to do to get that cookie, and I respect it. Yeah, I think the plot was just meh, but not bad nor good, but it was cool. Yeah, that's all I can think of right now. OH. I liked the connections to anti-reset, even though I think this was the superior one. I liked how the robots were friends and talking, that was fun.

I didn't really like the side couple, especially at the start. They were pretty forgettable and just took time away from the main couple. I did like the friend, but him being in a couple was just meh. I also didn't like the dad's character. I think it was poorly written, I can't even lie, like bro no one gafs about you, you are just doing the same shit over and over again and expect me to fall for it every time? Nope, think again. I thought the romance building was just okay, I dont hate it, but I dont really love it. I think they could have worked on it a little more at the start because I feel like they jumped the gun a little bit. Yeah, I am indifferent about the plot, I can't lie. But that is all I can think of right now. Okay, the whole kidnapping thing, I didn't remember that, but it was just like what? Tell him and stop fucking around, like how hard is that you are mother fucking robot? Everything with that just pissed me off, I can't lie. Running around in circles for genuinely no reason besides the love of the fucking game.

Overview time, and I am gonna find more things I didn't like because that's not a lot lmao. "Mid-ass acting, but I'm already having fun. Why is the teacher bad as fuck? The guy playing the robot and his dull eyes eat. This shit can't be real. What is he, a sex robot?" He is so not, and I don't know why I thought that, but it was a pretty good start. Also, the acting was good. I do not know what I was on about. This show was so fun. "That’s the dream, taking shots at a birthday party you don’t wanna be at." This scene was so irrelevant, but genuinely so important at the same time, and I loved it so much. "Fire sex scene. I am low-key messing with the show heavily right now, and I don’t know why it’s not very good, but it is very good. Like, hear me out." This was so addicting. "This feels very dystopian." "Brother, you are about to get reset." Lmao. "If you hit someone with a machete to the back and they stand up and they turn around and they look at you run, run as fast as you can." He is a man before he is a robot, very interesting to think about. "This is actually a really good show."

All of my episode reviews were genuinely incoherent, and I have no idea why lmao. This was a fun watch, and I finished it in a day (ignoring the fact that it is now December and I finished this in April, but at least I am writing a review). Watch it. Okay bye!

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Good enough to enjoy

I hoped this would be as good as Anti reset, but unfortunatly that wasn't the case. But it was still good enough to enjoy.
Another story about a robot and a human falling in love, and why not. Love is love, and with a robot that is almost identical to a human, even with feelings installed it's no suprise something like that is possible. In movies/series everything can happen!
It was even funny at some moments, i laughed so hard when Luo Bu Shi said weird "glasses sadist" setting.

The visuals and music were good.

The acting of the father and the company owner (Zhou Tian Guang) was not very good. And the bad guys in this story didn't play their roles very convincing.
The acting of Eden Chen had very good and very bad moments. The moments when he tried do act sad or rebellious his acting was too much, it just looked fake. The moments he was being serious or intimate with Ever4 his acting was great.
The rest of the actors did a great job!

The chemistry and dynamics between the leads was great, the intimate scene's were very good.
The dynamics and chemistry with the second couple was also good.

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I need another AI themed BL but properly thought out this time!!

Eternal Butler has an interesting premise – a bunch of humanoid robots are created to live alongside and add value to the life of mankind, but problems crop up when they disobey their owners and start to veer away from the path that was originally laid out for them. This, of course, includes falling in love with humans.

The concept is stronger than the execution (expect some loopholes with the storytelling), but this series still promises plenty of interesting questions like: Can humanoid robots truly love another entity? What does it even mean to love, and can we still call this love if it can be reduced to a string of code?

But also, maybe don’t expect too much deep stuff. The series dances around the big questions but doesn’t explicitly tackle them head on. The storyline did very little to meaningfully untangle any profound questions, in part because it’s a short series but also because I suspect it was trying to do too much. I get it, it’s hard to do romance, action, sci-fi, existentialism and the future of mankind all at one go.

It’s a shame because extraordinary chemistry might have made this series score much higher.

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Hyper-realistic Plot Kind of Story

Eternal Butler revolves around the story of Bushi and an AI Robot named Ever 4. The plot basically talks about Ever 4 being rented to discipline Bushi because of his childish and spoiled acts.

The use of a humanoid robot or AI in the story is what made it quiet interesting.

The plot about the father wanting to discipline his child is not new to the viewer's taste, but not a bad path to go through.

The chemistry of the two main characters reflected a lot to the viewers. The way they acted together and blended well is the key point and charm of this series.

The chemistry also of the side couple and how cute they both look side to side with each other is really an additional factor to the story. The whole series can be bland without the help of the plot of the side characters.

NC scenes are hot but not given enough airtime. Since the story showed us an additional factor or purpose of Ever4 when they're having a sexual intercourse, I think that it will be good if there are more scenes that highlighted the advancements that Ever4 had.

In totality, the series gave happiness to me and my fridays. I love the casts and how they presented their characters to the viewers. Wishing to see them in more series!

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I Want One

Yup, I said it. I want my own personal AI Ever 4. I want to wake up every morning next to someone who will love me for me as I age, until the day that my bolts get rusty and I leave this earth, peacefully of course. My AI has to be a replica of Sam Lin tho, my Taiwanese perfection. No offence to Kevin Chang. You see, I do understand why Bu Shi fell in love, yes it was love, with him.

Bu Shi was frustrated with his world as it was. He was tired of depending on people who saw him as a nuisance or a walking atm. He rebelled as any person would confined to the expectations of a father who had no time for him. I can not say that he didn't love Bu Shi, as he displayed immense patience with his rude reckless behavior and the best thing he could have done is to unknowingly find his son a partner for life. Someone who will be there for him, protect him, always have his best interest at heart(well really it would be the centre of his AI life force) and under no circumstances would he leave him.

So the burning question is, how can AI love a human and vice versa. Here's why the script worked. Ever 4 was the latest model of AI and the most expensive but like every program, he was governed by set rules. He warned Bu Shi early on that the removal of his glasses would change his programming. Bu Shi didn't listen and found out the hard way. Yes, sitting was an issue until he got accustomed. Up until this point there is no difference between the AI and a human. We are all governed by our environments laws and precepts and when we do F around, we do find out.

Petulant, full of pride and willful as ever, Bu Shi runs away, not before giving his best friend all his cash to help his boyfriend clear his generational debt. At no time did the script say Bu Shi was smarter than the average person. Even those with the lowest wattage would know, the streets are unforgiving and if you do not have life skills, you will starve. Here Ever 4 steps in and patiently step by step, walks the path with him. He could have just as easily, man handled, well robot handled him and forced him to go back home. He didn't because he had already begun to care deeply for him. He shifted from his protector mode to partner and lover.

How can he care? All of his AI is artificial and limited to the input info. He gets upgraded as new info is inputted and adapts to said info. He sees Bu Shi for what he is with all his faults and integrates it in his responses to him. So where is the difference between Ever 4 and a human who is deeply connected to their partner? He said I love you. What would AI know about love? He was programmed with the knowledge of love and loyalty. As humans, we are shown what love and loyalty is by those who nurture us. Same info different methods.

He allows Bu Shi to go through his emotions while he provides the means to do so. Albeit, the highest level of intelligence should have known better than to do manual labor but again what professional proof of his abilities did he have. No high school diploma. No college degree. Why then a love motel? No questions asked and cheaper than a standard one. He then becomes an escort and at this point, I have to agree, he knew his worth.

Here is where the script diverts into a bit of nonsense and lost points. Why include a plot of trying to kill the young master when it abruptly stops as it starts after Ever 4 steps in. This should have been woven throughout and not just verbalized by the father. The second couple, though cute in their own way, really wasn't necessary to the plot. Was it to show Bu Shi's heart of gold? Was it to elongate the episodes to 12? Was it to show the loyalty and love between two humans? We liked Anti-Reset because it dealt with the relationship between AI and a human. Why wouldn't we like the same here? If it was used to show that there was no difference in how love is given and received, then it succeeded. We are all caught up in this feeling we call love.

There were moments that the acting was not the best and the lengthy professions of love at the end detracted rather than added to the series. I did like the part where they adopted an AI son. Bu Shi, matured by then, truly thought of Ever 4 as his partner and lover. He didn't want him to be lonely should his demise happen before Ever 4's. How could he love an AI? The better question is, how could he not. He met him intellectually, he always spoke from a place of care and concern, he showed him that his feelings were valid and made him happy. As a human who wouldn't want that? Have you seen what is passing for hoomans lately? Yes, one Sam Lin replica to go, please.

Lastly, Ever 4 began to think independently hence the reason he defied his previous protocols and followed Bu Shi. If this isn't being human, I don't know what is. Bu Shi went against the expectations and chose Ever 4. So a pair well matched. The only deterrent to the pairing is Ever 4's eternal youth. Just as humans age and adapt to the changes in their relationships, so would theirs.

Did I enjoy it? Yes, to a degree. Would I re-watch, probably not. Lately, Taiwan standards are being lowered and providing stories that do not capture your attention for long periods. Their plots have always been a bit outrageous but captivatingly so. This was not so, at all. If you are not looking to be dazzled but welcome a few chuckles inbetween, give it a watch.

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