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part 2 came straight for your heart tbh
I know this is only the first story of part 2 but the acting along side with the heartbreak of this story kept me wishing I waited for the whole series to air so I could binge it all at once. Waiting every week had me internally screaming.
One thing I gotta point out immediately is Tonliew absolutely killed it with the emotional scenes. My heart was actively breaking every time this man came to each scene teary eyed or with gut-wrenching sobs. I don't know how else to explain it, I am really impressed by actors who are able to make you feel the emotional pain they are trying to portray. Specifically the scene where him and Fah are on either side of his room door and he is lying to Fah about how he didn't want to see him anymore. I immediately thought of Namping in Khemjira after with lake scene involving (if you know you know, I don't wanna spoil a different series in this review), that sort of stomach-dropping hysterical sobs.
I went into part 2 knowing nothing about the novel and kept reading comments about Fah being 'a wolf in sheeps clothes' and boy oh boy were they not joking (and even more so after reading the novel like holy shit).
Their story was wonderful, none of that prolonged misunderstanding plot nonsense you get with a lot of BL's, the 'conflict' was understandable and Fah's character never held it against Phoon.
The friendship of this group of four (north, easter, typhoon and dao) was my absolute favorite, we love supportive besties. North was my favorite in part 1, this man is a ride or die and I was reminded over and over again how fantastic of a character he is. (and after punching phoon's dad, this mans biggest worry was 'oh shit what do I tell johan' like I cannot express enough how much I adore north) I hope we continue to see these four support each other in the next two stories. (although I know Nao and Tiger aren't as tightly involved as the other's but I am looking forward to their story nonetheless)
There were things that were different from the novel, but all in all I thought it was great for only having 8 episodes to tell the whole story with. (of course the nc scene's were *not* going to be novel-accurate, if you know you know, but that shouldn't deter or take away from the story imo)
definitely would recommend and am looking forward to the next story from part 2!
One thing I gotta point out immediately is Tonliew absolutely killed it with the emotional scenes. My heart was actively breaking every time this man came to each scene teary eyed or with gut-wrenching sobs. I don't know how else to explain it, I am really impressed by actors who are able to make you feel the emotional pain they are trying to portray. Specifically the scene where him and Fah are on either side of his room door and he is lying to Fah about how he didn't want to see him anymore. I immediately thought of Namping in Khemjira after with lake scene involving (if you know you know, I don't wanna spoil a different series in this review), that sort of stomach-dropping hysterical sobs.
I went into part 2 knowing nothing about the novel and kept reading comments about Fah being 'a wolf in sheeps clothes' and boy oh boy were they not joking (and even more so after reading the novel like holy shit).
Their story was wonderful, none of that prolonged misunderstanding plot nonsense you get with a lot of BL's, the 'conflict' was understandable and Fah's character never held it against Phoon.
The friendship of this group of four (north, easter, typhoon and dao) was my absolute favorite, we love supportive besties. North was my favorite in part 1, this man is a ride or die and I was reminded over and over again how fantastic of a character he is. (and after punching phoon's dad, this mans biggest worry was 'oh shit what do I tell johan' like I cannot express enough how much I adore north) I hope we continue to see these four support each other in the next two stories. (although I know Nao and Tiger aren't as tightly involved as the other's but I am looking forward to their story nonetheless)
There were things that were different from the novel, but all in all I thought it was great for only having 8 episodes to tell the whole story with. (of course the nc scene's were *not* going to be novel-accurate, if you know you know, but that shouldn't deter or take away from the story imo)
definitely would recommend and am looking forward to the next story from part 2!
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