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The episode I watched on WeTV was definitely a half-hour long and not two hours...

Only the first episode has aired.

I agree, it's almost impossible to understand. Looks like it's machine translated from Thai, and machine translations from Thai are notoriously bad...

Not exactly -- this is a world built on BL tropes, so it's nominally still a straight world, it's just that all the boys are secretly gay while pretending to be straight, and the protagonist is trying to remain a minor side character and avoid getting caught in a BL narrative by figuring out the manga rules for how BL couples get together. He's also the only person who seems aware of it.

I like how this is poking so much fun at the BL tropes -- if you've watched BL, you definitely recognise them. This is not tagged with LGBTQ or gay romance, so I guess Mob manages to stay on the "straight and narrow" path? Either way, a fun watch, and I'll try to catch the next episode.

This is region locked to SE Asia, as far as I can tell, but I managed to watch it on WeTV with the Earth VPN browser extension for Chrome, set to a Thai server.
It also seems like the most recent episode will be VIP-restricted and only opened up to free users after the next ep is released.

Trailer with English subs on LINE TV: https://tv.line.me/embed/19075859

From seeing photos of them in college to assuming an affair while married to Chol's mum is quite a leap. Many people have had other partners before getting married. It could just as well be a case of thwarted first love that got a second chance after the passing of his wife. So I am assuming that the divorce certificate is significant in some way.

The thing I'm really hoping now is that Chol and Prab don't turn out to be actual half-brothers. I know that doesn't actually mean a thing in a non-reproductive relationship, but my cultural bias against that "taboo" is hard to shake.

Yes, that's what Chol inferred from the divorce certificate, I just don't understand how he got there.

Part of my confusion comes from not being able to read Thai. Who was the divorce certificate for? I thought Chol's mother had died? Was Chol's dad and Prab's mom married before and got divorced? Or did Chol's dad plan to divorce his mom before she died? What were the rings for? Sorry if these are stupid questions, I just can't figure it out.

I'm a bit confused as to what Chol found in the bedside drawer. I'll put my specific question in a spoiler-tagged comment below.

Thank you!

I've seen comments about it, and I agree that it's creepy.

Yeah, I agree. It's not really good on any level, but there is something that keeps me coming back... probably the chemistry beween Prab and Chol which comes across despite all the bad script, direction, acting etc.

Oh, yes please!

I feel like maybe they are beginning to do a little better when adapting novels to live action dramas these days? I keep hearing about scenes in the original novels that were left out or changed significantly for the dramas, making them much less toxic. So let's hope the production companies are waking up to that.

It's the nature of addiction XD

I was wondering too, because usually children's voices are very obviously dubbed by adult women, but the kid in this drama actually sounds like it's his own voice.

Xiao Le is very handsome, and what his series lack in budget and finesse, they gain in heart and authenticity.

Despite issues with the subtitles, this is a super cute drama. Don't expect it to be realistic or make a lot of sense -- it's more in the vein of YYY (but not quite as absurd). It's a highly stylised series, both in terms of visuals, storyline and acting, but it's very fluffy and has some heartwarming themes of coping with traumatic mental blocks and friendship and healing (and some very homoromantic subtext). I like the goofiness and heart of the series.

It's on MDL as "Light The Darkness": https://kisskh.at/50145-the-light-in-the-night (both the Chinese and English names have been changed...)