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In fact, Chita should have known/suspected that Ken was investigating Nour's cases since he had access to the hospital/morgue. So I wonder why he didn't kill Ken sooner. Even if he didn't suspect he was Nour, he should have killed him for being a police officer investigating these arson cases.

I also wonder why Chita's lover, who transformed him, burned to death? As Ken proved, Nour are immune to normal fire... Only Chita, transforming while burning, gained a "special" fire capable of burning Nour. The guy should have been fine once the dust settled. Even watching it a second time, I can't see an explanation. There was no "he died because it turned out you weren't truly in love" line. He just burned like a normal person... Honestly, I think Ken just pulled a short match with immortality. All the other Nour are somehow easier to kill...

I watched it again because I have to spend my last free day somehow. So clearly, James's father wasn't Nour. He was a police officer who investigated arson cases and began to discover Nour's existence. That's why he was silenced. Honestly, I prefer my theory about Nour's father having a child with a mortal woman. What can I say—I'm a sucker raised on Twilight.

Yes, that would also explain why James is able to fight Nour. Because honestly... it didn't make sense any other way. Nour was supposed to be too strong, too fast, too immortal! At first, James was training with Ken, and that difference was obvious, but... did the creators forget about that? Or did his powers, inherited from his father, awaken under the stress and contact with Nour? Damn it, I don't know. It's both frustrating as hell and hilarious to have to guess the damn show's explanation because we didn't get one from the creators.

You're absolutely right about everything, lol. I feel the same way.

As for James's father, I'm guessing he could have been Nour? But that depends on whether they can biologically reproduce with humans. I mean, would that explain James's powers? After all, he wasn't exactly a normal human. But who knows.

James is the one who turned Ken into Nour. In another life, of course. James is the reincarnation of Ken's true love. And they are doomed to eternally relive this process—finding each other, James dies, Ken stays, searching for James's reincarnation... That's my theory.

Nah. I'm on episode 5 now and I'm hooked. Some series make me love them from episode 1. Some need a few to pull me into their world.

But I can't help but wonder... do new actors really not have any acting lessons!? It really pisses me off how they expect some random kid they just randomly cast to know how to get into character... Wan has no experience. He's never been interested in acting. He doesn't even know how to approach it. And they just throw him into a role and expect him to magically be good at it?

Wan doesn't do his "homework," so he's guilty too, but it's his manager's job, or someone else at the company he's signed to, to keep him in line. If you have to, pull the kid's ear and make him stay up all night reading the script with you. That's what I would do.

Episode four made me really like Third. Wan isn't as annoying as he was at the beginning, either, since he doesn't have many moments of fangirling. His naivety can be a bit frustrating, but then again, I can't blame him. If I, as a viewer, hadn't had insight into Nine's behavior, I would have believed him innocent too.

I thought I was a fan, but this drama made me realize I never knew the meaning of the word. Apparently, I'm just a woman who stubbornly likes certain things. Unwaveringly. But that doesn't make me a fan. It's... almost a relief. Wan is incredibly tiresome in fan mode.

It's only the second episode, but I don't like Third either. Or any of the side characters. Which... makes watching difficult. But I won't give up. I'll see how it goes.

When I learned it was going to be a "story within a story," I expected to be rewinding. I don't really like that kind of thing. Usually. But here, surprisingly, the doctor and patient's story really drew me in. Maybe even more than the actors' actual story.

When I started this drama, my rating was a 10.
After the first episode, it was a 9 for a simple reason: predictability.
I could predict how the plot would unfold almost from the start. What's more, the whole big secret about the son was so painfully obvious that I was holding my breath until the very last moment, hoping that these were just false leads to confuse the viewer and that the real son would turn out to be someone surprising. Well, I almost choked, and the result was still disappointing.
After the last episode, my rating dropped to a 7 for two reasons.
1) The villain's monologue in the last episode made me roll my eyes so hard it hurt. Seriously, it was such bullshit. "Tell me more about yourself, tell me how you're hurting. I'll distract you or buy myself time so someone can save me." And of course it worked because villains are idiots.
2) Backing up to the edge of the roof because someone is threatening you with a knife. I'm really trying to understand this, but I can't. I know it could be explained by Lee being in shock and not acting rationally in a moment of high stress, but come on, he's not your typical guy—he's a former cop. He knows that if he gets stabbed, there's a good chance his killer will be held accountable. He also knows that falling off the roof unharmed will be considered suicide. So if you're going to die anyway, why choose the second option? Sure, in the end, his "brilliant" plan to distract the killer worked, more or less, but what was the point of that scene at all? Was it supposed to build tension? I didn't feel tense. I felt embarrassed that Lee had even allowed himself to get close to the edge of the roof. If it weren't 2 a.m., I would be screaming. They really could have come up with another way for the villain to threaten Lee in the last episode other than the roof...

In the end, I gave it a 7.5/10 because the excellent acting deserved praise. BL has been heading in some interesting directions lately, and I appreciate that. But if I can solve a mystery in 2-3 episodes knowing the same things the main characters know, I just feel like their characters aren't smart enough, and I start to get frustrated.

I'm on episode 7 and...
The fact that the manager had to ask Sun if he had a knife before the audition made me laugh so hard.

I'm only on the second episode, but I'm about to explode. Can they please stop saying that Sun looks ordinary and unremarkable?! Thank you, dammit. I want to kick them in their blind faces.

Okay... I changed my mind. Harutora... what the hell was that?! If you're a lion, I'll become a poacher! You don't leave someone who offers themselves to you like that! No matter the reason, you stay and talk, damn it!

Relativizing relationships between minors and adults under the slogan 'life is not black and white' is simply dangerous. I think Kanda could have saved Akira in other ways than by having sex with him. I think sex between two minors and two adults is okay if it's consensual. I think an age difference isn't wrong when both people are of age. This is my opinion and it clearly does not coincide with yours.

...Gladys was always right at the end of the day.

So you think this relationship is okay? Are you a proponent of questionable morality in the name of being gray instead of white or black?

Okay... But can we talk about how an adult man seduced a minor who was going through something emotional? In Japan, the age of consent for sex is 16. What age is middle school in Japan, 13 or 14?

I literally slapped myself in the forehead when I realized that Suzuki didn't even change the name of the character in the novel he wrote...

So far I'm enjoying this more than the Thai version.

My thoughts after the second and third episodes:
"Harutora is damn dangerous!"
It's like watching a lion chase an antelope. And let's be clear – if a less conservative country had filmed this drama, that antelope would have already been eaten alive.
But I really like how it's progressing. I don't even mind the "kisses" (I really don't know if you can call them that; I swear I put more emotion into cheek kisses when I was giving them away for chocolates in kindergarten...).