7tiny

I had my doubts but in the end I'm glad I pushed through watching the 2nd season. It's honestly a pretty great sequel, considering.

Where S1 is fun and sweet, S2 is passionate and intense. The plot is a mess, and the doctor side couple was skippable and I didn't really pay much attention, but I'm rating this higher because the leads' chemistry was somehow even better this season!

I realized after watching the sequel that I wouldn't have felt satisfied with S1 afterall even if it ended at a happy note (as in, that whackass open ending from S1 didn't exist). They got together pretty quickly after Shu Yi found out about the secret crush, and Gao Shi Deng had been so used to his one-sided feelings over Shu Yi for such a long time, it was inevitable he'll have doubts because pining for so long like that, fear and doubts almost become normal to you. I think about this a lot because one-sided pining is literally my topmost favorite trope EVER. So the falling off and then fighting hard for a 2nd chance was ultimately more satisfying than I expected it to be.