Lyson

I know, it really is. I was already on 11 when I decided to try this. Regrets 😂😂

That was a VERY rocky start. The messy story line aside and iffy acting aside, there are many production errors that you'd think they'd catch in the final editing and scenes that could have used some reshoots. Also I can't with the music through the 'time travel' scene. 😂 Real talk, I don't know if I'll make it past ep 2, but I'll try.
For now I'm gonna' finish Shadow, which in terms of being way better quality, I should have done BEFORE even attempting to watch this. 😂😂

Ep 10: Okay but ya'll realize that Dan's outfit for the dance is basically Light Yagami's school uniform?? I was like 'yo, he cosplaying?' haha xD and then the moment Nai saw the wallet on the ground I knew what he was planning and I thought 'damn, he's a mean little sh*t' but in a VERY good way. Totally down for his way of thinking.

This show is good man, in general, it's really good.

'too many new side characters'
Consider: in world overrun with violent and erratic monsters, people have to die, and it'd seem ridiculous for a specific group of main characters not to die. Many first season characters already bit it, so now going into s03, if they want to keep their few remaining leads alive, they need expendable character fodder. That's what extra characters are for, like NPC's in a game. The writers will keep one or two, but the rest will likely be used to add to the chaos and loss.

Personally, I'd only have had an issue it they'd killed off the most important mains (like The Walking Dead did a few times, which took the show straight into the trash from S06 onward), but I think in SH, for the short time period and only 3 seasons total, they've made some good choices on who to keep. Well, maybe not Eun Yoo, I would have preferred Ji Su had survived, but Eun Yoo would make great fodder in S03.

"What is strikingly different is Achi’s journey with his feelings for Karan. In the Japanese Cherry Magic adaptation, Adachi seemed to struggle with the same sex aspect a lot more. And even by the end of the series, it felt more like he was really moved by Kurosawa’s feelings and decided to reciprocate partly as payback for all of Kurosawa’s help and affection, rather than truly loving and desiring Kurosawa. "

THIS. I've been wondering why the Japanese version felt more intense and loaded and I think your comment just highlighted it. It was more 'intense' because the presentation of Adachi didn't come across as someone developing a genuine emotional and sexual attraction to someone, it was more like learning to accept someone being attracted to him that way, and his feelings being more circumstantial, which creates a tenser atmosphere.

It worked for the Japanese version at least, it was still good.

My expression was the 'could you not' meme for about 17 min of ep 8. At least the ending seems to have taken a more serious turn, sort of back to how it started.
At this point the waiter kinda feels like the most likeable (and sensible) character in this show.

It's REALLY not that deep.

Apparently Line TV is closed down. But you can watch TWM on Youtube, officially uploaded by TV Thunder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcuGfe1rREs

However, Bad Romance and TWM: The Next Chapter have no official releases uploaded anywhere so you may need to turn to some unofficial websites to watch these two follow up series.

The order to watch these shows is:
Together With Me
Bad Romance
Together With Me: The Next Chapter

But Bad Romance focuses mostly on Yiwah and Cho, and honestly imo it can be skipped.

I don't know who said that. I never said you're not enjoying it, I said you might enjoy it more. Also the reality of the show is as fictional as the writer makes it, if they choose to write it without all the real-life issues you listed, then those issues don't exist in the story they're telling.

It just seems like if you're focusing on all those issues, it's probably distracting and detracting from the entertainment value. Making something more serious than it needs to be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As I said, it's not that deep, but of course, it was just a suggestion, you're free to run the gamut on all the stuff you're wondering about.

It's not that deep bro.
Just think of The Sign as being AU, you might enjoy it more.

Perspectives on this are interesting to read! To me, in that scene, Tharn came across as dismissive while Phaya was almost losing his sh*t and the imbalance of emotional investment was concerning and questionable. Phaya is seemingly too deep in, where Tharn is not on the same page at all. At the time I thought it was possibly:
1. Tharn doesn't take Phaya's fears that seriously
2. He thinks Phaya's behaviour is erratic or over dramatic because he's been a bit ill tempered and hot headed in a few situations already
3. As he explained, he wants to keep Phaya close, but not too close because he has his own fears, so he's been stoic and a little cold whenever they interacted.

After the ep ended, I find myself hoping we see a turn around. Now that Tharn has dropped his guard, I hope to see him go all in emotionally, matching Phaya's intensity at least. I guess we'll see how the actor does from here on out and whether it's his acting or the character.

Welp, that ending took me out. 👻 A+++ / 11 out of 10 / 5 Stars , sirs, thanks for that.

As for everything that came before my soul left my body:
Despite the police work side of things still being iffy, the acting was upscaled in a big way in this ep and totally carried it home and then some. Really great performances all around. BIG emotions and well played out with the varying scenes of Art being thought guilty then revealed to not be guilty. Well done.

And then I lol'd and also experienced secondhand embarrassment when Phaya and the Doc were not so lowkey fighting over Tharn in front all the people in that meeting 😂 I'm thinking 'ermagahd stahp ya'll whaaaat' and Tharn's like 😓😓😓

And then they hit me with that shower scene and the touch of aggressive Phaya, then Tharn getting on his knees, then the hand in hair/ear kiss from behind? Ya'll. Visual aesthetic was over 9000. And then they killed me when they skipped to the scene after the shower, again aesthetics owned, very tasteful and sensual. KUDOOOOOS.

WINNING.

🪦 Here lies the remains of Lyson®

The comments here are so emotional, before I watched the ending I saw all the crying emojis here and thought Day yeeted himself off the mountain or something lol xD

Heh, well, I didn't cry, but I did enjoy this episode and I think it was fantastic. They hit all the emotional notes very well and the ML's are really portraying their characters well. Great ep!

As mentioned already, I've also read the accents being one of the main issues in period dramas. And in some cases they'll offer certain actors the chance to do their own dubbing if their accents are neutral or suitable. Personally, I think the dubbing is a little annoying, but when compared to most English dubs, the voices are usually suitable and done well 😂
We can only hope that in future they'll dedicate more time to letting actors/actresses do their own voice overs, or just improve the quality of sound recording itself during production.

If you enjoyed TU, here's a short vid with a quick explanation and some real voice clips from the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVIGTZM-V8g
(if you're still watching, maybe skip the vid for possible spoilers)

They're featured in the same music video for New Year. Just btw.
https://youtu.be/qtpRB4vhwks?si=R782TOV_zxTcpppw

Backburner material. Watch it if you're bored and nothing else better is airing.

I feel like I've read this exact comment about this exact thing somewhere else when I mentioned my opinion on this. I can only assume it was you back then too, since it's so similar. Listen, relax okay, no one is taking your faves away from you. You like whoever MileApo is, that's fine. I like MosBank and I think they measure up close enough and very nicely to MT. That's fine too. Don't fret.✌️

Well damn, neither did I until you just said this. Good to know!

Or a girl playing the role, which is what I thought might end up being the case since it seemed the comment implied his current relationship is a transgender partner, or that's how I understood the comment at least. I don't know anything about how up and up Idol Factory likes to keep their representation tbh.