I just hope they have happy ending and not too much sadness, since half is done I am guessing end of EP8 will start of misfortune continue until 11 before 12 have them gain together.
I am surrounded by many dear friends from mainland China, and girls, as always, tend to be the biggest supporters. But when it comes to boys and male friends, they usually will not directly say they are “100% with you.” Instead, most of them say something like, “I may not fully understand it, but if two people are happy and nobody is being harmed, then I have no issue with it.”
That is exactly what Yi Chen’s colleague said as well. Honestly, most Chinese boys I have met respond in a very similar way. Hearing dialogues like these makes me realize that the writer must have genuinely lived through such moments to write them so naturally and accurately. I say this because I myself have been told almost the exact same thing whenever I asked straight boys, or boys in general, about SS.
Never fall for a straight person, or for someone who knows they may never be able to stand beside you publicly. One can understand fear, family pressure, social expectations, and the emotional weight some people carry their entire lives. Not everyone is hiding because they are cruel or dishonest. Sometimes they are simply terrified of losing their family, their home, or the life they have always known.
And that pain deserves compassion, not mockery.
But at the same time, understanding someone’s fear should not require another person to disappear inside secrecy forever. Love cannot survive only through hidden moments, half-finished promises, and silent suffering. No one should have to spend their life protecting another person’s truth while slowly losing their own peace, dignity, and emotional security in the process.
Sometimes people genuinely love you and still cannot choose you openly. That is the tragedy of it. It does not always make them evil, but it also does not make the pain any less real for the person waiting to be acknowledged.
At some point, love needs courage. Maybe not immediately, maybe not loudly, but eventually. Because if one person keeps living freely in the light while the other remains hidden in the shadows, the relationship slowly turns into grief instead of companionship.
This is sooooo good... but it’s such a tragedy that JSJ keeps getting typecast over and over again. Maybe it’s his eyes or ears or just his aura, but they always make him either a morally grey character who later turns evil, or simply an outright villain.
When I first saw him in Chocolate, I genuinely thought he was insanely handsome and would only play leading roles. But instead, he has become this recurring “5–7 scale villain” , not fully evil, but almost always playing someone dark, manipulative, or emotionally twisted in nearly every series.
And NMJ, please make appearances with your brother already. We are dying to see your brother no
this is really great, but I feel like they stretch the story for nothing. This could have wrapped in perfect 10 episodes, even with wish mystery that apparently everyone used but dare say about it.
this is actually noting new but then it felt refreshing as well...the lab experiment thing is jut so voer the top at this point, that US has stopped using this plot, but Korean are still sticking to it...
and now that Family Matters Season 2 is coming, it is basically same plot but less thrilling and more on fun side.
Backstory does not change the fact that he chose power over love. His choice is his choice. But the thing about choices is that once you choose one path, you have to let go of the other. You do not get to cling to it, return to it later, or expect it to still be waiting for you after everything has already settled. Otherwise, it was never truly a choice to begin with.
So even if the so-called love existed, the moment he chose power, status, and becoming the center of his father’s empire because of his daddy issues, insecurities, and personal complexes, he lost the right to have that other option back. Walking away means walking away. You cannot have both.
That is not love, that is greed. And he already showed who and what he truly wanted the moment he made his decision.
In EP9 when DM was talking over their celebration, her expression was truly of someone I can't recognize the emotion, just like a watch said to her can't recognize the emotion.
Her claim to salvation and peace have to come, so she doesn't realize what is sadness and happiness, she shares the pain and joy of DM but she truly doesn't feel it.
I hope she gets to truly resolve the mother issue, and yes no forgiveness.
Gosh, I want to punch the ex, not only he is a bastard, but his tongue is evil...Koreans (and that is true) are the perhaps only nation, who are best cursing people without using any bad words in such a way that it tore your heart in million pieces and boils your blood beyond its limits.
I guess I will just miss Earth's body...lets meet again, what a performance his tattoos and sculpted body gave.
p.s: I really hope Round One is good, Gawin is a good actor, but his acting in this series was lower than before, all I could see his eye browsing being raised on every dialogue he spoke.
the brother don't deserve the love, after what he did to his brother...i don't know why he did...but i don't like it, if he was affraid that his family will fall apart, he also doens't have right to like any man.
I can never complain about a good high school BL, because childhood and youth are the most sacred parts of all our lives. Once we pass that stage, it never truly comes back, and maybe that is why stories set during those years feel so emotional and timeless. When people grow older, they don’t usually wish to return to their twenties, thirties, or forties. Deep down, most people long for the innocence and simplicity of their childhood and first youth.
There is something painfully beautiful about that age. The feelings are pure, friendships feel eternal, heartbreak feels like the end of the world, and even the smallest moments stay with us forever. High school stories are not just about romance; they are about discovering yourself for the first time, about growing up before life becomes complicated and heavy.
A good HS BL captures that feeling of fleeting youth, the kind that quietly disappears before we even realize it is gone. That is why, no matter how simple the story may be, it can still leave such a deep emotional impact.
Also, I am always a sucker for nostalgic stories, the kind that carries warmth within them, a certain “happy sadness” that quietly lingers in the heart.
The black shorts, white shirt with the name sewn onto it, black shoes, and the classic Thai high school "satchel bag" are such staples of a culture that fill me with overwhelming nostalgia. I become teary to think about those days, knowing they will never come back again.
Them riding bicycles through small streets, coming back from school together, wasting time after class, laughing over meaningless things… those are memories everyone carries somewhere deep inside themselves.
where did this Progress came from? it hasn't been 2 years fully and he has blossom into this stylish, young handsome lad...damns he is handsome, those buzz cut has grown into this commercial worthy hair!!! Almonds feels like is the same as we saw him the last time!
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That is exactly what Yi Chen’s colleague said as well. Honestly, most Chinese boys I have met respond in a very similar way. Hearing dialogues like these makes me realize that the writer must have genuinely lived through such moments to write them so naturally and accurately. I say this because I myself have been told almost the exact same thing whenever I asked straight boys, or boys in general, about SS.
And that pain deserves compassion, not mockery.
But at the same time, understanding someone’s fear should not require another person to disappear inside secrecy forever. Love cannot survive only through hidden moments, half-finished promises, and silent suffering. No one should have to spend their life protecting another person’s truth while slowly losing their own peace, dignity, and emotional security in the process.
Sometimes people genuinely love you and still cannot choose you openly. That is the tragedy of it. It does not always make them evil, but it also does not make the pain any less real for the person waiting to be acknowledged.
At some point, love needs courage. Maybe not immediately, maybe not loudly, but eventually. Because if one person keeps living freely in the light while the other remains hidden in the shadows, the relationship slowly turns into grief instead of companionship.
When I first saw him in Chocolate, I genuinely thought he was insanely handsome and would only play leading roles. But instead, he has become this recurring “5–7 scale villain” , not fully evil, but almost always playing someone dark, manipulative, or emotionally twisted in nearly every series.
And NMJ, please make appearances with your brother already. We are dying to see your brother no
and now that Family Matters Season 2 is coming, it is basically same plot but less thrilling and more on fun side.
So even if the so-called love existed, the moment he chose power, status, and becoming the center of his father’s empire because of his daddy issues, insecurities, and personal complexes, he lost the right to have that other option back. Walking away means walking away. You cannot have both.
That is not love, that is greed. And he already showed who and what he truly wanted the moment he made his decision.
In EP9 when DM was talking over their celebration, her expression was truly of someone I can't recognize the emotion, just like a watch said to her can't recognize the emotion.
Her claim to salvation and peace have to come, so she doesn't realize what is sadness and happiness, she shares the pain and joy of DM but she truly doesn't feel it.
I hope she gets to truly resolve the mother issue, and yes no forgiveness.
Gosh, I want to punch the ex, not only he is a bastard, but his tongue is evil...Koreans (and that is true) are the perhaps only nation, who are best cursing people without using any bad words in such a way that it tore your heart in million pieces and boils your blood beyond its limits.
p.s: I really hope Round One is good, Gawin is a good actor, but his acting in this series was lower than before, all I could see his eye browsing being raised on every dialogue he spoke.
There is something painfully beautiful about that age. The feelings are pure, friendships feel eternal, heartbreak feels like the end of the world, and even the smallest moments stay with us forever. High school stories are not just about romance; they are about discovering yourself for the first time, about growing up before life becomes complicated and heavy.
A good HS BL captures that feeling of fleeting youth, the kind that quietly disappears before we even realize it is gone. That is why, no matter how simple the story may be, it can still leave such a deep emotional impact.
Also, I am always a sucker for nostalgic stories, the kind that carries warmth within them, a certain “happy sadness” that quietly lingers in the heart.
The black shorts, white shirt with the name sewn onto it, black shoes, and the classic Thai high school "satchel bag" are such staples of a culture that fill me with overwhelming nostalgia. I become teary to think about those days, knowing they will never come back again.
Them riding bicycles through small streets, coming back from school together, wasting time after class, laughing over meaningless things… those are memories everyone carries somewhere deep inside themselves.
A solid 8 for me.