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Why? The guy is everywhere, "acting" the same way each time. I don't think he needs to be blackmailed :-)

The guy can't act to save his life. It's a total miscast.

Eating lunch together, going out on the weekend, taking photos of each other... The guys are in a relationship, but Nozue doesn't know it lol.

I like your proposal, I would have done something similar. As I said in previous comments, I have no issue with break-up and angst but I don't like the storyline, how we didn't see their honeymoon phase, we didn't see what SJ did that was problematic for JW. We went straight to angst and it's been 6 episodes without progression. That's frustrating.

I agree with you. SJ's behaviour can be reason enough for breaking up. It might have been overwhelming for JW to be with someone like SJ. However, it doesn't justify the way he went about the separation. As an adult and as someone who loved (love?) SJ, he should have talked to him before leaving. Ghosting him like that was cruel. And now he has to put up with karma : he should have known SJ needs an answer for everything. By leaving abruptly, he made the situation he wanted to avoid. Tbh, I've no sympathy for him right now, had he been mature and respectful, all this mess could have been prevented.

Of course they did. Don't know what comments you read but it was pretty obvious.

I was expecting season 2 about managing a relationship between an actor and a chef, people finding out about them, how they'd deal with that. There were so many things to tell, so many opportunities to educate South Korea on gay rights. When I read the synopsis last month, my heart dropped. I couldn't believe they chose this contrived plot, I almost cried.

This game of push and pull between SJ & JW is now annoying.
It is exhausting to see SJ throwing himself at JW repeatedly and being hurt. At this point it's hard to like JW and root for their reconciliation. Also, JW's pov is repetitive : he's been thinking, staring at nothing, hiking, having a sad face and being a jerk for 6 episodes. I would have appreciated some flashbacks from his pov, to let us see how he experienced this relationship. I'm sorry Kang Ming had to play this one-note character this season.

I can deal with a break-up story, I even love some angst (Secret with Ji Sung and Hwang Jung Eum is one of my fave kdrama) but this season isn't giving what it's supposed to give...My issue isn't the theme but the execution. We're 6 episodes out of 10 and there's little to no progression. We still have no clue why Ji Soo left, yet they added some mysteries about Ji Soo's parents and Seo Joon's trauma. Considering the slow pace and the new characters subplots, how did they think they could explain everything in 10 episodes?!

This is great so far. The acting is good and the storyline is mature yet cute. It gives me Life: Love on the Line vibes (one of my favorite bl ever).
Though I'm not fan of their fluffy series (Kieta Hatsukoi, Cherry Magic, Mr Unlucky...) I must say Japan really knows how to make good series in a short format (4 to 8 episodes).

I like it! Yanase is very handsome and Kaneda is our Toh made in Japan :-)

Why are there no thai actors in this list?

TMS is one of my fav BL ever, it's one of my comfort series but I have to say I'm not invested in season 2.
First of all, JiWoo leaving abruptly without explanation is mean and childish. But in a way it fits his character (mister "I don't like to express my feelings so I don't talk"). I really hope he had a good reason to leave like that. I'll only accept the blackmail theory because nothing else can justify his action.

S1 ended with the couple getting together. We hoped to see their honeymoon phase in S2 but we got a separation. We didn't get the opportunity to connect with their love, to get invested in their relationship but we're supposed to share SeoJoon's sadness and support him in his attempt to get JiWoo back, the man who hurt him without explanation?! Hum, not sure about that. What I'm seeing is, once again, SeoJoon giving his all for what seems to be a one-sided relationship. I don't care how they're getting back together but I need JiWoo to finally fight for this relationship! I need him to make some grand gesture or else, I'll kill him myself.

I've noticed episode 3 and 4 had less flashbacks. I hope we'll keep having them through the series because they're essential to have knowledge of the relationship dynamics and keep us invested in SeoJoon & JiWoo.

Finally, I don't care about the new characters. The mother and her kid take too much screentime, especially the kid. I'm getting tired of her rude attitude (korean kids in dramas are often ill-mannered and I don't find it cute). These two are just there, making small talks but I don't see how they're relevant to the plot and its progression.
I could have done without JiWoo's ex-girlfriend, especially the way she was introduced (kdramas really love coincidence). There was no point tying her with SeoJoon's work. She could have met JiWoo in their village while visiting.

Overall, I feel like nothing happened after 4 episodes. We're having 10 or 12 episodes but I'm seeing a lot of wasted time and opportunities. They should have kept last season format and go straight to the point.

Clairement! Cependant, je suis perplexe : j'adore ce couple, mais l'histoire m'intéresse peu, ça traine en longueur et les nouveaux personnages n'apportent rien à l'intrigue.

I've noticed in kdramas kids are often ill-mannered and their parents don't discipline them. That really pisses me off. Like, adults think it's cute or something.

Imo, for now, the series is a 6 or 6.5. Not bad but not great.

This series offers nothing new but at least it's funny. It's good enough to relax at the end of the week.
My Secret Love reminds me of My Engineer but whereas My Engineer was quite hilarious and subverted some usual tropes (or attempted to), My Secret Love is, for now, common and one-dimensional.
As for the rating, I'm sorry but we don't have to give a good score just because a series is funny. Some of us need more than a few laughs to love a show. 7.5 is already a high score I believe the show doesn't deserve yet.

Yeah it was all over the place and the plot holes reduced my enjoyment but overall it was good.

I agree. Their kisses made me uncomfortable because it felt so performative, not organic. JimmyTommy's kiss in Why R U was soft, with a little bit of tongue action but it was so much sexier and touching than what ZeeNew did in CP.
Lot of pairings with chemistry (BillySeng, MewGulf, MileApo ...) don't french kiss, yet their kisses are hot and they convey the love, the desire the characters have for each other.

Toh is a lot of things but boring, but ok...

Beautifully said! I don't get why some people don't understand all this, it is so obvious to me! Thanks for your review.

I like the series overall but it started to drag around episode 5. They relied too much on unnecessary flashbacks. In the last episode, the whole scene with the bank robber was so wtf...
I wish they had spent more time on the impact of Kota's bad luck on Naoya's. I thought Kota would have been more conflicted about that. Given his character I was expecting him to avoid Naoya until the latter admit he knew about Kota's bad luck and doesn't care about being unlucky sometimes. The discussion they had on the subject didn't even last 2 min...

The lack of kiss is another disappointment. I wanted Kota to initiate a kiss at the end. Tbh, no kiss isn't usually a deal breaker for me but I'm getting fed up with japanese bl where one main character is acting like an old puritan maid. I'm not asking for sex but it's quite unrealistic to think college boys wouldn't even kiss or hold hand after weeks of dating.