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Interesting... I find it really hard to believe but I guess we'll see :)

I understand that and totally agree with you. That said, I don’t think a dark romance has to end with the characters ending up together. It often does, that’s usually how these stories go.... but, it doesn’t have to. And if they don’t end up together, that doesn’t automatically make it a “bad” ending either. It could actually show growth for both of them separately, which in my opinion would be a much happier and more meaningful ending than them staying together while the relationship remains toxic.

Even if he becomes more self-aware and starts making conscious efforts to change, I still don’t think that’s enough. His personality isn’t really the problem, the real issue is his need for control, his trauma, his aggression, anger issues. and like you said, he’s manipulative. But, I don’t think those things are just “personality traits”, they come from his past and his mental trauma. He absolutely can and should work on himself — but not while he’s in a relationship. That’s the key point for me...

I haven't read the novel, so I don’t know how it ends, but the only ending I'd consider "good" is if they don't end up together. There’s no redemption arc for this guy. He deserves real consequences, like jail time or something equally severe, and he needs to genuinely learn his lesson before I could even BEGIN to see him as redeemable. Right now, he’s beyond redemption. I just can't imagine a world where he becomes a good person. So if they do end up together in the end, that’s not a happy ending to me, it's a really bad, depressing one.

EDIT:
I understand that the point of dark romance is different, and I’m not saying that a bad/sad ending makes it a bad show. I just mean that, in my opinion, even if they end up together, which is pretty predictable and makes sense since it’s a drama, it doesn’t suddenly make their relationship good or healthy. I still think it’s unfortunate for You Shu Lang to be with someone like that.
That said, I’ll definitely keep watching, because I really like this show. It portrays a fascinating, complicated relationship and shows some very interesting character development. I’m not trying to discourage anyone from watching it, quite the opposite :)

My favorite JBL so far

I had to watch the last episode at two and a half times speed, it was pretty boring. The story overall just isn’t my thing. In the beginning, when the romance between the main couple was just starting to develop, I actually liked it, it was kind of cute, but after they confessed their love for each other, there was no real development in their relationship. So, like… what was the point?

Me when Risa died:
"Hip-hip (hooray!)
Hip-hip (hooray!)
Hip-hip, hip-hip
Karma, karma, karma, karma"

With all seriousness, though, I still don’t know how I feel about Pheem’s redemption arc. I think he was forgiven too easily — he did so many horrible things and never faced any real repercussions. The fact that he ran away after promising not to, and then made Than believe he was dead, forcing him to grieve for nothing, just infuriates me. Than is too nice and far too forgiving.

Omg yes!!! I was screaming at the screen the whole time. I am so mad, and also mad at the auntie! Why didn’t she stop him? This is insanity🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Thank you for your answer, I agree...

After watching the second episode, that makes sense to me.
But I really don't like this motive. Feels a little bit lazy....
Thank you for your answer :)

Am I the only one who feels kind of unsettled by the mother? I feel like she's not acting, she's just responding. Her acting is kind of annoying to me.

can somebody explain to me what is Fan Xiao's goal?

I think they did it because they wanted to be together forever and the only way they could do that is to live in the painting because Punn isn't the vampire.

This episode should’ve been called “A Giant Paradox.”
Oh my god, the number of contradictions in this episode is insane. I can’t even begin to wrap my head around all the things that don’t make sense. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I think that the only thing that was missing for me, is an apology from both sides.
From Hero, obviously, because he literally sexually assaulted Natsuo and we just brushed over that? That's insane.
But also from Natsuo, even though he didn't actually mean it, he knew that he hurt Hero back when they were in high school, and he knew that hero felt that he was being bullied.
I feel like a conversation about everything that happened. was missing,
and he should have apologized about what happened back then.

Also i'm kind of confused about the scene on the roof, because we saw this scene 3 times and each time we got a different version. So, If the first version we saw is the true one, Natsuo also was an ass hole for not putting his friends in place.

me to!! 😂

100%—feels like nobody knows what the hell they want!

OMG, literally what I’ve been screaming at the screen the whole episode! It’s the simplest and most obvious solution—this unnecessary drama is ridiculous. And when Nakan said he sent someone to help Mark, I totally thought it was going to be Tonkla as a vampire!! 😂
I had to come here to see if anyone else said that, and lo and behold—you read my mind! 😂

thank you for your comment, yes unfortunately, it happens too often, there is a clear misrepresentation here for the deaf community, not only for the fact that not all disabled people don't want to be disabled but also, the adjustment process to the hearing aids and the ability to talk is too fast and not realistic. I feel like they could have easily fixed this with some additional research.

So I just finished the second episode and I haven't seen anyone talking about this, so I was curious...
Am I the only one who has a problem with the fact that Liu Ming took Tan Yin to the doctor without asking him if he wants it beforehand? I mean, I understand that he feels guilty and responsible for not hearing that the grandpa went out but, feeling guilty is not the same as wanting to hear or use hearing aids...

I feel like it was forced on him to go to the doctor and to wear the hearing aids, it was very obvious that he didn't want it, and he did it just because Liu Ming sort of pressured him to... also, Tan Yin obviously is going to do anything to make Liu Ming like him more....

I think there should have been a conversation beforehand, like "Hey, I understand that you feel guilty, but you need to know that it's not your fault and there is nothing wrong with you, but if you want to, I would love to help you to get hearing aids, but only if you want to... I'll go with you to the doctor and pay for it if you open to it",

this conversation didn't happen, and it feels kind of wrong to me...
what do you think?

War playing a woman is just incredible, he is so talented, my mind was blown🤯